Florida State football to play in Cheez-It Bowl, will face Oklahoma Sooners
After a week of waiting, the Florida State football team finally knows its bowl destination.
The No. 13 Seminoles (9-3) will face the University of Oklahoma (6-6) in the Cheez-It Bowl, a Dec. 29 game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando (5:30 p.m. on ESPN).
FSU will be playing in its first bowl game since 2019.
Under third-year coach Mike Norvell, the Seminoles have enjoyed a resurgent season. With a victory over the Sooners, they would capture their first 10-win season since 2016. FSU has won five straight games, ending the regular season with a 45-38 victory over Florida.
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OU has struggled under first-year coach Brent Venables.
With a loss to the Seminoles, the Sooners would finish the season below .500 for the first time since 1998. They only have one victory over an opponent with a winning record this season, dropping 7-5 Oklahoma State, 28-13, on Nov. 19.
OU leads 6-1 in its all-time series against FSU. The Sooners defeated the Seminoles, 23-13, in their last meeting on Sept. 17, 2011 in Tallahassee.
FSU Bowl history
1. | November 26, 1903 | Florida Times-Union’s Championship Cup | T 5–5 | |
2. | January 2, 1950 | W 19–6 | ||
3. | L 20–47 | |||
4. | L 6–15 | |||
5. | January 2, 1965 | W 36–19 | ||
6. | Sun Bowl | L 20–28 | ||
7. | December 30, 1967 | Gator Bowl | T 17–17 | |
8. | L 27–31 | |||
9. | L 38–45 | |||
10. | December 23, 1977 | W 40–17 | ||
11. | Oklahoma | L 7–24 | ||
12. | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma | L 17–18 | |
13. | December 30, 1982 | Gator Bowl | W 31–12 | |
14. | Peach Bowl | W 28–3 | ||
15. | T 17–17 | |||
16. | Gator Bowl | Oklahoma State | W 34–23 | |
17. | W 27–13 | |||
18. | Fiesta Bowl | W 31–28 | ||
19. | W 13–7 | |||
20. | Fiesta Bowl | Nebraska | W 41–17 | |
21. | Penn State | W 24–17 | ||
22. | W 10–2 | |||
23. | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | Nebraska | W 27–14 | |
24. | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition National Championship) | Nebraska | W 18–16 | |
25. | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | W 23–17 | ||
26. | Orange Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | W 31–26 | ||
27. | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance National Championship) | Florida | L 20–52 | |
28. | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | W 31–14 | ||
29. | Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship) | L 16–23 | ||
30. | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) | W 46–29 | ||
31. | Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Oklahoma | L 2–13 | |
32. | Gator Bowl | Virginia Tech | W 30–17 | |
33. | Sugar Bowl (BCS) | Georgia | L 13–26 | |
34. | Orange Bowl (BCS) | L 14–16 | ||
35. | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 30–18 | |
36. | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Penn State | L 23–26 | |
37. | 44–27✝ (vacated) | |||
38. | L 28–35 | |||
39. | W 42–13 | |||
40. | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 33–21 | |
41. | W 26–17 | |||
42. | Champs Sports Bowl | Notre Dame | W 18–14 | |
43. | Orange Bowl (BCS) | W 31–10 | ||
44. | BCS National Championship Game | W 34–31 | ||
45. | L 20–59 | |||
46. | Peach Bowl (New Year's Six) | L 24–38 | ||
47. | Orange Bowl (New Year's Six) | W 33–32 | ||
48. | W 42–13 | |||
49. | 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 |
-- Wikipedia list
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