1968 Florida State Seminoles football team

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.

1968 Florida State Seminoles football
Peach Bowl, L 27–31 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(capacity: 40,500)
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Florida State    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
VPI    7 4 0
Pacific    6 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

Schedule

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

Roster

1968 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Bill Cappleman Jr
OT 77 Jeff Curchin Jr
TE 84 Chip Glass Sr
WR 34 Ron Sellers Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 50 Dale McCullers Sr
DB 43 Hal Montgomery Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 40 Duane Carrell So
PK 33 Grant Guthrie Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

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)

[4]

References

  1. "Gators win battle of Tallahassee". The Bradenton Herald. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Mississippi State bows to Florida Seminoles". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 10, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tigers roar past Seminoles". The Shreveport Journal. December 31, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Palm Beach Post. 1968 Nov 24. Retrieved 2015-Jan-01.


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