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"Bobby Bowden" - 36 Total Result(s)
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FROM DOUGLAS TO DYNASTY
On June 7, 2014, the City of Douglas, Georgia, officially proclaimed Bobby Bowden Day in recognition of Bowden’s early coaching career at South Georgia College and his rise to become one of the winnin ...
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GARNET AND GOLD GOES OFFICIAL
On January 25, 1994, the State of Florida issued an official resolution commemorating FSU’s first National Championship. Signed by Governor Lawton Chiles and members of the Florida Cabinet, the docume ...
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GATORS GUTTED IN GAINESVILLE
FSU’s 37-9 rout of the Florida Gators in Gainesville on December 3, 1977, marked a turning point in the early years of Bobby Bowden’s tenure. The win snapped a nine-game losing streak to their in-stat ...
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HANDS THAT LIFT
Presented during the Alabama Sports Festival XXVI opening ceremony in Birmingham on June 20, 2008, the “Empowering Hands Award” recognized Bobby Bowden for his impact beyond the football field. The aw ...
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HUNGRY FOR MORE
Ahead of the 2000 Nokia Sugar Bowl, QB Chris Weinke discussed the importance of bouncing back from the 1999 Fiesta Bowl loss that cost FSU a national title. “With all due respect to last year’s senior ...
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IT’S ALL LOVE
Peter Warrick and coach Bobby Bowden celebrated with the 1999 National Championship trophy, ending an up-and-down season for Warrick with college football’s biggest team honor. Warrick, a star wide re ...
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ONE FOOTBALL, TWO LEGENDS
FSU coach Bobby Bowden and Nebraska coach Tom Osborne met in back-to-back Orange Bowls in 1993 and 1994, with Bowden’s Seminoles winning both games. Those matchups pitted two of the most successful co ...
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ORANGE DREAMS REALIZED
Following an undefeated regular season in 1979, Bobby Bowden led the Seminoles to their first-ever major bowl appearance, a matchup against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. This photograph captures a ligh ...
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PORTRAIT OF A DYNASTY
Painted in September 2021 by artist N. Reynolds, this brush portrait of Bobby Bowden captures the legendary coach in a familiar pose — relaxed and resolute, clad in an FSU windbreaker and white Semino ...
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RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Coach Bobby Bowden caught up with President Bill Clinton when the 1999 National Championship Seminoles returned to the White House for the first time in six years. Following FSU’s Sugar Bowl win on Ja ...