The 1989 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

[18] Prior to the Miami-FSU game, University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis was tackled by a group of police officers for attempting to put out Chief Osceola's flaming spear.

Sebastian was wearing a fireman’s helmet and yellow raincoat and holding a fire extinguisher.

Miami quarterback Gino Torretta, who started the game in place of injured Craig Erickson, told ESPN, "Even if we weren't bad boys, it added to the mystique that, 'Man, look, even their mascot's getting arrested.