1968 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1968 Florida State Seminoles football
Peach Bowl, L 27–31 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State   –   11 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –   8 – 2 – 0
West Texas State
   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
Florida State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Air Force   –   7 – 3 – 0
Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Houston   –   6 – 2 – 2
Utah State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 3 – 0
VPI   –   7 – 4 – 0
Pacific   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 5 – 0
Dayton   –   5 – 5 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 5 – 0
New Mexico State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Southern Miss   –   4 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 6 – 1
San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 8 – 0
Tulane   –   2 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1968 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. This was Bill Peterson's ninth year as head coach, and he led the team to an 8–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at
Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
    		• W 24–1433,600[1]
    September 28No. 5 Florida
    		L 3–945,256[2]
    October 5No. 17 Texas A&M
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    		W 20–1435,494
    October 19Memphis State
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    		W 20–1030,182
    October 26at South CarolinaNo. 20
    		W 35–2842,038[3]
    November 2VPINo. 18
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    		L 22–4031,342[4]
    November 9at Mississippi State
    		W 27–1417,000[5]
    November 16at NC State
    		W 48–726,800[6]
    November 23Wake Forest
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    		W 42–2435,108[7]
    November 29vs. No. 10 Houston
    		W 40–2039,800
    December 30vs. LSUNo. 19
    		L 27–3135,545[8]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    1968 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 14 Bill Cappleman Jr
    OT 77 Jeff Curchin Jr
    C 62 Jon Harrison Fr
    TE 84 Chip Glass Sr
    WR 34 Ron Sellers Sr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 50 Dale McCullers Sr
    DB 43 Hal Montgomery Sr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 40 Duane Carrell So
    PK 33 Grant Guthrie Jr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Season summary

    Wake Forest

    • Bill Cappleman 22/33, 365 Yds (set school single season passing yards and attempts records)
    • Ron Sellers 14 Rec, 260 Yds (set NCAA career receiving yards record and school records for TD receptions in a game, TD receptions in a career and points in a career)

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