1980 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Mike Fox, Graduate Assistant
Jim Gladden, Defensive Ends
Jake Gonos, Graduate Assistant
Bob Harbison, Administrative Assistant
George Henshaw, Offensive Coordinator
Dick Hopkins, Graduate Assistant
Nick Kish, Running Backs
Gene McDowell, Linebackers
Barry Rice, Graduate Assistant
Kent Schoolfield, Receivers
Billy Sexton, Quarterbacks
Bill Shaw, Defensive Line
Jack Stanton, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Mark Thomas, Graduate Assistant
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1980 FSU Football Press Guide
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1980 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
From the 1980 FSU Football Press Guide, page 32.
Carl Armstrong, 6-3, 175, WR, Merritt Island
Possessor of perhaps the best hands in the state, according to the Toney Recruiting Report...grabbed 61 passes for 808 yards and 13 TD's while leading Merritt Island to the Class AAAA state
championship.
Herbert Butler, 6-1, 180, RB, Thomasville, Ga.
- Good all-around athlete who dominated his league as a runner...also catches the ball well.
Allen Dale Campbell, 6-4, 230, DE, Perry
- Dominated on both defense and offense in high school...coaching staff likes Campbell's size and speed...All Big-Bend conference...first team all-state...first team Parade All-American.
Alphonso Carreker, 6-6, 230, DE, Columbus, Ohio
- Big man with super potential on both sides of the football...all-state in both football and basketball.
Bob Davis, 6-4, 185, QB, Warner Robins, Ga.
- Intelligent, hard worker...coache's son...good pocket passer with good size...All-Middle Georgia.
Darish Davis, 5-11, 200, RB, Augusta, Ga.
- Transfer student from Georgia Tech...originally recruited out of high school by Florida State...an all-state and All-American in High school...Davis was one of the most sought-after backs in the
country a year ago.
Larry Harris, 6-1, 195, FB, Gainesville
- Strong runner with good speed...versatile athlete...Gainesville Player of the Year...an all-state pick...rushed for over 1,000 yards as a senior at Eastside High School.
John Houston, 6-0, 200, LB, Atlanta, Ga.
- Played both ways as tight end and linebacker...hard hitter with good agility...during senior year, named Linebacker of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week and Offensive Player of the Week.
Darryl Kershaw, 6-5, 235, OL, Columbus, Ohio
- Highly recruited athlete...earned six letters while competing in track and football at Columbus West High School.
Jeff A. Ledbetter, 6-4, 195, QB, Clearwater
- Three-year football lettermen for Coach John Nicely...led his team to a 10-1 record with his passing and running...passed for 1,200 yards.
Keith Lester, 6-4, 235, TE, Clearwater
- "Unlimited potential at tight end," according to Assistant Coach Billy Sexton.
Kim Mack, 6-0, 180, DB, Port Orange
- Won six letters for Spruce Creek...named Player of the Week twice and Player of the Year in football...also voted his team's Most Valuable Player.
Prince Matt, 5-10, 180, DB, Bradenton
- Can play either running back or defensive back...hard hitter with 4.6 speed...all-county and all-state.
Tim McCray, 5-11, 205, RB, Waycross, Ga.
- Played one season at Independence Community College in Kansas...due to injury, played in only seven games but gained 1,089 yards...runs a 4.5 forty.
John McLean, 6-2, 220, DE, Clermont
- Will be tried at different positions...played fullback and tight end in high school...first team all-state in 1978 and 1979...All-Central Florida both junior and senior years.
Tim Mitchell, 6-3, 222, DE, Miami
- "Big, strong and hard-nosedball player," according to Bowden...played a number of defensive positions...named second team All-Dade County.
David Ponder, 6-3, 200, DT, Cairo, Ga.
- Defensive standout...entered Florida State in January following early graduation and participated in spring drills...led his Cairo Syrupmaker team to an 8-3 record and a berth in the state playoffs.
Sam Restivo, 6-1, 220, FB-LB, Jamestown, N.Y.
- Lettered three times in football and twice in basketball...first team all-state as a linebacker...high school coach Joe Santillippo calls him "the best high school linebacker I've seen in 26 years
of coaching."
Eric Riley, 6-0, 165, WR, Fort Myers
- Blue chip prospect out of Fort Myers High...according to the FSU coaching staff, Riley is "extremely quick, has great speed and jumping ability."
Jerry Riopelle, 6-3, 245, OL-DL, Wyandotte, Mich.
- Hustling lineman from same high school that produced Seminole Mark Macek...played both tackle and noseguard...honorable mention all-state.
Anthony Smiley, 5-11, 190, DB, Saint Augustine
- "Hard hitter with good speed and range" says Bowden's staff...plays intimidating defense...also can double as a running back.
Rick Taylor, 6-1, 180, QB, Port Saint Joe
- Coaches son at Prt Saint Joe High School...first team All-Big Bend Classification...second team Class AA all-state...Centenary Prep All-American.
Jim Thompson, 6-6, 220, C, Midlothian, Va.
- Two-way standout as offensive and defensive lineman...expected to blossom out to 250 pounds or better...first team all-district, All-Metro and all-region.
Reggie Webb, 6-1, 165, WR, Jacksonville
- Another in the long line of top-notch Raines receivers...Seminole coaching staff says Webb has the "speed, moves and good hands" needed to play major college ball.
Brian Williams, 6-1, 212, LB, Winter Haven
- Reputed to be a great hitter with extemely good linebacking speed.
1980 Roster - By Name
From the 1980 FSU Football Press Guide, page 33.
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R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 63 Lee Adams OG 6-4 245 Sr * Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
Richard Alcalde DB 6-0 190 So Vienna, Va. (Oakton)
52 Willie Andrusko C 6-5 235 Jr Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
26 Carl Armstrong WR 6-3 175 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 Jr Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 65 Trent Barnes C 6-4 235 Sr Lakeland (Lakeland)
Keith Bauer RB 5-9 175 So Hialeah (Hialeah)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 175 Sr *** Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
88 Jeff Bowden WR 5-8 170 Jr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 75 Tom Brannon OT 6-3 250 Sr * Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
61 Brent Brock OG 6-4 250 Sr-R Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 45 Roger Andrew Brownlee LB 6-3 200 Fr-R Doctors Inlet (Orange Park)
* 20 Ken Burnett FB 5-11 198 So Brandon (Brandon)
38 Kelly Burney RB 5-9 180 Jr Miami (Jackson)
* 21 Bobby Butler DB 5-11 185 Sr *** Delray Beach (Atlantic)
49 Herbert Butler RB 6-1 180 Fr Thomasville, Ga. (Brookwood Academy)
90 Allen Dale Campbell DE 6-4 230 Fr Perry (Taylor County)
* 17 Bill Capece KS 5-7 170 Sr *** Miami (Chaminade)
* 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 6-6 230 Fr Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
37 Greg Cary DB 6-1 180 So Tampa (Jesuit)
* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 24 Harvey Clayton DB 5-10 170 So Florida City (South Dade)
47 Bryan Cobb LB 6-3 210 Sr Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
* 66 Redus Coggin OG 6-3 230 Jr Chipley (Chipley)
56 Jerry Coleman OG 6-3 235 So Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
78 Mike Coleman OT 6-4 250 Sr Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
* 74 Danny Collier OT 6-4 250 Jr Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey DE 6-5 200 Jr ** Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
Raymond Crowell DB 6-2 170 So Centerville, Ga. (Northside)
10 Bob Davis QB 6-4 185 Fr Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
32 Darish Davis RB 5-11 200 So Augusta, Ga. (Richmond Academy/Georgia Tech)
91 John Diamantas OG 6-3 235 Jr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
Mike Dinkins WR 5-11 160 Sr Ocala (Forest)
Kevin Edgecomb WR 6-0 170 Sr Miami (Jackson)
93 David Ellis OG 6-3 242 Jr Paisley (Umatilla)
16 Scott Evans DB 5-10 175 So Macon, Ga. (Stratford Academy)
68 Jeff Field OG 6-1 225 Sr Albany, Ga. (Westover)
98 Brad Fojtik DE 6-4 215 So Auburndale (Santa Fe Catholic)
10 Chris Frongilo DB 5-10 175 So Birmingham, Ala. (Pinson Valley)
* 79 Garry Futch NG 6-2 240 Jr * Ocala (Forest)
* 70 Greg Futch OG 6-3 255 Sr-R *** Ocala (Forest)
4 Chris Gerbasi LB 6-2 205 So Valrico (Brandon)
* 51 James Gilbert DT 6-0 240 Jr ** Miami (Carol City)
97 Herbert Harp DT 6-3 270 So Winter Garden (West Orange)
* 33 James Harris DB 6-0 180 Jr * Gainesville (Buchholz)
* 30 Larry Harris FB 6-1 195 Fr Gainesville (Eastside)
* 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 Jr ** Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 39 Reggie Herring LB 6-1 215 Sr ** Titusville (Astronaut)
* 83 Ron Hester LB 6-2 210 Sr Umatilla (Umatilla)
36 Cliff Holiday FB 5-8 165 So Newnan, Ga. (Newnan)
55 John Houston LB 6-0 200 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Columbia)
* 93 Rick Houston TE 6-1 195 Sr-R Orlando (Edgewater)
* 22 Hardis Johnson WR 6-0 170 So * Tampa (Robinson)
23 Homes Johnson RB 5-9 185 Jr-R * Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
82 Tony Johnson WR 6-2 175 So Dothan, Ala. (Wicksburg)
* 28 Keith Jones DB 5-10 180 Sr ** Wildwood (Wildwood)
86 Mike Katz TE 6-2 200 Sr Hialeah (Hialeah)
69 Darryl Kershaw OL 6-5 235 Fr Columbus, Ohio (Columbus)
* 72 Ken Lanier OT 6-4 260 Sr *** Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
16 Jeff A. Ledbetter QB 6-4 195 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
80 Keith Lester TE 6-4 235 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
12 Kelly Lowrey QB 6-1 210 Fr-R Lake City (Columbia)
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 260 Sr *** Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
13 Kim Mack DB 6-0 180 Fr Port Orange (Spruce Creek)
* 58 John Madden C 6-2 220 Sr ** Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
48 Prince Matt DB 5-10 180 Fr Bradenton (Manatee)
Tim McCray RB 5-11 205 Jr Waycross, Ga. (Independence CC)
* 6 Dennis McKinnon WR 6-1 175 So Miami (South Miami)
* 86 John McLean DE 6-2 220 Fr Clermont (Clermont)
* 60 Scott McLean DE 6-4 235 Jr * Clermont (Clermont)
* 71 Bob Merson C 6-2 240 Jr Seminole (Seminole)
57 Tim Mitchell DE 6-3 222 Fr Miami (Norland)
* 81 Zeke Mowatt TE 6-4 232 So Wauchula (Hardee)
77 Chris Nickrenz DT 6-6 250 So Buffalo, N.Y. (Saint Joseph)
Jerome Oliver DB 5-11 170 So Greensboro (Greensboro)
Roderick Pearson DE 6-3 210 So Jacksonville (Raines)
* 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 222 Sr *** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 29 Sam Platt RB 6-0 185 Sr ** Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 85 David Ponder DT 6-3 200 Fr Cairo, Ga. (Cairo)
59 Donnie Read LB 6-0 220 Jr Bristol (Liberty County)
99 Ricky Render DT 6-5 240 So Ozark, Ala. (Wicksburg)
52 Sam Restivo FB-LB 6-1 220 Fr Jamestown, N.Y. (Jamestown)
8 Eric Riley WR 6-0 165 Fr Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
96 Jerry Riopelle OL-DL 6-3 245 Fr Wyandotte, Mich. (Rossevelt)
46 Mark Rodrigue DE 6-2 205 Jr Tallahassee (Choctawhatchee)
89 Steve Rosenbluth TE 6-3 200 So Miami (Killian)
* 62 Eric Ryan OT 6-4 255 So-R Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 54 Arthur Scott DE 6-2 240 Sr-R *** Tampa (Brandon)
* 50 Ron Simmons NG 6-1 230 Sr *** Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 31 Ernie Sims RB 6-1 215 Jr ** Tampa (Jefferson)
94 Mark Sims LB 6-4 220 So-R Bonifay (Holmes County)
35 Ellis Singletary LB 5-11 200 So Jasper (Hamilton County)
15 Anthony Smiley DB 5-11 190 Fr Saint Augustine (Saint Augustine)
* 7 Mike Smith DB 5-11 175 Sr ** Panama City (Bay)
15 Dominick Sneed DB 6-0 170 So Wilmington, Calif. (Banning)
* 3 Rohn Stark P 6-3 195 Jr ** Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
* 11 Rick Stockstill QB 6-1 185 Jr-R * Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
1 Rick Taylor QB 6-1 180 Fr Port Saint Joe (Port Saint Joe)
* 43 Homer Thomas DB 6-2 190 Sr Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
9 Greg Thompson DB 6-0 180 So Apopka (Apopka)
56 Jim Thompson C 6-6 220 Fr Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
18 Weegie Thompson QB 6-6 205 So Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
* 19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Sr-R *** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 73 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 Jr-R Miami (Chaminade)
2 Reggie Webb WR 6-1 165 Fr Jacksonville (Raines)
89 Tom Wheeler QB 6-3 210 Fr-R Port Orange (Spruce Creek)
* 27 Michael Whiting RB 6-2 200 Jr ** Largo (Largo)
95 Terry Widner OT 6-4 250 So Donalsonville, Ga. (Seminole County)
14 Blair Williams QB 6-1 185 So Tallahassee (Leon)
* 47 Brian Williams LB 6-1 212 Fr Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 87 Phil Williams WR 5-10 170 Sr ** Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 44 Ricky Williams RB 5-10 170 So * Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
41 Tommy Young FB 6-0 195 Jr Lake City (Columbia)
1980 Roster - By Number
From the 1980 FSU Football Press Guide, page 33.
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Richard Alcalde DB 6-0 190 So Vienna, Va. (Oakton)
Keith Bauer RB 5-9 175 So Hialeah (Hialeah)
Raymond Crowell DB 6-2 170 So Centerville, Ga. (Northside)
Mike Dinkins WR 5-11 160 Sr Ocala (Forest)
Kevin Edgecomb WR 6-0 170 Sr Miami (Jackson)
Tim McCray RB 5-11 205 Jr Waycross, Ga. (Independence CC)
Jerome Oliver DB 5-11 170 So Greensboro (Greensboro)
Roderick Pearson DE 6-3 210 So Jacksonville (Raines)
1 Rick Taylor QB 6-1 180 Fr Port Saint Joe (Port Saint Joe)
2 Reggie Webb WR 6-1 165 Fr Jacksonville (Raines)
* 3 Rohn Stark P 6-3 195 Jr ** Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
4 Chris Gerbasi LB 6-2 205 So Valrico (Brandon)
* 6 Dennis McKinnon WR 6-1 175 So Miami (South Miami)
* 7 Mike Smith DB 5-11 175 Sr ** Panama City (Bay)
8 Eric Riley WR 6-0 165 Fr Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
9 Greg Thompson DB 6-0 180 So Apopka (Apopka)
10 Bob Davis QB 6-4 185 Fr Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
10 Chris Frongilo DB 5-10 175 So Birmingham, Ala. (Pinson Valley)
* 11 Rick Stockstill QB 6-1 185 Jr-R * Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
12 Kelly Lowrey QB 6-1 210 Fr-R Lake City (Columbia)
13 Kim Mack DB 6-0 180 Fr Port Orange (Spruce Creek)
14 Blair Williams QB 6-1 185 So Tallahassee (Leon)
15 Anthony Smiley DB 5-11 190 Fr Saint Augustine (Saint Augustine)
15 Dominick Sneed DB 6-0 170 So Wilmington, Calif. (Banning)
16 Scott Evans DB 5-10 175 So Macon, Ga. (Stratford Academy)
16 Jeff A. Ledbetter QB 6-4 195 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 17 Bill Capece KS 5-7 170 Sr *** Miami (Chaminade)
18 Weegie Thompson QB 6-6 205 So Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
* 19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Sr-R *** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 20 Ken Burnett FB 5-11 198 So Brandon (Brandon)
* 21 Bobby Butler DB 5-11 185 Sr *** Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 22 Hardis Johnson WR 6-0 170 So * Tampa (Robinson)
23 Homes Johnson RB 5-9 185 Jr-R * Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
* 24 Harvey Clayton DB 5-10 170 So Florida City (South Dade)
26 Carl Armstrong WR 6-3 175 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
* 27 Michael Whiting RB 6-2 200 Jr ** Largo (Largo)
* 28 Keith Jones DB 5-10 180 Sr ** Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 29 Sam Platt RB 6-0 185 Sr ** Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 30 Larry Harris FB 6-1 195 Fr Gainesville (Eastside)
* 31 Ernie Sims RB 6-1 215 Jr ** Tampa (Jefferson)
32 Darish Davis RB 5-11 200 So Augusta, Ga. (Richmond Academy/Georgia Tech)
* 33 James Harris DB 6-0 180 Jr * Gainesville (Buchholz)
35 Ellis Singletary LB 5-11 200 So Jasper (Hamilton County)
36 Cliff Holiday FB 5-8 165 So Newnan, Ga. (Newnan)
37 Greg Cary DB 6-1 180 So Tampa (Jesuit)
38 Kelly Burney RB 5-9 180 Jr Miami (Jackson)
* 39 Reggie Herring LB 6-1 215 Sr ** Titusville (Astronaut)
* 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 Jr ** Orlando (Oak Ridge)
41 Tommy Young FB 6-0 195 Jr Lake City (Columbia)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 175 Sr *** Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
* 43 Homer Thomas DB 6-2 190 Sr Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
* 44 Ricky Williams RB 5-10 170 So * Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
* 45 Roger Andrew Brownlee LB 6-3 200 Fr-R Doctors Inlet (Orange Park)
46 Mark Rodrigue DE 6-2 205 Jr Tallahassee (Choctawhatchee)
47 Bryan Cobb LB 6-3 210 Sr Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
* 47 Brian Williams LB 6-1 212 Fr Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
48 Prince Matt DB 5-10 180 Fr Bradenton (Manatee)
49 Herbert Butler RB 6-1 180 Fr Thomasville, Ga. (Brookwood Academy)
* 50 Ron Simmons NG 6-1 230 Sr *** Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 51 James Gilbert DT 6-0 240 Jr ** Miami (Carol City)
52 Willie Andrusko C 6-5 235 Jr Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
52 Sam Restivo FB-LB 6-1 220 Fr Jamestown, N.Y. (Jamestown)
* 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 222 Sr *** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 54 Arthur Scott DE 6-2 240 Sr-R *** Tampa (Brandon)
55 John Houston LB 6-0 200 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Columbia)
56 Jerry Coleman OG 6-3 235 So Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
56 Jim Thompson C 6-6 220 Fr Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 Jr Delray Beach (Atlantic)
57 Tim Mitchell DE 6-3 222 Fr Miami (Norland)
* 58 John Madden C 6-2 220 Sr ** Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
59 Donnie Read LB 6-0 220 Jr Bristol (Liberty County)
* 60 Scott McLean DE 6-4 235 Jr * Clermont (Clermont)
61 Brent Brock OG 6-4 250 Sr-R Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 62 Eric Ryan OT 6-4 255 So-R Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 63 Lee Adams OG 6-4 245 Sr * Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey DE 6-5 200 Jr ** Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
* 65 Trent Barnes C 6-4 235 Sr Lakeland (Lakeland)
* 66 Redus Coggin OG 6-3 230 Jr Chipley (Chipley)
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 260 Sr *** Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
68 Jeff Field OG 6-1 225 Sr Albany, Ga. (Westover)
69 Darryl Kershaw OL 6-5 235 Fr Columbus, Ohio (Columbus)
* 70 Greg Futch OG 6-3 255 Sr-R *** Ocala (Forest)
* 71 Bob Merson C 6-2 240 Jr Seminole (Seminole)
* 72 Ken Lanier OT 6-4 260 Sr *** Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
* 73 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 Jr-R Miami (Chaminade)
* 74 Danny Collier OT 6-4 250 Jr Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
* 75 Tom Brannon OT 6-3 250 Sr * Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
* 76 Alphonso Carreker DE 6-6 230 Fr Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
77 Chris Nickrenz DT 6-6 250 So Buffalo, N.Y. (Saint Joseph)
78 Mike Coleman OT 6-4 250 Sr Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
* 79 Garry Futch NG 6-2 240 Jr * Ocala (Forest)
80 Keith Lester TE 6-4 235 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 81 Zeke Mowatt TE 6-4 232 So Wauchula (Hardee)
82 Tony Johnson WR 6-2 175 So Dothan, Ala. (Wicksburg)
* 83 Ron Hester LB 6-2 210 Sr Umatilla (Umatilla)
* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 85 David Ponder DT 6-3 200 Fr Cairo, Ga. (Cairo)
86 Mike Katz TE 6-2 200 Sr Hialeah (Hialeah)
* 86 John McLean DE 6-2 220 Fr Clermont (Clermont)
* 87 Phil Williams WR 5-10 170 Sr ** Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
88 Jeff Bowden WR 5-8 170 Jr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
89 Steve Rosenbluth TE 6-3 200 So Miami (Killian)
89 Tom Wheeler QB 6-3 210 Fr-R Port Orange (Spruce Creek)
90 Allen Dale Campbell DE 6-4 230 Fr Perry (Taylor County)
91 John Diamantas OG 6-3 235 Jr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
93 David Ellis OG 6-3 242 Jr Paisley (Umatilla)
* 93 Rick Houston TE 6-1 195 Sr-R Orlando (Edgewater)
94 Mark Sims LB 6-4 220 So-R Bonifay (Holmes County)
95 Terry Widner OT 6-4 250 So Donalsonville, Ga. (Seminole County)
96 Jerry Riopelle OL-DL 6-3 245 Fr Wyandotte, Mich. (Rossevelt)
97 Herbert Harp DT 6-3 270 So Winter Garden (West Orange)
98 Brad Fojtik DE 6-4 215 So Auburndale (Santa Fe Catholic)
99 Ricky Render DT 6-5 240 So Ozark, Ala. (Wicksburg)
Lettermen from the 1981 FSU Football Spring Prospectus, page 12.
1980 Conference Awards
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Monk Bonasorte All-South Independent - 1st Team
Bobby Butler All-South Independent - 1st Team
Bill Capece All-South Independent - 1st Team
Garry Futch All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Greg Futch All-South Independent - 1st Team
Reggie Herring All-South Independent - 1st Team
Ken Lanier All-South Independent - 1st Team
Mark Macek All-South Independent - 1st Team
Paul Piurowski All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Sam Platt All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Rohn Stark All-South Independent - 1st Team
All-Conference - 11
1980 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Monk Bonasorte Football News - 2nd Team
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Bobby Butler Newspaper Enterprises Association - 1st Team
Associated Press - 3rd Team
Bill Capece The Sporting News - 1st Team
Football News - 2nd Team
United Press International - 2nd Team
Greg Futch Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Reggie Herring Associated Press - 2nd Team
Ken Lanier Associated Press - 2nd Team
Mark Macek Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Paul Piurowski Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Ron Simmons American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team
Walter Camp - 1st Team
Kodak - 1st Team
The Sporting News - 1st Team
United Press International - 1st Team
Football News - 3rd Team
NCAA - Consensus
Rohn Stark Football Writers Association of America - 1st Team
Kodak - 1st Team
The Sporting News - 1st Team
United Press International - 1st Team
Football News - 3rd Team
All-Americans - 10
1980 Award Winners
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Bobby Bowden Dodd Trophy
Award Winners - 1
1980 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Ed Beckman 85 TE Kansas City Chiefs
Bobby Jackson 40 CB New York Jets
Willie Jones 90 DE Oakland Raiders
Lee Nelson 38 DB St. Louis Cardinals
Gary Parris 89 TE St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Shumann 82 WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers
J.T. Thomas 24 DB Pittsburgh Steelers
Gary Woolford 20 DB New York Giants
Noles in the Pros - 8
1980 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 10- 2 7-0 3-1 0-1
Against Top 25 3- 2 2-0 1-1 0-1
Final AP - 5
Final UPI - 5
1980 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Sam Platt 10/25/1980 Memphis State 29 188 6.48 1
Sam Platt 09/20/1980 East Carolina 29 130 4.48 1
Sam Platt 10/11/1980 Pittsburgh 26 123 4.73 0
Sam Platt 11/01/1980 Tulsa 23 113 4.91 1
Ricky Williams 10/18/1980 Boston College 12 109 9.08 0
Sam Platt 11/08/1980 Virginia Tech 24 108 4.50 1
Sam Platt 09/13/1980 Louisville 19 107 5.63 0
1980 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Dennis McKinnon 09/13/1980 Louisville 6 113 18.83 2
Hardis Johnson 12/06/1980 Florida 7 107 15.29 2
1980 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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None
1980 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 352 85
Points Per Game............. 32.0 7.7
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 41 10
TDs Rushing................. 20 2
TDs Passing................. 19 6
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 0
TDs Punt Return............. 1 0
TDs Interception............ 1 1
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 1
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 38-41 10-10
Kick........................ 38-38 9- 9
Pass........................ 0- 2 1- 1
Run......................... 0- 1 0- 0
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 22-30 4-11
SAFETY........................ 1 1
FIRST DOWNS................... 222 129
Rushing..................... 137 60
Passing..................... 72 53
Penalty..................... 13 16
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2138 984
Yards gained rushing........ 2491 1439
Yards lost rushing.......... 353 455
Rushing Attempts............ 603 408
Average Per Rush............ 3.5 2.4
Average Per Game............ 194.4 89.5
PASSING YARDAGE............... 1597 1306
Att-Comp-Int................ 232-136-11 241-106-18
Efficiency.................. 133.99 82.78
Average Per Pass............ 6.9 5.4
Average Per Catch........... 11.7 12.3
Average Per Game............ 145.2 118.7
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 3735 2290
Total Plays................. 835 649
Average Per Play............ 4.5 3.5
Average Per Game............ 339.5 208.2
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 20- 319 25- 570
Average Per Return.......... 16.0 22.8
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 33-230 28-146
Average Per Return.......... 7.0 5.2
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 18-209 11-170
Average Per Return.......... 11.6 15.5
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 23- 6 27-22
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 49- 515 57- 581
Average Per Game............ 46.8 52.8
PUNTS-YARDS................... 57-2576 78-3018
Average Per Punt............ 45.2 38.7
Net punt average............ 42.6 35.7
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 104-197 55-163
3rd-Down Pct................ .528 .337
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 38- -
ATTENDANCE.................... 361,402 232,473
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 7-51,629 4-58,118
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
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| Florida State | 60 | 99 |
97 | 96 |
352 |
| Opponents | 28 | 36 |
21 | 0 |
85 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Sam Platt 11 224 1029 46 983 4.4 6 31 89.4
Michael Whiting 11 133 534 34 500 3.8 6 23 45.5
Ricky Williams 11 73 395 12 383 5.2 1 46 34.8
Ken Burnett 11 32 146 1 145 4.5 2 17 13.2
Darish Davis 4 13 91 5 86 6.6 0 19 21.5
Homes Johnson 3 18 62 2 60 3.3 0 14 20.0
Larry Harris 9 19 53 1 52 2.7 2 7t 5.8
Ernie Sims 6 8 34 0 34 4.3 0 9 5.7
Dennis McKinnon 11 6 33 23 10 1.7 0 13 0.9
Kelly Lowrey 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1t 0.2
Team 0 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 -7
Blair Williams 5 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0 -7 -1.4
Eric Riley 2 2 0 7 -7 -3.5 0 -7 -3.5
Rick Stockstill 11 71 113 208 -95 -1.3 2 11 -8.6
Total......... 11 603 2491 353 2138 3.5 20 46 194.4
Opponents..... 11 408 1439 455 984 2.4 2 89.5
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Rick Stockstill 11 134.41 201-121- 8 .602 1377 15 45t 125.2
Blair Williams 5 147.35 19- 8- 1 .421 144 3 47t 28.8
Kelly Lowrey 5 108.44 10- 6- 2 .600 66 1 16 13.2
Sam Platt 11 184.00 1- 1- 0 1.000 10 0 10 0.9
Larry Harris 9 0.00 1- 0- 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Total......... 11 133.99 232-136-11 .586 1597 19 47t 145.2
Opponents..... 11 82.78 241-106-18 .440 1306 6 118.7
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Hardis Johnson 11 24 419 17.5 9 45t 38.1
Michael Whiting 11 25 203 8.1 0 43 18.5
Dennis McKinnon 11 12 195 16.3 3 47t 17.7
Phil Williams 11 14 195 13.9 2 40 17.7
Sam Childers 11 20 157 7.9 2 17 14.3
Kurt Unglaub 11 10 127 12.7 2 19 11.5
Sam Platt 11 14 111 7.9 0 45 10.1
Zeke Mowatt 9 4 36 9.0 1 17 4.0
Rick Stockstill 11 1 31 31.0 0 31 2.8
Ricky Williams 11 3 31 10.3 0 14 2.8
Tom Wheeler 1 1 30 30.0 0 30 30.0
Ernie Sims 6 3 25 8.3 0 12 4.2
Ken Burnett 11 2 15 7.5 0 8 1.4
Barry Voltapetti 10 1 10 10.0 0 10 1.0
Rick Houston 1 1 8 8.0 0 8 8.0
Homes Johnson 3 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.3
Total......... 11 136 1597 11.7 19 47t 145.2
Opponents..... 11 106 1306 12.3 6 118.7
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 21 124 5.9 0
Dennis McKinnon 8 52 6.5 0
Ron Hester 1 33 33.0 1 33t
Bobby Butler 1 22 22.0 0 22
Monk Bonasorte 1 1 1.0 0 1
Sam Platt 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Total......... 33 230 7.0 1 33t
Opponent...... 28 146 5.2 0
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Keith Jones 5 69 13.8 0 41
Monk Bonasorte 4 48 12.0 0
Bobby Butler 3 13 4.3 0
Ron Hester 2 58 29.0 1 50t
James Harris 1 15 15.0 0 15
Mike Smith 1 15 15.0 0 15
Reggie Herring 1 7 7.0 0 7
John Houston 1 4 4.0 0 4
Total......... 18 209 11.6 1 50t
Opponent...... 11 170 15.5 1 83t
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Dennis McKinnon 8 141 17.6 0
Larry Harris 5 57 11.4 0
Ricky Williams 2 40 20.0 0
Sam Platt 2 35 17.5 0
Darish Davis 1 20 20.0 0 20
Michael Whiting 1 15 15.0 0 15
Ken Burnett 1 11 11.0 0 11
Total......... 20 319 16.0 0
Opponent...... 25 570 22.8 1 100t
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
-----------------------------------------------
Ron Hester 5 0 0.0 0 . 0
Reggie Herring 2 0 0.0 0 . 2
Jarvis Coursey 2 0 0.0 0 . 1
Ron Simmons 2 0 0.0 0 . 1
Bobby Butler 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
James Gilbert 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
Mike Smith 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
Alphonso Carreker 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Garry Futch 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Gary Henry 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Brian Williams 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Mark Rodrigue 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
James Harris 0 0 . 0 . 3
Paul Piurowski 0 0 . 0 . 3
Keith Jones 0 0 . 0 . 2
Mark Macek 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 22 0.0 0 13
Opponent...... 6 0.0 0
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Capece 0 22-30 38-38 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 104
Hardis Johnson 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54
Sam Platt 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
Michael Whiting 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
Dennis McKinnon 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Ken Burnett 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Sam Childers 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Larry Harris 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Ron Hester 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Rick Stockstill 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-3 0 0 12
Kurt Unglaub 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Phil Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Kelly Lowrey 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Zeke Mowatt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Ricky Williams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
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FSU 41 22-30 38-38 0-0 0 0-3 0 1 352
Opponent 10 4-11 9-9 0-0 1 1-1 0 1 85
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Hardis Johnson |
. |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sam Platt |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Michael Whiting |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dennis McKinnon |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Ken Burnett |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sam Childers |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Larry Harris |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Ron Hester |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Rick Stockstill |
2 |
. |
15 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Kurt Unglaub |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Phil Williams |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Kelly Lowrey |
1 |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Zeke Mowatt |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Ricky Williams |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Blair Williams |
. |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
20 |
19 |
19 |
1 |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
2 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
BFG = Blocked FG Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 11 272 -95 1377 1282 116.5
Sam Platt 11 225 983 10 993 90.3
Michael Whiting 11 133 500 0 500 45.5
Ricky Williams 11 73 383 0 383 34.8
Ken Burnett 11 32 145 0 145 13.2
Blair Williams 5 20 -7 144 137 27.4
Darish Davis 4 13 86 0 86 21.5
Kelly Lowrey 5 11 1 66 67 13.4
Homes Johnson 3 18 60 0 60 20.0
Larry Harris 9 20 52 0 52 5.8
Ernie Sims 6 8 34 0 34 5.7
Dennis McKinnon 11 6 10 0 10 0.9
Team 0 1 -7 0 -7
Eric Riley 2 2 -7 0 -7 -3.5
Total......... 11 835 2138 1597 3735 339.5
Opponent...... 11 649 984 1306 2290 208.2
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
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Bill Capece 22-30 .733 0- 0 6- 6 8-10 7-10 1- 4 50
| FG SEQUENCE |
Bill Capece |
|---|
| Louisiana State |
(34), (34), 52, (45) |
| Louisville |
(31) |
| East Carolina |
None |
| Miami |
(26) |
| Nebraska |
(32), (27), (40), (41) |
| Pittsburgh |
(24), (43), (50), (30), (44), 46 |
| Boston College |
(27), (39), (36), (31) |
| Memphis State |
36, (25), 50, 39 |
| Tulsa |
40, (24) |
| Virginia Tech |
54, (42) |
| Florida |
(44), 48 |
| Oklahoma |
49, 44, (19), 62 |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 57 2576 45.2 67
Total......... 57 2576 45.2 67
Opponent...... 78 3018 38.7 5
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 11 983 111 -2 35 0 0 1127 102.5
Michael Whiting 11 500 203 0 15 0 0 718 65.3
Ricky Williams 11 383 31 0 40 0 0 454 41.3
Hardis Johnson 11 0 419 0 0 0 0 419 38.1
Dennis McKinnon 11 10 195 52 141 0 0 398 36.2
Phil Williams 11 0 195 0 0 0 0 195 17.7
Ken Burnett 11 145 15 0 11 0 0 171 15.5
Sam Childers 11 0 157 0 0 0 0 157 14.3
Kurt Unglaub 11 0 127 0 0 0 0 127 11.5
Gary Henry 11 0 0 124 0 0 0 124 11.3
Larry Harris 9 52 0 0 57 0 0 109 12.1
Darish Davis 4 86 0 0 20 0 0 106 26.5
Ron Hester 10 0 0 33 0 58 0 91 9.1
Keith Jones 11 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 6.3
Homes Johnson 3 60 4 0 0 0 0 64 21.3
Ernie Sims 6 34 25 0 0 0 0 59 9.8
Monk Bonasorte 11 0 0 1 0 48 0 49 4.5
Zeke Mowatt 9 0 36 0 0 0 0 36 4.0
Bobby Butler 11 0 0 22 0 13 0 35 3.2
Tom Wheeler 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 30 30.0
James Harris 11 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 1.4
Mike Smith 11 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 1.4
Barry Voltapetti 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 1.0
Rick Houston 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 8.0
Reggie Herring 11 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.6
John Houston 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 2.0
Kelly Lowrey 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Team 0 -7 0 0 0 0 0 -7
Blair Williams 5 -7 0 0 0 0 0 -7 -1.4
Eric Riley 2 -7 0 0 0 0 0 -7 -3.5
Rick Stockstill 11 -95 31 0 0 0 0 -64 -5.8
Total......... 11 2138 1597 230 319 209 0 4493 408.5
Opponent...... 11 984 1306 146 570 170 0 3176 288.7
|---------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 92 78 170 3.0- 6.0- 1- 7 . . 2- 0 2 . .
Paul Piurowski 10 60 62 122 4.0- 2.0- . . . . 3 . .
Arthur Scott 11 39 30 69 6.0- 4.0- . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 11 38 27 65 4.0- 2.0- . . . . 1 . .
Scott McLean 11 37 25 62 6.0- 3.0- . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 10 36 24 60 3.0- 3.0- 2- 58 . . 5- 0 . 2 .
Jarvis Coursey 10 26 32 58 2.0- . . . . 2- 0 1 . .
Monk Bonasorte 11 29 26 55 2.0- . 4- 48 . . . . . .
James Harris 11 33 15 48 1.0- . 1- 15 . . . 3 . .
James Gilbert 11 30 17 47 7.0- 7.0- . . . 2- 0 . . .
Ron Simmons 11 28 18 46 5.0- 2.0- . . . 2- 0 1 . .
Keith Jones 11 24 21 45 4.0- . 5- 69 . . . 2 1 .
Garry Futch 11 19 14 33 6.0- 2.0- . . . 1- 0 . . .
Bobby Butler 11 26 7 33 4.0- . 3- 13 . . 2- 0 . 2 .
Alphonso Carreker 10 10 4 14 . 3.0- . . . 1- 0 . . .
Roger Andrew Brownlee
7 3 11 14 . 1.0- . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 6 4 10 14 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Harvey Clayton 10 8 1 9 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 11 5 3 8 . 1.0- . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mark Rodrigue 3 4 4 8 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
David Ponder 9 4 1 5 . 2.0- . . . . . . .
John Houston 2 1 4 5 . . 1- 4 . . . . . .
Homer Thomas 9 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith 11 1 2 3 . . 1- 15 . . 2- 0 . . .
John McLean 9 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Allen Dale Campbell 1 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Sam Restivo 2 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Futch 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Lanier 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trent Barnes 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Brannon 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Burnett 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Capece 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sam Childers 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hardis Johnson 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dennis McKinnon 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sam Platt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rohn Stark 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rick Stockstill 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kurt Unglaub 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phil Williams 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Williams 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lee Adams 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redus Coggin 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Madden 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eric Ryan 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Barry Voltapetti 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brent Brock 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Larry Harris 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zeke Mowatt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ernie Sims 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jerry Coleman 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kelly Lowrey 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blair Williams 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bob Merson 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Darish Davis 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Homes Johnson 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Keith Lester 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Herbert Harp 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danny Collier 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Thompson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ellis Singletary 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Wheeler 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Render 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rick Houston 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Team 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 565 440 1005 57.0- 0.0 38.0- 0.0 18-229 . . 22- 0 13 5 1
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS LSU UL ECU UM UN Pitt BC Mem Tul VT UF OU
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Alcalde 0- 0
Keith Bauer 0- 0
Raymond Crowell 0- 0
Mike Dinkins 0- 0
Kevin Edgecomb 0- 0
Tim McCray 0- 0
Jerome Oliver 0- 0
Roderick Pearson 0- 0
1 Rick Taylor 0- 0
2 Reggie Webb 0- 0
3 Rohn Stark 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
4 Chris Gerbasi 0- 0
6 Dennis McKinnon 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
7 Mike Smith 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
8 Eric Riley 2- 0 xx xx
9 Greg Thompson 1- 0 xx
10 Bob Davis 0- 0
10 Chris Frongilo 0- 0
11 Rick Stockstill 12-12 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB
12 Kelly Lowrey 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
13 Kim Mack 0- 0
14 Blair Williams 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
15 Anthony Smiley 0- 0
15 Dominick Sneed 0- 0
16 Scott Evans 0- 0
16 Jeff A. Ledbetter 1- 0 xx
17 Bill Capece 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
18 Weegie Thompson 0- 0
19 Kurt Unglaub 12- 8 O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR xx xx xx xx O-WR O-WR O-WR
20 Ken Burnett 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
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 12- 8 xx xx xx O-WR xx O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR
23 Homes Johnson 3- 0 xx xx xx
24 Harvey Clayton 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
26 Carl Armstrong 0- 0
27 Michael Whiting 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
28 Keith Jones 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
29 Sam Platt 12-11 O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB xx O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB
30 Larry Harris 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
31 Ernie Sims 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
32 Darish Davis 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
33 James Harris 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
35 Ellis Singletary 1- 0 xx
36 Cliff Holiday 0- 0
37 Greg Cary 0- 0
38 Kelly Burney 0- 0
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 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
41 Tommy Young 0- 0
42 Monk Bonasorte 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
43 Homer Thomas 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
44 Ricky Williams 12- 1 xx xx xx xx O-TB xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
46 Mark Rodrigue 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
47 Bryan Cobb 0- 0
47 Brian Williams 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
48 Prince Matt 0- 0
49 Herbert Butler 0- 0
50 Ron Simmons 12-11 D-NG D-NG D-NG xx D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
51 James Gilbert 12- 1 xx xx xx D-RG xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
52 Willie Andrusko 0- 0
52 Sam Restivo 3- 0 xx xx xx
53 Paul Piurowski 11-10 D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB xx D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB D-LB
54 Arthur Scott 12- 9 D-DE D-DE D-DE xx xx xx D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
55 John Houston 3- 0 xx xx xx
56 Jerry Coleman 6- 2 O-C O-C xx xx xx xx
56 Jim Thompson 0- 0
57 Keith Baker 0- 0
57 Tim Mitchell 0- 0
58 John Madden 11-10 O-C O-C O-C O-C xx O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
59 Donnie Read 0- 0
60 Scott McLean 12- 4 D-DE xx xx D-DE D-DE D-DE xx xx xx xx xx xx
61 Brent Brock 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
62 Eric Ryan 10- 5 xx xx xx xx O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG xx
63 Lee Adams 12- 7 O-OG O-OG O-OG O-OG O-RG xx xx xx xx xx O-OG O-LG
64 Jarvis Coursey 11-11 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
65 Trent Barnes 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
66 Redus Coggin 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
67 Mark Macek 12-12 D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-DT
68 Jeff Field 0- 0
69 Darryl Kershaw 0- 0
70 Greg Futch 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-RG
71 Bob Merson 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
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-RT
73 Barry Voltapetti 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
74 Danny Collier 1- 0 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-LT
76 Alphonso Carreker 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
77 Chris Nickrenz 0- 0
78 Mike Coleman 0- 0
79 Garry Futch 12-12 D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-DT
80 Keith Lester 3- 0 xx xx xx
81 Zeke Mowatt 10- 1 xx xx xx xx xx O-TE xx xx xx xx
82 Tony Johnson 0- 0
83 Ron Hester 11- 2 xx xx xx xx D-LB D-LB xx xx xx xx xx
84 Sam Childers 12-11 O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
85 David Ponder 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
86 Mike Katz 0- 0
86 John McLean 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
87 Phil Williams 12- 8 O-WR O-WR O-WR xx O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR xx xx xx
88 Jeff Bowden 0- 0
89 Steve Rosenbluth 0- 0
89 Tom Wheeler 1- 0 xx
90 Allen Dale Campbell 1- 0 xx
91 John Diamantas 0- 0
93 David Ellis 0- 0
93 Rick Houston 2- 0 xx xx
94 Mark Sims 1- 0 xx
95 Terry Widner 0- 0
96 Jerry Riopelle 0- 0
97 Herbert Harp 1- 0 xx
98 Brad Fojtik 0- 0
99 Ricky Render 2- 0 xx xx
Florida State 16, Louisiana State 0
09/06/1980, Baton Rouge, La.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 7, 1980, page 65, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles kick LSU 16-0.
BATON ROUGE, LA – Bill Capece kicked three field goals and Florida State’s defense
held Louisiana State without any points on a fall Saturday night as the Seminoles opened their season with a 16-0 victory in Tiger Stadium.
Florida State led 6-0 at halftime on field goals of 34
and 35 yards by Capece. The senior placekicker also just missed a 52-yard attempt as time ran out in the first half.
With 10:09 left in the third quarter, Capece booted a 45-yard field goal to put
Florida State on top 9-0.
The only touchdown of the game came with 2:32 remaining in the third quarter. Sam Platt ran in from four yards out for the score.
Monk Bonasorte set up the touchdown
drive with an interception.
Florida State nose guard Ron Simmons suffered a lateral sprain in the ankle in the first quarter and did not play the rest of the game.
The victory was Florida
State’s second over LSU in as many years. It was the Seminoles’ 16th straight regular season victory.
It had rained rather heavily during the day, and when the rain stopped in midafternoon the
grass of Tiger Stadium was rather damp despite a tarpaulin cover.
LSU opened the game from its 20 after winning the coin toss and choosing to receive the kickoff.
On the first play from
scrimmage, FSU linebacker Reggie Herring racked Hokie Gajan hard as he broke through the line, forcing a fumble that the Seminoles’ Bobby Butler recovered at the 24.
Platt ran three straight times
– to the 18. On fourth down Capece kicked a 35-yard field goal to put FSU up 3-0.
The Tigers tried again, this time from their 26. Runs by Jesse Myles and Gajan pushed the ball to the 38.
Then
quarterback Alan Risher fumbled a snap as he was pressured by Simmons, and Simmons recovered the ball for the Seminoles at LSU’s 36.
On second down Platt got loose for 12 to the 22. Three more runs
netted just five yards, and in came Capece to kick a 34-yard field goal that made it 6-0.
LSU started again, from its 20. Risher hit Tracey Porter with a pair of passes for 15 and 14 yards, but a
penalty after the first catch cost the Tigers 15. LSU gained FSU’s 40 on a Risher keeper, but the Seminole defense stiffened, forced a punt that trickled into the end zone.
The teams then swapped
punts: FSU’s Rohn Stark boomed a 50-yarder to LSU’s 28, and LSU’s David Johnson replied with a 43-yarder to FSU’s 32.
Florida State struggled, on runs and a short pass, to the 50 before a holding
call – FSU’s first penalty of the game – knocked the Seminoles back to their 38 early in the second quarter.
Risher’s 29-yard pass to Myles reached FSU’s 39. Then Myles caught another at the 30.
But on fourth down at the 29, about a half-yard to go, linebacker Paul Piurowski stopped Gajan on a plunge and Florida State took over.
The Seminoles could not cut out a first down. Stark punted 52
yards to the LSU 18.
Arthur Scott soon sacked Risher for a loss of 11, to the 19, and when LSU punted, Bobby Butler ripped through to tip the ball, which ended up at the LSU 39.
Then, on second
down, Rick Stockstill was flagged for intentionally grounding a pass; the penalty throttled that opportunity. Stark punted into the end zone.
On what seemed to be a busted play, Robbie Mahfoot, the
No. 2 LSU quarterback, broke away on a 31-yard scamper to FSU’s 45. With James Gilbert leading a defensive stand, the Tigers got no farther.
A punt backed FSU to its 14. Again the Tigers held, and
Stark punted the ball back – but LSU was penalized for holding and Florida State got new life at its 39.
Platt’s running took the Seminoles to the LSU 36 with two seconds left. After a timeout,
Capece attempted a 52-yard field goal on a dead line to the goalposts, but just short.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 7, 1980, other edition, page 11.
It went to 9-0 after FSU’s first
possession in the last half. Actually, FSU, backed to its 11 on that possession, had to punt but LSU fumbled again and Brian Williams, a freshman linebacker who had been afflicted with severe
airsickness on the flight to Baton Rouge, claimed the ball for the Seminoles at the FSU 48.
Running, mostly by Mike Whiting, got things ready for Capece’s last field goal.
Then Florida State
moved 57 yards to a touchdown after Bonasorte pulled off an interception, returning it 27 yards. That lonesome first-down pass – to Phil Williams – got the drive started. Running did the rest. Platt
scored on a wide romp from 3 yards out, and Capece made it 16-0 with 2:32 left in the third quarter. The rest was not much at all.
Florida State ran 68 plays, LSU just 51.
“You know,” said
Bowden, “didn’t think they could score two touchdowns on our defense.”
LSU scored no points at all, and the Seminoles had their first shutout since Louisville (27-0) last year.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
6 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
16 |
| Louisiana State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st 3- 0 Bill Capece, 34, field goal, 13:10
6- 0 Bill Capece, 34, field goal, 8:56
2nd 6- 0 Bill Capece, 52, field goal failed, 0:00
3rd 9- 0 Bill Capece, 45, field goal, 10:09
16- 0 Sam Platt, 3, run (Bill Capece, kick), 2:32
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 14 8
Rushes-yards 57-197 31-95
Passing 35 144
Att-Comp-Int 11-6-0 20-12-1
Total Yards 68-232 51-239
Punt Returns 2-5 3-6
Kickoff Returns 1-7 2-57
Interception Ret. 1-28 0-0
Fumble Returns 3-0 0-0
Punts 7-46.3 7-36.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 5-3
Penalties-Yds 5-55 7-62
3rd Down Conversions 4-18 4-12
Time of Posession 35:38 24:22
Attendance 77,535
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 22 79 1 13
Michael Whiting 13 47 0 13
Homes Johnson 11 46 0 14
Ken Burnett 4 15 0 9
Dennis McKinnon 1 13 0 13
Larry Harris 3 3 0 2
Rick Stockstill 3 -6 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 57 197 1 14
Opp 31 95 0 31
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Phil Williams 1 13 0 13
Sam Childers 1 8 0 8
Dennis McKinnon 1 7 0 7
Sam Platt 2 4 0 2
Michael Whiting 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 35 0 13
Opp 12 144 0 37
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 6 11 0 35 0 13
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 6 11 0 35 0 13
Opp 12 20 1 144 0 37
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 1 4 0 4
Monk Bonasorte 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 5 0 4
Opp 3 6 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 7 0 7
Opp 2 57 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 324 54
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 324 54
Opp 7 254 45
|---------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 8 5 13 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 6 6 12 1.0- 4.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 6 1 7 . . 1- 28 1 . . . . .
Ron Simmons 3 4 7 1.0- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Mark Macek 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 4 1 5 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 4 . 4 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . 1 .
James Harris . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 3 . 3 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 3 . 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Andrew Brownlee . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
John McLean . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Trent Barnes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Capece 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 45 37 82 5.0- 24.0 . 1- 28 3 . 3- 0 1 1 .
Opp 66 64 130 4.0- 16.0 . . 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 60 Scott McLean
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
9 Greg Thompson
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
22 Hardis Johnson
23 Homes Johnson
30 Larry Harris
35 Ellis Singletary
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
47 Brian Williams
51 James Gilbert
52 Sam Restivo
62 Eric Ryan
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
71 Bob Merson
73 Barry Voltapetti
74 Danny Collier
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
86 John McLean
90 Allen Dale Campbell
97 Herbert Harp
|
Florida State 52, Louisville 0
09/13/1980, Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat, September 14, 1980, page 59, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles bury Louisville 52-0.
Stockstill shines for record crowd.
TALLAHASSEE, Fl – Whoever said Rick
Stockstill could not pass?
Florida State’s junior quarterback from Fernandina Beach threw four touchdown passes Saturday night as the Seminoles whooped it up over Louisville 52-0 before the biggest
crowd ever to see a football game in Tallahassee.
With all tickets sold by 4 p.m. Campbell Stadium was packed with a record 52,623 fans.
After a rather slow first-quarter start, the Seminoles
padded a 7-0 lead to 24-0 by halftime. Stockstill retired for the night after throwing his last touchdown pass on the first series of the last half.
The Seminoles got the first six of their seven
touchdowns on passes, as sophomores Kelly Lowrey and Blair Williams followed Stockstill with one apiece.
A rocking defense kept Louisville’s attack bottled up all the way, repeatedly sacking the
Cardinals’ two quarterbacks.
It was the Seminoles’ 17th straight regular-season victory.
In the beginning Louisville won the toss, chose to receive, started at its 20, and punted following a
pair of 2-yard runs and an incomplete pass.
The Seminoles started at their 44 following the 35-yard boot. In 10 plays they knocked off 55 yards to a touchdown.
Stockstill started it with a
5-yard toss to Sam Childers. Sam Platt sliced for 14 on a run, then for seven more, down to the 30. Then it was Platt on three more runs, to the 10. On second down, Stockstill passed 8 yards to Dennis
McKinnon for six points. Bill Capece kicked the extra point for 7-0.
Louisville’s Wayne Taylor fumbled the kickoff when hit at his 13, and linebacker Ron Hester claimed the football for FSU.
On
second down Platt got eight on a fake reverse. Stockstill sneaked for a first down at the three. The Cardinals stiffened, and it came to fourth and inches from the goal line after three runs. The
Seminoles went for it, and Mike Whiting came up just short on a plunge. Louisville took over.
On third down James Harris intercepted Pat Patterson’s deep throw and returned it sox yards to
Louisville’s 49.
Kurt Unglaub grabbed a 19-yard pass at the 30. But on third down Ellsworth Larkins picked off Stackstill’s pass in the end zone.
James Gilbert’s sack of Patterson for eight
backed the Cards to their 14. Soon a punt gave FSU a new shot from the Louisville 40. The Seminoles got nowhere as Homes Johnson was cut down on runs. Rohn Stark’s first punt rolled into the end
zone.
Penalties slapped the visitors back to their 12, and FSU got its fourth chance in Louisville territory following a punt to the 45.
Three runs got 12. Then Platt, on a pitchout, sailed for
31 yards to the two.
It came to third down at the six after Platt was tossed for a loss. Stockstill passed straight over the middle to sophomore tight end Zeke Mowatt for the touchdown, and FSU
took a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Not long after that, Louisville was punting again, from its 10. Keith Jones tore through to partially block it, and the ball was dead at the 28. Two
plays later Stockstill threw 26 yards to Hardis Johnson for a touchdown and a 21-0 lead.
On Patterson passes of 15 and 29 yards to tight end Robert Mitchell, Louisville moved for the first time –
down to FSU’s 36. But sacks of Patterson by Mark Macek and Reggie Herring put an end to that.
Ken Burnett, with a 17-yard pop, got FSU on the road from its 20. Passes of 18 and 10 yards to McKinnon
were further keys as the Seminoles moved steadily to the Cards’ 15. With sox seconds left in the half, Capece kicked a 31-yard field goal that made it 24-0.
On the third quarter kickoff, Florida
State got the ball out no further than the 13. But on the old Statue-of-Liberty play, Whiting burst for a first down at the 25. Platt soon got 13. Then Whiting on successive carries got 10, seven and
12 – down to the Louisville 29. More runs carried to a first down at the 16.
After a penalty, Stockstill threw a 19-yarder to Phil Williams for the touchdown. That jumped the score to 31-0.
Macek and Gilbert sacked Patterson for minus-12, back on his seven. Next play Bo Haden fumbled on a run, and Gary Henry got the ball for the Seminoles at the 10.
In came Lowrey. On second down he
threw his first college pass – 11 yards to Hardis Johnson for a touchdown = and the score stood 38-0.
Two 15-yard penalties vaulted Louisville to FSU’s 49. But Scott McLean caught quarterback Scott
Gannon for minus-13 back on his 37. The Cards punted to FSU’s 32.
Twice in the ensuing series Stark went back to punt – and twice Louisville had 12 men on the field. Each time the Seminoles got a
first down out of the penalty. But the series ended with tackle Richard Tharpe intercepting a Lowrey pass and steaming to the 50. With Hester dumping Gannon for a loss of 10, the Cardinals got
nowhere.
Williams, the Tallahassee boy, then got a shot at quarterback. On a 16-yard pass to McKinnon, FSU gained Louisville’s 47. Next play Williams threw 47 yards to McKinnon for a touchdown that
brought the score to 45-0.
A bit later linebacker Eddie Johnson intercepted a Williams pass, setting up the Cardinals at FSU’s 33, but that played out an inch short of a first down at the 23.
With 5:35 left, Mike Smith’s interception and 15-yard runback placed FSU at the enemy 33. Nothing came of it.
With seven seconds remaining, Hester crossed the goal line with Florida State’s seventh
touchdown after streaking 50 yards down the sidelines with an interception, making it a final 52-0.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Louisville |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida State |
7 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
52 |
1st 7- 0 Dennis McKinnon, 8, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 9:36
2nd 14- 0 Zeke Mowatt, 7, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 10:42
21- 0 Hardis Johnson, 26, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 8:11
24- 0 Bill Capece, 31, field goal, 0:05
3rd 31- 0 Phil Williams, 19, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 8:32
38- 0 Hardis Johnson, 11, pass from Kelly Lowrey (Bill Capece, kick), 6:28
4th 45- 0 Dennis McKinnon, 47, pass from Blair Williams (Bill Capece, kick), 11:53
52- 0 Ron Hester, 50, interception return (Bill Capece, kick), 0:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 5
Rushes-yards 59-232 33--5
Passing 210 61
Att-Comp-Int 25-14-3 16-6-3
Total Yards 84-442 49-56
Punt Returns 5-37 1-6
Kickoff Returns 1-9 2-28
Interception Ret. 3-60 3-28
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 3-41.3 9-34.3
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2
Penalties-Yds 5-38 6-47
3rd Down Conversions 10-20 0-12
Time of Posession 34:56 25:04
Attendance 52,623
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 19 107 0 31
Michael Whiting 15 57 0 11
Ken Burnett 4 21 0 17
Homes Johnson 6 14 0 8
Larry Harris 6 14 0 4
Ricky Williams 4 11 0 3
Darish Davis 1 10 0 10
Rick Stockstill 3 5 0 3
Blair Williams 1 -7 0 -7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 59 232 0 31
Opp 33 -5 0 9
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 6 113 2 47t
Hardis Johnson 2 37 2 26t
Kurt Unglaub 2 25 0 19
Phil Williams 1 19 1 19t
Zeke Mowatt 1 7 1 7t
Sam Childers 1 5 0 5
Homes Johnson 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 210 6 47t
Opp 6 61 0 29
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 9 12 1 115 4 26t
Blair Williams 2 8 1 62 1 47t
Kelly Lowrey 3 5 1 33 1 16
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 25 3 210 6 47t
Opp 6 16 3 61 0 29
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 3 24 0
Gary Henry 2 13 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 37 0
Opp 1 6 0 6
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Larry Harris 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 9 0 9
Opp 2 28 0 19
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 3 124 47
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 124 47
Opp 9 309 43
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Macek 1 7 8 2.0- . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 2 6 8 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 4 3 7 1.0- . 1- 50 . . 1- 0 . . .
Reggie Herring 2 5 7 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 2 5 7 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 2 . 2 . . 1- -5 . . . . . .
Arthur Scott . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 1 2 1.0- . . 1 . . . 1 .
Alphonso Carreker . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Harris 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Ricky Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . 1 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Roger Andrew Brownlee 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith . . . . . 1- 15 . . . . . .
Harvey Clayton . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 20 39 59 11.0- 0.0 . 3- 60 3 . 2- 0 . 1 .
Opp 38 63 101 2.0- . 3- 28 3 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
12 Kelly Lowrey
14 Blair Williams
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
22 Hardis Johnson
23 Homes Johnson
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
32 Darish Davis
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
51 James Gilbert
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
62 Eric Ryan
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
71 Bob Merson
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
|
Florida State 63, East Carolina 7
09/20/1980, Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat, September 21, 1980, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles stroll past Pirates 63-7.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – With a devastating running game and formidable defense, Florida
State’s football team turned East Carolina every way but loose here Saturday night.
And as a Campbell Stadium crowd of 50,547 cheered them on, the Seminoles romped to a 63-7 victory – their 18th
straight regular-season one and their third straight of this promising young season.
Sam Platt ran for 130 yards on 29 carries and Mike Whiting 71 on 15 before retiring to the bench. Throwing now
and then, Rick Stockstill hit on 10 of 11 shots for 132 before he, too, retired for the night.
Ahead 35-7 going into the final quarter, the Seminoles polished off this one with four more touchdowns
and 28 points in that final frame.
With FSU ahead 14-0 early in the second quarter, East Carolina’s Anthony Collins streaking 100 yards with a kickoff return for the visitors’ lone touchdown –
terminating the shutout hopes of Seminole defenders.
For the third straight game, Florida State lost the preliminary coin toss, and the opponent chose to start on offense.
On second down at the
21, East Carolina’s Anthony Collins sailed 15 yards with a pitchout to the 36. Five more runs gained FSU’s 42, where it came to fourth and one. The Pirates punted to FSU’s 13.
With Sam Platt
getting 19 on four runs, the Seminoles reached their 39 in five snaps. Soon, Mike Whiting twice popped for 14 yards, leading on to the Pirates’ 31. More short runs, mostly by Platt, brought things to
fourth-and-inches at the 10. Whiting got the first down at the nine.
Whereupon, Platt slanted off left guard for the touchdown. Bill Capece kicked the point after for a 7-0 lead.
The 16-play
drive for 87 yards – all on the ground – had eaten up nearly seven minutes of playing time.
At the 20, FSU defenders granted only a couple of yards in three plays. The Pirates punted to FSU’s
43.
Two runs apiece by Platt and Whiting quickly attained Carolina’s 35. At the 29, following 22 straight running plays, the Seminoles went to the air, Rick Stockstill hitting Kurt Unglaub with a
pass at the 12.
A fumbled pitchout lost three, but Stockstill shot passes to Sam Childers at the seven and to Whiting at the one – bringing a first down as the quarter ended.
Whiting rammed over
from the left for the touchdown, and Capece made it 14-0.
Suddenly, Collins struck. He fielded the kickoff at the goal line, flush by the sideline, then wheeled right up that sideline, picking up
blocking. After crossing midfield, he cut across and scored easily on the 100-yard runback. Bill Lamm booted a point to cut FSU’s lead to 14-7.
A short, timely first-down pass to the 31 got FSU out
of a hole. Then it was Platt and Whiting on a series of chopping runs down to Carolina’s 30.
Ken Burnett broke for 15 to the 15. But a holding call – the game’s first penalty – knocked Florida
State back to its 25.
On third-and-20, East Carolina was flagged for interference as Hardis Johnson futilely went after Stockstill’s pass in the end zone. Whiting scored standing up, and Capece
brought FSU’s lead to 21-7.
Carolina managed a first down from its 21, but little more as quarterback Carlton Nelson left the field, shaken up. A punt gave FSU the ball at its 30 with more than
five minutes remaining in the half.
Ricky Williams ran four straight times – for five, five again, then 27 and 16 – down to the 16.
Third down at the 10, and Stockstill hit Burnett with a
first-down swing pass at the two. Burnett scored on the following play, and Capece brought the score to 28-7 with 2:11 left in the half.
Florida State forced the punt, and got the ball back at its
44. But Stockstill, trying to run, fumbled and East Carolina got a shot from the Seminole 44 with 46 seconds left. Three passes missed, and Carolina again punted – down to the two, just before time
ran out in the half.
From FSU’s 24, at the start of the third quarter, Platt spun away for 14 yards, giving him 107 total up until that point. But soon Rohn Stark went back for his first punt of
the evening – a 49-yarder that placed Carolina at its 26.
Four plays later the Seminoles got the ball back at their 40, following a Carolina boot and 10-yard runback by Dennis McKinnon. On third
down at the FSU 47, needing much, Stockstill shot a screen to Whiting, who shook loose, cut back and rambled 43 yards to Carolina’s 10.
Burnett pounded to the four, then scored on the next play.
Capece made it 35-7.
Linebacker Reggie Herring averted a likely touchdown when, with a diving tackle, he knocked Theodore Sutton out of bounds at FSU’s 47 after a 21-yard pickup.
After a punt,
the Seminoles steamed, on Burnett’s runs, close to the 50. The Platt fumbled and East Carolina claimed it at its 39. Couple of plays later an East Carolina back fumbled and Reggie Herring got it back
for the Seminoles at the Pirates’ 47.
On third-and-10 Stockstill threw 18 yards to Hardis Johnson at the 29.
As the last quarter started, Larry Harris scooted for 5 and 8 yards, down to the 12.
But McKinnon lost seven on a reverse, and Stockstill seven more on a fumbled exchange. From the 26, Stockstill passed to McKinnon at the two. Stockstill sneaked for the first down at the two. Harris
got the touchdown from the one. Capece added another point for 42-7.
A punt and a penalty provided Florida State with opportunity at East Carolina’s 34 as Bair Williams moved in at quarterback.
Harris running led to the 24. Unglaub snared a 12-yard pass at the 11. Next play Blair Williams found Phil Williams with a touchdown strike. Capece swung his foot again, and it stood 49-7 with 7:09
left.
A 30-yard pass, Williams to ex-quarterback Tom Wheeler, got the Seminoles on Carolina’s 27. The Seminoles stalled a bit before Williams’ screen pass to Ernie Sims gained 12 to the 15. Then
McKinnon, streaking into the end zone, grabbed a touchdown toss from Williams. Capece did his thing again, and it was 56-7.
James Gilbert’s recovery of a fumble staked FSU again – at the Carolina
21. Kelly Lowrey’s pass to Sims reached the 10. Soon Harris scooted through on a 7-yard scoring run, and Capece brought the score to 64-7 as the clock showed 34 seconds to go.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| East Carolina |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
7 |
21 |
7 |
28 |
63 |
1st 7- 0 Sam Platt, 9, run (Bill Capece, kick), 5:03
2nd 14- 0 Michael Whiting, 1, run (Bill Capece, kick), 14:57
14- 7 Opp, 100, kickoff return (kick), 14:41
21- 7 Michael Whiting, 1, run (Bill Capece, kick), 7:55
28- 7 Ken Burnett, 2, run (Bill Capece, kick), 2:11
3rd 35- 7 Ken Burnett, 4, run (Bill Capece, kick), 7:44
4th 42- 7 Larry Harris, 1, run (Bill Capece, kick), 11:26
49- 7 Phil Williams, 11, pass from Blair Williams (Bill Capece, kick), 7:09
56- 7 Dennis McKinnon, 15, pass from Blair Williams (Bill Capece, kick), 4:48
63- 7 Larry Harris, 7, run (Bill Capece, kick), 0:34
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 36 4
Rushes-yards 81-336 31-95
Passing 223 7
Att-Comp-Int 19-16-0 10-3-0
Total Yards 100-559 41-102
Punt Returns 6-28 1-15
Kickoff Returns 2-33 6-207
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 2-0
Punts 1-49.0 9-39.1
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 2-2
Penalties-Yds 1-15 4-49
3rd Down Conversions 20-23 1-11
Time of Posession 41:53 18:07
Attendance 50,547
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 29 130 1 15
Michael Whiting 15 71 2 15
Ricky Williams 7 61 0 27
Ken Burnett 10 57 2 15
Larry Harris 9 31 2 8
Ernie Sims 2 6 0 4
Homes Johnson 1 0 0 0
Eric Riley 1 -5 0 -5
Dennis McKinnon 1 -7 0 -7
Rick Stockstill 6 -8 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 81 336 7 27
Opp 31 95 0 21
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting 2 48 0 43
Dennis McKinnon 2 38 1 23
Tom Wheeler 1 30 0 30
Kurt Unglaub 2 28 0 16
Ernie Sims 2 23 0 12
Sam Childers 3 19 0 7
Hardis Johnson 1 18 0 18
Phil Williams 1 11 1 11t
Ken Burnett 1 8 0 8
Sam Platt 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 223 2 43
Opp 3 7 0 4
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 10 11 0 132 0 43
Blair Williams 5 7 0 80 2 30
Kelly Lowrey 1 1 0 11 0 11
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 19 0 223 2 43
Opp 3 10 0 7 0 4
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 5 28 0
Gary Henry 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 28 0
Opp 1 15 0 15
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 2 33 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 33 0
Opp 6 207 1 100t
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 1 49 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 49 49
Opp 9 352 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Piurowski 3 7 10 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 2 7 9 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
James Gilbert 2 5 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Garry Futch . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Harvey Clayton 4 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Mark Macek . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Homer Thomas 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 18 39 57 2.0- 0.0 . . 1 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 43 86 129 6.0- . . . . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
8 Eric Riley
12 Kelly Lowrey
14 Blair Williams
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
22 Hardis Johnson
23 Homes Johnson
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
31 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
51 James Gilbert
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
62 Eric Ryan
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
71 Bob Merson
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
89 Tom Wheeler
|
Miami 10, Florida State 9
09/27/1980, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 28, 1980, page 65, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles come tumbling down.
Miami pulls off 10-9 upset.
MIAMI, FL – Hobbled offensively by big
troubles at the center position and a big and rock-hard Miami defense, Florida State’s football team came tumbling down 10-9 in Miami Saturday afternoon.
Fumble after fumble after fumble on the
quarterback-center exchange stymied the frustrated Seminoles throughout. Miami’s nation-leading rushing defense did the rest.
In Florida State territory all of this hot afternoon – it was 91
degrees at kickoff – Miami missed numerous chances to put points on the board. Kicker Dan Miller was wide on three field goal attempts.
It was a game Miami deserved to win, but the manner of its
winning was most ironical. The Hurricanes’ lone touchdown was paved by a 48-yard penalty for pass interference seconds before halftime. And the one field goal Miller made was tipped by cornerback
Bobby Butler.
Fifty-two seconds remained in the first half when Miami, at midfield on third-and-10 called a timeout.
Then quarterback Jim Kelly retreated and threw deep into the end zone, far
over the head of receiver Larry Brodsky. As the ball sailed harmlessly toward the ground – or had it already hit the ground – a flag fell. Safety Gary Henry was called for knocking Brodsky down.
Miami was presented the ball on the one-yard line. Kelly sneaked over for the touchdown with 41 seconds left in the half, providing a 7-0 lead.
Able to crank out only one first down in the opening
half, Florida State turned from runs to passes with the start of the third quarter.
Stockstill throws, with two big catches by Dennis McKinnon and Hardis Johnson, led to Miami’s 11. On fourth down,
Bill Capece kicked a 26-yard field goal to cut the score to 7-3.
On Kelly’s passing, Miami moved from its 20, with Miami making it 10-3 on Miller’s 27-yarder for three points. Butler could not
believe it, falling on the ground and rolling in frustration as that ball sailed through the uprights after he got a hand on it.
Almost the Seminoles pulled it out in the final minutes, driving 55
yards to a touchdown that came on an 11-yard pass from Rick Stockstill to Sam Childers.
Coach Bobby Bowden made the decision to go for a winning two points, rather than settle for a 10-10 tie.
Stockstill’s pass in the quest for two hit the helmet of leaping nose guard at the line of scrimmage and never had a chance to reach a Seminole.
Florida State’s pass in the quest for two points was
aimed for Phil Williams.
“He was open, we had ‘em,” said Coach Bowden. “Then that nose guard got in the way.”
Asked what he thought about the interference call that paved Miami’s touchdown,
Bowden retorted: “I’m prejudiced.” He declined further comment.
Bowden quickly credited Miami’s effort, however.
“We had a whole lot of bad timing on our quarterback and center exchange,” he
said. “But we have to give all the credit to Miami for this one.
“The outcome came down to one play. Our game plan was looking good, but we were lousy. I thought ur defense could have held them –
and we did, except for that interference play.”
John Madden, the Seminoles’ No. 1 center, started the game but stayed in only briefly with his sprained ankle. Redus Coggin, a junior guard who never
saw game action at the position until last week, played almost all of the way there.
With an Orange Bowl crowd of 50,000 looking on – there were 4,728 no shows after ticket sales of 54,736 – Miami
stretched it surprising record to 4-0 and left Florida State 3-1 as the Seminoles regular-season winning streak of 18 games came to an end.
At the end Miami had 291 yards of offense to the
Seminoles’ 207. Each team had exactly 182 yards passing. Florida State was credited with seven fumbles, including two lost, and the Seminoles drew 100 yards in penalties to Miami’s 50.
“We wanted
the game,” said UM Coach Howard Schnellenberger. “We played as well as we could early, but almost gave it away at the end.
“It is by far the biggest win I’ve even been associated with at UM.
“We
felt like if we could make them throw, we could win – but it almost didn’t work that way.”
Only after Stockstill took to the air in the last half – he completed 19 of 30 for the game – were the
Seminoles able to threaten. Rohn Stark was called on to punt 10 times, and he averaged a whopping 47.4, a bit better than the 43.6 of UM’s Greg LaBelle on seven boots.
Kelly, at quarterback, most
of the way, hit on 13 of 22 passes for 172 yards.
Defensively, linebacker Paul Piurowski seemed most conspicuous for the Seminoles and a pressbox accounting credited him with a dozen unassisted
tackles.
It was a day when Florida State’s defense was generally overburdened by a sputtering offense.
And it was also a day when there were no more miracles for the Seminoles.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
| Miami |
0 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 47, field goal failed, 7:21
2nd 0- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 0:41
3rd 3- 7 Bill Capece, 26, field goal, 7:20
3-10 Opp, 22, field goal, 2:08
3-10 Opp, 45, field goal failed, 1:16
4th 3-10 Opp, 35, field goal failed, 14:19
9-10 Sam Childers, 11, pass from Rick Stockstill (Rick Stockstill, pass failed), 0:39
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 10 15
Rushes-yards 33-25 43-109
Passing 182 182
Att-Comp-Int 30-19-1 26-14-0
Total Yards 63-207 69-291
Punt Returns 3-35 6-61
Kickoff Returns 1-13 0-0
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 2-0
Punts 10-47.4 7-43.6
Sacks By-Yds 1- 2-
Fumbles-Lost 7-2 3-2
Penalties-Yds 7-100 6-50
Time of Posession 26:56 33:04
Attendance 50,008
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 10 23 0 6
Ricky Williams 4 14 0 9
Ken Burnett 2 3 0 2
Michael Whiting 4 2 0 7
Rick Stockstill 13 -17 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 33 25 0 9
Opp 43 109 1 17
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 4 55 0 17
Dennis McKinnon 2 31 0 20
Phil Williams 3 27 0 14
Sam Childers 3 25 1 11t
Michael Whiting 4 25 0 10
Sam Platt 2 12 0 9
Ken Burnett 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 19 182 1 20
Opp 14 182 0 28
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 19 30 1 182 1 20
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 19 30 1 182 1 20
Opp 14 26 0 182 0 28
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 3 35 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 35 0 19
Opp 6 61 0 14
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 1 13 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 13 0 13
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 10 474 62
----------------------------------------
FSU 10 474 62
Opp 7 305
|---------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 12 3 15 . . . . . . 1 . .
Reggie Herring 5 5 10 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 4 4 8 . . . . . . 1 . .
Monk Bonasorte 7 1 8 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 6 . 6 . 1.0- . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 2 3 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Jones 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey . 2 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Ron Simmons 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 59 22 81 . 1.0- 0.0 . . . 2- 0 2 . .
Opp 41 14 55 . 2.0- 1- 0 . . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
RG 51 James Gilbert
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 60 Scott McLean
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
40 Gary Henry
44 Ricky Williams
50 Ron Simmons
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
54 Arthur Scott
61 Brent Brock
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
73 Barry Voltapetti
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
86 John McLean
87 Phil Williams
|
Florida State 18, Nebraska 14
10/04/1980, Lincoln, Neb.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 5, 1980, page 63, by Bill McGrotha. FSU shucks Huskers 18-14.
Defense and kicking spark Seminole rally.
LINCOLN, NE - A swarming Paul
Piurowski put a strong-arm muzzle on Jeff Quinn and slung him to the ground.
Whereupon, the Nebraska quarterback fumbled the football. Tackle Garry Futch grabbed it for the Seminoles at Florida
State's 10 with 10 seconds left.
That was it.
Florida State's astounding football team had upset Nebraska 18-14 on a lovely Saturday afternoon that could have been made only in heaven.
"The
strongest part, we thought, was Florida State's defense," said Tom Osborne, the losing coach, "and it was."
And the strongest part of that defense was perhaps linebacker Piurowski, credited by the
press box with a dozen unassisted tackles and six assists.
Awfully strong, too, was Florida State's kicking game that placed Nebraska in poor field position all afternoon - not to mention the four
field goals of Bill Capece.
Addressing Coach Bobby Bowden a little later, long-time FSU assistant Bob Harbison happily said: "You know now why they call it football, don't you?"
Behind
14-0 by the middle of the second quarter, Florida State fought back with something akin to aggressive patience. The Seminoles took the lead for good, at 15-14, on the third field goal by Capece, with
1:16 left in the third quarter.
Capece's four big ones tied a school record, held by Frank Fontes and Dave Cappelen.
With time running out in the first half, FSU drove from its 28 to cut
Nebraska's lead to 14-3 on Capece's 32-yarder.
Early in the second half, Huskers' punter Scott Gernar fielded a low snap, then fumbled it. Bobby Butler of FSU jumped on the ball and provided a shot
from the Nebraska 17. Soon, Capece put through a 27-yarder, making it 14-6.
Moments later, Keith Jones intercepted a Quinn pass, and FSU had the ball at the Huskers' 47.
On the running of Sam
Platt and the passing of Rick Stockstill, the Seminoles moved to the 6. Platt then scored on a pitchout, and it was 14-12. Stockstill's pass to Phil Williams in a quest for two tying points was too
high.
The Huskers took over on offense again, but running back Jarvis Redwine fumbled when he was smashed by FSU tackle Mark Macek.
Freshman Alphonso Carreker claimed the ball for FSU at the
Nebraska 34. The Seminoles reached the 24, then Capece kicked a 40-yarder for the 15-14 lead.
In the last quarter FSU marched from its 20 and got the final three-pointer from Capece, from 41 yards
out, to bring the score to 18-14 with 2:37 left in the game.
Bowden called it maybe Florida State's biggest victory ever.
"But I really thought they were gonna get us in the end," he said. "What
a play Piurowski made!
"Our kicking game killed them. Stark kept pushing their fannies back."
Rohn Stark did just that, averaging 48.4 yards on seven punts, including ones of 59 and 58 yards.
"You know it's funny - it's all fate," said Bowden. "We thought we should have beaten Miami. Then it looked like Nebraska was going to beat us after we played our hearts out.
"We finally found a
play that worked - the sprint-out pass, one that we call No. 544. They had trouble handling it. If we had kept Stockstill in the pocket, they would have killed us."
Leading the nation in total
offense, rushing and scoring going into the game, Nebraska managed 368 yards to the Seminoles' 166. The Huskers also made four costly turnovers, while FSU had only one - a fumble.
But if the
Seminoles received - or made - some good breaks, they were also on the receiving end of some costly ones. Once Stark punted out on the Nebraska four, and an official brought the ball out to the 20 -
from whence the Huskers moved to their second touchdown. At halftime a writer heard an official tell another: "I just blew that one." There were other costly officiating calls, perhaps debatable.
The Seminoles got 154 of their yards on Stockstill passes, netting only 12 on the ground. That rushing total was a little deceptive, however. Under heavy pressure, Stockstill was sacked several times,
and FSU lost 87 yards one way or another that were charged off to running.
As time became precious, Nebraska marched from its 20, helped by two pass-interference penalties and Quinn's timely
passes, to a first down at the Florida State 3. Only 21 seconds remained.
Quinn missed with a first-down pass. On second down, Piurowski put that crucial clutch on the Nebraska quarterback as he
rolled out left, bringing the fumble that Futch recovered.
In the first half, Nebraska moved 80 yards for each of its touchdowns - each of which came on nifty pass catches of eight and 12 yards by
split end Todd Brown. Two long Quinn passes set up the first one. The second drive was sparked by the fluid running of Jarvis Redwine, the nation's leading ground-gainer.
Quinn threw 30 times, much
more than the Nebraska average, and hit 15 for 167 yards. Stockstill completed 15 of 25 for 154, with fullback Mike Whiting snaring six.
Redwine got 145 of Nebraska's 201 ground yards, on 25
carries. In Nebraska's last drive Redwine was carried off the field. "We got beat up pretty bad," said Osborn. "Redwine got hit in the ribs and kidneys." It was a a crushing tackle by linebacker
Reggie Herring - credited with 11 out-right tackles, four assists - that put Redwine out of the game.
The Seminoles apparently came out of the game with no new injuries of significance.
Florida
State's unsung hero was Jerry Coleman, the sophomore walk-on who played all the way at center. There was not one bad exchange from the center to the quarterback.
A crowd of 76,152 constituted
Nebraska's 108th consecutive sellout in Memorial Stadium on a clear, sunny day that saw temperatures in the mid-60s. There was no wind worth mentioning. Among the crowd were perhaps 1,500 ecstatic
Florida State fans.
Tailback Platt, benched in favor of Ricky Williams at the start, played a strong game - earning 48 hard yards in 20 carries.
Florida State rose to 4-1 with the victory and
left Nebraska 3-1. Next Saturday night the Seminoles face a heavy Tallahassee date against Pittsburgh.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
18 |
| Nebraska |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 8, pass (kick), 1:54
2nd 0-14 Opp, 12, pass (kick), 6:30
3-14 Bill Capece, 32, field goal, 0:54
3rd 6-14 Bill Capece, 27, field goal, 10:49
12-14 Sam Platt, 6, run (Rick Stockstill, pass failed), 5:17
15-14 Bill Capece, 40, field goal, 1:12
4th 18-14 Bill Capece, 41, field goal, 2:37
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 21
Rushes-yards 40-12 49-201
Passing 154 167
Att-Comp-Int 26-15-0 30-15-2
Total Yards 66-166 79-368
Punt Returns 2-5 3-2
Kickoff Returns 2-38 0-0
Interception Ret. 2-28 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 7-48.4 5-44.6
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2
Penalties-Yds 2-22 6-67
Attendance 76,152
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 20 48 1 7
Ricky Williams 2 2 0 3
Michael Whiting 7 -1 0 9
Dennis McKinnon 1 -10 0 -10
Rick Stockstill 10 -27 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 12 1 11
Opp 49 201 0 30
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Phil Williams 3 62 0 40
Michael Whiting 6 41 0 16
Sam Platt 3 26 0 10
Hardis Johnson 1 13 0 13
Zeke Mowatt 2 12 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 154 0 40
Opp 15 167 2 25
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 15 25 0 154 0 40
Larry Harris 0 1 0 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 26 0 154 0 40
Opp 15 30 2 167 2 25
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 1 7 0 7
Sam Platt 1 -2 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 5 0 7
Opp 3 2 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 1 21 0 21
Dennis McKinnon 1 17 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 38 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 339 59
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 339 59
Opp 5 223 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 12 6 18 . . . . . . 1 . .
Reggie Herring 11 3 14 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 8 1 9 . . 1- 8 . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 5 1 6 . . 1- 20 . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 2 2 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mark Macek 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Andrew Brownlee . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Carreker . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 62 27 89 . . 2- 28 . . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 44 Ricky Williams
C 56 Jerry Coleman
RG 63 Lee Adams
LG 70 Greg Futch
LT 72 Ken Lanier
RT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 60 Scott McLean
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
14 Blair Williams
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
22 Hardis Johnson
24 Harvey Clayton
29 Sam Platt
30 Larry Harris
31 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
52 Sam Restivo
54 Arthur Scott
61 Brent Brock
62 Eric Ryan
65 Trent Barnes
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
99 Ricky Render
|
Florida State 36, Pittsburgh 22
10/11/1980, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 12, 1980, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. Capece kicks FSU past Pitt.
Scrambling Seminoles win 36-22.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - With the wondrous toe
of Bill Capece putting through five field goals, Florida State's scrambling football team fought from behind to a magnificent 36-22 victory over previously unbeaten Pittsburgh Saturday night.
As a
record Campbell Stadium crowd of 52,894 looked on through a hot night, the Seminoles had no turnovers. Pitt had more than a few.
Rick Stockstill pitched three touchdown passes, and Rohn Stark again
punted the ball out of sight.
This was a game in which Florida State found trouble in a hurry.
The Seminoles won the pregame coin toss, then started at their 12 after receiving the kickoff. Hugh
Green tore through to sack Stockstill back at the 2. A pair of runs reached only the 5 before Stark punted up to FSU's 44.
Pitt's Rooster Jones ripped for five yards. Abruptly, quarterback Dan
Marino dropped back and threw to Willie Collier just over the goal line for a touchdown on a 39-yard play. Dave Trout kicked the extra point and it was a sudden 7-0 Pitt lead.
On three runs from
its 21, Florida State came up just short and Stark punted again - this time to the visitors' 24. A personal foul place Pitt back on the 14.
Pitt struggled to its 27 before kicking to the Florida
State 30. Three futile passes later, Stark boomed a 60-yarder to Pitt's 13.
Marino sailed a pass to tight end Benjie Pryor, who fumbled when tackled, with FSU's Jarvis Coursey recovering at Pitt's
22.
Breaking away outside tackle, Mike Whiting slammed for 15 to the 7. Platt reached the 4. Another run and a pass resulted in a loss of 3. On fourth down Capece booted a 24-yard field goal to cut
the score to 7-3.
Marino busted out with passes to Willie Collier for 14 and Dwight Collins for 30, down to FSU's 32. Linebacker Ron Hester decked fullback Randy McMillan for a loss of 4. Two
passes missed and a punt rolled into the end zone.
On a 12-yard pass to Phil Williams, the Seminoles managed a first down, but that was all. On third down, Stockstill was sacked for a loss of 9
back to the 19.
Then Stark whammed a punt 67 yards and Pitt started at its 16 as the first quarter ran out.
Jones burst for 15 to the 31 where Bobby Butler made a shoestring tackle that may have
averted a touchdown. Then Collins made a superb catch of a Marino bomb at FSU's 25, a pickup of 44.
Two plays later Pitt fumbled as Marino tried to hand off. Arthur Scott covered the ball for the
Seminoles at FSU's 22.
Soon Stark was punting again, but Troy Hill fumbled the ball and Hester claimed it at the Pitt 24.
A penalty set the Seminoles back on the 39. Platt, on a draw, spun for
18 to the 21. Next play Platt lost a couple. Then Stockstill passed 23 yards to Hardis Johnson in the end zone for a touchdown. Capece added a point and FSU led 10-3.
On the kickoff, Pitt's return
man was nailed at his six. Two Marino passes missed before a punt gave FSU the ball back at Pitt's 46.
On four successive runs, Platt got 5, 8, 2 - then 30 to the 1.
Then Stockstill fumbled when
hit, covered the ball, and lost 4 to the 5. Platt got a yard back. Whereupon Stockstill lofted a pass to Sam Childers for a touchdown and the Seminoles took a 17-7 lead.
From its 20, Pitt could not
move, and another punt gave FSU the ball at its 46.
Platt, on a draw, knocked off 11 to Pitt's 43. Soon Zeke Mowatt snared a 17-yard pass at the 25.
On fourth down, Capece kicked a 43-yard field
goal to make it 20-7 with about 40 seconds left in the half.
Pitt threw. On third down Keith Jones intercepted Marino's deep pass and sailed 41 yards to Pitt's 34 with three seconds showing on the
clock.
In came Capece again - true on a 50-yard field goal that brought the score to 23-7.
From its 20, at the start of the last half, Pitt quickly got into good position. McMillan whipped wide
on a run of 11 and a personal foul penalty lifted Pitt to its 43.
Collins collared a 17-yard pass at FSU's 36. Two plays later Marino threw to a wide-open Collins in the end zone for a touchdown on
a 36-yard play. Marino went for two points and got them, on a pass to Pryor, narrowing the score to 23-15.
Starting at the 18, Florida State moved. On third down Kurt Unglaub took an 18-yard pass
at the 41. After Stockstill was twice sacked by Green, Platt got loose on a screen pass and raced 28 yards to the Pitt 46.
A fumble lost 9 but FSU regained it - and more - on a dead-ball personal
foul. Whiting slashed for 5 for a first down at the 34. Soon Platt popped for 12 to the 19. Three more plays netted just 6. In came Capece again to kick a 30-yard field goal for a Marino threw three
times - in vain. Gary Henry returned a punt 17 yards to set up the Seminoles at Pitt's 31.
Two runs gained the 27. A pass missed. Capece then kicked his fifth field goal of the game - a school
record. It was a 44-yarder that shifted the score to 29-15.
Back came Marino, passing to Pryor for 15, to Julius Dawkins for 19 to place Pitt at FSU's 41. Joe McCall ripped on a run to the 31.
Pryor pulled in a pass at the 13. Two plays later a late flag fell - and interference was called on Gary Henry at the 2. McCall scored from there on second down. Trout added a point to cut it to
29-22.
Sixteen seconds remained in the quarter. Long enough for Phil Williams to catch a 12-yard toss at FSU's 32.
FSU got little further. Stark booted a 53-yard punt to the 10, and on the
return Pitt drew a flag for clipping, and got put back on its 8.
The Panthers moved quickly to their 34 before McCall fumbles a handoff. Hester grabbed it for FSU at Pitt's 28.
Whiting's running
led to the 13. On third down Stockstill hit Unglaub in the end zone with a touchdown pass, and Capece brought the score to 36-22.
Soon Pitt was punting, and Henry running it back 19 yards to the
Panther 38. The Seminoles reached the 29 on runs. On fourth down Capece tried from 46-yard range. The snap was high, but he got the boot off - short.
With about seven minutes left, Monk Bonasorte
picked off a Marino pass at Pitt's 45.
The Seminoles got nothing out of that. Stark angled a punt out of bounds at the 12 - a 25-yarder that cut his average but left the Panthers in a hole.
Marino's fourth-down pass from the 22 found Mike Drombrowski at the 35.
With 3:10 remaining Bobby Butler intercepted Marino's bomb at FSU's 29.
Dennis McKinnon got 13 on a reverse. The Seminoles
ran it out around Pitt's 40.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Pittsburgh |
7 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
22 |
| Florida State |
3 |
20 |
6 |
7 |
36 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 39, pass (kick), 12:11
3- 7 Bill Capece, 24, field goal, 5:29
2nd 10- 7 Hardis Johnson, 23, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 10:33
17- 7 Sam Childers, 4, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 5:31
20- 7 Bill Capece, 43, field goal, 0:37
23- 7 Bill Capece, 50, field goal, 0:03
3rd 23-15 Opp, 36, pass (pass), 13:09
26-15 Bill Capece, 30, field goal, 6:27
29-15 Bill Capece, 44, field goal, 4:24
29-22 Opp, 2, run (kick), 0:16
4th 36-22 Kurt Unglaub, 13, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 10:24
36-22 Bill Capece, 46, field goal failed, 7:33
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 16 15
Rushes-yards 56-163 22-86
Passing 127 300
Att-Comp-Int 20-10-0 35-19-3
Total Yards 76-290 57-386
Punt Returns 3-39 4-13
Kickoff Returns 2-22 3-45
Interception Ret. 3-42 0-0
Fumble Returns 4-0 0-0
Punts 7-48.1 6-36.8
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 5-4
Penalties-Yds 6-54 7-59
Attendance 52,894
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 26 123 0 30
Michael Whiting 15 52 0 16
Dennis McKinnon 2 20 0 13
Ricky Williams 3 2 0 2
Ken Burnett 1 0 0 0
Rick Stockstill 9 -34 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 56 163 0 30
Opp 22 86 1 18
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kurt Unglaub 2 32 1 19
Sam Platt 1 28 0 28
Phil Williams 2 24 0 12
Hardis Johnson 1 23 1 23t
Zeke Mowatt 1 17 0 17
Sam Childers 2 6 1 4t
Michael Whiting 1 -3 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 10 127 3 28
Opp 19 300 2 44
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 10 20 0 127 3 28
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 10 20 0 127 3 28
Opp 19 35 3 300 2 44
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 3 39 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 39 0
Opp 4 13 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 1 14 0 14
Larry Harris 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 22 0 14
Opp 3 45 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 337 67
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 337 67
Opp 6 221 43
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ron Hester 3 10 13 2.0- . . . . 2- 0 . . .
Reggie Herring 2 6 8 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 5 6 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Ron Simmons . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 4 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 2 4 . . 1- 41 1 . . . . .
Bobby Butler 2 2 4 . . 1- 1 1 . . . . .
Arthur Scott . 4 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mark Macek 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert . 3 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Scott McLean . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Harvey Clayton 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Larry Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 18 51 69 4.0- 0.0 . 3- 42 5 . 4- 0 . . .
Opp 33 64 97 8.0- . . 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 56 Jerry Coleman
OG 62 Eric Ryan
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 81 Zeke Mowatt
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DE 60 Scott McLean
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
LB 83 Ron Hester
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
54 Arthur Scott
58 John Madden
61 Brent Brock
63 Lee Adams
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
84 Sam Childers
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
|
Florida State 41, Boston College 7
10/18/1980, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 19, 1980, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles soar over B.C. 41-7.
Capece boots four more in Homecoming victory.
TALLAHASSEE, FL -
Busting loose late, Florida State continued its aggressive football march, belting Boston College 41-7 here Saturday night before a happy homecoming crowd of 52,396.
Bill Capece kicked four field
goals, and linebacker Ron Hester twice blocked Boston College punts. As aroused defense almost completely stifled the upset-minded visitors in the last half.
At halftime the Seminoles were ahead by
a not-too-comfortable score of 20-7 after Rich Dyer intercepted a Rick Stockstill pass and raced 83 yards for B.C.'s lone touchdown.
But as the seventh-ranked Seminoles won their 13th straight home
game, Coach Bobby Bowden was emptying his bench well before the end.
Even Paul Piurowski - the linebacker who had as emergency appendectomy only 10 days prior - got in for one play.
Florida
State jumped to a quick lead in this one.
On the opening kickoff, Boston College's Cyril Keniry fumbled the return. Mark Rodrigue claimed the ball for the Seminoles at the 20.
A short pass to
Sam Childers keyed a first down at the 9. But Sam Platt was nailed for a 2-yard loss, and two passes missed. Bill Capece, on fourth down, banged home a 27-yard field goal to make it 3-0.
B.C. moved
from its 20 to 29 before punting. A personal foul against FSU on the play set FSU back on its 22.
Florida State got nothing going. Soon Rohn Stark lofted his first punt, a 57-yarder, and B.C. was
at its 28 after a 5-yard runback.
Right away, linebacker Reggie Herring intercepted quarterback John Loughery's pass, setting up the Seminoles at the Eagles' 25.
Again the Seminoles were stopped
by a stubborn B.C. defense. Capece kicked a 39-yard field goal, and it was 6-0.
From its 20, B.C. managed a first down, moving up to its 33. But when punting time came, linebacker Ron Hester ripped
through to block John Cooper's boot. Hester simply picked up the ball and raced 33 yards to a touchdown. Capece added the extra point, and it was 13-0.
Shelby Gamble broke a 16-yard run to the B.C>
36. Then Doug Guyer, in at quarterback for B.C., hit John Schoen with a 31-yard pass at FSU's 40.
But tackle Alphonso Carreker sacked Guyer for a loss of 9, and B.C. got no further. A punt backed
the Seminoles to their 12.
The teams traded punts, Florida State getting the ball again at its 28.
Rick Stockstill's 28-yard pass to Hardis Johnson gained the Eagles' 44. The running of Platt
led to a first down at the 33 as the long first quarter ended.
Nothing came of the drive after a reverse lost a couple of yards and Stockstill was sacked for 10 by Craig Beal. Stark punted short -
a 23-yarder out on the 21.
On a third-down keeper, Guyer ran wide and got 24 yards to the 50. Next play, Keith Jones picked off Guyer's pass and steamed 20 yards to the Boston 48.
Platt caught a
pass for 12, then ran for 5. On third down at the 28, Platt threw a surprise pass to tight end Barry Voltapetti, keeping things going at the 18. Two plays later, Mike Whiting scored his first
touchdown of the year, on a 15-yard run. Capece's point made it 20-0.
Four plays later, when Cooper went back to punt, he faced such a fierce rush - Keith Jones was in his face - that he simply
covered the ball at the 20. FSU took over there.
Then lightning struck. As Stockstill threw toward Childers on the sideline, Rich Dyer picked it off and raced 83 yards to an easy touchdown. Cooper
kicked the extra point, cutting FSU's lead to 20-7.
Beal's 13-yard sack of Stockstill on third down left the Seminoles at their 15. Stark again kicked short, 33 yards to FSU's 49.
Arthur Scott
put a crimp in B.C. hopes when he dropped Guyer 14 yards back, at the Eagles' 42. Boston punted.
A 12-yard pass to Phil Williams and a couple of runs by Ricky Williams moved FSU from its 20 to
B.C.'s 43. Then Jerry Stabile intercepted a Stockstill bomb and brought it back 18 yards to the 31.
As the third quarter opened, starting from its 25, Florida State quickly confronted trouble.
Childers fumbled after catching a short pass from Stockstill, and Jim Budness claimed the ball for Boston College at FSU's 35.
On a wide pitchout, Gamble got 9. After a first down at the 24, FSU
defenders stiffened. Soon Hester sacked Loughery for a loss of 8 back on the 30. A 47-yard try for a field goal by Cooper was wide.
Passes of 11 and 16 yards to Kurt Unglaub and Childers reached
Boston's 41. Soon Platt grabbed a pass at the 33, then spun on a run the following play for 15 to the 17.
But again Stockstill was sacked - this time by Jim Budness. On fourth down, Capece booted
his third field goal, a 37-yarder, to make it 23-7.
A bit later Cooper's 57-yard punt had FSU in a hole at its 10.
On three runs, Williams led to the 30. Two plays later Williams broke away on a
46-yard ramble to the Boston 21.
But it came to fourth-and-1 at the 12, and the Seminoles went for it. Budness submarined Whiting and stopped him inches short. Boston College took over.
James
Harris grabbed Gamble for a loss of 4. Then James Coursey sacked Loughery on the 1. On fourth down, Cooper, back to punt, deliberately stepped out of the end zone for a safety. The two-pointer padded
FSU's lead to 25-7 in the early moments of the last quarter.
That gave the visitors a free kick from their 20 - a Cooper punt that Dennis McKinnon returned 44 yards to the 25.
Running three of
four times, Williams knocked off 21 yards to the 1. Stockstill sneaked over for the touchdown. A passing try for two points was knocked down, leaving it 31-7.
When Cooper next punted, FSU got the
ball at Boston College's 38 following a call for interference with Gary Henry's fair-catch signal.
Blair Williams moved in at quarterback. Pass interference on a throw intended for Hardis Johnson
vaulted the Seminoles to the 15, where they bogged down. Capece kicked his fourth field goal, a 31-yarder, for 34-7.
Soon Cooper was punting again - and Hester tore through once again to block it,
teammate Mike Smith falling on the ball at Boston's 25.
When Capece, four downs later, lined up for his fifth field-goal try, the snap was bad. Capece picked up the rolling ball and tried to run.
There was no place to go, and Boston College took over at its 31.
With a bit over two minutes left, Florida State started at the 50 after B.C. ran out of downs.
On successive runs, Darish Davis
ran for 15, 19 and 11 yards - down to the 5. Ernie Sims cracked to the 1. On a rollout, Kelly Lowrey scored with 41 seconds remaining.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Boston College |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
13 |
7 |
3 |
18 |
41 |
1st 3- 0 Bill Capece, 27, field goal, 14:03
6- 0 Bill Capece, 39, field goal, 8:43
13- 0 Ron Hester, 33, punt return/blocked punt (Bill Capece, kick), 6:11
Note: Hester blocked the punt, picked it up and ran it in
for the score.
2nd 20- 0 Michael Whiting, 15, run (Bill Capece, kick), 9:52
20- 7 Opp, 83, interception return (kick), 7:35
3rd 20- 7 Opp, 47, field goal failed, 12:32
23- 7 Bill Capece, 36, field goal, 7:14
4th 25- 7 Team, safety, 14:56
Note: Quarterback is rushed hard and steps out of the end
zone.
31- 7 Rick Stockstill, 1, run (Rick Stockstill, pass failed), 12:31
34- 7 Bill Capece, 31, field goal, 9:09
41- 7 Kelly Lowrey, 1, run (Bill Capece, kick), 0:41
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 7
Rushes-yards 55-213 34-27
Passing 125 78
Att-Comp-Int 24-14-2 23-6-2
Total Yards 79-338 57-105
Punt Returns 4-28 2-6
Kickoff Returns 3-81 3-58
Interception Ret. 2-27 2-101
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 5-37.8 10-30.2
Sacks By-Yds 6- 3-
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-Yds 5-55 4-68
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 3-15
Time of Posession 35:06 24:54
Attendance 52,396
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ricky Williams 12 109 0 46
Darish Davis 5 47 0 19
Sam Platt 13 35 0 15
Michael Whiting 10 34 1 15t
Ernie Sims 2 12 0 9
Ken Burnett 3 10 0 4
Kelly Lowrey 1 1 1 1t
Eric Riley 1 -2 0 -2
Blair Williams 1 -3 0 -3
Team 1 -7 0 -7
Rick Stockstill 6 -23 1 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 55 213 3 46
Opp 34 27 0 24
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Childers 5 39 0 16
Hardis Johnson 1 28 0 28
Sam Platt 3 19 0 12
Phil Williams 1 14 0 14
Kurt Unglaub 1 11 0 11
Barry Voltapetti 1 10 0 10
Michael Whiting 1 2 0 2
Ernie Sims 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 125 0 28
Opp 6 78 0 27
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 12 19 2 113 0 28
Sam Platt 1 1 0 10 0 10
Blair Williams 1 4 0 2 0 2
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 24 2 125 0 28
Opp 6 23 2 78 0 27
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ron Hester 1 33 1 33t
Gary Henry 3 -5 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 28 1 33t
Opp 2 6 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 2 66 0
Michael Whiting 1 15 0 15
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 81 0 15
Opp 3 58 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 5 189 57
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 189 57
Opp 10 302 57
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring 4 9 13 . . 1- 7 . . . . . .
James Gilbert 2 4 6 2.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 1 3 4 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . 2 .
Garry Futch . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 1 3 4 1.0- 1.0- . 1 . . . . .
Ron Simmons . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 2 3 1.0- . 1- 20 . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Andrew Brownlee 1 2 3 1.0- 1.0- . 1 . . . . .
Alphonso Carreker 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Harvey Clayton 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 1 1 2 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Houston 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Rodrigue 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Mark Macek . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 1 . 1 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Mike Smith . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 24 37 61 9.0- 0.0 6.0- 0.0 2- 27 3 . 2- 0 . 2 .
Opp 38 54 92 10.0- 3.0- 2-101 3 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 62 Eric Ryan
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
LB 83 Ron Hester
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
8 Eric Riley
12 Kelly Lowrey
14 Blair Williams
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
31 Ernie Sims
32 Darish Davis
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
46 Mark Rodrigue
47 Brian Williams
51 James Gilbert
53 Paul Piurowski
55 John Houston
56 Jerry Coleman
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
63 Lee Adams
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
|
Florida State 24, Memphis State 3
10/25/1980, Memphis, Tenn.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 26, 1980, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles crunch one out 24-3.
Platt busts Key record with 188 yards rushing.
MEMPHIS, TN – In a
city that gave birth to the blues, Memphis State’s football team played a little different tune here Saturday afternoon.
But its best game of a poor season was not nearly enough as Florida State
rather routinely mashed out a 24-3 victory.
There was nothing routine, however, about the running of Sam Platt.
The senior tailback from Jacksonville rushed for 188 yards in 29 carries, busting
the school single-game record set by Larry Key when he got 170 against Auburn in ’78.
“I thought we showed improvement in about every area – except scoring,” said Coach Bobby Bowden. “I wish we
could have done better. We would have liked to have scored more, but Memphis State wouldn’t let us.
“Our effort was good – and Memphis State battled us good. I credit Memphis State.”
The Tigers,
now 1-6, had been beating themselves with an assortment of critical errors, mainly on offense. Not this time. Memphis never fumbled – neither did the Seminoles. Memphis did throw one interception –
same for Florida State.
Richard Williamson, a beleaguered coach who figures to be fired soon, said when he came to practice last Monday a lot of heads were down. “Then I told them we would be
playing Florida State on television, and they perked up,” he said. “You could see it in practice. Everyone was pumped up.”
Trying to bolster the crowd to make it look good for the regional
telecast, Memphis State gave away – by it’s own acknowledgement – more than 25,000 free tickets. But only 28,778 showed up in the Liberty Bowl on a cool, sunny day for the 11:35 (Memphis time)
kickoff. (One Memphis paper ran the headline: “Tiger Brunch Just TV Snack for Seminoles.”)
Though sixth-ranked Florida State, now 7-1 with three home games remaining, may have shown improvement in
many areas – most notably blocking in the offensive line – there certainly was some uncharacteristic play.
Bill Capece, the nation’s leading field-goal kicker, missed three of four attempts,
leaving him 19-for-24 on the season. “I was getting too much underneath ‘em,” said Capece of his misses. “I just didn’t hit ‘em right.”
One of his misses was a 50-yarder that was on target but just
short. The other two were from 36 and 38 yards out.
Stacking up 455 yards of offense, the Seminoles got 365 running – approaching the school-record 383 registered versus Abilene Christian away back
in ’57. Mike Whiting got 78 in 19 carries, Ricky Williams 60 in just eight.
In 21 attempts, Rick Stockstill completed only seven passes for 90 yards.
“They deflected ‘em,” said Bowden. “Nothing
kills a passing game like deflections.”
But Stockstill had one of those deflections batted right back into his arms, and he scampered 31 yards with the ball. Later, Stockstill smilingly
acknowledged it was his first pass reception ever. If it had not been for that completion, he would have finished with six for 59 yards!
At the start, the Seminoles found themselves in a
hole. Returning the opening kickoff, Dennis McKinnon fell down at the six. That Stockstill-to-Stockstill pass moved FSU from its 23 to the Memphis 46. Soon after, Capece missed his first field-goal
try, from 36 out.
Next time FSU got the ball it moved 66 yards to a touchdown, with a 24-yard screen pass to Whiting – down to the Memphis 30 – a big play. Platt soon knocked off 21 to the four.
From the one, Platt scored on a wide run.
With Platt running for most of it, the Seminoles drove from their 20 to a 25-yard Capece field goal and a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter. (Florida
State had stood second down at the two, but was pushed back by an offsides penalty.)
Penalties at inopportune times plagued the Seminoles. Once Bobby Butler was flagged for roughing the punter –
but Butler never touched that good actor. At halftime Memphis had just three first downs, and two had come on penalties.
With 1:40 remaining in the half, Florida State scored its second touchdown
on the heels of another 66-yard drive – this one spurred by Williams’ running. Stockstill threw 18 yards to Hardis Johnson for a 6-pointer and a 17-0 lead.
Ron Hester’s interception of a pass that
teammate James Harris tipped gave FSU a shot from the FSU a shot from the FSU 45 with 33 seconds left. Kurt Unglaub caught a pass at the Memphis 33, but McKinnon dropped a bomb in the end zone. The
Capece’s 50-yard try for three was just short.
The score jumped to 24-0 early in the last half after Butler blocked a punt, and Hester covered the rolling ball at the Memphis seven. Whiting scored
from the three.
Memphis was without top runner Richard Williams – who went down and out for the season on a broken leg in the first half – but his tailback understudy, Danny Felts, provided the
Tigers with a significant lift when he got away from three would-be tacklers and swept 54 yards to the FSU 14. (That one run accounted for more than half of the Tigers’ net 103 rushing for the day.
Overall, Memphis managed 183 yards as quarterback Darrell Martin hit 10 of 23 passes for 80.)
FSU defenders stiffened after the Felts run. Rusty Bennet kicked a 27-yard field goal.
An
interception by end Stanley Adams – acclaimed ABC’s player of the game, along with the Seminoles’ Platt – set up Memphis at its 40. The running of Felts and Martin, coupled with a 15-yard pass to
Jerry Knowlton, led to FSU’s 21.
A personal-foul penalty, after a Mike Dion run, helped Memphis to a first down at the five. Then, on the first play of the last quarter, Dion cracked to the one.
Three times Dion hit that middle of Ron Simmons & Co. in quest of a touchdown. He got nothing, nothing, then nothing again.
After that defensive stand, Stockstill guided the offense from the one to
a first down at the Memphis 14, with Platt and Whiting pounding for most of it. But an illegal-procedure penalty dented the bid, after which Stockstill got sacked, and Capece missed the 38-yarder.
That splendid, if futile drive, consumed more than eight minutes of playing time. Neither team threatened after that. It was rather typical FSU ball control. The Seminoles ran 86 plays – including 65
running – and Memphis just 57.
“I thought we fought them,” said Williamson, the losing coach. “Florida State is an outstanding team – a great football team. They do a lot of things well, but we
fought them.
“But when we got down there, they bowed their necks and wouldn’t let us in.”
Bowden said the most disappointing thing to him was those deflected passes.
“I wouldn’t think the
game will have any effect on how the bowls think about us,” he said.
Rohn Stark was called to punt only three times for the Seminoles, averaging 44.3 yards. Defensively, Florida State appeared to
be led by linebacker Reggie Herring, tackle Garry Futch and end Jarvis Coursey. Big for Memphis were Adams and linebacker Michael Thomas.
Physically, the Seminoles may have come out of this one
pretty well. Center John Madden turned an ankle – the same one that had been bothering him – and further word was awaited. Simmons said he also turned his ankle a little.
Linebacker Paul Piurowski,
just 17 days following an appendectomy, started and played about three-fourths of the game.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
24 |
| Memphis State |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1st 0- 0 Bill Capece, 36, field goal failed, 9:06
7- 0 Sam Platt, 1, run (Bill Capece, kick), 3:47
2nd 10- 0 Bill Capece, 25, field goal, 10:29
17- 0 Hardis Johnson, 18, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 1:40
17- 0 Bill Capece, 50, field goal failed, 0:00
3rd 24- 0 Michael Whiting, 3, run (Bill Capece, kick), 11:56
24- 3 Opp, 27, field goal, 9:19
4th 24- 3 Bill Capece, 39, field goal failed, 5:06
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 12
Rushes-yards 65-365 34-103
Passing 90 80
Att-Comp-Int 21-7-1 23-10-1
Total Yards 86-455 57-183
Punt Returns 3-31 2-8
Kickoff Returns 2-25 2-33
Interception Ret. 1-8 1-7
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 3-44.3 8-35.9
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 6-54 2-20
Attendance 28,778
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 29 188 1 21
Michael Whiting 19 78 1 10
Ricky Williams 8 60 0 18
Ken Burnett 2 15 0 8
Darish Davis 3 15 0 12
Ernie Sims 1 8 0 8
Rick Stockstill 3 1 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 65 365 2 21
Opp 34 103 0 54
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 1 31 0 31
Kurt Unglaub 2 21 0 12
Hardis Johnson 1 18 1 18t
Michael Whiting 2 14 0 23
Dennis McKinnon 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 90 1 31
Opp 10 80 0 17
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 7 21 1 90 1 31
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 7 21 1 90 1 31
Opp 10 23 1 80 0 17
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobby Butler 1 22 0 22
Gary Henry 2 9 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 31 0 22
Opp 2 8 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darish Davis 1 20 0 20
Dennis McKinnon 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 25 0 20
Opp 2 33 0 17
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 3 133 48
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 133 48
Opp 8 287 70
|---------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 3 11 . . . 1 . . . . .
Ron Hester 5 3 8 . . 1- 8 . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 3 3 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Arthur Scott 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Carreker 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Mark Macek 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Trent Barnes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ernie Sims 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Roger Andrew Brownlee 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 49 32 81 . . 1- 8 5 . . . 1 .
Opp 74 58 132 . . 1- 7 6 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 62 Eric Ryan
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
31 Ernie Sims
32 Darish Davis
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
45 Roger Andrew Brownlee
47 Brian Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 James Gilbert
56 Jerry Coleman
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
63 Lee Adams
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
|
Florida State 45, Tulsa 2
11/01/1980, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 2, 1980, page 57, by Bill McGrotha. FSU rolls past Tulsa for 8th win.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Taking considerable starch out of Tulsa with a touchdown in
the last seconds of the first half, Florida State's football team rushed on to a 45-2 victory before 47,683 here Saturday night.
Apparently destined for even higher ranking following a run of
upsets, Florida State mixed it up offensively - and defensively - about as well as it has in any game this season.
Rick Stockstill softened the Golden Hurricane with first-half passes, then turned
to a devastating running game by Sam Platt.
Pushing their record to 8-1, the Seminoles virtually sewed up a bid to somebody's bowl, and enhanced their chances of making it a big one on New Year's
Day.
Florida State came out passing. On the game's first play from scrimmage, Rick Stockstill threw to Mike Whiting for 16 at the FSU 38. Three plays later Phil Williams caught a 14-yarder at the
Tulsa 42. Then Whiting burst on a run, 13 yards to the 29.
But Sam Platt was stopped short on two runs. A pass missed. Then Bill Capece missed on a 40-yard try for a field goal.
On a pitchout,
Tulsa tailback Kenneth Lacy was nailed by Bobby Butler for a loss of 9, back to the 15. Three plays later Steve Cook punted 48 yards to FSU's 27.
In 11 plays the Seminoles drove to a touchdown. A
pass to Sam Childers for 17 gained the 45. Whiting and Platt runs reached the Tulsa 32. Successive passes to Whiting for seven and Hardis Johnson for 8 attained the Tulsa 17.
Next play Stockstill
threw to Johnson in the end zone - just behind cornerback Charles Caufield - for a touchdown. Capece kicked a point for 7-0.
On Tulsa's next series, Ron Simmons got his first sack of the season,
throwing quarterback Kenny Jackson for a loss of 4, forcing a punt - a 35-yarder to FSU's 43.
Eleven more plays brought a second TD. Runs by Platt and Whiting led to the Tulsa 33. Phil Williams
snared a pass at the 22. Two runs gained the 10. Sam Childers pulled in a pass at the 3. Whiting roared up the middle for an easy six points. Capece again added a point, making it 14-0.
As the
second quarter started, Tulsa moved - and for the first time - from its 17.
From the 31, Lacy popped to the 43. Soon Sessions rammed for 12 to FSU's 40. On the option, Jackson got loose to the 24.
Mike Gunter, on two runs, got to the 12. Two plays later Lacey grabbed a Jackson pass just inside the 1.
On first down Lacey got nothing, On second and third Jackson got nothing. Then Lacey, on
fourth down, was stopped about 2 inches short of the goal. It was a remarkable stand.
Stockstill got only a foot or so on a sneak. Then he went wide for 10, but a holding penalty nullified it.
Whiting struggled to the 2. When Stockstill tried to pass, Caufield caught him in the end zone for a safety, cutting the score to 14-2.
On Capece's free kick from his 20, Caufield returned the ball
19 yards to FSU's 46.
After the Hurricane reached the 30 on a 14-yard pass to Don Hicks, two penalties knocked the visitors back to the 46. Stu Crum missed on a fourth-down try for a field goal
from 52-yard range.
Soon the Seminoles were punting - but roughing on Tulsa against Rohn Stark gave Florida State new life at Tulsa's 44 with less than a minute left.
A screen pass to Platt
reached the 34. Then Johnson caught 1 at the 10. After missing twice, Stockstill led Kurt Unglaub just right with a deep pass in the end zone - for a TD with 13 seconds remaining in the half. Capece's
point brought it to 21-2.
At this point Stockstill had hit on 13 of 16 passes for 155 yards.
Remarkably, in that second quarter, Tulsa had controlled the ball for 11:58 of the 15 minutes. The
Seminoles had it for just 3:02.
Early in the second half, Florida State found itself in good position, at its 48. Jackson had been sacked by Reggie Herring and Mark Macek, bringing on a punt - a
mere 22-yarder.
Six plays brought a touchdown. Platt ran for 2 yards, then 15. Then Whiting carried four straight times - to the 17, to the 8, to the 5, and then in for six points. Capece made it
28-2.
Three Tulsa plays, and then a punt that gave FSU another shot, from it 39. Right away, Platt broke for 26, to Tulsa's 40.
More running, mostly by Platt, precipitated a first down at the
18. A pass-interference call, in favor of Kurt Unglaub in the end zone, gave FSU a first down at the 1. Platt scored. After Capece kicked, it was 35-2 with five minutes left in the quarter.
Returning a kickoff from the 1 to its 11, Tulsa found itself at its eight after three plays - following Ron Hester's decking Jackson for a loss of six. A punt set the Seminoles up at Tulsa's 46.
A
13-yard scamper by Ricky Williams reached the 34. Then Williams scored on a dash off the left side. Capece's point boosted the score to 42-2 with seconds left in the quarter.
Twice in a row Jackson
got sacked, by Macek for 22, then by Gilbert for 9, back at the 1. Gary Henry returned the punt 15 to the Tulsa 29.
Williams led a running charge to a first down at the 3. But Tulsa held. On fourth
down Capece kicked a 24-yard field goal for 45-2.
On running plays, The Hurricane moved from its 20 to FSU's 37 before running out of gas.
With reserves in, Kelly Lowrey quarterbacking, the
Seminoles stuck to the ground, reached Tulsa's 45, then called upon Stark to punt - into the end zone.
With Chuck Majors in at quarterback, Tulsa got a couple of first downs on passes. Blair
Williams saw a couple of late plays at quarterback for FSU as the Seminoles ran out the clock on the eighth victory in nine starts.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Tulsa |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Florida State |
14 |
7 |
21 |
3 |
45 |
1st 0- 0 Bill Capece, 40, field goal failed, 11:49
7- 0 Hardis Johnson, 17, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 6:13
14- 0 Michael Whiting, 2, run (Bill Capece, kick), 0:07
2nd 14- 2 Opp, safety, 6:05
Note: Stockstill tackled in the end zone.
14- 2 Opp, 52, field goal failed, 1:44
21- 2 Kurt Unglaub, 10, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 0:09
3rd 28- 2 Michael Whiting, 4, run (Bill Capece, kick), 10:50
35- 2 Sam Platt, 1, run (Bill Capece, kick), 4:59
42- 2 Ricky Williams, 18, run (Bill Capece, kick), 0:33
4th 45- 2 Bill Capece, 24, field goal, 9:21
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 29 11
Rushes-yards 63-273 45-90
Passing 171 70
Att-Comp-Int 18-14-0 16-7-0
Total Yards 81-444 61-160
Punt Returns 1-15 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-21 5-106
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 1-44.0 7-36.1
Sacks By-Yds 9- 1-
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 3-20 4-53
3rd Down Conversions 9-15 6-17
Time of Posession 34:09 25:51
Attendance 47,683
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 23 113 1 26
Michael Whiting 15 74 2 18
Ricky Williams 6 34 1 18t
Ken Burnett 5 21 0 11
Darish Davis 4 14 0 4
Rick Stockstill 5 11 0 7
Ernie Sims 3 8 0 4
Larry Harris 1 4 0 4
Dennis McKinnon 1 -6 0 -6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 63 273 4 26
Opp 45 90 0 16
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 4 64 1 23
Michael Whiting 4 37 0 15
Phil Williams 2 25 0 14
Sam Childers 2 24 0 17
Sam Platt 1 11 0 11
Kurt Unglaub 1 10 1 10t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 171 2 23
Opp 7 70 0 14
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 14 18 0 171 2 23
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 18 0 171 2 23
Opp 7 16 0 70 0 14
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 1 15 0 15
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 15 0 15
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Larry Harris 1 21 0 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 21 0 21
Opp 5 106 0 32
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 1 44 44
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 44 44
Opp 7 253 48
|---------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 2.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 1 6 7 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 5 2 7 2.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 3 3 6 2.0- 2.0- . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 5 1 6 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 2 3 5 2.0- 2.0- . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Harris 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 2 2 4 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 3 1 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte . 3 3 . . . 2 . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Carreker 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Smith . 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Ernie Sims 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Homer Thomas . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Ponder 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 37 77 13.0- 0.0 9.0- 0.0 . 4 . . . . .
Opp 32 65 97 4.0- 1.0- . 2 . . . . 1
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 62 Eric Ryan
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
WR 87 Phil Williams
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
12 Kelly Lowrey
14 Blair Williams
17 Bill Capece
19 Kurt Unglaub
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
31 Ernie Sims
32 Darish Davis
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
47 Brian Williams
51 James Gilbert
56 Jerry Coleman
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
63 Lee Adams
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
80 Keith Lester
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
86 John McLean
|
Florida State 31, Virginia Tech 7
11/08/1980, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 9, 1980, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. FSU eyes a happy New Year.
Tech falls 31-7 as hopes soar.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Zip. Zap.
Scoring two
touchdowns in 51 seconds, Florida State's football team overcame a sluggish start here Saturday, went on to whip Virginia Tech 31-7 - and apparently pretty well nailed down a berth in a big New Year's
Day bowl.
An hour after it was over, J.B. Coincon, a Sugar Bowl representative, lingered in the parking lot.
"I'd say chances are better than 50-50 for Florida State in a New Year's bowl," he
said. "I really don't see how the Seminoles can't be in one now."
The three New Year's Day bowls open to Florida State are Cotton, Sugar and Orange, each paying more than $1 million. Each
had scouts here Saturday, along with the Gator Bowl.
Bids will be issued next Saturday. A big key on that day will be the outcome of the Notre Dame-Alabama game in Birmingham. Those two are Florida
State's primary competition for a New Year's bid. Alabama has one loss, and Notre Dame was tied 3-3 by Georgia Tech Saturday.
The loser of the Notre Dame-Alabama game may well be eliminated from
New Year's bowl. "I would think that, too," said Coincon.
With 51,487 watching in Campbell Stadium and millions more viewing the action on regional TV, the Seminoles - ranked third and fourth
nationally by AP and UPI - extended their record to 9-1, with Florida remaining. (On Monday, FSU should know whether the Florida game here will be televised on Nov. 22, as presently scheduled, or
moved to Dec. 6 for national-TV purposes. In any event, the Seminoles figure to have a bowl bid in hand well before that finale.)
In eight appearances on ABC television now during coach Bobby
Bowden's time, Florida State has never lost. Moreover, Bowden has never lost to Virginia Tech - going 3-0 at West Virginia, 5-0 here.
"We were awhile getting it going because Virginia Tech played
good, smart football," said Bowden.
On Saturday, Bowden celebrated his 51st birthday. "I tell you what, though, buddy, about the middle of the second quarter I was wondering if it was gonna be a
good one," said the coach.
Virginia Tech jumped out front 7-0 in the last minute of the first quarter, following freshman linebacker Ashley Lee's interception of a Rick Stockstill pass at the FSU
32.
(Interestingly, Stockstill and Lee were acclaimed ABC's players of the game. Lee was in on 18 tackles. Stockstill hit eight of 16 passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns while scoring a third
on a run.)
Disdaining a field-goal try on fourth-and-3 at the 25, Virginia Tech scored on a surprise bomb, quarterback Steve Casey to tight end Rob Purdham.
It was Casey's lone completion of the
first half, and the only time before intermission that Tech made good on a third or fourth-down play.
Stymied by the interception, poor field position and by a couple of damaging penalties, the
Seminoles had penetrated no deeper that Tech's 48, from whence Bill Capece - later to set a national record for most points by a kicker in a single season - missed a try for a field goal from 54-yard
range.
Then, late in the half, Stockstill moved the Seminoles from their 14. A 19-yard screen pass to Mike Whiting keyed the drive to Tech's 45, where it came to 4th-and 2.
With 2:19 left in the
half, Florida State pulled a surprise of its own - Stockstill hitting Hardis Johnson with a deep pass for a tying touchdown.
Asked shortly after the game, who called that fourth-and-2 play, Bowden
said: "Uh - we called it." Later, he acknowledged that he alone had called the play.
Fifty-one seconds later Florida State had a 14-7 lead.
Tailback Cyrus Lawrence fumbled a pitchout that Ron
Simmons claimed for the Seminoles at the Tech 11. Promptly, Stockstill passed 11 yards to Johnson for the TD.
With 8:30 left in the third period, FSU pushed the score to 21-7. Bobby Butler's
interception set up the Seminoles at Tech's 30. The running of Sam Platt and Whiting - mostly the latter - led to the 1, and Stockstill sneaked over.
Early in the last quarter, punter Dave
Smigelsky fumbled a low fourth-down snap that he should have handled well enough, and fell on the ball. That gave FSU possession at the Tech 28.
Platt took charge, running for 19 of the needed
yards, scoring from the 10 - giving him 108 yards in 24 carries, making it the sixth game this season he's topped 100.
Following an interception by freshman linebacker John Houston, Capece kicked a
42-yard field goal with 5:55 left.
With seven points for the game, Capece hiked his season total to 99 - busting the national season record for a kicker of 97 set by Penn State's Matt Bahr in
'78.
Racking up 324 yards, including 181 rushing against a team that had been tied for the national lead in total defense, FSU limited the Gobblers, now 7-2 to 140. In previous games, no opponent
had scored more than 18 points on Tech.
FSU's Rohn Starke punted seven times for a 45.7 average, including one 60-yarder. "I believe that kicking game is probably the best since the coaching days
of General Bob Neyland at Tennessee," said Tech Coach Bill Dooley in tribute. "The FSU defense is great, but that kicking game is unbelievable."
Once again FSU's defense seemed to be led by
linebacker Reggie Herring, credited by the press box with 15 tackles that included two quarterback sacks.
In addition to running 11 times for 60 yards, Whiting topped FSU receivers with three
catches. Hardis Johnson caught only two, but both were block-busters.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Virginia Tech |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
7 |
10 |
31 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 25, pass (kick), 0:46
2nd 0- 7 Bill Capece, 54, field goal failed, 8:07
7- 7 Hardis Johnson, 45, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 2:19
14- 7 Hardis Johnson, 11, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 1:28
3rd 21- 7 Rick Stockstill, 2, run (Bill Capece, kick), 8:30
4th 28- 7 Sam Platt, 9, run (Bill Capece, kick), 8:02
31- 7 Bill Capece, 42, field goal, 5:55
31- 7 Opp, 54, field goal failed, 1:59
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 14 8
Rushes-yards 45-181 46-86
Passing 143 57
Att-Comp-Int 20-10-2 16-5-3
Total Yards 65-324 62-143
Punt Returns 3-10 2-5
Kickoff Returns 2-18 1-17
Interception Ret. 3-16 2-16
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 7-45.7 7-43.3
Sacks By-Yds 3- 1-
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Penalties-Yds 5-65 2-10
3rd Down Conversions 6-15 4-16
Time of Posession 29:50 30:10
Attendance 51,487
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sam Platt 24 108 1 12
Michael Whiting 11 60 0 23
Ricky Williams 6 15 0 5
Ken Burnett 1 3 0 3
Rick Stockstill 3 -5 1 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 45 181 2 23
Opp 46 86 0 11
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 2 56 2 45t
Michael Whiting 3 37 0 19
Sam Childers 2 17 0 10
Ricky Williams 1 14 0 14
Sam Platt 1 11 0 11
Rick Houston 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 10 143 2 45t
Opp 5 57 1 25t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 8 16 1 121 2 45t
Kelly Lowrey 2 4 1 22 0 14
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 10 20 2 143 2 45t
Opp 5 16 3 57 1 25t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 3 10 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 10 0
Opp 2 5 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ricky Williams 1 10 0 10
Larry Harris 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 18 0 10
Opp 1 17 0 17
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 7 320 60
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 320 60
Opp 7 303 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 7 15 2.0- 2.0- . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .
Ron Hester 4 2 6 1.0- 1.0- . 1 . . . . .
Ron Simmons 2 3 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Arthur Scott 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Monk Bonasorte 1 2 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Paul Piurowski 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Scott McLean 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Carreker 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
David Ponder . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Butler 1 . 1 . . 1- 12 . . . . . .
John Houston . 1 1 . . 1- 4 . . . . . .
Keith Jones . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Whiting 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ernie Sims 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 30 32 62 3.0- 0.0 3.0- 0.0 3- 16 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 28 51 79 3.0- 1.0- 2- 16 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 62 Eric Ryan
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
12 Kelly Lowrey
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
31 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
46 Mark Rodrigue
47 Brian Williams
51 James Gilbert
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
55 John Houston
56 Jerry Coleman
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
63 Lee Adams
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
80 Keith Lester
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
87 Phil Williams
93 Rick Houston
|
Florida State 17, Florida 13
12/06/1980, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, December 7, 1980, page 57, by Bill McGrotha. One more time, 17-13!
TALLAHASSEE, FL - A yellow flag flew to the green, dyed-for-TV grass as Wayne Peace
threw his 24th pass. The clock showed 1:03 left in the game.
Florida had an illegal receiver downfield on the fourth-down play.
The dominant Seminoles among the biggest crowd (53,772) ever to
see a football game in Tallahassee rocked with whoops that maybe could have been heard in Sopchoppy.
For the first time all Saturday, it seemed, they could breathe.
Florida State
quarterback Rick Stockstill retreated and twice fell on the ball for losses - and it was over.
The Seminoles had won one of the hairiest - one of the best - of all games in the 23-year series,
17-13!
And now Coach Bobby Bowden will narrate the film for boosters at some future time, and when it comes to where Florida was leading 13-3 in the second quarter, he will say: "Now, we got 'em
right where we want 'em." There will be roars of appreciative laughter, as his knowing listeners reflect upon the many times Bowden teams have pulled ones out of the fire after trailing early.
There is also the possibility of more such playful jokes after the Orange Bowl, where on Jan. 1 the Seminoles face Oklahoma, with indeed a chance to emerge as the Nation's No. 1 college team -
swinging, perhaps, on whether Notre Dame upsets Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and Florida State tops the Sooners.
On this Saturday, however, it was anything but a laughing matter. Florida pushed the
Seminoles around in that first half in this 10-1 season like none other, except Nebraska.
In the end, it was the Seminoles' fourth straight conquest of their rivals. "It was awesome - a great
feeling," said FSU linebacker Paul Piurowski. "I don't know how it would feel to win the World Series in four games, but I think it would feel like this."
Piurowski, who led the Seminoles in
tackles with 15, was one of several Seminole seniors Florida coach Charley Pell sought out in the dressing room afterward. Pell walked in and shook hands, extending congratulations. "I've never been
so happy to see a graduation take place," said Pell, of those seniors' last stand against Florida. "We should come and cheer at the FSU graduation ceremony."
The Seminoles won it, the book will
say, on a 20-yard pass from Stockstill to Hardis Johnson with 31 seconds gone in the last quarter, putting the final 17-13 score on the board - but they won it n a whole lot more than that.
Twice
in the last quarter Keith Jones, another one of those seniors, intercepted passes, the last time at the FSU eight with 3:59 left.
Like so many other opponents before it, Florida was shut out by
superb FSU defense in that last half. The Seminoles finished the season unscored upon in that vital last quarter, a not inconsiderable feat. In the last half of this season FSU outscored foes 193 to
21, and in the closing quarter 96 to 0.
But Florida, on 226 yards in the first half, took away Florida State's chances of finishing as the Nation's No. 1 statistical best on defense. After
intermission, Florida netted only 31 yards but the 257 total was enough to award No. 1 to Pittsburgh.
Two wide receivers - FSU's Johnson and Florida's Tyrone Young - were acclaimed the game's
outstanding players by ABC, which televised the game nationally. Johnson collared seven passes for 107 yards and both Seminole touchdowns. Young snared five for 109 and UF's lone TD.
"Florida State
deserved to win," said Pell. "They came back after the half with excellent adjustments."
FSU, first time it got the ball, jumped out front 3-0 on Bill Capece's 44-yard field goal after a drive from
the Seminole 31 sparked by the running of Sam Platt.
But Tailback Sam Platt, with a busted shoulder, soon went down and out of the game for good after netting 29 yards on six carries. Trainer Don
Fauls thinks he has a fair chance of being able to play in the Orange Bowl.
Then Florida went against the grain with imaginative offensive work that placed the Seminoles squarely on the ropes.
Essentially, the Gators shed their four-wide-receivers offense that they had used the last three games in favor of one that utilized two tight ends for blocking and got the running game going.
Meanwhile, freshman quarterback Peace was evading the rush - and nose guard Ron Simmons - with maneuvers left and right, dropping straight back to pass only sparingly.
One net result was Florida
punted only once in the opening half, on its opening series.
A bit later the Gators drove to midfield before Reggie Herring claimed a James Jones fumble.
Then, in a magnificent drive, Florida
moved from its 12. On third down at his 47, Peace lofted a lovely pass that Young gathered in well behind the defender James Harris, scoring on a 53-yard pass. FSU had checked off on its defensive
signal to cover that play, but Harris had not heard the checkoff call.
Early in the second quarter, David Little intercepted a tipped pass thrown by Stockstill, setting up the Gators at FSU's 36.
Brian Clark soon kicked a 38-yard field goal for 10-3.
On its next series, UF drove from its 23, mostly on the running of Johnnell Brown and Jones, but an 18-yard pass to Young was also a big key.
Clark put through a 36-yard field goal, making it 13-3 with 1:48 left in the half.
Except for their opening series, the Seminoles never threatened prior to intermission.
From the third-quarter
kickoff, FSU moved in a splendid drive, 82 yards to a touchdown.
Ricky Williams, in for Platt, provided the spark. The first six times on that drive Stockstill handed the ball to Williams, who
accumulated 39 yards to Florida's 43. (Williams finished with a game-high 75 for 21 carries).
The Stockstill passed to Johnson at the 31, the 21 and - three plays later - nailed him with a 19-yard
strike for a TD that narrowed the score to 13-10.
An aroused defense gave Florida only one first down in the third quarter - on an interference call. Mark Dickert got off two tremendous punts, one
a 55-yarder, to keep the Seminoles on their side of the field.
Late in the quarter, after the second Dickert punt (from the UF end zone), the Seminoles moved from their 45. On third down, Johnson
made an extraordinary diving catch of a Stockstill shot for a 29-yard pickup to UF's 32. Four plays later, on first down, Stockstill hit a wide-open Johnson for the winning TD.
For the day,
Stockstill completed 11 of 18 (eight of nine in the second half) for 137 of the Seminoles' total 275 yards.
Moments later, Jones intercepted a Peace pass at the Florida 30. Four plays more, and
Capece's try for a field goal from 48 yards out was wide left.
The Gators moved, on Peace passes, to FSU's 20. On third down, end Arthur Scott sacked Peace for minus-15. Bowden said later it might
have been the game's biggest play. After that, Clark was way short on a 52-yard try for three points.
Once more Florida threatened, Peace passing the Gators to the FSU 40. Then Jones made an
acrobatic, somersaulting interception at the Florida eight of a pass that teammate Monk Bonasorte had tipped.
FSU nursed the ball out to the 23 before Stark - who had a 61-yard punt earlier -
booted one to UF's 44.
Then Peace, who hit on nine of 24 throws for 160 yards, threw four straight futile passes against a laid-back, waiting defense.
Florida had four turnovers - three on
interceptions - versus FSU's two. The Gators were penalized six times for 40 yards, the Seminoles four for 47.
"The difference in the second half was we played with enthusiasm," said Stockstill.
"We'll have to play better than this, though, to beat Oklahoma."
Florida goes into the Tangerine Bowl against Maryland with a 7-4 record.
It was Florida State's 16th straight victory in friendly
Campbell Stadium.
"I was surprised by the type of game it was," said Bowden. "I thought they'd either beat us, or we'd beat them good.
"The key to this game was when we came out in the third
quarter and stuck it to them."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| Florida State |
3 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
1st 3- 0 Bill Capece, 44, field goal, 8:28
3- 7 Opp, 53, pass (kick), 2:31
2nd 3-10 Opp, 38, field goal, 9:55
3-13 Opp, 36, field goal, 1:48
3rd 10-13 Hardis Johnson, 19, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 10:12
4th 17-13 Hardis Johnson, 20, pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece, kick), 14:24
17-13 Bill Capece, 48, field goal failed, 12:21
17-13 Opp, 52, field goal failed, 8:15
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 16 16
Rushes-yards 49-138 40-97
Passing 137 160
Att-Comp-Int 18-11-2 25-9-3
Total Yards 67-275 65-257
Punt Returns 1--3 4-24
Kickoff Returns 3-52 1-19
Interception Ret. 3-0 2-18
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 6-40.5 3-44.7
Sacks By-Yds 2- 1-
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 4-47 6-40
3rd Down Conversions 7-15 8-14
Time of Posession 32:16 27:44
Attendance 53,772
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ricky Williams 21 75 0 14
Sam Platt 9 29 0 6
Michael Whiting 9 26 0 8
Rick Stockstill 10 8 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 49 138 0 14
Opp 40 97 0 20
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hardis Johnson 7 107 2 28
Ricky Williams 2 17 0 12
Sam Childers 1 14 0 14
Michael Whiting 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 137 2 28
Opp 9 160 1 53t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 11 18 2 137 2 28
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 18 2 137 2 28
Opp 9 25 3 160 1 53t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 1 -3 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -3 0
Opp 4 24 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ricky Williams 1 30 0 30
Larry Harris 1 11 0 11
Ken Burnett 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 52 0 30
Opp 1 19 0 19
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 6 243 61
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 243 61
Opp 3 134 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 6 9 15 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Reggie Herring 1 9 10 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Monk Bonasorte 3 6 9 . . . 3 . . . . .
Jarvis Coursey 2 5 7 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 1 5 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 2 4 6 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
James Harris 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones . 3 3 . . 2- 0 1 . . . . .
Bobby Butler 2 1 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
James Gilbert 1 2 3 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Garry Futch . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Larry Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 24 51 75 6.0- 0.0 2.0- 0.0 3- 0 4 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 31 47 78 2.0- 1.0- 2- 18 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
OG 63 Lee Adams
OG 70 Greg Futch
OT 72 Ken Lanier
OT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
RT 67 Mark Macek
LT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
40 Gary Henry
43 Homer Thomas
44 Ricky Williams
46 Mark Rodrigue
47 Brian Williams
51 James Gilbert
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
62 Eric Ryan
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
71 Bob Merson
73 Barry Voltapetti
76 Alphonso Carreker
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
87 Phil Williams
|
Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17
01/01/1981, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, January 2, 1981, page 23, by Bill McGrotha. Sooners pull it out 18-17.
Seminoles fall in Orange Bowl.
MIAMI, FL - Taking Oklahoma downfield in a
hurry, quarterback J.C. Watts passed 11 yards to Steve Rhodes for a touchdown, then hit Forest Velora with a two-point pass.
The clock showed 1:27 left in the game.
And thus it was Florida
State's proud football team lost an 18-17 heartbreaker before 71,043 in the 47th Orange Bowl here Thursday night.
It was a crisp evening in Miami, totally fair, no wind worth mentioning, the
temperature about 64 degrees for the 8:15 kickoff.
From the goal, Ricky Williams was stopped at the 12 on an opening kickoff return. Sam Platt ran four straight times, up to the 33.
Rick
Stockstill hit a pair of passes but one, to Hardis Johnson, was for a 6-yard loss. Oklahoma got the ball at its 36 after Stark's punt and an 18-yard runback.
Moments later, J.C. Watts, going wide,
fumbled when hit by Ron Simmons and Mark Macek claimed the ball for FSU at the Oklahoma 43.
Platt was twice stopped, and Stockstill struck down for a loss of 2 while scrambling, but Stark's punt
was downed on the Sooner 3 by Kelly Lowrey.
The running of Watts and Buster Rhymes netted only 7, and a punt - mishandled by Gary Henry - placed FSU on its 42.
Scrambling again, Stockstill
tucked the ball in and moved for 10 to the Oklahoma 48. Mike Whiting dug for 7, then caught a short pass for 7 more, at the 34.
Stockstill, however, lost 6. Ricky Williams got 10 on a burst up the
middle. But Williams was tripped up for a loss of 2 on the next play.
Dave Capece's 49-yard try for a field goal was short.
Michael Keeling was wide on a field goal attempt from 34 yards out.
From the 20, Williams skipped for 14 to the 34, then ripped off 7 more on the following play. Two more runs brought a first down at the 45.
A holding penalty knocked the Seminoles back to their
30.
Williams, on the draw, picked up 6. He got 7 more on a wide run, and a face-mask penalty for 15 helped FSU to a first down at the Sooner 42.
On fourth down near the 32, with about a foot to
go, Stockstill was ruled short on a sneak, and Oklahoma took over.
Watts led to a first down at the 27.
Linebacker Paul Piurowski grabbed Watts for a yard loss. Then, on the next play, he forced
a fumble out of Watts with a bruising tackle. Monk Bonasorte covered the ball for FSU at the 30.
Short passes to Dennis McKinnon and Sam Childers reached the 47. On three straight runs, Platt
struggled to the Oklahoma 39.
A third-down Stockstill keeper brought a key first down at the 34. Two plays later Williams popped for 13 to the 19, then dug for 6 more to the 13.
Whiting charged
to the 10, where it came to fourth-and-1 with less than a minute remaining. As the team lined up, Stockstill saw something on defense he did not like and called a quick time out.
Then Williams took
a quick handoff and spun off the left side for an easy touchdown. Bill Capece added a point as the clock showed 49 seconds.
A forward fumble that rolled out of bounds enabled the Sooners to pick up
24 yards to FSU's 49.
James Gilbert sacked Watts for minus-8.
With eight seconds left, Watts hit Jim Rockford with a fourth-down pass at the FSU 37, providing time for one last play with two
seconds to go.
Keeling, only three-for-nine on previous field-goal tries this season, was true from 53 yards out, cutting the score to 7-3.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 2, 1981, page
6, other edition.
Among other things, it was the first time this season the Seminoles had yielded a point in the fourth quarter.
Interestingly, FSU out-ran Oklahoma, 212 yards to 156. The
Sooners had a 284-to-263 edge in total yardage.
Once again the Seminoles played a game without a turnover. Oklahoma had five - all fumbles.
After one of those fumbles, the Seminoles moved 70
yards to a second-quarter touchdown and a 7-0 lead. Ricky Williams, the Seminoles' leading charger with 99 yards in 19 carries, scored on a quick run from the 10.
About then the bad bounces started
for the Seminoles. A Sooner fumble rolled forward and a chasing Seminole kicked it out of bounds for a 25-yard Oklahoma gain.
That helped set up a rather incredible 53-yard field goal by Keeling as
time ran out in the half. It was the longest field goal in the history of the Orange Bowl.
On a 12-play drive of 88 yards from the second-half kickoff, the Sooners took a 10-7 lead. On fourth-and-2
Watts got loose for 21 yards to the 8. A couple of plays later David Overstreet scored from the 4.
Watts netted 48 yards on 25 carries, completed seven of 12 passes for 128, but bare statistics
hardly tell the full story of his worth.
Bill Capece, who earlier had missed field goals from 49 and 44 yards out, tied it 10-10 with a 19-yarder late in the third quarter. The Seminoles had
covered a Watts fumble at the 17, later had a first down at the 1 after a pass-interference call. But an illegal-procedure penalty knocked FSU back as Mike Whiting appeared to score.
OU drove to a
first down at FSU's 37, but again fumbled. On its next possession, there came the bad snap on the punt, with FSU grabbing the lead 17-10.
Moving from its 31 after Oklahoma's final kickoff, Florida
State almost got within field-goal position as Stockstill completed passes that led to the Sooners' 45. But the clock was catching up with the Seminoles, who had no timeouts left.
On the last play,
Capece attempted a 62-yard field goal that would have won it. He's made them from that distance in practice. This one was short.
"I knew we had them all the way," kidded Barry Switzer, the Oklahoma
coach.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Oklahoma |
0 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
18 |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
17 |
1st 0- 0 Bill Capece, 49, field goal failed, 3:44
2nd 0- 0 Opp, 34, field goal failed, 13:31
7- 0 Ricky Williams, 10, run (Bill Capece, kick), 0:49
7- 3 Opp, 53, field goal, 0:00
3rd 7-10 Opp, 4, run (kick), 8:59
7-10 Bill Capece, 44, field goal failed, 4:24
10-10 Bill Capece, 19, field goal, 0:13
4th 17-10 Bobby Butler, 0, fumble recovery/return (Bill Capece, kick), 11:07
Note: Snap goes through punter's hands and Butler recovers
the ball in the end zone.
17-18 Opp, 11, pass (pass), 1:27
17-18 Bill Capece, 62, field goal failed, 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 18
Rushes-yards 60-212 55-156
Passing 51 128
Att-Comp-Int 15-11-0 12-7-0
Total Yards 75-263 67-284
Punt Returns 1--6 1-18
Kickoff Returns 3-40 3-66
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 5-0 0-0
Punts 4-42.5 2-37.0
Sacks By-Yds 3- 3-
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 7-5
Penalties-Yds 6-73 4-35
Time of Posession 33:28 26:32
Attendance 71,043
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ricky Williams 19 99 1 14
Michael Whiting 9 55 0 16
Sam Platt 17 45 0 9
Rick Stockstill 14 9 0 11
Kurt Unglaub 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 60 212 1 16
Opp 55 156 1 29
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ricky Williams 2 27 0 16
Sam Childers 2 12 0 7
Dennis McKinnon 1 8 0 8
Michael Whiting 3 6 0 7
Hardis Johnson 2 1 0 7
Sam Platt 1 -3 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 51 0 16
Opp 7 128 1 42
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Rick Stockstill 11 15 0 51 0 16
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 15 0 51 0 16
Opp 7 12 0 128 1 42
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Gary Henry 1 -6 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -6 0
Opp 1 18 0 18
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dennis McKinnon 1 17 0 17
Ricky Williams 1 12 0 12
Ken Burnett 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 40 0 17
Opp 3 66 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Rohn Stark 4 170 48
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 170 48
Opp 2 74 42
|---------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 8 4 12 . . . . . . 2 . .
Bobby Butler 8 . 8 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Monk Bonasorte 5 2 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Jarvis Coursey 4 3 7 . 1.0- . . . 1- 0 . . .
Reggie Herring 7 . 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
James Harris 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Scott 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Mark Macek 2 1 3 . 1.0- . . . . . . .
James Gilbert 3 . 3 . 1.0- . . . . . . .
Ron Simmons 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Gary Henry 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Carreker 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Harvey Clayton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garry Futch . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rohn Stark 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 49 17 66 . 3.0- 0.0 . . . 5- 0 2 . .
Opp 65 22 87 . 3.0- . . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 11 Rick Stockstill
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub
WR 22 Hardis Johnson
FB 27 Michael Whiting
TB 29 Sam Platt
C 58 John Madden
LG 63 Lee Adams
RG 70 Greg Futch
RT 72 Ken Lanier
LT 75 Tom Brannon
TE 84 Sam Childers
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 21 Bobby Butler
FS 28 Keith Jones
CB 33 James Harris
LB 39 Reggie Herring
SS 42 Monk Bonasorte
NG 50 Ron Simmons
LB 53 Paul Piurowski
DE 54 Arthur Scott
DE 64 Jarvis Coursey
DT 67 Mark Macek
DT 79 Garry Futch
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Rohn Stark
6 Dennis McKinnon
7 Mike Smith
12 Kelly Lowrey
16 Jeff A. Ledbetter
17 Bill Capece
20 Ken Burnett
24 Harvey Clayton
30 Larry Harris
31 Ernie Sims
40 Gary Henry
44 Ricky Williams
46 Mark Rodrigue
47 Brian Williams
51 James Gilbert
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
52 Sam Restivo
55 John Houston
60 Scott McLean
61 Brent Brock
65 Trent Barnes
66 Redus Coggin
76 Alphonso Carreker
80 Keith Lester
81 Zeke Mowatt
83 Ron Hester
85 David Ponder
87 Phil Williams
93 Rick Houston
94 Mark Sims
99 Ricky Render
|
