1973 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Larry Jones, Head Coach
Bill Canty, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Jon Conlin, Graduate Assistant
Jim Donnan, Running Backs
Ed Feely, Freshman
Gene Henderson, Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
Wayne McDuffie, Offensive Line
Larry Pendleton, Graduate Assistant
Jim (Red) Phillips, Receivers
Bob Sanders, Graduate Assistant
Bill Shaw, Graduate Assistant
Moyer Smith, Defensive Line
Jack Stanton, Defensive Backs
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1973 FSU Football Handbook
Dan Sparkman and Phil Arnold
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1973 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
From the 1973 FSU Football Handbook, page 26.
Bobby Baker, 6-1, 176, QB, King of Prussia, Pa.
Mike Barnes, 6-1, 175, WR, Titusville
Ed Beckman, 6-5, 211, TE, Miami
Jimmy Black, 5-11, 185, QB-DB, Merritt Island
Brian Blizzard, 6-1, 188, DB, Miami Springs
Pat Booth, 6-3, 200, WR, Tampa
Ed Brodzik, 6-3, 215, OT, Tampa
Osborn Brown, 6-3, 280, OT, Jacksonville
Joe Camps, 6-2, 179, DB, Gainesville
Jay Caven, 6-3, 227, OT, Saint Petersburg
Harold Cheeseborough, 5-10, 213, DE, Jacksonville
Gus Crocco, 5-10, 185, RB, Fort Lauderdale
- Sat out last season after transferring from Biscayne College. Had fine spring practice when opportunity presented itself after many running backs went down due to injuries. Gained scholarship
following spring drills. Is outstanding receiver and sparkled in couple of scrimmages. Only handicap is size.
Doug Dane, 6-4, 225, OT, Fort Lauderdale
Collis Dennison, 6-3, 198, DE, Gainesville
Rudy Falana, 5-11, 165, RB, Largo
Jesse Forbes, 5-8, 157, DB, Tallahassee
Dan Fucarino, 6-1, 212, OG, Tampa
Kevin Gabriel, 5-10, 171, WR, Orlando
Jeff Gardner, 5-10, 210, OG, Miami
- Considered best offensive lineman on last season's freshman team. Was making outstanding progress during spring practice before knee injury sidelined him near end. Coaches think he can be good one.
Has ability to be good drive blocker.
Doug Glosson, 6-1, 209, FB, Lexington, N.C.
- Enrolled at Florida State in spring quarter after finishing prep school at Fork Union Military Academy. Got opportunity this spring when so many Seminole running backs were injured. Responded
extremely well despite lack of experience. Has good size, speed and hands. Showed blocking improvement. Considering he was freshman, coaches were pleased with spring performance.
Rocky Graziano, 6-1, 208, LB-DE, Freeport, N.Y.
Danny Greene, 6-2, 180, DB, Miami
Steve Hanks, 5-11, 184, LB, Orlando
John Harmeling, 6-3, 205, TE-DE, Winter Park
Bruce Harrison, 6-2, 220, OL, Vero Beach
Ken Harrison, 6-1, 197, LB, Auburndale
John Howerton, 5-11, 178, RB, Evansville, Ind.
Wade Johnson, 6-2, 215, OL, Valdosta, Ga.
Larry Jones, 6-1, 190, WR, Seminole
Phil Jones, 6-2, 234, DL, Miami Springs
Robbie Keyes, 6-4, 197, QB, Ocean Gate, N.J.
Mike Kissner, 6-3, 230, LB, Delray Beach
Jeff Leggett, 5-11, 157, RB, Miami
Rudy Maloy, 6-4, 270, TE-LB, Frostproof
Mark Marshall, 6-4, 207, TE, Cape Coral
- Hampered by injuries during spring but still made great deal of progress. Needs game experience. Has great attitude and potential to be fine tight end.
Steve Mathieson, 6-5, 210, QB, Rockville, Md.
Walt McCully, 6-0, 168, DB, Orlando
Tom McDougal, 6-5, 207, TE, Miami
Billy McPhillips, 6-2, 227, OG, Temple Terrace
Pat O'Leary, 6-0, 179, QB, Hallandale
Scott Peacock, 6-2, 210, DT, Pensacola
Greg Pitt, 6-2, 211, OG, Knoxville, Tenn.
Greg Pittman, 6-0, 175, DB, Monticello
Dave Porter, 6-3, 190, DL, Saint Petersburg
Billy Prescott, 6-0, 168, QB, Fort Walton Beach
Gene Revell, 6-1, 197, LB, Bristol
Detroit Reynolds, 6-0, 206, LB, Tallahassee
Jeff Ridings, 6-0, 180, RB-DB, Marietta, Ga.
Alan Risk, 6-3, 210, OL, Miami
Vic Rivas, 6-2, 230, OL, Miami
Bill Sawyer, 6-3, 220, OL, Cordele, Ga.
Brian Schmidt, 6-1, 214, LB, Lehigh Acres
Garis Shaw, 6-1, 221, DT, Clearwater
Mike Shumann, 6-1, 165, WR, Tallahassee
Mitch Skinner, 6-2, 229, C, Fort Myers
Jon Thames, 5-11, 234, DT, Gainesville
Rudy Thomas, 5-10, 190, RB, Quincy
1973 Roster - By Name
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 82 Mike Allen WR 6-3 181 Jr * Willoughby, Ohio (Union)
* Bob Anderson OG 6-1 213 Jr * Rockledge (Rockledge)
* Bobby Anderson DT 5-10 200 Sr-R ** Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
* 61 Phil Arnold LB 6-0 214 Sr ** Hollywood (South Broward)
* 1 Ahmet Askin PK 6-1 168 So * Tallahassee (Godby)
12 Bobby Baker QB 6-1 176 Fr King of Prussia, Pa. (Upper Merion)
Mike Barnes WR 6-1 175 Fr Titusville (Titusville)
* 81 Ed Beckman TE 6-5 211 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 49 Bruce Bell LB 5-11 194 So-R Pensacola (Pensacola Catholic)
* Jimmy Black QB-DB 5-11 185 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
42 Brian Blizzard DB 6-1 188 So Miami Springs (Miami Springs)
90 Ricky Blythe TE 6-1 208 Jr Winter Park (Winter Park)
80 Pat Booth WR 6-3 200 Fr Tampa (Tampa Catholic)
* 57 Steve Bratton DE 5-11 202 Sr-R ** Oviedo (Oviedo)
68 Ed Brodzik OT 6-3 215 Fr Tampa (Leto)
* Mack Brown RB 6-0 195 Sr-R * Cookeville, Tenn. (Putnam County/Vanderbilt)
67 Osborn Brown OT 6-3 280 Jr Jacksonville (Raines)
35 Brooks Burroughs FB 5-11 216 Jr-R Somerset, N.J. (Ferrum JC)
* 41 Phil Cahoon DB 5-11 171 So-R Mobile, Ala. (Davidson)
42 Joe Camps DB 6-2 179 Fr Gainesville (Gainesville)
75 Jay Caven OT 6-3 227 So Saint Petersburg (Boca Ciega)
66 Tom Chandler DT 5-11 219 So Pensacola (Washington)
63 Harold Cheeseborough DE 5-10 213 So Jacksonville (Lee)
Jeff Chestnut RB 5-11 175 So-R Stone Mountain, Ga. (Tucker)
* 84 Randy Coffield DE 6-3 212 So-R Hialeah (Hialeah)
* 50 Bert Cooper DE 6-1 236 Sr * Tallahassee (Florida)
50 Tom Cooper LB 6-1 205 So Panama City (Rutherford)
Gus Crocco RB 5-10 185 Jr Fort Lauderdale (Cardinal Gibbons/Biscayne)
* 75 Doug Dane OT 6-4 225 Fr Fort Lauderdale (South Plantation)
* 32 Ed Davis WR-TE 6-1 183 Sr-R ** Lakeland (Lakeland)
* 28 Mike Davison RB 5-11 198 Jr * Bradenton (Manatee)
80 Mike Dely DE 6-3 210 Sr Miami (Miami Springs)
67 Collis Dennison DE 6-3 198 Fr Gainesville (Gainesville)
* 3 Joe Downey P 5-11 202 Jr-R * Mobile, Ala. (Theodore)
* 79 Bobby Donald Elam OT 6-2 217 Jr-R * Centreville, Ala. (Marion Institute)
* 11 Jimmy Everett WR 6-3 177 So * Tallahassee (Godby)
Rudy Falana RB 5-11 165 Sr Largo (Largo)
37 Jesse Forbes DB 5-8 157 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
51 Dan Fucarino OG 6-1 212 So Tampa (Hillsborough)
12 Kevin Gabriel WR 5-10 171 So Orlando (Edgewater)
* 64 Jeff Gardner OG 5-10 210 So Miami (Columbus)
* 36 Doug Glosson FB 6-1 209 Fr Lexington, N.C. (West Davidson)
* 21 Joe Goldsmith WR 6-0 174 Jr-R * Lakeland (Kathleen)
40 Ben Graham DB 6-2 184 So Punta Gorda (Charlotte)
48 Rocky Graziano LB-DE 6-1 208 Fr Freeport, N.Y. (Freeport)
* 53 Danny Greene DB 6-2 180 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 23 Chris Griffin DB 5-11 165 So Tampa (Hillsborough)
30 Steve Hanks LB 5-11 184 Fr Orlando (Edgewater)
26 Mike Harder WR 6-3 179 So Bristol, Pa. (Woodrow Wilson)
* John Harmeling TE-DE 6-3 205 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
77 David Harper OT 6-3 241 Jr Farmville, Va. (Prince Edward Academy)
69 Bruce Harrison OL 6-2 220 Fr Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
60 Ken Harrison LB 6-1 197 So Auburndale (Auburndale)
26 Donnie Holley RB 5-11 182 Jr Elba, Ala. (Elba)
90 Dick Hopkins TE 6-2 202 Jr-R West Palm Beach (Forest Hill)
22 John Howerton RB 5-11 178 So Evansville, Ind. (Harrison)
* 43 Earl Humes DB 6-0 163 Jr Miami (Miami Beach)
60 Bill Johnson DE 6-1 206 Jr Cocoa Beach (Cocoa Beach)
* 78 Greg Johnson DT 6-4 240 So-R Fruitland Park (Leesburg)
27 Ken Johnson DB 6-0 169 So Lutz (Chamberlain)
Wade Johnson OL 6-2 215 Fr Valdosta, Ga. (Valdosta)
* 62 Bob Jones OG 6-3 230 Jr * Lighthouse Point (Pompano Beach)
* 88 Larry Jones WR 6-1 190 Fr Seminole (Seminole)
* 55 Phil Jones DL 6-2 234 Fr Miami Springs (Miami Springs)
* 31 Randy Kaiser DB 5-11 173 Jr Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park-River Forest)
14 Robbie Keyes QB 6-4 197 So Ocean Gate, N.J. (Central Regional)
30 John Kilmurray FB 6-1 209 So Lanoka Harbor, N.J. (Central Regional)
Mike Kissner LB 6-3 230 Fr Delray Beach (Cardinal Newman)
Jeff Leggett RB 5-11 157 Fr Miami (Norland)
* 38 Buzzy Lewis DB 6-1 193 Sr ** Bristol (Liberty County)
17 Gary Loucks P 6-2 210 Jr-R * Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
* 70 Jim Malkiewicz DT 6-2 227 Sr-R * Perth Amboy, N.J. (Ferrum JC)
* 83 Rudy Maloy TE-LB 6-4 270 Fr Frostproof (Frostproof)
89 Mark Marshall TE 6-4 207 So Cape Coral (Cypress Lake)
Steve Mathieson QB 6-5 210 Fr Rockville, Md. (Peary)
37 Walt McCully DB 6-0 168 So Orlando (Edgewater)
* 89 Tom McDougal TE 6-5 207 Fr Miami (Palmetto)
47 David McGinn DB 6-1 172 So Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 22 Bobby McKinnon FB 6-1 183 So Lake Worth (Lake Worth)
* 65 Billy McPhillips OG 6-2 227 Fr Temple Terrace (King)
* 59 Scott Meseroll DE-C 6-1 214 Jr-R Piscataway, N.J. (Piscataway/Wesley JC)
46 David Miles LB 5-10 210 Sr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
29 Fred Miller RB 6-0 212 So * Jacksonville (Paxon)
* 44 Hodges Mitchell RB 5-9 177 Sr-R * Dallas, Tex. (South Oak Cliff/Texas Christian)
* 56 John Murphy LB 5-9 213 Jr-R * Albany, Ga. (Albany)
15 Pat O'Leary QB 6-0 179 So Hallandale (Chaminade)
73 Paul Oglesby OG 6-2 225 Jr * Jacksonville (Paxon)
* 18 Mark Orlando QB 6-1 185 So-R Westfield, N.Y. (Mindszenty)
* 87 John Palermo DT 6-3 222 Sr * Newburgh, N.Y. (Wesley JC)
* 85 Earl Passwaters DE 6-3 212 Sr * Bridgeville, Del. (Woodbridge/Wesley JC)
30 Lester Payton RB 6-1 194 So-R Orlando (Oak Ridge)
Scott Peacock DT 6-2 210 So Pensacola (Escambia)
39 Ralph Petrillo DB 6-1 191 So-R Newburgh, N.Y. (Free Academy)
55 Greg Pitt OG 6-2 211 So Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee Military Institute)
Greg Pittman DB 6-0 175 Fr Monticello (Jefferson County)
60 Dave Porter DL 6-3 190 Fr Saint Petersburg (Gibbs)
* 58 Greg Pounds LB 6-1 200 So * Daytona Beach (Mainland)
14 Billy Prescott QB 6-0 168 Fr Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach)
65 Tom Prestwood DT 6-4 211 Jr * Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor School)
* 72 Smokey Ragins OT 6-2 235 So-R Plant City (Plant City)
Gene Revell LB 6-1 197 So Bristol (Liberty County)
* 46 Detroit Reynolds LB 6-0 206 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
Jeff Ridings RB-DB 6-0 180 Fr Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler)
Alan Risk OL 6-3 210 Fr Miami (Norland)
63 Vic Rivas OL 6-2 230 Fr Miami (Coral Park)
52 Rocky Saldana C 6-0 219 Sr Dallas, Tex. (Cisco JC)
Bill Sawyer OL 6-3 220 Fr Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County)
* 53 Brian Schmidt LB 6-1 214 Fr Lehigh Acres (Riverdale)
54 Melvin Scruggs DT 5-11 200 Jr Dixie, Ga. (Brooks County)
* 16 Billy Sexton QB 6-2 192 Sr-R Tallahassee (Leon/Alabama)
54 Garis Shaw DT 6-1 221 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 20 Mike Shumann WR 6-1 165 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
51 Mitch Skinner C 6-2 229 Fr Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
68 Harry Slagle OG 6-4 213 So Phenix City, Ala. (Phenix City)
* 74 Don Sparkman OT 6-4 236 Sr ** Jacksonville (Englewood)
24 Andy Stockton DB 5-11 172 So Saint Petersburg (Boca Ciega)
* 63 Jon Thames DT 5-11 234 Fr Gainesville (Gainesville)
86 Joe Thomas WR 5-11 180 Jr-R Tallahassee (Godby)
33 Rudy Thomas RB 5-10 190 Fr Quincy (Shanks)
39 Steve Vickers DB 5-11 167 So Tampa (King)
1973 Roster - By Number
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R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* Bob Anderson OG 6-1 213 Jr * Rockledge (Rockledge)
* Bobby Anderson DT 5-10 200 Sr-R ** Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
Mike Barnes WR 6-1 175 Fr Titusville (Titusville)
* Jimmy Black QB-DB 5-11 185 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
* Mack Brown RB 6-0 195 Sr-R * Cookeville, Tenn. (Putnam County/Vanderbilt)
Jeff Chestnut RB 5-11 175 So-R Stone Mountain, Ga. (Tucker)
Gus Crocco RB 5-10 185 Jr Fort Lauderdale (Cardinal Gibbons/Biscayne)
Rudy Falana RB 5-11 165 Sr Largo (Largo)
* John Harmeling TE-DE 6-3 205 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
Wade Johnson OL 6-2 215 Fr Valdosta, Ga. (Valdosta)
Mike Kissner LB 6-3 230 Fr Delray Beach (Cardinal Newman)
Jeff Leggett RB 5-11 157 Fr Miami (Norland)
Steve Mathieson QB 6-5 210 Fr Rockville, Md. (Peary)
Scott Peacock DT 6-2 210 So Pensacola (Escambia)
Greg Pittman DB 6-0 175 Fr Monticello (Jefferson County)
Gene Revell LB 6-1 197 So Bristol (Liberty County)
Jeff Ridings RB-DB 6-0 180 Fr Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler)
Alan Risk OL 6-3 210 Fr Miami (Norland)
Bill Sawyer OL 6-3 220 Fr Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County)
* 1 Ahmet Askin PK 6-1 168 So * Tallahassee (Godby)
* 3 Joe Downey P 5-11 202 Jr-R * Mobile, Ala. (Theodore)
* 11 Jimmy Everett WR 6-3 177 So * Tallahassee (Godby)
12 Bobby Baker QB 6-1 176 Fr King of Prussia, Pa. (Upper Merion)
12 Kevin Gabriel WR 5-10 171 So Orlando (Edgewater)
14 Robbie Keyes QB 6-4 197 So Ocean Gate, N.J. (Central Regional)
14 Billy Prescott QB 6-0 168 Fr Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach)
15 Pat O'Leary QB 6-0 179 So Hallandale (Chaminade)
* 16 Billy Sexton QB 6-2 192 Sr-R Tallahassee (Leon/Alabama)
17 Gary Loucks P 6-2 210 Jr-R * Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
* 18 Mark Orlando QB 6-1 185 So-R Westfield, N.Y. (Mindszenty)
* 20 Mike Shumann WR 6-1 165 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
* 21 Joe Goldsmith WR 6-0 174 Jr-R * Lakeland (Kathleen)
22 John Howerton RB 5-11 178 So Evansville, Ind. (Harrison)
* 22 Bobby McKinnon FB 6-1 183 So Lake Worth (Lake Worth)
* 23 Chris Griffin DB 5-11 165 So Tampa (Hillsborough)
24 Andy Stockton DB 5-11 172 So Saint Petersburg (Boca Ciega)
26 Mike Harder WR 6-3 179 So Bristol, Pa. (Woodrow Wilson)
26 Donnie Holley RB 5-11 182 Jr Elba, Ala. (Elba)
27 Ken Johnson DB 6-0 169 So Lutz (Chamberlain)
* 28 Mike Davison RB 5-11 198 Jr * Bradenton (Manatee)
29 Fred Miller RB 6-0 212 So * Jacksonville (Paxon)
30 Steve Hanks LB 5-11 184 Fr Orlando (Edgewater)
30 John Kilmurray FB 6-1 209 So Lanoka Harbor, N.J. (Central Regional)
30 Lester Payton RB 6-1 194 So-R Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 31 Randy Kaiser DB 5-11 173 Jr Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park-River Forest)
* 32 Ed Davis WR-TE 6-1 183 Sr-R ** Lakeland (Lakeland)
33 Rudy Thomas RB 5-10 190 Fr Quincy (Shanks)
35 Brooks Burroughs FB 5-11 216 Jr-R Somerset, N.J. (Ferrum JC)
* 36 Doug Glosson FB 6-1 209 Fr Lexington, N.C. (West Davidson)
37 Jesse Forbes DB 5-8 157 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
37 Walt McCully DB 6-0 168 So Orlando (Edgewater)
* 38 Buzzy Lewis DB 6-1 193 Sr ** Bristol (Liberty County)
39 Ralph Petrillo DB 6-1 191 So-R Newburgh, N.Y. (Free Academy)
39 Steve Vickers DB 5-11 167 So Tampa (King)
40 Ben Graham DB 6-2 184 So Punta Gorda (Charlotte)
* 41 Phil Cahoon DB 5-11 171 So-R Mobile, Ala. (Davidson)
42 Brian Blizzard DB 6-1 188 So Miami Springs (Miami Springs)
42 Joe Camps DB 6-2 179 Fr Gainesville (Gainesville)
* 43 Earl Humes DB 6-0 163 Jr Miami (Miami Beach)
* 44 Hodges Mitchell RB 5-9 177 Sr-R * Dallas, Tex. (South Oak Cliff/Texas Christian)
46 David Miles LB 5-10 210 Sr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 46 Detroit Reynolds LB 6-0 206 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
47 David McGinn DB 6-1 172 So Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
48 Rocky Graziano LB-DE 6-1 208 Fr Freeport, N.Y. (Freeport)
* 49 Bruce Bell LB 5-11 194 So-R Pensacola (Pensacola Catholic)
* 50 Bert Cooper DE 6-1 236 Sr * Tallahassee (Florida)
50 Tom Cooper LB 6-1 205 So Panama City (Rutherford)
51 Dan Fucarino OG 6-1 212 So Tampa (Hillsborough)
51 Mitch Skinner C 6-2 229 Fr Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
52 Rocky Saldana C 6-0 219 Sr Dallas, Tex. (Cisco JC)
* 53 Danny Greene DB 6-2 180 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 53 Brian Schmidt LB 6-1 214 Fr Lehigh Acres (Riverdale)
54 Melvin Scruggs DT 5-11 200 Jr Dixie, Ga. (Brooks County)
54 Garis Shaw DT 6-1 221 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 55 Phil Jones DL 6-2 234 Fr Miami Springs (Miami Springs)
55 Greg Pitt OG 6-2 211 So Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee Military Institute)
* 56 John Murphy LB 5-9 213 Jr-R * Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 57 Steve Bratton DE 5-11 202 Sr-R ** Oviedo (Oviedo)
* 58 Greg Pounds LB 6-1 200 So * Daytona Beach (Mainland)
* 59 Scott Meseroll DE-C 6-1 214 Jr-R Piscataway, N.J. (Piscataway/Wesley JC)
60 Ken Harrison LB 6-1 197 So Auburndale (Auburndale)
60 Bill Johnson DE 6-1 206 Jr Cocoa Beach (Cocoa Beach)
60 Dave Porter DL 6-3 190 Fr Saint Petersburg (Gibbs)
* 61 Phil Arnold LB 6-0 214 Sr ** Hollywood (South Broward)
* 62 Bob Jones OG 6-3 230 Jr * Lighthouse Point (Pompano Beach)
63 Harold Cheeseborough DE 5-10 213 So Jacksonville (Lee)
63 Vic Rivas OL 6-2 230 Fr Miami (Coral Park)
* 63 Jon Thames DT 5-11 234 Fr Gainesville (Gainesville)
* 64 Jeff Gardner OG 5-10 210 So Miami (Columbus)
* 65 Billy McPhillips OG 6-2 227 Fr Temple Terrace (King)
65 Tom Prestwood DT 6-4 211 Jr * Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor School)
66 Tom Chandler DT 5-11 219 So Pensacola (Washington)
67 Osborn Brown OT 6-3 280 Jr Jacksonville (Raines)
67 Collis Dennison DE 6-3 198 Fr Gainesville (Gainesville)
68 Ed Brodzik OT 6-3 215 Fr Tampa (Leto)
68 Harry Slagle OG 6-4 213 So Phenix City, Ala. (Phenix City)
69 Bruce Harrison OL 6-2 220 Fr Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
* 70 Jim Malkiewicz DT 6-2 227 Sr-R * Perth Amboy, N.J. (Ferrum JC)
* 72 Smokey Ragins OT 6-2 235 So-R Plant City (Plant City)
73 Paul Oglesby OG 6-2 225 Jr * Jacksonville (Paxon)
* 74 Don Sparkman OT 6-4 236 Sr ** Jacksonville (Englewood)
75 Jay Caven OT 6-3 227 So Saint Petersburg (Boca Ciega)
* 75 Doug Dane OT 6-4 225 Fr Fort Lauderdale (South Plantation)
77 David Harper OT 6-3 241 Jr Farmville, Va. (Prince Edward Academy)
* 78 Greg Johnson DT 6-4 240 So-R Fruitland Park (Leesburg)
* 79 Bobby Donald Elam OT 6-2 217 Jr-R * Centreville, Ala. (Marion Institute)
80 Pat Booth WR 6-3 200 Fr Tampa (Tampa Catholic)
80 Mike Dely DE 6-3 210 Sr Miami (Miami Springs)
* 81 Ed Beckman TE 6-5 211 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 82 Mike Allen WR 6-3 181 Jr * Willoughby, Ohio (Union)
* 83 Rudy Maloy TE-LB 6-4 270 Fr Frostproof (Frostproof)
* 84 Randy Coffield DE 6-3 212 So-R Hialeah (Hialeah)
* 85 Earl Passwaters DE 6-3 212 Sr * Bridgeville, Del. (Woodbridge/Wesley JC)
86 Joe Thomas WR 5-11 180 Jr-R Tallahassee (Godby)
* 87 John Palermo DT 6-3 222 Sr * Newburgh, N.Y. (Wesley JC)
* 88 Larry Jones WR 6-1 190 Fr Seminole (Seminole)
89 Mark Marshall TE 6-4 207 So Cape Coral (Cypress Lake)
* 89 Tom McDougal TE 6-5 207 Fr Miami (Palmetto)
90 Ricky Blythe TE 6-1 208 Jr Winter Park (Winter Park)
90 Dick Hopkins TE 6-2 202 Jr-R West Palm Beach (Forest Hill)
Lettermen from the 1974 FSU Football Handbook, page 41.
1973 Conference Awards
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Don Sparkman All-South Independent - Honorable Mention
All-Conference - 1
1973 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Jim Malkiewicz Detroit Sports Extra - 3rd Team
All-Americans - 1
1973 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Richard Amman 73 DE-DT Baltimore Colts
Tom Bailey 31 RB Philadelphia Eagles
Fred Biletnikoff 25 WR Oakland Raiders
Bill Cappleman 17 QB Detroit Lions
Rhett Dawson 86 WR Minnesota Vikings
Chip Glass 83 TE Cleveland Browns
Gary Huff 19 QB Chicago Bears
Charlie Hunt 61 LB San Francisco 49ers
Eddie McMillan 41 CB Los Angeles Rams
Gary Parris 80 TE San Diego Chargers
Ron Sellers 34 WR Miami Dolphins
Barry Smith 80 WR Green Bay Packers
Walt Sumner 29 DB Cleveland Browns
J.T. Thomas 24 DB Pittsburgh Steelers
Del Williams 61 OG New Orleans Saints
Noles in the Pros - 15
1973 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 0-11 0-5 0-6 0-0
Against Top 25 0- 2 0-1 0-1 0-0
1973 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Hodges Mitchell 10/20/1973 Memphis State 20 111 5.55 0
Hodges Mitchell 10/06/1973 Baylor 21 109 5.19 0
Hodges Mitchell 10/27/1973 San Diego State 23 101 4.39 0
1973 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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None
1973 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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None
1973 EOY Stats
From the 1974 FSU Football Handbook, page 60.
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 98 331
Points Per Game............. 8.9 30.1
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 13 43
TDs Rushing................. 5 28
TDs Passing................. 8 14
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 0
TDs Punt Return............. 0 0
TDs Interception............ 0 1
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 8-13 39-43
Kick........................ 8- 9 38-42
Pass........................ 0- 3 1- 1
Run......................... 0- 1 0- 0
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 4- 9 11-21
SAFETY........................ 0 0
FIRST DOWNS................... 144 226
Rushing..................... 51 143
Passing..................... 73 76
Penalty..................... 20 7
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1166 3041
Yards gained rushing........ 1453 3339
Yards lost rushing.......... 287 298
Rushing Attempts............ 377 605
Average Per Rush............ 3.1 5.0
Average Per Game............ 106.0 276.5
PASSING YARDAGE............... 1698 1855
Att-Comp-Int................ 325-138-21 252-130-15
Efficiency.................. 81.55 119.85
Average Per Pass............ 5.2 7.4
Average Per Catch........... 12.3 14.3
Average Per Game............ 154.4 168.6
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 2864 4896
Total Plays................. 702 857
Average Per Play............ 4.1 5.7
Average Per Game............ 260.4 445.1
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 56- 973 24- 508
Average Per Return.......... 17.4 21.2
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 20- 52 37-166
Average Per Return.......... 2.6 4.5
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 15-101 21-245
Average Per Return.......... 6.7 11.7
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 39-22 36-15
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 63- 570 75- 791
Average Per Game............ 51.8 71.9
PUNTS-YARDS................... 81-3092 53-1959
Average Per Punt............ 38.2 37.0
Net punt average............ 36.1 36.0
ATTENDANCE.................... 103,008 188,312
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 5-20,602 6-31,385
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
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| Florida State | 20 | 26 |
20 | 32 |
98 |
| Opponents | 74 | 113 |
55 | 89 |
331 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Hodges Mitchell 11 171 714 45 669 3.9 2 18 60.8
Bobby McKinnon 11 57 238 14 224 3.9 1 74t 20.4
Mike Davison 8 55 186 16 170 3.1 0 20 21.3
Rudy Thomas 9 15 62 4 58 3.9 0 20 6.4
Billy Prescott 3 17 74 25 49 2.9 1 11 16.3
Doug Glosson 8 3 22 0 22 7.3 0 15 2.8
Billy Sexton 9 40 130 119 11 0.3 0 24 1.2
Joe Downey 11 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 -0.1
Mark Orlando 8 18 27 63 -36 -2.0 0 11 -4.5
Total......... 11 377 1453 287 1166 3.1 5 74t 106.0
Opponents..... 11 605 3339 298 3041 5.0 28 276.5
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Billy Sexton 9 80.89 128- 51-12 .398 754 4 57 83.8
Mark Orlando 8 83.50 153- 71- 8 .464 709 4 44 88.6
Billy Prescott 3 86.14 43- 16- 1 .372 235 1 34 78.3
Joe Downey 11 0.00 1- 0- 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Total......... 11 81.55 325-138-21 .425 1698 8 57 154.4
Opponents..... 11 119.85 252-130-15 .516 1855 14 168.6
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 10 21 380 18.1 2 49 38.0
Mike Allen 9 19 279 14.7 1 57 31.0
Eddie Davis 0 6 160 26.7 1 41
Joe Goldsmith 10 7 131 18.7 0 39 13.1
Larry Jones 7 11 127 11.5 0 20 18.1
Jimmy Everett 10 8 121 15.1 2 44 12.1
Tom McDougal 4 7 100 14.3 2 20 25.0
Hodges Mitchell 11 11 86 7.8 0 18 7.8
Ed Beckman 6 10 82 8.2 0 15 13.7
Mike Davison 8 15 75 5.0 0 13 9.4
Bobby McKinnon 11 13 63 4.8 0 13 5.7
Ricky Blythe 4 3 43 14.3 1 17 10.8
Doug Glosson 8 3 23 7.7 0 13 2.9
Pat Booth 3 2 17 8.5 0 12 5.7
Joe Thomas 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 11.0
Billy McPhillips 7 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Total......... 11 138 1698 12.3 8 57 154.4
Opponents..... 11 130 1855 14.3 14 168.6
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 10 46 4.6 0 16
John Murphy 1 11 11.0 0 11
Andy Stockton 3 10 3.3 0 10
Greg Johnson 1 6 6.0 0 6
David McGinn 3 -6 -2.0 0 0
Larry Jones 2 -15 -7.5 0 3
Total......... 20 52 2.6 0 16
Opponent...... 37 166 4.5 0
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Buzzy Lewis 4 27 6.8 0 14
Randy Kaiser 3 8 2.7 0 8
Earl Humes 3 4 1.3 0 4
Phil Cahoon 2 39 19.5 0 24
Greg Pounds 1 17 17.0 0 17
Earl Passwaters 1 6 6.0 0 6
Jim Malkiewicz 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 15 101 6.7 0 24
Opponent...... 21 245 11.7 1
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 29 538 18.6 0 31
Larry Jones 8 184 23.0 0 53
Rudy Thomas 7 122 17.4 0 26
Mike Shumann 2 40 20.0 0 32
Hodges Mitchell 1 23 23.0 0 23
Andy Stockton 2 22 11.0 0 14
David Harper 2 22 11.0 0 14
Mike Davison 1 17 17.0 0 17
Ed Beckman 1 7 7.0 0 7
Doug Glosson 1 0 0.0 0 0
Danny Greene 1 0 0.0 0 0
Phil Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 56 973 17.4 0 54
Opponent...... 24 508 21.2 0
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
-----------------------------------------------
Randy Coffield 3 0 0.0 0 . 0
Steve Bratton 2 0 0.0 0 . 1
Scott Meseroll 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
Phil Cahoon 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Greg Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Phil Jones 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Buzzy Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Greg Pounds 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Detroit Reynolds 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Jon Thames 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
David McGinn 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Total......... 15 0.0 0 1
Opponent...... 22 0.0 0
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ahmet Askin 0 4-9 8-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 20
Jimmy Everett 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Hodges Mitchell 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Tom McDougal 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Mike Shumann 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Mike Allen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Eddie Davis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Bobby McKinnon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Ricky Blythe 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Billy Prescott 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 6
Mark Orlando 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 0
====================================================================
FSU 13 4-9 8-9 0-1 0 0-3 0 0 98
Opponent 43 11-20 38-42 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 331
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Jimmy Everett |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Hodges Mitchell |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Tom McDougal |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Mike Shumann |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Mike Allen |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Eddie Davis |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Bobby McKinnon |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Ricky Blythe |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Billy Prescott |
1 |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Mark Orlando |
. |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Billy Sexton |
. |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
4 |
9 |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
28 |
14 |
14 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
BFG = Blocked FG Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Billy Sexton 9 168 11 754 765 85.0
Mark Orlando 8 171 -36 709 673 84.1
Hodges Mitchell 11 171 669 0 669 60.8
Billy Prescott 3 60 49 235 284 94.7
Bobby McKinnon 11 57 224 0 224 20.4
Mike Davison 8 55 170 0 170 21.3
Rudy Thomas 9 15 58 0 58 6.4
Doug Glosson 8 3 22 0 22 2.8
Joe Downey 11 2 -1 0 -1 -0.1
Total......... 11 702 1166 1698 2864 260.4
Opponent...... 11 857 3041 1855 4896 445.1
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Ahmet Askin 4- 9 .444 0- 0 0- 0 2- 2 0- 3 2- 4 52
| FG SEQUENCE |
Ahmet Askin |
|---|
| Wake Forest |
42 |
| Kansas |
None |
| Miami |
(51) |
| Baylor |
None |
| Mississippi State |
None |
| Memphis State |
52, 40, (35) |
| San Diego State |
45, (30) |
| Houston |
(52) |
| Virginia Tech |
53 |
| South Carolina |
None |
| Florida |
None |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Joe Downey 81 3092 38.2 80
Total......... 81 3092 38.2 80
Opponent...... 53 1959 37.0 1
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 11 669 86 0 23 0 0 778 70.7
Joe Goldsmith 10 0 131 0 538 0 0 669 66.9
Mike Shumann 10 0 380 46 40 0 0 466 46.6
Larry Jones 7 0 127 -15 184 0 0 296 42.3
Bobby McKinnon 11 224 63 0 0 0 0 287 26.1
Mike Allen 9 0 279 0 0 0 0 279 31.0
Mike Davison 8 170 75 0 17 0 0 262 32.8
Rudy Thomas 9 58 0 0 122 0 0 180 20.0
Eddie Davis 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 160
Jimmy Everett 10 0 121 0 0 0 0 121 12.1
Tom McDougal 4 0 100 0 0 0 0 100 25.0
Ed Beckman 6 0 82 0 7 0 0 89 14.8
Billy Prescott 3 49 0 0 0 0 0 49 16.3
Doug Glosson 8 22 23 0 0 0 0 45 5.6
Ricky Blythe 4 0 43 0 0 0 0 43 10.8
Phil Cahoon 11 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 3.5
Andy Stockton 8 0 0 10 22 0 0 32 4.0
Buzzy Lewis 11 0 0 0 0 27 0 27 2.5
David Harper 9 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 2.4
Greg Pounds 10 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 1.7
Pat Booth 3 0 17 0 0 0 0 17 5.7
Billy Sexton 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.2
John Murphy 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.0
Joe Thomas 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 11 11.0
Randy Kaiser 11 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.7
Greg Johnson 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0.8
Earl Passwaters 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.6
Earl Humes 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.4
Joe Downey 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1
David McGinn 11 0 0 -6 0 0 0 -6 -0.5
Mark Orlando 8 -36 0 0 0 0 0 -36 -4.5
Total......... 11 1166 1698 52 973 101 0 3990 362.7
Opponent...... 11 3041 1855 166 508 245 0 5815 528.6
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy Lewis 11 . . . . . 4- 27 . . 1- 0 . . .
Randy Kaiser 11 . . . . . 3- 8 . . . . . .
Earl Humes 11 . . . . . 3- 4 . . . . . .
Phil Cahoon 11 . . . . . 2- 39 . . 1- 0 . . .
Jim Malkiewicz 11 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . 1 .
Randy Coffield 11 . . . . . . . . 3- 0 . . .
Steve Bratton 11 . . . . . . . . 2- 0 1 . .
David McGinn 11 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
John Murphy 11 . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Detroit Reynolds 11 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Bruce Bell 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Downey 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Gardner 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chris Griffin 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bob Jones 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hodges Mitchell 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bobby McKinnon 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Pounds 10 . . . . . 1- 17 . . 1- 0 . . .
Earl Passwaters 10 . . . . . 1- 6 . . . . . .
Phil Jones 10 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Phil Arnold 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ahmet Askin 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Donald Elam 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jimmy Everett 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Goldsmith 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rocky Saldana 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ed Davis 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Shumann 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Allen 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Billy Sexton 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Chandler 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Harper 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rudy Thomas 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Smokey Ragins 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Johnson 8 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . 1 .
Doug Glosson 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Don Sparkman 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Davison 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mark Orlando 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Andy Stockton 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scott Meseroll 7 . . . . . . . . 2- 0 . . .
Jon Thames 7 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Collis Dennison 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Doug Dane 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Larry Jones 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Billy McPhillips 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ed Beckman 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Cooper 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Camps 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Palermo 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Harrison 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Garis Shaw 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom McDougal 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Blythe 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Johnson 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian Schmidt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat Booth 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rudy Maloy 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ed Brodzik 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Billy Prescott 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ben Graham 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paul Oglesby 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mitch Skinner 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danny Greene 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Thomas 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dan Fucarino 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 0 0 0 . . 15-101 . . 15- 0 1 3 .
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS Wake KU UM BU MsSt Mem SDSU Hou VT SC UF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Anderson 0- 0
Bobby Anderson 0- 0
Mike Barnes 0- 0
Jimmy Black 0- 0
Mack Brown 0- 0
Jeff Chestnut 0- 0
Gus Crocco 0- 0
Rudy Falana 0- 0
John Harmeling 0- 0
Wade Johnson 0- 0
Mike Kissner 0- 0
Jeff Leggett 0- 0
Steve Mathieson 0- 0
Scott Peacock 0- 0
Greg Pittman 0- 0
Gene Revell 0- 0
Jeff Ridings 0- 0
Alan Risk 0- 0
Bill Sawyer 0- 0
1 Ahmet Askin 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
3 Joe Downey 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
11 Jimmy Everett 10- 6 O-WR O-WR O-WR O-FL O-WR xx xx O-SE xx xx
12 Bobby Baker 0- 0
12 Kevin Gabriel 0- 0
14 Robbie Keyes 0- 0
14 Billy Prescott 3- 1 xx xx O-QB
15 Pat O'Leary 0- 0
16 Billy Sexton 9- 5 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx xx xx xx
17 Gary Loucks 0- 0
18 Mark Orlando 8- 5 xx xx O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx
20 Mike Shumann 10- 2 xx xx xx xx xx O-WR xx xx O-WR xx
21 Joe Goldsmith 10- 7 O-WR O-WR O-WR O-SE O-WR O-WR xx xx xx O-WR
22 John Howerton 0- 0
22 Bobby McKinnon 11- 4 O-TB O-TB xx O-TB O-FB xx xx xx xx xx xx
23 Chris Griffin 11- 5 D-LC D-LC D-LC D-LCB D-LC xx xx xx xx xx xx
24 Andy Stockton 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
26 Mike Harder 0- 0
26 Donnie Holley 0- 0
27 Ken Johnson 0- 0
28 Mike Davison 8- 6 xx xx O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
29 Fred Miller 0- 0
30 Steve Hanks 0- 0
30 John Kilmurray 0- 0
30 Lester Payton 0- 0
31 Randy Kaiser 11-11 D-WS D-WS D-WS D-S D-WS D-WS D-WS D-WS D-WS D-WS D-WS
32 Ed Davis 10- 5 O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE xx xx xx xx xx
33 Rudy Thomas 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
35 Brooks Burroughs 0- 0
36 Doug Glosson 8- 1 xx O-FB xx xx xx xx xx xx
37 Jesse Forbes 0- 0
37 Walt McCully 0- 0
38 Buzzy Lewis 11- 6 xx xx xx xx xx D-LC D-LC D-LC D-LC D-LC D-LC
39 Ralph Petrillo 0- 0
39 Steve Vickers 0- 0
40 Ben Graham 2- 0 xx xx
41 Phil Cahoon 11-11 D-SS D-SS D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS
42 Brian Blizzard 0- 0
42 Joe Camps 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
43 Earl Humes 11-11 D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RCB D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RC
44 Hodges Mitchell 11-11 O-FB O-FB O-TB O-FB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB
46 David Miles 0- 0
46 Detroit Reynolds 11- 1 xx xx D-WLB xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
47 David McGinn 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
48 Rocky Graziano 0- 0
49 Bruce Bell 11- 7 xx xx D-SLB D-SLB xx xx D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB
50 Bert Cooper 0- 0
50 Tom Cooper 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
51 Dan Fucarino 1- 0 xx
51 Mitch Skinner 1- 0 xx
52 Rocky Saldana 10- 9 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C xx O-C O-C O-C
53 Danny Greene 1- 0 xx
53 Brian Schmidt 3- 0 xx xx xx
54 Melvin Scruggs 0- 0
54 Garis Shaw 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
55 Phil Jones 10- 2 xx xx D-MLB D-MLB xx xx xx xx xx xx
55 Greg Pitt 0- 0
56 John Murphy 11-10 D-WLB D-WLB xx D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB
57 Steve Bratton 11- 9 D-LE D-LE D-LE D-LE D-LE D-LE xx D-RE D-RE D-LE xx
58 Greg Pounds 10- 9 D-MLB D-MLB xx D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB
59 Scott Meseroll 7- 3 xx xx xx xx D-LE D-LE D-LE
60 Ken Harrison 0- 0
60 Bill Johnson 3- 0 xx xx xx
60 Dave Porter 0- 0
61 Phil Arnold 10- 4 D-SLB D-SLB xx xx D-SLB D-SLB xx xx xx xx
62 Bob Jones 11-11 O-TG O-TG O-C O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-C O-SG O-SG O-ST
63 Harold Cheeseborough 0- 0
63 Vic Rivas 0- 0
63 Jon Thames 7- 4 xx xx xx D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT
64 Jeff Gardner 11-10 O-WG O-WG O-WG xx O-WG O-WG O-WG O-WG O-WG O-WG O-WG
65 Billy McPhillips 7- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx O-SG
65 Tom Prestwood 0- 0
66 Tom Chandler 9- 1 xx xx xx xx D-LT xx xx xx xx
67 Osborn Brown 0- 0
67 Collis Dennison 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
68 Ed Brodzik 3- 0 xx xx xx
68 Harry Slagle 0- 0
69 Bruce Harrison 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
70 Jim Malkiewicz 11-11 D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT
72 Smokey Ragins 9- 7 O-SG xx O-ST O-ST xx O-SG O-WT O-WT O-WT
73 Paul Oglesby 1- 1 O-WG
74 Don Sparkman 8- 8 O-WT O-WT O-WT O-WT O-WT O-WT O-WT O-WT
75 Jay Caven 0- 0
75 Doug Dane 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
77 David Harper 9- 6 xx O-ST O-ST xx xx O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST
78 Greg Johnson 8- 4 D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT xx xx xx xx
79 Bobby Donald Elam 10- 2 O-TT O-TT xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
80 Pat Booth 3- 1 xx xx O-WR
80 Mike Dely 0- 0
81 Ed Beckman 6- 4 xx xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
82 Mike Allen 9- 2 xx xx xx xx xx O-WR xx xx O-WR
83 Rudy Maloy 3- 1 xx xx D-RE
84 Randy Coffield 11- 8 D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE xx xx D-RE xx
85 Earl Passwaters 10- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-LE
86 Joe Thomas 1- 0 xx
87 John Palermo 4- 2 xx xx D-LT D-LT
88 Larry Jones 7- 4 xx xx O-WR O-FL O-WR O-WR xx
89 Mark Marshall 0- 0
89 Tom McDougal 4- 1 xx xx O-TE xx
90 Ricky Blythe 3- 1 xx xx O-TE
90 Dick Hopkins 0- 0
Wake Forest 9, Florida State 7
09/15/1973, Winston-Salem, N.C.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 16, 1973, page 41, by Bill McGrotha. Wake Forest Kicks Seminoles 9-7.
FSU Falls in Last Seconds.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Florida State
played defense as though it merited a better fate, but an interceptions-plagued offense indicated nothing of that sort as the Seminoles fell to Wake Forest in a football opener here Saturday night
9-7.
Chuck Ramsey's 42-yard field goal with three seconds left dealt Florida State its first opening-game loss since 1967.
The Seminoles were backed up most of the long evening, with Ramsey's
booming punts contributing considerably to the fact.
But they had moved in front on their first series of the last half, 7-6, and held that lead until Ramsey boomed the big one through.
For the
start the Seminoles shifted Hodges Mitchell to fullback, from his normal tailback slot, and opened with soph Bobby McKinnon at the tailback position. It was a clear evening following a fair, sunshiny
day. Friday's rain had quickly dispersed.
The new stadium of 31,000 capacity was a little more than half full. There were more Florida State rooters on hand than one might have anticipated. About
75 showed up for a pre-game gathering.
Wake Forest got first turn with the football, after winning the coin toss. The Seminoles led with a freshman … Collis Dennison kicking off - to the 10. Wake
ran it back to the 29.
Three runs were short, to the 38, and a 40-yard punt put the Seminoles at their 22. Florida State tried three runs, got to the 28 before Joe Downey punted to the 34.
A
14-yard pass to Ken Griffith gained the 50. On third down at the 47 a screen pass to Clayton Heath picked up 13, to the 33. Heath shot up the middle for a dozen more yards. QB Andy Carlton kept,
struggled to the 14, and Frank Harsh's running led to a first down at the eight.
The Seminoles stiffened, held at the seven. Chuck Ramsey came in and kicked a 24-yard field goal for 3-0.
With
the help of an offsides penalty and a short pass to Mitchell, the Seminoles struggled to the 37, but no further. Downey's 47-yard punt backed Wake to its 16.
A motion penalty nullified Heath's
23-yard run, and eventually the Deacons kicked from the 16. Dave McGinn, back to catch the punt, got racked before having a chance to catch it, and Wake was penalized 15 yards for interfering. That
gave the Seminoles a shot from the Wake 40.
Mitchell gained five. But two Billy Sexton passes missed as the quarter ended.
Ahmet Askin entered for a 51-yard try at a field goal. Short.
On
third and one, Greg Johnson and John Murphy stopped Heath short on a plunge. Ramsey's 52-yard punt placed the Seminoles at their 23.
A pass to Mitchell for nine and Doug Glosson's plunge got a
first down. But on a play when a pass bounced off an intended receiver and was plucked out of the air by center Rocky Saldana, the Seminoles got penalized 15. Soon Downey punted to the Wake 35.
On
third and seven, Bill Armstrong, who had just come in at quarterback for the home team, shot a screen pass to Heath, who rambled for 15 to FSU's 47. The Seminoles held, and Ramsey's punt was a bit
short, to the 22.
On third and two, FSU faked a run, with Sexton slipping back and throwing - but John Harris happened to be in the right spot for Wake, and the end intercepted at the 40.
Soon
heath plunged for 14 to the 26. Tom Fehring grabbed a 16-yard pass at the 10. Harsh hit to the seven, but following passes were broken up.
Ramsey kicked another 24-yard field goal, making it
6-0.
Quickly the Deacons got another chance. Tony Barnes, a freshman, stole Sexton's first-down pass and hustled it 10 yards to FSU's 31.
A busted play and two incomplete passes left Wake at the
29. Ramsey tried for three points from 46 yards out. Wide.
The half ran out, with the Seminoles standing fourth down at the 30.
At this stage Florida State showed just 53 yards of offense, 37 of
it on the ground, of which Mitchell had got 33 - plus all 16 of the passing yards on two receptions.
By comparison, Wake had totaled 140 on offense, with 81 running. Heath had accounted for 90, on
46 rushing, 44 receiving.
The Seminoles had just two first downs.
Joe Goldsmith wheeled with the third-quarter kickoff from the goal to the 29.
First play, Goldsmith raced deep and hauled in
a 39-yard bomb from Sexton.
Mitchell got caught for a loss of two, but Goldsmith pulled in another throw, at the 13. Mitchell got a couple. A pass missed then Jim Everett caught one just over the
five. It came to fourth and one, and the Seminoles went for it.
The play was a quick pitchout to Mitchell, who scored easily. Askin put a point on the board for a 7-6 FSU lead.
Then Felix Glasco
danced 62 yards with the kickoff before Buzzy Lewis bumped him out of bounds at the FSU 34.
But two runs and a pass didn't get it. Ramsey's 45-yard bid for a field goal was short.
A 21-yard pass
to Everett and a 13-yarder to Glosson led the Seminoles to the Wake 46.
Then, after a penalty, Rich Severs intercepted a Sexton toss, and presented the Deacons another chance inside FSU territory,
at the 47.
After Heath got a first down at the 34, the Deacons failed to make it on a fourth-and-two run from the 26.
The Seminoles couldn't maneuver. Downey punted to the 35. Carlton got Wake
to FSU's 46 on a pass, but Randy Coffield soon nailed the quarterback for a 13-yard loss, blunting that bid. Ramsey punted into the end zone.
Sexton's 38-yard throw to Ed Davis lifted the Tribe to
its 47.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
| Wake Forest |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 24, field goal, 9:59
2nd 0- 3 Ahmet Askin, 42, field goal failed
0- 6 Opp, 24, field goal, 2:24
0- 6 Opp, 36, field goal failed
3rd 7- 6 Hodges Mitchell, 5, run (Ahmet Askin, kick), 12:07
7- 6 Opp, 45, field goal failed
4th 7- 6 Opp, 38, field goal failed
7- 9 Opp, 41, field goal, 1:11
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 9 15
Rushes-yards 38-97 39-116
Passing 163 173
Att-Comp-Int 21-11-4 35-14-1
Total Yards 59-260 74-289
Punt Returns 1--6 2-3
Kickoff Returns 3-60 2-81
Interception Ret. 1-0 4-27
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 6-37.3 7-40.4
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Penalties-Yds 4-30 5-63
Time of Posession 27:35 32:25
Attendance 18,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 25 83 1 13
Doug Glosson 2 18 0 15
Bobby McKinnon 7 4 0 5
Billy Sexton 4 -8 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 97 1 15
Opp 39 116 0 28
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 2 60 0 39
Jimmy Everett 2 26 0 21
Ed Davis 1 26 0 26
Mike Allen 2 19 0 11
Hodges Mitchell 2 16 0 16
Doug Glosson 2 16 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 163 0 39
Opp 14 173 0 16
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Billy Sexton 11 20 4 163 0 39
Joe Downey 0 1 0 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 21 4 163 0 39
Opp 14 35 1 173 0 16
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
David McGinn 1 -6 0 -6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -6 0
Opp 2 3 0 6
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 2 37 0 29
Hodges Mitchell 1 23 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 60 0 29
Opp 2 81 0 62
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 224 43
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 224 43
Opp 7 283 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phil Arnold 9 2 11 . . . . . . . . .
Earl Humes . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 9 2 11 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Opp . . . . . 4- 27 . . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 11 Jimmy Everett
QB 16 Billy Sexton
WR 21 Joe Goldsmith
TB 22 Bobby McKinnon
TE 32 Ed Davis
FB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
TG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
WT 74 Don Sparkman
TT 79 Bobby Donald Elam
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 23 Chris Griffin
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
WLB 56 John Murphy
LE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
SLB 61 Phil Arnold
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
LT 78 Greg Johnson
RE 84 Randy Coffield
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
36 Doug Glosson
38 Buzzy Lewis
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
48 Collis Dennison
49 Bruce Bell
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
50 Tom Cooper
55 Phil Jones
59 Scott Meseroll
60 Bill Johnson
66 Tom Chandler
77 David Harper
82 Mike Allen
85 Earl Passwaters
|
Kansas 28, Florida State 0
09/22/1973, Tallahassee
From the Orlando Sentinel, September 23, 1973, page 56, by Bill Buchalter. Kansas Inflicts 1st FSU Shutout In Eight Years.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - You have to go back 80 football games and
eight years to find the last time a Florida State University football team was blanked.
But those imposing statistics notwithstanding, that's exactly what happened to the Seminoles Saturday
afternoon. Kansas imposed the scoring blackout, 28-0, in a less than artistic intersectional battle that sent many of an equally disappointing 19,280 Doak Campbell Stadium crowd home early.
Not
since midway through the 1965 season when North Carolina State applied the whitewash, 3-0, have the Seminoles failed to dent the scoreboard.
Never has the nation's leading passing team over the
past half decade looked so inept. "The chorus line offense," mumbled one Seminole fan. "You know. One-two-three-kick."
While FSU's offense turned the ball over to the Big Eight Conference Jayhawks
on eight occasions - five intercepts and three fumbles - the Seminole defense had their shining moments averting what could have been the worst setback in tribal lore.
Two of those fumble
recoveries by KU linebacker Odell Weidner were turned into touchdowns by veteran quarterback David Jaynes, who wound up with 15 of 28 for 168 yards and two TDs, clearly winning the passing duel
against the one-two FSU punch of Billy Sexton and Mark Orlando.
The touchdown makers were bruising running back Delvin Williams (15 carrier, 89 yards), touted wide receiver Bruce Adams and
sophomore back Luvurne Smith.
Williams broke the scoring ice with 3:11 remaining in the first quarter on a 24-yard tackle-busting run, running over three Seminoles in the process. His second score,
following a Hodges Mitchell fumble, was a twisting seven-yard scamper with a Jaynes option pitchout.
Jaynes split defenders Chris Griffin and Phil Cahoon on a perfect 24-yard scoring pass minutes
into the final period after Weidner's second recovery. Jaynes teamed with Smith on a 15-yard swing pass two exchange of series later, a tiring Seminole secondary finally wilting under the oppressive
number of KU offensive plays.
Only once did the Seminoles resemble an offensive team, Sexton guiding an aborted length-of-the-field drive at the onset of the third quarter. Steve Taylor took the
wind out of the Seminoles' sails with an end zone interception that wiped out a 42-yard Sexton-to-Ed Davis big gainer that had the look of confidence about it.
Sexton and Orlando wound up with
17-for-26 and 134 but nothing to show for it, a factor that greatly disturbed both Larry Jones, the befuddled Seminole coach, and Sexton who is used to having better days.
"I'm definitely
disappointed," snapped an unhappy Jones afterward. "We knew Mitchell was hurt and (Mike) Davison was not ready to play but we still should have moved the ball better. I'm disappointed we didn't
generate anything. That really bothers me. I haven't seen much to get excited about so far."
Sexton seconded the motion. "I'm disappointed, very much so," said the lanky senior. "It's just a bunch
of intangibles that are hard to explain. You've got to make something happen and that's my job. And I didn't do it."
A lack of intangibles or whatever, the eight turnovers plus some consistently
favorable KU field position gave the 2-0 Jayhawks an opportunity to start at the FSU 15, 46, 32, 49, 47, 33, 32, 36, 35 and 18 plus once on their own 45. It also kept the tiring FSU defense on the
field for 88 plays while their offensive buddies were handling the pigskin on only 52 occasions.
Thus the 28 points were misleading to some headhunters like John Murphy, who blocked a field goal,
Jim Malkiewicz, who led a goal-line stand, and numerous Seminole defenders who came up with enough big plays to keep the final score respectable.
"When you give them the ball at your end of the
field, the percentage of your chances of stopping them go way down. Usually the offense will score, some studies show, three out of four times," offered Jones. "I was proud of them (defense) at times
but this is a team game and they simply have to come up with some bigger plays."
The defensive efforts simply were not enough as the offense sputtered to a decade low of 151 yards.
Jones offered
no excuses although he knew since Monday that Mitchell, his No. 1 runner, had a lame ankle that would keep him at half speed, and Davison was still a question mark with his torn thigh muscle.
"We
wanted to play them because of their leadership and experience," he explained. "But it just didn't work out."
Which brings Seminole fans back to more Tribe trivia. If there were 80 games played
between blankings, when was the last time an FSU team stood 0-2? Would you believe 1967, the year some followers think was the best squad ever? FSU started 0-2-1 that autumn, the tie with Alabama.
For Jones, however, there is no Alabama, just Miami, the team that knocked off nationally-ranked Texas.
"We just got off to a bad start," offered Jones. "So we have to get back to work to get
something accomplished now. We're not looking to next year or the year after. We want to do something now."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Kansas |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
28 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 24, run (kick), 3:11
2nd 0-14 Opp, 7, run (kick), 14:12
0-14 Opp, 30, field goal blocked by John Murphy
4th 0-21 Opp, 28, pass (kick), 14:11
0-28 Opp, 15, pass (kick), 9:42
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 7 18
Rushes-yards 26-17 54-191
Passing 134 176
Att-Comp-Int 27-9-5 32-16-1
Total Yards 53-151 86-367
Punt Returns 2-0 4-39
Kickoff Returns 4-96 1-25
Interception Ret. 1-0 5-52
Fumble Returns 1-0 3-0
Punts 7-40.0 8-38.3
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-1
Penalties-Yds 2-5 6-70
Attendance 19,240
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Davison 6 7 0 4
Bobby McKinnon 2 7 0 4
Hodges Mitchell 8 4 0 3
Rudy Thomas 1 1 0 1
Mark Orlando 2 0 0 1
Billy Sexton 7 -2 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 26 17 0 17
Opp 54 191 2 24t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 4 65 0 22
Ed Davis 1 41 0 41
Mike Allen 1 13 0 13
Jimmy Everett 1 7 0 7
Mike Davison 1 5 0 5
Joe Goldsmith 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 134 0 41
Opp 16 176 2 28t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Billy Sexton 7 22 4 116 0 41
Mark Orlando 2 5 1 18 0 13
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 27 5 134 0 41
Opp 16 32 1 176 2 28t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
David McGinn 2 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 0 0
Opp 4 39 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 3 75 0
Rudy Thomas 1 21 0 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 96 0 21
Opp 1 25 0 25
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 7 280 55
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 280 55
Opp 8 306 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Randy Kaiser . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
John Murphy . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
David McGinn . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp . . . . . 5- 52 . . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 11 Jimmy Everett
QB 16 Billy Sexton
WR 21 Joe Goldsmith
TB 22 Bobby McKinnon
TE 32 Ed Davis
FB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
TG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
WT 74 Don Sparkman
TT 79 Bobby Donald Elam
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 23 Chris Griffin
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
WLB 56 John Murphy
LE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
SLB 61 Phil Arnold
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
LT 78 Greg Johnson
RE 84 Randy Coffield
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Joe Downey
18 Mark Orlando
20 Mike Shumann
28 Mike Davison
33 Rudy Thomas
38 Buzzy Lewis
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Bruce Bell
50 Tom Cooper
55 Phil Jones
59 Scott Meseroll
60 Bill Johnson
66 Tom Chandler
82 Mike Allen
85 Earl Passwaters
|
Miami 14, Florida State 10
09/29/1973, Tallahassee
From the Orlando Sentinel, September 30, 1973, page 55, by Bill Buchalter. Hurricanes Shed Seven-Year Itch.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Miami finally scratched its seven-year FSU itch Saturday.
But to finally eradicate the nagging sensation it took a one-man gang effort by Woody Thompson to put down a youthful Seminole Team that severed relations with the pitiful performers of the previous
two weeks.
Thompson's tackle-busting antics produced 57 of 72 yards in a powerful Miami drive midway through the final drive, including the final four which ground out a 14-10 Hurricane victory.
The huge Hurricanes proved they were real and they were human all in one bruising battle. At the same time, the Seminoles gained some maturity and respect.
"We didn't beat ourselves," admitted a
downcast but proud Seminole boss Larry Jones afterward. "That was our first objective. To cut down on our mistakes. We wanted to make Miami beat us and I think we made them do that with that fourth
quarter drive. They are so big and physical and that Thompson is, well, something else."
Trailing 10-7 and seemingly caught in a maze of mistakes that are reminiscent of the past seven Seminole
victories in succession, Miami awoke with a blazing fury, ignited by a successful fourth-and-one gamble at its own 37.
For practical purposes that was the ball game. Thompson followed a fanatical
block by Alan Reynaud for nine yards and a first down at the Hurricane 46.
Then it was Thompson for 10. After a 'Cane first down at the FSU 32, it was Thompson for 27 more. A penalty pushed Miami
back to the 10 but it was Thompson to the six, Thompson to the 4, then Thompson on a super second effort ripping into the end zone like a relentless shark smelling blood.
It was the culminating
blow to seven years of Seminole success but at the same time provided these same Seminoles with impetus which could produce happier results in the near future.
FSU's impetus was offensive execution
and a myriad of his plays on defense which included two fumble recoveries by Hialeah sophomore Randy Coffield, a pass interception by Buzzy Lewis and a blocked field goal by Leesburg sophomore Greg
Johnson.
"We just aren't physical enough to beat a team like Miami," said defensive coordinator Gene Henderson afterward, "But I can't complain about our effort. We showed a lot of progress and
that's a start in the right direction."
For the 0-3 Seminoles, mired in the worst beginning since 1952 - ironically the same year FSU played a similar amount of freshman on the varsity - the effort
sustained brought more locker room smiles than tears and quarterback Billy Sexton, who ran and passed with poise, felt the close loss "would bring us even closer together."
Sexton directed a
60-yard, 12-play third-period drive which gave the Seminoles their 10-7 lead, a perfectly executed effort that controlled the football for 6 ½ minutes and gave 22,378 Doak Campbell Stadium fans high
hopes on a gritty two-yard slam into the teeth of the beefy Hurricane line after Sexton set it with a bullet 14-yard pass to hustling Joe Goldsmith.
Earlier, with just 6:40 left in the first half,
Ahmet Askin had ended a 110-minute, six-quarter Seminole scoring drought with a 51-yard field goal, a side-winding beauty that was the second longest three-pointer in Seminole history. Ironically,
Grant Guthrie's record 53-yarder also came against the Hurricanes.
But as FSU's Jones was to point out later, "This is a game of mistakes, inches, seconds and efforts and I think you saw that out
there today."
One of those mistakes Jones referred to was a costly 15-yard roughing the kicker penalty assessed against Oviedo's Steve Bratton with 3:09 remaining in the first half maintaining
Miami ball possession at the Seminole 39. Instead of FSU starting from its own 28 on the punt, the 214 pound Thompson had another crack at the Seminole defense.
Thompson worked the ball to just
inches from the goal line and quarterback Coy Hall barely nudged it across for a touchdown that gave Miami a 7-3 halftime lead. Only 10 seconds were left on the clock before intermission.
If there
was a disappointment for Jones, other than the ultimate football fate of defeat, it was the fact his club did not get a final opportunity to pull out a victory.
"We didn't get the ball that one
more time and that really hurt," said Jones, "but I think you have to give Miami tremendous credit for that fact. It showed what a fine physical force they are by running out the final four minutes on
the clock. This was definitely out best game. We cut down on mistakes but still had too many. We had great effort and you can't ask for more than that."
Unless you would ask to find a Woody
Thompson.
"Do you know where I can find one?" grinned Jones. "He's a great back, He scratched it out for them, gouged us and ran over us."
He ran over FSU for 119 yards in 24 runs and presented
Pete Elliot with a prized 47th birthday present. He should have presented him with a backscratcher too. The itch had finally departed and Miami sighed in relief.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Miami |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
| Florida State |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 44, field goal blocked by Greg Johnson, 0:53
2nd 3- 0 Ahmet Askin, 51, field goal, 6:40
3- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 0:10
3rd 10- 7 Hodges Mitchell, 1, run (Ahmet Askin, kick), 3:22
4th 10-14 Opp, 4, run (kick), 6:24
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 11 23
Rushes-yards 38-71 57-275
Passing 61 126
Att-Comp-Int 14-7-0 17-9-1
Total Yards 52-132 74-401
Punt Returns 2-7 4-25
Kickoff Returns 3-35 3-53
Interception Ret. 1-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 6-42.5 2-35.5
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2
Penalties-Yds 2-20 9-74
Time of Posession 25:37 34:23
Attendance 22,278
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobby McKinnon 13 27 0 5
Hodges Mitchell 14 26 1 10
Billy Sexton 8 9 0 15
Rudy Thomas 3 9 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 71 1 15
Opp 57 275 2 27
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 2 23 0 14
Mike Allen 1 19 0 19
Mike Shumann 1 9 0 9
Bobby McKinnon 2 6 0 13
Hodges Mitchell 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 61 0 19
Opp 9 126 0 24
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Billy Sexton 7 14 0 61 0 19
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 7 14 0 61 0 19
Opp 9 17 1 126 0 24
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Johnson 1 6 0 6
Mike Shumann 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 7 0 6
Opp 4 25 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Rudy Thomas 1 18 0 18
David Harper 1 11 0 11
Joe Goldsmith 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 35 0 18
Opp 3 53 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 255 56
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 255 56
Opp 2 71 39
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy Lewis . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Randy Coffield . . . . . . . . 2- 0 . . .
Greg Johnson . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . 1- 0 . . 2- 0 . 1 .
Opp . . . . . . . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 11 Jimmy Everett
QB 16 Billy Sexton
WR 21 Joe Goldsmith
TE 32 Ed Davis
FB 36 Doug Glosson
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
SG 72 Smokey Ragins
WT 74 Don Sparkman
ST 77 David Harper
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 23 Chris Griffin
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
ROV 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
WLB 46 Detroit Reynolds
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
MLB 55 Phil Jones
LE 57 Steve Bratton
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
LT 78 Greg Johnson
RE 84 Randy Coffield
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
20 Mike Shumann
22 Bobby McKinnon
33 Rudy Thomas
38 Buzzy Lewis
47 David McGinn
53 Brian Schmidt
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 John Murphy
58 Greg Pounds
59 Scott Meseroll
61 Phil Arnold
66 Tom Chandler
82 Mike Allen
85 Earl Passwaters
|
Baylor 21, Florida State 14
10/06/1973, Waco, Tex.
From the Orlando Sentinel, October 7, 1973, page 45, by Park Morgan. Baylor Inflicts FSU's Fourth Loss, 21-14.
Fourth Quarter Seminole Rally Falls Short.
WACO, TX - Florida
State, stumbling and still groping for a consistent offense, almost overcame its mistakes with an 11th-hour rally here Saturday night, but Baylor wouldn't allow it and handed the Seminoles their
fourth straight defeat, 21-14, before 22,000 fans.
Down 21-7 in the dying minutes of the fourth period on a warm evening in central Texas, FSU rallied for a late touchdown to pull closer to the foe
it had trailed all night long, but ran out of steam in the last three minutes.
Quarterback Billy Sexton, who had thrown for one touchdown in the second quarter, drew back and connected on a 57-yard
aerial to flanker Mike Allen with 6:13 to play and put FSU back in the ball game.
Then Collis Dennison kicked short, an apparent onsides attempt, and Scott Meseroll recovered for the Seminoles at
the Baylor 40. FSU had time and the chance to spoil the Bear's night, but only got as far as the 20.
On fourth down, Sexton's pass for Ed Davis fell incomplete and the Seminole threat for all
practical purposes, was over.
Because in the end it was the Seminoles' six turnovers - three fumbles and three interceptions - that designed their fall. The last ditch effort might have been
valiant but without offensive consistency it was useless.
Penalties, not offense, provided most of the football movement during the first period as neither Baylor nor Florida State was able to
mount a drive.
With three minutes to go in the quarter, the falling flags of the officials had accounted for 96 yards in penalties - that was three more than FSU's total and 19 more than Baylor.
FSU's deepest penetration was the Baylor 40 after Billy Sexton hit Joe Goldsmith on a 34-yard pass play, but Goldsmith fumbled as he was hit by cornerback Charles McClanahan and McClanahan came up
with the ball for Baylor.
But the Bears didn't move it, and after four penalties punted to FSU and the Seminoles took over on their 17.
Still, both offenses sputtered and it was not until 11:33
to go in the second period that Baylor was able to move toward the FSU goal. The TD was set up by an interception by Baylor's Lester Ealey, who snared Sexton's aerial when Goldsmith slipped down at
the FSU 36.
Despite a clipping penalty that pushed the Bears back to the FSU 46, it took only five plays for tailback Gary Lacy to crack the Seminole line for one yard and six points. Two big
gains, one of 26 by Brian Kilgore on a reverse and a 17-yard sprint by Lacy, made it possible.
And with 10:15 to play in the half Bubba Hicks put Baylor in front 7-0.
FSU was unable to move on
its next possession and on third and two from its own 33, Rudy Thomas fumbled and Dale Keohter recovered for Baylor at that spot.
Baylor's Billy Wilson picked up seven, then three straight runs at
the FSU line by fullback Pat McNeill got the Bears to the 13.
Then with a first down at the 11, senior running back Godfrey White took a pitchout around right end for the touchdown. With 6:41 left,
Hicks made it 14-0.
The Seminoles advanced only as far as midfield following the Baylor kickoff and punted deep to the Bears who wound up at the two-yard line. Ealey actually fielded the ball at
the seven, but was driven backward five yards by Scott Meseroll, down fast on coverage.
Baylor moved out to its own 35, but as White ripped up the middle, he was hit and fumbled to Meseroll at the
37. FSU battled back, determined to go into the dressing room with some points on the board.
The effort paid off. With 25 seconds left, Sexton passed to flanker Jim Everett for 12 yards and the
score. Ahmet Askin converted and the Seminoles appeared to be making a game of it.
Statistically, FSU and Baylor were even in first downs with seven apiece but Baylor had the edge in total offense
- 199 to 166. Hodges Mitchell led the FSU ground attack with 48 yards in 14 carries, followed by Bobby McKinnon with 26. Sexton passed five times, completed two for 43 yards.
FSU threatened at the
start of the third quarter when freshman Detroit Reynolds recovered Godfrey White's fumble on the kickoff at the 40.
Sexton passed the Seminoles to well within striking distance, getting them down
to the four. But the Bear defense would yield no more and forced Florida State to surrender the ball.
Then it was FSU defense's turn. Baylor got only as far as the 11, and punted out to its own
43.
Sexton, spreading the Bear secondary out with his passing, appeared on the way to tying the score, but was intercepted at the four by Bear rover Tom Turnipseed. The pass, intended for Ed
Beckman, the tight end, was deflected, and Turnipseed made a tumbling catch.
That was the second interception of a Sexton pass, and the fifth Seminole turnover. The other three were fumbles.
The
contest moved down toward the last act which saw Sexton intercepted a third time, then Baylor dealt the Seminoles another blow when Lacy ripped 58 yards to the FSU seven, in the last seconds of period
three.
Earl Humes saved the TD, but with 14:16 to go in the game Lacy went nine yards to put the Bears in command.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
| Baylor |
0 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 55, field goal failed, 6:50
2nd 0- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 10:15
0-14 Opp, 11, run (kick), 6:41
7-14 Jimmy Everett, 12, pass from Billy Sexton (Ahmet Askin, kick), 0:17
4th 7-21 Opp, 9, run (kick), 14:16
14-21 Mike Allen, 56, pass from Billy Sexton (Ahmet Askin, kick), 6:13
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 14 12
Rushes-yards 45-183 54-307
Passing 179 45
Att-Comp-Int 29-12-3 8-4-0
Total Yards 74-362 62-352
Punt Returns 5-20 1--5
Kickoff Returns 4-64 2-46
Interception Ret. 0-0 3-1
Fumble Returns 3-0 3-0
Punts 6-38.2 9-36.7
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 4-3
Penalties-Yds 5-57 9-93
Attendance 29,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 21 109 0 13
Bobby McKinnon 11 54 0 9
Rudy Thomas 6 19 0 7
Billy Sexton 7 1 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 45 183 0 13
Opp 54 307 3 58
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Allen 1 57 1 57t
Joe Goldsmith 1 31 0 31
Jimmy Everett 2 24 1 12t
Ed Davis 2 24 0 13
Ed Beckman 2 16 0 10
Bobby McKinnon 2 15 0 11
Mike Shumann 2 12 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 12 179 2 57t
Opp 4 45 0 16
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Billy Sexton 12 29 3 179 2 57t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 12 29 3 179 2 57t
Opp 4 8 0 45 0 16
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 5 20 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 20 0
Opp 1 -5 0 -5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 4 64 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 64 0
Opp 2 46 0 24
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 229 60
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 229 60
Opp 9 330 55
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scott Meseroll . . . . . . . . 2- 0 . . .
Detroit Reynolds . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . . . . 3- 0 . . .
Opp . . . . . 3- 1 . . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
FL 11 Jimmy Everett
QB 16 Billy Sexton
SE 21 Joe Goldsmith
TB 22 Bobby McKinnon
TE 32 Ed Davis
FB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
SG 62 Bob Jones
WG 73 Paul Oglesby
WT 74 Don Sparkman
ST 77 David Harper
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 23 Chris Griffin
S 31 Randy Kaiser
ROV 41 Phil Cahoon
RCB 43 Earl Humes
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
MLB 55 Phil Jones
WLB 56 John Murphy
LE 57 Steve Bratton
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
LT 78 Greg Johnson
RE 84 Randy Coffield
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
20 Mike Shumann
24 Andy Stockton
33 Rudy Thomas
36 Doug Glosson
38 Buzzy Lewis
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
50 Tom Cooper
51 Mitch Skinner
59 Scott Meseroll
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
60 Bill Johnson
61 Phil Arnold
64 Jeff Gardner
66 Tom Chandler
67 Collis Dennison
72 Smokey Ragins
75 Doug Dane
79 Bobby Donald Elam
81 Ed Beckman
82 Mike Allen
87 John Palermo
|
Mississippi State 37, Florida State 12
10/13/1973, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 14, 1973, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. Fumbles Help Put FSU Into Deep 37-12 Hole.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State got 21 first downs, and Florida
State threw the football 48 times. … Forget it.
The Seminoles were nothing more than an inept team as they lost 37-12 here Saturday afternoon to aggressive Mississippi State representatives that
never before had beaten the Garnet and Gold.
Mississippi State was as good as Coach Larry Jones of FSU thought it might be on offense. The score could have been bigger.
Though a loser of five
straight this season, the Seminoles, for the first time, performed poorly on both offense and defense.
"We just weren't ready to play," Jones said afterward.
If the Seminoles had been "ready to
play," they might have put the visitors in an early hole, instead of vice versa, for they got a liberal share of "breaks" at the start.
"It was the worst start I've ever seen," said Jones.
After
holding off the Bulldogs at their 9-yard line, the Seminoles turned over the football three straight times on fumbles. Mississippi State scored after each of those fumbles and led 21-0 before the
first quarter was over.
Then, before a rather quiet turnout of 19,829 on this sunny afternoon, M-State put it out of reach, really, by scoring on their first series of the second quarter, for 28-0.
… On four consecutive series M-State got touchdowns.
The Bulldogs cut up Florida State's defense in a variety of ways, but notably with the running of big Wayne Jones, who whacked out 140 yards in
a mere 16 carries. Rockey Felker was the spectacular quarterback that had been anticipated, passing for 152 yards and two touchdowns, running for 33 yards.
Felker jammed a thumb on his throwing
hand in the third quarter - there's a possibility it may be broken - and turned over the mop-up work to Mike Monaghan, who directed the team to a last-quarter field goal and touchdown.
Trailing by
so much so early, the Seminoles shucked their running game and threw repeatedly.
Billy Sexton quarterbacked the first quarter and two plays of the second. Mark Orlando was in there the rest of the
way. Sexton was 2-for-7 on his passing before departure. Orlando went 20-for-41, getting two intercepted, total 228 yards and two touchdowns.
Mike Shumann, the Tallahassee freshman, accounted for
both FSU scores, on a 5-yard Orlando pass that narrowed the halftime score to 28-6, on a 37-yarder from Orlando that brought the Seminoles within 31-12 with 3:37 left. … Saturday was Schumann's 18th
birthday.
While Shumann caught four passes for the day, Mike Allen collared eight.
But Florida State passing was not as good as the overall figures may lead some to surmise. M-State appeared
vulnerable on defense. Both quarterbacks failed to hit with receivers wide open - and the receivers themselves showed some inconsistency, particularly in hanging onto balls that might have been
retained.
The Seminoles ran Hodges Mitchell not a time in the last half. Also back in action, if not exactly fit, was Mike Davison, who looked at times as though he may soon be ready.
Mississippi State got those three early fumbles at FSU's 31, 24 and its own 44. Stan Murray scored the first TD from the four. The second came on Felker's 13-yard pass to Danny Malone, the third on
Murray's 2-yard run with a pitchout.
A bit later it was Felker throwing to All-American hopeful Bill Buckley for a TD on a 50-yard play. (Buckley got 154 yards out of six catches, scored the
Bulldogs' last TD on a 33-yarder from Monaghan.)
"I think," said Bob Tyler, the new coach of the Mississippians in a possibly remarkable statement, "FSU's young players did a good job. … Just the
fumbles hurt bad."
Next week: homecoming for the Seminoles, versus Memphis State.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Mississippi State |
21 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
37 |
| Florida State |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
12 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 27, field goal failed, 11:33
0- 7 Opp, 4, run (kick), 6:22
0-14 Opp, 13, pass (kick), 4:03
0-21 Opp, 1, run (kick), 1:21
2nd 0-28 Opp, 50, pass (kick), 12:43
6-28 Mike Shumann, 5, pass from Mark Orlando (Mark Orlando, pass failed), 1:21
4th 6-31 Opp, 24, field goal, 14:19
12-31 Mike Shumann, 37, pass from Mark Orlando (Mark Orlando, pass failed), 3:37
12-37 Opp, 33, pass (kick failed), 2:09
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 19
Rushes-yards 25-45 52-255
Passing 247 221
Att-Comp-Int 48-22-2 18-12-0
Total Yards 73-292 70-476
Punt Returns 1-16 2-10
Kickoff Returns 6-138 2-38
Interception Ret. 0-0 2-3
Fumble Returns 0-0 3-0
Punts 6-39.0 4-43.8
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 4-0
Penalties-Yds 6-87 8-108
Time of Posession 29:45 30:55
Attendance 19,829
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 8 42 0 13
Mike Davison 9 11 0 8
Mark Orlando 3 6 0 11
Bobby McKinnon 2 3 0 2
Billy Sexton 3 -17 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 25 45 0 13
Opp 52 255 2 36
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 4 76 2 37t
Mike Allen 8 68 0 18
Larry Jones 4 42 0 17
Hodges Mitchell 1 18 0 18
Joe Goldsmith 1 14 0 14
Ed Beckman 2 13 0 8
Mike Davison 1 13 0 13
Bobby McKinnon 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 247 2 37t
Opp 12 221 3 50t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Mark Orlando 20 41 2 228 2 37t
Billy Sexton 2 7 0 19 0 11
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 48 2 247 2 37t
Opp 12 18 0 221 3 50t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 1 16 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 16 0 16
Opp 2 10 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 6 138 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 138 0
Opp 2 38 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 234 44
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 234 44
Opp 4 175 62
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . . . . . . . .
Opp . . . . . 2- 3 . . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 11 Jimmy Everett
QB 16 Billy Sexton
WR 21 Joe Goldsmith
FB 22 Bobby McKinnon
TE 32 Ed Davis
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
SG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
ST 72 Smokey Ragins
WT 74 Don Sparkman
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 23 Chris Griffin
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
ROV 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
WLB 56 John Murphy
LE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
SLB 61 Phil Arnold
LT 66 Tom Chandler
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
RE 84 Randy Coffield
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
18 Mark Orlando
20 Mike Shumann
24 Andy Stockton
28 Mike Davison
33 Rudy Thomas
36 Doug Glosson
38 Buzzy Lewis
40 Ben Graham
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
49 Bruce Bell
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
50 Tom Cooper
55 Phil Jones
63 Jon Thames
65 Billy McPhillips
67 Collis Dennison
75 Doug Dane
77 David Harper
79 Bobby Donald Elam
81 Ed Beckman
82 Mike Allen
85 Earl Passwaters
87 John Palermo
88 Larry Jones
|
Memphis State 13, Florida State 10
10/20/1973, Tallahassee
From the Orlando Sentinel, October 21, 1973, page 46, by Bill Buchalter. FSU: 1 Less Yard, 1 More Loss.
Seminoles Lose Sixth Straight, 13-10.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State
now measures its defeats by the yard. One lonesome, bittersweet yard.
Memphis State's spunky defense, keyed by Florida-bred Van Anderson, stacked up Hodges Mitchell one yard shy of the goal line on
two consecutive plays late in the third period Saturday.
The result was a 13-10 Tiger triumph, the sixth consecutive setback this season by FSU, the first Homecoming loss suffered at Doak Campbell
Stadium in 11 years and the seventh straight loss over a two-year period for the long-suffering Seminoles who came oh, so very close.
It marked the fourth time among those six losses that these
Seminoles fell by a touchdown or less but that was little consolation for Coach Larry Jones.
"They're all heartbreaking," he admitted, his face a mirror of frustration. "It was a lousy call," Jones
mourned, referring to Mitchell's last-gasp victory effort, "and it was my call. Hodges was running good. Maybe we ran him once too often. I don't know. You always second guess. We had just run Hodge
three times in there and didn't make it. It was that close."
The final outcome was indeed that close. Memphis State's Fred Pancoast, a popular Florida figure, said he held his breath on Mitchell's
final, fateful burst. "Our players said he took a deep breath and we keyed on him," revealed Pancoast. "I just held my breath and watched the referee expecting him to signal touchdown."
But there
was to be no signal, nor no Seminole war-whoop among the 23,883 partisans. Before Mitchell could dent the line of scrimmage, the 245-pound Anderson, from Fort Pierce Central, smashed into the squatty
185-pound runner and extended Seminole frustrations by still another Saturday.
"Our defense gave us the gut play," said Pancoast. "FSU had the momentum. They had the spirit. They had us right where
they wanted but we got up off our butts and did a job. A win is a win and I've never seen a better one."
Of course, the defense didn't put points on the board and the eventual outcome was decided
by two punchless but accurate placements by Hal McGeorge. The field goals covered 37 and 32 yards, both barely clearing the crossbar. The kicks brought the Tigers all the way back from a 10-0 deficit
to give them a 5-2 record.
But Pancoast put the praise back on his defense. "This game turned out exactly like I was afraid it would. They didn't make any errors. We gave them something early to
hang their hat on. But our defense rose to the occasion. Otherwise we would be 4-3."
That something Pancoast referred to was a 74-yard scoring burst by sophomore Bobby McKinnon, who broke five
tackles in the process of turning an option pitch from Mark Orlando for an attempted first down into the game's big play and the fourth longest TD run in FSU history.
McKinnon broke two tackles
past the scrimmage line in driving for the first down. He was hit, miraculously kept his balance on the sideline, then found himself in the clear and gone. When Ahmet Askin kicked the seventh point,
the clock read 9:17 in the first period. It was FSU's first touchdown of the year in the initial 15 minutes.
Four more times before intermission, the Seminoles carried the attack to Memphis State,
but the Orlando directed offense could only convert the consistent defensive play into three points, a 35-yard fielder by Askin following a Buzzy Lewis interception.
Two missed Askin field goals,
from 52 and 35 yards, and clipping penalty plus fumble late, stymied the efforts.
The defense suffered just one breakdown during the first half, but it proved costly. On third-and-16 in his own
territory, Tiger Dan Dary escaped two Seminoles on the draw play and maneuvered 26 yards to highlight a 12-play, 80-yard scoring drive which narrowed the gap to 10-7.
Speedy Bobby Ward returned the
second half kickoff 46 yards to set up McGeorge's tying field goal 11:02 into the third quarter. Just 4 ½ minutes later, Floridian Joe Bruner directed Memphis to the 14, where McGeorge entered for his
32-yarder with 6:30 on the clock.
That set it up for the Tiger defense to play up to their nicknames. They got the opportunity when Greg Pounds intercepted a Bruner pass and returned to Memphis
21.
Billy Sexton took command at QB on this fateful series and Mitchell carried six of the eight times for all of the yardage, moving to the one-yard line. The artful Hodger, as he is sometimes
called, totaled 111 yards for the afternoon.
It was third-and-one from the one when FSU's victory bid came up short, not once but twice. To every disheartened Seminole, that yard seemed as long as
the season.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Memphis State |
0 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
| Florida State |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1st 7- 0 Bobby McKinnon, 74, run (Ahmet Askin, kick), 9:17
7- 0 Ahmet Askin, 52, field goal failed, 2:55
2nd 7- 0 Ahmet Askin, 40, field goal failed, 13:49
10- 0 Ahmet Askin, 35, field goal, 8:55
10- 7 Opp, 3, run (kick), 5:30
3rd 10-10 Opp, 37, field goal, 11:02
10-13 Opp, 32, field goal, 6:30
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 9 17
Rushes-yards 40-202 49-222
Passing 68 108
Att-Comp-Int 22-14-0 27-15-2
Total Yards 62-270 76-330
Punt Returns 1-6 1-3
Kickoff Returns 4-52 2-68
Interception Ret. 2-22 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 6-38.5 4-33.8
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 4-36 6-70
Time of Posession 28:18 31:42
Attendance 23,883
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 20 111 0 18
Bobby McKinnon 8 77 1 74t
Mike Davison 8 17 0 13
Billy Sexton 1 2 0 2
Joe Downey 1 -1 0 -1
Mark Orlando 2 -4 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 202 1 74t
Opp 49 222 1 26
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 5 40 0 15
Bobby McKinnon 2 13 0 9
Mike Davison 6 10 0 5
Larry Jones 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 68 0 15
Opp 15 108 0 14
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Mark Orlando 14 22 0 68 0 15
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 22 0 68 0 15
Opp 15 27 2 108 0 14
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 6 0 6
Opp 1 3 0 3
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 3 35 0
Mike Davison 1 17 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 52 0 17
Opp 2 68 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 231 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 231 52
Opp 4 135 41
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy Lewis . . . . . 1- 5 . . . . . .
Greg Pounds . . . . . 1- 17 . . . . . .
Steve Bratton . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Phil Jones . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . 2- 22 . . 2- 0 . . .
Opp . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 18 Mark Orlando
WR 21 Joe Goldsmith
FB 28 Mike Davison
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
SG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
ST 72 Smokey Ragins
WT 74 Don Sparkman
TE 81 Ed Beckman
WR 82 Mike Allen
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
LC 38 Buzzy Lewis
ROV 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
WLB 56 John Murphy
LE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
SLB 61 Phil Arnold
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
RE 84 Randy Coffield
LT 87 John Palermo
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
11 Jimmy Everett
16 Billy Sexton
20 Mike Shumann
22 Bobby McKinnon
23 Chris Griffin
24 Andy Stockton
32 Ed Davis
33 Rudy Thomas
40 Ben Graham
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Bruce Bell
50 Tom Cooper
55 Phil Jones
63 Jon Thames
65 Billy McPhillips
67 Collis Dennison
75 Doug Dane
77 David Harper
78 Greg Johnson
79 Bobby Donald Elam
85 Earl Passwaters
88 Larry Jones
|
San Diego State 38, Florida State 17
10/27/1973, San Diego, Calif.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 29, 1973, page 14, by Bill McGrotha. Aztecs Slap FSU Defense With Record Total Yards.
SAN DIEGO, CA - What it was, among other things, was a game in
which a Florida State football team yielded more yardage than it ever had in any previous encounter in its history.
San Diego State, as it stretched its record to 5-1 with a 38-17 thumping of the
Seminoles on Saturday night, amassed 590 yards. Of that, 231 came on the ground, 359 in the air.
That topped, by much, the previous high of 510 granted by a Florida State team, at Texas Tech in
1966 - and the Seminoles won that one 43-33.
And the 359 yards passing were the most ever against a Florida State team in a single game. Previous high was 324 by South Carolina in 1968. The
Seminoles won that one, too, 35-28.
Interestingly, and ironically, Claude Gilbert, the San Diego coach, indicated after the game he was far from pleased with his team's record-buster against
Florida State.
"Right now," he said, 'we are not playing well. Nor are we playing with any character or class right now."
He seemed to feel his Aztecs should have scored more. "We … stop
ourselves with mistakes," he said, "It is totally frustrating to get down there in scoring position and have an interception or fumble stop us or a mental mistake. If we keep playing like this, we are
going to get beat somewhere along the way."
… What the game also was was one that reminded the few Florida State followers who made the trip of a team they used to know.
Jesse Freitas, possibly
as good a passer as there is in the college game this year, was reminiscent of Florida State quarterbacks of recent years. The way San Diego's aerial game opened the door for the running game was
another reminder.
Completing 22 of 36 passes for 308 yards and three touchdowns, Freitas may have climbed to No. 1 statistical rank nationally in passing. Last week he was No. 5. In six games he
has hit 101 of 165 for 1,232 yards.
Frank Geary, a big one, led the running charge for the Aztecs with 113 in just 18 carries.
Florida State had a creditable yardage total itself, 386.
Mark
Orlando, completing 19 of his 34 throws, accounted for 199 of FSU's 283 passing sum. Billy Sexton was 3-for-13, completing just one of seven last-half tosses.
Hodges Mitchell, with 101 yards in 23
carries, accounted for all except two iof FSU's rushing net yardage of 103, if you want to slice it that way. Bobby McKinnon gained 19 in just three carries. Mike Davison nine in four. (Orlando
finished with a net loss of 17.)
Nine different Seminoles caught passes. Mike Shumann collared four. Five - Ed Beckman. Larry Jones, Jim Everett, McKinnon and Davison - got three apiece.
Though
the defense yielded all those yards, it also provided more than a normal run of "breaks" - five interceptions plus one fumble recovery. Buzzy Lewis had two interceptions, Jim Malkiewicz, Randy Kaiser
and Phil Cahoon one apiece.
But three of those breaks came in the early going of the game, and the Seminoles got just three points out of 'em.
"What really disappoints us," said Coach Larry
Jones, "is that we should have had more points in the first half.
"San Diego is a fine football team - as good offensively as we've played this season. Freitas hurt us in the clutch. I'll say it
again - Freitas is a good one. We knew that coming in.
"Our idea going in was to try to throw more and try to loosen them up. It was pleasing that we got as much offense as we did, but we didn't
get enough points.
"They were upset that they hadn't been scoring enough in previous games and they really came after us."
Jones said that the kicking game "really killed us."
Joe Downey
averaged just 29 yards on six punts.
In the fourth quarter, after scoring its last touchdown and cutting the score to 31-17, Florida State was obliged to kick off three straight times.
Collis
Dennison, a freshman who has as strong a leg as any player in FSU history but needs improvement on his form, but the first kickoff out of bounds. Ahmet Askin came in for the next one, and did well -
but the Seminoles were offsides. On the third kickoff, Ahmet rocketed it from his 30 to the enemy 10 - but Keith Denson, a 5-8, 161-pounder who had already pulled in two touchdown passes, returned it
64 yards.
And that paved San Diego's last touchdown.
San Diego State was obliged to punt only once all night.
The Seminoles apparently came out of the game with no binding new injuries,
though there was perhaps more that a normal amount of "bumps and bruises."
They flew home right after the game that ended at 1:30 a.m. (Tallahassee time), arriving shortly after daylight following
a flight of more than five hours.
This week it's a date in the Astrodome against always troublesome Houston, a foe the Seminoles have beaten just once, a foe with a 6-1 record freshly stung by its
first loss (7-0 at Auburn on Saturday).
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
| San Diego State |
7 |
10 |
14 |
7 |
38 |
1st 0- 0 Ahmet Askin, 45, field goal failed, 8:18
3- 0 Ahmet Askin, 30, field goal, 3:58
3- 7 Opp, 33, pass (kick), 2:00
2nd 3-10 Opp, 32, field goal, 12:44
3-17 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 1:07
10-17 Eddie Davis, 35, pass from Billy Sexton (Ahmet Askin, kick), 0:09
3rd 10-24 Opp, 6, run (kick), 13:24
10-31 Opp, 4, pass (kick), 5:19
4th 17-31 Jimmy Everett, 9, pass from Mark Orlando (Ahmet Askin, kick), 13:40
17-38 Opp, 3, run (kick), 11:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 26
Rushes-yards 35-113 48-231
Passing 283 359
Att-Comp-Int 47-22-1 43-26-5
Total Yards 82-396 91-590
Punt Returns 1-0 2-1
Kickoff Returns 7-116 4-86
Interception Ret. 5-54 1-33
Fumble Returns 1-0 3-0
Punts 6-29.2 1-30.0
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 3-1
Penalties-Yds 4-30 5-51
Attendance 26,492
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 23 101 0 11
Bobby McKinnon 3 19 0 8
Mike Davison 4 9 0 5
Billy Sexton 1 1 0 1
Mark Orlando 4 -17 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 113 0 11
Opp 48 231 2 56
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jimmy Everett 3 64 1 44
Mike Shumann 4 63 0 26
Ed Davis 1 35 0 35t
Ed Beckman 3 32 0 15
Larry Jones 3 31 0 15
Mike Davison 3 30 0 12
Bobby McKinnon 3 19 0 9
Mike Allen 1 12 0 12
Hodges Mitchell 1 -3 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 283 1 44
Opp 26 359 3 41
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Mark Orlando 19 34 1 199 0 44
Billy Sexton 3 13 0 84 1 35t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 47 1 283 1 44
Opp 26 43 5 359 3 41
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Andy Stockton 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 0 0
Opp 2 1 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 2 58 0 22
Larry Jones 2 31 0 21
Joe Goldsmith 1 20 0 20
Ed Beckman 1 7 0
Phil Jones 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 116 0 22
Opp 4 86 0 65
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 175 38
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 175 38
Opp 1 30 30
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy Lewis 12 2 14 . . 2- 22 . . . . . .
Phil Cahoon 6 7 13 . . 1- 24 . . . . . .
Steve Bratton 10 2 12 . . . . . . . . .
John Murphy 2 10 12 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Meseroll 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Pounds 7 3 10 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Randy Kaiser 5 4 9 . . 1- 8 . . . . . .
Jim Malkiewicz 3 5 8 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Bruce Bell 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .
Earl Humes 5 3 8 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Jones 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Garis Shaw 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Detroit Reynolds 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Camps 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Jones 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jon Thames 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Johnson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Pat Booth . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ed Davis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 73 52 125 . . 5- 54 . . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 61 30 91 . . 1- 33 . . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 18 Mark Orlando
WR 20 Mike Shumann
FB 28 Mike Davison
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
SG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
WT 74 Don Sparkman
ST 77 David Harper
TE 81 Ed Beckman
WR 88 Larry Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
LC 38 Buzzy Lewis
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
WLB 56 John Murphy
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
LE 59 Scott Meseroll
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
RE 84 Randy Coffield
LT 87 John Palermo
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
11 Jimmy Everett
16 Billy Sexton
21 Joe Goldsmith
22 Bobby McKinnon
23 Chris Griffin
24 Andy Stockton
32 Ed Davis
33 Rudy Thomas
42 Joe Camps
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
53 Brian Schmidt
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
54 Garis Shaw
55 Phil Jones
57 Steve Bratton
63 Jon Thames
65 Billy McPhillips
67 Collis Dennison
69 Bruce Harrison
72 Smokey Ragins
78 Greg Johnson
79 Bobby Donald Elam
80 Pat Booth
82 Mike Allen
85 Earl Passwaters
|
Houston 34, Florida State 3
11/03/1973, Houston, Tex.
From the Orlando Sentinel, November 4, 1973, page 55, by Bill Buchalter. FSU suffers Eighth Loss In Row, 34-3.
HOUSTON, TX - Houston doled out its annual flogging of Florida State
Saturday night in the Astrodome, 34-3.
The Seminoles took the battle to the heavily favored, angered Cougars in the early going, then reeled under an 87-yard D.C. Nobles-to-Brian Willingham TD bomb
two minutes before halftime, a play which turned around a defensive struggle into a typical Houston rout.
It was the Seminoles' eighth consecutive loss and the brightest spot was the linebacker
play of Bruce Bell who forced Nobles to change the game plan and start throwing the ball.
Throw D.C. did. He fired 11 times, completed seven for 189 yards and the big TD play. Most of his throws
were on third down plays which eventually led to short TD bursts by Leonard Parker, Donnie McGraw and DeLand's Reggie Cherry concluded the scoring as Cougar Coach Bill Yeoman emptied his bench in the
second half.
Cherry's score, a 36-yard burst, was his 11th TD of the year as he closed in on Elmo Wright's single season mark of 14. Parker amassed 151 yards, his fifth 100-plus of the year.
FSU's lone points came on Ahmet Askin's 52-yard field goal as neither Mark Orlando nor Billy Sexton could find the passing range.
Houston wasted little time in venting its offensive anger on the
Seminoles, a slow burn that had lasted seven days since Auburn inflicted a 7-0 setback.
Parker ripped seven yards up the middle to set the tone, then Nobles swept down the line on the veer, stuck
the ball under his arm and cut upfield for 56 yards before Earl Humes chased him down at FSU's 16.
Three plays later, Parker dove into the end zone and the potent Cougars enjoyed a 6-0 advantage
with just 11:39 showing on the clock. Ricky Terrell's PAT was wide.
FSU had an opportunity moments later when an errant Houston pitchout was recovered by freshman defensive tackle John Thames of
Gainesville. Mitchell burst 25 yards on a delay and Orlando got inside the 25 on a busted play but a movement penalty set the Seminoles back and Ahmet Askin came on to try a 52-yard field goal. The
sophomore sidewinded one barely over the bar but true for his personal record and the second longest in school history. Askin's previous best was 51 and the best ever was Grant Guthrie's of 53.
The
clock showed 8:22 when the lights changed to 6-3.
Houston roared right back, thanks to a clutch third down Nobles to Brian Willingham pass which gave the Cougs a first down in Seminole Country. A
holding penalty pushed Houston back to the 30 where two long passes failed and the Seminoles took over on downs.
The period ended with Houston at the Seminole 38, fourth and five, and the home
towners leading, 6-3.
In deep trouble from their own nine, Joe Downey extricated the Seminoles with a 44-yard punt. It proved to be a net 54-yard gain when Tampa freshman Pat Booth ran down Cougar
Joe Rust for a 10-yard loss eventually leading to a Hal Roberts' punt.
Again the offense sputtered and Downey got a big break on a squibber that took a Seminole bounce and rolled off Rust's hands
for 44 yards, two Seminoles narrowly losing a battle for the errant ball at the Cougar 41.
Building hope against hope, FSU's young defense, led by linebacker Bruce Bell, played great for two plays
but time and again Nobles would throw accurately on this down. He hit Willingham for 20 and a first down at the FSU 33. Then he hit tight end Miller Basler for a first down at the 19.
FSU held
Parker for no gain but defensive holding was detected, moving the ball half the distance to the goal. Parker got a first down at the seven and fumbled, FSU recovering. But officials declared the ball
down and Houston retained possession. After a procedure penalty and no gain, Nobles passed into the end zone and pass interference was ruled against Earl Humes.
From the one, it took the Cougars
three plays to score and even that was controversial when Parker was stacked up on the goal line. The head linesman did not rule TD but the back judge, under the goal posts, signaled for the score.
FSU's anguished defenders stomped in vain protest while Ken Faulkner of the Southwest Conference explained to two Seminoles that Parker penetrated with 4:15 on the clock.
Nobles then passed to
Bassler for the two-point conversion and a 14-3 lead.
Undaunted, Orlando finally found a receiver and hit freshman Tom McDougal for a 16-yard play to the 47, but wouldn't you know it, a 15-yard
penalty was imposed after the play ended and the Seminoles ended up punting once more.
To add insult to injury, Downey was injured on a 45-yard punt when he was clipped. The penalty set Houston up
at its own 17 but the time bomb offense was ready to explode.
Nobles dropped straight back, got little rush, and fired downfield to the 50. Willingham got behind Humes and caught Nobles' pass in
stride. Humes dove and missed and it was a simple 83-yard footrace. Terrell missed the PAT and it was 20-3 with 2:30 left in the half.
Sexton entered the game and raced 22 yards on a busted pass
play to t first down at the Cougar 32. He recovered his own fumble for a nine-yard loss, then was sacked seconds later and the half ended, 20-3.
A freakish beginning helped Houston begin in good
field position at the outset of the second half. A 15-yard penalty assessed on the final play of the first half and an out-of-bounds kickoff helped the Cougars begin at midfield.
But Randy Coffield
recovered a Nobles fumble at the Seminole 44 as the defense continued to play tough.
Sexton ran to the Houston 48 but was hit and hurt on the play by Mark Mitchell. Orlando returned but his pass
was batted down by the 6-8 Mitchell, forcing a punt.
Linebacker Bell, continuing his consistent play, stopped Houston and a short 19-yard punt gave FSU an opportunity at the Houston 43.
But
Harold Evans intercepted Sexton, a one-handed beauty and the 16th thrown by the Seminoles this year, and Houston was moving from its own 38. A 25-yard Nobles-to-Bassler pass moved the ball to the FSU
33, another third-down play with the pass caught in front of the safeties.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Houston |
6 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
34 |
1st 0- 6 Opp, 1, run (kick failed), 11:39
3- 6 Ahmet Askin, 52, field goal, 8:22
2nd 3-14 Opp, 1, run (pass), 4:30
3-20 Opp, 83, pass (kick failed), 2:20
3rd 3-27 Opp, 5, run (kick), 2:11
4th 3-34 Opp, 26, run (kick), 8:56
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 7 22
Rushes-yards 39-123 60-356
Passing 65 250
Att-Comp-Int 24-6-1 23-10-1
Total Yards 63-188 83-606
Punt Returns 2-10 7-9
Kickoff Returns 6-119 2-23
Interception Ret. 1-6 1-0
Fumble Returns 3-0 2-0
Punts 12-38.8 5-34.2
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 5-3
Penalties-Yds 11-93 9-75
Attendance 27,587
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Davison 8 37 0 9
Hodges Mitchell 12 36 0 25
Rudy Thomas 3 28 0 20
Bobby McKinnon 5 25 0 12
Billy Sexton 6 16 0 22
Mark Orlando 5 -19 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 123 0 25
Opp 60 356 4 56
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Tom McDougal 2 36 0 20
Larry Jones 1 12 0 12
Hodges Mitchell 1 11 0 11
Doug Glosson 1 7 0 7
Mike Davison 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 65 0 20
Opp 10 250 1 83t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Mark Orlando 6 20 0 65 0 20
Billy Sexton 0 4 1 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 6 24 1 65 0 20
Opp 10 23 1 250 1 83t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Andy Stockton 2 10 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 10 0
Opp 7 9 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Rudy Thomas 3 62 0
Larry Jones 2 46 0
David Harper 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 119 0 11
Opp 2 23 0 12
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 12 465 50
----------------------------------------
FSU 12 465 50
Opp 5 171 47
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bruce Bell 13 1 14 . . . . . . . . .
Jim Malkiewicz 3 6 9 . . . . . . . . .
Earl Humes 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Pounds 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Buzzy Lewis 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Cahoon 2 3 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
John Murphy 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jon Thames 1 3 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Randy Kaiser 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Detroit Reynolds 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
David McGinn 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Earl Passwaters 1 2 3 . . 1- 6 . . . . . .
Garis Shaw 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ed Brodzik 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Doug Glosson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Randy Coffield . 1 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Rudy Maloy . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Gardner 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Camps 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Downey . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Davison . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Collis Dennison . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Harrison 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Smokey Ragins . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Pat Booth . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jimmy Everett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Bratton . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 47 44 91 . . 1- 6 1 . 3- 0 . . .
Opp 31 40 71 . . 1- 0 4 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 11 Jimmy Everett
QB 18 Mark Orlando
FB 28 Mike Davison
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
SG 72 Smokey Ragins
WT 74 Don Sparkman
ST 77 David Harper
TE 81 Ed Beckman
FL 88 Larry Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
LC 38 Buzzy Lewis
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
WLB 56 John Murphy
RE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
LE 59 Scott Meseroll
LT 63 Jon Thames
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
16 Billy Sexton
20 Mike Shumann
21 Joe Goldsmith
22 Bobby McKinnon
23 Chris Griffin
24 Andy Stockton
33 Rudy Thomas
36 Doug Glosson
42 Joe Camps
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
48 Collis Dennison
52 Rocky Saldana
54 Garis Shaw
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
55 Phil Jones
61 Phil Arnold
65 Billy McPhillips
66 Tom Chandler
68 Ed Brodzik
69 Bruce Harrison
75 Doug Dane
78 Greg Johnson
79 Bobby Donald Elam
80 Ed Davis
80 Pat Booth
83 Rudy Maloy
84 Randy Coffield
85 Earl Passwaters
89 Tom McDougal
|
Virginia Tech 36, Florida State 13
11/10/1973, Blacksburg, Va.
From the Orlando Sentinel, November 11, 1973, page 57, by Park Morgan. Virginia Tech Gobbles Winless FSU.
Loss No. 9 Comes By 36-13 Count.
BLACKSBURG, VA - In their never
ending battle against the evils of sub-mediocrity, the Florida State Seminoles once again took up the sword to strike a blow for victory.
And once again, the enemy knocked the sword from their
hands and the Seminoles retreated, beaten.
This Saturday, it was Virginia Tech, a team with almost as unimpressive a record as FSU. Entering the contest on this cold, windy day here in the Blue
Ridge Mountains, the Gobblers were 1-8, while the Seminoles sported a consistent 0-8 story.
Playing before 25,000 bundled and wind-blown fans, the Gobblers added their second victory of the old
season, 36-13, running through gaping holes in the FSU line and embarrassing the FSU running game with a defense that had allowed over 3,100 yards to opposing runners.
Florida State, hoping to
spring Hodges Mitchell for perhaps his best game, netted only 100 yards on the ground. Passing, divided between sophomore Mark Orlando and freshman Billy Prescott, accounted for 232 yards but three
interceptions by John Bell cut down considerably on any serious scoring chances.
Only once did Florida State manage an aerial touchdown. That was a 15-yarder from Orlando to tight end Tom McDougal
in the first quarter when it looked like the Seminoles might make a game of it.
But as the day wore on, enthusiasm waned. VPI kept scoring and FSU lost its ninth straight game of 1973.
"It was
the worst game we've played, and our worst effort," Larry Jones said.
The FSU coach leaned against a locker and tried to explain why his team, perhaps a slight favorite, had lost another one.
"Things happened too fast, too quick, and we had a let down. But they did a good job, and we didn't get after anybody."
Someone sympathetically brought up the old weather-factor topic: It was,
after all, 31 degrees at the kickoff.
Jones cracked a semi-smile. "Weather? Heck, that's no excuse. It won't bother a good football team."
It appeared that FSU suspected somewhere in the early
going in the second half that it wasn't able to win, and decided after that to prove it. True, Gobbler backs James Barber and Phil Rogers were running all over the stadium floor, but until VPI scored
its third touchdown, the Seminoles were still in it.
The play, one that FSU supporters were calling "controversial," was a pass from freshman quarterback Eddie Joyce to Ricky Scales that went for
47 yards with less than two minutes gone in the third period.
Scales was still in his backfield when the ball hit his hands. He dropped it, then picked it up and sprinted for the end zone. The
officials ruled it was a lateral and the score, by then, stood 29-7.
"Some strange things happened to us, but still we didn't get a good effort," Jones said. "They got those three quick touchdowns
on those two interceptions and that dropped pass. The official said it was a backward pass, but I wasn't in a position to see it."
The first of those two interceptions that Jones referred to came
late in the second period when FSU was trying to move the ball on first down and 10 from its own 23. Orlando dropped back looking for McDougal, but Bell snared it at the 37 and returned it to the one.
Barber, who rushed for 124 yards, scored and VPI took a 22-7 lead.
The next interception followed closely on the heels of Scales' dropped-lateral-run TD, and for all intent and purpose finished
Florida State. Bell stole this one at the FSU 33, when Orlando threw on first down, and zipped 33 yards with 12:52 to go in the third quarter. Fifty-two seconds had elapsed.
VPI Coach Charlie
Coffey, who has suffered through his own miseries, said, "It's been a long time coming. Our game plan was to run at them, which we did well most of the time. We still stalled too much in the scoring
area.
"Our defense wanted to get after them, and they did. I think linebacker Dennis Dodson - with his performance last week in a hopeless cause at Memphis - had as much to do with firing up our
defense as anything."
Dodson had five unassisted tackles, helped on one and batted away one FSU pass.
"They stopped us," Jones said. "We didn't block well and we didn't throw well."
Between
Barber and Rogers, VPI put 279 yards in the books and two touchdowns - both by Barber. And if they impressed the FSU coach, they certainly didn't go unnoticed by the defense.
Said senior linebacker
John Murphy, "We expected them to have a good offense but not that good. Those running backs were some of the best we've played against."
Murphy had been suffering from an injured knee and
reinjured it early in the game. He spent most of the afternoon on the sidelines.
"I don't think we played good defense. We came through in certain situations but not in clutch situations."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
| Virginia Tech |
9 |
13 |
14 |
0 |
36 |
1st 0- 6 Opp, 19, run (kick failed), 12:47
0- 9 Opp, 30, field goal, 5:55
7- 9 Tom McDougal, 15, pass from Mark Orlando (Ahmet Askin, kick), 3:39
2nd 7-12 Opp, 27, field goal, 9:56
7-12 Opp, 56, field goal failed, 7:40
7-15 Opp, 28, field goal, 3:13
7-22 Opp, 1, run (kick), 2:37
3rd 7-29 Opp, 47, pass (kick), 13:04
7-36 Opp, 33, interception return (kick), 12:52
7-36 Ahmet Askin, 53, field goal failed, 10:27
13-36 Billy Prescott, 1, run (Billy Prescott, run failed), 3:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 20
Rushes-yards 34-100 60-342
Passing 232 84
Att-Comp-Int 39-16-3 15-6-2
Total Yards 73-332 75-426
Punt Returns 0-0 4-66
Kickoff Returns 4-20 3-56
Interception Ret. 2-15 3-69
Fumble Returns 2-0 3-0
Punts 6-35.2 3-37.0
Fumbles-Lost 3 2
Penalties-Yds 53 109
Attendance 25,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Davison 10 55 0 20
Hodges Mitchell 13 22 0 8
Billy Prescott 4 17 1 9
Bobby McKinnon 5 8 0 6
Mark Orlando 1 2 0 2
Rudy Thomas 1 -4 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 34 100 1 20
Opp 60 342 2 32
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 4 83 0 36
Tom McDougal 3 53 1 20
Ed Davis 1 34 0 34
Ed Beckman 3 21 0 14
Larry Jones 1 20 0 20
Pat Booth 2 17 0 12
Bobby McKinnon 2 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 232 1 36
Opp 6 84 1 47t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Mark Orlando 8 21 3 122 1 36
Billy Prescott 8 18 0 110 0 34
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 39 3 232 1 36
Opp 6 15 2 84 1 47
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 4 66 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Andy Stockton 2 20 0
Doug Glosson 1 0 0
Danny Greene 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 20 0
Opp 3 56 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Joe Downey 6 211 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 211 52
Opp 3 111 42
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy Lewis 5 2 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Steve Bratton 6 1 7 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Phil Cahoon 6 . 6 . . 1- 15 . . . . . .
Bruce Bell 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Randy Kaiser 5 1 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jon Thames 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jim Malkiewicz 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Detroit Reynolds 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Pounds 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Randy Coffield 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Garis Shaw 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Tom Chandler 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Andy Stockton 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Murphy 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Earl Passwaters 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ed Brodzik 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Camps 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ed Davis 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Arnold 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David McGinn 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rocky Saldana 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Blythe 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Earl Humes . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 65 15 80 . . 2- 15 2 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 51 13 64 . . 3- 69 4 . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 18 Mark Orlando
FB 28 Mike Davison
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
SG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
WT 72 Smokey Ragins
ST 77 David Harper
WR 80 Pat Booth
TE 81 Ed Beckman
WR 88 Larry Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
LC 38 Buzzy Lewis
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
WLB 56 John Murphy
RE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
LE 59 Scott Meseroll
LT 63 Jon Thames
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
11 Jimmy Everett
14 Billy Prescott
20 Mike Shumann
22 Bobby McKinnon
23 Chris Griffin
24 Andy Stockton
32 Ed Davis
33 Rudy Thomas
36 Doug Glosson
42 Joe Camps
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
51 Ricky Blythe
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
53 Danny Greene
54 Garis Shaw
55 Phil Jones
61 Phil Arnold
65 Billy McPhillips
66 Tom Chandler
67 Collis Dennison
68 Ed Brodzik
75 Doug Dane
79 Bobby Donald Elam
84 Randy Coffield
85 Earl Passwaters
89 Tom McDougal
90 Ricky Blythe
|
South Carolina 52, Florida State 12
11/17/1973, Tallahassee
From the Orlando Sentinel, November 18, 1973, page 57, by Bill Buchalter. FSU: No Way.
Seminoles Score 12! (But Carolina Gets 52).
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The rich get richer, and
well, the poor keep on suffering football setbacks.
Poor old Florida State really suffered Saturday. Suffered its worst licking in a dozen autumns when South Carolina ran and passed to 52-12
victory.
Not since 1959 when Georgia formally introduced FSU to the really big time, 42-0, has a Seminole squad been so physically embarrassed. Not since Houston put a 53-21 licking on the
Seminoles in 1970 has an FSU defense allowed so many points.
Yet, despite the impending slaughter, some 17,778 Campbell Stadium fans roared their approval in the game's waning minutes when freshman
Billy Prescott emerged from some seemingly hidden tarpaulin, entered the game and immediately directed his freshman-dominated mates 78 yards in seven touchdown-producing plays.
Prescott's arrival,
although too late to help FSU survive a disastrous season - one that has now reached 0-10 proportions - did signal an outlook of future optimism, particularly among the FSU cult of young football
players who have been looking frustration and defeat square in the eye for the past 10 weeks.
Some 36 freshman and sophomores played extensively against Paul Dietzel's express Saturday and a
multitude of minor mistakes they made helped the final tally mushroom.
There was little doubt in folks' minds that South Carolina was trying to impress Tom Crumbley of the Peach Bowl with a late
21-point explosion against a host of FSU reserves seeking game experience.
But Pepsodent Paul, flashing his famed smile, said he did not try to run up the score, but rather had called for a final
quarter running game. South Carolina got its final TD on an 18-yard Clyde Rushing-to-Randy Chastain pass.
Despite the final outcome, it really was a ball game for 24 minutes. FSU trailed only 7-0
and the Seminoles defense had held the potent Gamecocks without a first down for four consecutive series.
Then it hit. Boom. Boom.
Freshman Larry Jones let a punt bounce off his shoulder,
Gamecock Ken Muldrew recovered at the Seminole one. Ron Bass, the freshman engineer of the high-powered (565 total yards) offense, plunged for the score and the rout was on.
On the ensuing series,
Mark Orlando hit Jim Everett in the chest with a pass, but it popped out into the arms of Gamecock linebacker Eddie Mott. This time it took just two plays to score. Bass keeping for nine and handing
off to Casper Carter for the final 14.
Thus in less than two minutes, the gamecocks had turned it around to 21-0, tacked on a Bobby Marino field goal 38 seconds before intermission, then coasted
home to victory No. 6 in 10 outings.
"I think we played exceptionally well and it was a big win," explained Dietzel. "It was a terrible exhibition, the worst of the year," countered Larry Jones.
Continued Jones, "We're just not good enough to overcome the mistakes we make. South Carolina beat us as bad as the score indicates. This is the best South Carolina team I've played against. For what
it's worth, Paul told me to cheer up afterward. We played decently on defense until they got the quick ones. That's the way it happens when you are losing."
South Carolina moved at will in the
second half, the scoring going like this:
Lynn Hodgins, five-yard run with 3:37 left in third period; eight-yard Rushing-to Jay Saldi pass; 19-yard run by Carter and Chastain's TD catch. Randy
Spinks tacked on the initial TD with a 10-yard first-quarter burst.
Sandwiched between Rushing's TD tosses was a Billy Sexton-to-Tom McDougal payoff pitch of five-yards which put the Seminoles on
the board. Finally, it was left to Prescott to do his thing in the final 48 seconds, getting the TD with just :15 on the clock with a 10-yard pass to Winter Park's Ricky Blythe.
Prescott's ability
to move the football team seemed to give everyone a lift and afterward Jones admitted "We probably should have gotten him in there earlier."
His South Carolina counterpart Bass was simply
sensational on the option plays. He wound up with 115 yards rushing, another 60 on four-of-six passes and personally set up the first score on a tackle-busting 51-yard scamper.
Bass now owns a 2-0
record against FSU, having whipped the Seminole jayvee with a similar performance. That earlier effort should have indicated to the FSU coaches just what a freshman is capable of doing. The Seminoles
didn't find out until the final seconds.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| South Carolina |
7 |
17 |
7 |
21 |
52 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 10, run (kick), 12:16
2nd 0-14 Opp, 1, run (kick), 8:28
0-21 Opp, 12, run (kick), 7:05
0-24 Opp, 32, field goal, 0:21
3rd 0-31 Opp, 10, run (kick), 3:37
4th 6-31 Tom McDougal, 5, pass from Billy Sexton (Ahmet Askin, kick failed), 14:57
6-38 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 13:09
6-45 Opp, 20, run (kick), 7:27
6-52 Opp, 18, pass (kick), 1:05
12-52 Ricky Blythe, 10, pass from Billy Prescott (Billy Prescott, pass failed), 0:15
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 13 24
Rushes-yards 28-120 67-382
Passing 196 183
Att-Comp-Int 33-14-1 13-8-1
Total Yards 61-316 80-565
Punt Returns 2--15 6-3
Kickoff Returns 8-169 2-32
Interception Ret. 1-4 1-5
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 11-37.8 6-39.5
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-0
Penalties-Yds 10-90 2-20
Attendance 17,778
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 12 61 0 12
Mike Davison 7 27 0 11
Billy Prescott 2 18 0 13
Billy Sexton 3 9 0 24
Rudy Thomas 1 5 0 5
Doug Glosson 1 4 0 4
Bobby McKinnon 1 0 0 0
Mark Orlando 1 -4 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 28 120 0 24
Opp 67 382 5 51
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 2 72 0 44
Mike Allen 3 59 0 30
Ricky Blythe 2 27 1 17
Mike Davison 2 13 0 9
Tom McDougal 2 11 1 6
Joe Thomas 1 11 0 11
Bobby McKinnon 1 3 0 3
Billy McPhillips 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 196 2 44
Opp 8 183 2 65
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Billy Sexton 9 19 0 132 1 44
Billy Prescott 3 4 0 55 1 28
Mark Orlando 2 10 1 9 0 6
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FSU 14 33 1 196 2 44
Opp 8 13 1 183 2 65
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
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Larry Jones 2 -15 0
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FSU 2 -15 0
Opp 6 3 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
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Joe Goldsmith 5 94 0
Larry Jones 1 54 0 54
Rudy Thomas 2 21 0
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FSU 8 169 0 54
Opp 2 32 0 20
Punting No Yds Lng
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Joe Downey 11 416 51
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FSU 11 416 51
Opp 6 237 47
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Earl Humes . . . . . 1- 4 . . . . . .
Steve Bratton . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
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FSU 0 0 0 . . 1- 4 . . . 1 . .
Opp . . . . . 1- 5 . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
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QB 18 Mark Orlando
WR 20 Mike Shumann
FB 28 Mike Davison
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
SG 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
WT 72 Smokey Ragins
ST 77 David Harper
WR 88 Larry Jones
TE 89 Tom McDougal
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Pos ## DEFENSE
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WS 31 Randy Kaiser
LC 38 Buzzy Lewis
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
WLB 56 John Murphy
LE 57 Steve Bratton
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
LT 63 Jon Thames
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
RE 84 Randy Coffield
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PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
11 Jimmy Everett
14 Billy Prescott
16 Billy Sexton
21 Joe Goldsmith
22 Bobby McKinnon
23 Chris Griffin
24 Andy Stockton
32 Ed Davis
33 Rudy Thomas
36 Doug Glosson
42 Joe Camps
46 Detroit Reynolds
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## NAME
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47 David McGinn
54 Garis Shaw
61 Phil Arnold
65 Billy McPhillips
66 Tom Chandler
68 Ed Brodzik
69 Bruce Harrison
75 Doug Dane
79 Bobby Donald Elam
82 Mike Allen
83 Rudy Maloy
85 Earl Passwaters
86 Joe Thomas
90 Ricky Blythe
|
Florida 49, Florida State 0
12/01/1973, Gainesville
From the Tallahassee Democrat, December 2, 1973, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. Gators Maul Seminoles 49-0.
UF Cures Offensive Ills.
GAINESVILLE, FL - There was nothing wrong with
Florida's offense that Florida State's defense did not cure.
Before the game UF fans made small jokes about their offense, which had been averaging less than 245 yards per game, only 13 points per
game, and had scored no more than 21 in any previous 10 games.
In possibly the strangest of all contests between these two one-time football rivals, Florida dealt the Seminoles the worst defeat
that any team ever had anytime, anywhere. It was 49-0.
It was strange, most of all, because there was nothing from the crowd at any time that approached the noise generated in any of the previous
15 encounters between the two. There were 62,233 fans in Florida Field, an approximate sellout, but even the UF majority was relatively quiet.
A thoroughly tough football team, mentally and
physically, Florida was in absolute control from the time the Seminoles started things with a desperation onside kick, that the Gators recovered, until Larry Brinson scored for UF on the last play.
Probably never has a Florida State football team come really close to being as much out-classed as it was on this mercifully final Saturday of an 0-11 season - the worst of any team in the collegiate
history of this state.
Florida's offense got 494 yards and 29 first downs.
Billy Prescott, the freshman, went all the way at quarterback for the Seminoles. Against a defense that is very
probably among the best in the country, he never had a real chance of getting anything going.
The Seminoles finished with 165 yards, with 95 running, but the figures are deceptive. Fifty-seven of
those yards came on the final series of the Seminoles - along with four of their seven first downs - against UF reserves.
It was late in the third quarter before FSU managed a first down on its own
initiative. Only previous one had come on a penalty.
Defensively, Florida State lost three of its key players early. Buzzy Lewis, the senior cornerback, broke his leg on the first defensive play.
Linebackers Bruce Bell and John Murphy also went out for good with first-quarter injuries.
Nat Moore, the runner who broke his leg in the Alabama game, spurred Florida's early offensive charge, but
played little late. In 15 runs he gained 109 yards. But the UF effort was diversified. It was much more than Moore.
Coach Doug Dickey put his No. 2 quarterback, Robby Davis, in the game as early as
the second quarter. Scoring four of the first five times it got the football, Florida led 28-0 with that second quarter only about half gone.
"We got the best offensive execution," said Dickey,
"we've gotten all year, and we played the same way defensively.
"FSU is very young. There was a lot of pressure out there today - a big crowd and a pressure game. When you are young and
inexperienced, it gets difficult to execute properly at times. This is where we won the game - we out-executed them."
Florida played more than 65 Gators.
The Gators claimed that game-opening
onside kick and drove quickly, 54 yards to a touchdown that Moore scored from the one.
After that the scoring came on:
(1) Moore's 5-yard run, (2) James Richards' 62-yard sprint with a pitchout,
(3) Vince Kendrick's one-yard run, (4) Don Gaffney's 31-yard pass to Lee McGriff, (5) Chan Gailey's 2-yard pass to Glenn Severs, and (6) Brinson's game-ending 12-yard scamper.
As UF hit on 10 of 21
passes, Gaffney completed six of 12, Davis three of eight. McGriff and Hank Foldberg caught three apiece. Richards finished with 81 yards for seven runs, and Kendrick 59 in nine as 11 different Gators
ran on this day.
Hodges Mitchell, playing his last game for the Seminoles, gained 74 yards in 15 runs. Prescott was checked with a net of 14 on 11, connected on only five of 21 passes for 70
yards.
Perhaps the Seminoles' most notable performer was punter Joe Downey, who got off one 80-yard effort and averaged 41.2 on nine.
In the first half the Seminoles didn't get across midfield
until near the end, after a roughing-the-punter penalty gave them their initial first down. They got as fas as the Florida 25 on their last series of the game, but that culminated in an interception
and a 55-yard runback by Randy Ball that paved UF's final touchdown.
But turnovers were not a factor in this one. The Seminoles lost a single fumble plus that interception. Florida also lost one
fumble, had one pass intercepted.
Headed for a Dec. 22 Tangerine Bowl date, on its own campus, against Miami of Ohio, the Gators closed their regular season with a 7-4 record, and a sixth
consecutive victory over a Florida State team that has not beaten them since 1967.
Florida controlled the football, 86 plays to 50.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida |
14 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
49 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 11:51
0-14 Opp, 5, run (kick), 2:37
2nd 0-21 Opp, 62, run (kick), 14:47
0-28 Opp, 1, run (kick), 6:46
3rd 0-28 Opp, 34, field goal failed, 10:31
0-35 Opp, 31, pass (kick), 5:38
4th 0-42 Opp, 2, pass (kick), 4:49
0-49 Opp, 12, run (kick), 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 7 29
Rushes-yards 29-95 65-364
Passing 70 130
Att-Comp-Int 21-5-1 21-10-1
Total Yards 50-165 86-494
Punt Returns 2-3 4-12
Kickoff Returns 7-122 1-0
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-55
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 9-41.3 3-36.7
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1
Penalties-Yds 6-69 6-58
Attendance 62,273
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hodges Mitchell 15 74 0 23
Billy Prescott 11 14 0 11
Mike Davison 3 7 0 3
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FSU 29 95 0 23
Opp 65 364 5 62t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Allen 2 32 0 17
Larry Jones 1 17 0 17
Ricky Blythe 1 16 0 16
Mike Davison 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 70 0 17
Opp 10 130 2 31t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
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Billy Prescott 5 21 1 70 0 17
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FSU 5 21 1 70 0 17
Opp 10 21 1 130 2 31t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mike Shumann 2 3 0
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FSU 2 3 0
Opp 4 12 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Goldsmith 4 69 0
Larry Jones 3 53 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 122 0
Opp 1 0 0 0
Punting No Yds Lng
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Joe Downey 9 372 80
----------------------------------------
FSU 9 372 80
Opp 3 110 43
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Randy Kaiser . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Greg Johnson . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 . . .
Opp . . . . . 1- 55 . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 14 Billy Prescott
WR 21 Joe Goldsmith
FB 28 Mike Davison
TB 44 Hodges Mitchell
C 52 Rocky Saldana
ST 62 Bob Jones
WG 64 Jeff Gardner
SG 65 Billy McPhillips
WT 72 Smokey Ragins
WR 82 Mike Allen
TE 90 Ricky Blythe
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
WS 31 Randy Kaiser
LC 38 Buzzy Lewis
SS 41 Phil Cahoon
RC 43 Earl Humes
SLB 49 Bruce Bell
WLB 56 John Murphy
MLB 58 Greg Pounds
LT 63 Jon Thames
RT 70 Jim Malkiewicz
RE 83 Rudy Maloy
LE 85 Earl Passwaters
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Ahmet Askin
3 Joe Downey
18 Mark Orlando
20 Mike Shumann
22 Bobby McKinnon
23 Chris Griffin
24 Andy Stockton
36 Doug Glosson
42 Joe Camps
46 Detroit Reynolds
47 David McGinn
53 Brian Schmidt
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
55 Phil Jones
57 Steve Bratton
60 Dan Fucarino
61 Phil Arnold
66 Tom Chandler
69 Bruce Harrison
75 Doug Dane
78 Greg Johnson
79 Bobby Donald Elam
84 Randy Coffield
88 Larry Jones
89 Tom McDougal
|
