Date: November 27, 1993
Location: Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Fla.
Setting the Stage
With a preseason #1 ranking and Sports Illustrated cover stories, the 1993 season was a Title-or-Bust quest for Bobby Bowden’s Florida State Seminoles. Between 1987 and 1992, Bowden’s elite level teams fell short of playing for all the marbles and earning Saint Bobby his first championship. Upstart independent status was long gone, and pressure to win it all had built to a crescendo. Early on, those expectations were met with spectacular results:
It wasn’t just a title run, it was a dream season.