1978 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Tommy Bowden, Graduate Assistant
Jerry Bruner, Offensive Line
Jim Gladden, Defensive Ends
Jake Gonos, Graduate Assistant
George Haffner, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Bob Harbison, Offensive Line
George Henshaw, Defensive Line
Dick Hopkins, Graduate Assistant
Nick Kish, Running Backs
Gene McDowell, Linebackers
Kent Schoolfield, Receivers
Billy Sexton, Graduate Assistant
Jack Stanton, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
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1978 FSU Football Press Guide
Willie Jones
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1978 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 20.
Lee Adams, 6-4, 230, OG-TE, Ruskin
- Although the coaching staff figures to use him at offensive guard this fall, he could also wind up at tight end if a depth problem develops in that area...this will be the first fall he is eligible
to play for the Seminoles after transferring from Georgia Tech where at the end of his first spring practice he was listed as a starting offensive guard...at East Bay High School he was a first tem
all-state defensive end in both junior and senior seasons...a marketing major...born October 23, 1957...parents: Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Adams.
Willie Andrusko, 6-5, 227, C, Atlanta, Ga.
Keith Baker, 6-0, 195, LB, Delray Beach
Kelly Burney, 5-8, 184, TB, Miami
Rick Chaney, 6-3, 235, DT, Waycross, Ga.
Sam Childers, 6-2, 195, TE, Tallahassee
Danny Collier, 6-4, 250, OT, Eau Gallie
Jarvis Coursey, 6-5, 195, DE, Gray, Ga.
John Diamantas, 6-3, 230, DT, Merritt Island
David Ellis, 6-3, 235, OT, Paisley
Charles Ferguson, 5-11, 199, LB, Delray Beach
Willie Flowers, 5-11, 175, DB, Miami
- Comes to Florida State after earning first team Junior College All-American honors last year at Arizona Western...did not have a good spring with Seminoles, but coaches still hope he can contribute
in fall..,a physical education major...born March 24, 1957...parents: Mr. and Mrs. William Flowers.
Garry Futch, 6-3, 220, DE, Ocala
James Gilbert, 6-2, 235, FB, Miami
Ozzie Harrell, 5-11, 180, DB, Miami
- One of three players on fall roster who entered FSU last winter via the junior college route...in team "Superstars" competition, Ozzie was the winner...although he did not win any of the 10 events,
Ozzie was second in running the stadium steps and never finished lower than 30th in any event among the 76 competitors...described by defensive coordinator Jack Stanton as "a very conscientious player
who came on strong in last two weeks of spring practice"...a management major...born January 4, 1958...parents: Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Harrell.
James Harris, 6-0, 170, DB, Gainesville
Gary Henry, 6-1, 185, DB, Orlando
Ron Hester, 6-2, 205, TE, Umatilla
Tim Koehnemann, 5-11, 170, DB, Champaign, Ill.
- One of three junior college defensive backs who joined the Seminoles in time for spring practice...injured most of the spring so coaches did not have the opportunity to make a good evaluation...when
he did practice it was at a cornerback slot but his position appears to be weak safety...a hotel and restaurant management major...born September 15, 1958...parents: Anthony and Shirley Koehnemann.
Dave Maglich, 6-2, 210, DE, Sarasota
- Started football career at Princeton in '75...was a starter for the Tiger freshman team at linebacker...coaches hope he can be a backup to both Scott Warren and Willie Jones at end...a marine
biology major...born April 8, 1957...parents: Richard and Roseann Maglich.
Scott McLean, 6-4, 218, DT, Clermont
Bob Merson, 6-3, 238, OG, Seminole
Milton Raysor, 6-4, 190, WR, Pompano Beach
Scott Redditt, 5-11, 195, DT, Altamonte Springs
Eric Ryan, 6-4, 255, OG, Sarasota
Mark Sims, 6-3, 228, DT, Bonifay
Rohn Stark, 6-3, 195, P, Fifty Lakes, Minn.
- Went through spring ball with Seminoles after leaving Air Force Academy Prep School...performance in spring was good enough that he has number one punting chores starting fall...lettered with the
Seminole track team during spring as a decathalon participant...would like to compete in 1980 Moscow Olympics...one of just two married players on squad...father is a commercial pilot...a physics
major...born May 4, 1959...parents: Donald and Dorothy Stark.
Lawrence Strainge, 6-1, 176, WR, Delray Beach
Wade Wallace, 5-10, 190, FB, Birmingham, Ala.
- Spent his time last season with the scout squad...coaches hoping he can help provide depth this season at fullback slot...one of two married players...a government major...born August 19,
1954...parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wallace.
Michael Whiting, 6-2, 195, RB, Largo
Phil Williams, 5-10, 168, WR, Warner Robins, Ga.
- Has yet to play a down, but has participated in two spring practices...will be a walk-on again in fall, but has the opportunity to earn a scholarship if he performs well...listed as a second team
wide receiver...father is a Methodist minister...undecided on college major...born August 25, 1959...father: Rev. Ben F. Williams.
Tommy Young, 6-0, 195, RB, Lake City
1978 Roster - By Name
From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 36.
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 63 Lee Adams OG-TE 6-4 230 So Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
Willie Andrusko C 6-5 227 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 Fr Delray Beach (Atlantic)
65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 So Lakeland (Lakeland)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 So * Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
75 Tom Brannon OT 6-3 240 So Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
61 Brent Brock OG 6-4 235 So-R Albany, Ga. (Albany)
Vince Bruner DB 6-0 190 Fr Fort Walton Beach
38 Kelly Burney TB 5-8 184 Fr Miami (Jackson)
* 21 Bobby Butler CB 5-11 185 So * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 17 Bill Capece PK 5-11 190 So * Miami (Chaminade)
* 1 Dave Cappelen PK 5-9 140 Jr ** Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
* 76 Walter Carter DT 6-4 240 Jr ** Richmond, Va. (Walker)
Rick Chaney DT 6-3 235 Fr Waycross, Ga. (Waycross)
31 Gator Cherry FB 6-0 205 Jr-R ** Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
52 Bryan Cobb LB 6-3 200 So Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
74 Mike Coleman OT 6-4 235 So Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
73 Danny Collier OT 6-4 250 Fr Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey DE 6-5 195 Fr Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
56 Joe Demarest LB 6-2 205 So Tampa (Jefferson)
41 Everett DeVeaux RB 5-9 180 So Cocoa (Rockledge)
John Diamantas DT 6-3 230 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
David Ellis OT 6-3 235 Fr Paisley (Umatilla)
* 62 Charles Ferguson LB 5-11 199 Fr Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
68 Jeff Field TE 6-1 225 So Albany, Ga. (Westover)
* 23 Jackie Flowers WR 6-2 195 Jr ** Jacksonville (Raines)
26 Willie Flowers DB 5-11 175 Jr Miami (Boca Raton)
79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 Fr Ocala (Forest)
* 70 Greg Futch OT 6-3 245 So-R * Ocala (Forest)
George Gavalas 5-9 160 Jr-R Tallahassee (Rickards)
* 51 James Gilbert FB 6-2 235 Fr Miami (Carol City)
* 69 Mike Good OG 6-2 230 Jr ** Sanford (Seminole)
* 43 Hector Gray DB 6-1 190 Jr-R Miami (Miami Springs)
49 David Hanks LB 6-2 215 Sr-R * West Palm Beach (Edgewater)
40 Ozzie Harrell DB 5-11 180 Jr Miami (South Miami)
33 James Harris DB 6-0 170 Fr Gainesville (Buchholz)
* 78 Nate Henderson OT 6-5 258 Sr-R * Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 Fr Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 39 Reggie Herring DB 6-2 195 So Titusville (Astronaut)
83 Ron Hester TE 6-2 205 So Umatilla (Umatilla)
46 Ivory Joe Hunter DB 5-11 180 Sr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
22 Homes Johnson RB 5-10 180 So Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
91 Carlton Jones DT 6-1 230 So-R Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)
* 28 Keith Jones DB 5-11 185 So Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 88 Willie Jones DE 6-4 225 Sr *** Homestead (South Dade)
* 15 Jimmy Jordan QB 6-1 185 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
86 Bill Keck TE 6-4 220 So Newark, Ohio (Newark)
30 Keith Kennedy RB 5-10 180 Jr-R Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
* 24 Mike Kincaid DB 6-0 180 Sr-R *** Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan)
* 85 Grady King TE 6-4 205 Jr * Satellite Beach (Satellite)
47 Tim Koehnemann DB 5-11 170 Jr Champaign, Ill. (Mosley)
* 72 Ken Lanier OT 6-4 260 So * Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
* 48 Mark Lyles FB 6-4 232 Jr ** Buffalo, N.Y. (Cleveland)
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 So * Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
* 58 John Madden C 6-2 218 So Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
Dave Maglich DE 6-2 210 Jr Sarasota (Riverview/Princeton)
60 Scott McLean DT 6-4 218 Fr Clermont (Clermont)
Bob Merson OG 6-3 238 Fr Seminole (Seminole)
* 77 Jeremy Mindlin DT 6-3 230 Jr-R Miami (South Miami)
* 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 205 So * Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 29 Sam Platt RB 5-11 176 So Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 32 Greg Ramsey RB 5-10 170 Jr-R * Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
89 Milton Raysor WR 6-4 190 Fr Pompano Beach (Ely)
Scott Redditt DT 5-11 195 Fr Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
* 90 Edenbur Richardson DE 6-3 206 Jr * Crystal River (Crystal River)
52 Dmitri Rigas NG 6-2 210 So Augusta, Ga. (Glenn Hills)
79 Eric Ryan OG 6-4 255 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 36 Chip Sanders RB 5-10 188 Sr ** Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
* 54 Arthur Scott LB 6-2 222 So-R * Tampa (Brandon)
* 50 Ron Simmons NG 6-1 220 So * Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 35 Ernie Sims RB 6-1 190 So * Tampa (Jefferson)
79 Mark Sims DT 6-3 228 Fr Bonifay (Holmes County)
68 Abe Smith DT 6-1 235 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Godby)
* 7 Mike Smith DB 5-11 185 So Panama City (Bay)
* 3 Rohn Stark P 6-3 195 Fr Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
66 Mike Stewart LB 6-0 200 Jr ** Hazlehurst, Ga. (Jeff Davis)
11 Rick Stockstill QB 6-1 182 So Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
82 Lawrence Strainge WR 6-1 176 Fr Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
84 Robert Thompson DE 6-1 225 So-R Saint Petersburg (Tampa Catholic)
* 19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
77 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 So Miami (Chaminade)
* 26 Wade Wallace FB 5-10 190 Jr Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
* 80 Scott Warren DE 6-3 210 Jr ** Titusville (Astronaut)
* 55 Gil Wesley C 6-1 210 Jr * Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
* 27 Michael Whiting RB 6-2 195 Fr Largo (Largo)
* 87 Phil Williams WR 5-10 168 So Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 12 Wally Woodham QB 5-11 182 Jr-R * Tallahassee (Leon)
Tommy Young RB 6-0 195 Fr Lake City (Columbia)
1978 Roster - By Number
From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 36.
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Willie Andrusko C 6-5 227 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
Vince Bruner DB 6-0 190 Fr Fort Walton Beach
Rick Chaney DT 6-3 235 Fr Waycross, Ga. (Waycross)
John Diamantas DT 6-3 230 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
David Ellis OT 6-3 235 Fr Paisley (Umatilla)
George Gavalas 5-9 160 Jr-R Tallahassee (Rickards)
Dave Maglich DE 6-2 210 Jr Sarasota (Riverview/Princeton)
Bob Merson OG 6-3 238 Fr Seminole (Seminole)
Scott Redditt DT 5-11 195 Fr Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
Tommy Young RB 6-0 195 Fr Lake City (Columbia)
* 1 Dave Cappelen PK 5-9 140 Jr ** Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
* 3 Rohn Stark P 6-3 195 Fr Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
* 7 Mike Smith DB 5-11 185 So Panama City (Bay)
11 Rick Stockstill QB 6-1 182 So Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
* 12 Wally Woodham QB 5-11 182 Jr-R * Tallahassee (Leon)
* 15 Jimmy Jordan QB 6-1 185 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 17 Bill Capece PK 5-11 190 So * Miami (Chaminade)
* 19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 21 Bobby Butler CB 5-11 185 So * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
22 Homes Johnson RB 5-10 180 So Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
* 23 Jackie Flowers WR 6-2 195 Jr ** Jacksonville (Raines)
* 24 Mike Kincaid DB 6-0 180 Sr-R *** Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan)
26 Willie Flowers DB 5-11 175 Jr Miami (Boca Raton)
* 26 Wade Wallace FB 5-10 190 Jr Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
* 27 Michael Whiting RB 6-2 195 Fr Largo (Largo)
* 28 Keith Jones DB 5-11 185 So Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 29 Sam Platt RB 5-11 176 So Jacksonville (Wolfson)
30 Keith Kennedy RB 5-10 180 Jr-R Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
31 Gator Cherry FB 6-0 205 Jr-R ** Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 32 Greg Ramsey RB 5-10 170 Jr-R * Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
33 James Harris DB 6-0 170 Fr Gainesville (Buchholz)
* 35 Ernie Sims RB 6-1 190 So * Tampa (Jefferson)
* 36 Chip Sanders RB 5-10 188 Sr ** Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
38 Kelly Burney TB 5-8 184 Fr Miami (Jackson)
* 39 Reggie Herring DB 6-2 195 So Titusville (Astronaut)
40 Ozzie Harrell DB 5-11 180 Jr Miami (South Miami)
* 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 Fr Orlando (Oak Ridge)
41 Everett DeVeaux RB 5-9 180 So Cocoa (Rockledge)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 So * Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
* 43 Hector Gray DB 6-1 190 Jr-R Miami (Miami Springs)
46 Ivory Joe Hunter DB 5-11 180 Sr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
47 Tim Koehnemann DB 5-11 170 Jr Champaign, Ill. (Mosley)
* 48 Mark Lyles FB 6-4 232 Jr ** Buffalo, N.Y. (Cleveland)
49 David Hanks LB 6-2 215 Sr-R * West Palm Beach (Edgewater)
* 50 Ron Simmons NG 6-1 220 So * Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 51 James Gilbert FB 6-2 235 Fr Miami (Carol City)
52 Bryan Cobb LB 6-3 200 So Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
52 Dmitri Rigas NG 6-2 210 So Augusta, Ga. (Glenn Hills)
* 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 205 So * Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 54 Arthur Scott LB 6-2 222 So-R * Tampa (Brandon)
* 55 Gil Wesley C 6-1 210 Jr * Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
56 Joe Demarest LB 6-2 205 So Tampa (Jefferson)
57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 Fr Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 58 John Madden C 6-2 218 So Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
60 Scott McLean DT 6-4 218 Fr Clermont (Clermont)
61 Brent Brock OG 6-4 235 So-R Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 62 Charles Ferguson LB 5-11 199 Fr Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
* 63 Lee Adams OG-TE 6-4 230 So Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey DE 6-5 195 Fr Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 So Lakeland (Lakeland)
66 Mike Stewart LB 6-0 200 Jr ** Hazlehurst, Ga. (Jeff Davis)
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 So * Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
68 Jeff Field TE 6-1 225 So Albany, Ga. (Westover)
68 Abe Smith DT 6-1 235 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Godby)
* 69 Mike Good OG 6-2 230 Jr ** Sanford (Seminole)
* 70 Greg Futch OT 6-3 245 So-R * Ocala (Forest)
* 72 Ken Lanier OT 6-4 260 So * Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
73 Danny Collier OT 6-4 250 Fr Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
74 Mike Coleman OT 6-4 235 So Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
75 Tom Brannon OT 6-3 240 So Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
* 76 Walter Carter DT 6-4 240 Jr ** Richmond, Va. (Walker)
* 77 Jeremy Mindlin DT 6-3 230 Jr-R Miami (South Miami)
77 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 So Miami (Chaminade)
* 78 Nate Henderson OT 6-5 258 Sr-R * Albany, Ga. (Albany)
79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 Fr Ocala (Forest)
79 Eric Ryan OG 6-4 255 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
79 Mark Sims DT 6-3 228 Fr Bonifay (Holmes County)
* 80 Scott Warren DE 6-3 210 Jr ** Titusville (Astronaut)
82 Lawrence Strainge WR 6-1 176 Fr Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
83 Ron Hester TE 6-2 205 So Umatilla (Umatilla)
* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
84 Robert Thompson DE 6-1 225 So-R Saint Petersburg (Tampa Catholic)
* 85 Grady King TE 6-4 205 Jr * Satellite Beach (Satellite)
86 Bill Keck TE 6-4 220 So Newark, Ohio (Newark)
* 87 Phil Williams WR 5-10 168 So Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 88 Willie Jones DE 6-4 225 Sr *** Homestead (South Dade)
89 Milton Raysor WR 6-4 190 Fr Pompano Beach (Ely)
* 90 Edenbur Richardson DE 6-3 206 Jr * Crystal River (Crystal River)
91 Carlton Jones DT 6-1 230 So-R Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)
1978 Conference Awards
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Dave Cappelen All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Jackie Flowers All-South Independent - 1st Team
Mike Good All-South Independent - 1st Team
Nate Henderson All-South Independent - 1st Team
Willie Jones All-South Independent - 1st Team
Jimmy Jordan All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Ron Simmons All-South Independent - 1st Team
All-Conference - 7
1978 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Charles Ferguson Football News - 2nd Team Freshman
Jackie Flowers Associated Press - Honorable Mention
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Mike Good Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Nate Henderson Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Willie Jones United Press International - 2nd Team
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Ron Simmons Football News - 1st Team Sophomore
Football News - 3rd Team
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Scott Warren Churchman's - 1st Team
Gil Wesley Churchman's - 1st Team
All-Americans - 8
1978 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Ed Beckman 85 TE Kansas City Chiefs
Fred Biletnikoff 25 WR Oakland Raiders
Randy Coffield 59 LB New York Giants
Gary Huff 19 QB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bobby Jackson 40 CB New York Jets
Eddie McMillan 41 CB Buffalo Bills
Mark Meseroll 70 OT New Orleans Saints
Lee Nelson 38 CB St. Louis Cardinals
Gary Parris 84 TE Cleveland Browns
Mike Shumann 84 WR San Francisco 49ers
Nat Terry 41 DB Pittsburgh Steelers
Nat Terry 47 DB Detroit Lions
J.T. Thomas 24 DB Pittsburgh Steelers
Noles in the Pros - 12
1978 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 8- 3 5-1 3-2 0-0
Against Top 25 0- 1 0-0 0-1 0-0
1978 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Homes Johnson 11/11/1978 Virginia Tech 27 152 5.63 1
Homes Johnson 09/09/1978 Syracuse 19 135 7.11 0
Mark Lyles 10/21/1978 Pittsburgh 17 100 5.88 0
Mark Lyles 11/25/1978 Florida 13 100 7.69 2
1978 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Jackie Flowers 09/30/1978 Houston 6 165 27.50 1
Sam Platt 11/18/1978 Navy 6 145 24.17 3
Jackie Flowers 10/07/1978 Cincinnati 9 134 14.89 1
Jackie Flowers 10/14/1978 Mississippi State 9 116 12.89 1
1978 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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None
1978 EOY Stats
From the 1979 FSU Football Press Guide, page 83.
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 312 208
Points Per Game............. 28.4 18.9
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 42 29
TDs Rushing................. 18 17
TDs Passing................. 23 11
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 1
TDs Punt Return............. 1 0
TDs Interception............ 0 0
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 39-42 24-29
Kick........................ 39-40 22-26
Pass........................ 0- 1 1- 1
Run......................... 0- 1 1- 2
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 7-13 2- 7
SAFETY........................ 0 1
FIRST DOWNS................... 232 184
Rushing..................... 96 103
Passing..................... 128 72
Penalty..................... 8 9
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1773 2000
Yards gained rushing........ 2108 2326
Yards lost rushing.......... 335 326
Rushing Attempts............ 476 494
Average Per Rush............ 3.7 4.0
Average Per Game............ 161.2 181.8
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2749 1587
Att-Comp-Int................ 369-206-16 228-117-17
Efficiency.................. 130.30 110.79
Average Per Pass............ 7.4 7.0
Average Per Catch........... 13.3 13.6
Average Per Game............ 249.9 144.3
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4522 3587
Total Plays................. 845 722
Average Per Play............ 5.4 5.0
Average Per Game............ 411.1 326.1
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 25- 334 40- 751
Average Per Return.......... 13.4 18.8
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 28-133 12- 39
Average Per Return.......... 4.8 3.3
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 17-110 16-104
Average Per Return.......... 6.5 6.5
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 19- 9 32-18
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 53- 493 49- 441
Average Per Game............ 44.8 40.1
PUNTS-YARDS................... 57-2279 66-2453
Average Per Punt............ 40.0 37.2
Net punt average............ 39.3 35.2
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 96-207 54-152
3rd-Down Pct................ .464 .355
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 29- -
ATTENDANCE.................... 253,960 162,626
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-42,327 5-32,525
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
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| Florida State | 34 | 104 |
66 | 108 |
312 |
| Opponents | 51 | 86 |
36 | 35 |
208 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Homes Johnson 11 183 857 40 817 4.5 4 40 74.3
Mark Lyles 11 148 659 18 641 4.3 7 37 58.3
Ernie Sims 7 23 145 0 145 6.3 0 21 20.7
Greg Ramsey 8 40 173 35 138 3.5 2 23 17.3
Sam Platt 11 9 102 25 77 8.6 0 40 7.0
Keith Kennedy 8 7 39 2 37 5.3 0 23 4.6
Gator Cherry 7 6 30 12 18 3.0 1 9t 2.6
Wade Wallace 4 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 15 3.8
Michael Whiting 6 2 3 1 2 1.0 0 3 0.3
Wally Woodham 10 30 50 59 -9 -0.3 3 8 -0.9
Team 0 1 0 11 -11 -11.0 0 -11
Jimmy Jordan 10 25 35 132 -97 -3.9 1 3 -9.7
Total......... 11 476 2108 335 1773 3.7 18 40 161.2
Opponents..... 11 494 2326 326 2000 4.0 17 181.8
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Jimmy Jordan 10 128.68 199-108- 9 .543 1427 14 54t 142.7
Wally Woodham 10 132.99 169- 98- 7 .580 1322 9 72t 132.2
Homes Johnson 11 0.00 1- 0- 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Total......... 11 130.30 369-206-16 .558 2749 23 72t 249.9
Opponents..... 11 110.79 228-117-17 .513 1587 11 144.3
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Jackie Flowers 11 43 757 17.6 7 72t 68.8
Sam Platt 11 21 447 21.3 7 54t 40.6
Mark Lyles 11 35 364 10.4 1 26 33.1
Kurt Unglaub 8 15 288 19.2 1 37 36.0
Homes Johnson 11 23 213 9.3 2 35 19.4
Grady King 11 23 212 9.2 4 25 19.3
Bill Keck 8 11 128 11.6 0 27 16.0
Greg Ramsey 8 9 85 9.4 0 14 10.6
Phil Williams 7 6 72 12.0 0 20 10.3
Gator Cherry 7 5 63 12.6 1 52t 9.0
Sam Childers 3 6 45 7.5 0 15 15.0
Ernie Sims 7 4 34 8.5 0 15 4.9
Keith Kennedy 8 3 16 5.3 0 6 2.0
Lawrence Strainge 1 1 16 16.0 0 16 16.0
Milton Raysor 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 9.0
Total......... 11 206 2749 13.3 23 72t 249.9
Opponents..... 11 117 1587 13.6 11 144.3
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Keith Jones 24 66 2.8 0
Mark Macek 0 48 1
Ron Simmons 1 15 15.0 0
Sam Platt 1 5 5.0 0
Gary Henry 1 1 1.0 0
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 -2 -2.0 0
Total......... 28 133 4.8 1 48t
Opponent...... 12 39 3.3 0
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Keith Jones 4 32 8.0 0
Monk Bonasorte 3 3 1.0 0
Bobby Butler 2 40 20.0 0
Hector Gray 2 16 8.0 0
Scott Warren 2 5 2.5 0
Reggie Herring 1 5 5.0 0
Mike Kincaid 1 5 5.0 0
David Hanks 1 4 4.0 0
Gary Henry 1 0 0.0 0
Total......... 17 110 6.5 0
Opponent...... 16 104 6.5 0
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Michael Whiting 4 82 20.5 0
Homes Johnson 7 80 11.4 0
Mark Lyles 4 55 13.8 0
Keith Kennedy 3 45 15.0 0
Sam Platt 2 36 18.0 0
Greg Ramsey 3 27 9.0 0
Gator Cherry 2 19 9.5 0
Total......... 25 334 13.4 0
Opponent...... 40 751 18.8 0
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
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Willie Jones 3 0 0.0 0 . 3
Mark Macek 3 0 0.0 0 . 1
Ron Simmons 3 0 0.0 0 . 1
Mike Kincaid 2 0 0.0 0 . 1
Arthur Scott 2 0 0.0 0 . 1
Jeremy Mindlin 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
Monk Bonasorte 1 0 0.0 0 . 3
Keith Jones 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Scott McLean 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Walter Carter 0 0 . 0 . 2
Paul Piurowski 0 0 . 0 . 2
James Gilbert 0 0 . 0 . 1
Scott Warren 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 18 0.0 0 16
Opponent...... 9 0.0 1
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Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
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Dave Cappelen 0 7-12 39-40 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60
Mark Lyles 8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 48
Jackie Flowers 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42
Sam Platt 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42
Homes Johnson 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
Grady King 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Wally Woodham 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 18
Gator Cherry 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Greg Ramsey 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Jimmy Jordan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Mark Macek 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Kurt Unglaub 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Bill Capece 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0
====================================================================
FSU 42 7-13 39-40 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 312
Opponent 29 2-7 22-26 1-2 1 1-1 0 1 208
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Mark Lyles |
7 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Jackie Flowers |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sam Platt |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Homes Johnson |
4 |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Grady King |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Wally Woodham |
3 |
. |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Gator Cherry |
1 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Greg Ramsey |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Jimmy Jordan |
1 |
. |
14 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Mark Macek |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Kurt Unglaub |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
18 |
23 |
23 |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
17 |
11 |
11 |
. |
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
--------------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 10 224 -97 1427 1330 133.0
Wally Woodham 10 199 -9 1322 1313 131.3
Homes Johnson 11 184 817 0 817 74.3
Mark Lyles 11 148 641 0 641 58.3
Ernie Sims 7 23 145 0 145 20.7
Greg Ramsey 8 40 138 0 138 17.3
Sam Platt 11 9 77 0 77 7.0
Keith Kennedy 8 7 37 0 37 4.6
Gator Cherry 7 6 18 0 18 2.6
Wade Wallace 4 2 15 0 15 3.8
Michael Whiting 6 2 2 0 2 0.3
Team 0 1 -11 0 -11
Total......... 11 845 1773 2749 4522 411.1
Opponent...... 11 722 2000 1587 3587 326.1
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dave Cappelen 7-12 .583 0- 0 3- 5 4- 4 0- 3 0- 0 38
Bill Capece 0- 1 .000 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 0
| FG SEQUENCE |
Dave Cappelen |
Bill Capece |
|---|
| Syracuse |
41 |
47 |
| Oklahoma State |
(32) |
None |
| Miami |
(26) |
None |
| Houston |
43 |
None |
| Cincinnati |
None |
None |
| Mississippi State |
42 |
None |
| Pittsburgh |
21, (26) |
None |
| Southern Mississippi |
(30) |
None |
| Virginia Tech |
(37), 22 |
None |
| Navy |
(38) |
None |
| Florida |
(29) |
None |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 57 2279 40.0 72
Total......... 57 2279 40.0 72
Opponent...... 66 2453 37.2 2
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 11 817 213 0 80 0 0 1110 100.9
Mark Lyles 11 641 364 0 55 0 0 1060 96.4
Jackie Flowers 11 0 757 0 0 0 0 757 68.8
Sam Platt 11 77 447 5 36 0 0 565 51.4
Kurt Unglaub 8 0 288 0 0 0 0 288 36.0
Greg Ramsey 8 138 85 0 27 0 0 250 31.3
Grady King 11 0 212 0 0 0 0 212 19.3
Ernie Sims 7 145 34 0 0 0 0 179 25.6
Bill Keck 8 0 128 0 0 0 0 128 16.0
Gator Cherry 7 18 63 0 19 0 0 100 14.3
Keith Jones 11 0 0 66 0 32 0 98 8.9
Keith Kennedy 8 37 16 0 45 0 0 98 12.3
Michael Whiting 6 2 0 0 82 0 0 84 14.0
Phil Williams 7 0 72 0 0 0 0 72 10.3
Mark Macek 11 0 0 48 0 0 0 48 4.4
Sam Childers 3 0 45 0 0 0 0 45 15.0
Bobby Butler 9 0 0 0 0 40 0 40 4.4
Hector Gray 9 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 1.8
Lawrence Strainge 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 16 16.0
Ron Simmons 11 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 1.4
Wade Wallace 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.8
Milton Raysor 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 9.0
Reggie Herring 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5
Mike Kincaid 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5
Scott Warren 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5
David Hanks 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.4
Monk Bonasorte 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.3
Gary Henry 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
Ivory Joe Hunter 2 0 0 -2 0 0 0 -2 -1.0
Wally Woodham 10 -9 0 0 0 0 0 -9 -0.9
Team 0 -11 0 0 0 0 0 -11
Jimmy Jordan 10 -97 0 0 0 0 0 -97 -9.7
Total......... 11 1773 2749 133 334 110 0 5099 463.5
Opponent...... 11 2000 1587 39 751 104 0 4481 407.4
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring 11 70 67 137 2.0- . 1- 5 . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 11 70 58 128 9.0- 5.0- . . . 3- 0 1 1 .
Scott Warren 11 39 49 88 4.0- 1.0- 2- 5 . . . 1 . .
David Hanks 10 38 50 88 1.0- 1.0- 1- 4 . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 6 37 47 84 1.0- . . . . . 2 . .
Willie Jones 11 44 38 82 4.0- 10.0- . . . 3- 0 3 . .
Walter Carter 11 32 44 76 3.0- 2.0- . . . . 2 . .
Monk Bonasorte 10 36 36 72 . . 3- 3 . . 1- 0 3 . .
Arthur Scott 11 27 29 56 3.0- 1.0- . . . 2- 0 1 . .
Jeremy Mindlin 11 24 31 55 1.0- 4.0- . . . 2- 0 . . .
Mark Macek 11 14 37 51 . 3.0- . . . 3- 0 1 . .
Mike Kincaid 10 16 22 38 2.0- 1.0- 1- 5 . . 2- 0 1 1 .
Charles Ferguson 9 22 12 34 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 9 20 10 30 . . 2- 40 . . . . 2 .
Keith Jones 11 22 7 29 5.0- 1.0- 4- 32 . . 1- 0 . . .
Edenbur Richardson 11 15 10 25 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 9 11 12 23 2.0- . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 8 6 14 20 . . . . . . 1 . .
Hector Gray 9 12 5 17 2.0- . 2- 16 . . . . . .
Carlton Jones 6 9 5 14 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 8 5 6 11 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 2 8 3 11 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 6 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 1 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 7 2 2 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Baker 4 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Redditt . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jackie Flowers 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Good 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nate Henderson 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Capece 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dave Cappelen 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Homes Johnson 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grady King 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mark Lyles 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sam Platt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rohn Stark 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gil Wesley 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jimmy Jordan 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wally Woodham 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Futch 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Ramsey 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kurt Unglaub 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Keith Kennedy 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Keck 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gator Cherry 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ernie Sims 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phil Williams 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Field 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lee Adams 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Brannon 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Madden 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danny Collier 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sam Childers 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brent Brock 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abe Smith 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Milton Raysor 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Demarest 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Strainge 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 586 602 1188 43.0- 0.0 29.0- 0.0 17-110 . . 18- 0 16 4 .
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS SU OSU UM Hou UC MsSt Pitt USM VT USNA UF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Willie Andrusko 0- 0
Vince Bruner 0- 0
Rick Chaney 0- 0
John Diamantas 0- 0
David Ellis 0- 0
George Gavalas 0- 0
Dave Maglich 0- 0
Bob Merson 0- 0
Scott Redditt 0- 0
Tommy Young 0- 0
1 Dave Cappelen 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
3 Rohn Stark 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
7 Mike Smith 9- 6 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB xx xx xx
11 Rick Stockstill 0- 0
12 Wally Woodham 10- 5 xx xx xx xx O-QB xx O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB
15 Jimmy Jordan 10- 6 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx O-QB O-QB xx xx xx
17 Bill Capece 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
19 Kurt Unglaub 8- 4 O-WR O-SE O-WR O-WR xx xx xx xx
21 Bobby Butler 9- 7 D-FS D-CB D-CB D-CB xx xx D-CB D-CB D-CB
22 Homes Johnson 11- 5 O-TB xx O-TB O-TB O-TB xx xx xx xx O-TB xx
23 Jackie Flowers 11- 9 O-WR O-FL O-WR O-WR O-FL O-WR O-WR O-FL O-WR xx xx
24 Mike Kincaid 10- 9 xx D-FS D-FS D-FS D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB
26 Willie Flowers 0- 0
26 Wade Wallace 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
27 Michael Whiting 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
28 Keith Jones 11- 7 D-S xx xx xx xx D-FS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS
29 Sam Platt 11- 7 xx xx xx xx O-SE O-WR O-WR O-SE O-WR O-WR O-WR
30 Keith Kennedy 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
31 Gator Cherry 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
32 Greg Ramsey 8- 6 xx O-TB O-TB O-RB O-TB O-TB xx O-TB
33 James Harris 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
35 Ernie Sims 7- 1 xx xx xx O-FB xx xx xx
36 Chip Sanders 0- 0
38 Kelly Burney 0- 0
39 Reggie Herring 11-10 D-LB D-LB xx D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB
40 Ozzie Harrell 0- 0
40 Gary Henry 8- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-FS
41 Everett DeVeaux 0- 0
42 Monk Bonasorte 10-10 D-S D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS
43 Hector Gray 9- 2 xx xx xx xx D-CB D-CB xx xx xx
46 Ivory Joe Hunter 2- 2 D-CB D-CB
47 Tim Koehnemann 0- 0
48 Mark Lyles 11-10 O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB xx O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
49 David Hanks 10- 3 xx D-LB xx xx D-LB xx xx xx D-LB xx
50 Ron Simmons 11-11 D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
51 James Gilbert 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
52 Bryan Cobb 0- 0
52 Dmitri Rigas 0- 0
53 Paul Piurowski 6- 5 D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB xx
54 Arthur Scott 11- 9 D-DT D-DT xx D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT xx D-DT
55 Gil Wesley 11-11 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
56 Joe Demarest 1- 0 xx
57 Keith Baker 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
58 John Madden 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
60 Scott McLean 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
61 Brent Brock 2- 0 xx xx
62 Charles Ferguson 9- 4 xx xx xx xx D-LB D-LB D-LB xx D-LB
63 Lee Adams 5- 5 O-OG O-TG O-OG O-OG O-TG
64 Jarvis Coursey 1- 0 xx
65 Trent Barnes 0- 0
66 Mike Stewart 0- 0
67 Mark Macek 11- 6 xx xx xx xx xx D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT
68 Jeff Field 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
68 Abe Smith 2- 0 xx xx
69 Mike Good 11-11 O-OG O-QG O-OG O-OG O-QG O-OG O-OG O-QG O-OG O-OG O-OG
70 Greg Futch 9- 6 xx xx xx O-OG O-OG O-TG O-OG O-OG O-OG
72 Ken Lanier 11-11 O-OT O-QT O-OT O-OT O-QT O-OT O-OT O-QT O-OT O-OT O-OT
73 Danny Collier 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
74 Mike Coleman 0- 0
75 Tom Brannon 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
76 Walter Carter 11- 5 D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT xx xx xx xx xx xx
77 Jeremy Mindlin 11- 2 xx xx D-DT xx xx xx xx xx xx D-DT xx
77 Barry Voltapetti 0- 0
78 Nate Henderson 11-11 O-OT O-TT O-OT O-OT O-TT O-OT O-OT O-TT O-OT O-OT O-OT
79 Garry Futch 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
79 Eric Ryan 0- 0
79 Mark Sims 0- 0
80 Scott Warren 11-11 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
82 Lawrence Strainge 1- 0 xx
83 Ron Hester 2- 0 xx xx
84 Sam Childers 3- 1 xx O-TE xx
84 Robert Thompson 0- 0
85 Grady King 11- 6 O-TE xx xx O-TE xx O-TE O-TE xx O-TE xx O-TE
86 Bill Keck 8- 4 xx O-TE O-TE O-TE xx O-TE xx xx
87 Phil Williams 7- 2 xx xx xx xx xx O-WR O-WR
88 Willie Jones 11-11 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
89 Milton Raysor 1- 0 xx
90 Edenbur Richardson 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
91 Carlton Jones 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
Florida State 28, Syracuse 0
09/09/1978, Syracuse, N.Y.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 10, 1978, page 43, by Bill McGrotha. FSU squeezes Orange 28-0.
SYRACUSE, NY - Two plays, one early and one late, took the starch out of Syracuse
here Saturday as Florida State tore away for a 28-0 triumph in a football opener.
On the game's seventh play, Reggie Herring, the sophomore linebacker, stuck his helmet into the belly of Bill
Hurley, heralded Syracuse quarterback, and brought him down on a run down the sidelines. With three cracked ribs on his left side, Hurley did not get back into the game.
Florida State's striking
defensive performance appeared to be led by linebacker Paul Piurowski, end Willie Jones and nose guard Ron Simmons. In limiting the Orangemen to just five first downs, the Seminoles allowed only three
following the game-opening series in which Hurley was hurt.
Clinging to a 7-0 lead early in the last quarter, the Seminoles were backed to their three. It was third down. Quarterback Jimmy Jordan
hit his old Tallahassee Leon teammate, Kurt Unglaub, with a short pass at about the 20, and Unglaub managed 20 more yards out of the catch.
The Orangeman were never the same after that. Florida
State moved to three lightning-like touchdowns in the first eight minutes of that final quarter.
Jordan capped a 98-yard drive with a surprise 4-yard scoring pass to Grady King, and with a 14-0
lead, Jordan retired for the afternoon.
He had personally scored a second-quarter touchdown, with a sneak from inches away, after setting it up with a 41-yard bomb to Jackie Flowers, whose catch on
the play was extraordinary.
Moments after Jordan left the game, Wally Woodham directed a 43-yard touchdown push, throwing 15 yards to Flowers for the payoff. And just a little later Woodham was in
the saddle for a 45-yard movement that saw Gator Cherry score from the nine.
Syracuse, really, never came close to scoring.
Going in, FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said it would be a game that would be
won or lost on the defensive and offensive lines of scrimmage. He was altogether correct. Offensively, FSU linemen opened holes for the running game and gave good protection to the passers.
Defensively, FSU linemen were in Syracuse's hair all afternoon.
On a sunny, windy and quite chilly afternoon, with the temperature in the low 70's, 24,272 fans in Archbold Stadium watched the
Seminoles roll up a whopping 587 yards while restricting the home team to 148. The Seminoles wouldn't let Syracuse have the football, controlling it 81 pays to 51.
Syracuse made just five first
downs all day while FSU was stacking up 28.
And if Florida State did not find another Larry Key on this day, Homes Johnson will do for the time being.
The swift sophomore - who got a bigger
chance than he otherwise would have because fellow tailback Greg Ramsey was hurt - scampered for 135 yards in 17 carries. (Ramsey who saw a bit of action, damaged some ribs returning kicks in a
Thursday practice.)
Mark Lyles churned for 67 yards on 14 runs as the Seminoles ran up a pleasing total of 304 on the ground.
As Jordan hit 16 of 25 passes, and Woodham four of seven, Flowers
snared five for 94 yards. Three other FSU receivers - Johnson among them caught three each.
Rohn Stark, the freshman, punted like a veteran. Though his average was only 35.7, it was cut by efforts
to angle 'em out of bounds inside the 20. His first effort was a nifty 57-yarder.
With Hurley out, Syracuse could neither run nor pass with any consistency, though backup Ron Farneski did manage to
complete eight of 16 for minimal yardage.
It was a game that saw Florida State frustrated much of the time. In the second quarter, after taking that 7-0 lead, the Seminoles drove to a first down at
the Syracuse nine, only to have a Jordan pass intercepted.
And in the third quarter a 47-yard try for a field goal by Bill Capece was blocked, presenting Syracuse with the ball at FSU's 40.
"It
was the most frustrated I've been in a long time," remarked Bowden of some of those early efforts.
But overall?
"We did much better," he said, "than I expected."
The youthful Seminoles, with
just three seniors making this trip, had entered the game amid high concern from coaches and followers. A handful of key injuries had cropped up in preseason. And this Syracuse team was supposed to
have been one of the school's best in recent history.
"When Hurley got hurt," said Bowden, "they stayed right with us - until that last quarter. Their losing Hurley was about like out losing Jordan
and Woodham.
"We had two things going for us - attitude and conditioning."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
28 |
| Syracuse |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2nd 7- 0 Jimmy Jordan, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:42
7- 0 Dave Cappelen, 41, field goal failed
3rd 7- 0 Bill Capece, 47, field goal blocked
7- 0 Opp, 54, field goal failed
4th 14- 0 Grady King, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 11:54
21- 0 Jackie Flowers, 15, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:04
28- 0 Gator Cherry, 9, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:01
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 5
Rushes-yards 49-304 34-72
Passing 283 76
Att-Comp-Int 32-20-1 17-9-0
Total Yards 81-587 51-148
Punt Returns 2--6 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-18 4-118
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-3
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 7-35.7 11-30.1
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-0
Penalties-Yds 9-75 4-40
Attendance 24,272
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 19 135 0 27
Mark Lyles 14 66 0 17
Sam Platt 2 42 0 27
Keith Kennedy 4 28 0 23
Gator Cherry 2 18 1 9t
Wade Wallace 2 15 0 15
Greg Ramsey 2 7 0 6
Jimmy Jordan 3 -2 1 1t
Wally Woodham 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 49 304 2 27
Opp 34 72 0 9
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 5 94 1 40
Kurt Unglaub 3 59 0 37
Bill Keck 2 38 0 27
Homes Johnson 3 30 0 18
Grady King 3 28 1 16
Mark Lyles 2 20 0 13
Milton Raysor 1 9 0 9
Keith Kennedy 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 283 2 40
Opp 9 76 0 15
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 16 25 1 209 1 40
Wally Woodham 4 7 0 74 1 27
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 32 1 283 2 40
Opp 9 17 0 76 0 15
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 2 -6 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 -6 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 1 18 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 18 0
Opp 4 118 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 250 57
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 250 57
Opp 11 331 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur Scott 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 38 11 49 . . . . . . . . .
Opp . . . . . 1- 3 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
TB 22 Homes Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 69 Mike Good
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 7 Mike Smith
S 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
S 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DT 54 Arthur Scott
DT 76 Walter Carter
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
26 Wade Wallace
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
31 Gator Cherry
32 Greg Ramsey
67 Mark Macek
77 Jeremy Mindlin
86 Bill Keck
89 Milton Raysor
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Florida State 38, Oklahoma State 20
09/16/1978, Renegade and Osceola led the team onto the field for the first time, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 17, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha. FSU lightning strikes, 38-20.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - On a sweltering Saturday night, Jimmy Jordan was sudden
lightning.
And with his uncanny passing, Florida State's football team cut out a 38-20 victory over Oklahoma State in a rather messy game that was as difficult as Coach Bobby Bowden had feared it
might be.
Jordan struck on 17 of 28 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tallahassee junior had none intercepted.
Trailing 6-3, Florida State scored two touchdowns within a
19-second playing span shortly before halftime, and took a 17-6 lead.
When Oklahoma State fumbled away the football at its 35, Jordan required just one play - a pass to Homes Johnson - to get on
the boards.
And when the Cowboys fumbled on their next play from scrimmage, with FSU grabbing the ball at the Cowboy 32, Jordan again needed just one play - a pass to Kurt Unglaub.
Incredibly,
Oklahoma State lost the ball on fumbles four of five possessions - two just before halftime, two just after. The Seminoles got 21 points out of that, and had it not been for that flawed stretch, those
40,338 fans in Campbell Stadium might have witnessed a different outcome.
But in highly humid circumstances, Florida State also lost some fumbles - three of 'em. In the early going the Seminoles
lost the ball at Oklahoma State's seven. Just after intermission they turned one over at the Cowboy 12. Late in the action FSU fumbled away a punt at its seven, setting up the visitors' last
touchdown.
It was a spectacular return to action for strong safety Mike Kincaid, who had not expected to play this season but gained eligibility under a new NCAA rule because he did not participate
as a freshman - and who had missed the opener with Syracuse because of a curfew violation and an injury. Kincaid recovered two fumbles that set up touchdowns, intercepting a pass that paved a
third.
Bowden was not elated.
"If we play too many more games like this one," he said, "I'm going to be gray. We made just enough mistakes to keep us in trouble.
"There is no killer instinct
in this football team.
"Same thing happened to Syracuse last week - we just can't put anybody away.
"But the most important thing about the game is that we won."
It was another most
interesting game for sophomore tailback Holmes Johnson, who scored three touchdowns. He ran 20 times for 78 yards, and caught four passes for 59 more.
Rolling up 406 yards, with 268 of it passing,
Florida State may again be the nation's No. 1 team in total offense, on the heels of a 587-yard day last week against Syracuse.
But the Seminoles' defense yielded a surprising and worrisome 261 to
the running game of Oklahoma State as the Cowboys managed a 307-yard total.
Perhaps the most stunning happening of the evening was Oklahoma State's driving 93 yards to a touchdown and a 6-0 lead
the second time it got its hands on the football. And in the third quarter, just after FSU had gone ahead 24-6, the Cowboys went 75 yards - all on the ground - and made it look kind of easy as they
scored to cut it to 24-14.
Here's how it went:
(1) After recovering the FSU fumble at its seven, OSU knocked off 93 yards in 12 plays, scoring on an odd two-yard play that saw Steve Hammond
fumble as he went into the end zone and tight end Steve Stephens recover the ball for a touchdown.
(2) FSU moved 62 yards early in the second quarter, and Dave Cappelen kicked a 32-yard field
goal.
(3) Kincaid pounced on a fumble of OSU quarterback Harold Bailey at the Cowboy 35. Jordan popped a pass of about 15 yards to Johnson, who cut back and raced into the end zone for the TD.
(4) Willie Jones claimed a Worley Taylor fumble at OSU's 32. Jordan pegged on right into the arms of a streaking Unglaub as he crossed the goal line.
(5) Kincaid claimed another Taylor fumble, just
after halftime, at the OSU eight. Johnson ran it in for the TD on a first-down play.
(6) OSU marched 75 yards, Taylor scoring from the one.
(7) The Seminoles moved 74 yards, mixing passes with
runs in their best drive of the night. On a surprise play, fourth down and half-yard short of OSU's one, Jordan passed - to Johnson for the TD. (Jordan then retired for the evening.)
(8) With Wally
Woodham in at quarterback, FSU moved 47 yards on the heels of Kincaid's interception. Jackie Flowers caught two big passes in the movement. Mark Lyles, who ran 15 times for 45 yards, scored from the
two.
(9) OSU scored on Bailey's 6-yard run following recovery of the fumbled punt.
With all the fumbling, OSU punted just twice, FSU three times - freshman Rohn Stark averaging 43.3 on his
boots.
Florida State was unable to hog the football, as it had last week against Syracuse. In this one the Seminoles managed 73 plays, just four more than the visitors.
Jim Stanley, the OSU
coach, said Florida State was a team with a lot of character.
"You have to give them credit," he said. "They are well coached. We went the distance against a fine football team. I'm disappointed in
the loss but I'm not disappointed in these young men."
Seminoles find themselves heap big horse. TALLAHASSEE, FL - A few months ago Bobby Bowden had a notion, and he
spoke to some supporters about going out and finding a mascot of some sort for his Florida State football team.
The head coach remembered his time with the West Virginia Mountaineers when there was
student competition for a mascot. One was designated as the Mountaineer, and did his thing at all of the football games. He remembered his earlier time ar Florida State when there was Sammy Seminole -
often a student gymnast - who cavorted in his Indian makeup and did all sorts of acrobatic tricks.
So it was on Saturday, as Florida State opened its home football season, that a rider in Seminole
dress suddenly appeared astride a horse - leading the football Seminoles onto the field for the game with Oklahoma State.
It was the first of a hoped-for-traditional bit that will continue, if not
for evermore, then for many, many moons.
Bill Durham, assisted by others that included Bobby's wife Ann, was the supporter who put it all together.
The horse is a big one, 16 hands high, a
chestnut Appaloosa with a white blanket on his rump, a gelding valued at about $3500. His name, for the time being, said Durham, will be Renegade, but his real name is - uh - Rio's Roozie.
He is on
loan from Dr. Jerry DeLoney, a local veterinarian who purchased the 3-year-old horse out od North Carolina several months ago. A fan of the Seminoles for several years, Dr. DeLoney - and the rest of
his family, for he insists that the horse belongs to all of the family - will donate him to Florida State next year "if he is compatible, and it all works out."
Dr. DeLoney further describes the
horse: "He is Mr. Personality, absolutely no bad habits. Responds to love and affection with love and affection. He is distinguished, well marked, racey, long-legged, bigger than most Appaloosas, not
yet fully mature. Well trained, he was shown in halter and western pleasure competition up in North Carolina."
Leo Crutchfield donated a trailer to transport the horse at Florida State, and Dean
Chenweth is presently caring for him.
But do horses fit in the tradition of the real Seminole Indians?
Durham checked that out with Howard Tommie, chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The
chief said horses did fit in his tribe's tradition, that the Seminoles once had horses but the white man stole some and ran others off into the swamps. Chief Tommie not only approved of Florida
State's project, but is having his people make a real Seminole outfit for the rider.
The rider is Jim Kidder, a junior, a criminology major from Pompano Beach. He was chosen from 180 student
applicants. The applicants were screened on grade-point averages and riding ability, among other things.
During home games the horse and rider will be between the 30 and goal line on the student
side of the field.
Durham has taken care of such details as liability insurance and made arrangements for prompt on-the-field attention if Renegade turns out not always to be as mannerly as he's
supposed to be.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Oklahoma State |
6 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
20 |
| Florida State |
0 |
17 |
7 |
14 |
38 |
1st 0- 6 Opp, 0, fumble recovery/return (kick failed), 4:24
Note: Oklahoma State running back fumbled in the end zone; a
teammate recovered the ball.
2nd 3- 6 Dave Cappelen, 32, field goal, 7:46
3- 6 Opp, 46, field goal failed, 3:12
10- 6 Homes Johnson, 35, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:31
17- 6 Kurt Unglaub, 32, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:12
3rd 17- 6 Opp, 53, field goal failed, 0:00
24- 6 Homes Johnson, 8, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 12:58
24-14 Opp, 1, run (run), 4:15
4th 31-14 Homes Johnson, 2, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:52
38-14 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:43
38-20 Opp, 6, run (run failed), 3:14
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 20
Rushes-yards 39-138 55-240
Passing 268 67
Att-Comp-Int 34-21-0 14-5-1
Total Yards 73-406 69-307
Punt Returns 1--2 0-0
Kickoff Returns 3-28 5-111
Interception Ret. 1-5 0-0
Fumble Returns 5-0 3-0
Punts 3-43.3 2-37.0
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 6-5
Penalties-Yds 5-41 0-0
Attendance 40,338
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 20 78 1 13
Mark Lyles 15 45 1 10
Ernie Sims 2 9 0 6
Keith Kennedy 1 4 0 4
Jimmy Jordan 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 138 2 13
Opp 55 240 2 34
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 5 75 0 20
Kurt Unglaub 2 61 1 32t
Homes Johnson 4 57 2 35t
Mark Lyles 3 29 0 13
Grady King 3 24 0 11
Bill Keck 2 16 0 9
Keith Kennedy 1 6 0 6
Gator Cherry 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 268 3 35t
Opp 5 67 0 37
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 17 28 0 231 3 35t
Wally Woodham 4 6 0 37 0 15
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 34 0 268 3 35t
Opp 5 14 1 67 0 37
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -2 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 3 28 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 28 0
Opp 5 111 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 3 130 53
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 130 53
Opp 2 74 40
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Piurowski 7 8 15 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 3 7 10 . . 1- 5 . . 2- 0 . . .
Ron Simmons 3 6 9 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 4 4 8 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 2 6 8 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 4 8 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Arthur Scott 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Mike Smith 1 5 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 1 4 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Reggie Herring . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
David Hanks . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 3 . 3 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Baker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Jones . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Scott McLean . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 37 63 100 4.0- 7.0 . 1- 5 3 . 5- 0 . . .
Opp 37 46 83 1.0- . . 4 . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
SE 19 Kurt Unglaub
FL 23 Jackie Flowers
TB 32 Greg Ramsey
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
TG 63 Lee Adams
QG 69 Mike Good
QT 72 Ken Lanier
TT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 86 Bill Keck
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 7 Mike Smith
FS 21 Bobby Butler
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DT 54 Arthur Scott
DT 76 Walter Carter
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
22 Homes Johnson
24 Mike Kincaid
28 Keith Jones
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
33 James Harris
35 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
49 David Hanks
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
67 Mark Macek
68 Jeff Field
70 Greg Futch
74 Charles Ferguson
75 Tom Brannon
77 Jeremy Mindlin
85 Grady King
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
91 Carlton Jones
|
Florida State 31, Miami 21
09/23/1978, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 24, 1978, page 31, by Bill McGrotha. FSU recovers for 31-21 win.
MIAMI, FL - Autumn arrived Saturday, and so did Ron Simmons.
Frustrated by
double-team blocking plus traps and draws in Florida State's first two football games, the sophomore nose guard was suddenly a dominating factor again.
And the Seminoles, coming from behind twice,
hung on to whip Miami in a strange, error-ridden game 31-21.
Simmons blocked a Miami punt, and sophomore tackle Mark Macek (it is pronounced Mod-sic) picked up the bouncing football and rambled 48
yards for a Seminole touchdown. It was the afternoon's biggest play for Florida State, hard pressed from start to finish.
The blocked punt was one of seven turnovers for Miami, which also lost
three fumbles and had three passes intercepted. Those turnovers made a decisive difference.
But Simmons caused other turnovers besides the blocked punt, precipitating at least one fumble and
perhaps two with his bruising tackles. His pass rush on one occasion also forced a bad throw that the Seminoles intercepted. He recovered one big fumble, made several key tackles. ABC, which televised
the game regionally, acclaimed him top defensive player for the afternoon and a $1,000 scholarship will go to Florida State in his name.
Ironically, Ottis Anderson, a strong and swift Miami running
back, escaped from Simmons when he appeared to have him stopped cold, spun to the outside and raced 80 yards to a touchdown on Miami's first play from scrimmage. That was the first of several strange
plays.
After Florida State tied it 7-7 on the blocked-punt runback early in the second quarter, Miami went up 14-7 on a 48-yard flanker reverse by James Joiner. That one was strange because Joiner
eluded cornerback Bobby Butler after the latter seemed to have him hemmed in for a loss.
Butler made amends. He intercepted two passes late in the action.
With the help of a pass-interference
call that provided a first down at the Miami five, Florida State drove right back to the tie again (14-14). Jimmy Jordan passed three yards to Jackie Flowers for the touchdown.
That one was strange
because cornerback cornerback Fred Azrak did not appear to be interfering with the Seminoles' Kurt Unglaub on the pass that brought the penalty. Unglaub said after the game Arzak had not touched
him.
Gene Coleman, the Miami safety, had intercepted that Jordan pass. But instead of Miami getting the ball, Florida State got it - at the six.
"I'm just happy with the win," said Coach Bobby
Bowden later. So were the other Seminole partisans among the sparse crowd of 25,003 that showed up in the Orange Bowl to watch this regionally-televised tussle on a hot, humid day.
"It was a
struggle," said a depressed Lou Saban, coach of Miami. "The big mistake (blocked punt) took the stuffing out of us.
"We can't afford mistakes because we are not strong enough offensively to hang
onto the football. Most of the time we were in the hole. But you have to give them credit. They had two experienced quarterbacks, and we didn't."
The Seminoles went with Jordan all of the first
half, with Wally Woodham in all of the winning last half.
Woodham directed the Seminoles 41 yards to a touchdown that put them in front to stay early in the last quarter after a Rohn Stark punt had
backed Miami to its 10 and the defense had held.
Stark, a freshman, had a memorable afternoon, punting eight times for a 46.8 yard average - including one 72-yarder.
On that go-ahead drive, the
Seminoles twice called timeouts because of faulty communication. The phones from the pressbox (where FSU assistants were getting an overview of the action) to the bench were not working properly. And
Florida State was signaling plays from the bench.
Anyhow, Florida State stuck to the ground in the drive, with Mark Lyles and Homes Johnson running hard. On fourth-and-one Woodham sneaked across
from the one, making it 21-14.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Seminoles failed to make it on a fourth-and-one run from the Miami 12. But after a punting exchange, Anderson fumbled and Simmons
leaped on the ball for FSU at the Miami 5.
A first-down run lost four yards, however. Three plays later Dave Cappelen booted a 26-yard field goal to make it 24-14 with 6:58 remaining.
But it
wasn't over. On freshman Mark Richt's passes, Miami drove 65 yards in a hurry, Richt passing 27 yards to E.J. Baker for a TD that narrowed it to 24-21 with 4:27 left.
On top of that, Florida State
mishandled the kickoff and had to start at its six. Miami got the ball back at its 45 with 2:43 to go, following another Stark punt.
Then Butler picked off a third-down Richt pass and returned it
40 yards to Miami's 31. On fourth down at the 22, Woodham hit Lyles with a short swing pass, and the big fullback churned down the sidelines for a touchdown that made it a final 31-21 with a bit over
a minute remaining.
There was time for Butler to intercept one more, at the FSU 34. Woodham fell on the ball three straight times as the clock ran out.
As the 13th-ranked Seminoles moved to 3-0,
they were surprisingly out-gained by Miami, 325 yards to 263. Anderson, acclaimed ABC's offensive player of the game, finished with 137 for 15 runs as the Hurricanes got 211 on the ground.
Interestingly, Florida State managed to control the ball, 75 plays to 51. Johnson bagged 90 yards running on 23 trips. Jordan was 8-for-12 with his passes but threw an interception that paved Miami's
second touchdown. Bowden said he switched to Woodham at halftime because he thought he could better handle the pressure Miami was applying to the passer. Woodham was 6-for-12 on his throwing. Miami
covered FSU's wide receivers well, and the backs caught most of FSU's passes - Lyles five and Johnson four.
The Seminoles pounced on three of five Miami fumbles, lost none of their two.
Two
Miami players with Tallahassee ties, running back Chris Hobbs and quarterback Mike Rodrigue, did not play. Hobbs had an injury. Saban chose to go with two other quarterbacks after starting freshman
Rodrigue a week ago.
FSU returns home to play Houston next Saturday.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
7 |
10 |
31 |
| Miami |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 80, run (kick), 9:27
2nd 7- 7 Mark Macek, 48, punt return/blocked punt (Dave Cappelen, kick), 2:03
Ron Simmons blocked a punt, Macek picked the ball up at the
48 and scored
7-14 Opp, 48, run (kick), 9:25
14-14 Jackie Flowers, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 2:49
3rd 21-14 Wally Woodham, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:15
4th 24-14 Dave Cappelen, 26, field goal, 7:02
24-21 Opp, 27, pass (kick), 4:27
31-21 Mark Lyles, 22, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:14
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 12 10
Rushes-yards 51-130 31-211
Passing 133 114
Att-Comp-Int 24-14-1 20-9-3
Total Yards 75-263 51-325
Punt Returns 2-64 2-12
Kickoff Returns 1-13 2-29
Interception Ret. 3-44 1-11
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 8-46.9 7-33.9
Sacks By-Yds 1- 2-
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 5-2
Penalties-Yds 3-34 3-39
Time of Posession 37:26 22:34
Attendance 25,002
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 23 90 0 26
Mark Lyles 16 61 0 15
Sam Platt 1 6 0 6
Keith Kennedy 1 4 0 4
Wally Woodham 6 0 1 8
Jimmy Jordan 4 -31 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 51 130 1 26
Opp 31 211 2 80t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 5 58 1 22t
Kurt Unglaub 2 27 0 15
Homes Johnson 4 26 0 9
Jackie Flowers 2 14 1 11
Grady King 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 133 2 22t
Opp 9 114 1 27t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 8 12 1 83 1 17
Wally Woodham 6 12 0 50 1 22t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 24 1 133 2 22t
Opp 9 20 3 114 1 27t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Macek 0 48 1 48t
Ron Simmons 1 15 0 15
Gary Henry 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 64 1 48t
Opp 2 12 0 9
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gator Cherry 1 13 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 13 0 13
Opp 2 29 0 24
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 8 375 72
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 375 72
Opp 7 237 77
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walter Carter 7 1 8 . 1.0- . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 6 1 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . 1 .
Paul Piurowski 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .
Abe Smith 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Bobby Butler 1 . 1 . . 2- 40 . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Hanks . . . . . 1- 4 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 7 48 . 1.0- 0.0 3- 44 . . 2- 0 . 1 .
Opp 59 19 78 . 2.0- 1- 11 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
TB 22 Homes Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 69 Mike Good
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 86 Bill Keck
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 7 Mike Smith
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 24 Mike Kincaid
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
LB 49 David Hanks
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DT 76 Walter Carter
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
26 Wade Wallace
28 Keith Jones
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
35 Ernie Sims
39 Reggie Herring
40 Gary Henry
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Hector Gray
51 James Gilbert
54 Arthur Scott
60 Scott McLean
67 Mark Macek
68 Jeff Field
68 Abe Smith
70 Greg Futch
83 Ron Hester
85 Grady King
90 Edenbur Richardson
91 Carlton Jones
|
Houston 27, Florida State 21
09/30/1978, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 1, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha. 'Noles die by a penalty, 27-21.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Almost.
Behind 27-0 after the first 20 minutes of play,
Florida State's football team came within one penalty of registering the most astounding comeback in its history.
Houston won the game 27-21 before a saddened Saturday night assembly of 41,142 in
Campbell Stadium.
With 2:55 left in the game, Wally Woodham passed 22 yards to Jackie Flowers for an apparent touchdown - a touchdown that would have tied the game, and with the extra-point kick
put Florida State in front 28-27.
But a Southwest Conference official's flag had fallen upfield. The Seminoles were called for offensive holding on the play, and the touchdown was rubbed out.
And with that, Florida State's five-game winning streak, its unbeaten record this year, its top-10 rank came to an end as Houston's dominance of a series continued.
Never, in seven tries, has
Florida State beaten the Cougars in Tallahassee. In 16 games the Seminoles have managed two victories and two ties.
Florida State coaches were not sure who the holding penalty which killed that
would-be touchdown was called on, but apparently senior tackle Nate Henderson was the one flagged.
"Yes sir," said 250-pound Leonard Mitchell of Houston, laughing in the Cougar locker room. "That
big Number 78 was grabbing my arm all night and spinning me around. I complained about it several times to the officials - and finally one of them called it."
Despite the Seminoles' dramatic rally
behind Woodham, Houston on this night was clearly the better team. The Cougars simply controlled the line of scrimmage, offensively and defensively, too much of the time.
Taking over for Jimmy
Jordan just after the score became 27-0, Woodham guided Florida State to touchdowns on three of the next four series - not counting the one when Florida State got the football at its 20 with just five
seconds left in that half.
Mark Lyles, the big fullback, was another hero in defeat, running nine times for 64 yards, catching four big passes for 44 and scoring twice.
Having his best night,
Flowers snared six passes for 165 yards.
Woodham finished with 12 strikes in 18 attempts for 249 yards as the Seminoles totaled 304 yards of offense, compared with 411 for Houston - which got 307
in the first half.
Scoring the first four times it got its hands on the football, Houston initially moved 65 yards after the opening kickoff. Quarterback Danny Davis - a slippery dandy - passed 13
yards to Garrett Jurgajtis for the touchdown.
Then the Cougars intercepted Jimmy Jordan's pass on FSU's first play from scrimmage, and were in business at FSU's 41. Emmett King scored the TD from 3
yards out.
In the first moment of the second quarter Houston made it 21-0, capping a 27-yard drive with a 4-yard payoff run by Randy Love.
Just minutes later John Newhouse, on his only run of
the night, broke tackles and skipped 56 yards for a final Houston touchdown.
FSU defensive back Bobby Butler blocked the ensuing extra-point attempt - a feat that seemed to signal a turnaround in
the Seminoles' manner of play.
Right away Woodham came in and moved the team 60 yards. Lyles scored on a 19-yard romp up the middle and it was 27-7 at halftime.
On the Seminoles' second
possession of the third quarter, Woodham hit Flowers with a 72-yard scoring bomb.
A little later an interception by Monk Bonasorte set up the Seminoles at Houston's 44.
Lyles got to the 16 on a
26-yard pass, and soon scored on a 14-yard run off the ancient statue-of-liberty play. So it became 27-21 with plenty of time left.
Right after that, FSU defenders backed Houston to its seven,
forcing a punt. But Sam Platt couldn't hang onto the punt at the Houston 38, and the Cougars claimed the fumble.
Moments later, as the fourth quarter unfolded, Willie Jones fell on an errant
Houston pitchout at the Cougar 33. But three plays later Woodham's deep pass was intercepted.
Florida State's only other threat culminated in the pass to Flowers for the "touchdown" that was erased
by the holding penalty.
Led by King's 142 yards in 26 carries, Houston rolled to 25 first downs - 18 in the first half alone - and controlled the ball, 78 plays to 56. For a long while, FSU
defenders seemed unable to cope with Houston's dazzling option offense.
Late Friday, with clouds threatening, Florida State covered Campbell Stadium's turf with a tarpaulin, and the field was bone
dry for action despite Saturday's steady rain that stopped in mid-afternoon. That dry field may have proved more to Houston's advantage than FSU's. The visitors seemed the faster, quicker team.
"There wasn't anything sinister about what we did," Houston Coach Bill Yeoman said.
"We just had to rear back and attack. We've been timid in our first couple of games, because we're so young.
"I'll tell you, Florida State is one fine football team, friend. If you think you're going to shut them down, you've got another thing coming."
FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said he couldn't figure out
how his players managed to stop Houston in the second half after the Cougar's clear dominance in the first.
"Our kids played a great second half," he said. "This game was really something.
"That
option veer is tough to defense when you don't run it yourself. Nobody runs it better than Houston."
Before the game Bowden had reckoned that Houston would score at least 28 points unless it
fumbled. The Cougars lost one fumble, had one pass swiped. FSU had three turnovers, including two interceptions.
Rohn Stark punted three times for the Seminoles, averaging 46.3.
"This game did
give me a lot of personal confidence," said Woodham. "I still wasn't really happy. My job was to bring the team back and win. And I didn't."
Florida State plays another game in Campbell Stadium
next Saturday, against Cincinnati.alf
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Houston |
14 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
14 |
0 |
21 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 13, pass (kick), 11:34
0-14 Opp, 3, run (kick), 8:49
0-14 Dave Cappelen, 43, field goal failed, 3:20
2nd 0-21 Opp, 4, run (kick), 14:18
0-27 Opp, 56, run (kick blocked by Bobby Butler), 10:15
7-27 Mark Lyles, 19, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 6:50
7-27 Opp, 35, field goal failed, 0:05
3rd 14-27 Jackie Flowers, 72, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:15
21-27 Mark Lyles, 14, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 25
Rushes-yards 24-79 67-332
Passing 305 79
Att-Comp-Int 32-20-2 11-7-1
Total Yards 56-384 78-411
Punt Returns 3-12 1-9
Kickoff Returns 5-67 4-63
Interception Ret. 1-1 2-32
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 3-46.3 4-37.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yds 5-45 8-48
Attendance 41,142
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 9 64 2 19t
Homes Johnson 13 42 0 10
Jimmy Jordan 1 -13 0 -13
Wally Woodham 1 -14 0 -14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 24 79 2 19t
Opp 67 332 3 56t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 6 165 1 72t
Mark Lyles 4 44 0 26
Grady King 5 40 0 25
Sam Platt 2 38 0 20
Kurt Unglaub 1 16 0 16
Homes Johnson 2 2 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 305 1 72t
Opp 7 79 1 15
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 12 18 1 249 1 72t
Jimmy Jordan 8 14 1 56 0 16
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 32 2 305 1 72t
Opp 7 11 1 79 1 15
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 2 7 0
Sam Platt 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 12 0 5
Opp 1 9 0 9
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Kennedy 2 26 0
Homes Johnson 2 23 0
Michael Whiting 1 18 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 67 0 18
Opp 4 63 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 3 139 55
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 139 55
Opp 4 148 37
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Piurowski 3 14 17 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 6 11 17 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 7 9 16 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 5 10 15 . . 1- 1 . . . . . .
Willie Jones 5 8 13 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
David Hanks 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 1 7 8 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 2 6 8 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 3 3 6 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Arthur Scott . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Ferguson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Lyles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 46 90 136 3.0- 0.0 . 1- 1 2 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp . . . . . 2- 32 . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
TB 22 Homes Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 69 Mike Good
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 7 Mike Smith
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 24 Mike Kincaid
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DT 54 Arthur Scott
DT 76 Walter Carter
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
27 Michael Whiting
28 Keith Jones
29 Sam Platt
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
30 Keith Kennedy
49 David Hanks
62 Charles Ferguson
67 Mark Macek
77 Jeremy Mindlin
90 Edenbur Richardson
91 Carlton Jones
|
Florida State 26, Cincinnati 21
10/07/1978, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 8, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha. Last throw finds FSU Victory.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Fourth down and 22. Last chance for the Seminoles. And Jimmy
Jordan hit Sam Platt with a pass that the sophomore speedster converted into a 54-yard scoring play with 1:29 left, providing a dramatic 26-21 victory over a stubborn Cincinnati football team here
Saturday night.
For struggling FSU, it was trouble all the way.
Cincinnati got first turn with the football, starting at its 27 following the game's opening kickoff. Six straight runs - freshman
Allen Harvin on four of them - led to the Cincy 48. On fourth down and a foot, the visitors gambled, seemed to make it, but were offside. A punt left FSU at its 29.
Wide receiver Kurt Unglaub was
sidelined after injuring his knee in a pre-game warmup and Sam Platt started for him. Wally Woodham, opening at quarterback, overshot receivers on a couple of passes, and Rohn Stark punted to the
Cincinnati 38.
Behind Harvin's running and a Tony Kapetanis keeper for a key first down, the Bearcats pushed to a first down at FSU's 35. But on a third-and-2 at the 27, Scott Warren nailed
Kapetanis for no gain. Then, on fourth-and-2, the quarterback was inches short on another keeper.
Woodham missed on three more passes, and a penalty cost FSU 5. Stark's 31-yard punt gave Cincinnati
a start from its 40.
A 16-yard pass to Mike Frisina gained the 36. Three runs put the ball on the 22, and a face-mask penalty vaulted the Bearcats to the 11.
Moving to his right, Kapetanis was
trapped - but pulled out and sliced the other way, to the 1. Aaron Hagans raced wide for the touchdown, and a point kick made it 7-0.
From the 20, four straight Mark Lyles runs gained the 36. Then
Woodham passed over the middle to Lyles, who dug to the Cincinnati 39. On a keeper, Woodham got eight to the 31, as the quarter ended.
After a first down at the 29, the Seminoles probed on - helped
by a penalty - to another at the 18. From there Woodham passed to Jackie Flowers for a touchdown. Dave Cappelen tied it 7-7 with a kick.
After holding Cincinnati at its 27, Florida State forced a
punt and began at its 43. Flowers soon snared a 29-yard pass at the Bearcat 24. Three plays later Flowers grabbed a 17-yarder at the 1. Woodham sneaked across for the TD and Cappelen's boot brought it
to 14-7.
Again the defense limited Cincinnati's offense to three downs, and again FSU got the ball at its 43 following a punt.
Then they swapped fumbles. On first down, Lyles lost the ball, and
Bob Prats got it for Cincinnati at FSU's 40. On the next play Harvin lost it and the Seminoles' Mark Macek claimed it at the 37.
Soon Ernie Sims popped on a wide run, 16 to the Cincinnati 40. But
the Seminoles got no further. Stark punted out of bounds at the 8.
On third down, Kapetanis, slipping wide, scooted 25 yards to the 36. Two Seminoles - Scott Warren, Bobby Butler - were hurt on the
play.
Third down at the 38 saw Kapetanis apparently trapped by a safety blitz, but he eluded Monk Bonasorte, stepped forward, and fired long to split end Mike Cusumano, who had gotten behind Mike
Smith and Mike Kincaid. It was a 62-yard scoring play, and a kick by Steve Schultz tied it 14-14.
A kickoff left FSU at its 16. The Seminoles struggled to the 24 before Stark punted 36 yards to the
Cincinnati 40 with 1:30 left.
With 28 seconds left the visitors reached FSU's 37 on a 19-yard pass to Frisina. But Bonasorte intercepted at the 2 with 19 seconds left, and Woodham killed the
clock.
At this point Cincinnati had outyarded FSU, 230 to 160. Woodham had hit only six of 14 passes.
Florida State moved from its 20 following the third-quarter kickoff. Short passes to Bill
Keck and Flowers reached the 37. Homes Johnson broke for 15 to the Bearcat 48. But Woodham was hit hard as he missed on a pass. Two plays later Mike Brookins intercepted a Woodham throw over the
middle, at the Cincinnati 42.
Harvin raced for 17 yards, then 9. Kapetanis passed to Joe Eilerman at the 20. Harvin went wide to the 7. Three plays later Ellis Johnson scored from the two, and a
point put Cincinnati back on top 21-14.
Tediously, the Seminoles drove from their 20. On third down at the 27, Lyles caught a pass for 10. Short gainers led on to a first down at the Cincinnati 42.
Flowers caught a third-down pass for 11 at the 30, to keep it going. On fourth down at the 27 a pass to Ernie Sims gained the 20. On a reverse, Sam Platt made the 14. But that was all. A fourth-down
pass missed, and Cincinnati took over.
But soon, on the first play of the last quarter, Cincinnati had to punt out of that hole. FSU got the ball at the visitors' 47.
In came Jimmy Jordan - only
to throw a first-down pass that Dan Vete intercepted at the Cincinnati 45.
A 13-yard pass provided a first down at FSU's 30. But Seminole defenders held. A punt left FSU at its 9.
On a fake
reverse, Johnson swept to the 22. Johnson ran twice more, to the 30. Then Flowers pulled in a 15-yard Jordan pass at the 45. Johnson knocked off 9. Flowers couldn't quite hang on to a bomb, the ball
rolling out of his arms as he fell into the end zone.
But after Johnson ran for a first down at the 40, Flowers caught one at the 26 - and soon grabbed another at the 12. Two runs left the
Seminoles at the three, but Johnson was caught for a 2-yard loss at the five.
On fourth down, Jordan found Grady King in the end zone for a touchdown. With 6:09 remaining, Cappelen lined up for a
point try - but it was a fake, with Woodham, down to hold, roaring up and throwing in vain.
From its 20, Cincinnati managed a first down, but got no further. With 4:14 to go, FSU got the ball after
a punt at its 44.
Lyles caught a short one, at the 50. A pass missed, and a fumble on a handoff was reclaimed by Johnson. On fourth down, Flowers kept it going with a catch at Cincinnati's 42.
Howie Kurnick, two plays later, sacked Jordan for a loss of 12.
But on 4th-and-22, Jordan found Platt at the 35, and the Jacksonville sophomore cut swiftly to the sideline and stepped down it to
score on a 54-yard play.
The Seminoles went for two. A pass missed, but Cincinnati was offsides.
Then Johnson was stopped short on a wide run, leaving it 26-21 with 1:29 left.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Cincinnati |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
0 |
12 |
26 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 3:42
2nd 7- 7 Jackie Flowers, 18, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:40
14- 7 Wally Woodham, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:03
14-14 Opp, 62, pass (kick), 2:50
3rd 14-21 Opp, 2, run (kick), 9:07
4th 20-21 Grady King, 5, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Wally Woodham, pass failed), 6:09
26-21 Sam Platt, 54, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Mark Lyles, run failed), 1:29
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 16
Rushes-yards 46-155 45-196
Passing 249 165
Att-Comp-Int 40-18-2 22-12-1
Total Yards 86-404 67-361
Punt Returns 2-11 1-7
Kickoff Returns 2-36 2-41
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 4-34.5 6-30.7
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1
Penalties-Yds 3-21 5-25
Attendance 39,599
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 18 71 0 14
Mark Lyles 14 46 0 8
Ernie Sims 5 25 0 16
Wally Woodham 6 19 1 8
Sam Platt 1 6 0 6
Jimmy Jordan 2 -12 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 46 155 1 16
Opp 45 196 2 25
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 9 134 1 29
Sam Platt 1 54 1 54t
Mark Lyles 5 41 0 23
Bill Keck 1 8 0 8
Ernie Sims 1 7 0 7
Grady King 1 5 1 5t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 249 3 54t
Opp 12 165 1 62t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 11 27 1 135 1 29
Jimmy Jordan 7 13 1 114 2 54t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 40 2 249 3 54t
Opp 12 22 1 165 1 62t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 2 11 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 11 0
Opp 1 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 2 36 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 36 0
Opp 2 41 0 25
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 4 138 38
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 138 38
Opp 6 184 36
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring 4 7 11 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 7 9 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 3 7 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
David Hanks 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Ferguson 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Abe Smith 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Walter Carter . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 2 1 3 . . . 2 . . . . .
Bobby Butler 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . 3 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Jones 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Jones . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Gil Wesley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 55 90 1.0- 0.0 . 1- 0 3 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 43 54 97 2.0- . 1- 0 5 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
TB 22 Homes Johnson
FL 23 Jackie Flowers
SE 29 Sam Platt
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
TG 63 Lee Adams
QG 69 Mike Good
QT 72 Ken Lanier
TT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 86 Bill Keck
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 7 Mike Smith
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 24 Mike Kincaid
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DT 54 Arthur Scott
DT 76 Walter Carter
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
28 Keith Jones
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
33 James Harris
35 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
49 David Hanks
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
60 Scott McLean
62 Charles Ferguson
67 Mark Macek
68 Jeff Field
68 Abe Smith
70 Greg Futch
73 Danny Collier
75 Tom Brannon
77 Jeremy Mindlin
83 Ron Hester
85 Grady King
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
91 Carlton Jones
|
Mississippi State 55, Florida State 27
10/14/1978, Starkville, Miss.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 15, 1978, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. Offensive blitz rips FSU 55-27.
STARKVILLE, MS - Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Busting loose for
three touchdowns within a third-quarter playing span of 3 minutes and 24 seconds, Mississippi State came from behind and mauled Florida State's football team 55-27 here Saturday afternoon.
The
forward pass - a weapon employed so effectively for so long by the Seminoles - was the instrument of Florida State's destruction.
And the scope of that destruction on this sunny, windy and cool
afternoon is reflected in that never before in a 32-year history had any team run up as many total yards against Florida State, nor had an opponent passed for as many yards.
Mississippi State
gained 378 yards passing, 596 total. (Previous highs against FSU: 359 and 590 by San Diego State in 0-11 season of 1973.)
Interestingly, FSU coaches had guessed correctly prior to the game that
Mississippi State would throw the ball all over the field. The Seminoles expected it. It was just that an injury-riddled secondary and an overall inexperienced defense - seven sophomores are starting
- could not do anything about it.
James Jones, a 5-10, 200-pound tailback from Vicksburg, scored four touchdowns for the Bulldogs and passed for another as a Homecoming crowd, liberally estimated
at 35,000, whooped it up.
More damaging, however, was the throwing of 6-2 senior quarterback Dave Marler, a former walk-on who got his big chance because he also can kick the football - extra
points, field goals, kickoffs.
"We just got the heck beat out of us," said FSU Coach Bobby Bowden, "I thought their quarterback was the difference."
An 18-mile-per-hour wind, blowing strong
through wide-open end zones, also was a factor.
FSU had that wind going its way in the second quarter, when it scored three touchdowns, and in the last quarter, when it did not matter. Mississippi
State had the wind with it in the first quarter, when it jumped in front 14-0, and in the third, when it got 21 more points - and was at FSU's 1, about to score seven more, when that quarter ended.
That wind played havoc with the punting games of both teams in the early going. Mississippi State was not forced to punt in the last half..
While the home team was stacking up 596 yards of offense,
Florida State was cutting out 427, with 297 passing. The Bulldogs got 27 first downs, FSU 25.
It was a day when Florida State might have scored 55 points itself, for it was no day for defense on
either side.
Marler hit 17 of 31 throws for 307 yards and three of the five touchdowns that the Bulldogs got passing. Reserve tailback Len Copeland tossed for one, James for the other. Mardye
McDole, a talented sophomore wide receiver, hauled in 9 passes for a whopping 175 yards and two touchdowns.
Jimmy Jordan went all the way at quarterback for FSU, after early indication that Wally
Woodham would start. Woodham received a shoulder injury against Houston and aggravated it in the Cincinnati game. He had looked okay Friday, but he wasn't okay in Saturday warmups.
Jordan had
favored a sprained ankle much of the practice week, but it seemed not to bother him during the game. He hurt his hip slightly in the first half, and that may have bothered him, for he was not as
sharp. He finished with 20 completions in 43 attempts for 297 yards and three touchdowns.
Here's how the scoring went:
- Marler pass to Jones for 27 yards, capping a 60-yard drive.
- Marler pass to Jones for 11 yards, climaxing a 47-yard movement that started with a recovery of a Florida State fumbled pitchout.
- Jordan pass to Jackie Flowers (who caught 9 in the game for
116 yards) for 8, coming early in the second quarter after a 70-yard drive highlighted by the ball-carrying of Homes Johnson, cutting the score to 14-7.
- Jordan pass to Sam Platt for 10 yards on
the heels of a 52-yard push following a 10-yard Mississippi State punt into the wind, tying the game 14-14.
- Johnson's 1-yard run after Mike Kincaid blocked a punt at the Mississippi State 16 and a
pass-interference call gave FSU a first down at the one, coming 20 seconds before halftime and providing the Seminoles with a 21-14 lead.
- Jones' 12-yard touchdown run, after a drive of 84 yards
highlighted by a 41-yard Marler pass to Bo Myrick, but with Marler missing the extra-point attempt, leaving FSU in front 21-20.
- James Otis Doss' 29-yard run up the middle following a 70-yard punt
ignited by a 28-yard Marler pass to Copeland, with Marler throwing to Jones for two points, making it 28-21.
- A 34-yard Jones pass to McDole on the play after Richard Blackmore intercepted a Jordan
pass.
- Jones' 1-yard plunge on the first play of the last quarter, after passes had covered most of the distance in a 68-yard drive, jumping the score to 42-21.
- Copeland pass to McDole for 36
as M-State moved 84 yards, Marler setting it up with a 32-yard throw to Jones.
- Marler pass to Mill Maxey for two, after recovery of a fumbled kickoff at FSU's 29, bringing it to 55-21 with 8:28
remaining in the game.
- Jordan's 52-yard pass to Gator Cherry with about six minutes remaining.
Only twice in history have opponents scored more than 55 points on Florida State. Auburn won
57-21 in 1960, Virginia Tech 56-21 in 1974. Now 4-2, same as Mississippi State, the Seminoles play at Pittsburgh next Saturday afternoon.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
21 |
0 |
6 |
27 |
| Mississippi State |
14 |
0 |
21 |
20 |
55 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 27, pass (kick), 12:40
0-14 Opp, 11, pass (kick), 4:24
0-14 Opp, 47, field goal failed, 1:43
2nd 7-14 Jackie Flowers, 8, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 14:43
14-14 Sam Platt, 10, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:10
14-14 Dave Cappelen, 42, field goal failed, 2:05
21-14 Homes Johnson, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:20
3rd 21-20 Opp, 12, run (kick failed), 8:55
21-28 Opp, 29, run (pass), 6:22
21-35 Opp, 34, pass (kick), 5:31
4th 21-42 Opp, 1, run (kick), 14:57
21-49 Opp, 37, pass (kick), 9:59
21-55 Opp, 2, pass (kick failed), 8:28
27-55 Gator Cherry, 52, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick failed), 6:41
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 25 27
Rushes-yards 45-130 40-218
Passing 297 378
Att-Comp-Int 43-20-2 34-19-1
Total Yards 88-427 74-596
Punt Returns 1--1 1-2
Kickoff Returns 2-25 2-44
Interception Ret. 1-2 2-16
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 5-27.0 3-13.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yds 5-24 4-45
Attendance 35,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 15 79 1 19
Ernie Sims 7 55 0 21
Mark Lyles 6 21 0 4
Greg Ramsey 9 3 0 11
Sam Platt 1 -4 0 -4
Jimmy Jordan 7 -24 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 45 130 1 21
Opp 40 218 3 29t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 9 116 1 16
Gator Cherry 2 55 1 52t
Mark Lyles 3 50 0 24
Homes Johnson 2 34 0 27
Sam Platt 2 25 1 15
Greg Ramsey 1 14 0 14
Ernie Sims 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 297 3 52t
Opp 19 378 5 41
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 20 43 2 297 3 52t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 43 2 297 3 52t
Opp 19 34 1 378 5 41
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -1 0
Opp 1 2 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Kennedy 1 19 0 19
Gator Cherry 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 25 0 19
Opp 2 44 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 135 48
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 135 48
Opp 3 40 40
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 6 2 8 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
David Hanks 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 2 6 . . 1- 2 . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Ferguson 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 3 1 4 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 3 1 4 . . . 2 . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 1 1 2 . . . 3 . . . 1 .
Scott McLean 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 63 16 79 2.0- 3.0 . 1- 2 6 . . . 1 .
Opp 72 35 107 5.0- 30.0 . 2- 16 8 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
WR 29 Sam Platt
TB 32 Greg Ramsey
FB 35 Ernie Sims
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 7 Mike Smith
CB 24 Mike Kincaid
FS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
LB 49 David Hanks
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DT 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
17 Bill Capece
22 Homes Johnson
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
43 Hector Gray
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 Mark Lyles
53 Paul Piurowski
60 Scott McLean
62 Charles Ferguson
76 Walter Carter
77 Jeremy Mindlin
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Pittsburgh 7, Florida State 3
10/21/1978, Pittsburgh, Pa.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 22, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha. FSU defense shines in 7-3 loss.
PITTSBURGH, PA - Those pussycats of a week prior turned into tigers.
And
swarming Florida State defenders, led by sophomores Monk Bonasorte, Reggie Herring and Ron Simmons, out-played Pittsburgh at its own prideful game.
Bur, in a stinging twist of irony, Florida
State's offense failed to score a touchdown for the first time in 28 games, and the Seminoles lost a football game 7-3 before a homecoming crowd of 55,104 on a pleasant, sunny Saturday afternoon.
Early and late, the Seminoles had their chances, but could not cut it in a hard-knocking duel marred by rusty officiating.
The officials, among other things, appeared hesitant. They threw late
flags, ignored what looked like repeated motion in the Pitt backfield, and made several debatable calls.
One call - beyond and reasonable question a wrong one - perhaps cost the Seminoles an upset
victory.
With Florida State leading 3-0 early in the second quarter, Sam Platt pulled in a bomb from Jimmy Jordan at about the 50 and cruising on into the end zone, appearing to score on an 89-yard
play. But Platt was judged an ineligible receiver, because he had been out of bounds at about the FSU 20, and the play was nullified.
New college rules, which went into effect this year, permit a
receiver to come back in and catch a pass If he is pushed of forced out of bounds by a defender. Platt declared, after the game, that he was forced out of bounds by crowding defensive back, and
FSU coaches concurred.
Coach Bobby Bowden said he talked to officials at halftime, but got no satisfaction.
"I didn't talk to the one who called that play," he said. "Couldn't find him."
With
1:44 left in the game, FSU's last realistic chance to win went down the drain when Mark Lyles was ruled to have fumbled at the Pitt 21. Florida State folks thought Lyles - who had his best running day
with an even 100 yards in 17 carries - had been stopped cold, and that the play should have been blown dead.
Only minutes prior to that Jordan had passed the Seminoles to a first down at the Pitt
19. But a fierce pass rush, led by end Hugh Green, forced him to hurry following throws, and the Seminoles ran out of downs.
The tone of the game - reflecting Florida State frustration - was set
early, however.
Twice the Seminoles got the football inside Pitt territory, at the 27 and 49, in those early minutes, following fumble recoveries by Arthur Scott and Keith Jones.
On the first
opportunity FSU pushed to the 4, but Dave Cappelen missed a 21-yard try for a field goal on fourth down. On the second chance, the Seminoles got as far as the 10. This time Cappelen put through a
26-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead that broke FSU's first-quarter scoring drought.
Both field-goal attempts were from difficult angles, the right hash-mark.
In the second quarter, a 58-yard punt
by Joe Gasparovic put the Seminoles in a hole at their 19. When Rohn Stark punted back, Pitt got the ball at the 50.
Eight plays - all on the ground - brought the game's only touchdown, Rooster
Jones scoring on a 14-yard option sweep, putting the final score of 7-3 on the board with 3:29 left in the half.
Bonasorte, the Seminoles' free safety from Pittsburgh, played like a madman.
A
pressbox count credited him in on 18 tackles, including seven outright - but it seemed like more. He appeared to cause two of Pitt's early fumbles. During one series, Bonasorte made three straight
tackles.
Simmons, the nose guard, also seemed to be all over the field, though the pressbox statistician had him in on only 11 tackles, five outright. Linebacker Herring was credited with
involvement in 17 tackles, six outright.
Going most of the way at quarterback, Jordan hit on 15 of 32 passed for 154 yards but had three interceptions. Wally Woodham, playing only in two
third-quarter series, completed six of 10 for 66. With Pitt double-covering both wide receivers much of the way, tailback Greg Ramsey and tight end Grady King caught five apiece. Wide receivers
speared only five of FSU's 21 completions.
Though Gordon Jones - highly gifted receiver of Pitt - pulled in seven passes for 86 yards, quarterback Rick Trocano had only two other completions in 19
shots and got just 99 yards out of the whole.
And this was the same FSU defense that had been riddled for five touchdown passes and a school-record number of yards by Mississippi State the week
previous.
The Seminoles out-gained Pitt, 331 yards to 297. Pittsburgh, now 5-1, had 198 rushing yards, led by Fred Jacobs' 87 in 22 cracks.
"Their secondary was very tough," said Jones, the Pitt
receiver. "I'm glad it's over."
Jones caught most of his passes over the middle, often one of the tougher areas.
Each team had four turnovers - three of FSU's on interceptions, three of Pitt's
on fumbles. Pitt drew 60 penalty yards, the Seminoles 52.
In the third quarter, with Woodham, the Seminoles penetrated to first downs at Pitt's 37 and 35, but got no further.
Backed to its 3 by
a third-quarter Stark punt, Pitt got out of the hole when Keith Jones fumbled a punt at the Panther 45, Pitt recovering. Earlier, Jones had recovered a Pitt fumble and intercepted a pass.
Early in
the last quarter Pitt drove to FSU's 19, but the defense called a halt on the fourth-and-1 run.
Now 4-3, Florida State plays its third successive homecoming game Saturday afternoon at Southern
Mississippi.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Pittsburgh |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1st 0- 0 Dave Cappelen, 21, field goal failed, 12:20
3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 26, field goal, 4:33
2nd 3- 7 Opp, 13, run (kick), 3:29
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 17
Rushes-yards 33-111 57-198
Passing 220 99
Att-Comp-Int 42-21-3 20-9-1
Total Yards 75-331 77-297
Punt Returns 3-3 1-1
Kickoff Returns 1-16 0-0
Interception Ret. 1-21 3-12
Fumble Returns 3-0 2-0
Punts 7-39.4 9-41.2
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 4-3
Penalties-Yds 6-52 8-60
Attendance 55,104
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 17 100 0 22
Greg Ramsey 9 32 0 8
Gator Cherry 2 11 0 8
Wally Woodham 2 -14 0 -5
Jimmy Jordan 3 -18 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 33 111 0 22
Opp 57 198 1 20
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Grady King 5 55 0 14
Jackie Flowers 3 48 0 19
Greg Ramsey 5 36 0 16
Kurt Unglaub 1 23 0 23
Mark Lyles 4 17 0 14
Sam Platt 1 17 0 17
Bill Keck 1 12 0 12
Gator Cherry 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 220 0 23
Opp 9 99 0 18
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 15 32 3 154 0 19
Wally Woodham 6 10 0 66 0 23
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 42 3 220 0 23
Opp 9 20 1 99 0 18
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 3 3 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 3 0
Opp 1 1 0 1
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Ramsey 1 16 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 16 0 16
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 276 48
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 276 48
Opp 9 371 58
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monk Bonasorte 7 11 18 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 6 11 17 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 5 6 11 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . . .
David Hanks . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Ferguson . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 3 3 6 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mark Macek 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 2 3 . . 1- 21 . . 1- 0 . . .
Jeremy Mindlin . 3 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mike Kincaid 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gil Wesley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
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FSU 28 70 98 1.0- 6.0 . 1- 21 . . 3- 0 . . .
Opp 21 53 74 6.0- 36.0 . 3- 12 . . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
WR 29 Sam Platt
RB 32 Greg Ramsey
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 24 Mike Kincaid
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 43 Hector Gray
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DT 54 Arthur Scott
LB 62 Charles Ferguson
DT 67 Mark Macek
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
21 Bobby Butler
22 Homes Johnson
27 Michael Whiting
31 Gator Cherry
33 James Harris
40 Gary Henry
49 David Hanks
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
68 Jeff Field
73 Danny Collier
75 Tom Brannon
76 Walter Carter
77 Jeremy Mindlin
79 Garry Futch
86 Bill Keck
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Florida State 38, Southern Mississippi 16
10/28/1978, Hattiesburg, Miss.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 29, 1978, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. Woodham TDs fuel 38-16 win.
HATTIESBURG, MS - In the third quarter, with Florida State's football team ahead by
10 points, it was as though Willie Jones declared Southern Mississippi had gone for enough on offense.
As quarterback Jeff Hammond broke tackles and scampered 36 yards for Southern, Jones ran him
down. Hammond was obliged to leave the field.
Two plays later Jones, the senior defensive end from Homestead, applied heavy pressure to substitute Joe Berckel as he pitched out - forcing a fumble
that Jones scrambled on to recover.
For all practical purposes, Southern's offense was through for the day.
And, with Wally Woodham passing for four touchdowns, Florida State scored in every
quarter and thundered to a 38-16 victory before 23,248 homecoming fans on a warm Saturday afternoon.
Hitting on 16 of 24 throws for 237 yards, Woodham threw scoring strikes of 23 and 61 yards to
Jackie Flowers the two times FSU laid hands on the ball in the last half. He also pitched 11 yards to Sam Platt and 1 to Grady King for touchdowns.
For the first time this season the Seminoles, now
5-3, scored a touchdown in the first quarter as Woodham directed an opening drive 65-yard drive, highlighted by the running of Mark Lyles. Greg Ramsey got the TD from 2 yards out.
With an open date
next week, Florida State has only home games remaining - Virginia Tech, Navy, Florida.
"We played good," Coach Bobby Bowden said. "Let's hope this is the beginning of something good.
The
Seminoles never trailed but Southern made it sticky for a half.
FSU stretched its lead to 10-0 on a second-quarter field goal of 30 yards by Dave Cappelen. But Southern sprung freshman runner Sammy
Winder, who got big yardage in an 83-yard drive that cut the score to 10-7 when Tiko Beal scored from the one.
The Seminoles soon retaliated with a touchdown pass to Platt, on the heels of a
51-yard movement making it 17-7. Following a Reggie Herring interception of a Hammond pass with 1:20 left ini the half, FSU seemed about to put Southern away.
But Woodham's end zone shot was
intercepted by Mike Crenshaw. In a lightning drive, Hammond took the Golden Eagles 80 yards, passing 26 to a wide-open Chuck Brown for a TD that narrowed it to 17-14 with 20 seconds remaining in the
half.
Then the Seminoles came out smoking from the dressing room. Though Woodham fumbled and lost 10 yards on the first play, Homes Johnson got 19 back as he scooted with a screen pass, and the
Seminoles drove on, covering 80 yards. Flowers made the last 23 with his end-zone catch for six points.
Just after that, Jones erupted with his key defensive work.
From the fumble, the Seminoles
soon cut out another TD on the 61-yard collaboration of Woodham and Flowers. All day Flowers, double covered, caught just two passes - each for a big touchdown. His second jumped the score to
31-14.
Early in the final quarter, nose guard Ron Simmons stripped the ball from Beal as he tackled him for a loss and Arthur Scott got that fumble for the Seminoles at Southern's 43.
A
fourth-and-4 pass to Platt for 18 at the 3 kept the drive going. Woodham tossed a yard to King for the final touchdown.
With about three minutes left Southern got a safety when Gator Cherry, on a
reverse, slipped and fell in the end zone. The play had started at the 12.
Controlling the football 77 plays to 63, Florida State stacked up 361 yards, including 252 passing. Southern, which had
192 yards in the first half, finished with 265, of which 162 came on runs.
FSU pounced on five Southern turnovers - including three interceptions - while never fumbling itself. Southern had two
interceptions off Woodham.
Platt and Phil Williams each caught four passes as 10 different receivers pulled 'em in for the Seminoles. FSU's running game was led by Johnson's 59 yards in 14 carries.
Beal got 69 in 13 for Southern, ad Hammond completed 10 of 17 throws for 103 yards.
Southern, which had won three straight, was left 5-3.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
10 |
14 |
7 |
38 |
| Southern Mississippi |
0 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
1st 7- 0 Greg Ramsey, 2, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:45
2nd 10- 0 Dave Cappelen, 30, field goal, 14:14
10- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 8:05
17- 7 Sam Platt, 11, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:33
17-14 Opp, 23, pass (kick), 0:20
3rd 24-14 Jackie Flowers, 23, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:15
31-14 Jackie Flowers, 61, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:51
4th 38-14 Grady King, 1, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:11
38-16 Opp, safety
Note: Quarterback tackled in the end zone.
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 18
Rushes-yards 50-109 45-162
Passing 252 103
Att-Comp-Int 27-18-2 18-10-3
Total Yards 77-361 63-265
Punt Returns 3-24 1--2
Kickoff Returns 2-14 6-121
Interception Ret. 3-21 2-15
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 2-35.5 4-41.5
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-2
Penalties-Yds 5-68 4-33
Attendance 23,248
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 14 59 0 9
Greg Ramsey 8 33 1 8
Mark Lyles 18 32 0 7
Jimmy Jordan 1 3 0 3
Michael Whiting 1 3 0 3
Wally Woodham 5 -3 0 8
Sam Platt 1 -7 0 -7
Gator Cherry 2 -11 0 -12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 50 109 1 9
Opp 45 162 1 19
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 2 84 2 61t
Sam Platt 4 64 1 20
Phil Williams 4 45 0 15
Mark Lyles 2 26 0 15
Homes Johnson 1 19 0 19
Bill Keck 1 12 0 12
Keith Kennedy 1 5 0 5
Grady King 1 1 1 1t
Greg Ramsey 1 0 0 0
Gator Cherry 1 -4 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 252 4 61t
Opp 10 103 1 23t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 16 24 2 237 4 61t
Jimmy Jordan 2 3 0 15 0 10
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 27 2 252 4 61t
Opp 10 18 3 103 1 23t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 3 24 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 24 0
Opp 1 -2 0 -2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 1 19 0 19
Greg Ramsey 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 14 0 19
Opp 6 121 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 2 71 41
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 71 41
Opp 4 166 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring 3 6 9 . . 1- 5 . . . . . .
Willie Jones 4 3 7 0.5- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Hector Gray 4 1 5 . . 1- 16 . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 1 5 . . . 2 . . . . .
Ron Simmons 3 1 4 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Keith Jones 4 . 4 1.0- 3.0 . . 2 . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 4 . 4 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 3 1 4 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
David Hanks 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 2 1 3 1.5- 14.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Scott Warren 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Mark Macek 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Ferguson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jackie Flowers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Grady King 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Capece 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 52 17 69 5.0- 34.0 . 3- 21 5 . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp 53 41 94 2.0- 18.0 . 2- 15 3 . . . . 1
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
FL 23 Jackie Flowers
SE 29 Sam Platt
TB 32 Greg Ramsey
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
QG 69 Mike Good
TG 70 Greg Futch
QT 72 Ken Lanier
TT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 86 Bill Keck
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 24 Mike Kincaid
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 43 Hector Gray
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DT 54 Arthur Scott
LB 62 Charles Ferguson
DT 67 Mark Macek
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
21 Bobby Butler
22 Homes Johnson
27 Michael Whiting
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
40 Gary Henry
49 David Hanks
51 James Gilbert
76 Walter Carter
77 Jeremy Mindlin
85 Grady King
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
91 Carlton Jones
|
Florida State 24, Virginia Tech 14
11/11/1978, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 12, 1978, page 17, by Bill McGrotha. Defense, Johnson rally FSU.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Down 14-3 with seconds remaining in the first half, Florida
State's football team rallied behind a suddenly fierce defense here Saturday night and hacked out a 24-14 victory over Virginia Tech.
Homes Johnson, the sophomore tailback, ran for a whopping 152
yards in 27 carries for the Seminoles, and scored the touchdown that put the Seminoles in front to stay with 10:20 left in the game.
But it was a defense - led by Willie Jones - that was the
decisive difference in the comeback. After Tech went ahead 14-3 with 5:39 left in the first half, that defense allowed the Gobblers just three first downs the rest of the way - and the visitors never
again got across the 50.
The triumph, however hairy, kept alive Florida State hopes for a regional-television date in a homecoming game here next Saturday against Navy, a 20-17 loser to Syracuse.
ABC will announce a decision at noon Monday.
Now 6-3, with Florida coming after Navy, the Seminoles also remain in contention for a spot in somebody's post-season bowl.
It was a game much in the
tradition of many others with Virginia Tech - and one that could not have been that much of a surprise to those who have followed the history of this old series. The Gobblers played their guts out.
They always do.
Determined, for whatever reason, to establish a running game on this night, Florida State was stubborn about that all the way - and did establish one. For awhile, it seemed that it
was going to be a costly piece of strategy.
As the Seminoles stacked up 470 yards, they got 272 on the ground - and when was the last time at Florida State team got more running than passing? Tech,
which had 183 yards in the first half, finished with just 222.
As 38,654 watched in Campbell Stadium on a pleasant, fair night - among them scouts from the Tangerine and Peach Bowls - Florida State
jumped in front 3-0 in the first quarter on the 37-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen.
Then, early in the second quarter, Tech drove 81 yards to a touchdown in five plays, following an interception
at its 19 of a Wally Woodham pass. Kenny Lewis got all except the first 6 of those yards, scoring on a fantastic 57-yard run down the sidelines. A world-class hurdler who had been hurt in the five
previous games Tech had played. Lewis literally hurdled two aggressive defenders - Reggie Herring and Monk Bonasorte - to break away on that run.
Next time Tech got the ball, following a rather
weak punt, it moved 56 yards, primarily on the passes of freshman Steve Casey, who went all the way at quarterback. At the 5, Casey threw - and the ball bounced off FSU's Mike Kincaid and perhaps
another Seminole before settling into the arms of Paul Watkins for a touchdown.
The Seminoles were lucky to cut it to 14-10 before halftime. They drove 80 yards - almost all of it on the ground -
and Mark Lyles scored from the 1 with five seconds left. On fourth-and-one at the 5, Woodham had been stopped short as he tried to run after finding no receiver open, but Tech was detected holding on
the play and FSU got a first down at the 3.
In the first moments of the last quarter, FSU pushed 66 yards, primarily on Woodham passes to four different receivers, and Johnson scored from the 3 to
make it 17-14.
Just a bit later, Johnson busted on a 40-yard run to Tech's 23. Nothing came of it. On fourth down, Cappelen missed a 21-yard try for a field goal.
Keith Jones stymied one long
Casey throw with an interception. A Rohn Stark punt backed Tech to its 6. Two plays later Casey fumbled as Willie Jones chased him into the end zone - grabbing him, forcing the bobble - and Ron
Simmons claimed the ball for the Seminoles at the 4. With 1:45 left, Lyles scored from the 1, making it a final 24-14.
With less than a minute remaining, FSU had a shot from Tech's 17 after Mark
Macek sacked Casey on a fourth-down passing attempt. The Seminoles stayed on the ground, apparently not trying to score - and if that was a little in the nature of a salute to a gallant opponent, it
was deserved.
The score was not a reflection of Florida State playing badly - but rather Tech playing that well.
"Virginia Tech has a lot of pride," said FSU Coach Bobby Bowden, "and so does
their head coach, Bill Dooley. That is why they were able to play so well against us."
Dooley said that Florida State had to work for everything it got. "I might add," he said, "that we did,
too."
Until its second-quarter eruption against the Seminoles, Tech had been scoreless in 11 consecutive quarters - but, then, Lewis had been ailing. The swift senior, who represented the National
AAU team in hurdling competition against Italy, ended with 126 yards in 19 carries after gaining 99 in the first half.
Woodham hit 17 of 29 passes for 198 yards as he went all the way at
quarterback. Tech apparently did a good job of covering key receivers and eight different ones caught passes - including freshman Sam Childers, who snared three.
Lyles, while scoring two
touchdowns, ran 16 times for 74 yards and pulled in three passes for 40 more.
While rolling up 24 first downs to Tech's 11, Florida State practiced ball control, reeling off 88 plays to its
opponent's 52. At the end, Tech's defense was dragging. Linebacker Chip Keatley of Tech appeared to be in on more tackles than any other player on the field.
If there was a turning point, it was
perhaps the holding call on a Tech defender when Florida State stood fourth-and-one at the Gobblers' 5. Wide receiver Kurt Unglaub was the one held - Tech cornerback Lawrence Young grabbed him as he
made his cut.
Woodham looked for a man to throw to and couldn't find one.
Florida State's offensive line opened holes all evening - and could be a most telling factor in the Seminoles' final two
games. So could that running game that the Seminoles finally got going.
Johnson said he was mentally ready. "I'm going to try to make this team much more successful than it has been in the past,"
he said.
Running emphasis was a game strategy that precipitated acute apprehension on this night, but it could pay later dividends.
"I hope we didn't get too beat up," said Bowden.
Wide
receiver Jackie Flowers hurt a knee, and more word is awaited on that. Mark Lyles injured a shoulder and cornerback Bobby Butler aggravated an old ankle injury, but early indications were that those
were not serious.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Virginia Tech |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
24 |
1st 3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 37, field goal, 3:26
2nd 3- 7 Opp, 57, run (kick), 10:53
3-14 Opp, 5, pass (kick), 5:39
10-14 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:05
4th 17-14 Homes Johnson, 3, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:20
17-14 Dave Cappelen, 22, field goal failed, 5:36
24-14 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:54
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 11
Rushes-yards 58-272 35-146
Passing 198 76
Att-Comp-Int 30-17-1 17-9-1
Total Yards 88-470 52-222
Punt Returns 6-25 1-5
Kickoff Returns 1-11 4-49
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-1
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 5-47.0 7-46.4
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 4-28 6-32
Attendance 38,654
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson 27 152 1 40
Mark Lyles 16 74 2 23
Ernie Sims 5 35 0 13
Greg Ramsey 4 12 0 5
Wally Woodham 5 10 0 6
Team 1 -11 0 -11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 58 272 3 40
Opp 35 146 1 57t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 3 40 0 21
Sam Platt 2 35 0 19
Homes Johnson 3 28 0 12
Jackie Flowers 2 27 0 16
Bill Keck 2 27 0 16
Sam Childers 3 26 0 15
Kurt Unglaub 1 8 0 8
Phil Williams 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 17 198 0 21
Opp 9 76 1 18
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 17 29 1 198 0 21
Homes Johnson 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 17 30 1 198 0 21
Opp 9 17 1 76 1 18
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 6 25 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 25 0
Opp 1 5 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 1 11 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 11 0
Opp 4 49 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 235 64
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 235 64
Opp 7 325 52
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Hanks 2 6 8 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 4 3 7 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 3 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Scott Warren 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 30 36 66 5.0- 0.0 . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 39 71 110 1.0- . 1- 1 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
WR 29 Sam Platt
TB 32 Greg Ramsey
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
CB 24 Mike Kincaid
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DT 54 Arthur Scott
LB 62 Charles Ferguson
DT 67 Mark Macek
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
22 Homes Johnson
26 Wade Wallace
27 Michael Whiting
33 James Harris
35 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
49 David Hanks
51 James Gilbert
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
68 Jeff Field
73 Danny Collier
75 Tom Brannon
76 Walter Carter
77 Jeremy Mindlin
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
86 Bill Keck
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Florida State 38, Navy 6
11/18/1978, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 19, 1978, page 31, by Bill McGrotha. Bowl-hungry FSU sinks Navy.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Zooming off the bench in the second quarter, Jimmy Jordan threw
four touchdown passes and Florida State's football team zoomed past Navy 38-6 here Saturday afternoon.
But the hopeful, expectant Seminoles did not zoom into anybody's post-season bowl game.
Ironically, Navy did.
While the Middies, now 7-3 (same as Florida State), immediately accepted a bid to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, the Seminoles were left waiting on Atlanta's Peach Bowl, which
expects to make a decision this afternoon.
Florida State may have an outside shot at the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, and a pretty good chance at the Garden State Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J. No
other bowl possibilities are open.
Behind 3-0 when Jordan came in, the Seminoles soon were ahead 7-3. But it was a sticky 7-6 as late as halftime.
Early in the second half sophomore nose guard
Ron Simmons forced a fumble at the Navy 10 that Florida State recovered, and that opened a door that the injury-riddled Midshipmen could not close.
On successive series, Jordan threw touchdown
passes of 4, 36 and 51 yards to sophomore Sam Platt - and then one of 23 to Grady King.
Simmons - who forced one other Navy fumble early in the game, three times threw runners for losses and
recovered on fumble - was named defensive player of the game by ABC television. Jordan and Platt shared offensive honors. One-thousand-dollar scholarships, in the names of all three, will be presented
to the school by Chevrolet.
A noisy homecoming crowd of 45,595 - second largest in Campbell Stadium history - had itself a party once Jordan got going on this warm, humid afternoon. There were a
few raindrops early in the second quarter; otherwise it was dry and mostly sunny.
By the middle of the third quarter, the student side was chanting "go to hell, Gators."
The Seminoles close
their season here next Saturday night against 4-5 Florida.
"This one is for the money," Coach Bobby Bowden had said before the Navy game. "The next one is for prestige."
With a defense that
closed holes about as soon as FSU's offensive line opened them, Navy choked off Florida State running probes in the early going, and frustrated Wally Woodham's passes with timely maneuvering by
defensive backs.
It was a punting duel until Navy's Bob Leszczynski, near the end of the first quarter, suddenly collaborated with tight end Matt McLaughlin for a 58-yard pass that reached FSU's
19. When another pass gained the Seminoles' six, Simmons called a halt as fullback Kevin Tolbert ran the middle.
"I faked outside, cut inside when I saw the play coming," Simmons said. "Kinda
reached out with one hand, and somehow stripped the ball from him."
Simmons recovered that rolling fumble at the eight.
Trying to pass out of the hole, Woodham was intercepted at the 35 by
cornerback Charlie Meyers. On fourth down, Bob Tata put through a 43-yard field goal for 3-0.
Early in the second quarter, Woodham directed a push to a first down at Navy's 15 - but was intercepted
by safety Fred Reitzel when he threw a third-down pass into the end zone.
Jordan came in the next time FSU got the ball. Nothing happened, but a 58-yard Rohn Stark punt backed Navy to its 16. FSU
got good position at its 40 when the Middies punted back. Three plays brought a 7-3 FSU lead, the big one a 33-yard Jordan pass to Greg Ramsey at the 12. On the next play, Ramsey took a pitchout and,
on a sweep, scored easily.
Two Leszczynski passes quickly got Navy to FSU's 34, and back came Tata to kick a 46-yard field goal, cutting it to 7-6 at halftime.
Few would have guessed it, but the
Navy offense was through for the day. Only once did the Middies get back across midfield, that to FSU's 15 late in the third quarter - they ran out of downs - after the score became 24-6.
An
interception by Keith Jones at Navy's 28 precipitated a 38-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen and a 10-6 lead in the first moments of the third quarter.
Moments later tailback Mike Sherman was
racked, on a bruising tackle by Simmons, for a 3-yard loss at the 10, forcing a fumble that tackle Mark Macek claimed. Three plays later Jordan threw four yards to Platt for a TD.
Next time it was
the 36-yarder to Platt by Jordan for a touchdown, after FSU got the ball at its 44 when the defense would not let Navy out of a hole at its 16.
Then, after Navy stalled on that drive to the 15,
Ramsey sped 23 yards on draw, and four plays later Platt was catching - in the first moments of the final quarter - the 51-yard Jordan bomb.
And Florida State scored on its fifth straight
possession of the second half when King's 23-yard grab capped a 63-yard movement, putting the final score on the board with a bit over nine minutes remaining.
Controlling the ball 74 plays to 66,
FSU stacked up 453 yards, including 350 passing against a team that had ranked No. 1 in the nation in pass defense most of the season.
Going into this one, Navy was No. 5 in pass defense with an
average yield of 97.8 per game. Navy was also No. 5 in total defense on an average total yield of 225.1.
Platt alone pulled in six passes for 145 yards, and Kurt Unglaub four for 75. Homes Johnson
had a running burst or two but ended with just 47 yards in 15 tries, while Ramsey knocked off 51 in five.
While FSU managed only 103 on the ground, Navy got just 110 and had no runner gain more
than 27.
Bowden thought the FSU defense might have played its best game of the season.
"Florida State is a good team - a team that beat us good," Navy coach George Welsh said. "We have played
better teams. We're beat up. I've never had a team this battered at this stage of the year."
While Navy played without four key offensive starters, FSU was minus a notably big one in wide receiver
Jackie Flowers, whose injuries (ankle, knee) may or may not be mended by next Saturday.
"He has not made good progress." Trainer Don Fauls said.
The Seminole may also have lost safety Monk
Bonasorte, who went down early with a knee injury, and was on crutches during the last half.
Linebacker Reggie Herring and end Willie Jones also seemed prominent in a Florida State defensive effort
that seldom permitted Navy good field position. Specialty teams kept Navy bottled up covering kickoffs and punts.
"The offensive line held 'em, out," said Jordan, "and it really wasn't that
tough.
"I tell you what, I'm just about the happiest I've ever been."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Navy |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
17 |
14 |
38 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 43, field goal, 0:48
2nd 7- 3 Greg Ramsey, 12, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:10
7- 6 Opp, 46, field goal, 2:28
3rd 10- 6 Dave Cappelen, 38, field goal, 11:58
17- 6 Sam Platt, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:38
24- 6 Sam Platt, 36, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 6:55
4th 31- 6 Sam Platt, 51, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:50
38- 6 Grady King, 23, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 12
Rushes-yards 36-103 44-110
Passing 350 188
Att-Comp-Int 38-20-2 22-10-2
Total Yards 74-453 66-298
Punt Returns 4-7 2-1
Kickoff Returns 3-57 6-101
Interception Ret. 2-11 2-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 8-42.1 8-41.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2
Penalties-Yds 2-20 1-5
Attendance 45,795
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Ramsey 5 51 1 23
Homes Johnson 15 45 0 11
Mark Lyles 10 32 0 13
Ernie Sims 1 7 0 7
Keith Kennedy 1 1 0 1
Michael Whiting 1 -1 0 -1
Wally Woodham 1 -5 0 -5
Jimmy Jordan 1 -13 0 -13
Sam Platt 1 -14 0 -14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 36 103 1 23
Opp 44 110 0 20
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 6 145 3 51t
Kurt Unglaub 4 75 0 22
Grady King 2 39 1 23t
Greg Ramsey 2 35 0 33
Phil Williams 1 20 0 20
Lawrence Strainge 1 16 0 16
Bill Keck 2 15 0 12
Mark Lyles 1 3 0 3
Sam Childers 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 350 4 51t
Opp 10 188 0 58
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 15 27 0 280 4 51t
Wally Woodham 5 11 2 70 0 22
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 38 2 350 4 51t
Opp 10 22 2 188 0 58
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 4 7 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 7 0
Opp 2 1 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 2 45 0
Mark Lyles 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 57 0 12
Opp 6 101 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 8 337 58
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 337 58
Opp 8 330 56
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring 6 4 10 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 7 3 10 3.0- . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Willie Jones 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Charles Ferguson 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
David Hanks 2 2 4 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Mark Macek 1 3 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Bobby Butler 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 3 4 . . 1- 11 3 . . . . .
Michael Whiting 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Jones 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gil Wesley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Demarest . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 46 50 96 5.0- 0.0 . 2- 11 5 . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp 44 41 85 3.0- . 2- 0 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
TB 22 Homes Johnson
WR 29 Sam Platt
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
CB 24 Mike Kincaid
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
LB 49 David Hanks
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
23 Jackie Flowers
26 Wade Wallace
27 Michael Whiting
30 Keith Kennedy
32 Greg Ramsey
33 James Harris
35 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
51 James Gilbert
54 Arthur Scott
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Joe Demarest
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
62 Charles Ferguson
64 Jarvis Coursey
68 Jeff Field
73 Danny Collier
75 Tom Brannon
76 Walter Carter
79 Garry Futch
82 Lawrence Strainge
85 Grady King
86 Bill Keck
90 Edenbur Richardson
91 Carlton Jones
|
Florida State 38, Florida 21
11/25/1978, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 26, 1978, page 31, by Bill McGrotha. FSU rips Gators again, 38-21.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The one that Coach Bobby Bowden called "our cool-hand Luke"
was that. And more.
In action when Florida State scored every one of points, quarterback Wally Woodham calmly directed an astounding 38-21 victory over Florida before a record Campbell Stadium
crowd of 48,432 on a cool, fair - absolutely wondrous - Saturday night.
As the Seminoles for the first time in history beat Florida two straight times, fans witnessed one of the more incredible
games ever played here.
Florida State jumped off to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. That was nearly twice as many points as the 13 the Seminoles had scored in that opening period all season
long.
And Florida, playing gallant football, came back to tie at halftime 21-21. In that half, the Gators ran 48 plays to FSU's low total of 24.
Woodham sat the bench for all of that second
quarter, which the Seminoles consisted of only six offensive plays from scrimmage - with Jimmy Jordan quarterbacking.
The Woodham came back, directing a brilliant 71-yard movement to a touchdown
that put the Seminoles ahead to stay 28-21 with 4:55 left in the third quarter. Homes Johnson scored on a 7-yard scamper with a pitchout.
As the bowl-snubbed Seminoles closed their season 8-3,
Florida State's defense - apparently led by nose guard Ron Simmons plus ends Willie Jones and Scott Warren - flat closed the door on Florida's offense after intermission.
In the Seminoles' last
five games, opponents managed just two last-half points on them. Meanwhile, FSU scored 83.
Superior pass protection provided by Florida State's offensive line was a significant factor - possibly
the biggest of all. Woodham hit on 16 of his 24 throws for 179 yards. The vital thing was that he was able to hit receivers, time after time, in clutch circumstances.
It may have been the last game
of this rivalry for Florida Coach Doug Dickey. The Gators are 4-6, with Miami left. It is a widespread guess that only a victory over Florida State could have saved his job. Lou Holtz, the Arkansas
coach, is said to be interested in the job, if Dickey goes.
Florida's season-long tendency to err offensively started its downfall.
Here's how it went in that stunning first quarter:
(1) Ron
Simmons forced a fumble that teammate Mark Macek recovered at the Florida 6 in the game's first seconds. Mark Lyles, who busted for an even 100 yards in 13 carries during the evening, scored the
touchdown on an up-the-middle run.
(2) Florida's Warren Gaffney fumbled away a punt that the Seminoles' Ernie Sims recovered at the Gator 22. Lyles, four plays later, got the TD from the 1.
(3)
FSU's defense backed Florida to the 13 on fourth down. FSU got the ball at the Gator 46 after a punt. On third-and-nine Woodham hit Sam Platt with a 40-yard scoring pass.
But Florida State did not
run another play from scrimmage until Florida cut the lead to 21-14.
Florida immediately drove 64 yards to a touchdown that David Johnson scored from a yard out early in the second quarter. John
Brantley's passing keyed the push. In the drive, UF had successive apparent touchdowns rubbed out by penalties - first a Chris Collinsworth pass to Brantley for 10 (illegal procedure), then a 15-yard
Brantley pass to Tony Stephens (illegal receiver downfield). Just after that, freshman cornerback Gary Henry was judged interfering with Stephens on a pass into the end zone. Florida got the ball at
the 1, setting up the TD.
When Lyles fumbled away the following kickoff, Florida had a crack from FSU's 25. Johnson again scoring from the 1.
With 22 seconds left in the half Florida cashed in a
tying touchdown. The Gators had moved from their 16, but it came to fourth down at FSU's 23. As Berj Yepremian missed a 40-yard try for a field goal, cornerback Bobby Butler was flagged for roughing
the kicker. Brantley passed 12 yards to Stephens for the score.
Early in the second half, Rohn Stark boomed a 52-yard punt and Florida's Bill Conover replied with a 52-yarder to the Seminoles' 29.
From there Woodham guided the march to a go-ahead touchdown.
The running of Johnson - who got 66 yards in 19 tries for the night - and Lyles sparked the push, with Woodham hitting on short but
vital third-down passes.
Florida came right back, across midfield. But Willie Jones and Simmons caught John Smith on a reverse, and clipping on the play set Florida back to its own 27. For all
practical purposes, it was Florida's last shot.
After a short punt gave them the ball at their 48, the Seminoles went 52 yards to a 29-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen, making it 31-21 in the first
moments of the last quarter.
Registering eight points for the night, the slight Cappelen, a junior, became the top scorer in FSU history, his 169 total eclipsing the 164 hung up by wide receiver
Barry Smith from '70-'72.
Warren's pass interception gave FSU an opportunity from Florida's 44. With Platt catching a pass for 29 and running a reverse for 8, the Seminoles drove to frustration at
the 1. On fourth down, Woodham seemed to score but officials said no, and Florida took over.
So Warren intercepted his second pass - this time at the 3. On a busted third-down play, as Lyles fell
in his bid to take the handoff, Woodham jumped over the middle of the line for the TD.
And the final score was on the board with 8:38 left.
With a bit over a minute left, FSU drove to the
Florida 9, as Platt picked up 40 on a reverse. Nothing came of that.
"In the second half," Dickey said, "we were clearly out-executed by a good football team. FSU played very, very well on both
offense and defense. We didn't. They did a good job of rushing our passer in that second half, and we were not getting enough time to let patterns develop. Willie Jones was a fifth player in our
backfield."
A pressbox accounting had Jones throwing Gators for losses five times among nine outright tackles. Simmons was in on 14 tackles, four outright; linebacker Reggie Herring in on 15, five
outright. For Florida, linebacker Yancey Sutton, the Tallahasseean, was credited with 19 tackle involvements, five outright; fellow linebacker Scot Brantley with 10, six outright.
"I feel very
fortunate," said Bowden. "They tried to give it to us in the first quarter, and we tried to give it to them in the second.
"I was very pleased with the way my boys came back in the second half. Our
last two games this year reminded me of the last two last year, against Florida and Texas Tech.
"No, this doesn't make up for the disappointment over not getting a bowl bid - but beating Florida is
bigger than any bowl. Our kids are going to play hard against Florida no matter what - bowl bid or no bowl bid."
Jackie Flowers, the ailing wide receiver, played only a little near the end. Tight
end Bill Keck, who might have started, had a knee lock on him Thursday night, and did not dress out. Monk Bonasorte, an all-season starter in the defensive backfield, had a knee operated upon early in
the week.
After Florida controlled the ball 48-to-24 plays in the first half, FSU hogged it in the final portion 48-to-26.
Flags flew all over the field all night. Florida had 114 penalty yards,
Florida State 85. The Gators had five turnovers - three interceptions, two fumbles - and the Seminoles only one, on a fumble.
FSU stacked up 416 yards, including a surprising 222 running, to
Florida's 357.
Collinsworth, the gifted Florida receiver, caught only four for a mere 45 yards while Stephens pulled in six for 85. Brantley was 13-for-25 on his passes that accounted for 171
yards, while backup Tim Groves hit five of seven for 71.
Woodham, who was never sacked, hit a variety of receivers - seven all told. Johnson caught four short ones. Platt grabbed three for 69 yards
and got 48 more out of two reverses.
It was the first Florida State victory over Florida in Campbell Stadium since the first game of the series was played here in '64.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
| Florida State |
21 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
38 |
1st 7- 0 Mark Lyles, 6, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 14:44
14- 0 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:22
21- 0 Sam Platt, 40, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:31
2nd 21- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 12:02
21-14 Opp, 1, run (kick), 9:58
21-21 Opp, 12, pass (kick), 0:22
3rd 28-21 Homes Johnson, 7, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:55
4th 31-21 Dave Cappelen, 29, field goal, 14:33
38-21 Wally Woodham, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:38
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 16 23
Rushes-yards 45-222 41-115
Passing 194 242
Att-Comp-Int 27-17-0 33-18-3
Total Yards 72-416 74-357
Punt Returns 1--4 2-4
Kickoff Returns 4-59 5-100
Interception Ret. 3-5 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 5-38.6 6-41.2
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 7-85 9-114
Attendance 48,432
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 13 100 2 37
Homes Johnson 19 66 1 11
Sam Platt 2 48 0 40
Ernie Sims 3 14 0 8
Wally Woodham 3 3 1 2
Greg Ramsey 3 0 0 4
Jimmy Jordan 2 -9 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 45 222 4 40
Opp 41 115 2 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 3 69 1 40t
Mark Lyles 3 36 0 25
Ernie Sims 2 24 0 15
Kurt Unglaub 1 19 0 19
Homes Johnson 4 17 0 7
Sam Childers 2 17 0 9
Grady King 2 12 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 17 194 1 40t
Opp 18 242 1 31
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 16 24 0 179 1 40t
Jimmy Jordan 1 3 0 15 0 15
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 17 27 0 194 1 40t
Opp 18 33 3 242 1 31
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 1 -4 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -4 0
Opp 2 4 0 11
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 2 32 0
Greg Ramsey 1 16 0 16
Homes Johnson 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 59 0 16
Opp 5 100 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 193 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 193 52
Opp 6 247 52
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring 5 10 15 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 4 10 14 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 9 . 9 5.0- . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .
David Hanks 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 1 4 5 1.0- . 2- 5 . . . . . .
Mike Kincaid 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Keith Jones 3 1 4 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Arthur Scott 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Ernie Sims . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 37 59 96 8.0- 0.0 . 3- 5 2 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 34 82 116 3.0- . . 4 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 29 Sam Platt
TB 32 Greg Ramsey
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 78 Nate Henderson
TE 85 Grady King
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
CB 24 Mike Kincaid
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 40 Gary Henry
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DT 54 Arthur Scott
LB 62 Charles Ferguson
DT 67 Mark Macek
DE 80 Scott Warren
DE 88 Willie Jones
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
22 Homes Johnson
23 Jackie Flowers
27 Michael Whiting
35 Ernie Sims
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Hector Gray
49 David Hanks
51 James Gilbert
76 Walter Carter
77 Jeremy Mindlin
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
