- 1999 Home Depot Coach of the Year
- 1999 Home Depot Coach of the Decade Finalist
- 1997 ACC Coach of the Year
- 1997 Home Depot National Coach of the Year Finalist
- 1999 Football News Coach of the Year Semifinalist
- Has guided FSU to 21 bowl appearances in 24 years, including 17 straight, with 14 "New Year's Day" bowl trips.
- On October 25, 2003, at 74 years of age, Bobby became the winningest coach in major college football history with his 339th victory.
- The National Bobby Bowden Award was initiated by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization and will highlight the collegiate football player who best epitomizes the term student-athlete.
- Patriarch of the only father-son duo ever to lead Division I-A programs, let alone to lead them at the same time.
- Holds the NCAA record with 11 consecutive bowl victories and 14 straight bowl trips without a loss.
- With a 17-5-1 record in bowl games, his winning percentage of .761 is the best mark, all-time, in college football (2003).
- Won his second national championship in 1999.
- Won his first national championship in 1993 while setting a school record for victories in a season with 12.
- The only coach in the history of Division I-A football to compile 13 straight 10-win seasons.
- Member of the Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) Fraternity
- 1991 Walter Camp Coach of the Year
- 1992 Neyland Trophy
- 1993 Bear Bryant Award finalist
- 1993 ACC Coach of the Year
- 1996 Home Depot National Coach of the Year
- 1980 National Coach of the Year (Bobby Dodd)
- 1983 Florida Sports Hall of Fame
- 1986 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
- 1987 Region II Coach of the Year
- 1979 National Coach of the Year (ABC-Chevrolet)
- 1979 Southern Independent Coach of the Year
- 1977 Southern Independent Coach of the Year
- Graduate Degree from Peabody College
- 6 Children: Robyn Hines, Steve Bowden, Tommy Bowden, Terry Bowden, Ginger Madden, Jeff Bowden. 21 grandchildren.
- Head coach of the Florida State University Seminoles from 1976-present (2008).
- Collegiate Football Experience : University of Alabama (QB), freshman; Howard (QB), sophomore-senior
- High School : Woodlawn High, Birmingham, Ala.
- College : Howard (now Samford) 1953
- Inducted into the South Georgia State College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.
- Inducted into the Samford University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017 (inaugural class).
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