1977 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1977 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1977 Florida State Seminoles football
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 40–17 vs. Texas Tech
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 14
1977 record10–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Haffner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (2nd season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1977 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame        11 1 0
No. 5 Penn State        11 1 0
Colgate        10 1 0
North Texas State *        10 1 0
No. 16 San Diego State        10 1 0
Tennessee State        8 1 1
No. 14 Florida State        10 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh        9 2 1
East Carolina        8 3 0
Rutgers        8 3 0
Army        7 4 0
Louisville        7 4 1
Boston College        6 5 0
Cincinnati        5 4 2
Georgia Tech        6 5 0
Memphis State        6 5 0
Northwestern State        6 5 0
Syracuse        6 5 0
William & Mary        6 5 0
Southern Miss        6 5 0
Temple        5 5 1
Hawaii        5 6 0
Navy        5 6 0
West Virginia        5 6 0
South Carolina        5 7 0
Utah State        4 7 0
Villanova        4 7 0
Illinois State        3 7 1
Virginia Tech        3 7 1
Indiana State        3 7 0
Miami (FL)        3 8 0
Richmond        3 8 0
Tulane        3 8 0
Air Force        2 8 1
Holy Cross        2 8 0
Northeast Louisiana        2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 9–2) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 10at Southern MissW 35–619,376
September 17at Kansas StateW 18–1026,200
September 24Miami (FL)L 17–2340,060
October 1at No. 17 Oklahoma StateW 25–1746,500
October 8Cincinnati
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 14–033,755
October 22Auburn
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 24–342,464
October 29North Texas StateNo. 20
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 35–1440,597
November 5at Virginia TechNo. 15W 23–2136,500
November 12Memphis StateNo. 16
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 30–940,127
November 19at San Diego StateNo. 13L 16–4150,453
December 3at FloridaNo. 19ABCW 37–963,563
December 23vs. Texas TechNo. 19MizlouW 40–1744,502
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Season summary

at Southern Miss


at Kansas State

Florida State at Kansas State
1 234Total
Seminoles 0 0810 18
Wildcats 0 703 10
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: KSU Stadium
  • Game attendance: 26,200


[3]

Miami (FL)


at Oklahoma State


Cincinnati


Auburn


North Texas State

North Texas State at Florida State
1 234Total
Mean Green 0 770 14
No. 20 Seminoles 7 1477 35


at Virginia Tech


Memphis State


at San Diego State


at Florida

Florida State at Florida
1 234Total
No. 19 Seminoles 10 7713 37
Gators 0 900 9


Bobby Bowden got his first win over the Gators, as Florida State beat Florida 379.[4]


Texas Tech (Tangerine Bowl)

Texas Tech vs. Florida State
1 234Total
Red Raiders 0 368 17
No. 19 Seminoles 3 131113 40


References


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