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 37–9.[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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