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Bowling With Bowden

The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 30, 2007

Updated: 12/29/2007 07:22 pm

BOBBY THE BOWLER

A glance at Florida State coach Bobby Bowden's bowl history, which includes two trips to the Peach Bowl when he coached at West Virginia:

Year	Bowl	Result
1972	Peach	N.C. State 49, West Virginia 13
1975	Peach	West Virginia 13, N.C. State 10
1977	Tangerine	Florida State 40, Texas Tech 17
1979	Orange	Oklahoma 24, FSU 7
1980	Orange	Oklahoma 18, FSU 17
1982	Gator	FSU 31, West Virginia 12
1983	Peach	FSU 28, North Carolina 3
1984	Citrus	FSU 17, Georgia 17
1985	Gator	FSU 34, Oklahoma State 23
1986	All-American	FSU 27, Indiana 13
1987	Fiesta	FSU 31, Nebraska 28
1988	Sugar	FSU 13, Auburn 7
1989	Fiesta	FSU 41, Nebraska 17
1990	Blockbuster	FSU 24, Penn State 17
1991	Cotton	FSU 10, Texas A&M 2
1992	Orange	FSU 27, Nebraska 14
1993	Orange*	FSU 18, Nebraska 16
1994	Sugar	FSU 23, Florida 17
1995	Orange	FSU 31, Notre Dame 26
1996	Sugar*	Florida 52, FSU 20
1997	Sugar	FSU 31, Ohio State 14
1998	Fiesta*	Tennessee 23, FSU 16
1999	Sugar*	FSU 46, Virginia Tech 29
2000	Orange*	Oklahoma 13, FSU 2
2001	Gator	FSU 30, Virginia Tech 17
2002	Sugar	Georgia 26, FSU 13
2003	Orange	Miami 16, FSU 14
2004	Gator	FSU 30, West Virginia 18
2005	Orange	Penn State 26, FSU 23 (3 OTs)
2006	Emerald	FSU 44, UCLA 27

*-National championship game

BY THE NUMBERS

20-9-1

Bowden's record in bowl games
20

Schools Bowden has faced in bowls, including Kentucky in Music City Bowl
12

Bowls Bowden has taken teams to, including Music City Bowl
8

Trips to the Orange Bowl for Bowden, most of any bowl

National championship games Bowden has coached in

2-3

Bowden's record in national championship games
BOBBY'S BOWL FAVORITES

Favorite Bowl Trip: "The Fiesta was so different. It's in the desert, and it's so unique out there, so different than Florida. They always put us up in a big resort and treat us so well. I really enjoyed our trips out there."

Favorite Bowl Restaurant: "It would be the Commander's Palace restaurant in New Orleans. Every year we have gone down there somebody has taken us there to eat, and it is unbelievable."

Favorite Bowl Trip Excursion: "Visiting Alcatraz was really something. The prison was really thrilling to me, because you've seen it so many times in the movies."

Favorite Bowl For Family: "The bowl that can entertain you about as much as any of them is the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, because of Disney World. That fits the family so good, the grandchildren and kids of the coaches."

Favorite Bowl As Kid: "The one disappointment I've got so far is never playing in the Rose Bowl. For years, it was impossible. I used to listen to the Rose Bowl every year on the radio."

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