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1971 Florida State Seminoles football
Fiesta Bowl, L 38–45 vs. Arizona State
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record8–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Sloan (1st season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Penn State   –   11 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Houston   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 13 Notre Dame   –   8 – 2 – 0
Utah State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Florida State   –   8 – 4 – 0
Cincinnati   –   7 – 4 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 2 – 1
Air Force   –   6 – 4 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 1
South Carolina   –   6 – 5 – 0
Southern Miss   –   6 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   6 – 6 – 0
New Mexico State   –   5 – 5 – 1
Northern Illinois   –   5 – 5 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 1
Dayton   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   4 – 7 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 7 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   4 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   3 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 8 – 0
Tulane   –   3 – 8 – 0
Marshall   –   2 – 8 – 0
Xavier   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Larry Jones was head coach, Steve Sloan was an assistant coach/offensive coordinator, and Bill Parcells coached the linebackers.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11vs. Southern Mississippi
W 24–912,133
September 18at Miami (FL)
ABCW 20–1720,266
September 25Kansas
W 30–734,784
October 2at Virginia Tech
W 17–330,001
October 9Mississippi Statedagger
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 27–927,415
October 16at FloridaNo. 19
L 15–1765,109
October 23South Carolina
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 49–1830,764
October 30at HoustonNo. 19
L 7–1433,598
November 13at Georgia Tech
L 6–1244,261
November 20Tulsa
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 45–1020,528
November 27Pittsburgh
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 31–1319,292
December 27vs. No. 8 Arizona State
MizlouL 38–4551,089
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1971 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 82 Rhett Dawson Sr
C 55 Allen Dees
WR 18 Kent Gaydos
QB 19 Gary Huff Jr
FB 48 James Jarrett
G 65 J.W. McKinnie
RB 27 Art Munroe
TE 84 Gary Parris Jr
WR 22 Barry Smith Jr
OT 74 Don Sparkman
G 53 Jay Stokes
OT 66 Joe Strickler
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 75 Richard Amman
S 28 Robert Ashmore
DE 57 Steve Bratton Jr
DT 70 Bill Henson
DE 50 Charlie Hunt Jr
S 24 John Lanahan
CB 40 Eddie McMillan Jr
OLB 60 Clint Parker
DE 85 Bill Shaw
ILB 59 Larry Strickland
CB 26 J.T. Thomas Jr
OLB 50 Dan Whitehurst
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 1 Frank Fontes
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Theron Bass (GA)
  • Bill Canty (Freshman)
  • John Devlin (DL)
  • Al Guy (GA)
  • Bob Harbison (OL)
  • Gene Henderson (DC/DB)
  • Pat Hodgson (WR/TE)
  • Doug Jackson (GA)
  • Wayne McDuffie (GA)
  • Bill Parcells (LB)
  • Steve Sloan (OC)
  • Hank Small (GA)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

at Florida

See also: 1971 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry
Florida State Seminoles at Florida Gators
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Florida St 0 0 01515
Florida 0 14 0317

at Florida Field, Gainesville, Florida

  • Date: October 16, 1971
  • Game weather: Overcast
  • Game attendance: 65,109
  • Recap/Box Score
Game information

References

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


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