Date: October 2th, 1996
Location: The Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida.
Opponent: 6th-ranked Miami Hurricanes
By the end of the 1990s FSU would take control of the FSU vs Miami victory beating Miami five straight times to end the decade but it’s what happened in 1996 that would shift the tide in the sunshine state rivalry. By the time 1996 rolled around the Orange Bowl had become a house of horrors for Florida State. Florida State hadn’t beaten Miami in the Orange Bowl since 1984 but that would all change courtesy of Mr.