1979 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Tommy Bowden, Graduate Assistant
Jeff Duke, Graduate Assistant
Jim Gladden, Defensive Ends
Jake Gonos, Graduate Assistant
Bob Harbison, Administrative Assistant
George Henshaw, Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Dick Hopkins, Graduate Assistant
Nick Kish, Running Backs, Recruiting Coordinator
Gene McDowell, Linebackers
Kent Schoolfield, Receivers
Billy Sexton, Quarterbacks
Bill Shaw, Defensive Line
Jack Stanton, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Mark Thomas, Graduate Assistant
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1979 FSU Football Press Guide
Wally Woodham and Jimmy Jordan
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1979 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
From the 1979 FSU Football Press Guide, page 48.
Roger Andrew Brownlee, 6-3, 195, LB, Doctors Inlet
- Totaled nine letters while attending Orange Park Senior High School...football and track were his specialties...was a second team choice on the football 4-A All-Florida team as a senior...comes to
the Seminoles with not only good athletic but also excellent academic credentials.
Ken Burnett, 6-0, 192, QB-DB, Brandon
- Was an honorable mention 4-A football selection as a senior...Seminole coaches report he "has a strong arm and very quick feet"...if he does not make it at quarterback position there are several
other positions he could play...brother Mike played defensive back for Tampa in Early 1970s.
Greg Cary, 6-1, 176, DB, Tampa
- Seminole mentor Bobby Bowden says about Greg "he's a very smart defender with good knowledge of the secondary, who's also a hard hitter"...one of the few players to graduate from Tampa Jesuit and
come to FSU...Florida prep sportswriters placed him on their 3-A team after 1978 season.
Harvey Clayton, 5-9, 164, DB, Florida City
- Graduated last December from high school (South Dade) and enrolled in January at Florida State...went through spring practice and worked his way into a second unit position...4.66 speed in 40...has
advantage of playing behind Bobby Butler and learning position from one of the best...was described after spring as being "green with a lot of ability"...born April 4, 1961...parent: Mrs. Emma Lee
Clayton.
Brad Fojtik, 6-4, 197, DE, Auburndale
- Attended Santa Fe High School where he earned a total of five varsity letters - two football, two track and one basketball...born on the same day as another freshman, Roger Brownlee...they will
celebrate their 18th birthday on September 17, two days after Seminoles meet Arizona State in Tampa...was high school's most valuable performer in football (1978) and track (1978 and 1979).
Herbert Harp, 6-2, 275, DL, Winter Garden
- Despite his size, Herbert has "super quickness and reactions for a big man" according to Jim Gladden, the Seminole assistant coach responsible for Harp's signing...made the first team of Florida 4-A
all-star squad last fall.
Robert Harris, 6-2, 245, DL, Miami
- Played at Norland High School in Miami...signed with the Seminoles on the first day allowed by the southern letter of intent...joined another FSU freshman, Herbert Harp, as a first teamer on the
Florida High School 4-A all-star team defensive line.
Cliff Holiday, 5-8, 161, DB-RB, Newnan, Ga.
- Don't let size fool you on this freshman...he is an outstanding runningback candidate...probably will receive a long look at start og fall practice as a kick return specialist - an area where the
Seminoles lacked last year.
Hardis Johnson, 6-0, 172, WR, Tampa
- Hails from the same high school that produced Seminole basketball standout Murray Brown, the nation's leading field goal shooter in 1978-79...another 4-A all-state performer who elected to continue
his career with the Seminoles...coaches describe him as having "darting quickness and graceful agility who can contribute quickly."
Tony Johnson, 6-2, 160, WR, Dothan, Ala.
- Has ability to play either offensive or defensive back...was an honorable mention choice for Alabama on the All-Southern team picked by the Orlando Sentinel-Star...was also selected for Alabama's
1-A all-star squad...played on Wicksburg High School team with another freshman, Ricky Render, a defensive line candidate.
Kelly Lowrey, 6-1, 210, QB, Lake City
- Joins former high school teammate Tommy Young on the Seminole roster...has the arm to be a quarterback in the Seminole offensive system, but size to play other positions...a multi-sport athlete for
Columbia High Scool coaches.
Dennis McKinnon, 6-2, 175, WR, Miami
- One of the blue-chip listings last fall described him as "being a versatile talent who would help any team"...was on the "Florida Sweet 16" compiled by Orlando sportswriter Bill Buchalter who wrote
"runs smooth patterns, great hands, concentration and makes plays look easy"...a two-time All-Dade County.
Tony Messina, 5-9, 180, C, Tallahassee
- The "old man" of the Seminole football roster...Tony is 44 years old (born September 28, 1934) but came out for the team in January and made it though off-season program and the 20 days of spring
drills...is retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and a grandfather...was featured in nationwide wire service story last spring and also subject of an NBC-TV Sunday Night News segment.
Zeke Mowatt, 6-3, 220, TE, Wauchula
- Seminole coaching staff needed to out-recruit many schools to land this youngster...Michigan was among those who were most interested...attended Hardee County High School where he picked up varsity
letters in football (three), basketball (four) and track (two)...in addition to tight end he could also play defensive end or linebacker.
Chris Nickrenz, 6-6, 252, OT, Buffalo, N.Y.
- The only player from outside the deep south who will be a member of the freshman class...was considered one of the north's outstanding "big men" in the recruiting wars...has run a 23.4 220-yard
dash...attended Saint Joseph's Collegiate Institute where he holds school records in shot put and discus...was named to the Coach's All-American football team.
Ricky Render, 6-4, 220, DL, Ozark, Ala.
- Comes from the same high school that sends wide receiver Tony Johnson to the Seminoles...will probably br tried at several positions before coaching staff decides what spot will suit him best in
Garnet and Gold uniform.
Ellis Singletary, 5-9, 210, LB, Jasper
- Most valuable player at Hamilton County High School three consecutive years and most improved one season...has great strength to combine with good quickness...won a high school art award for being
"best artist" and also received academic honors in world history and physical education.
Greg Thompson, 6-1, 180, WR, Apopka
- Late addition to the recruiting list...has good speed and flexibility...might have been overlooked by many colleges because he played for a smaller high school...he is described as being a
"deceptive runner with good speed."
Weegie Thompson, 6-5, 210, QB, Midlothian, Va.
- Weegie is the nickname, his full name is Willis Hope...comes from the same high school as Seminole offensive coordinator George Henshaw...a first team all-stater, he was also a Virginia
representative on the All-Southern team...lived in Pensacola, Fl until he was a high school freshman...last year he completed 35 of 98 passes for a 5-5 high school team, but 10 of the completions were
for touchdowns...he also rushed for 603 yards and eight scores.
Mark Trimble, 6-3, 176, QB, Tampa
- One of three players from the city of Tampa who will be joining the Seminole ranks...is a "Christmas Baby" after being born on December 25, 1960...Tampa Tribune Sports Editor Tom McEwen wrote last
December that Trimble "may be the most versatile football player in the state"...is regarded as a good kicking prospect and could play any of five positions in college.
Mike Walker, 5-11, 180, RB, Orlando
- Seminole coaches say Mike reminds them of Larry Key, who graduated in 1977 and is now playing in the Canadian League...has ability to cut without losing speed and is a punishing runner...ran a 21.7
220 split while participating in track...made both the All-Southern and Florida 4-A all-star teams.
Tom Wheeler, 6-3, 200, DB-QB, South Daytona
- Played for Spruce Creek High School of Port Orange, Fl...threw for better than 1,400 yards as a high school senior which helped make him Daytona Quarterback Club Player of the Year and recipient of
the Benny Kahn Memorial Award...a member of the Florida 4-A all-star team that was picked by state sportswriters.
Terry Widner, 6-5, 250, OG, Donalsonville, Ga.
- Will play either offensive guard or tackle...attended Seminole County High School where he was elected team's 1978 football captain...was also winner of the school's Mike Bowen Leadership
Award...invited to be a participant in the Georgi High School all-star game...will major in hotel and resaurant management at FSU.
Blair Williams, 6-0, 165, QB, Tallahassee
- Continues the Tallahassee Leon High School quarterback tradition for Florida State...this season's starters - Jimmy Jordan and Wally Woodham - both hail from the same high school and quarterback
coach Billy Sexton is also an ex-Leon Lion...like Jordan and Woodham, he'll never be recognized for his running, only his ability to drop back and throw the ball...a member of the All-Southern team
and Buchalter's "Florida Sweet 16."
Ricky Williams, 5-11, 170, RB, Griffin, Ga.
- Graduated six months early from high school and attended FSU last winter...that allowed him to participate in spring drills and gain valuable experience that should aid him this fall...the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution named Ricky its 4-A Back of the Year in '78...played on Griffin High School team that tied Valdosta, 7-7, for state championship...will be quickest back on the squad with 4.5
speed in the 40...had 2,238 yards of offense as a senior with 14 touchdowns...born March 28, 1961...parent: Mrs. Georgia B. Williams.
1979 Roster - By Name
From the 1979 FSU Football Press Guide, page 52.
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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63 Lee Adams OG 6-4 245 Jr * Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
52 Willie Andrusko C 6-5 227 So Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 So Delray Beach (Atlantic)
65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 Jr Lakeland (Lakeland)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 Jr ** Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
88 Jeff Bowden WR 5-7 165 So Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 75 Tom Brannon OT 6-3 240 Jr Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
61 Brent Brock OG 6-4 235 Jr-R Albany, Ga. (Albany)
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee LB 6-3 195 Fr Doctors Inlet (Orange Park)
49 Ken Burnett QB-DB 6-0 192 Fr Brandon (Brandon)
38 Kelly Burney RB 5-9 180 So Miami (Jackson)
* 21 Bobby Butler CB 5-11 185 Jr ** Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 17 Bill Capece PK 5-11 190 Jr ** Miami (Chaminade)
* 1 Dave Cappelen PK 5-9 140 Sr *** Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
* 76 Walter Carter DT 6-4 240 Sr *** Richmond, Va. (Walker)
37 Greg Cary DB 6-1 176 Fr Tampa (Jesuit)
31 Gator Cherry FB 6-0 205 Sr-R ** Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 So * Tallahassee (Leon)
24 Harvey Clayton DB 5-9 164 Fr Florida City (South Dade)
Ron Clewis C 6-2 220 Jr Pensacola (Escambia)
92 David Cloud DT 6-3 235 Fr Marianna (Marianna)
47 Bryan Cobb LB 6-3 200 Jr Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
66 Redus Coggin OG 6-3 230 So Chipley (Chipley)
78 Mike Coleman OT 6-4 235 Jr Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
74 Danny Collier OT 6-4 250 So Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey DE 6-5 195 So * Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
Tim Davis QB 6-1 190 Jr Dover (Plant City)
91 John Diamantas DT 6-3 230 So Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
20 Jeff Ector DB 5-11 175 Fr Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
93 David Ellis OT 6-3 235 So Paisley (Umatilla)
62 Charles Ferguson LB 6-1 212 So * Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
68 Jeff Field OG 6-1 225 Jr Albany, Ga. (Westover)
* 23 Jackie Flowers WR 6-2 195 Sr *** Jacksonville (Raines)
98 Brad Fojtik DE 6-4 197 Fr Auburndale (Santa Fe Catholic)
* 79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 So Ocala (Forest)
* 70 Greg Futch OT 6-3 245 Jr-R ** Ocala (Forest)
* 51 James Gilbert NG 6-2 235 So * Miami (Carol City)
* 69 Mike Good OG 6-2 230 Sr *** Sanford (Seminole)
* 43 Hector Gray DB 6-1 190 Sr-R * Miami (Miami Springs)
97 Herbert Harp DL 6-2 275 Fr Winter Garden (West Orange)
* 33 James Harris DB 6-0 170 So Gainesville (Buchholz)
59 Robert Harris DL 6-2 245 Fr Miami (Norland)
* 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 So * Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 39 Reggie Herring LB 6-2 195 Jr * Titusville (Astronaut)
83 Ron Hester TE 6-2 205 Jr Umatilla (Umatilla)
36 Cliff Holiday DB-RB 5-8 161 Fr Newnan, Ga. (Newnan)
4 Rick Houston QB 6-1 190 Sr Orlando (Edgewater)
* 46 Ivory Joe Hunter DB 5-11 180 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 22 Hardis Johnson WR 6-0 172 Fr Tampa (Robinson)
Homer Johnson DB 6-3 192 Sr Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
* 22 Homes Johnson RB 5-10 180 Jr Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
82 Tony Johnson WR 6-2 160 Fr Dothan, Ala. (Wicksburg)
96 Carlton Jones DT 6-1 230 Jr-R Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)
* 28 Keith Jones DB 5-11 185 Jr * Wildwood (Wildwood)
Wayne Jones DB 5-11 171 So Jacksonville (Jackson)
* 15 Jimmy Jordan QB 6-1 185 Sr *** Tallahassee (Leon)
86 Bill Keck TE 6-4 220 Jr Newark, Ohio (Newark)
30 Keith Kennedy RB 5-10 180 Sr-R Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
* 85 Grady King TE 6-4 205 Sr ** Satellite Beach (Satellite)
* 72 Ken Lanier OT 6-4 260 Jr ** Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
13 Kelly Lowrey QB 6-1 210 Fr Lake City (Columbia)
* 48 Mark Lyles FB 6-4 232 Sr *** Buffalo, N.Y. (Cleveland)
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 Jr ** Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
* 58 John Madden C 6-2 218 Jr * Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
Tim McGuffin WR 6-1 170 So Middleburg (Orange Park)
6 Dennis McKinnon WR 6-2 175 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 60 Scott McLean DT 6-4 218 So Clermont (Clermont)
71 Bob Merson OG 6-3 238 So Seminole (Seminole)
Tony Messina C 5-9 180 So Tallahassee (Watertown)
Jeremy Millinoff DB 6-0 187 So Gainesville (Buchholz)
* 77 Jeremy Mindlin DT 6-3 230 Sr-R * Miami (South Miami)
18 Joe Moss WR 6-1 176 So Jacksonville (Stanton)
81 Zeke Mowatt TE 6-3 220 Fr Wauchula (Hardee)
73 Chris Nickrenz OT 6-6 252 Fr Buffalo, N.Y. (Saint Joseph)
* 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 205 Jr ** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 29 Sam Platt WR 5-11 176 Jr * Jacksonville (Wolfson)
Brian Poag LB 6-2 240 So Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 32 Greg Ramsey RB 5-10 170 Sr-R ** Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
Scott Redditt LB 5-11 195 So Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
99 Ricky Render DL 6-4 220 Fr Ozark, Ala. (Wicksburg)
* 90 Edenbur Richardson DE 6-3 206 Sr ** Crystal River (Crystal River)
56 Dmitri Rigas NG 6-2 210 So-R Augusta, Ga. (Glenn Hills)
Mark Rodrigue DE 6-3 215 So Tallahassee (Choctawhatchee)
62 Eric Ryan OG 6-4 225 Fr-R Sarasota (Sarasota)
Ernie Saltmarsh QB 5-11 193 Jr Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 54 Arthur Scott DE 6-2 222 Jr-R ** Tampa (Brandon)
* 50 Ron Simmons NG 6-1 220 Jr ** Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
94 Mark Sims LB 6-4 215 So Bonifay (Holmes County)
35 Ellis Singletary LB 5-9 210 Fr Jasper (Hamilton County)
* 7 Mike Smith DB 5-11 185 Jr * Panama City (Bay)
* 3 Rohn Stark P 6-3 195 So * Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
Jimmy Stearns WR 5-11 175 So Clermont (Clermont)
* 11 Rick Stockstill QB 6-1 182 So-R Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
82 Lawrence Strainge WR 6-3 175 So Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
9 Greg Thompson WR 6-1 180 Fr Apopka (Apopka)
5 Weegie Thompson QB 6-5 210 Fr Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
Mark Trimble QB 6-3 176 Fr Tampa (Leto)
19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Sr *** Tallahassee (Leon)
71 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 So-R Miami (Chaminade)
10 Mike Walker RB 5-11 180 Fr Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 26 Wade Wallace FB 5-10 190 Sr * Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
* 80 Scott Warren DE 6-3 228 Sr *** Titusville (Astronaut)
* 55 Gil Wesley C 6-1 220 Sr ** Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
89 Tom Wheeler DB-QB 6-3 200 Fr South Daytona (Spruce Creek)
* 27 Michael Whiting RB 6-2 195 So * Largo (Largo)
95 Terry Widner OG 6-5 250 Fr Donalsonville, Ga. (Seminole County)
14 Blair Williams QB 6-0 165 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
Mike Williams TB 6-3 185 Fr Bartow (Bartow)
* 87 Phil Williams WR 5-10 168 Jr * Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 44 Ricky Williams RB 5-11 170 Fr Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
Dale Winslette DE 6-4 203 So Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach)
* 12 Wally Woodham QB 5-11 182 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Leon)
41 Tommy Young RB 6-0 195 So Lake City (Columbia)
1979 Roster - By Number
From the 1979 FSU Football Press Guide, page 52.
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Ron Clewis C 6-2 220 Jr Pensacola (Escambia)
Tim Davis QB 6-1 190 Jr Dover (Plant City)
Homer Johnson DB 6-3 192 Sr Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
Wayne Jones DB 5-11 171 So Jacksonville (Jackson)
Tim McGuffin WR 6-1 170 So Middleburg (Orange Park)
Tony Messina C 5-9 180 So Tallahassee (Watertown)
Jeremy Millinoff DB 6-0 187 So Gainesville (Buchholz)
Brian Poag LB 6-2 240 So Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
Scott Redditt LB 5-11 195 So Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
Mark Rodrigue DE 6-3 215 So Tallahassee (Choctawhatchee)
Ernie Saltmarsh QB 5-11 193 Jr Jacksonville (Wolfson)
Jimmy Stearns WR 5-11 175 So Clermont (Clermont)
Mark Trimble QB 6-3 176 Fr Tampa (Leto)
Mike Williams TB 6-3 185 Fr Bartow (Bartow)
Dale Winslette DE 6-4 203 So Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach)
* 1 Dave Cappelen PK 5-9 140 Sr *** Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
* 3 Rohn Stark P 6-3 195 So * Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
4 Rick Houston QB 6-1 190 Sr Orlando (Edgewater)
5 Weegie Thompson QB 6-5 210 Fr Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
6 Dennis McKinnon WR 6-2 175 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 7 Mike Smith DB 5-11 185 Jr * Panama City (Bay)
9 Greg Thompson WR 6-1 180 Fr Apopka (Apopka)
10 Mike Walker RB 5-11 180 Fr Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 11 Rick Stockstill QB 6-1 182 So-R Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
* 12 Wally Woodham QB 5-11 182 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Leon)
13 Kelly Lowrey QB 6-1 210 Fr Lake City (Columbia)
14 Blair Williams QB 6-0 165 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
* 15 Jimmy Jordan QB 6-1 185 Sr *** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 17 Bill Capece PK 5-11 190 Jr ** Miami (Chaminade)
18 Joe Moss WR 6-1 176 So Jacksonville (Stanton)
19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Sr *** Tallahassee (Leon)
20 Jeff Ector DB 5-11 175 Fr Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
* 21 Bobby Butler CB 5-11 185 Jr ** Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 22 Hardis Johnson WR 6-0 172 Fr Tampa (Robinson)
* 22 Homes Johnson RB 5-10 180 Jr Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
* 23 Jackie Flowers WR 6-2 195 Sr *** Jacksonville (Raines)
24 Harvey Clayton DB 5-9 164 Fr Florida City (South Dade)
* 26 Wade Wallace FB 5-10 190 Sr * Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
* 27 Michael Whiting RB 6-2 195 So * Largo (Largo)
* 28 Keith Jones DB 5-11 185 Jr * Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 29 Sam Platt WR 5-11 176 Jr * Jacksonville (Wolfson)
30 Keith Kennedy RB 5-10 180 Sr-R Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
31 Gator Cherry FB 6-0 205 Sr-R ** Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 32 Greg Ramsey RB 5-10 170 Sr-R ** Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
* 33 James Harris DB 6-0 170 So Gainesville (Buchholz)
35 Ellis Singletary LB 5-9 210 Fr Jasper (Hamilton County)
36 Cliff Holiday DB-RB 5-8 161 Fr Newnan, Ga. (Newnan)
37 Greg Cary DB 6-1 176 Fr Tampa (Jesuit)
38 Kelly Burney RB 5-9 180 So Miami (Jackson)
* 39 Reggie Herring LB 6-2 195 Jr * Titusville (Astronaut)
* 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 So * Orlando (Oak Ridge)
41 Tommy Young RB 6-0 195 So Lake City (Columbia)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 Jr ** Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
* 43 Hector Gray DB 6-1 190 Sr-R * Miami (Miami Springs)
* 44 Ricky Williams RB 5-11 170 Fr Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee LB 6-3 195 Fr Doctors Inlet (Orange Park)
* 46 Ivory Joe Hunter DB 5-11 180 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Leon)
47 Bryan Cobb LB 6-3 200 Jr Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
* 48 Mark Lyles FB 6-4 232 Sr *** Buffalo, N.Y. (Cleveland)
49 Ken Burnett QB-DB 6-0 192 Fr Brandon (Brandon)
* 50 Ron Simmons NG 6-1 220 Jr ** Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 51 James Gilbert NG 6-2 235 So * Miami (Carol City)
52 Willie Andrusko C 6-5 227 So Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
* 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 205 Jr ** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 54 Arthur Scott DE 6-2 222 Jr-R ** Tampa (Brandon)
* 55 Gil Wesley C 6-1 220 Sr ** Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
56 Dmitri Rigas NG 6-2 210 So-R Augusta, Ga. (Glenn Hills)
57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 So Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 58 John Madden C 6-2 218 Jr * Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
59 Robert Harris DL 6-2 245 Fr Miami (Norland)
* 60 Scott McLean DT 6-4 218 So Clermont (Clermont)
61 Brent Brock OG 6-4 235 Jr-R Albany, Ga. (Albany)
62 Charles Ferguson LB 6-1 212 So * Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
62 Eric Ryan OG 6-4 225 Fr-R Sarasota (Sarasota)
63 Lee Adams OG 6-4 245 Jr * Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey DE 6-5 195 So * Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 Jr Lakeland (Lakeland)
66 Redus Coggin OG 6-3 230 So Chipley (Chipley)
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 Jr ** Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
68 Jeff Field OG 6-1 225 Jr Albany, Ga. (Westover)
* 69 Mike Good OG 6-2 230 Sr *** Sanford (Seminole)
* 70 Greg Futch OT 6-3 245 Jr-R ** Ocala (Forest)
71 Bob Merson OG 6-3 238 So Seminole (Seminole)
71 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 So-R Miami (Chaminade)
* 72 Ken Lanier OT 6-4 260 Jr ** Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
73 Chris Nickrenz OT 6-6 252 Fr Buffalo, N.Y. (Saint Joseph)
74 Danny Collier OT 6-4 250 So Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
* 75 Tom Brannon OT 6-3 240 Jr Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
* 76 Walter Carter DT 6-4 240 Sr *** Richmond, Va. (Walker)
* 77 Jeremy Mindlin DT 6-3 230 Sr-R * Miami (South Miami)
78 Mike Coleman OT 6-4 235 Jr Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
* 79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 So Ocala (Forest)
* 80 Scott Warren DE 6-3 228 Sr *** Titusville (Astronaut)
81 Zeke Mowatt TE 6-3 220 Fr Wauchula (Hardee)
82 Tony Johnson WR 6-2 160 Fr Dothan, Ala. (Wicksburg)
82 Lawrence Strainge WR 6-3 175 So Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
83 Ron Hester TE 6-2 205 Jr Umatilla (Umatilla)
* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 So * Tallahassee (Leon)
* 85 Grady King TE 6-4 205 Sr ** Satellite Beach (Satellite)
86 Bill Keck TE 6-4 220 Jr Newark, Ohio (Newark)
* 87 Phil Williams WR 5-10 168 Jr * Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
88 Jeff Bowden WR 5-7 165 So Tallahassee (Lincoln)
89 Tom Wheeler DB-QB 6-3 200 Fr South Daytona (Spruce Creek)
* 90 Edenbur Richardson DE 6-3 206 Sr ** Crystal River (Crystal River)
91 John Diamantas DT 6-3 230 So Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
92 David Cloud DT 6-3 235 Fr Marianna (Marianna)
93 David Ellis OT 6-3 235 So Paisley (Umatilla)
94 Mark Sims LB 6-4 215 So Bonifay (Holmes County)
95 Terry Widner OG 6-5 250 Fr Donalsonville, Ga. (Seminole County)
96 Carlton Jones DT 6-1 230 Jr-R Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)
97 Herbert Harp DL 6-2 275 Fr Winter Garden (West Orange)
98 Brad Fojtik DE 6-4 197 Fr Auburndale (Santa Fe Catholic)
99 Ricky Render DL 6-4 220 Fr Ozark, Ala. (Wicksburg)
Lettermen on page 9 1980 FSU Football Media Guide.
1979 Conference Awards
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Monk Bonasorte All-South Independent - 1st Team
Bobby Bowden All-South Independent - Coach of the Year
Bobby Butler All-South Independent - 1st Team
Dave Cappelen All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Jackie Flowers All-South Independent - 1st Team
Mike Good All-South Independent - 1st Team
Reggie Herring All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Jimmy Jordan All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Ken Lanier All-South Independent - 1st Team
Mark Lyles All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Ron Simmons All-South Independent - 1st Team
Scott Warren All-South Independent - 1st Team
All-Conference - 12
1979 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Monk Bonasorte Associated Press - 3rd Team
Bobby Butler Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Jackie Flowers Football News - 2nd Team
United Press International - 2nd Team
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Mike Good Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Jimmy Jordan The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Ken Lanier Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Ron Simmons American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team
Associated Press - 1st Team
Walter Camp - 1st Team
Football News - 1st Team
Kodak - 1st Team
United Press International - 1st Team
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
NCAA - Consensus
Scott Warren Churchman's - 1st Team
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Gil Wesley Churchman's - 1st Team
All-Americans - 9
1979 Award Winners
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Bobby Bowden ABC Coach of the Year
Award Winners - 1
1979 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Ed Beckman 85 TE Kansas City Chiefs
Randy Coffield 59 LB New York Giants
Bobby Jackson 40 CB New York Jets
Willie Jones 90 DE Oakland Raiders
Lee Nelson 38 CB St. Louis Cardinals
Gary Parris 89 TE St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Shumann 84 WR San Francisco 49ers
J.T. Thomas 24 DB Pittsburgh Steelers
Noles in the Pros - 8
1979 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 11- 1 5-0 5-0 1-1
Against Top 25 2- 1 2-0 0-0 0-1
Final AP - 6
Final UPI - 8
1979 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Mark Lyles 11/23/1979 Florida 27 151 5.59 2
Mark Lyles 11/03/1979 Cincinnati 29 142 4.90 1
Mark Lyles 11/10/1979 South Carolina 25 132 5.28 1
Michael Whiting 11/23/1979 Florida 19 123 6.47 0
Mark Lyles 10/06/1979 Louisville 22 118 5.36 0
1979 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Jackie Flowers 10/27/1979 Louisiana State 6 174 29.00 1
Jackie Flowers 11/17/1979 Memphis State 9 117 13.00 1
Jackie Flowers 09/29/1979 Virginia Tech 5 100 20.00 1
1979 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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Jimmy Jordan 10/27/1979 Louisiana State 31 14 312 2 10.06 3
1979 EOY Stats
From the 1980 FSU Football Press Guide, page 55.
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 319 136
Points Per Game............. 29.0 12.4
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 39 18
TDs Rushing................. 16 13
TDs Passing................. 18 5
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 0
TDs Punt Return............. 4 0
TDs Interception............ 1 0
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 33-39 14-18
Kick........................ 30-31 12-13
Pass........................ 3- 6 0- 3
Run......................... 0- 2 2- 2
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 15-24 4-10
SAFETY........................ 2 0
FIRST DOWNS................... 221 135
Rushing..................... 105 69
Passing..................... 104 56
Penalty..................... 12 10
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1861 1304
Yards gained rushing........ 2137 1786
Yards lost rushing.......... 276 482
Rushing Attempts............ 515 448
Average Per Rush............ 3.6 2.9
Average Per Game............ 169.2 118.5
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2214 1365
Att-Comp-Int................ 340-174-17 267- 91-23
Efficiency.................. 113.35 65.98
Average Per Pass............ 6.5 5.1
Average Per Catch........... 12.7 15.0
Average Per Game............ 201.3 124.1
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4075 2669
Total Plays................. 855 715
Average Per Play............ 4.8 3.7
Average Per Game............ 370.5 242.6
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 21- 218 33- 595
Average Per Return.......... 10.4 18.0
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 37-362 18-129
Average Per Return.......... 9.8 7.2
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 23-300 17-259
Average Per Return.......... 13.0 15.2
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 17- 8 45-18
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 63- 593 48- 434
Average Per Game............ 53.9 39.5
PUNTS-YARDS................... 66-2622 88-3320
Average Per Punt............ 39.7 37.7
Net punt average............ 37.8 33.6
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 65-167 41-162
3rd-Down Pct................ .389 .253
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 36- -
ATTENDANCE.................... 239,358 206,505
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 5-47,872 5-41,301
ATTENDANCE-NEUTRAL FIELD...... 33,484
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 1-33,484
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 50 | 110 |
57 | 102 |
319 |
| Opponents | 17 | 48 |
23 | 48 |
136 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Mark Lyles 11 225 1019 8 1011 4.5 8 28 91.9
Michael Whiting 11 109 537 15 522 4.8 2 25 47.5
Greg Ramsey 4 37 181 15 166 4.5 3 50 41.5
Gator Cherry 7 31 131 10 121 3.9 0 18 17.3
Keith Kennedy 7 16 51 4 47 2.9 1 11 6.7
Kelly Burney 2 6 41 3 38 6.3 1 17 19.0
Ricky Williams 10 34 80 49 31 0.9 1 11 3.1
Dennis McKinnon 2 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 5.0
Ken Burnett 5 4 9 2 7 1.8 0 3 1.4
Wade Wallace 5 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.4
Wally Woodham 10 26 49 52 -3 -0.1 0 8 -0.3
Sam Platt 10 3 6 31 -25 -8.3 0 6 -2.5
Jimmy Jordan 11 22 21 87 -66 -3.0 0 2 -6.0
Total......... 11 515 2137 276 1861 3.6 16 50 169.2
Opponents..... 11 448 1786 482 1304 2.9 13 118.5
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Jimmy Jordan 11 111.35 180- 87-14 .483 1173 13 53t 106.6
Wally Woodham 10 111.49 152- 80- 3 .526 940 5 31 94.0
Rick Stockstill 10 193.55 8- 7- 0 .875 101 0 36 10.1
Total......... 11 113.35 340-174-17 .512 2214 18 53t 201.3
Opponents..... 11 65.98 267- 91-23 .341 1365 5 124.1
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Jackie Flowers 11 37 622 16.8 7 44 56.5
Hardis Johnson 10 14 253 18.1 3 53t 25.3
Grady King 11 23 246 10.7 2 31 22.4
Mark Lyles 11 35 211 6.0 1 31 19.2
Phil Williams 11 14 211 15.1 0 36 19.2
Sam Platt 10 11 181 16.5 2 48 18.1
Michael Whiting 11 20 161 8.1 0 25 14.6
Ricky Williams 10 7 64 9.1 1 15t 6.4
Dennis McKinnon 2 3 53 17.7 0 36 26.5
Gator Cherry 7 3 46 15.3 0 17 6.6
Greg Ramsey 4 2 40 20.0 0 26 10.0
Sam Childers 10 6 34 5.7 2 10 3.4
Kurt Unglaub 1 2 24 12.0 0 13 24.0
Bill Keck 3 1 23 23.0 0 23 7.7
Keith Kennedy 7 4 21 5.3 0 11 3.0
Tony Johnson 1 1 14 14.0 0 14 14.0
Zeke Mowatt 1 1 10 10.0 0 10 10.0
Total......... 11 174 2214 12.7 18 53t 201.3
Opponents..... 11 91 1365 15.0 5 124.1
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Gary Henry 31 296 9.5 2
Bobby Butler 1 17 17.0 1
Keith Jones 0 15 1
Edenbur Richardson 1 14 14.0 0
Scott Warren 1 11 11.0 0
Monk Bonasorte 1 9 9.0 0 9
Dennis McKinnon 1 0 0.0 0
Total......... 37 362 9.8 4
Opponent...... 18 129 7.2 0
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Monk Bonasorte 8 100 12.5 0
Bobby Butler 6 69 11.5 0
Keith Jones 3 38 12.7 0
Paul Piurowski 2 51 25.5 1
Gary Henry 1 36 36.0 0
James Gilbert 1 3 3.0 0
Walter Carter 1 3 3.0 0
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 0 0.0 0
Total......... 23 300 13.0 1
Opponent...... 17 259 15.2 0
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Michael Whiting 10 164 16.4 0
Hardis Johnson 7 86 12.3 0
Dennis McKinnon 1 27 27.0 0
Gary Henry 1 21 21.0 0
Kelly Burney 1 19 19.0 0
Total......... 21 218 10.4 0
Opponent...... 33 595 18.0 0
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
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Monk Bonasorte 3 0 0.0 0 . 1
Keith Jones 2 0 0.0 0 . 3
Ron Simmons 2 0 0.0 0 . 2
Reggie Herring 2 0 0.0 0 . 1
Edenbur Richardson 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
Scott Warren 1 0 0.0 0 . 3
Scott McLean 1 0 0.0 0 . 3
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 0 0.0 0 . 2
Garry Futch 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Walter Carter 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Mark Macek 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Mike Smith 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Paul Piurowski 0 0 . 0 . 2
Keith Baker 0 0 . 0 . 2
James Gilbert 0 0 . 0 . 1
Harvey Clayton 0 0 . 0 . 1
Arthur Scott 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 18 0.0 0 22
Opponent...... 8 0.0 0
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
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Dave Cappelen 0 14-22 28-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 70
Mark Lyles 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 56
Jackie Flowers 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44
Hardis Johnson 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Greg Ramsey 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Sam Childers 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 14
Gary Henry 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Grady King 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Sam Platt 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Michael Whiting 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 12
Ricky Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Bobby Butler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Keith Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Paul Piurowski 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Kelly Burney 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Keith Kennedy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Bill Capece 0 1-2 2-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 5
James Gilbert 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Scott Warren 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Jimmy Jordan 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3-5 0 0 0
Rick Stockstill 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0
Wally Woodham 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0
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FSU 39 15-24 30-31 0-1 3 3-7 0 2 319
Opponent 18 4-10 12-13 2-2 0 0-3 0 0 136
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Mark Lyles |
8 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Jackie Flowers |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Hardis Johnson |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Greg Ramsey |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sam Childers |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Gary Henry |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
| Grady King |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sam Platt |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Michael Whiting |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Ricky Williams |
1 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Bobby Butler |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Keith Jones |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Paul Piurowski |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Kelly Burney |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Keith Kennedy |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Jimmy Jordan |
. |
. |
13 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Wally Woodham |
. |
. |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
16 |
18 |
18 |
1 |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
13 |
5 |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
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
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Jimmy Jordan 11 202 -66 1173 1107 100.6
Mark Lyles 11 225 1011 0 1011 91.9
Wally Woodham 10 178 -3 940 937 93.7
Michael Whiting 11 109 522 0 522 47.5
Greg Ramsey 4 37 166 0 166 41.5
Gator Cherry 7 31 121 0 121 17.3
Rick Stockstill 10 8 0 101 101 10.1
Keith Kennedy 7 16 47 0 47 6.7
Kelly Burney 2 6 38 0 38 19.0
Ricky Williams 10 34 31 0 31 3.1
Dennis McKinnon 2 1 10 0 10 5.0
Ken Burnett 5 4 7 0 7 1.4
Wade Wallace 5 1 2 0 2 0.4
Sam Platt 10 3 -25 0 -25 -2.5
Total......... 11 855 1861 2214 4075 370.5
Opponent...... 11 715 1304 1365 2669 242.6
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
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Dave Cappelen 14-22 .636 2- 2 6- 9 2- 4 3- 6 1- 1 50
Bill Capece 1- 2 .500 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 18
| FG SEQUENCE |
Dave Cappelen |
Bill Capece |
|---|
| Southern Mississippi |
(26), 30 |
None |
| Arizona State |
(42) |
None |
| Miami |
(26), (28) |
None |
| Virginia Tech |
(20) |
None |
| Louisville |
29, (36) |
None |
| Mississippi State |
39, (46) |
None |
| Louisiana State |
27, (31) |
51 |
| Cincinnati |
40 |
None |
| South Carolina |
(19), (29), (50), (27) |
None |
| Memphis State |
(19) |
None |
| Florida |
41, (42), 46, 29 |
(18) |
| Oklahoma |
None |
None |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Rohn Stark 66 2622 39.7 60
Total......... 66 2622 39.7 60
Opponent...... 88 3320 37.7 4
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Mark Lyles 11 1011 211 0 0 0 0 1222 111.1
Michael Whiting 11 522 161 0 164 0 0 847 77.0
Jackie Flowers 11 0 622 0 0 0 0 622 56.5
Gary Henry 10 0 0 296 21 36 0 353 35.3
Hardis Johnson 10 0 253 0 86 0 0 339 33.9
Grady King 11 0 246 0 0 0 0 246 22.4
Phil Williams 11 0 211 0 0 0 0 211 19.2
Greg Ramsey 4 166 40 0 0 0 0 206 51.5
Gator Cherry 7 121 46 0 0 0 0 167 23.9
Sam Platt 10 -25 181 0 0 0 0 156 15.6
Monk Bonasorte 11 0 0 9 0 100 0 109 9.9
Ricky Williams 10 31 64 0 0 0 0 95 9.5
Dennis McKinnon 2 10 53 0 27 0 0 90 45.0
Bobby Butler 11 0 0 17 0 69 0 86 7.8
Keith Kennedy 7 47 21 0 0 0 0 68 9.7
Kelly Burney 2 38 0 0 19 0 0 57 28.5
Keith Jones 11 0 0 15 0 38 0 53 4.8
Paul Piurowski 11 0 0 0 0 51 0 51 4.6
Sam Childers 10 0 34 0 0 0 0 34 3.4
Kurt Unglaub 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 24 24.0
Bill Keck 3 0 23 0 0 0 0 23 7.7
Tony Johnson 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 14.0
Edenbur Richardson 9 0 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.6
Scott Warren 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.0
Zeke Mowatt 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 10.0
Ken Burnett 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.4
James Gilbert 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.3
Walter Carter 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.3
Wade Wallace 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4
Wally Woodham 10 -3 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3
Jimmy Jordan 11 -66 0 0 0 0 0 -66 -6.0
Total......... 11 1861 2214 362 218 300 0 4955 450.5
Opponent...... 11 1304 1365 129 595 259 0 3652 332.0
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Reggie Herring 11 70 74 144 8.0- 1.0- . . . 2- 0 1 . .
Paul Piurowski 11 64 59 123 2.0- 6.0- 2- 51 . . . 2 . .
Ron Simmons 11 65 16 81 17.0- 6.0- . . . 2- 0 2 2 .
Scott Warren 11 35 35 70 6.0- 3.0- . . . 1- 0 3 1 1
Arthur Scott 11 30 38 68 10.0- 5.0- . . . . 1 . .
Monk Bonasorte 11 37 27 64 1.0- . 8-100 . . 3- 0 1 1 .
Mark Macek 11 32 30 62 2.0- 3.0- . . . 1- 0 . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 11 27 15 42 1.0- . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 2 . .
Jeremy Mindlin 11 19 18 37 3.0- 2.0- . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 10 23 14 37 3.0- 3.0- 1- 3 . . . 1 . 1
Keith Jones 11 24 9 33 1.0- 2.0- 3- 38 . . 2- 0 3 . .
Walter Carter 10 16 14 30 1.0- 1.0- 1- 3 . . 1- 0 . . .
Edenbur Richardson 9 11 19 30 3.0- . . . . 2- 0 . 1 .
Bobby Butler 11 23 6 29 . . 6- 69 . . . . 1 .
Keith Baker 9 12 11 23 . . . . . . 2 . .
Garry Futch 10 13 8 21 1.0- 2.0- . . . 1- 0 . . .
Scott McLean 9 8 8 16 . 1.0- . . . 1- 0 3 . .
Jarvis Coursey 9 11 4 15 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 10 2 5 7 . 1.0- 1- 36 . . . . . .
Ellis Singletary 3 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Dmitri Rigas 1 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 9 3 . 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 9 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Rick Stockstill 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Herbert Harp 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Harvey Clayton 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
Jackie Flowers 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Futch 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Good 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Brannon 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Capece 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dave Cappelen 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jimmy Jordan 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grady King 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mark Lyles 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rohn Stark 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phil Williams 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sam Childers 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hardis Johnson 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sam Platt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Williams 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wally Woodham 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danny Collier 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Madden 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eric Ryan 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Robert Harris 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gil Wesley 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Keith Kennedy 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gator Cherry 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chris Nickrenz 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Burnett 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trent Barnes 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Ramsey 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lee Adams 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Keck 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bob Merson 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dennis McKinnon 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kelly Burney 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kurt Unglaub 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tony Johnson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zeke Mowatt 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Totals 537 414 951 60.0- 0.0 36.0- 0.0 23-300 . . 18- 0 22 6 2
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS USM ASU UM VT UL MsSt LSU UC SC Mem UF OU
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Ron Clewis 0- 0
Tim Davis 0- 0
Homer Johnson 0- 0
Wayne Jones 0- 0
Tim McGuffin 0- 0
Tony Messina 0- 0
Jeremy Millinoff 0- 0
Brian Poag 0- 0
Scott Redditt 0- 0
Mark Rodrigue 0- 0
Ernie Saltmarsh 0- 0
Jimmy Stearns 0- 0
Mark Trimble 0- 0
Mike Williams 0- 0
Dale Winslette 0- 0
1 Dave Cappelen 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
3 Rohn Stark 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
4 Rick Houston 0- 0
5 Weegie Thompson 0- 0
6 Dennis McKinnon 3- 0 xx xx xx
7 Mike Smith 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
9 Greg Thompson 0- 0
10 Mike Walker 0- 0
11 Rick Stockstill 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
12 Wally Woodham 11- 9 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx O-QB O-QB O-QB xx
13 Kelly Lowrey 0- 0
14 Blair Williams 0- 0
15 Jimmy Jordan 12- 3 xx xx xx xx xx O-QB xx O-QB xx xx xx O-QB
17 Bill Capece 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
18 Joe Moss 0- 0
19 Kurt Unglaub 1- 0 xx
20 Jeff Ector 0- 0
21 Bobby Butler 12-12 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB
22 Hardis Johnson 11- 5 xx xx xx xx xx xx O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR
22 Homes Johnson 0- 0
23 Jackie Flowers 12-12 O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR
24 Harvey Clayton 0- 0
26 Wade Wallace 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
27 Michael Whiting 12- 5 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-TB O-RB O-RB O-TB O-RB
28 Keith Jones 12-12 D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS
29 Sam Platt 11- 2 O-WR xx xx xx O-WR xx xx xx xx xx xx
30 Keith Kennedy 8- 2 O-RB xx O-RB xx xx xx xx xx
31 Gator Cherry 8- 3 xx xx O-TB O-RB O-TB xx xx xx
32 Greg Ramsey 4- 2 xx O-TB xx O-TB
33 James Harris 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
35 Ellis Singletary 3- 0 xx xx xx
36 Cliff Holiday 0- 0
37 Greg Cary 0- 0
38 Kelly Burney 3- 0 xx xx xx
39 Reggie Herring 12-12 D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB
40 Gary Henry 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
41 Tommy Young 0- 0
42 Monk Bonasorte 12-12 D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS
43 Hector Gray 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
44 Ricky Williams 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee 0- 0
46 Ivory Joe Hunter 12-12 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB
47 Bryan Cobb 0- 0
48 Mark Lyles 12-12 O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
49 Ken Burnett 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
50 Ron Simmons 12-11 D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG xx D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
51 James Gilbert 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
52 Willie Andrusko 0- 0
53 Paul Piurowski 12-11 xx D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB
54 Arthur Scott 12-12 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-RE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
55 Gil Wesley 7- 7 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
56 Dmitri Rigas 2- 0 xx xx
57 Keith Baker 10- 1 D-LB xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
58 John Madden 10- 5 xx xx xx xx O-C O-C xx O-C O-C O-C
59 Robert Harris 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
60 Scott McLean 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
61 Brent Brock 1- 0 xx
62 Charles Ferguson 0- 0
62 Eric Ryan 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
63 Lee Adams 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
64 Jarvis Coursey 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
65 Trent Barnes 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
66 Redus Coggin 0- 0
67 Mark Macek 12-12 D-DT D-DT D-DT D-LT D-LT D-DT D-LT D-LT D-DT D-DT D-LT D-DT
68 Jeff Field 0- 0
69 Mike Good 12-12 O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-LG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-LG
70 Greg Futch 12-12 O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-RG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-RG
71 Bob Merson 2- 0 xx xx
71 Barry Voltapetti 0- 0
72 Ken Lanier 12-12 O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-LT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-LT
73 Chris Nickrenz 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
74 Danny Collier 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
75 Tom Brannon 12-12 O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-RT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-OT O-RT
76 Walter Carter 11- 1 D-DT xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
77 Jeremy Mindlin 12-11 xx D-DT D-DT D-RT D-RT D-DT D-RT D-RT D-DT D-DT D-RT D-DT
78 Mike Coleman 0- 0
79 Garry Futch 11- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx D-NG xx xx xx xx
80 Scott Warren 12-12 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-LE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
81 Zeke Mowatt 2- 0 xx xx
82 Tony Johnson 1- 0 xx
82 Lawrence Strainge 0- 0
83 Ron Hester 1- 0 xx
84 Sam Childers 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
85 Grady King 12-10 xx xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
86 Bill Keck 3- 2 O-TE O-TE xx
87 Phil Williams 12- 5 xx O-WR O-WR O-WR xx O-WR O-WR xx xx xx xx xx
88 Jeff Bowden 0- 0
89 Tom Wheeler 0- 0
90 Edenbur Richardson 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
91 John Diamantas 0- 0
92 David Cloud 0- 0
93 David Ellis 0- 0
94 Mark Sims 0- 0
95 Terry Widner 0- 0
96 Carlton Jones 0- 0
97 Herbert Harp 1- 0 xx
98 Brad Fojtik 0- 0
99 Ricky Render 0- 0
Florida State 17, Southern Mississippi 14
09/08/1979, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 8, 1979, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles strike late, 17-14.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Behind 14-3 with 10 minutes left in the last quarter, Florida
State's football team struck for two quick touchdowns and overtook Southern Mississippi 17-14 here Saturday night before 45,467 mostly thankful fans.
A 65-yard punt return for a touchdown by
sophomore Gary Henry with 6:28 to go did the trick.
On this night, defense was the name of the hard game on both sides. A blocked punt by free safety Monk Bonasorte had given FSU the ball at
Southern's 15 just a few minutes prior, precipitating an eight-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Jordan to Jackie Flowers.
On runs, Southern moved from its 20 following Bill Capece's game-opening
kickoff into the end zone. Twice Tiko Beal dug for eight yards as the Eagles gained their 44.
Dane McDaniel, on first down, retreated to pass and end Arthur Scott chased him - and sacked the
quarterback for a 13-yard loss at the 31.
Southern could not recoup the loss. Freshman Bruce Thompson's 36-yard punt put FSU at its 24.
Kurt Unglaub snared an 11-yard Wally Woodham pass at the
40. Soon Jackie Flowers grabbed a 30-yard Woodham strike at Southern's 26. A bit later Flowers caught an 11-yarder for a first down at the 14.
But the Seminoles got no further than the 10. On
fourth down Dave Cappelen kicked a 27-yard field goal for 3-0.
The Eagles could not move. Thompson booted a 46-yard punt to FSU's 26.
Two plays later linebacker Clump Taylor made a leaping
interception of Woodham's too-high pass to Grady King, at the FSU 44.
On the next play, Beal fumbled as he had his jersey ripped off on a run, and Ron Simmons recovered the rolling ball at FSU's
30.
Nothing happened and Stark's 44-yard punt backed Southern to its 31. Soon Thompson punted back, to FSU's 32. Four plays later Stark booted a 55-yarder, putting Southern at its 21.
As the
second quarter opened, Southern struggled to its 38 before punting to FSU's 13.
In came Jimmy Jordan at quarterback for the first time. For starters, he threw a 48-yard bomb to Sam Platt at the
Eagles' 39.
That was it. Two runs failed and a pass missed. FSU faked a field-goal try, trying to draw Southern offside, deliberately taking a five-yard delay penalty to give Stark punting room.
Whereupon, Stark angled a b oot out od bounds at the four.
A pass-interference call on Ivory Joe Hunter got Southern out of the trap and up to its 34.
A 17-yard pass to Larry Taylor gained FSU's
47. On third and three Monk Bonasorte stopped McDaniel on a keeper, forcing a punt that trickled into the end zone.
Still no semblance of an FSU running game as Greg Ramsey got nailed for a loss of
seven. Stark booted another long one, 51 yards to the 30.
Southern moved to a touchdown.
Three runs reached the Eagles' 46.
Then tailback Ricky Floyd hit Carr Brown with a 27-yard pass at
FSU's 27. Willie Corner pounded to the 15. Three more runs brought a first down at the five. Three plays later Floyd scored easily, on a pitchback from two yards out. Thirty-four seconds remained in
the half as Winston Walker kicked a point to put the Seminoles behind 7-3.
Jordan had time for a couple of futile passes, but that was all.
At half-time, FSU's running game had netted a grand
total of 10 yards, and the passing game just 104. Southern led in yardage, 152 to 122, with 107 of its yardage on the ground. Beal, who went off the field with a busted shoulder late in the half, had
picked up 42 yards in six carries.
Soon after the start of the last half, Southern had seven more points.
FSU started from its 34 after the kickoff. A short pass to Unglaub from Woodham gained
the 46. Mark Lyles dug to Southern's 46. Two plays later Lyles fumbled at the 50 and Albert Teague claimed it for the visitors.
Promptly, McDaniel threw long, to streaking tailback Floyd, who had
gotten behind Bobby Butler. It was a 43-yard play to the seven.
On a pitchout, Floyd cut inside and scored - again easily. Walker's point made it 14-3.
In a hole at its 16 after the kickoff, the
Seminoles got out of it when Lyles was hit late following a five-yard run. The penalty lifted the Seminoles to the 36, and they cut out another first down at the 46. Whereupon three passes missed
their targets. Stark punted to the 14.
McDaniel lost four on a first-down fumble. Defenders stuffed two running plays. A punt gave FSU the ball at Southern's 47.
A run got two and two passes
nothing. Stark punted into the end zone.
Again the defense held - with Taylor's dropping a McDaniel bomb at about the 35 on third down helping out.
Woodham passed to Platt at the 30. But a
holding penalty on the next play rubbed out that gain. Then Woodham was sacked for a loss of 10. Soon Stark punted again - to the three.
For the third straight time FSU got the ball just inside
Southern territory as the Eagles punted back - up to their 45.
Lyles got eight on a reverse, to the 37, as the third quarter ended. After Lyles pounded for a first down, Grady King grabbed a
15-yard pass to the 17. A pass missed, Lyles got two, another pass missed and Cappelen's fourth-down try for a 30-yard field goal was blocked by Grant Culliver.
Four plays later free safety
Bonasorte blocked Thompson's punt, presenting the Seminoles with the ball at the Southern 15.
Greg Ramsey shot through for six yards. Lyles got one. An end-zone pass to King was broken up. On
fourth down Jordan fired a touchdown pass to Flowers in the end zone. The Seminoles elected to try a pass for two points. It was well defended, and it stayed 14-9.
On a 15-yard pass to Taylor,
Southern moved from its 16 to 31 in the face of an aroused defense. Then Winder was sacked for a loss of five, and McDaniel swarmed under - Scott Warren in the fore - for minus 10.
Soon Thomson
punted - a 49-yarder that Henry gathered in at his 35.
Moving toward the sidelines, Henry got a big block from some lineman, then cut back to the middle of the field, out-racing defenders all
stacked near the sidelines. It was a 65-yard scoring run.
Going for two, Jordan got the points on a pass to Flowers, making it 17-14 with 6:28 to play.
Southern got a big chance with 5:24 left
when Keith Jones fumbled a punt and Culliver recovered for the Eagles at FSU's 44.
But tackle James Gilbert sacked McDaniel for minus-six on second down. Then Butler intercepted a McDaniel bomb and
ran it up to FSU's 22 with the clock showing 4:05. Clipping put the Seminoles back on the 11.
On third-and-two Jordan threw to Flowers for a first down at the 34. Then on third-and-three he hit
Phil Williams on the sidelines for four precious yards and a first down at the 45.
Three more runs exhausted all of the time left, and FSU had pulled it out.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Southern Mississippi |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
| Florida State |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
17 |
1st 3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 26, field goal, 6:14
2nd 3- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 0:34
3rd 3-14 Opp, 7, run (kick), 12:03
4th 3-14 Dave Cappelen, 30, field goal blocked, 13:08
9-14 Jackie Flowers, 8, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Jimmy Jordan, pass failed), 9:43
17-14 Gary Henry, 65, punt return/blocked punt (Jackie Flowers, pass from Jimmy Jordan), 6:28
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 13 11
Rushes-yards 34-72 47-97
Passing 186 103
Att-Comp-Int 33-14-1 15-6-1
Total Yards 67-258 62-200
Punt Returns 3-73 2-8
Kickoff Returns 3-33 0-0
Interception Ret. 1-10 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 8-46.0 11-35.8
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 5-1
Penalties-Yds 6-62 3-30
Attendance 45,467
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 20 66 0 8
Michael Whiting 1 8 0 8
Greg Ramsey 4 5 0 6
Keith Kennedy 5 3 0 4
Ricky Williams 3 1 0 4
Wally Woodham 1 -11 0 -11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 34 72 0 8
Opp 47 97 2 14
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 4 64 1 30
Sam Platt 2 63 0 48
Kurt Unglaub 2 24 0 13
Grady King 1 15 0 15
Keith Kennedy 2 12 0 8
Phil Williams 1 5 0 5
Mark Lyles 1 4 0 4
Michael Whiting 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 186 1 48
Opp 6 103 0 43
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 9 20 1 95 0 30
Jimmy Jordan 5 13 0 91 1 48
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 33 1 186 1 48
Opp 6 15 1 103 0 43
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 1 65 1 65t
Monk Bonasorte 1 9 0 9
Keith Jones 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 73 1 65t
Opp 2 8 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 2 24 0
Hardis Johnson 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 33 0 9
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 8 368 55
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 368 55
Opp 11 394 49
|---------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 2 8 10 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 2 7 9 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 2 6 8 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Keith Baker . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 5 7 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 3 3 6 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Walter Carter . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 3 2 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Bobby Butler 2 3 5 . . 1- 10 1 . . . . .
Mark Macek . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 2 1 3 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 19 69 88 5.0- 0.0 . 1- 10 3 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 18 67 85 4.0- . 1- 0 4 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
WR 29 Sam Platt
RB 30 Keith Kennedy
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 86 Bill Keck
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DE 54 Arthur Scott
LB 57 Keith Baker
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 76 Walter Carter
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
22 Hardis Johnson
27 Michael Whiting
32 Greg Ramsey
33 James Harris
35 Ellis Singletary
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
53 Paul Piurowski
58 John Madden
64 Jarvis Coursey
71 Bob Merson
74 Danny Collier
77 Jeremy Mindlin
78 Eric Ryan
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
85 Grady King
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
98 Robert Harris
|
Florida State 31, Arizona State 3
09/15/1979, Tampa
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 16, 1979, page 55, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles startle Sun Devils.
TAMPA, FL - Laughing in the rain, Florida State romped to a surprisingly easy
31-3 football victory over startled Arizona State here Saturday night.
It was 24-0 at halftime.
Once again, it was a definitive charge - notably led by Ron Simmons - that keyed a victory. Free
safety Monk Bonasorte paved 10 first-half points with two interceptions.
Even Rick Stockstill got to play. The reserve quarterback, chafing on the bench, was in for a closing series in the final
minute.
Just before halftime Simmons forced a fumble out of fullback Newton Williams and recovered it at the Arizona State eight. Next play Jimmy Jordan threw eight yards to Grady King for the
touchdown that made it 24-0.
A crowd of 33, 485 turned out in Tampa Stadium despite rain that started around 4 p.m. and continued into the second half.
At the start, Arizona State won the toss
and elected to receive the opening kickoff on the wet field, with a little rain still falling.
A first-play fumble lost three yards following a runback of the kickoff to the 24. Two passes missed.
A punt placed FSU at its 37.
Mark Lyles dug for three, Greg Ramsey for five. Then Wally Woodham's pass was stolen by the Sun Devil's Mike Maloney at the ASU 24.
Gerald Riggs ran a running charge
to the 41. Mark Malone soon hit Bernard Henry with a 14-yard pass at FSU's 44. Three runs lost two yards, and a personal foul put Arizona State back to its 39 before a punt to the Seminoles' 27.
Neither could FSU run, three tries losing four yards, Rohn Stark boomed a 56-yard punt to the foe's 31.
Cornerback Bobby Butler, leading a charge that resulted in a 7-yard loss for runner Robert
Weathers, keyed a defensive stand. FSU got the ball at its 44 after another punt.
Running by Lyles spurred FSU to Arizona State's 45. But Wally Woodham was sacked for a loss of five, and soon an
offensive pass-interference call on the Seminoles knocked them back to their 43. Stark punted to the 13.
On third down, Malone threw and Monk Bonasorte intercepted at about the 35, running the ball
back to the 19 before he was tackled.
Lyles was stopped for no gain. Then Woodham threw to Jackie Flowers deep in the corner of the end zone for a touchdown. Dave Cappelen kicked a point for 7-0
with 42 seconds left in the quarter.
Arizona State ushered in a new quarterback, Mike Pagel. Three plays from the 19 got three yards. A punt gave FSU another try, from its 42.
With Jimmy Jordan
replacing Woodham at quarterback, a draw was called. Ramsey took the ball, cut outside, found running room down the sidelines and knocked off 50 yards to the 8.
Lyles pounded to the 5, then to the
1, then scored. As Cappelen kicked an extra point, holding was called on the Seminoles. He kicked another from much farther back - in effect, a 35-yard extra point - and the Seminoles led 14-0 in the
early moments of the second quarter.
Again at its 19 after a kickoff, Arizona State could not move. A punt rolled to FSU's 38.
Under a heavy rush, Stark soon punted back - a 27-yarder that gave
Arizona State a crack from its 42.
A pass-interference call on Ivory Joe Hunter provided a first down at FSU's 40. Three plays later Walter Carter and Ron Simmons relentlessly chased a retreating
Pagel - and Carter sacked him for a 25-yard loss to Arizona State's 35.
Then again they swapped punts. Jordan completed a couple of short passes but a reverse play lost eight yards. When Stark
punted a 51-yarder, freshman Willie Gittens fielded at the 5 - and broke free. He would have gone all the way except for Stark, who nailed him following a 25-yard runback at the 30.
With 3:23 left
in the half, Bonasorte emerged with his second interception, returning it 39 yards to Arizona State's 35.
After a first down at the 24 on the running of Lyles and Ramsey, the attack stalled.
Cappelen kicked a 42-yard field goal with 2:17 left for 17-0.
On the following series Simmons forced a fumble from fullback Newton Williams, then recovered it at the Arizona State 8.
Jordan
whipped a touchdown pass to Grady King in the end zone to make it 24-0 with 1:39 remaining in the half.
Arizona State cautiously ran a couple of plays into the line following a short FSU kickoff
before time expired.
At this halfway point, the Sun Devils had minus-six yards rushing in 25 tries and total offense of just 26 yards. Florida State had a sum of 124 on the attack, including a
surprising 68 running.
Soon after the start of the third quarter FSU got pushed to its 10 by a holding penalty.
A punt gave the Arizonians position at FSU's 48. On second down Williams broke two
tackles and slashed 38 yards to the 10.
But a run lost a yard, and a pass was broken up. Scott Warren chased Malone, forcing a fumble that lost 11 yards to the 22. On fourth down, Scott Peterson
kicked a 39-yard field goal, trimming the score to 24-3.
Woodham directed a movement from the FSU 17, with Lyles running hard. Grady King snared a pass and converted it into a 32-yard gain to the
Arizona State 36. The Seminoles ran out of gas at the 29, when a 4th-and-3 bid failed.
Malone directed to FSU's 38 but penalties knocked the Sun Devils back into their own territory.
The running
of Lyles got FSU out of the hole at its 16 following a punt, and up to the 27 as the third quarter ended.
The Seminoles kept it going when as Stark punted, a flag fell. An illegal block, before the
ball changed hands, gave FSU a first down at the 45.
Jordan moved in, and Phil Williams grabbed a 36-yard pass at the 19. Platt dropped a touchdown strike in the end zone on the following play. Two
more Jordan passes missed as a holding penalty set the Seminoles back. Stark punted out of bounds at the three.
A penalty vaulted the Sun Devils to their 20 and a pass to Hugh Nustker got 15
more.
Paul Piurowski sacked Malone, forcing a fumble that the Seminoles' Reggie Herring recovered at the 27.
But Jordan couldn't connect on two passes, and a Williams reverse lost 10. Stark
punted to the seven.
A 26-yard screen pass to Arthur Lane got the Sun Devils to the 50. Under heavy pressure, Malone fumbled and lost five on third down. A punt had FSU at its 14.
A 36-yard
Jordan pass to Flowers got FSU to Arizona State's 47. Williams grabbed one for five, and Flowers another for 15, at the 27. As a pass missed, the Arizonans were penalized five for having 12 men on the
field. Williams snared a first-down pass at the 16.
Another pass lost six and a penalty for a clip knocked the Seminoles back to the 35. Hardis Johnson pulled in a throw at the 15.
On fourth
down, Jordan threw wide to Ricky Williams, who romped down the sidelines for an easy six points. Cappelen's kick made it 31-3 with 1:56 remaining.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Arizona State |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Florida State |
7 |
17 |
0 |
7 |
31 |
1st 7- 0 Jackie Flowers, 18, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:42
2nd 14- 0 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:11
17- 0 Dave Cappelen, 42, field goal, 2:17
24- 0 Grady King, 8, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:37
3rd 24- 3 Opp, 39, field goal, 9:56
4th 31- 3 Ricky Williams, 15, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:56
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 12
Rushes-yards 39-108 43-31
Passing 225 92
Att-Comp-Int 34-18-1 28-9-2
Total Yards 73-333 71-123
Punt Returns 0-0 4-22
Kickoff Returns 2-35 5-69
Interception Ret. 2-55 1-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 7-38.4 9-36.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 10-2
Penalties-Yds 7-104 7-70
Attendance 33,484
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Ramsey 10 59 0 50
Mark Lyles 16 56 1 7
Michael Whiting 5 10 0 9
Gator Cherry 2 5 0 5
Keith Kennedy 1 0 0
Wally Woodham 1 -5 0 -5
Ricky Williams 3 -7 0 4
Sam Platt 1 -10 0 -10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 108 1 50
Opp 43 31 0 38
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 4 75 1 36
Phil Williams 3 51 0 36
Grady King 2 39 1 31
Ricky Williams 3 32 1 15t
Hardis Johnson 1 19 0 19
Mark Lyles 2 7 0 9
Sam Childers 1 5 0 5
Michael Whiting 2 -3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 225 3 36
Opp 9 92 0 26
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 12 23 0 155 2 36
Wally Woodham 6 11 1 70 1 31
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 34 1 225 3 36
Opp 9 28 2 92 0 26
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 4 22 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 2 35 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 35 0
Opp 5 69 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 269 53
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 269 53
Opp 9 331 42
|---------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 . . . . . 2- 55 . . . . . .
Ron Simmons . . . . . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Paul Piurowski . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Reggie Herring . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Scott Warren . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0 . . 2- 55 . . 2- 0 3 . .
Opp . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
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 75 Tom Brannon
TE 86 Bill Keck
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
22 Hardis Johnson
27 Michael Whiting
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
44 Ricky Williams
84 Sam Childers
85 Grady King
|
Florida State 40, Miami 23
09/22/1979, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 23, 1979, page 63, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles belt Miami 40-23.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Behind 7-3 after a quarter of play, Florida State's football
team feasted on Miami mistakes and romped to a 40-23 victory before 47,679 fans here Saturday night.
It was the second largest crowd in Campbell Stadium history, topped only by the 48,432 that saw
the Florida game last year.
Miami was never in it after FSU broke loose in the second period and took a 19-7 halftime lead. It was 33-7 after three periods, and the Seminoles emptied their bench of
reserves.
The Seminoles intercepted Mike Rodrigue, the sophomore quarterback from Tallahassee, four times. Jim Kelly, a freshman, quarterbacked two last-period touchdowns for the Hurricanes.
Hard running by Mark Lyles and Greg Ramsey were considerable factors as FSU uncovered a running game.
It was FSU's seventh straight victory and not since 1967 has that happened.
In the
beginning, Florida State chose to kick off after winning the coin toss - opting for the advantage of a strong wind.
Miami got the kickoff out to the 14, then ran three times - two by Taylor Timmons
- for a first down at the 27. Then quarterback Mike Rodrigue pitched out poorly and Reggie Herring recovered the errant ball for FSU at the 19.
A surprise third-down run for seven by Mark Lyles
slammed for five more, to the three. But a busted play, a delay penalty and a pass to Lyles that lost two knocked the Seminoles back to the 10.
On fourth down, Dave Cappelen kicked a 26-yard field
goal for a 3-0 lead.
From its 20, Miami charged.
On third-and-12 at the 32, Rodrigue threw a running pass to Chris Hobbs for 14 at the 46. Rodrigue scrambled for four, then passed to Timmons for
eight at FSU's 42. After a delay penalty and a sack of Rodrigue for a loss of three, it came to third-and-16.
Pat Walker came up with a spectacular catch of a 40-yard Rodrigue pass at the 10.
A
pass missed and Hobbs was stopped cold.
But on third-and-10, Hobbs scored easily on an outside draw play untouched. Dan Miller kicked a point and Miami led 7-3.
Checked at its 24, Florida State
punted with Rohn Stark powering a 57-yarder that Malcolm Simmons ran back 24 yards to the 44.
Ron Simmons led a defensive stand that forced a Miami punt to the 25.
Greg Ramsey rambled for 10,
then soon caught a 15-yard Wally Woodham pass at Miami's 47. As the second quarter opened, Sam Platt snared a 14-yarder at the 31. Two plays later Platt caught a 23-yarder at the four - tripping and
falling, else he would have scored.
Lyles hit the right side, found no room, spun away and scored up the middle. Cappelen booted a point regaining FSU the lead 10-7.
Miami's Simmons wheeled the
kickoff 26 yards up to the 36. Hobb's quick running soon got Miami to FSU's 45. Two plays later, Bobby Butler intercepted Rodrigue's pass at the 19 and returned it to the 36. A personal foul penalty
on the play vaulted FSU to Miami's 49.
Three plays got a first down at the 37. Platt caught a nine-yard pass at the 25. Three runs ground out another first down at the 15. But the Seminoles were at
the 12 after three plays, Platt catching Woodham's end zone pass out of bounds on third down.
Cappelen entered to put through a 29-yard field goal, lifting the score to 13-7.
FSU quickly got
another shot when Monk Bonasorte intercepted a Rodrigue pass at the Miami 41.
Jimmy Jordan replaced Woodham at quarterback, but his third-down throw was intercepted at the 25 by Fred Marion as
intended-receiver Jackie Flowers got tripped up on the play.
Defenders stopped Hobbs on two runs and one pass reception.
When Greg LaBelle went back to punt, he got a low snap and officials
ruled his knee touched the ground at the 14 before he got the boot away.
From the 14, Jordan soon fired to Lyles for a first down at the three. But three more runs left the Seminoles at the one.
After a timeout, they gambled on fourth down. Lyles' plunge was ruled a touchdown with 22 seconds left in the half, despite Miami protests. It was close.
The Seminoles chose to try for two, but
Jordan's pass was batted down, leaving it 19-7.
Still there was time for Bonasorte to come up with another interception off Rodrigue, at FSU's 22, before the horn blew ending the half.
At this
point, FSU led in yardage, 143-106. Woodham had completed eight of 10 passes for 73 of that total. Hobbs had run 12 times for 52 yards. Rodrigue had hit only four of 11 throws for 66 yards.
Soon
after the start of the last half, FSU got another break.
Miami had started at its 20 after the kickoff. Three plays came up short.
When LeBelle punted, Gary Henry called for a fair catch and was
hit after catching the ball. The penalty, following a rather short boot, gave FSU the ball at Miami's 37.
Ramsey ran for six, Lyles for four. Then Ramsey slipped through for 21 to the five. Ramsey
scored on a pitchout, going four yards. Cappelen's point jumped the score to 26-7.
On a Rodrigue run of 16, Miami got up to its 37. Pass interference moved the Hurricanes on to FSU's 46. But Mark
Macek nailed Hobbs for a loss of three on first down, putting a crimp in the bid.
Then the two teams swapped punts.
Keith Jones' interception of Rodrigue gave FSU opportunity at Miami's 30.
After a holding penalty, Woodham passed to Lyles for 25. On fourth-and-six Woodham scrambled for a first down at the 19. Lyles 10-yard buster soon brought another first down at the 6.
Ramsey scored
on another pitch, from the 3 on third down. Cappelen kicked for 33-7.
Scott Warren led a defensive stand this time, forcing a punt. A short Jordan pass to Phil Williams and a 10-yard romp by Lyles
got FSU to its 46 on the final play of the quarter.
Jordan's wide pass was stolen by Gene Coleman, who wheeled it 36 yards to the 19 before Jordan got an angle on him and made the tackle.
A
fourth-down pass interference call on a Seminole at the 2 kept the Miami bid alive. Freshman quarterback Jim Kelly scored on the next play. As Miami faked a point kick and tried unsuccessfully to
pass, the Seminoles were penalized for roughing the passer. Next play, Hobbs scooted wide for two points, narrowing the score to 36-15.
Pretty soon they swapped punts again.
When Miami punted,
Gary Henry gathered it in, hesitated briefly, headed to his left, then cut right and scampered 57 yards to a touchdown on the return. Henry had won the Southern Mississippi game with a 65-yard punt
return.
Cappelen's point brought it to 40-15 with all of 10 minutes left.
Kelly, the freshman, passed 16 yards to James Joiner. Soon Mark Rush pulled in a 31-yard pass at the nine. On a reverse,
Joiner scored. An initial two-point play bid seemed foiled when a Seminoles intercepted, but interference was ruled. Miami got another crack, and Rusk moved off the right side, making it 40-23.
Streaking down the sidelines, freshman Hardis Johnson dropped a touchdown-labeled pass from Jordan.
Kelly got nothing with three more passes and Miami punted. With Mike Whiting running for 19 on a
reverse, FSU penetrated to the Hurricane's 28 before running out of downs.
Miami, behind Kelly, moved one more time onto FSU territory but in vain. Rick Stockstill came on for a couple of finishing
plays at quarterback for the Seminoles.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Miami |
7 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
23 |
| Florida State |
3 |
16 |
14 |
7 |
40 |
1st 3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 26, field goal, 9:12
3- 7 Opp, 10, run (kick), 4:29
2nd 10- 7 Mark Lyles, 4, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 12:30
13- 7 Dave Cappelen, 28, field goal, 6:21
19- 7 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Jimmy Jordan, pass failed), 0:22
3rd 26- 7 Greg Ramsey, 3, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:58
33- 7 Greg Ramsey, 2, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:52
4th 33-15 Opp, 2, run (run), 11:29
40-15 Gary Henry, 57, punt return/blocked punt (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:00
40-23 Opp, 9, run (run), 7:58
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 17 15
Rushes-yards 54-205 40-101
Passing 117 133
Att-Comp-Int 26-12-2 32-11-4
Total Yards 80-322 72-234
Punt Returns 3-61 1-24
Kickoff Returns 1-14 5-81
Interception Ret. 4-42 2-37
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 4-42.0 6-33.7
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 7-64 6-50
Attendance 47,679
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 25 85 2 11
Greg Ramsey 18 76 2 21
Michael Whiting 3 24 0 19
Keith Kennedy 3 19 0 11
Wally Woodham 3 9 0 6
Jimmy Jordan 2 -8 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 54 205 4 21
Opp 40 101 3 17
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 3 46 0 23
Jackie Flowers 2 25 0 20
Greg Ramsey 1 14 0 14
Mark Lyles 3 12 0 11
Grady King 1 7 0 7
Hardis Johnson 1 7 0 7
Phil Williams 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 12 117 0 23
Opp 11 133 0 40
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 9 14 0 93 0 23
Jimmy Jordan 3 12 2 24 0 11
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 12 26 2 117 0 23
Opp 11 32 4 133 0 40
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 3 61 1 57t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 61 1 57t
Opp 1 24 0 24
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 1 14 0 14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 14 0 14
Opp 5 81 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 4 168 57
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 168 57
Opp 6 202 49
|---------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 2 9 11 . . . 1 . . . . .
Reggie Herring 2 7 9 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Ron Simmons 2 6 8 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 5 2 7 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 3 3 6 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 1 4 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 3 4 . . 2- 10 . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 2 3 . . 1- 13 . . . . . .
Bobby Butler . 3 3 . . 1- 19 1 . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jimmy Jordan 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray . 1 1 . . . 3 . . . . .
Mike Smith . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 27 56 83 8.0- 0.0 . 4- 42 7 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 21 82 103 1.0- . 2- 37 5 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
RB 30 Keith Kennedy
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
22 Hardis Johnson
27 Michael Whiting
29 Sam Platt
32 Greg Ramsey
33 James Harris
35 Ellis Singletary
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 Ricky Williams
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
64 Jarvis Coursey
71 Bob Merson
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
78 Eric Ryan
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
90 Edenbur Richardson
98 Robert Harris
|
Florida State 17, Virginia Tech 10
09/29/1979, Blacksburg, Va.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 30, 1979, page 59, by Bill McGrotha. FSU gives Bowden 100th win, 17-10.
BLACKSBURG, VA - It was Virginia Tech's last chance to win. Fourth
down-and-13 at its 17.
As quarterback Steve Casey rolled to pass, he spotted onrushing linebacker Paul Piurowski. Casey slipped as he tried to maneuver, and Piurowski was on top of him at the
12.
According to Piurowski, Casey uttered just two words: "Oh, bleep!"
Those words perhaps were uttered many times by the multitudes watching on regional television and the 39,200 in Lane
Stadium as Florida State's unbeaten football team claimed a difficult 17-10 victory here Saturday afternoon.
"The defense did it for us again," an elated Bobby Bowden proclaimed just after the
finish. "I don't care what win this was for me in my career. I just know it was a win over Virginia Tech and we're 4-0."
For Florida State's leader, it was victory No. 100 as a major-college coach.
It also boosted his personal record against Virginia Tech to 7-0, including three triumphs when he was at West Virginia.
Moreover, it was Florida State's eighth straight success, and never before
since gaining major-college status have the Seminoles won that many in a row. It was also FSU's fourth straight triumph in a network-televised game.
Despite the bottom lines, it was a day of
frustration for both sides - frustrations of the sort apt to prompt spontaneous expletives.
Behind 7-0 in the first quarter after quick freshman tailback Cyrus Lawrence scored on a 40-yard run, the
Seminoles replied with two second-quarter touchdowns and threatened, briefly, to make a runaway of it.
It was not to be on this bland, overcast but rainless and warm afternoon. Tech pulled off four
pass interceptions, including three by Paul Davis, a 5-foot-9, 166-pound jumping jack.
Davis was properly acclaimed Tech's player of the game by the ABC network. Ron Simmons, the superb junior nose
guard, was similarly acclaimed FSU's player of the game.
It was the third straight time Simmons had been honored by ABC in a regionally-televised contest. A pressbox accounting had him making seven
tackles, including three for losses.
"Florida State is a very, very good football team," Tech Coach Bill Dooley said. "There is no question in my mind that FSU deserves it national ranking. I did
think our defense played well enough to win."
Tech's offense, despite Lawrence's 107 yards in 18 carries, was erratic - as was Florida State's.
But late in the opening quarter Tech drove 82
yards to a touchdown as Casey hit a couple of timely passes on the run. From the FSU 40, Lawrence went wide with a pitchout and went like lightning down the sidelines to the TD.
Wally Woodham
quarterbacked the Seminoles right back in a successful 71-yard movement, hitting consecutive passes to Phil Williams for 19, Grady King for five and Greg Ramsey for 27 to the 16.
On the next play,
Ramsey slanted inside, then outside, on a run and scored easily behind good blocking. That tied it at 7-7.
On the second play of FSU's next offensive series Ramsey went down with a knee injury, and
left the game for good.
Jimmy Jordan soon came in at quarterback and directed the Seminoles the rest of the half. Three times Jordan connected on vital third-down passes in the push - to Jackie
Flowers for 22, Flowers again for 24 and Flowers a final time for 18 yards and six points.
In the third quarter, Woodham supervised a long drive to a first down at the Tech 8. A TD throw to Flowers
was cancelled by a motion penalty. Then there was a delay penalty. Then Davis intercepted.
Tech had moved 81 yards to a 44-yard field goal by Dennis Laury at the start of the second half, cutting
the score to 14-10.
An interception by Bobby Butler set up the Seminoles at Tech's 12. The Seminoles settled for a 20-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen, providing the final score of 17-10 with 1:07
left in the third period.
A bit later, Monk Bonasorte popped up with his fifth interception of the season, giving FSU the ball at Tech's 33. Again Davis swiped a pass, this time off Jordan.
Except for the opening series, when it got the field goal, Tech's offense never got across midfield in the closing half.
Jordan moved the Seminoles from their 31 to a first down at Tech's 37. And,
for the third time, Davis stopped the Seminoles with an interception.
After taking over at Tech's 12 with 59 seconds left - when Casey was swarmed by Piurowski on fourth down - Woodham came in and
killed the clock.
The Seminoles ran up 436 yards, including 322 passing as Woodham hit on 12 of 22 for 183, Jordan eight of 19 for 139. FSU controlled the ball, 78 plays to 64, led in first downs
23-to-13. But penalties and five turnovers pestered that offense virtually all the way.
FSU's defense, ranked 10th nationally, yielded 282 yards to the Gobblers, including 196 on the ground. Casey
completed just eight of his 17 passes for 118 yards.
Piurowski was credited with being in on 16 tackles, including 11 outright.
The Seminoles' 140 yards on the ground were well divided among
several backs. Mark Lyles got 34 in 11 cracks, Mike Whiting 33 in six, Gator Cherry 27 in seven, Ramsey 28 in five.
Dave Smigeisky had a phenomenal day, averaging 46.5 yards on eight punts. Rohn
Stark continued to punt very well for the Seminoles, averaging 39.2 on five.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
| Virginia Tech |
7 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 40, run (kick), 1:30
2nd 7- 7 Greg Ramsey, 16, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 14:54
14- 7 Jackie Flowers, 18, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 5:33
14- 7 Opp, 32, field goal failed, 0:06
3rd 14-10 Opp, 44, field goal, 11:36
17-10 Dave Cappelen, 20, field goal, 1:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 13
Rushes-yards 37-114 47-164
Passing 322 118
Att-Comp-Int 41-20-4 17-8-2
Total Yards 78-436 64-282
Punt Returns 6-39 1-2
Kickoff Returns 2-46 3-32
Interception Ret. 2-24 4-57
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 5-39.2 8-46.5
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-0
Penalties-Yds 6-44 7-38
3rd Down Conversions 8-16 2-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Time of Posession 28:58 31:02
Attendance 39,200
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 11 34 0 6
Michael Whiting 6 33 0 21
Gator Cherry 7 27 0 12
Greg Ramsey 5 26 1 16t
Wally Woodham 4 11 0 8
Jimmy Jordan 4 -17 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 37 114 1 21
Opp 47 164 1 40t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 5 100 1 24
Phil Williams 3 56 0 22
Sam Platt 3 51 0 18
Grady King 4 41 0 13
Gator Cherry 2 31 0 17
Greg Ramsey 1 26 0 26
Mark Lyles 1 11 0 11
Michael Whiting 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 322 1 26
Opp 8 118 0 24
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 12 22 1 183 0 26
Jimmy Jordan 8 19 3 139 1 24
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 41 4 322 1 26
Opp 8 17 2 118 0 24
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 6 39 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 39 0
Opp 1 2 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 2 46 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 46 0
Opp 3 32 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 196 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 196 52
Opp 8 372 54
|---------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 11 5 16 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 8 3 11 2.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Ron Simmons 7 1 8 3.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Arthur Scott 5 1 6 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 3 1 4 . . 1- 24 . . . . . .
Walter Carter 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 . 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gil Wesley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gator Cherry 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jackie Flowers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 57 15 72 8.0- 0.0 . 2- 24 3 . . . . .
Opp 60 21 81 4.0- . 4- 57 9 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
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 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
LT 67 Mark Macek
RT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
27 Michael Whiting
29 Sam Platt
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
31 Gator Cherry
40 Gary Henry
51 James Gilbert
60 Scott McLean
76 Walter Carter
79 Garry Futch
|
Florida State 27, Louisville 0
10/06/1979, Louisville, Ky.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 7, 1979, page 55, by Bill McGrotha. Defense rules again as 'Noles coast 27-0.
LOUISVILLE, KY - Blocking two punts, holding Louisville to just two
first downs until 7:30 was left on the clock, Florida State's defense was again the dominant show as the unbeaten Seminoles won 27-0 here Saturday night.
FSU did it on two touchdowns, a couple of
safeties and a field goal before 27,306 fans.
In dimly-lit Fairgrounds Stadium, a chilly wind blew briskly from one open end. At the start, after winning the coin toss, Florida State chose to kick
off, opting for that wind advantage.
From the 19, Louisville got no further than th 27. A punt by Dave Betz took a home-team roll in the artificial turf, 44 yards to FSU's 29.
On FSU's first
play from scrimmage, a faulty exchange from center resulted in a fumble that Jeff Henry claimed for the Cardinals at FSU's 30.
Again FSU's defense held. On third down Paul Piurowski sacked Stu
Stram for a loss of eight at the 37. But a punt put the Seminoles in a hole at their 8.
In two carries, Mark Lyles took the ball to the 20. Two short bursts by Gator Cherry and an offsides lifted
FSU to the 34. Passes failed. Rohn Stark punted to the Louisville 31.
On second down, quarterback Stu Stram's pass was intercepted by Bobby Butler at the 30.
Wally Woodham's screen pass to
Cherry got 15. Cherry ran for two, then eight to the 5. After two plays got nothing, Woodham tossed to Sam Platt for the touchdown. Dave Cappelen kicked a point for 7-0.
After Ron Simmons threw
Stram for a 12-yard sack on third down at the Louisville 10, the Seminoles got good position following a punt to the Cards' 49.
After two Lyles runs, Florida State was inches from a first down. A
surprise call - Platt on the reverse - was diagnosed by Louisville and resulted in a 22-yard loss. That forced a punt, to the 18 just before the quarter ended.
Louisville tried a new quarterback,
Scott Gannon, but couldn't cut out a first down.
On fourth down, the snap sailed through the hands of punter Betz, and into the end zone for a safety that put FSU up 9-0.
From the 36, after a
punt, Florida State drove downfield - to frustration.
Cherry's running started it. A screen pass to Lyles gained 18 to the 29. Cherry picked up nine to the 20, and Woodham kept for a first down at
the 17. Three following plays failed. Cappelen was wide on a 29-yard try for a field goal.
With 9:30 left in the half, Louisville finally got a first down, on a Stram pass to Randy Butler for 14 at
the Louisville 34. Soon another punt took another big bounce and roll on the turf, down to FSU's seven.
A third-down screen pass for 11 - Woodham to Lyles - got FSU out of the hole, up to the 19.
Lyles, on a third-down draw for seven, got another first down at the 34. The Seminoles probed on, just past the 50, before Louisville's defense forced a punt.
FSU downed Stark's rolling boot at the
6.
Unable to move beyond the 14 Louisville punted.
In rushed Edenbur Richardson to block the boot. Bobby Butler claimed the ball in the end zone for a touchdown.
That made it 15-0, with 38
seconds left in the half, and it stayed that way as Woodham's passing try for two points failed.
At this point, Louisville had just 37 yards to go with its single first down. FSU's offense had
totaled 141, including 80 rushing.
From its 24, after the third-quarter kickoff, FSU moved on the running of Lyles. The big fullback carried four straight times, to the FSU 46. But two plays later
Louisville hopped on a Lyles fumble at its 45.
Stram threw a 21-yard pass to tight end Gary Nord at FSU's 34. Then Stram scrambled to the 28.
Two plays later Keith Jones intercepted a Stram pass
at the 10.
Cherry got nine. Then Lyles' strong running took the Seminoles to the 50 before Stark punted to the 16.
Stram tried to throw and could not. On second down Piurowski sacked him for
minus-eight at the 8.
When Betz punted, Scott Warren tore in to block it. But the ball rolled out of the end zone before two chasing FSU defenders could cover it in the end zone. It was a safety,
making the score 17-0.
After the ensuing free kick - a punt - FSU got the ball at its 44.
For 12 straight plays, Florida State ran. Cherry picked up a big 18-yard chunk to Louisville's 35. Lyles
did most of the rest, until FSU stood third down and a foot short of the goal.
Woodham simply raised up and threw a touchdown pass in the end zone to a wide-open Sam Childers, one of two tight ends
in on the play.
As the fourth quarter opened, following more Louisville offensive futility, the Seminoles got the ball at their 25 ater a punt. Jimmy Jordan came in at quarterback for the first
time - along with a number of reserves.
And Jordan stayed on the ground for eight straight plays. Ricky Williams started it with a 12-yard burst. Soon Mike Whiting struck on a 24-yard ran to
Louisville's 28. Louisville called a halt after a first down at the 18. On fourth down Cappelen kicked a 36-yard field goal, making it 27-0.
A 47-yard pass, Gannon to Butler, placed Louisville at
FSU's 35, and provided a second first down with 7:30 left. But soon Garry Futch claimed a fumble for the Seminoles at the 40.
Frank Minniefield's interception of a Jordan pass gave Louisville a
shot from the FSU 34. The Cardinals managed two more first downs in getting down to the seven before FSU's defense stopped them on fourth down.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
27 |
| Louisville |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st 7- 0 Sam Platt, 5, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:08
2nd 9- 0 James Gilbert, safety, 14:38
Note: Punter mishandles snap, Gilbert chases him out of the
end zone.
9- 0 Dave Cappelen, 29, field goal failed, 10:22
15- 0 Bobby Butler, 0, punt return/blocked punt (Wally Woodham, pass failed), 0:38
Note: Edenbur Richardson blocked a punt which Butler
recovered in the end zone.
3rd 17- 0 Scott Warren, safety, 7:14
Note: Warren blocked the punt out of the end zone.
24- 0 Sam Childers, 1, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:01
4th 27- 0 Dave Cappelen, 36, field goal, 8:15
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 5
Rushes-yards 65-275 34-7
Passing 60 86
Att-Comp-Int 15-8-1 19-4-2
Total Yards 80-335 53-93
Punt Returns 2-25 2-0
Kickoff Returns 3-45 4-56
Interception Ret. 2-24 1-26
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 5-38.8 7-29.3
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 3-1
Penalties-Yds 3-15 2-10
Attendance 27,306
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 22 118 0 22
Gator Cherry 15 80 0 18
Michael Whiting 9 52 0 24
Ricky Williams 7 17 0 11
Wally Woodham 6 13 0 6
Keith Kennedy 2 13 0 8
Wade Wallace 1 2 0 2
Ken Burnett 2 1 0 3
Sam Platt 1 -21 0 -21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 65 275 0 24
Opp 34 7 0 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 2 30 0 19
Gator Cherry 1 15 0 15
Ricky Williams 1 9 0 9
Sam Platt 1 5 1 5t
Michael Whiting 1 2 0 2
Sam Childers 1 1 1 1t
Keith Kennedy 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 8 60 2 19
Opp 4 86 0 47
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 7 11 0 62 2 19
Jimmy Jordan 0 3 1 0 0 0
Rick Stockstill 1 1 0 -2 0 -2
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 8 15 1 60 2 19
Opp 4 19 2 86 0 47
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Edenbur Richardson 1 14 0 14
Scott Warren 1 11 0 11
Bobby Butler 0 0 1 0t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 25 1 14
Opp 2 0 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 2 24 0
Gary Henry 1 21 0 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 45 0 21
Opp 4 56 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 194 45
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 194 45
Opp 7 205 57
|---------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 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler . . . . . 1- 16 . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Scott Warren . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
James Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Garry Futch . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Jones . . . . . 1- 8 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 16 6 22 . . 2- 24 . . 1- 0 . 2 2
Opp 53 18 71 . . 1- 26 . . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
WR 29 Sam Platt
TB 31 Gator Cherry
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
LG 69 Mike Good
RG 70 Greg Futch
LT 72 Ken Lanier
RT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
RE 54 Arthur Scott
LT 67 Mark Macek
RT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
LE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
22 Hardis Johnson
26 Wade Wallace
27 Michael Whiting
30 Keith Kennedy
33 James Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
49 Ken Burnett
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
64 Jarvis Coursey
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
78 Eric Ryan
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
98 Robert Harris
|
Florida State 17, Mississippi State 6
10/13/1979, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 14, 1979, page 55, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles break Bulldog wishbone.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Putting two touchdowns on the scoreboard in the final six
minutes of the first half, Florida State held on with its defense in the closing two quarters and claimed a 17-6 victory over Mississippi State here Saturday night.
The biggest crowd ever to watch
a game in Campbell Stadium - 48,701 - saw the toughest kind of game on a warm, fair evening.
FSU scored on a one-yard plunge by Mike Whiting, capping a 44-yard drive, and on an 18-yard pass from
Jimmy Jordan to Jackie Flowers, climaxing a 62-yard movement. Later Dave Cappelen kicked a 46-yard field goal.
Mississippi State got its one-and-only with 1:10 left when Michael Haddix sailed in
from the 2. Two passes had set up that touchdown.
It was a kind of strange game. Mississippi State's offense could do naught in the first half. Florida State's offense did little in the final
half.
But after all was done, Florida State had started a season 6-and-0 for the first time in its major-college history.
At the start, Florida State got off slowly. Taking the opening kickoff,
beginning at their 23, the Seminoles got to the 42 on a 14-yard pass, Wally Woodham to Phil Williams.
An illegal-procedure penalty and Glen Collins' decking of Gator Cherry for minus-five on a
pitchout put a crimp in the movement. Rohn Stark punted 46 yards, to the 18.
Two runs and a futile pass netted just six yards for the Bulldogs. Dana Moore's rolling punt was a 56-yarder to FSU's
23.
Eight yards by Ricky Williams, and two passes - 13 to Sam Platt, 11 to Williams - gained M-State's 43. But Tyrone Keys sacked Woodham for a loss of seven two plays later. Soon Stark punted
again - short to the 28.
A keeper by quarterback Dwayne Brown gained the 36, and another run the 42. After a five-yard penalty, Brown tried three times to pass. Hurried on the first one, he threw
incomplete. Arthur Scott ran him down on the second attempt - no gain. On the third try, Ron Simmons sacked him for a loss of nine. A punt left Florida State at its 34.
Jimmy Jordan replaced
Woodham, who had been shaken up. A first-play fumble lost two, and a pair of passes missed. Stark's boot travelled to M-State's 33.
Brown, on a keeper, got 12. Scott's sack of Brown for minus-four
stymied the bid. Soon Moore's punt took another big roll, 49 yards to the 7.
On the running of Lyles and Williams, FSU struggled to its 25 as the quarter ended. When Stark punted, M-State started
from its 32.
Editor's Note: On M-State's first play Doss fumbled and Monk Bonasorte recovered the ball at the Mississippi State 35.
Promptly, Jackie Flowers grabbed a Jordan pass at the 19. Then
three runs netted a yard loss. Dave Cappelen's 37-yard try for a field goal was wide.
Suddenly, Brown, on a wide keeper, scooted 60 yards to FSU's 15 but a flag had fallen. The play was cancelled
on an illegal-procedure call against the Bulldogs. Next play Mardye McDole, on a reverse, was nailed at the 11 for a loss of nine by Keith Jones. Two plays later a punt gave FSU position at the
Bulldog's 44.
Two Mike Whiting runs reached the 33. Flowers grabbed a pass at the 24. Soon, as Jordan threw to Flowers in the end zone, cornerback Willie Jackson drew a flag for interference. FSU
got the ball at the 1.
On second down, Whiting scored easily, off the right side. Cappelen kicked the 200th point of his FSU time, for 7-0 with 5:40 left in the half.
The Bulldogs couldn't move
from their 35, and again gave the ball to FSU on a punt - down to the Seminole 38 with 2:26 showing on the clock.
Jordan hit Whiting with a pass at the M-State 44. Soon Jordan scrambled 14 yards to
the 28. Then Grady King pulled in a throw at the 11. A screen to Whiting lost seven.
Then Jordan threw to Flowers in the corner of the end zone, and the receiver out-wrestled Ron Foomire for the
ball, falling out of bounds as he scored with 14 seconds left in the half. Cappelen kicked another point for 14-0.
At this point, the visitors had 50 yards of offense - all on the ground - to FSU's
176, with 114 of that passing. Jordan had connected on seven of 11 for 76.
After three downs at the start of the third quarter, FSU's defense had M-State bottled up at its 19. But the Seminoles
were flagged for roughing the punter, providing a first down at the 34.
Keeping again, Brown swept to the 44. Soon he did the same thing again, 13 yards to FSU's 44. Another sack of Brown by Scott
- this one for minus four - slowed the Bulldogs, forcing a punt into the end zone.
On second down, Jordan's bomb over the middle, intended for Grady King, was underthrown and Kenny Johnson
intercepted - wheeling it back to FSU's 24.
Brown swept to the 5 on first down. But a pitchout to Doss gained nothing.
On third down, Bobby Butler made a falling interception of a Brown pass in
the end zone. That brought the ball out to the 20 for FSU.
Woodham returned as quarterback, but FSU got nothing going. When Stark punted, however, Johnson fumbled and Ed Richardson recovered for
FSU at M-State's 39.
Two runs gained a first down at the 27. Three more plays lost two. Cappelen came in and kicked a 46-yard field goal, making it 17-0.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Mississippi State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
2nd 0- 0 Dave Cappelen, 39, field goal failed, 10:24
7- 0 Michael Whiting, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 5:40
14- 0 Jackie Flowers, 17, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:14
3rd 17- 0 Dave Cappelen, 46, field goal, 6:17
4th 17- 6 Opp, 2, run (pass failed), 1:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 18
Rushes-yards 41-125 53-216
Passing 120 116
Att-Comp-Int 28-11-1 19-5-2
Total Yards 69-245 72-332
Punt Returns 1-5 3-9
Kickoff Returns 2-22 0-0
Interception Ret. 2-0 1-25
Fumble Returns 3-0 0-0
Punts 9-37.1 7-39.6
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 7-3
Penalties-Yds 5-45 6-46
Attendance 48,701
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 14 62 0 12
Michael Whiting 5 34 1 20
Ricky Williams 11 19 0 8
Jimmy Jordan 4 14 0 14
Keith Kennedy 3 4 0 3
Wally Woodham 2 -4 0 3
Gator Cherry 2 -4 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 41 125 1 20
Opp 53 216 1 34
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 3 42 1 17t
Grady King 2 22 0 17
Ricky Williams 2 17 0 11
Phil Williams 1 14 0 14
Sam Platt 1 13 0 13
Michael Whiting 2 12 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 120 1 18
Opp 5 116 0 35
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 7 12 1 76 1 18
Wally Woodham 4 16 0 44 0 14
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 28 1 120 1 18
Opp 5 19 2 116 0 35
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 5 0 5
Opp 3 9 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 1 21 0 21
Grady King 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 22 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 9 334 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 9 334 51
Opp 7 277 54
|---------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 9 6 15 1.0- . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Arthur Scott 7 4 11 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring . 9 9 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski . 9 9 . . . 1 . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 7 9 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter . 6 6 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey . 5 5 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 4 . 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . 2- 0 . . .
Jeremy Mindlin . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 2 . 2 . . 1- 0 3 . . . . .
James Gilbert . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 27 70 97 9.0- 0.0 . 2- 0 5 . 3- 0 . . .
Opp 23 61 84 7.0- . 1- 25 1 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
RB 31 Gator Cherry
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
17 Bill Capece
22 Hardis Johnson
26 Wade Wallace
27 Michael Whiting
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
33 James Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
60 Scott McLean
64 Jarvis Coursey
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
78 Eric Ryan
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
90 Edenbur Richardson
98 Robert Harris
|
Florida State 24, Louisiana State 19
10/27/1979, Baton Rouge, La.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 28, 1979, page 55, by Bill McGrotha. For-real Seminoles win 24-19.
BATON ROUGE, LA - During the week Coach Bobby Bowden suggested that Jimmy Jordan
would feel no more pressure than if he were sitting out in a dove field waiting for the birds to fly over.
It seemed pretty much that was the way it was on this golden Saturday afternoon.
The
cool, rifle-armed Jordan gunned three touchdown passes as Florida State's unbeaten, almost-assuredly bowl-bound football team muscled past Louisiana State 24-19 before 67,197 in Tiger Stadium.
LSU
makes a standard offer to refund ticket purchases when a game is switched from night to afternoon, and in this instance - after ABC decided to televise it over most of the nation - thousands got in
line for refunds, electing to stay home and watch it on the tube. The stadium seats more than 76,000 and the game had been a sellout.
"We did it today," exclaimed an overjoyed Bowden. "You have to
be GOOD to beat LSU in this stadium. Just ask Southern Cal.
"I think we're good enough to be in the top five."
Throwing 31 times, completing 14 for a whopping 312 yards Jordan played every down,
and was acclaimed by ABC the Seminoles' player of the game. Tailback Hokie Gajan, who rushed for 106 yards on 24 carries, was similarly heralded for LSU.
Scouts of nine bowls watched as the
Seminoles won their 11th straight.
"we fought back about as hard as we could fight back," said LSU Coach Charlie McClendon. "But we made mistakes, and you're suppose to pay for those mistakes. We
did."
In the first half, the Seminoles forced three LSU fumbles and recovered all three. Florida State, in the last half, intercepted two passes. The Seminoles had only two turnovers - while
controlling the football, 74 plays to 69.
Free safety Monk Bonasorte did a number on LSU's offense all afternoon, recovering one fumble and intercepting two passes that ran his season total to
seven.
Florida State totaled 436 yards of offense. Mark Lyles crunched for 83 in 16 carries, Mike Whiting - operating at tailback for the first time - for 64 on 19 as the Seminoles netted 150 on
the ground.
LSU managed 334, most of it in the first half, with 175 of it passing on 10 completions on 26 attempts.
The Seminoles jumped out front early.
On LSU's first possession, end Arthur
Scott forced a fumble when he hit pass receiver Jude Hernandez, and Bonasorte jumped on it at LSU's 32.
Six plays brought a touchdown. A big one was a 25-yard pass to Whiting at the nine. From the
three, Jordan passed to Sam Platt over the middle for an easy six points, and Dave Cappelen added a point for 7-0.
In the next few minutes, Doug Barfield missed a 45-yard try for an LSU field goal
and Cappelen was wide on an attempt for three from 27 yards out. Two Jordan passes to Flowers brought the Seminoles within range.
A stunning 44-yard punt return to the FSU five by Chris Williams on
the last play of the opening quarter put LSU in position for its first TD. Gajan scored it from a yard out, and it was a 7-7 tie.
Next time LSU got the ball, at its 45 following a punt, the Tigers
drove quickly for another score. Chopping wide runs got most of the yardage. Quarterback David Woodley, on a keeper, scored from the two. But Barfield missed the extra-point try and it stayed 13-7.
Backed near its own goal, FSU couldn't get out of the hole and LSU seemed to be rolling again when Jessie Myles got racked by tackle Mark Macek, bringing a fumble that Scott McLean claimed for FSU at
the Seminole 47.
Then, sudden lightning! Jordan promptly connected with a bomb over the middle to a waiting, wide-open Hardis Johnson, and it was an effortless six points for the Tampa freshman on
a 53-yard play that came with 1:22 left in the half. When Cappelen kicked the point, FSU led 14-13.
Never again did the Seminoles trail.
Both teams appeared to play cautiously in the third
quarter. An aroused FSU defense gave the Tigers nothing. Twice Rohn Stark punts were downed at about the LSU five. LSU did threaten when a Jordan bomb bounced out of Johnson's hands and into the mitts
of defensive back Willie Teal, who returned it 44 yards to LSU's 45. A pass got the Tigers to FSU's 39, but no further.
Then the Seminoles swept 80 yards to a touchdown that they got in the early
moments of the fourth quarter. On a third-and-2 play Jordan passed 37 yards to Flowers at the LSU 35. After a penalty, Jordan hit Flowers with a bomb - that defender Chris Williams tipped - for the TD
on a 40-yard play. Cappelen brought the score to 21-13.
After a Bonasorte interception, FSU drove to a first down at LSU's eight but Jordan's third-down throw was stolen by Lyman White in the end
zone, and brought the ball out to the three.
LSU couldn't move from that difficult position, and Gary Henry's 11-yard punt return put the Seminoles back in business at the Tigers' 29. Cappelen,
with the clock showing 4:53 left to play, soon kicked a 31-yard field goal for 24-13.
On the passing of quarterback Steve Ensminger, LSU moved 70 yards to a touchdown in seven plays. Carlos Carson
grabbed a 12-yarder in the end zone with 3:22 left.
Taking some gambles, FSU tried to kick the clock. On second-and-9 at FSU's 22, Jordan hit Flowers with a pass for 30 yards. Soon Lyles, on a
statue-of-liberty reverse, swept 28 yards to LSU's 18. FSU moved on to the 12 before running out of downs with 17 seconds left.
Ensminger threw deep - and Bonasorte intercepted.
It was over.
All but the shouting.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
24 |
| Louisiana State |
0 |
13 |
0 |
6 |
19 |
1st 7- 0 Sam Platt, 3, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 11:49
7- 0 Opp, 45, field goal failed, 7:12
7- 0 Dave Cappelen, 27, field goal failed, 3:57
2nd 7- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 13:55
7-13 Opp, 2, run (kick failed), 7:22
14-13 Hardis Johnson, 53, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:22
14-13 Bill Capece, 51, field goal failed, 0:00
4th 21-13 Jackie Flowers, 40, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:51
24-13 Dave Cappelen, 31, field goal, 4:53
24-19 Opp, 12, pass (pass failed), 3:22
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 16 14
Rushes-yards 43-124 43-159
Passing 312 175
Att-Comp-Int 31-14-2 26-10-2
Total Yards 74-436 69-334
Punt Returns 4-18 3-49
Kickoff Returns 3-29 2-48
Interception Ret. 2-27 2-47
Fumble Returns 3-0 0-0
Punts 8-39.0 8-41.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-7 2-11
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-3
Penalties-Yds 6-52 3-45
3rd Down Conversions 4-16 4-12
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Time of Posession 32:32 27:28
Attendance 67,197
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 16 82 0 28
Michael Whiting 19 64 0 13
Ricky Williams 3 -7 0 3
Jimmy Jordan 5 -15 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 124 0 28
Opp 43 159 2 29
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 6 174 1 44t
Hardis Johnson 3 91 1 53t
Michael Whiting 2 36 0 25
Ricky Williams 1 6 0 6
Sam Platt 1 3 1 3t
Mark Lyles 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 312 3 53t
Opp 10 175 1 36
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 14 31 2 312 3 53t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 31 2 312 3 53t
Opp 10 26 2 175 1 36
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 4 18 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 18 0
Opp 3 49 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 3 29 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 29 0
Opp 2 48 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 8 312 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 312 49
Opp 8 332 50
|---------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 8 5 13 1.0- 1.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 9 2 11 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 4 1 5 1.0- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Mark Macek 3 2 5 . . . . . . 1 . .
Scott Warren 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 3 . 3 . . 2- 27 . . 1- 0 . . .
Arthur Scott 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Gary Henry 1 2 3 1.0- 2.0 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 . 2 2.0- 6.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mark Lyles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace . 1 1 . . . 2 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 47 21 68 6.0- 12.0 2.0- 7.0 2- 27 5 . 3- 0 2 . .
Opp 58 43 101 5.0- 22.0 2.0- 11.0 2- 47 7 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
TB 31 Gator Cherry
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 58 John Madden
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
LT 67 Mark Macek
RT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
22 Hardis Johnson
26 Wade Wallace
27 Michael Whiting
29 Sam Platt
33 James Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
60 Scott McLean
63 Lee Adams
64 Jarvis Coursey
65 Trent Barnes
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
78 Eric Ryan
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
90 Edenbur Richardson
98 Robert Harris
|
Florida State 26, Cincinnati 21
11/03/1979, Cincinnati, Ohio
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 4, 1979, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. FSU remains unbeaten - barely.
CINCINNATI, OH - One more time, a bad thing turned into a good one for Bobby
Bowden, and Florida State's still unbeaten football team an apparently anointed one.
Now 8-0, the sixth-ranked Seminoles squeezed past battling Cincinnati 26-21 on a cool, sunny afternoon when
sophomore Mike Whiting crashed into the end zone from eight yards out with 1:38 left to play.
The Seminoles trailed 21-7 at the start of the fourth quarter.
"Never in doubt, old buddy, never in
doubt," cracked Ash Verlander of the Gator Bowl to Bowden as he shook hands minutes after it was over.
With the victory, Florida State kept alive its hopes for a bid from a major bowl - Orange,
Sugar or Cotton.
"I saw a team out there today with an awful lot of character," Orange Bowl representative Ben Benjamin said. "They provided it in the fourth quarter. They spent the first half, I
suspect, thinking about South Carolina next week.
"I'll say it again - Florida State will be in one of the major bowls."
Ahead 7-0 after their first offensive series, FSU fell victim of a
sudden, absolutely stunning Cincinnati second-quarter onslaught by Cincinnati, a 17 1/2-point underdog.
The Seminoles played that first half without nose guard Ron Simmons, who nurses an injury now
described as a dislocated bone in his hand. FSU had hoped to win without risking aggravation of the injury.
But things started to turn FSU's way only when Simmons, an All-America candidate, started
in the last half.
Soon after, Wally Woodham relieved starter Jimmy Jordan at quarterback and was in the saddle for that stirring three-touchdown rally in the closing quarter.
Whether his
presence in the lineup was more of a psychological or sheer physical factor, Simmons, more than anyone, seemed to make the rallying difference. Cincinnati seriously threatened only once more after he
went in.
Statistically, the game belonged to FSU all the way. The Seminoles stacked up 410 yards, including 242 rushing, as fullback Mark Lyles checked in as the second leading rusher in school
history.
Lyles pounded for 142 yards running. Additionally, he picked up 92 on seven passes, making amends for a couple of fumbles. Whiting pounded for 82 yards in 18 tries.
FSU's offense
controlled the ball, 85 plays to 61.
But statistics were not getting the job done.
With Cincinnati's defensive deck stacked to cover wide receivers, the middle was left open and FSU started
running early.
In eight plays - all runs - they went ahead 7-0 on Lyles' one-yard smash after Monk Bonasorte had set up the offense with a pass interception, his eighth of the season, at the
Cincinnati 40.
Cincinnati never made a first down in that opening quarter. FSU drove again, to the Cincinnati 25 but Dave Cappelen missed a 41-yard bid for a field goal.
The Bearcats erupted
abruptly after a fumbled reverse lost 12 yards for FSU and Rohn Stark's punt into a stiff wind came up short at the Cincinnati 39.
Tony Kapetanis, the quarterback out of Coral Springs, worked
magic. His pass to Bo Green, on third-and-eight, covered 19 yards to FSU's 25. Soon Kapetanis whipped a pass 15 yards to Ralph Williams for a touchdown that tied it 7-7.
Lyles soon fumbled and
Cincinnati's recovery provided a shot from FSU's 28. Kapetanis scored on a nine-yard keeper, making it 14-7.
After another FSU punt, the Bearcats paraded 69 yards to a third touchdown. A Kapetanis
lateral to Ellis Johnson was an early key, eating up 16 yards on a third-down play. Soon, Johnson, on a pitchout, ripped off 44 yards to the one. Kapetanis scored again and it was 21-7 with 39 seconds
left in the half.
In the third quarter Cincinnati got no first downs, but the Seminoles were spinning their wheels while eating up yardage. An interception by Steve Ries at the Cincinnati 30
blunted one bid, and Lyles' fumbled at the Bearcat 12 terminated another.
By the end of the quarter, FSU was on a 57-yard TD push. It was kept alive on two fourth-down plays and a pass-interference
call against the home team.
Lyles took a swing pass from Woodham at the 7 and ran over people as he slashed into the end zone on a bull-like run with 10:57 left in the game.
The Seminoles faked
a point kick and went for two - with Rick Stockstill, the holder, rearing up and throwing a pass to Keith Kennedy, who couldn't hang on. It stayed 21-13.
Never mind. The Seminoles scored the next
two times they got the football.
Kapetanis directed a drive to FSU's 33, but on three of four runs from there defenders threw backs for losses, and the Seminoles took over at their 35 with 7:24
remaining.
Woodham's pass to Lyles got 21. Whiting dug for 14 to the 30. On fourth-and-10, Woodham passed to Hardis Johnson for a first down at the 16.
From the 5, on first down, Woodham passed
to Jackie Flowers, who seemed barely in the end zone as he made his catch for six points. On a running try for two, Whiting was short and it was 21-19 with 4:50 to play.
Cincinnati moved a bit but
Williams, on third-and-six dropped a Kapetanis pass, forcing a punt.
Gary Henry tucked the ball and, behind a wall of blockers, raced 35 yards to the Cincinnati 39.
On a screen pass, Lyles
knocked off 30 to the 9. Two plays later Whiting slammed into the end zone on his eight-yard run. Cappelen kicked a point for 26-21.
Kapetanis hit Williams with a 29-yard throw at FSU's 48, but
three plays later strong safety Keith Jones cut in front of the receiver and intercepted at FSU's 19 with 49 seconds left.
Woodham expediently ran out the clock, and a Nippert Stadium crowd of
24,539 walked unhappily away from it all.
"I'm a little bit heartsick," said Ralph Staub, the losing coach.
Said Bowden: "I thought it was all over. I already had my alibis ready."
And he
laughed softly, happily.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
26 |
| Cincinnati |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
1st 7- 0 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:55
7- 0 Dave Cappelen, 40, field goal failed, 0:48
2nd 7- 7 Opp, 15, pass (kick), 9:30
7-14 Opp, 9, run (kick), 7:36
7-21 Opp, 1, run (kick), 0:39
4th 13-21 Mark Lyles, 7, pass from Wally Woodham (Rick Stockstill, pass failed), 10:57
19-21 Jackie Flowers, 5, pass from Wally Woodham (Michael Whiting, run failed), 4:50
26-21 Michael Whiting, 8, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:38
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 13
Rushes-yards 60-242 40-152
Passing 168 106
Att-Comp-Int 25-15-1 21-6-2
Total Yards 85-410 61-258
Punt Returns 4-49 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-19 3-63
Interception Ret. 2-25 1-3
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 4-29.8 7-39.6
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Penalties-Yds 4-38 3-33
Time of Posession 35:23 24:37
Attendance 14,539
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 29 142 1 11
Michael Whiting 18 82 1 14
Kelly Burney 2 30 0 17
Ricky Williams 3 7 0 5
Wally Woodham 5 -2 0 5
Jimmy Jordan 3 -17 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 60 242 2 17
Opp 40 152 2 39
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 7 92 1 31
Phil Williams 2 26 0 14
Grady King 2 20 0 13
Hardis Johnson 1 14 0 14
Dennis McKinnon 1 8 0 8
Jackie Flowers 1 5 1 5t
Michael Whiting 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 168 2 31
Opp 6 106 1 29
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 8 13 0 111 2 31
Jimmy Jordan 7 12 1 57 0 15
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 25 1 168 2 31
Opp 6 21 2 106 1 29
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 4 49 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 49 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kelly Burney 1 19 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 19 0 19
Opp 3 63 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 4 119 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 119 39
Opp 7 277 47
|---------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 1 7 8 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 4 2 6 . . 1- 8 . . . . . .
Mark Macek 3 3 6 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 5 . 5 3.0- 9.0 . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 3 1 4 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . .
Keith Baker . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 1 1 2 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 1 . 1 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones . . . . . 1- 17 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 28 28 56 8.0- 31.0 . 2- 25 . . . . . .
Opp 38 64 102 2.0- 19.0 . 1- 3 1 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
TB 27 Michael Whiting
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 58 John Madden
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
LT 67 Mark Macek
RT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
NG 79 Garry Futch
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
33 James Harris
38 Kelly Burney
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
49 Ken Burnett
50 Ron Simmons
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
60 Scott McLean
63 Lee Adams
64 Jarvis Coursey
65 Trent Barnes
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
78 Eric Ryan
84 Sam Childers
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
98 Robert Harris
|
Florida State 27, South Carolina 7
11/10/1979, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 11, 1979, page 66, by Bill McGrotha. FSU big bowl hopes stay alive.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - On the day it counted most, Florida State's stunning,
unbeaten football team finally put it all together.
A record Campbell Stadium crowd of 49,490 saw the 9-0 Seminoles reach unparalleled heights as South Carolina fell 27-7 on this warm, steamy,
homecoming Saturday night.
And now, for Florida State, the sky would seem to be the limit.
An unbeaten season and a berth in somebody's big bowl on New Year's Day is a distinct prospect. Indeed,
a national championship is not out of the question.
Striking early and striking late, Florida State dominated a tough, tough opponent.
Dave Cappelen tied a school record with four field goals,
one a startling and timely 50-yarder. (Frank Fontes kicked four against Wake Forest back in 1970.)
George Rogers - a great, absolutely frightening tailback - was far from enough in a losing cause.
Though he gained 186 carries, the Seminoles twice forced fumbles out of him. Rogers provided the Gamecocks' lone touchdown with a dramatic 80-yard run in the second quarter that cut FSU's lead to 13-7
and made things sticky for a long while.
"Rogers will drag you with him, or take your arm off," FSU nose guard Ron Simmons said. "Rogers was their offense."
Soon after Rogers scored, Cappelen
booted that key 50-yarder that brought a 16-7 lead and put extra pressure on the upset-bent visitors.
Behind Wally Woodham, the Seminoles scored the first three times they laid hands on the
football, for that 13-0 lead.
"I started Wally to try to nickel-and-dime them to death," Coach Bobby Bowden said.
Woodham pretty well did. In the first half he completed 15 of 25 passes for 145
yards. Bigger perhaps, FSU controlled the football, 49 plays to 22, in that half.
But not until 9:55 remaining in the game did FSU ice it.
It was Jimmy Jordan coming off the bench to rev up a
suddenly sputtering attack, directed a 75-yard touchdown movement that brought a 24-7 advantage.
In the end, Florida State had hogged the football, 83 plays to 52, and totaled 381 yards to
Carolina's 265. Big fullback Mark Lyles, in 25 carries, crunched for 132 of FSU's sum.
Save for that lone breakthrough by Rogers, FSU's Simmons-led defense was superb. A press box accounting had
Simmons in on eight tackles, including three for losses. Linebacker Paul Piurowski was credited in on 13 stops.
Only three times did South Carolina cross midfield - including Rogers' touchdown
jaunt - and one of those excursions came after the final score was on the board.
"I thought we got whipped real good," Carolina Coach Jim Carlen said. "Florida State is the best football team we've
played this season. I said that before the game. They are one of the top ten teams in the country. I'm on UPI's board of voting coaches, and I put them in sixth or seventh place when I last voted."
On the field after the game, Carlen was slugged by a spectator - reportedly by the father of one of his former South Carolina players. Police led the man away.
From the opening kickoff, Woodham
directed an 82-yard drive to seven points, completing four of five passes en route, including a notable third-and-13 one to Jackie Flowers for a first down at the 10. After Mike Whiting crashed 9
yards to the 1, Lyles scored.
"We realized they were dropping off their linebackers in the films," Woodham said. "Once you start doing something like that it's hard to change."
Woodham took
advantage of these dropping linebackers with his passes.
Soon Scott Warren covered a Rogers' fumble at Carolina's 31. Two more Woodham passes sparked a first down at the 7, but the Seminoles
settled for a 19-yard field goal by Cappelen.
Starting from their 10, the Seminoles drove to another Cappelen three-pointer, from 29-yard range in the early moments of the second quarter. Woodham
passes and Lyles' running set it up.
"I finally realized that running doesn't take all that much speed," Lyles said. "You've got to put your head down and plow."
Then Rogers, on first down,
broke through the line and nobody got really close as he raced away on that 80-yard scoring jaunt.
Next time FSU was on defense, Spencer Clark, understudy for Rogers, got tossed for losses three
straight times by Arthur Scott, Ivory Joe Hunter and Simmons.
A short punt gave FSU the ball at Carolina's 31. Soon Cappelen kicked the longest field goal of his life, that 50-yarder.
On a
35-yard pass, Garry Harper to Zion McKinney, Carolina got to FSU's 21. Two plays later McKinney dropped a touchdown pass in the end zone. Next play Harper fumbled, when racked by James Gilbert, and
Reggie Herring recovered seven seconds before intermission.
The third quarter was a punting duel. Neither team moved. Jordan came in for FSU's third series of the last half, immediately threw long
- and Carolina's Robert Perlotte intercepted at his 32.
FSU rolled, on that 75-yard march, from the very start of the last quarter. Lyles got the first 15 yards and Jordan passed for most of the
rest, going 4-for-4. He hit Sam Childers with a 7-yard strike for a touchdown as the tight end crossed the goal line. Then Jordan passed to Childers - right over the middle - for two points that
brought the score to 24-7.
Rogers fumbled again, Keith Jones recovering for the Seminoles this time at Carolina's 28. Lyles, on four straight runs, took it to the 11. Cappelen kicked his fourth
field goal, a 27-yarder, for the final score.
Carolina drove from its 20 to FSU's 32 before running out of downs with 3:19 left. Rick Stockstill, and a whole flock of reserves, came in to finish up
for FSU.
Jordan threw just nine times, completing six for 89 yards. Childers, Grady King and Mike Whiting each caught four passes apiece. King sprained an ankle a bit, and guard Robert Harris hurt
a knee, but early indications are neither injury is all that serious.
Rohn Stark returned to good punting form, averaging 41.6 on five boots.
"This," said a happy Bowden, "was probably our best
game of the year."
On being 9-0, Bowden managed: "It feels real good."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| South Carolina |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
10 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
27 |
1st 7- 0 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:23
10- 0 Dave Cappelen, 19, field goal, 5:31
2nd 13- 0 Dave Cappelen, 29, field goal, 13:45
13- 7 Opp, 80, run (kick), 13:33
16- 7 Dave Cappelen, 50, field goal, 5:51
4th 24- 7 Sam Childers, 7, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Sam Childers, pass from Jimmy Jordan), 9:55
27- 7 Dave Cappelen, 27, field goal, 7:01
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 9
Rushes-yards 45-177 40-214
Passing 204 51
Att-Comp-Int 38-21-1 12-3-0
Total Yards 83-381 52-265
Punt Returns 2-5 1-15
Kickoff Returns 2-45 4-77
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 3-0 1-0
Punts 5-41.6 9-37.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3
Penalties-Yds 5-55 2-18
Attendance 49,490
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 25 132 1 26
Michael Whiting 13 41 0 9
Keith Kennedy 1 7 0 7
Gator Cherry 2 5 0 5
Wally Woodham 2 2 0 3
Ricky Williams 2 -10 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 45 177 1 26
Opp 40 214 1 80t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 4 42 0 18
Grady King 4 38 0 12
Phil Williams 2 29 0 18
Sam Childers 4 28 1 10
Jackie Flowers 2 25 0 15
Hardis Johnson 2 24 0 13
Mark Lyles 3 18 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 204 1 18
Opp 3 51 0 35
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 15 29 0 145 0 18
Jimmy Jordan 6 9 1 59 1 18
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 38 1 204 1 18
Opp 3 12 0 51 0 35
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 2 5 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 5 0
Opp 1 15 0 15
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 2 45 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 45 0
Opp 4 77 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 208 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 208 52
Opp 9 336 55
|---------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 5 8 13 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 2 7 9 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Ron Simmons 4 4 8 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 3 4 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
Reggie Herring 1 5 6 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Arthur Scott . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 1 3 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 3 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 2 4 . . . 2 . 1- 0 . . .
James Gilbert 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . 1 . .
Rick Stockstill . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 25 59 84 8.0- 0.0 . . 4 . 3- 0 1 . .
Opp 31 72 103 2.0- . 1- 0 7 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
RB 27 Michael Whiting
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 55 Gil Wesley
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
26 Wade Wallace
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
33 James Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
49 Ken Burnett
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
57 Keith Baker
58 John Madden
59 Robert Harris
60 Scott McLean
62 Eric Ryan
64 Jarvis Coursey
65 Trent Barnes
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Florida State 66, Memphis State 17
11/17/1979, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 18, 1979, page 63, by Bill McGrotha. Bowl-bound FSU rolls 66-17.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Celebrating an Orange Bowl bid in historic fashion, Florida
State's streaking Seminoles clobbered Memphis State 66-17 before 48,021 whooping fans here Saturday night.
As the Seminoles won their 14th straight and stretched their season record to 10-0, they
emptied their bench of reserves - but the touchdowns kept coming.
All season long, Memphis State's defense had given up just three touchdown passes. Quarterback Jimmy Jordan threw for that many in
the second quarter.
Two of those Jordan TD shots came in the last 45 seconds of the half, stretching a 10-3 lead to 24-3.
Jordan sat out the remainder of the game as Wally Woodham, Rick
Stockstill and a stubborn defense did the rest.
With Jimmy Jordan opening at quarterback, the Seminoles drove 80 yards from the opening kickoff to a 3-0 lead.
Jordan connected on his first four
passes - all to different receivers. A big one was a 19-yarder to Hardis Johnson for a first down at the Memphis 20. On third-and-11, Jordan nailed Jackie Flowers with his fifth completion in the
drive at the 9.
Two runs gained the 3 before a pass missed. On fourth down Dave Cappelen kicked a 19-yard field goal.
With Leon Cage running strong from the start, the Tigers probed from their
20 to the 38 before punting to FSU's 29.
Mike Whiting, on a run, sliced for 11. Jordan soon passed nine to Flowers at the Memphis 49. A roughing penalty brought another first down, at the 39.
Three plays later Michael Thomas intercepted a Jordan pass and sped 31 yards to the Florida State 43.
On second down, Cage broke clear on a 31-yard romp to the 9. Two runs got just three yards,
however, and a pass into the end zone by Kelvin Betts was too long.
Rusty Bennett tied it 3-3 with a 23-yard field goal.
From the 20, FSU got nothing. Rohn Stark's punt was a 29-yarder that gave
Memphis good position at FSY's 49.
Cage immediately ran for eight, but a pass failed, and Reggie Herring then decked Cage for a two-yard loss. A punt left FSU at its 12 in the early moments of the
second quarter.
After a penalty set the Seminoles back to their 6, Mark Lyles ripped 19 yards with a screen pass to the 25. A 17-yarder Jordan pass to Flowers reached the 44.
When the Seminoles
ran out of downs, Stark boomed a 51-yard punt that Wade Wallace downed on the Memphis 1.
On third down at the 2, Hugh Owens punted nicely, up to the Memphis 40. Clipping on the play slapped FSU
back on its 46.
Jordan's third-down pass to Flowers netted 19 to the Memphis 30.
Two plays later, Jordan hit Flowers in the flat with a short pass, and the wide receiver side-stepped defenders
while maneuvering 24 yards to a touchdown. Cappelen's kick made it 10-3.
The Tigers soon punted again, and FSU got the ball at its 20 after another clipping call against the Seminoles.
A pair of
Jordan passes and a Whiting run for 14 led to the 50 before Stark booted a 44-yarder to the 7. After struggling to the 15, Memphis replied with a punt that Gary Henry returned seven yards to the Tiger
40.
Pass interference got the Seminoles to the 27. Whiting dug for 12 to the 15. Three more runs brought a first down at the 4, with Whiting getting the last needed yardage on his own. Jordan then
passed wide to Hardis Johnson in the end zone for six points.
Cappelen, after 37 successful extra-point attempts, missed one, leaving it 16-3 with 45 seconds left in the half. Time for another
Seminole TD.
Bill Capece's short bounding kick was recovered by the Seminoles' Mike Smith at the Memphis 29.
Flowers grabbed a pass at the 12, and interference got another first down at the 5.
Then Jordan threw to Grady King in the end zone for a touchdown with 18 seconds left in the half. Going for two, the Seminoles got it on a screen pass to Lyles, making it 24-3.
Soon after the third
quarter opened, the score jumped to 31-3 after linebacker Paul Piurowski intercepted a Betts pass and rambled 29 yards to a touchdown.
A bit later Wally Woodham made his first appearance at
quarterback, and immediately threw 19 yards to Whiting at FSU's 42. Lyles, in two runs, gained the Memphis 30. Phil Williams went to the 1 on a 24-yard pass, and Lyles scored on the following play,
jumping the score 38-3.
Not long after that, Bobby Butler blocked an Owens punt, with Keith Jones picking up the ball and scooting 16 yards for a TD that brought things to 45-3.
Richard Williams
ran back a kickoff 37 yards to the Memphis 46, but the Tigers got nothing from it.
Gary Henry's 32-yard punt return placed FSU at the Memphis 20. Johnson snared a pass at the 8. On third-and-8
Ricky Williams burst up the middle and scored on a draw play, lifting the score to 52-3.
In the first moments of the last quarter, Dennis Bradshaw collaborated with Ken Dunek on a 51-yard pass for
a Memphis touchdown, cutting the count to 52-10.
Then Rick Stockstill quarterbacked FSU on a 68-yard scoring drive. A 36-yard pass to freshman Dennis McKinnon set things up at the 3, and Keith
Kennedy got the TD from the 1. And it was 59-10.
With 5:58 left, the Seminoles added another TD, driving 61 yards with Stockstill hitting three passes, including a 24-yarder to Bill Keck at the 4.
Kelly Burney scored from the 1, and it was 66-10.
With 17 seconds left, Memphis got a final touchdown on Bradshaw's 11-yard pass to Anthony Parker.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Memphis State |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
17 |
| Florida State |
3 |
21 |
28 |
14 |
66 |
1st 3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 19, field goal, 8:38
3- 3 Opp, 23, field goal, 1:07
2nd 10- 3 Jackie Flowers, 24, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:34
16- 3 Hardis Johnson, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick failed), 0:45
24- 3 Grady King, 5, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Mark Lyles, pass from Jimmy Jordan), 0:18
3rd 31- 3 Paul Piurowski, 29, interception return (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:18
38- 3 Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:22
45- 3 Keith Jones, 16, punt return/blocked punt (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:14
Note: Bobby Butler blocked the punt, Jones picked up the
ball at the 16 and scored.
52- 3 Ricky Williams, 8, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:48
4th 52-10 Opp, 51, pass (kick), 14:49
59-10 Keith Kennedy, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 11:46
66-10 Kelly Burney, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 5:58
66-17 Opp, 11, pass (kick), 0:11
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 31 12
Rushes-yards 44-178 38-124
Passing 347 115
Att-Comp-Int 42-27-1 24-7-1
Total Yards 86-525 62-239
Punt Returns 9-75 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-27 7-169
Interception Ret. 1-29 1-31
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 4-42.8 10-32.6
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties-Yds 7-72 3-35
Attendance 48,021
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 20 83 1 13
Michael Whiting 11 51 0 14
Ricky Williams 2 11 1 8t
Dennis McKinnon 1 10 0 10
Kelly Burney 4 8 1 7
Gator Cherry 3 8 0 4
Ken Burnett 2 6 0 3
Keith Kennedy 1 1 1 1t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 44 178 4 14
Opp 38 124 0 31
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers 9 117 1 24t
Dennis McKinnon 2 45 0 36
Phil Williams 2 37 0 24
Hardis Johnson 3 34 1 18
Mark Lyles 4 26 0 18
Michael Whiting 2 25 0 19
Bill Keck 1 23 0 23
Tony Johnson 1 14 0 14
Keith Kennedy 1 11 0 11
Zeke Mowatt 1 10 0 10
Grady King 1 5 1 5t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 27 347 3 36
Opp 7 115 2 51t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 18 29 1 189 3 24t
Rick Stockstill 6 7 0 103 0 36
Wally Woodham 3 6 0 55 0 24
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 27 42 1 347 3 36
Opp 7 24 1 115 2 51t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 7 42 0
Bobby Butler 1 17 0 17
Keith Jones 0 16 1 16t
Dennis McKinnon 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 75 1 17
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 1 27 0 27
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 27 0 27
Opp 7 169 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 4 171 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 171 52
Opp 10 326 49
|---------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 2 7 9 . . 1- 29 . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 3 6 9 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 2 3 5 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Keith Baker 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 3 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Dmitri Rigas 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Ivory Joe Hunter 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Hector Gray 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Wade Wallace . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ellis Singletary 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 1 2 . . . 2 . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Capece . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rick Stockstill 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 27 58 85 4.0- 0.0 . 1- 29 5 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 33 59 92 2.0- . 1- 31 3 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
RB 27 Michael Whiting
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 58 John Madden
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
26 Wade Wallace
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
33 James Harris
35 Ellis Singletary
38 Kelly Burney
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
49 Ken Burnett
51 James Gilbert
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Dmitri Rigas
57 Keith Baker
59 Robert Harris
60 Scott McLean
62 Eric Ryan
63 Lee Adams
64 Jarvis Coursey
65 Trent Barnes
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
79 Garry Futch
81 Zeke Mowatt
82 Tony Johnson
84 Sam Childers
86 Bill Keck
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Florida State 27, Florida 16
11/23/1979, Gainesville
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 24, 1979, page 11, by Bill McGrotha. FSU wins but, oh, them Gators!
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Whewwwwwwwwwww!
Florida State's football team is
11-and-0 but it was more like 11-and-oh-my-goodness in one of the world's longest games here Saturday afternoon.
It was three hours and 12 minutes of sweat and incredible tension as the Seminoles
pulled one out 27-16 over the aggravated, aroused Alligators of Florida.
Florida, 0-9-1 now, played like winners all the way.
A crowd of 58,263 and millions more watching on national television
saw one of the best games of a 22-year series on a warm, weather-perfect day.
"It was a heckuva ball game," said a happy Bobby Bowden as he talked in the afterglow of his first perfect coaching
season. "You gotta give them credit. They just wouldn't let us put it away.
"But we played a ball game, too, and we have not lost. Somebody might tie 11-and-0, but you can't beat it!"
Florida
State put it away with 1:10 left in the game when remarkable Mark Lyles pounded into the end zone from three yards out for the touchdown that wrought the final score.
The game may well have turned
on a controversial play that Gator followers will talk about for a long time.
With the Seminoles leading 17-10 with less than five minutes left in the game, Florida had the ball inside its own 10.
UF quarterback Larry Ochab, under pressure from nose guard Ron Simmons, threw badly, and tackle Walter Carter was credited with an interception. TV replays clearly showed the ball hitting the ground
before Carter grabbed it. Officials said they didn't see that.
From the 10, three Lyles runs gained the 1 where Bill Capece booted an 18-yard field goal to give the Seminoles a 20-10 lead.
Asked
about the play after the game, Bowden retorted "You want me to go out there and try to change it or something?"
"I don't know whether it bounced or not," Carter said. "All I know is I wound up with
the ball."
Florida Coach Charley Pell called the play a turning point.
"I asked officials what the ruling was, and they said nobody saw it hit the ground," Pell said. "Six officials, and none of
them saw it."
Soon after Florida mounted a touchdown drive, and with 2:26 left narrowed the score to 20-16. The Gators went for two points but Ochab missed on a pass.
Florida had one more scare
left for the Seminoles.
The Gators tried an onside kick - a looping kick that a Florida player caught in the air. But an alert Seminole, running back Keith Kennedy, had signaled a fair catch on the
play, and the officials ruled that the Gators had not given Kennedy an opportunity to catch the ball. The ball went over to the Seminoles who marched down the field on the legs of Mike Whiting and
Lyles who plunged over from the 3 to put the game away 27-16.
On 27 runs Lyles, the 6-foot-4, 232-pound senior fullback, exploded for 151 yards that vaulted him over the 1,000 barrier for the
season. He finished the regular season with 1,011 yards in 225 carries.
Among other FSU heroes, Simmons and cornerback Bobby Butler were most prominent. Among his seven tackles, Simmons had four
for losses totaling 19 yards. Butler was all over, breaking up pass after pass.
Ochab, the walk-on, staged an extraordinary performance, hitting 22 of his 54 passes for 270 yards.
Simmons and
Ochab were acclaimed the game's outstanding players by the ABC network.
"I can't say enough about him," said Pell of Ochab.
Despite the points on the board and the yards accumulated, it was
essentially a titanic defensive struggle.
Florida rushed FSU passers like they had not been rushed previously this season, with Tallahassee's Yancey Sutton big in that picture. Twice he tossed
former Leon High teammate Jimmy Jordan for losses totaling 21 yards.
Except for one 51-yard breakthrough by Terry Williams, the Gators could not run a lick and netted just 39 for the day. The
Seminoles intercepted Ochab five times.
Had field-goal kickers on either side been more true, the course of the game might have been drastically altered. Florida's Brian Clark missed four from
ranges of 39, 45, 23 and 38 yards - the 45-yarder because Butler blocked it. FSU's Dave Cappelen missed three from 42, 47 and 29 yards.
With Wally Woodham at the helm, the Seminoles took a first
quarter 3-0 lead when Cappelen made one from 42 yards out.
A fourth-and-one gamble by the Seminoles at Florida's 46 came up inches short on a Whiting run. Whereupon, Ochab hit Chris Collinsworth
with a 39-yard pass at FSU's 15. But a Simmons-led defense threw Florida back to the 22, and Clark missed his 39-yard try.
With a bit over three minutes left in the half Jordan directed a 71-yard
payoff drive, completing five passes en route - three of them to tight end Gardy King. The touchdown came on a 22-yarder to freshman Hardis Johnson in the end zone.
Backed to their 16 by Sutton's
sack of Jordan as the last half opened, the Seminoles punted out to the 50.
Four short Ochab passes led to FSU's 23. After tight end James Jones dropped a certain TD pass, FSU held. On fourth down
Clark popped through a 3-pointer from 39-yard range to narrow it to 10-3.
Then end Tim Golden made a leaping interception of a Jordan shot at the FSU 10 and scrambled to the seven. But Ochab missed
with three straight passes - and Clark missed with a 23-yard bid for three.
A little later cornerback Bill Piorillo plucked a Jordan pass at the FSU 20 and raced to the Seminoles' four. Two plays
later tailback Carl Prioleau scored from the two, tying it 10-10.
Back came Woodham at quarterback, guiding a smooth 80-yard drive to a touchdown that was cashed early in the last quarter.
Whiting's running ignited the charge.
From the Florida 20, Lyles suddenly broke off the right side and scored easily, making it 17-10.
On Florida's next series Ochab, under pressure from
Simmons, threw badly, and tackle Walter Carter intercepted at the Gator 10. (TV replays showed the ball hitting the ground before Carter grabbed it. Officials said they didn't see that.)
Asked
about that play after the game, Bowden retorted: "You want me to go out there and try to change it or something?"
From the 10, three Lyles runs gained the 1. On fourth down Bill Capece booted an
18-yard field for 20-10.
Williams broke his 51-yard run to FSU's 27 but Clark missed a 38-yard field goal attempt.
From its 29, Florida moved. A 38-yard throw to Chris Faulkner led to FSU's 35
and a fourth-down call on FSU for pass interference kept the Gators alive at the 25. Two plays later Henry tipped an end zone pass into the hands of Faulkner for a touchdown.
With 2:21 left and the
score 20-16 Florida went for two, Ochab missing with a pass.
Florida tried an onside kick, and FSU got the ball at the Gator 40 following a penalty against UF for interfering with a fair-catch
attempt by a Seminole on the play.
Whiting got eight, Lyles 20, and Whiting nine - to the 3. Then, on the fourth play of that quick finishing act, Lyles ran the ball into the end zone with 1:10
left.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
27 |
| Florida |
0 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
16 |
1st 0- 0 Dave Cappelen, 41, field goal failed, 7:54
3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 42, field goal, 6:23
3- 0 Dave Cappelen, 46, field goal failed, 1:14
2nd 3- 0 Opp, 39, field goal failed, 11:04
3- 0 Opp, 45, field goal failed, 2:03
10- 0 Hardis Johnson, 21, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:11
3rd 10- 3 Opp, 39, field goal, 11:39
10- 3 Opp, 23, field goal failed, 9:57
10- 3 Dave Cappelen, 29, field goal failed, 7:15
10-10 Opp, 2, run (kick), 1:28
4th 17-10 Mark Lyles, 20, run (Bill Capece, kick), 12:31
20-10 Bill Capece, 18, field goal, 10:46
20-10 Opp, 27, field goal failed, 7:56
20-16 Opp, 35, pass (pass failed), 2:21
27-16 Mark Lyles, 2, run (Bill Capece, kick), 1:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 13
Rushes-yards 53-241 23-39
Passing 153 270
Att-Comp-Int 27-14-2 54-22-5
Total Yards 80-394 77-309
Punt Returns 3-12 1-0
Kickoff Returns 1-3 0-0
Interception Ret. 5-64 2-33
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 7-40.4 6-44.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Penalties-Yds 7-42 6-59
Attendance 58,263
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Mark Lyles 27 151 2 20t
Michael Whiting 19 123 0 25
Sam Platt 1 6 0 6
Wally Woodham 2 -16 0
Jimmy Jordan 4 -23 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 53 241 2 25
Opp 23 39 1 51
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Grady King 6 59 0 13
Hardis Johnson 2 51 1 30
Michael Whiting 4 39 0 18
Mark Lyles 1 2 0 2
Jackie Flowers 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 153 1 30
Opp 22 270 1 39
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Wally Woodham 7 10 0 82 0 20
Jimmy Jordan 7 17 2 71 1 21t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 27 2 153 1 21t
Opp 22 54 5 270 1 39
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 3 12 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 12 0
Opp 1 0 0 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 3 0 3
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 283 60
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 283 60
Opp 6 268 53
|---------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 5 11 1.0- 2.0 . . 1 . . 1 . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 7 . 7 4.0- 19.0 . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 5 1 6 1.0- 13.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 5 . 5 1.0- 2.0 . 1- 22 . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 4 1 5 . . 1- 0 5 . . . 1 .
Keith Jones 3 1 4 1.0- 7.0 . . 2 . . . . .
Arthur Scott 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Gary Henry 2 1 3 . . 1- 36 . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 2 1 3 . . . 3 . . . . .
James Gilbert . . . . . 1- 3 . . . . . .
Walter Carter . . . . . 1- 3 . . . . . .
Team . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 15 55 8.0- 43.0 . 5- 64 13 . 1- 0 1 1 .
Opp 67 52 119 6.0- 40.0 . 2- 33 7 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 12 Wally Woodham
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
TB 27 Michael Whiting
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 58 John Madden
OG 69 Mike Good
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
LT 67 Mark Macek
RT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
7 Mike Smith
11 Rick Stockstill
15 Jimmy Jordan
17 Bill Capece
29 Sam Platt
33 James Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
44 Ricky Williams
49 Ken Burnett
51 James Gilbert
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
57 Keith Baker
60 Scott McLean
62 Eric Ryan
63 Lee Adams
64 Jarvis Coursey
65 Trent Barnes
73 Chris Nickrenz
74 Danny Collier
76 Walter Carter
79 Garry Futch
84 Sam Childers
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
|
Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7
01/01/1980, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, January 2, 1980, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. Sooners end Cinderella story.
Seminoles fall 24-7 in Miami.
MIAMI, Fla. - About one hour before
midnight on the first day of a new year, time ran out on Florida State's Cinderella football team.
Stunned by first-quarter developments, Oklahoma rallied fiercely and dominated the remainder of
the 46th Orange Bowl in a 24-7 triumph.
The defeat halted a 15-game winning streak of the fourth-ranked Seminoles and placed a final blot on an 11-0 regular season.
Oklahoma's quick defense was
simply too much. Neither Jimmy Jordan, the starting quarterback, nor Wally Woodham, his replacement, could cope with it after the first quarter.
As 66,714 fans watched - there were, unaccountably,
approximately 10,000 no shows - Florida State jumped out front early 7-0 on a 1-yard plunge by Mike Whiting.
Soon after, Bobby Butler blocked an Oklahoma punt, giving the Seminoles the ball at the
Sooner 18. But, following a first down at the 6, they couldn't get the ball over. A fourth-down try for a field goal was fouled up by a mishandled snap.
That play appeared to bring the Sooners back
from the dead. Within minutes the score was tied 7-7 on J.C. Watts' 61-yard run.
An interception of a Jordan pass brought Oklahoma another quick shot, from the FSU 10, and soon Stanley Wilson
scored on a 5-yard run.
Then a weak punt provided the Sooners with a chance from FSU's 41. Mike Keeling's 24-yard field goal made it 17-7 at halftime.
Florida State defenders repelled one
Oklahoma charge after another in the closing half - until, with a couple of minutes left, Billy Sims busted loose on a lateral from Watts to score on a 340-yard play, though Sims accounted for only 22
of it.
Oklahoma ran up 447 yards - including 411 running - on FSU's proud defense. The Seminoles managed just 182 on the attack, completing only eight of 27 passes.
Bud Hebert, a senior safety,
intercepted three Florida State passes and was acclaimed the game's outstanding defensive performer. Watts won the offensive honor, by designation of the Orange Bowl committee.
On a fair, cool
evening - the temperature was 62 degrees - the Seminoles started out lucky.
They won the coin toss, received and struggled from a beginning at their 20. Mark Lyles got little on two runs, and Jimmy
Jordan missed with a pass, whereupon Rohn Stark punted.
Basil Banks took the punt on the Oklahoma 31, raced straight up the middle, started to weave and broke free. Finally, Scott Warren dragged
him down at the 10, forcing a fumble with his tackle.
The ball rolled into the end zone, with Edenbur Richardson making a Florida State recovery for a touchback that gave the Seminoles possession
of the ball at their 20.
Jordan fired a 22-yard pass to Sam Platt, then a 10-yarder to Lyles at the Oklahoma 48. But more passes failed, and Stark punted to the 18.
After the Sooners ground out
a first down on three runs and worked the ball to the 34, Florida State defenders forced a punt.
From the 33, Jordan nailed Hardis Johnson with a third-down pass at the 50. Again on third down,
Jordan found Grady King with an 11-yarder to the 35.
Lyles smashed to the 27, then the 23. After Mike Whiting got 3, Lyles carried twice again - to a first down at the 13.
As Jordan threw to
Jackie Flowers in the end zone, cornerback Jim Jimerson was flagged for interference, giving Florida State the ball at the 1. Lyles was stopped for a half-yard loss, but Oklahoma was offside on the
play.
Whiting scored easily, and Dave Cappelen added a point for 7-0.
From its 24, Oklahoma pulled up inches short of a first down at its 34 following three runs.
When Michael Keeling tried
to punt, Bobby Butler raced through to block the ball. Keith Jones recovered it for the Seminoles at the Oklahoma 17.
On third down at the 18, Jordan hit King with a first-down pass at the 6. It
was the next-to-last play of the quarter.
Two Lyles runs reached the 2, but a delay penalty cost the Seminoles 5.
After some confusion among officials a pass to Johnson was ruled incomplete at
the 1. The Seminoles then lined p for a field goal, taking another delay penalty.
Lining up again, Rick Stockstill muffed the snap from center, and Oklahoma took over at the 19 following the
botched attempt.
On a pitchout, Sims broke for 25 to the 44. When quarterback J.C. Watts tried a pass, James Gilbert sacked him for a loss of 6 at the 39.
Hardly discouraged, Watts on the next
play, slipped wide on a keeper and scooted untouched 61 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown that tied it 7-7 after Kell Keeling's point-after.
From the 20, Jordan promptly passed - and
Oklahoma's Bud Hebert intercepted the toss intended for Johnson, dancing to Florida State's 10 before Ken Lanier caught him.
Offsides got the Sooners to the 5. Stanley Wilson was seemingly tackled
for a loss of 4 or 5 yards, but struggled free, swept wide and into the end zone for a touchdown that put Oklahoma on top 14-7.
After a dandy kickoff return of 21 yards by Kelly Burney to the 35,
the Seminoles continued to falter.
Richard Turner's third-down sack of Jordan for minus-12 knocked the Seminoles back to the 27. Stark bobbled the punt snap, then got off a weak effort to the
Florida State 41.
Runs by David Overstreet and Watts led to a first down at the 18. On a keeper, Watts dug to the 4. But Butler stopped Sims after a yard. Paul Piurowski decked Overstreet for no
gain. Then Walter Carter tore in to grab Watts for a loss of 4, back on the 7.
That brought forth down, and Keeling kicked a 24-yard field goal with 3:08 to go in the half, moving the score to
17-7.
In came Wally Woodham at quarterback, but the Seminoles moved little from their 28. Stark got off a booming 59-yard punt to the Oklahoma 6.
Oklahoma worked the ball to the 15 before time
ran out in the half.
At the start of the second half, Oklahoma elected to kick off. Woodham could get nothing going from his 25. Stark punted, and a clip on the return set the Sooners back on their
19.
Sims popped wide on a 26-yard scamper to the 45. After a first down at FSU's 44, a handoff got away from Watts and Arthur Scott claimed the fumble for the Seminoles at the 43.
Again it was
three-downs-and punt for Florida State, with Stark's boot backing Oklahoma to its 13.
Sims got 11 and Watts 12 to the 37. Sims led on to a first down at the Seminole 38. Reggie Herring spurred a
defensive stand that forced a punt, which rolled into the end zone.
With Whiting running three times for 20 yards, Florida State ran up to its 47. On third down, Sam Childers snared a 14-yard
Woodham pass at the Oklahoma 40.
Woodham kept for 5, then threw on the next play - and Hebert pulled off his second interception at the 22.
Three runs - the last for 21 by Watts - took the
Sooners to FSU's 44. Once more, Seminole defenders forced a punt that gave FSU the ball back at their 15.
Woodham could not connect with passes, and Stark's punt gave Oklahoma a shot from its
49.
On first down, Watts whipped a 29-yard pass to Nixon at the FSU 22. But Sims fumbled when racked by Monk Bonasorte, and end Mark Macek recovered the ball for Florida State at the 20.
On the
next play, Hebert got his third interception - off Jordan this time - at the FSU 40.
Whereupon, Overstreet lost the ball when nailed by Herring - and Macek once more recovered for the Seminoles,
this time at the 35.
With the help of a 10-yard pass, Jordan to Childers, FSU gained Oklahoma's 48. The Seminoles bogged down at the 40, and Stark punted neatly - to the 2.
Wilson, the fullback,
worked the ball out of the hole, up to the 15. Then Sims and Watts took over. Soon, the Sooners were knocking at FSU's 34.
Watts slipped through the line, then at the 24 lateralled the ball to
Sims, who skipped down the sidelines for an easy touchdown on a 34-yard play. The score moved to 24-7 with 1:58 remaining.
Jordan's passes couldn't find targets. Stark's whopping 70-yard punt put
Oklahoma at its 9 with 1:21 to go.
Oklahoma had pushed the ball up to its 35 when time ran out.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Oklahoma |
0 |
17 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
| Florida State |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1st 7- 0 Michael Whiting, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 3:24
2nd 7- 7 Opp, 61, run (kick), 11:35
7-14 Opp, 5, run (kick), 10:59
7-17 Opp, 24, field goal, 3:08
4th 7-24 Opp, 22, run (kick), 1:58
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 12 23
Rushes-yards 35-82 62-409
Passing 100 36
Att-Comp-Int 27-8-3 4-2-0
Total Yards 62-182 66-445
Punt Returns 2-19 1-59
Kickoff Returns 4-92 1-15
Interception Ret. 0-0 3-25
Fumble Returns 4-0 0-0
Punts 9-42.2 4-25.0
Sacks By-Yds 0- 1-
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 5-4
Penalties-Yds 4-20 3-28
Attendance 66,714
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 13 40 1 10
Mark Lyles 13 40 0 8
Sam Platt 3 8 0 6
Wally Woodham 2 7 0 5
Jimmy Jordan 3 -6 0 4
Rick Stockstill 1 -7 0 -7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 82 1 10
Opp 62 409 3 61t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Grady King 2 24 0 13
Sam Childers 2 24 0 14
Sam Platt 1 22 0 22
Hardis Johnson 1 17 0 17
Mark Lyles 1 9 0 9
Michael Whiting 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 8 100 0 22
Opp 2 36 0 29
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan 6 16 1 76 0 22
Wally Woodham 2 11 2 24 0 14
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 8 27 3 100 0 22
Opp 2 4 0 36 0 29
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobby Butler 1 11 0 11
Gary Henry 1 4 0 4
Keith Jones 0 4 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 19 0 11
Opp 1 59 0 59
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kelly Burney 4 92 0 28
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 92 0 28
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 9 380 70
----------------------------------------
FSU 9 380 70
Opp 4 100 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 12 4 16 . . . . . . 1 . .
Monk Bonasorte 9 3 12 . . . . . . 1 . .
Ron Simmons 5 6 11 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 7 4 11 . . . . . . . . .
Scott Warren 6 1 7 . . . . . . 1 . .
Bobby Butler 5 1 6 . . . . . . . 1 .
Keith Jones 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Ivory Joe Hunter 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Walter Carter 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 1 2 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
James Gilbert 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Rick Stockstill 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Mindlin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Baker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edenbur Richardson 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Dmitri Rigas 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek . 1 1 . . . . . 2- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 63 25 88 . . . . . 4- 0 3 1 .
Opp 47 14 61 . 1.0- 3- 25 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 15 Jimmy Jordan
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
WR 23 Jackie Flowers
RB 27 Michael Whiting
FB 48 Mark Lyles
C 58 John Madden
LG 69 Mike Good
RG 70 Greg Futch
LT 72 Ken Lanier
RT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 85 Grady King
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
SS 28 Keith Jones
LB 39 Reggie Herring
FS 42 Monk Bonasorte
CB 46 Ivory Joe Hunter
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 77 Jeremy Mindlin
DE 80 Scott Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Dave Cappelen
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
11 Rick Stockstill
12 Wally Woodham
17 Bill Capece
26 Wade Wallace
29 Sam Platt
30 Keith Kennedy
31 Gator Cherry
33 James Harris
38 Kelly Burney
40 Gary Henry
43 Hector Gray
51 James Gilbert
56 Dmitri Rigas
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
57 Keith Baker
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
63 Lee Adams
64 Jarvis Coursey
65 Trent Barnes
73 Chris Nickrenz
76 Walter Carter
79 Garry Futch
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
84 Sam Childers
87 Phil Williams
90 Edenbur Richardson
97 Herbert Harp
|
