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1981 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Henshaw (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Stanton (6th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 51,094)
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Penn State   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)   –   –   9 – 2 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   9 – 2 – 1
No. 17 West Virginia   –   –   9 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –   7 – 4 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Florida State   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
Tulane   –   –   6 – 5 – 0
UNLV   –   –   6 – 6 – 0
South Carolina   –   –   6 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   –   5 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Louisville   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
William & Mary   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Richmond   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Army   –   –   3 – 7 – 1
North Texas State   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –   1 – 10 – 0
Memphis State   –   –   1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 p.m.LouisvilleNo. 19
W 17–050,735
September 127:00 p.m.Memphis StateNo. 18
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 10–551,454
September 192:30 p.m.at No. 17 NebraskaNo. 19
L 14–3476,289
October 31:30 p.m.at No. 7 Ohio State
W 36–2787,158
October 102:30 p.m.at Notre DameNo. 20
W 19–1359,075
October 171:30 p.m.at No. 3 PittsburghNo. 11
L 14–4252,112
October 248:30 p.m.at LSUNo. 20
W 38–1474,816
October 317:00 p.m.Western CarolinadaggerNo. 17
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 56–3152,721
November 712:00 p.m.No. 13 Miami (FL)No. 14
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
ABCL 19–2752,685
November 143:30 p.m.No. 14 Southern MissNo. 20
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ABCL 14–5851,819
November 281:30 p.m.at Florida
L 3–3564,437

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Personnel

1981 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 26 Greg Allen Fr
TE 84 Sam Childers Sr
G 68 Jeff Field  Sr
OL 97 Tim Flasher Fr
WR 4 Jessie Hester Fr
WR 22 Hardis Johnson Jr
WR 82 Tony Johnson  So
RB 41 Cedric Jones Fr
WR 6 Dennis McKinnon Jr
TE 81 Zeke Mowatt Jr
WR 2 Steve Nicklaus Fr
OL 77 Chris Nickrenz  So
QB 11 Rick Stockstill  Sr
OT 73 Barry Voltapetti  Sr
FB 27 Michael Whiting Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 76 Alphonso Carreker So
DL 68 Lenny Chavers Fr
DB 24 Harvey Clayton Jr
DE 98 Brad Fojtik  So
DT 79 Garry Futch Sr
NG 51 James Gilbert Sr
DE 65 Darryl Gray Fr
DB 9 Warren Hanna Jr
DT 97 Herbert Harp  So
DB 33 James Harris Sr
DB 30 Larry Harris So
DB 40 Gary Henry Sr
DE 86 John McLean So
DE 60 Scott McLean Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 7 Mike Rendina Fr
P 3 Rohn Stark Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • George Henshaw
  • Jack Stanton
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

Miami (FL)

See also: 1981 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry
Miami (FL) Hurricanes at Florida State Seminoles
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Miami (FL) 3 7 31427
Florida St 6 7 0619

at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida

Game information

The loss snapped Florida State's 19-game home winning streak.

References

  1. ^ http://nolefan.org/summary/f1981.html


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