1973 Florida State Seminoles football team

1973 Florida State Seminoles football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–11
Head coach	Larry Jones (3rd season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 40,500)

The 1973 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Led by head coach Larry Jones the Seminoles finished the season winless with a record of 0–11.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina	L 7–9	18,000
September 22	Kansas	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 0–28	19,240
September 16	No. 18 Miami (FL)	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	L 10–14	22,278
October 6	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 14–21	29,000
October 13	Mississippi State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 12–37	19,829
October 20	Memphis State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 10–13	28,883
October 27	at San Diego State	San Diego Stadium San Diego	L 17–38	26,492
November 3	at No. 18 Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston	L 3–34	27,587
November 10	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	L 13–36	25,000
November 17	South Carolina	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 12–52	17,778
December 1	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)	L 0–49	62,273
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1973 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Billy Prescott Fr   Hodges Mitchell Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Bruce Bell CB Buzzy Lewis LB John Murphy	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Joe Downey	Head coach Larry Jones Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Florida

Florida State Seminoles (0–10) at Florida Gators (6–4)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida St	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	14	14	7	14	49

at Florida Field, Gainesville, FL

• Date: December 1
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 62,233
• NoleFan.org

Game information
Florida St Billy Prescott 5/21,70 Yds, INT Hodges Mitchell 15 Rush, 74 Yds Mike Allen 2 Rec, 32 Yds Florida Don Gaffney 6/12 James Richards 7 Rush, 81 Yds, 2 TD Lee McGriff/Hank Foldberg 3 Rec

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP FSU FLA 1 11:51 54 Florida Moore 1-yard touchdown run, kick good 0 7 1 2:37 Florida Moore 5-yard touchdown run, kick good 0 14 2 14:47 Florida Richards 62-yard touchdown run, kick good 0 21 2 6:46 Florida Kendrick 1-yard touchdown run, kick good 0 28 3 5:38 Florida McGriff 31-yard touchdown reception from Gaffney, kick good 0 35 4 4:49 Florida Severs 2-yard touchdown reception from Gailey, kick good 0 42 4 0:00 Florida Brinson 12-yard touchdown run, kick good 0 49 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 49