1968 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1968 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. This was Bill Peterson's ninth year as head coach, and he led the team to an 8–3 record.[1]

1968 Florida State Seminoles football
Peach Bowl, L 27–31 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
1968 record8–3
Head coachBill Peterson (9th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Penn State   –    11 –0 –0
Rutgers   –    8 –2 –0
West Texas State   –    8 –2 –0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –    7 –2 –1
Florida State   –    8 –3 –0
Air Force   –    7 –3 –0
Army   –    7 –3 –0
Buffalo   –    7 –3 –0
No. 18 Houston   –    6 –2 –2
Utah State   –    7 –3 –0
Boston College   –    7 –3 –0
West Virginia   –    7 –3 –0
VPI   –    7 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    6 –4 –0
Villanova   –    6 –4 –0
Xavier   –    6 –4 –0
Colgate   –    5 –5 –0
Dayton   –    5 –5 –0
Miami (FL)   –    5 –5 –0
New Mexico State   –    5 –5 –0
Georgia Tech   –    4 –6 –0
Southern Miss   –    4 –6 –0
Holy Cross   –    3 –6 –1
San Jose State   –    3 –7 –0
Navy   –    2 –8 –0
Tulane   –    2 –8 –0
Pittsburgh   –    1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21at Maryland
W 24–1433,600
September 28No. 5 Florida
L 3–945,256
October 5No. 17 Texas A&M
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 20–1435,494
October 19Memphis State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 20–1030,182
October 26at South CarolinaNo. 20
W 35–2842,038
November 2VPINo. 18
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
L 22–4031,342
November 9at Mississippi State
W 27–1417,000
November 16at NC State
W 48–726,800
November 23Wake Forest
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 42–2435,108
November 29vs. No. 10 Houston
W 40–2039,800
December 30vs. LSUNo. 19
L 27–3135,545
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
1968 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 77 Jeff Curchin OT 6-7 268 Jr-R Ocala (Ocala) 14 George Davis WR 6-0 180 So Winter Haven (Winter Haven) 82 Rhett Dawson FL 6-1 184 So 40 Brent Gilman FB 6-2 210 Jr Long Beach, CA (Lakewood)
  • 35 Mike Gray SE 6-3 198 So-R Lake Mary (Seminole)
  • 31 Bill Gunter RB 6-0 171 Sr-R

52 Mike Sammons OG-C 6-1 208 So Atlanta, GA (Brown)

Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Bill Cappleman Jr
TE 84 Chip Glass Sr
WR 34 Ron Sellers Sr
 Defense 50 Dale McCullers LB 6-1 207 Sr ** Live Oak (Suwannee)
  • 74 Robert McEachern DT 6-2 219 So Tallahassee (Florida)
 27 Doug Mitchell         DB      6-3   198  So-R      Williston (Williston)
    Ronnie Montford       DE      6-0   203  So-R      Blountstown (Blountstown)
 63 George Montgomery     DE      6-2   218  So        Coral Gables (Coral Gables)
  • 43 Hal Montgomery DB 5-11 182 Sr
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams 40 Duane Carrell PK-P 5-9 175 So
Pos.#NameClass
PK 33 Grant Guthrie Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

Wake Forest
  • Bill Cappleman 22/33, 365 Yds (set school single season passing yards and attempts records)
  • Ron Sellers 14 Rec, 260 Yds (set NCAA career receiving yards record and school records for TD receptions in a game, TD receptions in a career and points in a career)

[2]

References
  1. https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_state/1965-1969_yearly_results.php
  2. Palm Beach Post. 1968 Nov 24. Retrieved 2015-Jan-01.


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