1979 Florida State Seminoles football team

1979 Florida State Seminoles football
Orange Bowl vs. Oklahoma, L, 7-24
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP #6
1979 record 11-1
Head coach Bobby Bowden (4th year)
Offensive coordinator George Henshaw
Defensive coordinator Jack Stanton
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 47,413)

The 1979 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Florida State finished #6 in the AP poll and #8 in the UPI poll with an 11-1 record. The Seminoles' offense scored 326 points while the defense allowed 160 points. The Seminoles finished the regular season unbeaten for only the second time in program history and played in the Orange Bowl.

Season schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 8 Southern Miss #19 Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL W 1714   45,467
September 15 vs. Arizona State #18 Tampa StadiumTampa, FL W 313   33,484
September 22 Miami (FL) #14 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) W 4023   47,679
September 29 at Virginia Tech #12 Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA ABC W 1710   39,200
October 6 at Louisville #9 Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY W 270   27,306
October 13 Mississippi State #9 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 176   48,701
October 27 at LSU #7 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA ABC W 2419   67,197
November 3 at Cincinnati #6 Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH W 2621   14,539
November 10 #19 South Carolina #7 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 277   49,490
November 17 Memphis State #5 Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN W 6617   48,021
November 23 at Florida #5 Florida FieldGainesville, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 2716   58,262
January 1 vs. #5 Oklahoma #6 Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (Orange Bowl) NBC L 724   66,714
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Season summary

Southern Miss

1 234Total
Southern Miss 0 770 14
Florida St 3 0014 17


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Arizona State

1 234Total
Arizona St 0 030 3
Florida St 7 1707 31


[3]


Miami (FL)

1 234Total
Miami (FL) 7 0016 23
Florida St 3 16147 40


[4]


Virginia Tech

1 234Total
Florida St 0 1430 17
Virginia Tech 7 030 10
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Lane Stadium
  • Television network: ABC


[5]


Louisville

1 234Total
Florida St 7 893 27
Louisville 0 000 0

[6]

Mississippi State

1 234Total
Miss St 0 006 6
Florida St 0 1430 17


[7]


LSU

1 234Total
Florida St 7 7010 24
LSU 0 1306 19


[8]


Cincinnati

1 234Total
Florida St 7 0019 26
Cincinnati 0 2100 21


[9]


South Carolina

1 234Total
South Carolina 0 700 7
Florida St 10 6011 27


[10]


Memphis State

1 234Total
Memphis St 3 0014 17
Florida St 3 212814 66


[11]


Florida


1 234Total
Florida St 3 7017 27
Florida 0 0106 16
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Florida Field
  • Game attendance: 58,263
  • Television network: ABC


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Orange Bowl


1 234Total
Oklahoma 0 1707 24
Florida St 7 000 7


[13]


Awards and honors

Monk Bonasorte

Bobby Butler

Jackie Flowers

Mike Good

Ken Lanier

Ron Simmons

Scott Warren

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References

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