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 51 bowl games, including twenty-six combined appearances in the traditional "big six" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Orange, Fiesta, and Peach). The Seminoles have made one appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles have appeared in eleven Orange Bowls, winning five of those games.

Florida State maintains a record of 29–18–3 record in bowl games. The Seminoles played in 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982-2017.

Bowl games 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 (Bowl Coalition National Championship) 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 (Bowl Alliance National Championship) 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 50. December 29, 2022 Cheez-It Bowl Oklahoma W 35–32 51. December 30, 2023 Orange Bowl (New Year’s Six) Georgia L 3–63 ✝ Bowl win vacated due to using ineligible players

+ Records by Bowl GameBowlRecordAppearancesLast appearanceWinning %All-American Bowl1–011986Blockbuster Bowl1–011990Bluegrass Bowl0–111958Champs Sports Bowl2–022011Cheez-It Bowl1–012022Cigar Bowl1–011949Citrus Bowl0–0–111984Cotton Bowl1–011991Emerald Bowl1–012006Fiesta Bowl2–241998Florida Times-Union Championship Cup0–0–111903Gator Bowl6–0–172009Independence Bowl1–012017Music City Bowl0–112007Orange Bowl5–6112023Peach Bowl (Chick-fil-A Bowl)2–242015Rose Bowl1–122015Sugar Bowl4–262002Sun Bowl0–331966Tangerine Bowl1–011977

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