1984 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1984 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1984 Florida State Seminoles football
Citrus Bowl, T 17–17 vs. Georgia
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 17
1984 record7–3–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWayne McDuffie (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (1st season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 55,246)
1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Boston College        10 2 0
No. 11 South Carolina        10 2 0
Army        8 3 1
Rutgers        7 3 0
No. 17 Florida State        7 3 2
Virginia Tech        8 4 0
West Virginia        8 4 0
No. 18 Miami (FL)        8 5 0
Notre Dame        7 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana        6 5 0
Penn State        6 5 0
Syracuse        6 5 0
Temple        6 5 0
Memphis State        5 5 1
Navy        4 6 1
Southern Miss        4 7 0
Pittsburgh        3 7 1
Tulane        3 8 0
Cincinnati        2 9 0
East Carolina        2 9 0
Louisville        2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Running back Greg Allen became the first Heisman finalist at Florida State, finishing in seventh place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.East CarolinaNo. 20W 48–1754,211
September 151:30 p.m.at KansasNo. 18W 42–1638,600
September 224:00 p.m.at No. 4 Miami (FL)No. 15CBSW 38–362,210
September 297:00 p.m.TempleNo. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 44–2756,892
October 68:30 p.m.at Memphis StateNo. 6T 17–1727,740
October 137:00 p.m.No. 16 AuburnNo. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 41–4258,671
October 207:00 p.m.TulaneNo. 15
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 27–654,785
November 37:30 p.m.at Arizona StateNo. 14W 52–4468,574
November 103:30 p.m.at No. 5 South CarolinaNo. 11ABCL 26–3875,000
November 177:00 p.m.ChattanoogaNo. 17
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 37–055,443
December 13:30 p.m.No. 3 FloridaNo. 12
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCL 17–2758,930
December 2212:30 p.m.vs. GeorgiaNo. 15NBCT 17–1751,821
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1984 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 26 Greg Allen Sr
QB 11 Kirk Coker  Jr
G 64 Jamie Dukes Jr
WR 4 Jessie Hester Sr
RB 24 Darrin Holloman  Fr
FB 43 Cletis Jones Jr
RB 20 Roosevelt Snipes Jr
QB 1 Eric Thomas Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 31 Billy Allen Sr
S 13 Kim Mack Sr
CB 32 Martin Mayhew  Fr
S 43 Bobby McCrary Sr
LB 38 Paul McGowan Fr
CB 8 Eric Riley  Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 6 Louis Berry So
K 18 Derek Schmidt Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Chuck Amato (DL)
  • Mickey Andrews (DC/DB)
  • Art Baker (QB)
  • John Eason (WR)
  • Jim Gladden (LB)
  • Bob Harbison (OL)
  • Gene McDowell (LB)
  • Wayne McDuffie (OC/OL)
  • Billy Sexton (RB)
  • Dave Van Halanger (Str+Cond)

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

Roster
Last update: 27 Jul 2019

Season summary

East Carolina


Kansas


Miami (FL)

#15 Florida State at #4 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Seminoles 6 31514 38
Hurricanes 0 003 3
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game attendance: 62,210
  • Television network: CBS


  • Jessie Hester 5 Rec, 116 Yds

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Temple


Memphis State


Auburn

#16 Auburn at #9 Florida State
1 234Total
Tigers 10 12713 42
Seminoles 3 14159 41


Tulane


Arizona State

#14 Florida State at Arizona State
1 234Total
Seminoles 0 172114 52
Sun Devils 10 101014 44


  • Greg Allen 22 Rush, 223 Yds
  • Jessie Hester 3 Rec, 104 Yds

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South Carolina


Chattanooga

Florida

Florida Gators (8–1–1) at Florida State Seminoles (7–2–1)
1 2 34Total
Florida 7 10 7327
Florida St 0 3 7717

at Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, Florida

  • Date: December 1
  • Game weather: Rain
  • Game attendance: 58,930
  • NoleFan.org

vs. Georgia (Citrus Bowl)


References

  1. http://nolefan.org/summary/f1984.html
  2. NoleFan.org. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  3. NoleFan.org. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
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