1979 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1979 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1979 Florida State Seminoles football
Orange Bowl, L 7–24 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 6
1979 record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Henshaw (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (4th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 47,413)
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Florida State        11 1 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh        11 1 0
UNLV        9 1 2
No. 17 Temple        10 2 0
Tulane        9 3 0
Rutgers        8 3 0
East Carolina        7 3 1
No. 20 Penn State        8 4 0
South Carolina        8 4 0
Navy        7 4 0
Notre Dame        7 4 0
Southern Miss        6 4 1
Syracuse        7 5 0
Colgate        5 4 1
Boston College        5 6 0
Holy Cross        5 6 0
Memphis        5 6 0
Miami        5 6 0
North Texas State        5 6 0
Villanova        5 6 0
Virginia Tech        5 6 0
West Virginia        5 6 0
Georgia Tech        4 6 1
Louisville        4 6 1
William & Mary        4 7 0
Illinois State        3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana        3 8 0
Army        2 8 1
Air Force        2 9 0
Cincinnati        2 9 0
Richmond        0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Florida State finished #6 in the AP poll and #8 in the UPI poll with an 11–1 record. The Seminoles' offense scored 326 points while the defense allowed 160 points. The Seminoles finished the regular season unbeaten for only the second time in program history and played in the Orange Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 8Southern MissNo. 19W 17–1445,467
September 15vs. Arizona StateNo. 18W 31–333,484
September 22Miami (FL)No. 14
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
W 40–2347,679
September 29at Virginia TechNo. 12ABCW 17–1039,200
October 6at LouisvilleNo. 9W 27–027,306
October 13Mississippi StateNo. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 17–648,701
October 27at LSUNo. 7ABCW 24–1967,197
November 3at CincinnatiNo. 6W 26–2114,539
November 10No. 19 South CarolinaNo. 7
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 27–749,490
November 17Memphis StateNo. 5W 66–1748,021
November 23at FloridaNo. 5ABCW 27–1658,262
January 1vs. No. 5 OklahomaNo. 6NBCL 7–2466,714
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Season summary

Southern Miss

1 234Total
Southern Miss 0 770 14
Florida St 3 0014 17

[1]

Arizona State

1 234Total
Arizona St 0 030 3
Florida St 7 1707 31

[2]

Miami (FL)

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 7 0016 23
Florida St 3 16147 40

[3]

Virginia Tech

1 234Total
Florida St 0 1430 17
Virginia Tech 7 030 10
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Lane Stadium
  • Television network: ABC

[4]

Louisville

1 234Total
Florida St 7 893 27
Louisville 0 000 0

[5]

Mississippi State

1 234Total
Miss St 0 006 6
Florida St 0 1430 17

[6]

LSU

1 234Total
Florida St 7 7010 24
LSU 0 1306 19

[7]

Cincinnati

1 234Total
Florida St 7 0019 26
Cincinnati 0 2100 21

[8]

South Carolina

1 234Total
South Carolina 0 700 7
Florida St 10 6011 27

[9]

Memphis State

1 234Total
Memphis St 3 0014 17
Florida St 3 212814 66

[10]

Florida

1 234Total
Florida St 3 7017 27
Florida 0 0106 16
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Florida Field
  • Game attendance: 58,263
  • Television network: ABC

[11]

Orange Bowl

1 234Total
Oklahoma 0 1707 24
Florida St 7 000 7

[12]

Roster

1979 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 63 Lee Adams Jr
C 52 Willie Andrusko So
WR 88 Jeff Bowden So
T 75 Tom Brannon Jr
G 61 Brent Brock  Jr
WR 23 Jackie Flowers Sr
QB 4 Rick Houston Sr
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan Sr
T 72 Ken Lanier Jr
WR 18 Joe Moss So
TE 81 Zeke Mowatt Fr
QB 11 Rick Stockstill  So
WR 82 Lawrence Strainge So
WR 9 Greg Thompson Fr
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub Sr
FB 26 Wade Wallace Sr
FB 27 Michael Whiting So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 21 Bobby Butler Jr
DT 76 Walter Carter Sr
DT 91 John Diamantas So
DB 20 Jeff Ector Fr
DB 43 Hector Gray  Sr
DT 60 Scott McLean So
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin  Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3 Rohn Stark So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Awards and honors

Monk Bonasorte

  • Associated Press – 3rd Team All-American

Bobby Butler

  • Associated Press – All-American – Honorable Mention

Jackie Flowers

  • Football News – 2nd Team All-American
  • United Press International – 2nd Team All-American
  • Associated Press – All-American – Honorable Mention
  • The Sporting News – All-American – Honorable Mention

Mike Good

  • Associated Press – All-American – Honorable Mention

Ken Lanier

  • Associated Press – All-American – Honorable Mention

Ron Simmons

  • American Football Coaches Association – 1st Team All-American
  • Associated Press – 1st Team All-American
  • Walter Camp – 1st Team All-American
  • Football News – 1st Team All-American
  • Kodak – 1st Team All-American
  • United Press International – 1st Team All-American
  • NCAA – Consensus All-American
  • The Sporting News – All-American – Honorable Mention

Scott Warren

  • Churchman's – 1st Team All-American
  • Associated Press – All-American – Honorable Mention

[13]

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