1971 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1971 Florida State Seminoles football
Fiesta Bowl, L 38–45 vs. Arizona State
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record8–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Steve Sloan (1st season)
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(capacity: 40,500)
Seasons
←  1970
1972  →
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Penn State  – 11 –1 –0
Boston College  – 9 –2 –0
No. 17 Houston  – 9 –3 –0
No. 13 Notre Dame  – 8 –2 –0
Utah State  – 8 –3 –0
Florida State  – 8 –4 –0
Cincinnati  – 7 –4 –0
West Virginia  – 7 –4 –0
Temple  – 6 –2 –1
Air Force  – 6 –4 –0
Army  – 6 –4 –0
Colgate  – 6 –4 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –1
South Carolina  – 6 –5 –0
Southern Miss  – 6 –5 –0
Georgia Tech  – 6 –6 –0
New Mexico State  – 5 –5 –1
Northern Illinois  – 5 –5 –1
Syracuse  – 5 –5 –1
Dayton  – 5 –6 –0
Holy Cross  – 4 –6 –0
Miami (FL)  – 4 –7 –0
Rutgers  – 4 –7 –0
Virginia Tech  – 4 –7 –0
Navy  – 3 –8 –0
Pittsburgh  – 3 –8 –0
Tulane  – 3 –8 –0
Marshall  – 2 –8 –0
Xavier  – 1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Larry Jones was head coach, Steve Sloan was an assistant coach/offensive coordinator, and Bill Parcells coached the linebackers. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 11vs. Southern Miss
W 24–912,133 [2]
September 18at Miami (FL)
ABC W 20–1720,266
September 25 Kansas
W 30–734,784
October 2at Virginia Tech
W 17–330,001 [3]
October 9 Mississippi State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 27–927,415 [4]
October 16at Florida No. 19
L 15–1765,109
October 23 South Carolina
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 49–1830,764
October 30at Houston No. 19
L 7–1433,598
November 13at Georgia Tech
L 6–1244,261
November 20 Tulsa
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 45–1020,528
November 27 Pittsburgh
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 31–1319,292
December 27vs. No. 8 Arizona State
Mizlou L 38–4551,089
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1971 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 82 Rhett Dawson Sr
C 55Allen Dees
WR 18Kent Gaydos
QB 19 Gary Huff Jr
FB 48James Jarrett
G 65J.W. McKinnie
RB 27Art Munroe
TE 84 Gary Parris Jr
WR 22 Barry Smith Jr
OT 74Don Sparkman
G 53Jay Stokes
OT 66Joe Strickler
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 75Richard Amman
S 28Robert Ashmore
DE 57Steve BrattonJr
DT 70Bill Henson
DE 50 Charlie Hunt Jr
S 24John Lanahan
CB 40 Eddie McMillan Jr
OLB 60Clint Parker
DE 85Bill Shaw
ILB 59Larry Strickland
CB 26 J.T. Thomas Jr
OLB 50Dan Whitehurst
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1Frank Fontes
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Theron Bass (GA)
  • Bill Canty (Freshman)
  • John Devlin (DL)
  • Al Guy (GA)
  • Bob Harbison (OL)
  • Gene Henderson (DC/DB)
  • Pat Hodgson (WR/TE)
  • Doug Jackson (GA)
  • Wayne McDuffie (GA)
  • Bill Parcells (LB)
  • Steve Sloan (OC)
  • Hank Small (GA)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Season summary

At Florida

Florida State Seminoles at Florida Gators
Period1234Total
Florida St 0001515
Florida 0140317

at Florida Field, Gainesville, Florida

  • Date: October 16, 1971
  • Game weather: Overcast
  • Game attendance: 65,109
  • Recap/Box Score
Game information

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References

  1. ↑ "FSU Football 1970–1979". Nolefan.org. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Seminoles rap Southern 24–9". The Tampa Tribune. September 12, 1971. Retrieved March 23, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Seminoles: 4–0, Huff hits 21 of 25". The Orlando Sentinel. October 3, 1971. Retrieved December 14, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Gary Huff leads Seminoles past Mississippi State 27–9". Fort Myers News-Press. October 10, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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