1981 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1981 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1981 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
1981 record6–5
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Henshaw (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (6th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 51,094)
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Penn State        10 2 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh        11 1 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)        9 2 0
Southern Miss        9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia        9 3 0
Colgate        7 3 0
Virginia Tech        7 4 0
Navy        7 4 1
Cincinnati        6 5 0
Florida State        6 5 0
Holy Cross        6 5 0
Tulane        6 5 0
UNLV        6 6 0
South Carolina        6 6 0
Temple        5 5 0
Boston College        5 6 0
East Carolina        5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana        5 6 0
Louisville        5 6 0
Notre Dame        5 6 0
Rutgers        5 6 0
William & Mary        5 6 0
Syracuse        4 6 1
Richmond        4 7 0
Army        3 7 1
North Texas State        2 9 0
Georgia Tech        1 10 0
Memphis State        1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 p.m.LouisvilleNo. 19W 17–050,735
September 127:00 p.m.Memphis StateNo. 18
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 10–551,454
September 192:30 p.m.at No. 17 NebraskaNo. 19L 14–3476,289
October 31:30 p.m.at No. 7 Ohio StateW 36–2787,158
October 102:30 p.m.at Notre DameNo. 20W 19–1359,075
October 171:30 p.m.at No. 3 PittsburghNo. 11L 14–4252,112
October 248:30 p.m.at LSUNo. 20W 38–1474,816
October 317:00 p.m.Western CarolinaNo. 17
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 56–3152,721
November 712:00 p.m.No. 13 Miami (FL)No. 14
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
ABCL 19–2752,685
November 143:30 p.m.No. 14 Southern MissNo. 20
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ABCL 14–5851,819
November 281:30 p.m.at FloridaL 3–3564,437

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Personnel

1981 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Billy Allen
RB 26 Greg Allen Fr
OL Tom Brannon
RB Ken Burnett
TE 84 Sam Childers Sr
OL Redus Coggin
RB Darish Davis
OG 68 Jeff Field  Sr
OL 97 Tim Flasher Fr
OL Herbert Harp
WR 4 Jessie Hester Fr
WR 22 Hardis Johnson Jr
WR 82 Long Johnson  So
WR Tony Johnson
RB 41 Cedric Jones Fr
QB Kelly Lowery
OL Tom McCormick
WR 6 Dennis McKinnon Jr
OL Bob Merson
TE 81 Zeke Mowatt Jr
WR 2 Steve Nicklaus Fr
OL 77 Chris Nickrenz  So
OL Ricky Render
QB 11 Rick Stockstill  Sr
WR Weegie Thompson
OT 73 Barry Voltapetti  Sr
TE Tom Wheeler
FB 27 Michael Whiting Sr
QB Blair Williams
WR Phil Williams
RB Ricky Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Tracy Ashley
DL Allen Campbell
DT 76 Alphonso Carreker So
DL 68 Lenny Chavers Fr
DB 24 Harvey Clayton Jr
DL Jarvis Coursey
DE 98 Brad Fojtik  So
DT 79 Garry Futch Sr
NG 51 James Gilbert Sr
DE 65 Darryl Gray Fr
DB 9 Warren Hanna Jr
DT 97 Herbert Harp  So
DB 33 James Harris Sr
DB 30 Larry Harris So
DB 40 Gary Henry Sr
LB Ron Hester
DE 86 John McLean So
DE 60 Scott McLean Sr
DB Eric Riley
DL Mike Rodrique
LB Ken Roe
LB Henry Taylor
LB Tommy Young
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 7 Mike Rendina Fr
P 3 Rohn Stark Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

Miami (FL)

Miami (FL) Hurricanes at Florida State Seminoles
1 2 34Total
Miami (FL) 3 7 31427
Florida St 6 7 0619

at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

  • Date: November 7
  • Game attendance: 52,685
  • Recap/Box

The loss snapped Florida State's 19-game home winning streak.

References


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