1978 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1978 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1978 Florida State Seminoles football
Conference	Independent
1978 record	8–3
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	George Haffner (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jack Stanton (3rd season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 47,413)

1978 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
North Texas State		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 7 Notre Dame		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Louisville		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				6	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
William & Mary		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Memphis State		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Air Force		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Colgate		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Richmond		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Illinois State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Boston College		–		–				0	–	11	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	at Syracuse	No. 17	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY		W 28–0	24,272
September 16	Oklahoma State	No. 16	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 38–20	40,338
September 23	at Miami (FL)	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–21	25,002
September 30	Houston	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 21–27	41,142
October 7	Cincinnati	No. 18	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 26–21	39,599
October 14	at Mississippi State	No. 15	Scott Field Starkville, MS		L 27–55	36,000
October 21	at No. 16 Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		L 3–7	55,104
October 28	at Southern Miss		M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS		W 38–16	23,248
November 11	Virginia Tech		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 24–14	38,654
November 18	Navy		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 38–6	45,795
November 25	Florida		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)		W 38–21	48,432
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1978 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Lee Adams OL Brent Brock RB Gator Cherry TE Sam Childers WR Jackie Flowers OL Greg Futch OL Mike Good OL Nate Henderson RB Homes Johnson QB Jimmy Jordan TE Bill Keck RB Keith Kennedy TE Grady King OL Ken Lanier RB Mark Lyles RB Sam Platt RB Greg Ramsey WR Milton Raysor RB Ernie Sims WR Lawrence Strainge WR Kurt Unglaub RB Wade Wallace OL Gil Wesley RB Michael Whiting WR Phil Williams QB Wally Woodham	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Monk Bonasorte DB Bobby Butler DL Walter Carter DL Jarvis Coursey LB David Hanks DB Ozzie Harrell DB Gary Henry LB Reggie Herring DB Keith Jones DL Willie Jones DB Mike Kincaid DL Mark Macek DL Jeremy Mindin LB Paul Piurowski DL Ed Richardson DL Arthur Scott DL Ron Simmons DB Mike Smith DL Scott Warren	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Bill Capece K Dave Cappelen P Rohn Stark	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. http://nolefan.org/summary/f1978.html