1972 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1972 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Seminoles began the season ranked #19 in the AP poll and rose to #13 (#20, #17, #16, #13 in the second through fifth weeks respectively) before falling out completely following their loss to Florida. They entered again at #17 after their victory against Colorado State, but dropped out again after the loss at Auburn.[1]

1972 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
1972 record7–4
Head coachLarry Jones (2nd season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 14 Notre Dame      8 3 0
Utah State      8 3 0
West Virginia      8 4 0
Florida State      7 4 0
Northern Illinois      7 4 0
Rutgers      7 4 0
No. 20 Georgia Tech      7 4 1
Air Force      6 4 0
Army      6 4 0
Virginia Tech      6 4 1
Houston      6 4 1
Tulane      6 5 0
Temple      5 4 0
Colgate      5 4 1
Holy Cross      5 4 1
Syracuse      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      5 6 0
Dayton      4 6 1
Boston College      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
South Carolina      4 7 0
Southern Miss      3 7 1
Xavier      2 8 0
Cincinnati      2 9 0
Villanova      2 9 0
Pittsburgh      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 9at PittsburghNo. 19W 19–717,661
September 16at Miami (FL)No. 20
W 37–1435,421
September 23Virginia TechNo. 17W 27–1536,400
September 30at KansasNo. 16
W 44–2241,500
October 7at FloridaNo. 13
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
L 13–4243,758
October 14at Mississippi StateW 25–2130,000
October 21Colorado State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 37–031,327
October 28at No. 12 AuburnNo. 17
L 14–2758,122
November 4Houston
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
L 27–3129,482
November 11Tulsa
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 23–2124,016
November 18at South Carolina
L 21–2435,585
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • QB #19 Gary Huff, Sr.

References

  1. "FSU Football 1970–1979". Nolefan.org. Retrieved 2012-10-29.


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