1968 Florida State Seminoles football team

1968 Florida State Seminoles football
Peach Bowl, L 27–31 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State   –   11 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –   8 – 2 – 0
West Texas State   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
  –   8 – 3 – 0
Air Force   –   7 – 3 – 0
Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Houston   –   6 – 2 – 2
Utah State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   7 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 5 – 0
Dayton   –   5 – 5 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 5 – 0
New Mexico State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Southern Miss   –   4 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 6 – 1
San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 8 – 0
Tulane   –   2 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. This was Bill Peterson's ninth year as head coach, and he led the team to an 8–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Maryland
W 24–1433,600[1]
September 28No. 5 Florida
L 3–945,256[2]
October 5No. 17 Texas A&M
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–1435,494[3]
October 19Memphis State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–1030,182
October 26at South CarolinaNo. 20
W 35–2842,038[4]
November 2Virginia TechNo. 18
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 22–4031,342[5]
November 9at Mississippi State
W 27–1417,000[6]
November 16at NC State
W 48–726,800[7]
November 23Wake Forest
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 42–2435,108[8]
November 29vs. No. 10 Houston
W 40–2039,400[9]
December 30vs. LSUNo. 19
L 27–3135,545[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Wake Forest

  • Bill Cappleman 22/33, 365 Yds (set school single season passing yards and attempts records)
  • Ron Sellers 14 Rec, 260 Yds (set NCAA career receiving yards record and school records for TD receptions in a game, TD receptions in a career and points in a career)

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Roster

1968 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Bill Cappleman Jr
OT 77 Jeff Curchin Jr
C 62 Jon Harrison Fr
TE 84 Chip Glass Sr
WR 34 Ron Sellers Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 50 Dale McCullers Sr
DB 43 Hal Montgomery Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 40 Duane Carrell So
PK 33 Grant Guthrie Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Air power lifts FSU". The Orlando Sentinel. September 22, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Gators win battle of Tallahassee". The Bradenton Herald. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Florida State hands Aggies 20–14 setback". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 6, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Seminoles top Gamecocks in 35 to 28 cliffhanger". The News and Observer. October 27, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Virginia Tech Gobblers clout luckless FSU Seminoles 40–22". News-Press. November 3, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mississippi State bows to Florida Seminoles". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 10, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Seminoles blast Wolfpack 48–7". The High Point Enterprise. November 17, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "FSU flips Deacons, 42–24". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 24, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "FSU shreds the point machine". St. Petersburg Times. November 30, 1968. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tigers roar past Seminoles". The Shreveport Journal. December 31, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1968 Nov 24. Retrieved 2015-Jan-01.
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