1980 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1980 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected co-national champion by Rothman (FACT).[1]

1980 Florida State Seminoles football
Co-national champion (FACT)
Orange Bowl, L 17–18 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1980 record10–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Henshaw (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (5th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 51,094)
1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Pittsburgh        11 1 0
No. 5 Florida State        10 2 0
No. 8 Penn State        10 2 0
No. 9 Notre Dame        9 2 1
No. 18 Miami (FL)        9 3 0
Southern Miss        9 3 0
Navy        8 4 0
South Carolina        8 4 0
Virginia Tech        8 4 0
Boston College        7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana        7 4 0
Rutgers        7 4 0
UNLV        7 4 0
Tulane        7 5 0
Colgate        5 4 1
North Texas State        6 5 0
Villanova        6 5 0
West Virginia        6 6 0
Louisville        5 6 0
Richmond        5 6 0
Syracuse        5 6 0
East Carolina        4 7 0
Illinois State        4 7 0
Temple        4 7 0
Army        3 7 1
Holy Cross        3 8 0
Cincinnati        2 9 0
Memphis State        2 9 0
William & Mary        2 9 0
Georgia Tech        1 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6at LSUNo. 13W 16–077,535
September 13LouisvilleNo. 10W 52–052,623
September 20East CarolinaNo. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 63–750,547
September 27at Miami (FL)No. 9L 9–1050,008
October 4at No. 3 NebraskaNo. 16W 18–1476,152
October 11No. 4 PittsburghNo. 11
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 36–2252,894
October 18Boston CollegeNo. 7
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 41–752,396
October 25at Memphis StateNo. 6ABCW 24–328,778
November 1TulsaNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 45–247,683
November 8Virginia TechNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 31–751,487
December 6No. 19 FloridaNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 17–1353,772
January 1vs. No. 4 OklahomaNo. 2
NBCL 17–1871,043
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Lee Adams
OL Tom Brannon
RB Ken Burnett
TE Sam Childers
RB Darish Davis
OL Greg Futch
RB Larry Harris
TE Rick Houston
WR Hardis Johnson
RB Homes Johnson
OT 72 Ken Lanier Sr
QB Kelly Lowery
OL John Madden
WR 6 Dennis McKinnon So
TE 81 Zeke Mowatt So
WR Sam Platt
RB Eric Riley
OT 62 Eric Ryan  So
RB Ernie Sims
QB Rick Stockstill
C 56 Jim Thompson Fr
QB 18 Weegie Thompson So
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub  Sr
T 73 Barry Voltapetti  Jr
WR 2 Reggie Webb Fr
TE Tom Wheeler
FB 27 Michael Whiting Jr
QB Blair Williams
WR Phil Williams
RB Ricky Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Monk Bonasarte
LB Roger Brownlee
CB 21 Bobby Butler Sr
DL Alphonso Carreker
DB 24 Harvey Clayton So
DL Jarvis Coursey
DL Garry Futch
DL James Gilbert
DB James Harris
DB Gary Henry
LB Reggie Herring
LB Ron Hester
DB Keith Jones
DT 67 Mark Macek Sr
DB 13 Kim Mack Fr
DL Scott McLean
LB Paul Piurowski
DL Arthur Scott
DL Ron Simmons
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Bill Capece
P 3 Rohn Stark Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

Florida

#19 Florida Gators at #3 Florida State Seminoles
1 2 34Total
Florida 7 6 0013
Florida State 3 0 7717

at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

  • Date: December 6
  • Game attendance: 53,772
  • TV: ABC
  • Recap/Box
  • Hardis Johnson - ABC Player of Game
  • FSU: 16th straight win at home

References

  1. 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 114–115. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  2. http://nolefan.org/summary/f1980.html
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