1980 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1980 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected co-national champion by Rothman (FACT).[1]

1980 Florida State Seminoles football
Co-national champion (FACT)
Orange Bowl, L 17–18 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1980 record10–2
Head coachBobby Bowden (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Henshaw (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (5th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 51,094)
1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Pittsburgh        11 1 0
No. 5 Florida State        10 2 0
No. 8 Penn State        10 2 0
No. 9 Notre Dame        9 2 1
No. 18 Miami        9 3 0
Southern Miss        9 3 0
Navy        8 4 0
South Carolina        8 4 0
Virginia Tech        8 4 0
Boston College        7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana        7 4 0
Rutgers        7 4 0
UNLV        7 4 0
Tulane        7 5 0
Colgate        5 4 1
North Texas State        6 5 0
Villanova        6 5 0
West Virginia        6 6 0
Louisville        5 6 0
Richmond        5 6 0
Syracuse        5 6 0
East Carolina        4 7 0
Illinois State        4 7 0
Temple        4 7 0
Army        3 7 1
Holy Cross        3 8 0
Cincinnati        2 9 0
Memphis State        2 9 0
William & Mary        2 9 0
Georgia Tech        1 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6at LSUNo. 13W 16–077,535
September 13LouisvilleNo. 10
W 52–052,623
September 20East CarolinaNo. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 63–750,547
September 27at Miami (FL)No. 9
L 9–1050,008
October 4at No. 3 NebraskaNo. 16
W 18–1476,152
October 11No. 4 PittsburghNo. 11
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 36–2252,894
October 18Boston CollegeNo. 7
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 41–752,396
October 25at Memphis StateNo. 6ABCW 24–328,778
November 1TulsaNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 45–247,683
November 8Virginia TechNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 31–751,487
December 6No. 19 FloridaNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 17–1353,772
January 1vs. No. 4 OklahomaNo. 2
NBCL 17–1871,043
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 72 Ken Lanier Sr
WR 6 Dennis McKinnon So
TE 81 Zeke Mowatt So
OT 62 Eric Ryan  So
C 56 Jim Thompson Fr
QB 18 Weegie Thompson So
WR 19 Kurt Unglaub  Sr
T 73 Barry Voltapetti  Jr
WR 2 Reggie Webb Fr
FB 27 Michael Whiting Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 21 Bobby Butler Sr
DB 24 Harvey Clayton So
DT 67 Mark Macek Sr
DB 13 Kim Mack Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3 Rohn Stark Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 114–115. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  2. http://nolefan.org/summary/f1980.html
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