1957 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1957 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Navy     9 1 1
No. 10 Notre Dame     7 3 0
No. 18 Army     7 2 0
Drake     7 2 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Detroit     6 3 0
Dayton     6 3 1
Oklahoma State     6 3 1
Boston University     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 1
Pacific (CA)     5 3 2
Rutgers     5 4 0
Miami (FL)     5 4 1
Xavier     5 5 0
Florida State     4 6 0
Pittsburgh     4 6 0
Air Force     3 6 1
Colgate     3 6 0
Villanova     3 6 0
San Jose State     3 7 0
Texas Tech     2 8 0
Marquette     0 10 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1957 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tom Nugent, the Seminoles compiled a record of 4–6.

Burt Reynolds was on this team.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21FurmanW 27–716,712[2]
September 28at Boston CollegeL 7–2010,000[3]
October 5at
Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • L 7–21
    October 12No. 13 NC State
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    L 0–716,200[4]
    October 19Abilene Christian
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    W 34–7
    October 26VPI
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    W 20–718,556
    November 8Miami (FL)
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
    L 13–40
    November 16at Mississippi SouthernL 0–2012,500[5]
    November 23No. 2 Auburn
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    L 7–2915,000[6]
    November 30at TampaW 21–7
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    86 Jim Arnold E

    83 Clare "Bud" Bagnell E

    52 Troy Barnes C

    42 Carmen Battaglia FB

    63 Abner Bigbie G

    81 Ham Bisbee E

    77 George Boyer T

    Bill Brown T

    76 Royce Bryan T

    21 Bob Carnes HB

    54 Ron Clark C

    27 Stan Dobosz HB

    66 Bob Douglas T

    Jim Dukate G

    89 Jim Elk E

    78 Tony Fekany T

    88 Pete Fleming E

    65 Bob Fountain G

    Willie Gardner T

    67 Jerry Graham G

    Wayne Helms HB

    14 Jerry Henderson QB

    71 Steve Holton T

    88 Jim Hooks E

    82 Bill Jacobs E

    68 Jon Jenkins C

    44 Eddie Johnson FB

    87 Roy Jones R

    53 Stu Keith C

    84 Bill Kimber E

    70 Jerry Lane T

    22 Lenny Levy HB

    13 Joe Majors QB

    43 Lou Manning FB

    12 Gene McCormick QB

    61 Joe McGee G

    28 Wes Minton HB

    69 Patsy Monaco G

    76 Jerry Moore T

    73 Bill Musselman T

    85 Bob Nellums E

    John Nevelle FB

    28 Pete Overton E

    Arnold Peebles G

    24 Jerry Philp HB

    25 Fred Pickard HB

    74 Mel Pope C

    Vic Prinzi QB

    15 Bobby Renn QB

    20 Burt "Buddy" Reynolds HB

    11 Ted Rodrigue QB

    64 Jim Rogers G

    51 Ramon Rogers C

    29 Pappy Rozman HB

    66 Joe Russo G

    83 Gene Schlickman E

    80 Ron Schomburger E

    23 Johnny Sheppard HB-K

    50 Paul Slaton C

    75 Paul Smith G

    60 Don Speirs G

    87 John Spivey E

    72 Dan Strickland T

    40 Terrell Teague FB

    62 Al Ulmer G

    79 Lou Wallace T

    70 Joe Wallis T

    26 Billy Weaver HB

    16 Ron Williams QB

    [7]

    References

    1. ^ "How NC State's football team turned Burt Reynolds into a movie star". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
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    7. ^ 1957 FSU Football Handbook, page 18 and the Florida Times Union, September 2, 1957, page 23