List of Florida State Seminoles bowl games
The Florida State Seminoles football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Florida State University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1902, Florida State has appeared in 49 bowl games, including eighteen combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange), eight Bowl Championship Series game appearances, with two victories in the BCS National Championship Game, and one appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles have appeared in ten Orange Bowls, winning five of those games.
Florida State maintains a record of 28–17–3 record in bowl games. The Seminoles played in 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982-2017, the longest streak in college football history, although the NCAA doesn't recognize this because their 2006 Emerald Bowl win and appearance were both vacated as a result of the 2007 academic scandal.
Florida State also owns the record for the most consecutive bowl game victories with 11, between 1985 and 1996, as well as the longest unbeaten streak with a 13–0–1 record from 1982–1996.
Bowl games
| # | Date | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | November 26, 1903 | Florida Times-Union’s Championship Cup | Stetson | T 5–5 |
| 2. | January 2, 1950 | Cigar Bowl | Wofford | W 19–6 |
| 3. | January 1, 1955 | Sun Bowl | Texas-El Paso | L 20–47 |
| 4. | December 13, 1958 | Bluegrass Bowl | Oklahoma State | L 6–15 |
| 5. | January 2, 1965 | Gator Bowl | Oklahoma | W 36–19 |
| 6. | December 24, 1966 | Sun Bowl | Wyoming | L 20–28 |
| 7. | December 30, 1967 | Gator Bowl | Penn State | T 17–17 |
| 8. | December 30, 1968 | Peach Bowl | LSU | L 27–31 |
| 9. | December 23, 1971 | Fiesta Bowl | Arizona State | L 38–45 |
| 10. | December 23, 1977 | Tangerine Bowl | Texas Tech | W 40–17 |
| 11. | January 1, 1980 | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma | L 7–24 |
| 12. | January 1, 1981 | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma | L 17–18 |
| 13. | December 30, 1982 | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 31–12 |
| 14. | December 30, 1983 | Peach Bowl | North Carolina | W 28–3 |
| 15. | December 22, 1984 | Citrus Bowl | Georgia | T 17–17 |
| 16. | December 30, 1985 | Gator Bowl | Oklahoma State | W 34–23 |
| 17. | December 31, 1986 | All-American Bowl | Indiana | W 27–13 |
| 18. | January 1, 1988 | Fiesta Bowl | Nebraska | W 31–28 |
| 19. | January 2, 1989 | Sugar Bowl | Auburn | W 13–7 |
| 20. | January 1, 1990 | Fiesta Bowl | Nebraska | W 41–17 |
| 21. | December 28, 1990 | Blockbuster Bowl | Penn State | W 24–17 |
| 22. | January 1, 1992 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Texas A&M | W 10–2 |
| 23. | January 1, 1993 | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | Nebraska | W 27–14 |
| 24. | January 1, 1994 | Orange Bowl (National Championship Game) | Nebraska | W 18–16 |
| 25. | January 2, 1995 | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | Florida | W 23–17 |
| 26. | January 1, 1996 | Orange Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | Notre Dame | W 31–26 |
| 27. | January 2, 1997 | Sugar Bowl (National Championship Game) | Florida | L 20–52 |
| 28. | January 1, 1998 | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | Ohio State | W 31–14 |
| 29. | January 4, 1999 | Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Tennessee | L 16–23 |
| 30. | January 4, 2000 | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Virginia Tech | W 46–29 |
| 31. | January 3, 2001 | Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Oklahoma | L 2–13 |
| 32. | January 1, 2002 | Gator Bowl | Virginia Tech | W 30–17 |
| 33. | January 1, 2003 | Sugar Bowl (BCS) | Georgia | L 13–26 |
| 34. | January 1, 2004 | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Miami | L 14–16 |
| 35. | January 1, 2005 | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 30–18 |
| 36. | January 3, 2006 | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Penn State | L 23–26 |
| 37. | December 27, 2006 | Emerald Bowl | UCLA | 44–27✝ (vacated) |
| 38. | December 31, 2007 | Music City Bowl | Kentucky | L 28–35 |
| 39. | December 27, 2008 | Champs Sports Bowl | Wisconsin | W 42–13 |
| 40. | January 1, 2010 | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 33–21 |
| 41. | December 31, 2010 | Chick-fil-A Bowl | South Carolina | W 26–17 |
| 42. | December 29, 2011 | Champs Sports Bowl | Notre Dame | W 18–14 |
| 43. | January 1, 2013 | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Northern Illinois | W 31–10 |
| 44. | January 6, 2014 | BCS National Championship Game | Auburn | W 34–31 |
| 45. | January 1, 2015 | Rose Bowl (CFP) | Oregon | L 20–59 |
| 46. | December 31, 2015 | Peach Bowl (New Year's Six) | Houston | L 24–38 |
| 47. | December 30, 2016 | Orange Bowl (New Year's Six) | Michigan | W 33–32 |
| 48. | December 27, 2017 | Independence Bowl | Southern Mississippi | W 42–13 |
| 49. | December 31, 2019 | Sun Bowl | Arizona State | L 14–20 |
✝ Bowl win vacated due to using ineligible players
| Bowl | Record | Appearances | Last appearance | Winning % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-American Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1986 | 1.000 |
| Blockbuster Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1990 | 1.000 |
| Bluegrass Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 1958 | .000 |
| Champs Sports Bowl | 2–0 | 2 | 2011 | 1.000 |
| Cigar Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1949 | 1.000 |
| Citrus Bowl | 0–0–1 | 1 | 1984 | .500 |
| Cotton Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1991 | 1.000 |
| Emerald Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2006 | 1.000 |
| Fiesta Bowl | 2–2 | 4 | 1998 | .500 |
| Florida Times-Union Championship Cup | 0-0-1 | 1 | 1903 | .500 |
| Gator Bowl | 6–0–1 | 7 | 2009 | .929 |
| Independence Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2017 | 1.000 |
| Music City Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2007 | .000 |
| Orange Bowl | 5–5 | 10 | 2016 | .500 |
| Peach Bowl (Chick-fil-A Bowl) | 2–2 | 4 | 2015 | .500 |
| Rose Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2014 | .000 |
| Sugar Bowl | 4–2 | 6 | 2002 | .667 |
| Sun Bowl | 0–3 | 3 | 1966 | .000 |
| Tangerine Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1977 | 1.000 |