1976 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1976 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. It marked the first season for Bobby Bowden as coach.

1976 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
1976 record5–6
Head coachBobby Bowden (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Haffner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (1st season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1976 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh      12 0 0
No. 17 Rutgers      11 0 0
San Diego State      10 1 0
No. 12 Notre Dame      9 3 0
Colgate      8 2 0
Boston College      8 3 0
Cincinnati      8 3 0
Memphis State      7 4 0
North Texas State      7 4 0*
Penn State      7 5 0
Villanova      6 4 1
South Carolina      6 5 0
Virginia Tech      6 5 0
Army      5 6 0
Florida State      5 6 0
Illinois State      5 6 0
Richmond      5 6 0
West Virginia      5 6 0
Georgia Tech      4 6 1
Temple      4 6 0
Air Force      4 7 0
Dayton      4 7 0
Louisville      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
Indiana State      3 7 0
Hawaii      3 8 0
Holy Cross      3 8 0
Miami (FL)      3 8 0
Syracuse      3 8 0
Utah State      3 8 0
Northeast Louisiana      2 9 0
Southern Miss      2 9 0
Tulane      2 9 0
  • North Texas State (originally 6–5–0) awarded a forfeit win after Mississippi State was found to be using an ineligible player.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11at Memphis State
L 12–2130,194
September 18at Miami (FL)L 0–4722,710
September 25at No. 4 Oklahoma
L 9–2471,184
October 2Kansas StateW 20–1030,353
October 9at No. 13 Boston CollegeW 28–922,866
October 16No. 12 Florida
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
L 26–3342,803
October 23at AuburnL 19–3158,500
October 30Clemson
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
L 12–1527,198
November 6Southern Miss
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 30–2729,173
November 13at North Texas StateW 21–203,850
November 20Virginia Tech
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 28–2116,148
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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