1978 Football - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Jerry Bruner, Offensive Line
Jim Gladden, Defensive Ends
George Haffner, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Bob Harbison, Offensive Line
George Henshaw, Defensive Line
Nick Kish, Running Backs
Gene McDowell, Linebackers
Kent Schoolfield, Receivers
Billy Sexton, Graduate Assistant
Jack Stanton, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs

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1978 FSU Football Press Guide

Willie Jones

1978 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 20.

Lee Adams, 6-4, 230, OG-TE, Ruskin - Although the coaching staff figures to use him at offensive guard this fall, he could also wind up at tight end if a depth problem develops in that area...this will be the first fall he is eligible to play for the Seminoles after transferring from Georgia Tech where at the end of his first spring practice he was listed as a starting offensive guard...at East Bay High School he was a first tem all-state defensive end in both junior and senior seasons...a marketing major...born October 23, 1957...parents: Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Adams.

Willie Andrusko, 6-5, 227, C, Atlanta, Ga.

Keith Baker, 6-0, 195, LB, Delray Beach

Kelly Burney, 5-8, 184, TB, Miami

Rick Chaney, 6-3, 235, DT, Waycross, Ga.

Sam Childers, 6-2, 195, TE, Tallahassee

Danny Collier, 6-4, 250, OT, Eau Gallie

Jarvis Coursey, 6-5, 195, DE, Gray, Ga.

John Diamantas, 6-3, 230, DT, Merritt Island

David Ellis, 6-3, 235, OT, Paisley

Charles Ferguson, 5-11, 199, LB, Delray Beach

Willie Flowers, 5-11, 175, DB, Miami - Comes to Florida State after earning first team Junior College All-American honors last year at Arizona Western...did not have a good spring with Seminoles, but coaches still hope he can contribute in fall..,a physical education major...born March 24, 1957...parents: Mr. and Mrs. William Flowers.

Garry Futch, 6-3, 220, DE, Ocala

James Gilbert, 6-2, 235, FB, Miami

Ozzie Harrell, 5-11, 180, DB, Miami - One of three players on fall roster who entered FSU last winter via the junior college route...in team "Superstars" competition, Ozzie was the winner...although he did not win any of the 10 events, Ozzie was second in running the stadium steps and never finished lower than 30th in any event among the 76 competitors...described by defensive coordinator Jack Stanton as "a very conscientious player who came on strong in last two weeks of spring practice"...a management major...born January 4, 1958...parents: Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Harrell.

James Harris, 6-0, 170, DB, Gainesville

Gary Henry, 6-1, 185, DB, Orlando

Ron Hester, 6-2, 205, TE, Umatilla

Tim Koehnemann, 5-11, 170, DB, Champaign, Ill. - One of three junior college defensive backs who joined the Seminoles in time for spring practice...injured most of the spring so coaches did not have the opportunity to make a good evaluation...when he did practice it was at a cornerback slot but his position appears to be weak safety...a hotel and restaurant management major...born September 15, 1958...parents: Anthony and Shirley Koehnemann.

Dave Maglich, 6-2, 210, DE, Sarasota - Started football career at Princeton in '75...was a starter for the Tiger freshman team at linebacker...coaches hope he can be a backup to both Scott Warren and Willie Jones at end...a marine biology major...born April 8, 1957...parents: Richard and Roseann Maglich.

Scott McLean, 6-4, 218, DT, Clermont

Bob Merson, 6-3, 238, OG, Seminole

Milton Raysor, 6-4, 190, WR, Pompano Beach

Scott Redditt, 5-11, 195, DT, Altamonte Springs

Eric Ryan, 6-4, 255, OG, Sarasota

Mark Sims, 6-3, 228, DT, Bonifay

Rohn Stark, 6-3, 195, P, Fifty Lakes, Minn. - Went through spring ball with Seminoles after leaving Air Force Academy Prep School...performance in spring was good enough that he has number one punting chores starting fall...lettered with the Seminole track team during spring as a decathalon participant...would like to compete in 1980 Moscow Olympics...one of just two married players on squad...father is a commercial pilot...a physics major...born May 4, 1959...parents: Donald and Dorothy Stark.

Lawrence Strainge, 6-1, 176, WR, Delray Beach

Wade Wallace, 5-10, 190, FB, Birmingham, Ala. - Spent his time last season with the scout squad...coaches hoping he can help provide depth this season at fullback slot...one of two married players...a government major...born August 19, 1954...parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wallace.

Michael Whiting, 6-2, 195, RB, Largo

Phil Williams, 5-10, 168, WR, Warner Robins, Ga. - Has yet to play a down, but has participated in two spring practices...will be a walk-on again in fall, but has the opportunity to earn a scholarship if he performs well...listed as a second team wide receiver...father is a Methodist minister...undecided on college major...born August 25, 1959...father: Rev. Ben F. Williams.

Tommy Young, 6-0, 195, RB, Lake City


1978 Roster - By Name

From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 36.
L
T                                                  PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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* 63 Lee Adams             OG-TE   6-4   230  So        Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
     Willie Andrusko       C       6-5   227  Fr        Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
  57 Keith Baker           LB      6-0   195  Fr        Delray Beach (Atlantic)
  65 Trent Barnes          OG      6-4   230  So        Lakeland (Lakeland)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte        DB      6-1   177  So   *    Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
  75 Tom Brannon           OT      6-3   240  So        Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
  61 Brent Brock           OG      6-4   235  So-R      Albany, Ga. (Albany)
     Vince Bruner          DB      6-0   190  Fr        Fort Walton Beach
  38 Kelly Burney          TB      5-8   184  Fr        Miami (Jackson)
* 21 Bobby Butler          CB      5-11  185  So   *    Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 17 Bill Capece           PK      5-11  190  So   *    Miami (Chaminade)
*  1 Dave Cappelen         PK      5-9   140  Jr   **   Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
* 76 Walter Carter         DT      6-4   240  Jr   **   Richmond, Va. (Walker)
     Rick Chaney           DT      6-3   235  Fr        Waycross, Ga. (Waycross)
  31 Gator Cherry          FB      6-0   205  Jr-R **   Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 84 Sam Childers          TE      6-2   195  Fr        Tallahassee (Leon)
  52 Bryan Cobb            LB      6-3   200  So        Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
  74 Mike Coleman          OT      6-4   235  So        Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
  73 Danny Collier         OT      6-4   250  Fr        Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey        DE      6-5   195  Fr        Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
  56 Joe Demarest          LB      6-2   205  So        Tampa (Jefferson)
  41 Everett DeVeaux       RB      5-9   180  So        Cocoa (Rockledge)
     John Diamantas        DT      6-3   230  Fr        Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
     David Ellis           OT      6-3   235  Fr        Paisley (Umatilla)
* 62 Charles Ferguson      LB      5-11  199  Fr        Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
  68 Jeff Field            TE      6-1   225  So        Albany, Ga. (Westover)
* 23 Jackie Flowers        WR      6-2   195  Jr   **   Jacksonville (Raines)
  26 Willie Flowers        DB      5-11  175  Jr        Miami (Boca Raton)
  79 Garry Futch           DE      6-3   220  Fr        Ocala (Forest)
* 70 Greg Futch            OT      6-3   245  So-R *    Ocala (Forest)
     George Gavalas                5-9   160  Jr-R      Tallahassee (Rickards)
* 51 James Gilbert         FB      6-2   235  Fr        Miami (Carol City)
* 69 Mike Good             OG      6-2   230  Jr   **   Sanford (Seminole)
* 43 Hector Gray           DB      6-1   190  Jr-R      Miami (Miami Springs)
  49 David Hanks           LB      6-2   215  Sr-R *    West Palm Beach (Edgewater)
  40 Ozzie Harrell         DB      5-11  180  Jr        Miami (South Miami)
  33 James Harris          DB      6-0   170  Fr        Gainesville (Buchholz)
* 78 Nate Henderson        OT      6-5   258  Sr-R *    Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 40 Gary Henry            DB      6-1   185  Fr        Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 39 Reggie Herring        DB      6-2   195  So        Titusville (Astronaut)
  83 Ron Hester            TE      6-2   205  So        Umatilla (Umatilla)
  46 Ivory Joe Hunter      DB      5-11  180  Sr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
  22 Homes Johnson         RB      5-10  180  So        Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
  91 Carlton Jones         DT      6-1   230  So-R      Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)
* 28 Keith Jones           DB      5-11  185  So        Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 88 Willie Jones          DE      6-4   225  Sr   ***  Homestead (South Dade)
* 15 Jimmy Jordan          QB      6-1   185  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
  86 Bill Keck             TE      6-4   220  So        Newark, Ohio (Newark)
  30 Keith Kennedy         RB      5-10  180  Jr-R      Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
* 24 Mike Kincaid          DB      6-0   180  Sr-R ***  Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan)
* 85 Grady King            TE      6-4   205  Jr   *    Satellite Beach (Satellite)
  47 Tim Koehnemann        DB      5-11  170  Jr        Champaign, Ill. (Mosley)
* 72 Ken Lanier            OT      6-4   260  So   *    Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
* 48 Mark Lyles            FB      6-4   232  Jr   **   Buffalo, N.Y. (Cleveland)
* 67 Mark Macek            DT      6-2   235  So   *    Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
* 58 John Madden           C       6-2   218  So        Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
     Dave Maglich          DE      6-2   210  Jr        Sarasota (Riverview/Princeton)
  60 Scott McLean          DT      6-4   218  Fr        Clermont (Clermont)
     Bob Merson            OG      6-3   238  Fr        Seminole (Seminole)
* 77 Jeremy Mindlin        DT      6-3   230  Jr-R      Miami (South Miami)
* 53 Paul Piurowski        LB      6-3   205  So   *    Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 29 Sam Platt             RB      5-11  176  So        Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 32 Greg Ramsey           RB      5-10  170  Jr-R *    Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
  89 Milton Raysor         WR      6-4   190  Fr        Pompano Beach (Ely)
     Scott Redditt         DT      5-11  195  Fr        Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
* 90 Edenbur Richardson    DE      6-3   206  Jr   *    Crystal River (Crystal River)
  52 Dmitri Rigas          NG      6-2   210  So        Augusta, Ga. (Glenn Hills)
  79 Eric Ryan             OG      6-4   255  Fr        Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 36 Chip Sanders          RB      5-10  188  Sr   **   Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
* 54 Arthur Scott          LB      6-2   222  So-R *    Tampa (Brandon)
* 50 Ron Simmons           NG      6-1   220  So   *    Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 35 Ernie Sims            RB      6-1   190  So   *    Tampa (Jefferson)
  79 Mark Sims             DT      6-3   228  Fr        Bonifay (Holmes County)
  68 Abe Smith             DT      6-1   235  Jr-R **   Tallahassee (Godby)
*  7 Mike Smith            DB      5-11  185  So        Panama City (Bay)
*  3 Rohn Stark            P       6-3   195  Fr        Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
  66 Mike Stewart          LB      6-0   200  Jr   **   Hazlehurst, Ga. (Jeff Davis)
  11 Rick Stockstill       QB      6-1   182  So        Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
  82 Lawrence Strainge     WR      6-1   176  Fr        Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
  84 Robert Thompson       DE      6-1   225  So-R      Saint Petersburg (Tampa Catholic)
* 19 Kurt Unglaub          WR      5-11  175  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
  77 Barry Voltapetti      OT      6-5   225  So        Miami (Chaminade)
* 26 Wade Wallace          FB      5-10  190  Jr        Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
* 80 Scott Warren          DE      6-3   210  Jr   **   Titusville (Astronaut)
* 55 Gil Wesley            C       6-1   210  Jr   *    Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
* 27 Michael Whiting       RB      6-2   195  Fr        Largo (Largo)
* 87 Phil Williams         WR      5-10  168  So        Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 12 Wally Woodham         QB      5-11  182  Jr-R *    Tallahassee (Leon)
     Tommy Young           RB      6-0   195  Fr        Lake City (Columbia)

1978 Roster - By Number

From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 36.
L
T                                                  PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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     Willie Andrusko       C       6-5   227  Fr        Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
     Vince Bruner          DB      6-0   190  Fr        Fort Walton Beach
     Rick Chaney           DT      6-3   235  Fr        Waycross, Ga. (Waycross)
     John Diamantas        DT      6-3   230  Fr        Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
     David Ellis           OT      6-3   235  Fr        Paisley (Umatilla)
     George Gavalas                5-9   160  Jr-R      Tallahassee (Rickards)
     Dave Maglich          DE      6-2   210  Jr        Sarasota (Riverview/Princeton)
     Bob Merson            OG      6-3   238  Fr        Seminole (Seminole)
     Scott Redditt         DT      5-11  195  Fr        Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
     Tommy Young           RB      6-0   195  Fr        Lake City (Columbia)
*  1 Dave Cappelen         PK      5-9   140  Jr   **   Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
*  3 Rohn Stark            P       6-3   195  Fr        Fifty Lakes, Minn. (Pine River)
*  7 Mike Smith            DB      5-11  185  So        Panama City (Bay)
  11 Rick Stockstill       QB      6-1   182  So        Fernandina Beach (Fernandina Beach)
* 12 Wally Woodham         QB      5-11  182  Jr-R *    Tallahassee (Leon)
* 15 Jimmy Jordan          QB      6-1   185  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
* 17 Bill Capece           PK      5-11  190  So   *    Miami (Chaminade)
* 19 Kurt Unglaub          WR      5-11  175  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
* 21 Bobby Butler          CB      5-11  185  So   *    Delray Beach (Atlantic)
  22 Homes Johnson         RB      5-10  180  So        Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
* 23 Jackie Flowers        WR      6-2   195  Jr   **   Jacksonville (Raines)
* 24 Mike Kincaid          DB      6-0   180  Sr-R ***  Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan)
  26 Willie Flowers        DB      5-11  175  Jr        Miami (Boca Raton)
* 26 Wade Wallace          FB      5-10  190  Jr        Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
* 27 Michael Whiting       RB      6-2   195  Fr        Largo (Largo)
* 28 Keith Jones           DB      5-11  185  So        Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 29 Sam Platt             RB      5-11  176  So        Jacksonville (Wolfson)
  30 Keith Kennedy         RB      5-10  180  Jr-R      Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
  31 Gator Cherry          FB      6-0   205  Jr-R **   Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 32 Greg Ramsey           RB      5-10  170  Jr-R *    Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
  33 James Harris          DB      6-0   170  Fr        Gainesville (Buchholz)
* 35 Ernie Sims            RB      6-1   190  So   *    Tampa (Jefferson)
* 36 Chip Sanders          RB      5-10  188  Sr   **   Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
  38 Kelly Burney          TB      5-8   184  Fr        Miami (Jackson)
* 39 Reggie Herring        DB      6-2   195  So        Titusville (Astronaut)
  40 Ozzie Harrell         DB      5-11  180  Jr        Miami (South Miami)
* 40 Gary Henry            DB      6-1   185  Fr        Orlando (Oak Ridge)
  41 Everett DeVeaux       RB      5-9   180  So        Cocoa (Rockledge)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte        DB      6-1   177  So   *    Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
* 43 Hector Gray           DB      6-1   190  Jr-R      Miami (Miami Springs)
  46 Ivory Joe Hunter      DB      5-11  180  Sr   **   Tallahassee (Leon)
  47 Tim Koehnemann        DB      5-11  170  Jr        Champaign, Ill. (Mosley)
* 48 Mark Lyles            FB      6-4   232  Jr   **   Buffalo, N.Y. (Cleveland)
  49 David Hanks           LB      6-2   215  Sr-R *    West Palm Beach (Edgewater)
* 50 Ron Simmons           NG      6-1   220  So   *    Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 51 James Gilbert         FB      6-2   235  Fr        Miami (Carol City)
  52 Bryan Cobb            LB      6-3   200  So        Glennville, Ga. (Glennville)
  52 Dmitri Rigas          NG      6-2   210  So        Augusta, Ga. (Glenn Hills)
* 53 Paul Piurowski        LB      6-3   205  So   *    Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 54 Arthur Scott          LB      6-2   222  So-R *    Tampa (Brandon)
* 55 Gil Wesley            C       6-1   210  Jr   *    Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
  56 Joe Demarest          LB      6-2   205  So        Tampa (Jefferson)
  57 Keith Baker           LB      6-0   195  Fr        Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 58 John Madden           C       6-2   218  So        Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
  60 Scott McLean          DT      6-4   218  Fr        Clermont (Clermont)
  61 Brent Brock           OG      6-4   235  So-R      Albany, Ga. (Albany)
* 62 Charles Ferguson      LB      5-11  199  Fr        Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
* 63 Lee Adams             OG-TE   6-4   230  So        Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
* 64 Jarvis Coursey        DE      6-5   195  Fr        Gray, Ga. (Jonesco Academy)
  65 Trent Barnes          OG      6-4   230  So        Lakeland (Lakeland)
  66 Mike Stewart          LB      6-0   200  Jr   **   Hazlehurst, Ga. (Jeff Davis)
* 67 Mark Macek            DT      6-2   235  So   *    Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
  68 Jeff Field            TE      6-1   225  So        Albany, Ga. (Westover)
  68 Abe Smith             DT      6-1   235  Jr-R **   Tallahassee (Godby)
* 69 Mike Good             OG      6-2   230  Jr   **   Sanford (Seminole)
* 70 Greg Futch            OT      6-3   245  So-R *    Ocala (Forest)
* 72 Ken Lanier            OT      6-4   260  So   *    Columbus, Ohio (Marion Franklin)
  73 Danny Collier         OT      6-4   250  Fr        Eau Gallie (Eau Gallie)
  74 Mike Coleman          OT      6-4   235  So        Savannah, Ga. (Savannah Country Day)
  75 Tom Brannon           OT      6-3   240  So        Albany, Ga. (Riverview Academy)
* 76 Walter Carter         DT      6-4   240  Jr   **   Richmond, Va. (Walker)
* 77 Jeremy Mindlin        DT      6-3   230  Jr-R      Miami (South Miami)
  77 Barry Voltapetti      OT      6-5   225  So        Miami (Chaminade)
* 78 Nate Henderson        OT      6-5   258  Sr-R *    Albany, Ga. (Albany)
  79 Garry Futch           DE      6-3   220  Fr        Ocala (Forest)
  79 Eric Ryan             OG      6-4   255  Fr        Sarasota (Sarasota)
  79 Mark Sims             DT      6-3   228  Fr        Bonifay (Holmes County)
* 80 Scott Warren          DE      6-3   210  Jr   **   Titusville (Astronaut)
  82 Lawrence Strainge     WR      6-1   176  Fr        Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
  83 Ron Hester            TE      6-2   205  So        Umatilla (Umatilla)
* 84 Sam Childers          TE      6-2   195  Fr        Tallahassee (Leon)
  84 Robert Thompson       DE      6-1   225  So-R      Saint Petersburg (Tampa Catholic)
* 85 Grady King            TE      6-4   205  Jr   *    Satellite Beach (Satellite)
  86 Bill Keck             TE      6-4   220  So        Newark, Ohio (Newark)
* 87 Phil Williams         WR      5-10  168  So        Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 88 Willie Jones          DE      6-4   225  Sr   ***  Homestead (South Dade)
  89 Milton Raysor         WR      6-4   190  Fr        Pompano Beach (Ely)
* 90 Edenbur Richardson    DE      6-3   206  Jr   *    Crystal River (Crystal River)
  91 Carlton Jones         DT      6-1   230  So-R      Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)

1978 Conference Awards

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Dave Cappelen            All-South Independent - 2nd Team

Jackie Flowers           All-South Independent - 1st Team

Mike Good                All-South Independent - 1st Team

Nate Henderson           All-South Independent - 1st Team

Willie Jones             All-South Independent - 1st Team

Jimmy Jordan             All-South Independent - 2nd Team

Ron Simmons              All-South Independent - 1st Team

All-Conference -  7

1978 All-Americans

Name                     Organization
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Charles Ferguson         Football News - 2nd Team Freshman 

Jackie Flowers           Associated Press - Honorable Mention 
                         The Sporting News - Honorable Mention 

Mike Good                Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Nate Henderson           Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Willie Jones             United Press International - 2nd Team 
                         Associated Press - Honorable Mention 
                         The Sporting News - Honorable Mention 

Ron Simmons              Football News - 1st Team Sophomore 
                         Football News - 3rd Team 
                         Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Scott Warren             Churchman's - 1st Team 

Gil Wesley               Churchman's - 1st Team 

All-Americans -  8

1978 Noles in the Pros

Name                     No      Pos                Team
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Ed Beckman               85      TE                 Kansas City Chiefs
Fred Biletnikoff         25      WR                 Oakland  Raiders
Randy Coffield           59      LB                 New York Giants
Gary Huff                19      QB                 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bobby Jackson            40      CB                 New York Jets
Eddie McMillan           41      CB                 Buffalo Bills
Mark Meseroll            70      OT                 New Orleans Saints
Lee Nelson               38      CB                 St. Louis  Cardinals
Gary Parris              84      TE                 Cleveland  Browns
Mike Shumann             84      WR                 San Francisco 49ers
Nat Terry                41      DB                 Pittsburgh Steelers
Nat Terry                47      DB                 Detroit Lions
J.T. Thomas              24      DB                 Pittsburgh Steelers

Noles in the Pros - 12

1978 Schedule and Results

           
GAME DAY
 
           
FSU
OPP
OPP EOY
DATE
POST
GAME
BOX
SCORE
LOC
OPPONENT
SCORE
AP
UPI
AP
UPI
AP
UPI
REC
09/09
Postgame
Box
A
Syracuse
W 28- 0
17
 
 
 
 
 
3-8
09/16
Postgame
Box
H
Oklahoma State
Renegade and Osceola led the team onto the field for the first time
W 38-20
16
 
 
 
 
 
3-8
09/23
Postgame
Box
A
Miami
Miami
W 31-21
13
 
 
 
 
 
6-5
09/30
Postgame
Box
H
Houston
L 21-27
10
 
 
 
10
11
9-3
10/07
Postgame
Box
H
Cincinnati
W 26-21
18
 
 
 
 
 
5-6
10/14
Postgame
Box
A
Mississippi State
L 27-55
15
 
 
 
 
 
6-5
10/21
Postgame
Box
A
Pittsburgh
L 3- 7
 
 
16
 
 
 
8-4
10/28
Postgame
Box
A
Southern Mississippi
W 38-16
 
 
 
 
 
 
7-4
11/11
Postgame
Box
H
Virginia Tech
W 24-14
 
 
 
 
 
 
4-7
11/18
Postgame
Box
H
Navy
W 38- 6
 
 
 
 
 
17
9-3
11/25
Postgame
Box
H
Florida
W 38-21
 
 
 
 
 
 
4-7
EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
------------------------------------------------
FSU record is    8- 3     5-1     3-2     0-0
Against Top 25   0- 1     0-0     0-1     0-0


1978 - 100 Yard Rushing Club

Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Homes Johnson 11/11/1978 Virginia Tech 27 152 5.63 1 Homes Johnson 09/09/1978 Syracuse 19 135 7.11 0 Mark Lyles 10/21/1978 Pittsburgh 17 100 5.88 0 Mark Lyles 11/25/1978 Florida 13 100 7.69 2

1978 - 100 Yard Receiving Club

Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jackie Flowers 09/30/1978 Houston 6 165 27.50 1 Sam Platt 11/18/1978 Navy 6 145 24.17 3 Jackie Flowers 10/07/1978 Cincinnati 9 134 14.89 1 Jackie Flowers 10/14/1978 Mississippi State 9 116 12.89 1

1978 - 300 Yard Passing Club

Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- None

1978 EOY Stats

From the 1979 FSU Football Press Guide, page 83. Overall Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 312 208 Points Per Game............. 28.4 18.9 TOUCHDOWNS.................... 42 29 TDs Rushing................. 18 17 TDs Passing................. 23 11 TDs Fumble Return........... 0 1 TDs Punt Return............. 1 0 TDs Interception............ 0 0 TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0 TDs Lateral................. 0 0 TDs Free Kick............... 0 0 PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 39-42 24-29 Kick........................ 39-40 22-26 Pass........................ 0- 1 1- 1 Run......................... 0- 1 1- 2 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 7-13 2- 7 SAFETY........................ 0 1 FIRST DOWNS................... 232 184 Rushing..................... 96 103 Passing..................... 128 72 Penalty..................... 8 9 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1773 2000 Yards gained rushing........ 2108 2326 Yards lost rushing.......... 335 326 Rushing Attempts............ 476 494 Average Per Rush............ 3.7 4.0 Average Per Game............ 161.2 181.8 PASSING YARDAGE............... 2749 1587 Att-Comp-Int................ 369-206-16 228-117-17 Efficiency.................. 130.30 110.79 Average Per Pass............ 7.4 7.0 Average Per Catch........... 13.3 13.6 Average Per Game............ 249.9 144.3 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4522 3587 Total Plays................. 845 722 Average Per Play............ 5.4 5.0 Average Per Game............ 411.1 326.1 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 25- 334 40- 751 Average Per Return.......... 13.4 18.8 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 28-133 12- 39 Average Per Return.......... 4.8 3.3 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 17-110 16-104 Average Per Return.......... 6.5 6.5 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 19- 9 32-18 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 53- 493 49- 441 Average Per Game............ 44.8 40.1 PUNTS-YARDS................... 57-2279 66-2453 Average Per Punt............ 40.0 37.2 Net punt average............ 39.3 35.2 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 96-207 54-152 3rd-Down Pct................ .464 .355 SACKS BY-YARDS................ 29- - ATTENDANCE.................... 253,960 162,626 Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-42,327 5-32,525
 1st2nd3rd4th Total
Florida State
34
104
66
108
312
Opponents
51
86
36
35
208
Overall Individual Statistics

RUSHING              G  Att Gain  Loss  Net   Avg  TD Long  Avg/G
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson       11  183  857   40   817   4.5   4  40    74.3
Mark Lyles          11  148  659   18   641   4.3   7  37    58.3
Ernie Sims           7   23  145    0   145   6.3   0  21    20.7
Greg Ramsey          8   40  173   35   138   3.5   2  23    17.3
Sam Platt           11    9  102   25    77   8.6   0  40     7.0
Keith Kennedy        8    7   39    2    37   5.3   0  23     4.6
Gator Cherry         7    6   30   12    18   3.0   1   9t    2.6
Wade Wallace         4    2   15    0    15   7.5   0  15     3.8
Michael Whiting      6    2    3    1     2   1.0   0   3     0.3
Wally Woodham       10   30   50   59    -9  -0.3   3   8    -0.9
 Team                0    1    0   11   -11 -11.0   0 -11 
Jimmy Jordan        10   25   35  132   -97  -3.9   1   3    -9.7

Total.........      11  476 2108  335  1773   3.7  18  40   161.2
Opponents.....      11  494 2326  326  2000   4.0  17       181.8


PASSING              G   Effic Att-Cmp-Int   Pct  Yds  TD Long  Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan        10  128.68 199-108- 9   .543 1427  14  54t  142.7
Wally Woodham       10  132.99 169- 98- 7   .580 1322   9  72t  132.2
Homes Johnson       11    0.00   1-  0- 0   .000    0   0   0     0.0

Total.........      11  130.30 369-206-16   .558 2749  23  72t  249.9
Opponents.....      11  110.79 228-117-17   .513 1587  11       144.3


RECEIVING            G  No   Yds   Avg  TD Long  Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------
Jackie Flowers      11  43   757  17.6   7  72t   68.8
Sam Platt           11  21   447  21.3   7  54t   40.6
Mark Lyles          11  35   364  10.4   1  26    33.1
Kurt Unglaub         8  15   288  19.2   1  37    36.0
Homes Johnson       11  23   213   9.3   2  35    19.4
Grady King          11  23   212   9.2   4  25    19.3
Bill Keck            8  11   128  11.6   0  27    16.0
Greg Ramsey          8   9    85   9.4   0  14    10.6
Phil Williams        7   6    72  12.0   0  20    10.3
Gator Cherry         7   5    63  12.6   1  52t    9.0
Sam Childers         3   6    45   7.5   0  15    15.0
Ernie Sims           7   4    34   8.5   0  15     4.9
Keith Kennedy        8   3    16   5.3   0   6     2.0
Lawrence Strainge    1   1    16  16.0   0  16    16.0
Milton Raysor        1   1     9   9.0   0   9     9.0

Total.........      11 206  2749  13.3  23  72t  249.9
Opponents.....      11 117  1587  13.6  11       144.3


PUNT RETURNS         No  Yds   Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Keith Jones          24   66   2.8  0     
Mark Macek            0   48        1     
Ron Simmons           1   15  15.0  0     
Sam Platt             1    5   5.0  0     
Gary Henry            1    1   1.0  0     
Ivory Joe Hunter      1   -2  -2.0  0     

Total.........       28  133   4.8  1  48t
Opponent......       12   39   3.3  0     


INTERCEPTIONS        No  Yds   Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Keith Jones           4   32   8.0  0     
Monk Bonasorte        3    3   1.0  0     
Bobby Butler          2   40  20.0  0     
Hector Gray           2   16   8.0  0     
Scott Warren          2    5   2.5  0     
Reggie Herring        1    5   5.0  0     
Mike Kincaid          1    5   5.0  0     
David Hanks           1    4   4.0  0     
Gary Henry            1    0   0.0  0     

Total.........       17  110   6.5  0     
Opponent......       16  104   6.5  0     


KICK RETURNS         No  Yds   Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Michael Whiting       4    82 20.5  0     
Homes Johnson         7    80 11.4  0     
Mark Lyles            4    55 13.8  0     
Keith Kennedy         3    45 15.0  0     
Sam Platt             2    36 18.0  0     
Greg Ramsey           3    27  9.0  0     
Gator Cherry          2    19  9.5  0     

Total.........       25   334 13.4  0     
Opponent......       40   751 18.8  0     


                                            Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS       No  Yds   Avg TD Long  For
-----------------------------------------------
Willie Jones          3    0   0.0  0   .    3
Mark Macek            3    0   0.0  0   .    1
Ron Simmons           3    0   0.0  0   .    1
Mike Kincaid          2    0   0.0  0   .    1
Arthur Scott          2    0   0.0  0   .    1
Jeremy Mindlin        2    0   0.0  0   .    0
Monk Bonasorte        1    0   0.0  0   .    3
Keith Jones           1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Scott McLean          1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Walter Carter         0    0    .   0   .    2
Paul Piurowski        0    0    .   0   .    2
James Gilbert         0    0    .   0   .    1
Scott Warren          0    0    .   0   .    1

Total.........       18        0.0  0       16
Opponent......        9        0.0  1     


                               |-------- PATs --------|
Name                 TD   FGs    Kick   Rush  Rcv Pass  DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dave Cappelen         0   7-12   39-40   0-0   0   0-0   0   0    60
Mark Lyles            8   0-0     0-0    0-1   0   0-0   0   0    48
Jackie Flowers        7   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    42
Sam Platt             7   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    42
Homes Johnson         6   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    36
Grady King            4   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    24
Wally Woodham         3   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-1   0   0    18
Gator Cherry          2   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    12
Greg Ramsey           2   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    12
Jimmy Jordan          1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Mark Macek            1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Kurt Unglaub          1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Bill Capece           0   0-1     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     0
====================================================================
FSU                  42   7-13   39-40   0-1   0   0-1   0   0   312
Opponent             29   2-7    22-26   1-2   1   1-1   0   1   208
Touchdowns
R
C
P
I
FR
PR
KR
L
FK
Mark Lyles
7
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Jackie Flowers
.
7
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Sam Platt
.
7
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Homes Johnson
4
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Grady King
.
4
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Wally Woodham
3
.
9
.
.
.
.
.
.
Gator Cherry
1
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Greg Ramsey
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Jimmy Jordan
1
.
14
.
.
.
.
.
.
Mark Macek
.
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
Kurt Unglaub
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Total
18
23
23
.
.
1
.
.
.
Opponents
17
11
11
.
1
.
.
.
.
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
L = Lateral
FK = Free Kick Return


TOTAL OFFENSE        G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Jimmy Jordan        10  224   -97 1427  1330 133.0
Wally Woodham       10  199    -9 1322  1313 131.3
Homes Johnson       11  184   817    0   817  74.3
Mark Lyles          11  148   641    0   641  58.3
Ernie Sims           7   23   145    0   145  20.7
Greg Ramsey          8   40   138    0   138  17.3
Sam Platt           11    9    77    0    77   7.0
Keith Kennedy        8    7    37    0    37   4.6
Gator Cherry         7    6    18    0    18   2.6
Wade Wallace         4    2    15    0    15   3.8
Michael Whiting      6    2     2    0     2   0.3
 Team                0    1   -11    0   -11

Total.........      11  845  1773 2749  4522 411.1
Opponent......      11  722  2000 1587  3587 326.1


FIELD GOALS         FGM-FGA  Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dave Cappelen         7-12  .583  0- 0  3- 5  4- 4  0- 3  0- 0 38
Bill Capece           0- 1  .000  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 1  0- 0  0
FG SEQUENCE Dave Cappelen Bill Capece
Syracuse
41
47
Oklahoma State
(32)
None
Miami
(26)
None
Houston
43
None
Cincinnati
None
None
Mississippi State
42
None
Pittsburgh
21, (26)
None
Southern Mississippi
(30)
None
Virginia Tech
(37), 22
None
Navy
(38)
None
Florida
(29)
None
() For made field goals


PUNTING             No  Yds   Avg Long  TB  FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Rohn Stark          57 2279  40.0  72                 

Total.........      57 2279  40.0  72                 
Opponent......      66 2453  37.2                    2


ALL PURPOSE          G Rush   Rec   PR   KR   IR   FR  Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Homes Johnson       11  817   213    0   80    0    0 1110 100.9
Mark Lyles          11  641   364    0   55    0    0 1060  96.4
Jackie Flowers      11    0   757    0    0    0    0  757  68.8
Sam Platt           11   77   447    5   36    0    0  565  51.4
Kurt Unglaub         8    0   288    0    0    0    0  288  36.0
Greg Ramsey          8  138    85    0   27    0    0  250  31.3
Grady King          11    0   212    0    0    0    0  212  19.3
Ernie Sims           7  145    34    0    0    0    0  179  25.6
Bill Keck            8    0   128    0    0    0    0  128  16.0
Gator Cherry         7   18    63    0   19    0    0  100  14.3
Keith Jones         11    0     0   66    0   32    0   98   8.9
Keith Kennedy        8   37    16    0   45    0    0   98  12.3
Michael Whiting      6    2     0    0   82    0    0   84  14.0
Phil Williams        7    0    72    0    0    0    0   72  10.3
Mark Macek          11    0     0   48    0    0    0   48   4.4
Sam Childers         3    0    45    0    0    0    0   45  15.0
Bobby Butler         9    0     0    0    0   40    0   40   4.4
Hector Gray          9    0     0    0    0   16    0   16   1.8
Lawrence Strainge    1    0    16    0    0    0    0   16  16.0
Ron Simmons         11    0     0   15    0    0    0   15   1.4
Wade Wallace         4   15     0    0    0    0    0   15   3.8
Milton Raysor        1    0     9    0    0    0    0    9   9.0
Reggie Herring      11    0     0    0    0    5    0    5   0.5
Mike Kincaid        10    0     0    0    0    5    0    5   0.5
Scott Warren        11    0     0    0    0    5    0    5   0.5
David Hanks         10    0     0    0    0    4    0    4   0.4
Monk Bonasorte      10    0     0    0    0    3    0    3   0.3
Gary Henry           8    0     0    1    0    0    0    1   0.1
Ivory Joe Hunter     2    0     0   -2    0    0    0   -2  -1.0
Wally Woodham       10   -9     0    0    0    0    0   -9  -0.9
 Team                0  -11     0    0    0    0    0  -11
Jimmy Jordan        10  -97     0    0    0    0    0  -97  -9.7

Total.........      11 1773  2749  133  334  110    0 5099 463.5
Opponent......      11 2000  1587   39  751  104    0 4481 407.4


                        |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS   GP   UT   AT  Total   ForLoss     No - Yards  Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds  FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reggie Herring      11   70   67   137   2.0-            .          1-  5   .    .    .      .   .   .
Ron Simmons         11   70   58   128   9.0-         5.0-           .      .    .   3-  0   1   1   .
Scott Warren        11   39   49    88   4.0-         1.0-          2-  5   .    .    .      1   .   .
David Hanks         10   38   50    88   1.0-         1.0-          1-  4   .    .    .      .   .   .
Paul Piurowski       6   37   47    84   1.0-            .           .      .    .    .      2   .   .
Willie Jones        11   44   38    82   4.0-        10.0-           .      .    .   3-  0   3   .   .
Walter Carter       11   32   44    76   3.0-         2.0-           .      .    .    .      2   .   .
Monk Bonasorte      10   36   36    72      .            .          3-  3   .    .   1-  0   3   .   .
Arthur Scott        11   27   29    56   3.0-         1.0-           .      .    .   2-  0   1   .   .
Jeremy Mindlin      11   24   31    55   1.0-         4.0-           .      .    .   2-  0   .   .   .
Mark Macek          11   14   37    51      .         3.0-           .      .    .   3-  0   1   .   .
Mike Kincaid        10   16   22    38   2.0-         1.0-          1-  5   .    .   2-  0   1   1   .
Charles Ferguson     9   22   12    34   3.0-            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Bobby Butler         9   20   10    30      .            .          2- 40   .    .    .      .   2   .
Keith Jones         11   22    7    29   5.0-         1.0-          4- 32   .    .   1-  0   .   .   .
Edenbur Richardson  11   15   10    25   1.0-            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Mike Smith           9   11   12    23   2.0-            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
James Gilbert        8    6   14    20      .            .           .      .    .    .      1   .   .
Hector Gray          9   12    5    17   2.0-            .          2- 16   .    .    .      .   .   .
Carlton Jones        6    9    5    14      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Gary Henry           8    5    6    11      .            .          1-  0   .    .    .      .   .   .
Ivory Joe Hunter     2    8    3    11      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Michael Whiting      6    3    2     5      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Jarvis Coursey       1    3    2     5      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Scott McLean         7    2    2     4      .            .           .      .    .   1-  0   .   .   .
Keith Baker          4    .    2     2      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Scott Redditt             .    2     2      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
James Harris         5    1    .     1      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Jackie Flowers      11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Mike Good           11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Nate Henderson      11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Ken Lanier          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Bill Capece         11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Dave Cappelen       11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Homes Johnson       11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Grady King          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Mark Lyles          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Sam Platt           11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Rohn Stark          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Gil Wesley          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Jimmy Jordan        10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Wally Woodham       10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Greg Futch           9    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Greg Ramsey          8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Kurt Unglaub         8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Keith Kennedy        8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Bill Keck            8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Gator Cherry         7    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Ernie Sims           7    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Phil Williams        7    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Jeff Field           6    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Lee Adams            5    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Tom Brannon          5    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
John Madden          5    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Wade Wallace         4    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Danny Collier        4    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Garry Futch          4    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Sam Childers         3    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Brent Brock          2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Ron Hester           2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Abe Smith            2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Milton Raysor        1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Joe Demarest         1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Lawrence Strainge    1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals                  586  602  1188  43.0-  0.0   29.0-  0.0    17-110   .    .  18-  0  16   4   .


Game Participation
##  Player                       GP-GS  SU      OSU     UM      Hou     UC      MsSt    Pitt    USM     VT      USNA    UF      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Willie Andrusko               0- 0                                                                                   
    Vince Bruner                  0- 0                                                                                   
    Rick Chaney                   0- 0                                                                                   
    John Diamantas                0- 0                                                                                   
    David Ellis                   0- 0                                                                                   
    George Gavalas                0- 0                                                                                   
    Dave Maglich                  0- 0                                                                                   
    Bob Merson                    0- 0                                                                                   
    Scott Redditt                 0- 0                                                                                   
    Tommy Young                   0- 0                                                                                   
 1  Dave Cappelen                11- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
 3  Rohn Stark                   11- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
 7  Mike Smith                    9- 6  D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    xx              xx      xx       
11  Rick Stockstill               0- 0                                                                                   
12  Wally Woodham                10- 5  xx      xx      xx      xx      O-QB            xx      O-QB    O-QB    O-QB    O-QB  
15  Jimmy Jordan                 10- 6  O-QB    O-QB    O-QB    O-QB    xx      O-QB    O-QB    xx              xx      xx
17  Bill Capece                  11- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
19  Kurt Unglaub                  8- 4  O-WR    O-SE    O-WR    O-WR                    xx              xx      xx      xx
21  Bobby Butler                  9- 7          D-FS    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB            xx      xx      D-CB    D-CB    D-CB  
22  Homes Johnson                11- 5  O-TB    xx      O-TB    O-TB    O-TB    xx      xx      xx      xx      O-TB    xx
23  Jackie Flowers               11- 9  O-WR    O-FL    O-WR    O-WR    O-FL    O-WR    O-WR    O-FL    O-WR    xx      xx
24  Mike Kincaid                 10- 9          xx      D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB    D-CB  
26  Willie Flowers                0- 0                                                                                   
26  Wade Wallace                  4- 0  xx              xx                                              xx      xx       
27  Michael Whiting               6- 0                          xx                      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
28  Keith Jones                  11- 7  D-S     xx      xx      xx      xx      D-FS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS  
29  Sam Platt                    11- 7  xx      xx      xx      xx      O-SE    O-WR    O-WR    O-SE    O-WR    O-WR    O-WR  
30  Keith Kennedy                 8- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx              xx              xx       
31  Gator Cherry                  7- 0  xx      xx      xx              xx      xx      xx      xx                       
32  Greg Ramsey                   8- 6  xx      O-TB                            O-TB    O-RB    O-TB    O-TB    xx      O-TB  
33  James Harris                  5- 0          xx                      xx              xx              xx      xx       
35  Ernie Sims                    7- 1          xx      xx              xx      O-FB                    xx      xx      xx
36  Chip Sanders                  0- 0                                                                                   
38  Kelly Burney                  0- 0                                                                                   
39  Reggie Herring               11-10  D-LB    D-LB    xx      D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB  
40  Ozzie Harrell                 0- 0                                                                                   
40  Gary Henry                    8- 1          xx      xx              xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      D-FS  
41  Everett DeVeaux               0- 0                                                                                   
42  Monk Bonasorte               10-10  D-S     D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS     
43  Hector Gray                   9- 2          xx      xx              xx      xx      D-CB    D-CB    xx      xx      xx
46  Ivory Joe Hunter              2- 2  D-CB    D-CB                                                                     
47  Tim Koehnemann                0- 0                                                                                   
48  Mark Lyles                   11-10  O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    xx      O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB  
49  David Hanks                  10- 3          xx      D-LB    xx      xx      D-LB    xx      xx      xx      D-LB    xx
50  Ron Simmons                  11-11  D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG  
51  James Gilbert                 8- 0          xx      xx              xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
52  Bryan Cobb                    0- 0                                                                                   
52  Dmitri Rigas                  0- 0                                                                                   
53  Paul Piurowski                6- 5  D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    xx                                       
54  Arthur Scott                 11- 9  D-DT    D-DT    xx      D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    xx      D-DT  
55  Gil Wesley                   11-11  O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C   
56  Joe Demarest                  1- 0                                                                          xx       
57  Keith Baker                   4- 0          xx                      xx                              xx      xx       
58  John Madden                   5- 0          xx                      xx              xx              xx      xx       
60  Scott McLean                  7- 0          xx      xx              xx      xx      xx              xx      xx       
61  Brent Brock                   2- 0          xx                                      xx                               
62  Charles Ferguson              9- 4          xx              xx      xx      xx      D-LB    D-LB    D-LB    xx      D-LB  
63  Lee Adams                     5- 5  O-OG    O-TG    O-OG    O-OG    O-TG                                             
64  Jarvis Coursey                1- 0                                                                          xx       
65  Trent Barnes                  0- 0                                                                                   
66  Mike Stewart                  0- 0                                                                                   
67  Mark Macek                   11- 6  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT  
68  Jeff Field                    6- 0          xx      xx              xx              xx              xx      xx       
68  Abe Smith                     2- 0                  xx              xx                                               
69  Mike Good                    11-11  O-OG    O-QG    O-OG    O-OG    O-QG    O-OG    O-OG    O-QG    O-OG    O-OG    O-OG  
70  Greg Futch                    9- 6          xx      xx              xx      O-OG    O-OG    O-TG    O-OG    O-OG    O-OG  
72  Ken Lanier                   11-11  O-OT    O-QT    O-OT    O-OT    O-QT    O-OT    O-OT    O-QT    O-OT    O-OT    O-OT  
73  Danny Collier                 4- 0                                  xx              xx              xx      xx       
74  Mike Coleman                  0- 0                                                                                   
75  Tom Brannon                   5- 0          xx                      xx              xx              xx      xx       
76  Walter Carter                11- 5  D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    D-DT    xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
77  Jeremy Mindlin               11- 2  xx      xx      D-DT    xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      D-DT    xx
77  Barry Voltapetti              0- 0                                                                                   
78  Nate Henderson               11-11  O-OT    O-TT    O-OT    O-OT    O-TT    O-OT    O-OT    O-TT    O-OT    O-OT    O-OT  
79  Garry Futch                   4- 0                                                  xx              xx      xx      xx
79  Eric Ryan                     0- 0                                                                                   
79  Mark Sims                     0- 0                                                                                   
80  Scott Warren                 11-11  D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE  
82  Lawrence Strainge             1- 0                                                                          xx       
83  Ron Hester                    2- 0                  xx              xx                                               
84  Sam Childers                  3- 1                                                                  xx      O-TE    xx
84  Robert Thompson               0- 0                                                                                   
85  Grady King                   11- 6  O-TE    xx      xx      O-TE    xx      O-TE    O-TE    xx      O-TE    xx      O-TE  
86  Bill Keck                     8- 4  xx      O-TE    O-TE            O-TE            xx      O-TE    xx      xx       
87  Phil Williams                 7- 2          xx                      xx              xx      xx      xx      O-WR    O-WR  
88  Willie Jones                 11-11  D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE    D-DE  
89  Milton Raysor                 1- 0  xx                                                                               
90  Edenbur Richardson           11- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
91  Carlton Jones                 6- 0          xx      xx      xx      xx                      xx              xx       

Florida State 28, Syracuse 0

09/09/1978, Syracuse, N.Y.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 10, 1978, page 43, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU squeezes Orange 28-0.

SYRACUSE, NY - Two plays, one early and one late, took the starch out of Syracuse here Saturday as Florida State tore away for a 28-0 triumph in a football opener.

On the game's seventh play, Reggie Herring, the sophomore linebacker, stuck his helmet into the belly of Bill Hurley, heralded Syracuse quarterback, and brought him down on a run down the sidelines. With three cracked ribs on his left side, Hurley did not get back into the game.

Florida State's striking defensive performance appeared to be led by linebacker Paul Piurowski, end Willie Jones and nose guard Ron Simmons. In limiting the Orangemen to just five first downs, the Seminoles allowed only three following the game-opening series in which Hurley was hurt.

Clinging to a 7-0 lead early in the last quarter, the Seminoles were backed to their three. It was third down. Quarterback Jimmy Jordan hit his old Tallahassee Leon teammate, Kurt Unglaub, with a short pass at about the 20, and Unglaub managed 20 more yards out of the catch.

The Orangeman were never the same after that. Florida State moved to three lightning-like touchdowns in the first eight minutes of that final quarter.

Jordan capped a 98-yard drive with a surprise 4-yard scoring pass to Grady King, and with a 14-0 lead, Jordan retired for the afternoon.

He had personally scored a second-quarter touchdown, with a sneak from inches away, after setting it up with a 41-yard bomb to Jackie Flowers, whose catch on the play was extraordinary.

Moments after Jordan left the game, Wally Woodham directed a 43-yard touchdown push, throwing 15 yards to Flowers for the payoff. And just a little later Woodham was in the saddle for a 45-yard movement that saw Gator Cherry score from the nine.

Syracuse, really, never came close to scoring.

Going in, FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said it would be a game that would be won or lost on the defensive and offensive lines of scrimmage. He was altogether correct. Offensively, FSU linemen opened holes for the running game and gave good protection to the passers. Defensively, FSU linemen were in Syracuse's hair all afternoon.

On a sunny, windy and quite chilly afternoon, with the temperature in the low 70's, 24,272 fans in Archbold Stadium watched the Seminoles roll up a whopping 587 yards while restricting the home team to 148. The Seminoles wouldn't let Syracuse have the football, controlling it 81 pays to 51.

Syracuse made just five first downs all day while FSU was stacking up 28.

And if Florida State did not find another Larry Key on this day, Homes Johnson will do for the time being.

The swift sophomore - who got a bigger chance than he otherwise would have because fellow tailback Greg Ramsey was hurt - scampered for 135 yards in 17 carries. (Ramsey who saw a bit of action, damaged some ribs returning kicks in a Thursday practice.)

Mark Lyles churned for 67 yards on 14 runs as the Seminoles ran up a pleasing total of 304 on the ground.

As Jordan hit 16 of 25 passes, and Woodham four of seven, Flowers snared five for 94 yards. Three other FSU receivers - Johnson among them caught three each.

Rohn Stark, the freshman, punted like a veteran. Though his average was only 35.7, it was cut by efforts to angle 'em out of bounds inside the 20. His first effort was a nifty 57-yarder.

With Hurley out, Syracuse could neither run nor pass with any consistency, though backup Ron Farneski did manage to complete eight of 16 for minimal yardage.

It was a game that saw Florida State frustrated much of the time. In the second quarter, after taking that 7-0 lead, the Seminoles drove to a first down at the Syracuse nine, only to have a Jordan pass intercepted.

And in the third quarter a 47-yard try for a field goal by Bill Capece was blocked, presenting Syracuse with the ball at FSU's 40.

"It was the most frustrated I've been in a long time," remarked Bowden of some of those early efforts.

But overall?

"We did much better," he said, "than I expected."

The youthful Seminoles, with just three seniors making this trip, had entered the game amid high concern from coaches and followers. A handful of key injuries had cropped up in preseason. And this Syracuse team was supposed to have been one of the school's best in recent history.

"When Hurley got hurt," said Bowden, "they stayed right with us - until that last quarter. Their losing Hurley was about like out losing Jordan and Woodham.

"We had two things going for us - attitude and conditioning."

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
0
7
0
21
28
Syracuse
0
0
0
0
0

2nd   7- 0  Jimmy Jordan, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:42
      7- 0  Dave Cappelen, 41, field goal failed
3rd   7- 0  Bill Capece, 47, field goal blocked
      7- 0  Opp, 54, field goal failed
4th  14- 0  Grady King, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 11:54
     21- 0  Jackie Flowers, 15, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:04
     28- 0  Gator Cherry, 9, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:01 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 28 5 Rushes-yards 49-304 34-72 Passing 283 76 Att-Comp-Int 32-20-1 17-9-0 Total Yards 81-587 51-148 Punt Returns 2--6 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-18 4-118 Interception Ret. 0-0 1-3 Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 Punts 7-35.7 11-30.1 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-0 Penalties-Yds 9-75 4-40 Attendance 24,272 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 19 135 0 27 Mark Lyles 14 66 0 17 Sam Platt 2 42 0 27 Keith Kennedy 4 28 0 23 Gator Cherry 2 18 1 9t Wade Wallace 2 15 0 15 Greg Ramsey 2 7 0 6 Jimmy Jordan 3 -2 1 1t Wally Woodham 1 -5 0 -5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 49 304 2 27 Opp 34 72 0 9 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Jackie Flowers 5 94 1 40 Kurt Unglaub 3 59 0 37 Bill Keck 2 38 0 27 Homes Johnson 3 30 0 18 Grady King 3 28 1 16 Mark Lyles 2 20 0 13 Milton Raysor 1 9 0 9 Keith Kennedy 1 5 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 20 283 2 40 Opp 9 76 0 15 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jordan 16 25 1 209 1 40 Wally Woodham 4 7 0 74 1 27 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 20 32 1 283 2 40 Opp 9 17 0 76 0 15 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 2 -6 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 -6 0 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 1 18 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 18 0 Opp 4 118 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 7 250 57 ---------------------------------------- FSU 7 250 57 Opp 11 331 45 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Scott 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . Reggie Herring 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . Paul Piurowski 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . Ivory Joe Hunter 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . Walter Carter 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Mike Smith 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 38 11 49 . . . . . . . . . Opp . . . . . 1- 3 . . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   15  Jimmy Jordan
WR   19  Kurt Unglaub
TB   22  Homes Johnson
WR   23  Jackie Flowers
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   63  Lee Adams
OG   69  Mike Good
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   85  Grady King
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB    7  Mike Smith
S    28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
S    42  Monk Bonasorte
CB   46  Ivory Joe Hunter
NG   50  Ron Simmons
LB   53  Paul Piurowski
DT   54  Arthur Scott
DT   76  Walter Carter
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
12  Wally Woodham
17  Bill Capece
26  Wade Wallace
29  Sam Platt
30  Keith Kennedy
##  NAME
-----------------------------
31  Gator Cherry
32  Greg Ramsey
67  Mark Macek
77  Jeremy Mindlin
86  Bill Keck
89  Milton Raysor
90  Edenbur Richardson

Florida State 38, Oklahoma State 20

09/16/1978, Renegade and Osceola led the team onto the field for the first time, Tallahassee

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 17, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU lightning strikes, 38-20.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - On a sweltering Saturday night, Jimmy Jordan was sudden lightning.

And with his uncanny passing, Florida State's football team cut out a 38-20 victory over Oklahoma State in a rather messy game that was as difficult as Coach Bobby Bowden had feared it might be.

Jordan struck on 17 of 28 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tallahassee junior had none intercepted.

Trailing 6-3, Florida State scored two touchdowns within a 19-second playing span shortly before halftime, and took a 17-6 lead.

When Oklahoma State fumbled away the football at its 35, Jordan required just one play - a pass to Homes Johnson - to get on the boards.

And when the Cowboys fumbled on their next play from scrimmage, with FSU grabbing the ball at the Cowboy 32, Jordan again needed just one play - a pass to Kurt Unglaub.

Incredibly, Oklahoma State lost the ball on fumbles four of five possessions - two just before halftime, two just after. The Seminoles got 21 points out of that, and had it not been for that flawed stretch, those 40,338 fans in Campbell Stadium might have witnessed a different outcome.

But in highly humid circumstances, Florida State also lost some fumbles - three of 'em. In the early going the Seminoles lost the ball at Oklahoma State's seven. Just after intermission they turned one over at the Cowboy 12. Late in the action FSU fumbled away a punt at its seven, setting up the visitors' last touchdown.

It was a spectacular return to action for strong safety Mike Kincaid, who had not expected to play this season but gained eligibility under a new NCAA rule because he did not participate as a freshman - and who had missed the opener with Syracuse because of a curfew violation and an injury. Kincaid recovered two fumbles that set up touchdowns, intercepting a pass that paved a third.

Bowden was not elated.

"If we play too many more games like this one," he said, "I'm going to be gray. We made just enough mistakes to keep us in trouble.

"There is no killer instinct in this football team.

"Same thing happened to Syracuse last week - we just can't put anybody away.

"But the most important thing about the game is that we won."

It was another most interesting game for sophomore tailback Holmes Johnson, who scored three touchdowns. He ran 20 times for 78 yards, and caught four passes for 59 more.

Rolling up 406 yards, with 268 of it passing, Florida State may again be the nation's No. 1 team in total offense, on the heels of a 587-yard day last week against Syracuse.

But the Seminoles' defense yielded a surprising and worrisome 261 to the running game of Oklahoma State as the Cowboys managed a 307-yard total.

Perhaps the most stunning happening of the evening was Oklahoma State's driving 93 yards to a touchdown and a 6-0 lead the second time it got its hands on the football. And in the third quarter, just after FSU had gone ahead 24-6, the Cowboys went 75 yards - all on the ground - and made it look kind of easy as they scored to cut it to 24-14.

Here's how it went:

(1) After recovering the FSU fumble at its seven, OSU knocked off 93 yards in 12 plays, scoring on an odd two-yard play that saw Steve Hammond fumble as he went into the end zone and tight end Steve Stephens recover the ball for a touchdown.

(2) FSU moved 62 yards early in the second quarter, and Dave Cappelen kicked a 32-yard field goal.

(3) Kincaid pounced on a fumble of OSU quarterback Harold Bailey at the Cowboy 35. Jordan popped a pass of about 15 yards to Johnson, who cut back and raced into the end zone for the TD.

(4) Willie Jones claimed a Worley Taylor fumble at OSU's 32. Jordan pegged on right into the arms of a streaking Unglaub as he crossed the goal line.

(5) Kincaid claimed another Taylor fumble, just after halftime, at the OSU eight. Johnson ran it in for the TD on a first-down play.

(6) OSU marched 75 yards, Taylor scoring from the one.

(7) The Seminoles moved 74 yards, mixing passes with runs in their best drive of the night. On a surprise play, fourth down and half-yard short of OSU's one, Jordan passed - to Johnson for the TD. (Jordan then retired for the evening.)

(8) With Wally Woodham in at quarterback, FSU moved 47 yards on the heels of Kincaid's interception. Jackie Flowers caught two big passes in the movement. Mark Lyles, who ran 15 times for 45 yards, scored from the two.

(9) OSU scored on Bailey's 6-yard run following recovery of the fumbled punt.

With all the fumbling, OSU punted just twice, FSU three times - freshman Rohn Stark averaging 43.3 on his boots.

Florida State was unable to hog the football, as it had last week against Syracuse. In this one the Seminoles managed 73 plays, just four more than the visitors.

Jim Stanley, the OSU coach, said Florida State was a team with a lot of character.

"You have to give them credit," he said. "They are well coached. We went the distance against a fine football team. I'm disappointed in the loss but I'm not disappointed in these young men."


Seminoles find themselves heap big horse.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - A few months ago Bobby Bowden had a notion, and he spoke to some supporters about going out and finding a mascot of some sort for his Florida State football team.

The head coach remembered his time with the West Virginia Mountaineers when there was student competition for a mascot. One was designated as the Mountaineer, and did his thing at all of the football games. He remembered his earlier time ar Florida State when there was Sammy Seminole - often a student gymnast - who cavorted in his Indian makeup and did all sorts of acrobatic tricks.

So it was on Saturday, as Florida State opened its home football season, that a rider in Seminole dress suddenly appeared astride a horse - leading the football Seminoles onto the field for the game with Oklahoma State.

It was the first of a hoped-for-traditional bit that will continue, if not for evermore, then for many, many moons.

Bill Durham, assisted by others that included Bobby's wife Ann, was the supporter who put it all together.

The horse is a big one, 16 hands high, a chestnut Appaloosa with a white blanket on his rump, a gelding valued at about $3500. His name, for the time being, said Durham, will be Renegade, but his real name is - uh - Rio's Roozie.

He is on loan from Dr. Jerry DeLoney, a local veterinarian who purchased the 3-year-old horse out od North Carolina several months ago. A fan of the Seminoles for several years, Dr. DeLoney - and the rest of his family, for he insists that the horse belongs to all of the family - will donate him to Florida State next year "if he is compatible, and it all works out."

Dr. DeLoney further describes the horse: "He is Mr. Personality, absolutely no bad habits. Responds to love and affection with love and affection. He is distinguished, well marked, racey, long-legged, bigger than most Appaloosas, not yet fully mature. Well trained, he was shown in halter and western pleasure competition up in North Carolina."

Leo Crutchfield donated a trailer to transport the horse at Florida State, and Dean Chenweth is presently caring for him.

But do horses fit in the tradition of the real Seminole Indians?

Durham checked that out with Howard Tommie, chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The chief said horses did fit in his tribe's tradition, that the Seminoles once had horses but the white man stole some and ran others off into the swamps. Chief Tommie not only approved of Florida State's project, but is having his people make a real Seminole outfit for the rider.

The rider is Jim Kidder, a junior, a criminology major from Pompano Beach. He was chosen from 180 student applicants. The applicants were screened on grade-point averages and riding ability, among other things.

During home games the horse and rider will be between the 30 and goal line on the student side of the field.

Durham has taken care of such details as liability insurance and made arrangements for prompt on-the-field attention if Renegade turns out not always to be as mannerly as he's supposed to be.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Oklahoma State
6
0
8
6
20
Florida State
0
17
7
14
38

1st   0- 6  Opp, 0, fumble recovery/return (kick failed), 4:24 
            Note: Oklahoma State running back fumbled in the end zone; a
                  teammate recovered the ball.                          
2nd   3- 6  Dave Cappelen, 32, field goal, 7:46 
      3- 6  Opp, 46, field goal failed, 3:12 
     10- 6  Homes Johnson, 35, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:31 
     17- 6  Kurt Unglaub, 32, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:12 
3rd  17- 6  Opp, 53, field goal failed, 0:00 
     24- 6  Homes Johnson, 8, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 12:58
     24-14  Opp, 1, run (run), 4:15 
4th  31-14  Homes Johnson, 2, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:52
     38-14  Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:43 
     38-20  Opp, 6, run (run failed), 3:14 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 22 20 Rushes-yards 39-138 55-240 Passing 268 67 Att-Comp-Int 34-21-0 14-5-1 Total Yards 73-406 69-307 Punt Returns 1--2 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-28 5-111 Interception Ret. 1-5 0-0 Fumble Returns 5-0 3-0 Punts 3-43.3 2-37.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 6-5 Penalties-Yds 5-41 0-0 Attendance 40,338 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 20 78 1 13 Mark Lyles 15 45 1 10 Ernie Sims 2 9 0 6 Keith Kennedy 1 4 0 4 Jimmy Jordan 1 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 39 138 2 13 Opp 55 240 2 34 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Jackie Flowers 5 75 0 20 Kurt Unglaub 2 61 1 32t Homes Johnson 4 57 2 35t Mark Lyles 3 29 0 13 Grady King 3 24 0 11 Bill Keck 2 16 0 9 Keith Kennedy 1 6 0 6 Gator Cherry 1 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 21 268 3 35t Opp 5 67 0 37 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jordan 17 28 0 231 3 35t Wally Woodham 4 6 0 37 0 15 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 21 34 0 268 3 35t Opp 5 14 1 67 0 37 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Ivory Joe Hunter 1 -2 0 -2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 -2 0 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 3 28 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 28 0 Opp 5 111 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 3 130 53 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 130 53 Opp 2 74 40 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Piurowski 7 8 15 . . . . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 3 7 10 . . 1- 5 . . 2- 0 . . . Ron Simmons 3 6 9 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 4 4 8 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . . Walter Carter 2 6 8 1.0- . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 4 4 8 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . . Arthur Scott 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Bobby Butler 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . . Mike Smith 1 5 6 1.0- . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 1 4 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Reggie Herring . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . Ivory Joe Hunter 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . David Hanks . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek 3 . 3 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Keith Baker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Carlton Jones . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . James Gilbert . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Gary Henry . . . . . . 1 . . . . . Scott McLean . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 37 63 100 4.0- 7.0 . 1- 5 3 . 5- 0 . . . Opp 37 46 83 1.0- . . 4 . 3- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   15  Jimmy Jordan
SE   19  Kurt Unglaub
FL   23  Jackie Flowers
TB   32  Greg Ramsey
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
TG   63  Lee Adams
QG   69  Mike Good
QT   72  Ken Lanier
TT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   86  Bill Keck
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB    7  Mike Smith
FS   21  Bobby Butler
LB   39  Reggie Herring
SS   42  Monk Bonasorte
CB   46  Ivory Joe Hunter
NG   50  Ron Simmons
LB   53  Paul Piurowski
DT   54  Arthur Scott
DT   76  Walter Carter
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
12  Wally Woodham
17  Bill Capece
22  Homes Johnson
24  Mike Kincaid
28  Keith Jones
29  Sam Platt
30  Keith Kennedy
31  Gator Cherry
33  James Harris
35  Ernie Sims
40  Gary Henry
43  Hector Gray
49  David Hanks
##  NAME
-----------------------------
51  James Gilbert
57  Keith Baker
58  John Madden
60  Scott McLean
61  Brent Brock
67  Mark Macek
68  Jeff Field
70  Greg Futch
74  Charles Ferguson
75  Tom Brannon
77  Jeremy Mindlin
85  Grady King
87  Phil Williams
90  Edenbur Richardson
91  Carlton Jones

Florida State 31, Miami 21

09/23/1978, Miami

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 24, 1978, page 31, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU recovers for 31-21 win.

MIAMI, FL - Autumn arrived Saturday, and so did Ron Simmons.

Frustrated by double-team blocking plus traps and draws in Florida State's first two football games, the sophomore nose guard was suddenly a dominating factor again.

And the Seminoles, coming from behind twice, hung on to whip Miami in a strange, error-ridden game 31-21.

Simmons blocked a Miami punt, and sophomore tackle Mark Macek (it is pronounced Mod-sic) picked up the bouncing football and rambled 48 yards for a Seminole touchdown. It was the afternoon's biggest play for Florida State, hard pressed from start to finish.

The blocked punt was one of seven turnovers for Miami, which also lost three fumbles and had three passes intercepted. Those turnovers made a decisive difference.

But Simmons caused other turnovers besides the blocked punt, precipitating at least one fumble and perhaps two with his bruising tackles. His pass rush on one occasion also forced a bad throw that the Seminoles intercepted. He recovered one big fumble, made several key tackles. ABC, which televised the game regionally, acclaimed him top defensive player for the afternoon and a $1,000 scholarship will go to Florida State in his name.

Ironically, Ottis Anderson, a strong and swift Miami running back, escaped from Simmons when he appeared to have him stopped cold, spun to the outside and raced 80 yards to a touchdown on Miami's first play from scrimmage. That was the first of several strange plays.

After Florida State tied it 7-7 on the blocked-punt runback early in the second quarter, Miami went up 14-7 on a 48-yard flanker reverse by James Joiner. That one was strange because Joiner eluded cornerback Bobby Butler after the latter seemed to have him hemmed in for a loss.

Butler made amends. He intercepted two passes late in the action.

With the help of a pass-interference call that provided a first down at the Miami five, Florida State drove right back to the tie again (14-14). Jimmy Jordan passed three yards to Jackie Flowers for the touchdown.

That one was strange because cornerback cornerback Fred Azrak did not appear to be interfering with the Seminoles' Kurt Unglaub on the pass that brought the penalty. Unglaub said after the game Arzak had not touched him.

Gene Coleman, the Miami safety, had intercepted that Jordan pass. But instead of Miami getting the ball, Florida State got it - at the six.

"I'm just happy with the win," said Coach Bobby Bowden later. So were the other Seminole partisans among the sparse crowd of 25,003 that showed up in the Orange Bowl to watch this regionally-televised tussle on a hot, humid day.

"It was a struggle," said a depressed Lou Saban, coach of Miami. "The big mistake (blocked punt) took the stuffing out of us.

"We can't afford mistakes because we are not strong enough offensively to hang onto the football. Most of the time we were in the hole. But you have to give them credit. They had two experienced quarterbacks, and we didn't."

The Seminoles went with Jordan all of the first half, with Wally Woodham in all of the winning last half.

Woodham directed the Seminoles 41 yards to a touchdown that put them in front to stay early in the last quarter after a Rohn Stark punt had backed Miami to its 10 and the defense had held.

Stark, a freshman, had a memorable afternoon, punting eight times for a 46.8 yard average - including one 72-yarder.

On that go-ahead drive, the Seminoles twice called timeouts because of faulty communication. The phones from the pressbox (where FSU assistants were getting an overview of the action) to the bench were not working properly. And Florida State was signaling plays from the bench.

Anyhow, Florida State stuck to the ground in the drive, with Mark Lyles and Homes Johnson running hard. On fourth-and-one Woodham sneaked across from the one, making it 21-14.

Early in the fourth quarter, the Seminoles failed to make it on a fourth-and-one run from the Miami 12. But after a punting exchange, Anderson fumbled and Simmons leaped on the ball for FSU at the Miami 5.

A first-down run lost four yards, however. Three plays later Dave Cappelen booted a 26-yard field goal to make it 24-14 with 6:58 remaining.

But it wasn't over. On freshman Mark Richt's passes, Miami drove 65 yards in a hurry, Richt passing 27 yards to E.J. Baker for a TD that narrowed it to 24-21 with 4:27 left.

On top of that, Florida State mishandled the kickoff and had to start at its six. Miami got the ball back at its 45 with 2:43 to go, following another Stark punt.

Then Butler picked off a third-down Richt pass and returned it 40 yards to Miami's 31. On fourth down at the 22, Woodham hit Lyles with a short swing pass, and the big fullback churned down the sidelines for a touchdown that made it a final 31-21 with a bit over a minute remaining.

There was time for Butler to intercept one more, at the FSU 34. Woodham fell on the ball three straight times as the clock ran out.

As the 13th-ranked Seminoles moved to 3-0, they were surprisingly out-gained by Miami, 325 yards to 263. Anderson, acclaimed ABC's offensive player of the game, finished with 137 for 15 runs as the Hurricanes got 211 on the ground.

Interestingly, Florida State managed to control the ball, 75 plays to 51. Johnson bagged 90 yards running on 23 trips. Jordan was 8-for-12 with his passes but threw an interception that paved Miami's second touchdown. Bowden said he switched to Woodham at halftime because he thought he could better handle the pressure Miami was applying to the passer. Woodham was 6-for-12 on his throwing. Miami covered FSU's wide receivers well, and the backs caught most of FSU's passes - Lyles five and Johnson four.

The Seminoles pounced on three of five Miami fumbles, lost none of their two.

Two Miami players with Tallahassee ties, running back Chris Hobbs and quarterback Mike Rodrigue, did not play. Hobbs had an injury. Saban chose to go with two other quarterbacks after starting freshman Rodrigue a week ago.

FSU returns home to play Houston next Saturday.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
0
14
7
10
31
Miami
7
7
0
7
21

1st   0- 7  Opp, 80, run (kick), 9:27 
2nd   7- 7  Mark Macek, 48, punt return/blocked punt (Dave Cappelen, kick), 2:03 
      7-14  Opp, 48, run (kick), 9:25 
     14-14  Jackie Flowers, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 2:49 
3rd  21-14  Wally Woodham, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:15 
4th  24-14  Dave Cappelen, 26, field goal, 7:02 
     24-21  Opp, 27, pass (kick), 4:27 
     31-21  Mark Lyles, 22, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:14 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 12 10 Rushes-yards 51-130 31-211 Passing 133 114 Att-Comp-Int 24-14-1 20-9-3 Total Yards 75-263 51-325 Punt Returns 2-64 2-12 Kickoff Returns 1-13 2-29 Interception Ret. 3-44 1-11 Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0 Punts 8-46.9 7-33.9 Sacks By-Yds 1- 2- Fumbles-Lost 2-0 5-2 Penalties-Yds 3-34 3-39 Time of Posession 37:26 22:34 Attendance 25,002 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 23 90 0 26 Mark Lyles 16 61 0 15 Sam Platt 1 6 0 6 Keith Kennedy 1 4 0 4 Wally Woodham 6 0 1 8 Jimmy Jordan 4 -31 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 51 130 1 26 Opp 31 211 2 80t Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 5 58 1 22t Kurt Unglaub 2 27 0 15 Homes Johnson 4 26 0 9 Jackie Flowers 2 14 1 11 Grady King 1 8 0 8 --------------------------------------------- FSU 14 133 2 22t Opp 9 114 1 27t Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jordan 8 12 1 83 1 17 Wally Woodham 6 12 0 50 1 22t ----------------------------------------------- FSU 14 24 1 133 2 22t Opp 9 20 3 114 1 27t Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Macek 0 48 1 48t Ron Simmons 1 15 0 15 Gary Henry 1 1 0 1 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 64 1 48t Opp 2 12 0 9 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Gator Cherry 1 13 0 13 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 13 0 13 Opp 2 29 0 24 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 8 375 72 ---------------------------------------- FSU 8 375 72 Opp 7 237 77 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Carter 7 1 8 . 1.0- . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 6 1 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . 1 . Paul Piurowski 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . . Abe Smith 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Scott 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Bobby Butler 1 . 1 . . 2- 40 . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Ken Lanier 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Keith Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Carlton Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Reggie Herring 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . David Hanks . . . . . 1- 4 . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 41 7 48 . 1.0- 0.0 3- 44 . . 2- 0 . 1 . Opp 59 19 78 . 2.0- 1- 11 . . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   15  Jimmy Jordan
WR   19  Kurt Unglaub
TB   22  Homes Johnson
WR   23  Jackie Flowers
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   63  Lee Adams
OG   69  Mike Good
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   86  Bill Keck
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB    7  Mike Smith
CB   21  Bobby Butler
FS   24  Mike Kincaid
SS   42  Monk Bonasorte
LB   49  David Hanks
NG   50  Ron Simmons
LB   53  Paul Piurowski
DT   76  Walter Carter
DT   77  Jeremy Mindlin
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
12  Wally Woodham
17  Bill Capece
26  Wade Wallace
28  Keith Jones
29  Sam Platt
30  Keith Kennedy
31  Gator Cherry
35  Ernie Sims
39  Reggie Herring
40  Gary Henry
##  NAME
-----------------------------
43  Hector Gray
51  James Gilbert
54  Arthur Scott
60  Scott McLean
67  Mark Macek
68  Jeff Field
68  Abe Smith
70  Greg Futch
83  Ron Hester
85  Grady King
90  Edenbur Richardson
91  Carlton Jones

Houston 27, Florida State 21

09/30/1978, Tallahassee

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 1, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha.

'Noles die by a penalty, 27-21.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Almost.

Behind 27-0 after the first 20 minutes of play, Florida State's football team came within one penalty of registering the most astounding comeback in its history.

Houston won the game 27-21 before a saddened Saturday night assembly of 41,142 in Campbell Stadium.

With 2:55 left in the game, Wally Woodham passed 22 yards to Jackie Flowers for an apparent touchdown - a touchdown that would have tied the game, and with the extra-point kick put Florida State in front 28-27.

But a Southwest Conference official's flag had fallen upfield. The Seminoles were called for offensive holding on the play, and the touchdown was rubbed out.

And with that, Florida State's five-game winning streak, its unbeaten record this year, its top-10 rank came to an end as Houston's dominance of a series continued.

Never, in seven tries, has Florida State beaten the Cougars in Tallahassee. In 16 games the Seminoles have managed two victories and two ties.

Florida State coaches were not sure who the holding penalty which killed that would-be touchdown was called on, but apparently senior tackle Nate Henderson was the one flagged.

"Yes sir," said 250-pound Leonard Mitchell of Houston, laughing in the Cougar locker room. "That big Number 78 was grabbing my arm all night and spinning me around. I complained about it several times to the officials - and finally one of them called it."

Despite the Seminoles' dramatic rally behind Woodham, Houston on this night was clearly the better team. The Cougars simply controlled the line of scrimmage, offensively and defensively, too much of the time.

Taking over for Jimmy Jordan just after the score became 27-0, Woodham guided Florida State to touchdowns on three of the next four series - not counting the one when Florida State got the football at its 20 with just five seconds left in that half.

Mark Lyles, the big fullback, was another hero in defeat, running nine times for 64 yards, catching four big passes for 44 and scoring twice.

Having his best night, Flowers snared six passes for 165 yards.

Woodham finished with 12 strikes in 18 attempts for 249 yards as the Seminoles totaled 304 yards of offense, compared with 411 for Houston - which got 307 in the first half.

Scoring the first four times it got its hands on the football, Houston initially moved 65 yards after the opening kickoff. Quarterback Danny Davis - a slippery dandy - passed 13 yards to Garrett Jurgajtis for the touchdown.

Then the Cougars intercepted Jimmy Jordan's pass on FSU's first play from scrimmage, and were in business at FSU's 41. Emmett King scored the TD from 3 yards out.

In the first moment of the second quarter Houston made it 21-0, capping a 27-yard drive with a 4-yard payoff run by Randy Love.

Just minutes later John Newhouse, on his only run of the night, broke tackles and skipped 56 yards for a final Houston touchdown.

FSU defensive back Bobby Butler blocked the ensuing extra-point attempt - a feat that seemed to signal a turnaround in the Seminoles' manner of play.

Right away Woodham came in and moved the team 60 yards. Lyles scored on a 19-yard romp up the middle and it was 27-7 at halftime.

On the Seminoles' second possession of the third quarter, Woodham hit Flowers with a 72-yard scoring bomb.

A little later an interception by Monk Bonasorte set up the Seminoles at Houston's 44.

Lyles got to the 16 on a 26-yard pass, and soon scored on a 14-yard run off the ancient statue-of-liberty play. So it became 27-21 with plenty of time left.

Right after that, FSU defenders backed Houston to its seven, forcing a punt. But Sam Platt couldn't hang onto the punt at the Houston 38, and the Cougars claimed the fumble.

Moments later, as the fourth quarter unfolded, Willie Jones fell on an errant Houston pitchout at the Cougar 33. But three plays later Woodham's deep pass was intercepted.

Florida State's only other threat culminated in the pass to Flowers for the "touchdown" that was erased by the holding penalty.

Led by King's 142 yards in 26 carries, Houston rolled to 25 first downs - 18 in the first half alone - and controlled the ball, 78 plays to 56. For a long while, FSU defenders seemed unable to cope with Houston's dazzling option offense.

Late Friday, with clouds threatening, Florida State covered Campbell Stadium's turf with a tarpaulin, and the field was bone dry for action despite Saturday's steady rain that stopped in mid-afternoon. That dry field may have proved more to Houston's advantage than FSU's. The visitors seemed the faster, quicker team.

"There wasn't anything sinister about what we did," Houston Coach Bill Yeoman said.

"We just had to rear back and attack. We've been timid in our first couple of games, because we're so young.

"I'll tell you, Florida State is one fine football team, friend. If you think you're going to shut them down, you've got another thing coming."

FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said he couldn't figure out how his players managed to stop Houston in the second half after the Cougar's clear dominance in the first.

"Our kids played a great second half," he said. "This game was really something.

"That option veer is tough to defense when you don't run it yourself. Nobody runs it better than Houston."

Before the game Bowden had reckoned that Houston would score at least 28 points unless it fumbled. The Cougars lost one fumble, had one pass swiped. FSU had three turnovers, including two interceptions.

Rohn Stark punted three times for the Seminoles, averaging 46.3.

"This game did give me a lot of personal confidence," said Woodham. "I still wasn't really happy. My job was to bring the team back and win. And I didn't."

Florida State plays another game in Campbell Stadium next Saturday, against Cincinnati.alf

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Houston
14
13
0
0
27
Florida State
0
7
14
0
21

1st   0- 7  Opp, 13, pass (kick), 11:34
      0-14  Opp, 3, run (kick), 8:49 
      0-14  Dave Cappelen, 43, field goal failed, 3:20 
2nd   0-21  Opp, 4, run (kick), 14:18
      0-27  Opp, 56, run (kick blocked by Bobby Butler), 10:15
      7-27  Mark Lyles, 19, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 6:50 
      7-27  Opp, 35, field goal failed, 0:05 
3rd  14-27  Jackie Flowers, 72, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:15 
     21-27  Mark Lyles, 14, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:10 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 20 25 Rushes-yards 24-79 67-332 Passing 305 79 Att-Comp-Int 32-20-2 11-7-1 Total Yards 56-384 78-411 Punt Returns 3-12 1-9 Kickoff Returns 5-67 4-63 Interception Ret. 1-1 2-32 Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0 Punts 3-46.3 4-37.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yds 5-45 8-48 Attendance 41,142 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 9 64 2 19t Homes Johnson 13 42 0 10 Jimmy Jordan 1 -13 0 -13 Wally Woodham 1 -14 0 -14 --------------------------------------------- FSU 24 79 2 19t Opp 67 332 3 56t Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Jackie Flowers 6 165 1 72t Mark Lyles 4 44 0 26 Grady King 5 40 0 25 Sam Platt 2 38 0 20 Kurt Unglaub 1 16 0 16 Homes Johnson 2 2 0 4 --------------------------------------------- FSU 20 305 1 72t Opp 7 79 1 15 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Wally Woodham 12 18 1 249 1 72t Jimmy Jordan 8 14 1 56 0 16 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 20 32 2 305 1 72t Opp 7 11 1 79 1 15 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 2 7 0 Sam Platt 1 5 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 12 0 5 Opp 1 9 0 9 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Kennedy 2 26 0 Homes Johnson 2 23 0 Michael Whiting 1 18 0 18 --------------------------------------------- FSU 5 67 0 18 Opp 4 63 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 3 139 55 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 139 55 Opp 4 148 37 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Piurowski 3 14 17 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 6 11 17 . . . . . . . . . Walter Carter 7 9 16 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 5 10 15 . . 1- 1 . . . . . . Willie Jones 5 8 13 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . . David Hanks 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 1 7 8 . . . . . . . . . Mike Smith 2 6 8 . . . . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 3 3 6 1.0- . . 1 . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . . Reggie Herring 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . . Bobby Butler 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . 1 . Arthur Scott . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Charles Ferguson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Carlton Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Mark Lyles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Keith Jones 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . . Michael Whiting 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 46 90 136 3.0- 0.0 . 1- 1 2 . 1- 0 . 1 . Opp . . . . . 2- 32 . . 1- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   15  Jimmy Jordan
WR   19  Kurt Unglaub
TB   22  Homes Johnson
WR   23  Jackie Flowers
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   63  Lee Adams
OG   69  Mike Good
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   85  Grady King
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB    7  Mike Smith
CB   21  Bobby Butler
FS   24  Mike Kincaid
LB   39  Reggie Herring
SS   42  Monk Bonasorte
NG   50  Ron Simmons
LB   53  Paul Piurowski
DT   54  Arthur Scott
DT   76  Walter Carter
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
12  Wally Woodham
17  Bill Capece
27  Michael Whiting
28  Keith Jones
29  Sam Platt
##  NAME
-----------------------------
30  Keith Kennedy
49  David Hanks
62  Charles Ferguson
67  Mark Macek
77  Jeremy Mindlin
90  Edenbur Richardson
91  Carlton Jones

Florida State 26, Cincinnati 21

10/07/1978, Tallahassee

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 8, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha.

Last throw finds FSU Victory.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Fourth down and 22. Last chance for the Seminoles. And Jimmy Jordan hit Sam Platt with a pass that the sophomore speedster converted into a 54-yard scoring play with 1:29 left, providing a dramatic 26-21 victory over a stubborn Cincinnati football team here Saturday night.

For struggling FSU, it was trouble all the way.

Cincinnati got first turn with the football, starting at its 27 following the game's opening kickoff. Six straight runs - freshman Allen Harvin on four of them - led to the Cincy 48. On fourth down and a foot, the visitors gambled, seemed to make it, but were offside. A punt left FSU at its 29.

Wide receiver Kurt Unglaub was sidelined after injuring his knee in a pre-game warmup and Sam Platt started for him. Wally Woodham, opening at quarterback, overshot receivers on a couple of passes, and Rohn Stark punted to the Cincinnati 38.

Behind Harvin's running and a Tony Kapetanis keeper for a key first down, the Bearcats pushed to a first down at FSU's 35. But on a third-and-2 at the 27, Scott Warren nailed Kapetanis for no gain. Then, on fourth-and-2, the quarterback was inches short on another keeper.

Woodham missed on three more passes, and a penalty cost FSU 5. Stark's 31-yard punt gave Cincinnati a start from its 40.

A 16-yard pass to Mike Frisina gained the 36. Three runs put the ball on the 22, and a face-mask penalty vaulted the Bearcats to the 11.

Moving to his right, Kapetanis was trapped - but pulled out and sliced the other way, to the 1. Aaron Hagans raced wide for the touchdown, and a point kick made it 7-0.

From the 20, four straight Mark Lyles runs gained the 36. Then Woodham passed over the middle to Lyles, who dug to the Cincinnati 39. On a keeper, Woodham got eight to the 31, as the quarter ended.

After a first down at the 29, the Seminoles probed on - helped by a penalty - to another at the 18. From there Woodham passed to Jackie Flowers for a touchdown. Dave Cappelen tied it 7-7 with a kick.

After holding Cincinnati at its 27, Florida State forced a punt and began at its 43. Flowers soon snared a 29-yard pass at the Bearcat 24. Three plays later Flowers grabbed a 17-yarder at the 1. Woodham sneaked across for the TD and Cappelen's boot brought it to 14-7.

Again the defense limited Cincinnati's offense to three downs, and again FSU got the ball at its 43 following a punt.

Then they swapped fumbles. On first down, Lyles lost the ball, and Bob Prats got it for Cincinnati at FSU's 40. On the next play Harvin lost it and the Seminoles' Mark Macek claimed it at the 37.

Soon Ernie Sims popped on a wide run, 16 to the Cincinnati 40. But the Seminoles got no further. Stark punted out of bounds at the 8.

On third down, Kapetanis, slipping wide, scooted 25 yards to the 36. Two Seminoles - Scott Warren, Bobby Butler - were hurt on the play.

Third down at the 38 saw Kapetanis apparently trapped by a safety blitz, but he eluded Monk Bonasorte, stepped forward, and fired long to split end Mike Cusumano, who had gotten behind Mike Smith and Mike Kincaid. It was a 62-yard scoring play, and a kick by Steve Schultz tied it 14-14.

A kickoff left FSU at its 16. The Seminoles struggled to the 24 before Stark punted 36 yards to the Cincinnati 40 with 1:30 left.

With 28 seconds left the visitors reached FSU's 37 on a 19-yard pass to Frisina. But Bonasorte intercepted at the 2 with 19 seconds left, and Woodham killed the clock.

At this point Cincinnati had outyarded FSU, 230 to 160. Woodham had hit only six of 14 passes.

Florida State moved from its 20 following the third-quarter kickoff. Short passes to Bill Keck and Flowers reached the 37. Homes Johnson broke for 15 to the Bearcat 48. But Woodham was hit hard as he missed on a pass. Two plays later Mike Brookins intercepted a Woodham throw over the middle, at the Cincinnati 42.

Harvin raced for 17 yards, then 9. Kapetanis passed to Joe Eilerman at the 20. Harvin went wide to the 7. Three plays later Ellis Johnson scored from the two, and a point put Cincinnati back on top 21-14.

Tediously, the Seminoles drove from their 20. On third down at the 27, Lyles caught a pass for 10. Short gainers led on to a first down at the Cincinnati 42. Flowers caught a third-down pass for 11 at the 30, to keep it going. On fourth down at the 27 a pass to Ernie Sims gained the 20. On a reverse, Sam Platt made the 14. But that was all. A fourth-down pass missed, and Cincinnati took over.

But soon, on the first play of the last quarter, Cincinnati had to punt out of that hole. FSU got the ball at the visitors' 47.

In came Jimmy Jordan - only to throw a first-down pass that Dan Vete intercepted at the Cincinnati 45.

A 13-yard pass provided a first down at FSU's 30. But Seminole defenders held. A punt left FSU at its 9.

On a fake reverse, Johnson swept to the 22. Johnson ran twice more, to the 30. Then Flowers pulled in a 15-yard Jordan pass at the 45. Johnson knocked off 9. Flowers couldn't quite hang on to a bomb, the ball rolling out of his arms as he fell into the end zone.

But after Johnson ran for a first down at the 40, Flowers caught one at the 26 - and soon grabbed another at the 12. Two runs left the Seminoles at the three, but Johnson was caught for a 2-yard loss at the five.

On fourth down, Jordan found Grady King in the end zone for a touchdown. With 6:09 remaining, Cappelen lined up for a point try - but it was a fake, with Woodham, down to hold, roaring up and throwing in vain.

From its 20, Cincinnati managed a first down, but got no further. With 4:14 to go, FSU got the ball after a punt at its 44.

Lyles caught a short one, at the 50. A pass missed, and a fumble on a handoff was reclaimed by Johnson. On fourth down, Flowers kept it going with a catch at Cincinnati's 42. Howie Kurnick, two plays later, sacked Jordan for a loss of 12.

But on 4th-and-22, Jordan found Platt at the 35, and the Jacksonville sophomore cut swiftly to the sideline and stepped down it to score on a 54-yard play.

The Seminoles went for two. A pass missed, but Cincinnati was offsides.

Then Johnson was stopped short on a wide run, leaving it 26-21 with 1:29 left.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Cincinnati
7
7
7
0
21
Florida State
0
14
0
12
26

1st   0- 7  Opp, 2, run (kick), 3:42 
2nd   7- 7  Jackie Flowers, 18, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:40
     14- 7  Wally Woodham, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:03 
     14-14  Opp, 62, pass (kick), 2:50 
3rd  14-21  Opp, 2, run (kick), 9:07 
4th  20-21  Grady King, 5, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Wally Woodham, pass failed), 6:09 
     26-21  Sam Platt, 54, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Mark Lyles, run failed), 1:29 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 22 16 Rushes-yards 46-155 45-196 Passing 249 165 Att-Comp-Int 40-18-2 22-12-1 Total Yards 86-404 67-361 Punt Returns 2-11 1-7 Kickoff Returns 2-36 2-41 Interception Ret. 1-0 1-0 Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0 Punts 4-34.5 6-30.7 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1 Penalties-Yds 3-21 5-25 Attendance 39,599 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 18 71 0 14 Mark Lyles 14 46 0 8 Ernie Sims 5 25 0 16 Wally Woodham 6 19 1 8 Sam Platt 1 6 0 6 Jimmy Jordan 2 -12 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 46 155 1 16 Opp 45 196 2 25 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Jackie Flowers 9 134 1 29 Sam Platt 1 54 1 54t Mark Lyles 5 41 0 23 Bill Keck 1 8 0 8 Ernie Sims 1 7 0 7 Grady King 1 5 1 5t --------------------------------------------- FSU 18 249 3 54t Opp 12 165 1 62t Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Wally Woodham 11 27 1 135 1 29 Jimmy Jordan 7 13 1 114 2 54t ----------------------------------------------- FSU 18 40 2 249 3 54t Opp 12 22 1 165 1 62t Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 2 11 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 11 0 Opp 1 7 0 7 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sam Platt 2 36 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 36 0 Opp 2 41 0 25 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 4 138 38 ---------------------------------------- FSU 4 138 38 Opp 6 184 36 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reggie Herring 4 7 11 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 2 7 9 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 4 3 7 . . 1- 0 . . . . . . David Hanks 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Scott 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Charles Ferguson 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . . Paul Piurowski . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . Abe Smith 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . . Walter Carter . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 2 1 3 . . . 2 . . . . . Bobby Butler 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek . 3 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Keith Jones 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . . James Gilbert 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Carlton Jones . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Gil Wesley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Ron Hester 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Greg Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 35 55 90 1.0- 0.0 . 1- 0 3 . 1- 0 . . . Opp 43 54 97 2.0- . 1- 0 5 . 1- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   12  Wally Woodham
TB   22  Homes Johnson
FL   23  Jackie Flowers
SE   29  Sam Platt
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
TG   63  Lee Adams
QG   69  Mike Good
QT   72  Ken Lanier
TT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   86  Bill Keck
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB    7  Mike Smith
CB   21  Bobby Butler
FS   24  Mike Kincaid
LB   39  Reggie Herring
SS   42  Monk Bonasorte
NG   50  Ron Simmons
LB   53  Paul Piurowski
DT   54  Arthur Scott
DT   76  Walter Carter
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
15  Jimmy Jordan
17  Bill Capece
28  Keith Jones
30  Keith Kennedy
31  Gator Cherry
33  James Harris
35  Ernie Sims
40  Gary Henry
43  Hector Gray
49  David Hanks
51  James Gilbert
57  Keith Baker
58  John Madden
##  NAME
-----------------------------
60  Scott McLean
62  Charles Ferguson
67  Mark Macek
68  Jeff Field
68  Abe Smith
70  Greg Futch
73  Danny Collier
75  Tom Brannon
77  Jeremy Mindlin
83  Ron Hester
85  Grady King
87  Phil Williams
90  Edenbur Richardson
91  Carlton Jones

Mississippi State 55, Florida State 27

10/14/1978, Starkville, Miss.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 15, 1978, page 27, by Bill McGrotha.

Offensive blitz rips FSU 55-27.

STARKVILLE, MS - Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Busting loose for three touchdowns within a third-quarter playing span of 3 minutes and 24 seconds, Mississippi State came from behind and mauled Florida State's football team 55-27 here Saturday afternoon.

The forward pass - a weapon employed so effectively for so long by the Seminoles - was the instrument of Florida State's destruction.

And the scope of that destruction on this sunny, windy and cool afternoon is reflected in that never before in a 32-year history had any team run up as many total yards against Florida State, nor had an opponent passed for as many yards.

Mississippi State gained 378 yards passing, 596 total. (Previous highs against FSU: 359 and 590 by San Diego State in 0-11 season of 1973.)

Interestingly, FSU coaches had guessed correctly prior to the game that Mississippi State would throw the ball all over the field. The Seminoles expected it. It was just that an injury-riddled secondary and an overall inexperienced defense - seven sophomores are starting - could not do anything about it.

James Jones, a 5-10, 200-pound tailback from Vicksburg, scored four touchdowns for the Bulldogs and passed for another as a Homecoming crowd, liberally estimated at 35,000, whooped it up.

More damaging, however, was the throwing of 6-2 senior quarterback Dave Marler, a former walk-on who got his big chance because he also can kick the football - extra points, field goals, kickoffs.

"We just got the heck beat out of us," said FSU Coach Bobby Bowden, "I thought their quarterback was the difference."

An 18-mile-per-hour wind, blowing strong through wide-open end zones, also was a factor.

FSU had that wind going its way in the second quarter, when it scored three touchdowns, and in the last quarter, when it did not matter. Mississippi State had the wind with it in the first quarter, when it jumped in front 14-0, and in the third, when it got 21 more points - and was at FSU's 1, about to score seven more, when that quarter ended.

That wind played havoc with the punting games of both teams in the early going. Mississippi State was not forced to punt in the last half..

While the home team was stacking up 596 yards of offense, Florida State was cutting out 427, with 297 passing. The Bulldogs got 27 first downs, FSU 25.

It was a day when Florida State might have scored 55 points itself, for it was no day for defense on either side.

Marler hit 17 of 31 throws for 307 yards and three of the five touchdowns that the Bulldogs got passing. Reserve tailback Len Copeland tossed for one, James for the other. Mardye McDole, a talented sophomore wide receiver, hauled in 9 passes for a whopping 175 yards and two touchdowns.

Jimmy Jordan went all the way at quarterback for FSU, after early indication that Wally Woodham would start. Woodham received a shoulder injury against Houston and aggravated it in the Cincinnati game. He had looked okay Friday, but he wasn't okay in Saturday warmups.

Jordan had favored a sprained ankle much of the practice week, but it seemed not to bother him during the game. He hurt his hip slightly in the first half, and that may have bothered him, for he was not as sharp. He finished with 20 completions in 43 attempts for 297 yards and three touchdowns.

Here's how the scoring went:

Only twice in history have opponents scored more than 55 points on Florida State. Auburn won 57-21 in 1960, Virginia Tech 56-21 in 1974.

Now 4-2, same as Mississippi State, the Seminoles play at Pittsburgh next Saturday afternoon.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
0
21
0
6
27
Mississippi State
14
0
21
20
55

1st   0- 7  Opp, 27, pass (kick), 12:40
      0-14  Opp, 11, pass (kick), 4:24 
      0-14  Opp, 47, field goal failed, 1:43 
2nd   7-14  Jackie Flowers, 8, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 14:43
     14-14  Sam Platt, 10, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:10 
     14-14  Dave Cappelen, 42, field goal failed, 2:05 
     21-14  Homes Johnson, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:20 
3rd  21-20  Opp, 12, run (kick failed), 8:55 
     21-28  Opp, 29, run (pass), 6:22 
     21-35  Opp, 34, pass (kick), 5:31 
4th  21-42  Opp, 1, run (kick), 14:57
     21-49  Opp, 37, pass (kick), 9:59 
     21-55  Opp, 2, pass (kick failed), 8:28 
     27-55  Gator Cherry, 52, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick failed), 6:41 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 25 27 Rushes-yards 45-130 40-218 Passing 297 378 Att-Comp-Int 43-20-2 34-19-1 Total Yards 88-427 74-596 Punt Returns 1--1 1-2 Kickoff Returns 2-25 2-44 Interception Ret. 1-2 2-16 Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0 Punts 5-27.0 3-13.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yds 5-24 4-45 Attendance 35,000 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 15 79 1 19 Ernie Sims 7 55 0 21 Mark Lyles 6 21 0 4 Greg Ramsey 9 3 0 11 Sam Platt 1 -4 0 -4 Jimmy Jordan 7 -24 0 3 --------------------------------------------- FSU 45 130 1 21 Opp 40 218 3 29t Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Jackie Flowers 9 116 1 16 Gator Cherry 2 55 1 52t Mark Lyles 3 50 0 24 Homes Johnson 2 34 0 27 Sam Platt 2 25 1 15 Greg Ramsey 1 14 0 14 Ernie Sims 1 3 0 3 --------------------------------------------- FSU 20 297 3 52t Opp 19 378 5 41 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jordan 20 43 2 297 3 52t ----------------------------------------------- FSU 20 43 2 297 3 52t Opp 19 34 1 378 5 41 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 1 -1 0 -1 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 -1 0 Opp 1 2 0 2 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Kennedy 1 19 0 19 Gator Cherry 1 6 0 6 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 25 0 19 Opp 2 44 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 5 135 48 ---------------------------------------- FSU 5 135 48 Opp 3 40 40 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 6 2 8 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . . David Hanks 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . . Hector Gray 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 4 2 6 . . 1- 2 . . . . . . Ron Simmons 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . . Charles Ferguson 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . . Paul Piurowski 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . Reggie Herring 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Scott 3 1 4 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 3 1 4 . . . 2 . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Walter Carter 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 1 1 2 . . . 3 . . . 1 . Scott McLean 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek . . . . . . 1 . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 63 16 79 2.0- 3.0 . 1- 2 6 . . . 1 . Opp 72 35 107 5.0- 30.0 . 2- 16 8 . 1- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   15  Jimmy Jordan
WR   23  Jackie Flowers
WR   29  Sam Platt
TB   32  Greg Ramsey
FB   35  Ernie Sims
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   69  Mike Good
OG   70  Greg Futch
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   85  Grady King
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB    7  Mike Smith
CB   24  Mike Kincaid
FS   28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
SS   42  Monk Bonasorte
LB   49  David Hanks
NG   50  Ron Simmons
DT   54  Arthur Scott
DT   67  Mark Macek
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
17  Bill Capece
22  Homes Johnson
30  Keith Kennedy
31  Gator Cherry
43  Hector Gray
##  NAME
-----------------------------
48  Mark Lyles
53  Paul Piurowski
60  Scott McLean
62  Charles Ferguson
76  Walter Carter
77  Jeremy Mindlin
90  Edenbur Richardson

Pittsburgh 7, Florida State 3

10/21/1978, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 22, 1978, page 29, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU defense shines in 7-3 loss.

PITTSBURGH, PA - Those pussycats of a week prior turned into tigers.

And swarming Florida State defenders, led by sophomores Monk Bonasorte, Reggie Herring and Ron Simmons, out-played Pittsburgh at its own prideful game.

Bur, in a stinging twist of irony, Florida State's offense failed to score a touchdown for the first time in 28 games, and the Seminoles lost a football game 7-3 before a homecoming crowd of 55,104 on a pleasant, sunny Saturday afternoon.

Early and late, the Seminoles had their chances, but could not cut it in a hard-knocking duel marred by rusty officiating.

The officials, among other things, appeared hesitant. They threw late flags, ignored what looked like repeated motion in the Pitt backfield, and made several debatable calls.

One call - beyond and reasonable question a wrong one - perhaps cost the Seminoles an upset victory.

With Florida State leading 3-0 early in the second quarter, Sam Platt pulled in a bomb from Jimmy Jordan at about the 50 and cruising on into the end zone, appearing to score on an 89-yard play. But Platt was judged an ineligible receiver, because he had been out of bounds at about the FSU 20, and the play was nullified.

New college rules, which went into effect this year, permit a receiver to come back in and catch a pass If he is pushed of forced out of bounds by a defender. Platt declared, after the game, that he was forced out of bounds by crowding defensive back, and FSU coaches concurred.

Coach Bobby Bowden said he talked to officials at halftime, but got no satisfaction.

"I didn't talk to the one who called that play," he said. "Couldn't find him."

With 1:44 left in the game, FSU's last realistic chance to win went down the drain when Mark Lyles was ruled to have fumbled at the Pitt 21. Florida State folks thought Lyles - who had his best running day with an even 100 yards in 17 carries - had been stopped cold, and that the play should have been blown dead.

Only minutes prior to that Jordan had passed the Seminoles to a first down at the Pitt 19. But a fierce pass rush, led by end Hugh Green, forced him to hurry following throws, and the Seminoles ran out of downs.

The tone of the game - reflecting Florida State frustration - was set early, however.

Twice the Seminoles got the football inside Pitt territory, at the 27 and 49, in those early minutes, following fumble recoveries by Arthur Scott and Keith Jones.

On the first opportunity FSU pushed to the 4, but Dave Cappelen missed a 21-yard try for a field goal on fourth down. On the second chance, the Seminoles got as far as the 10. This time Cappelen put through a 26-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead that broke FSU's first-quarter scoring drought.

Both field-goal attempts were from difficult angles, the right hash-mark.

In the second quarter, a 58-yard punt by Joe Gasparovic put the Seminoles in a hole at their 19. When Rohn Stark punted back, Pitt got the ball at the 50.

Eight plays - all on the ground - brought the game's only touchdown, Rooster Jones scoring on a 14-yard option sweep, putting the final score of 7-3 on the board with 3:29 left in the half.

Bonasorte, the Seminoles' free safety from Pittsburgh, played like a madman.

A pressbox count credited him in on 18 tackles, including seven outright - but it seemed like more. He appeared to cause two of Pitt's early fumbles. During one series, Bonasorte made three straight tackles.

Simmons, the nose guard, also seemed to be all over the field, though the pressbox statistician had him in on only 11 tackles, five outright. Linebacker Herring was credited with involvement in 17 tackles, six outright.

Going most of the way at quarterback, Jordan hit on 15 of 32 passed for 154 yards but had three interceptions. Wally Woodham, playing only in two third-quarter series, completed six of 10 for 66. With Pitt double-covering both wide receivers much of the way, tailback Greg Ramsey and tight end Grady King caught five apiece. Wide receivers speared only five of FSU's 21 completions.

Though Gordon Jones - highly gifted receiver of Pitt - pulled in seven passes for 86 yards, quarterback Rick Trocano had only two other completions in 19 shots and got just 99 yards out of the whole.

And this was the same FSU defense that had been riddled for five touchdown passes and a school-record number of yards by Mississippi State the week previous.

The Seminoles out-gained Pitt, 331 yards to 297. Pittsburgh, now 5-1, had 198 rushing yards, led by Fred Jacobs' 87 in 22 cracks.

"Their secondary was very tough," said Jones, the Pitt receiver. "I'm glad it's over."

Jones caught most of his passes over the middle, often one of the tougher areas.

Each team had four turnovers - three of FSU's on interceptions, three of Pitt's on fumbles. Pitt drew 60 penalty yards, the Seminoles 52.

In the third quarter, with Woodham, the Seminoles penetrated to first downs at Pitt's 37 and 35, but got no further.

Backed to its 3 by a third-quarter Stark punt, Pitt got out of the hole when Keith Jones fumbled a punt at the Panther 45, Pitt recovering. Earlier, Jones had recovered a Pitt fumble and intercepted a pass.

Early in the last quarter Pitt drove to FSU's 19, but the defense called a halt on the fourth-and-1 run.

Now 4-3, Florida State plays its third successive homecoming game Saturday afternoon at Southern Mississippi.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
3
0
0
0
3
Pittsburgh
0
7
0
0
7

1st   0- 0  Dave Cappelen, 21, field goal failed, 12:20
      3- 0  Dave Cappelen, 26, field goal, 4:33 
2nd   3- 7  Opp, 13, run (kick), 3:29 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 19 17 Rushes-yards 33-111 57-198 Passing 220 99 Att-Comp-Int 42-21-3 20-9-1 Total Yards 75-331 77-297 Punt Returns 3-3 1-1 Kickoff Returns 1-16 0-0 Interception Ret. 1-21 3-12 Fumble Returns 3-0 2-0 Punts 7-39.4 9-41.2 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 4-3 Penalties-Yds 6-52 8-60 Attendance 55,104 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 17 100 0 22 Greg Ramsey 9 32 0 8 Gator Cherry 2 11 0 8 Wally Woodham 2 -14 0 -5 Jimmy Jordan 3 -18 0 -4 --------------------------------------------- FSU 33 111 0 22 Opp 57 198 1 20 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Grady King 5 55 0 14 Jackie Flowers 3 48 0 19 Greg Ramsey 5 36 0 16 Kurt Unglaub 1 23 0 23 Mark Lyles 4 17 0 14 Sam Platt 1 17 0 17 Bill Keck 1 12 0 12 Gator Cherry 1 12 0 12 --------------------------------------------- FSU 21 220 0 23 Opp 9 99 0 18 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jordan 15 32 3 154 0 19 Wally Woodham 6 10 0 66 0 23 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 21 42 3 220 0 23 Opp 9 20 1 99 0 18 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 3 3 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 3 0 Opp 1 1 0 1 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Greg Ramsey 1 16 0 16 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 16 0 16 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 7 276 48 ---------------------------------------- FSU 7 276 48 Opp 9 371 58 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monk Bonasorte 7 11 18 . . . . . . . . . Reggie Herring 6 11 17 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 5 6 11 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . . . David Hanks . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . Charles Ferguson . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Scott 3 3 6 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Mark Macek 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . . Hector Gray 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . Keith Jones 1 2 3 . . 1- 21 . . 1- 0 . . . Jeremy Mindlin . 3 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Mike Kincaid 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Scott McLean 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Ken Lanier . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Gil Wesley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 28 70 98 1.0- 6.0 . 1- 21 . . 3- 0 . . . Opp 21 53 74 6.0- 36.0 . 3- 12 . . 2- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   15  Jimmy Jordan
WR   23  Jackie Flowers
WR   29  Sam Platt
RB   32  Greg Ramsey
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   69  Mike Good
OG   70  Greg Futch
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   85  Grady King
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB   24  Mike Kincaid
SS   28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
FS   42  Monk Bonasorte
CB   43  Hector Gray
NG   50  Ron Simmons
DT   54  Arthur Scott
LB   62  Charles Ferguson
DT   67  Mark Macek
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
 7  Mike Smith
12  Wally Woodham
17  Bill Capece
19  Kurt Unglaub
21  Bobby Butler
22  Homes Johnson
27  Michael Whiting
31  Gator Cherry
33  James Harris
40  Gary Henry
49  David Hanks
##  NAME
-----------------------------
51  James Gilbert
58  John Madden
60  Scott McLean
61  Brent Brock
68  Jeff Field
73  Danny Collier
75  Tom Brannon
76  Walter Carter
77  Jeremy Mindlin
79  Garry Futch
86  Bill Keck
87  Phil Williams
90  Edenbur Richardson

Florida State 38, Southern Mississippi 16

10/28/1978, Hattiesburg, Miss.

From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 29, 1978, page 27, by Bill McGrotha.

Woodham TDs fuel 38-16 win.

HATTIESBURG, MS - In the third quarter, with Florida State's football team ahead by 10 points, it was as though Willie Jones declared Southern Mississippi had gone for enough on offense.

As quarterback Jeff Hammond broke tackles and scampered 36 yards for Southern, Jones ran him down. Hammond was obliged to leave the field.

Two plays later Jones, the senior defensive end from Homestead, applied heavy pressure to substitute Joe Berckel as he pitched out - forcing a fumble that Jones scrambled on to recover.

For all practical purposes, Southern's offense was through for the day.

And, with Wally Woodham passing for four touchdowns, Florida State scored in every quarter and thundered to a 38-16 victory before 23,248 homecoming fans on a warm Saturday afternoon.

Hitting on 16 of 24 throws for 237 yards, Woodham threw scoring strikes of 23 and 61 yards to Jackie Flowers the two times FSU laid hands on the ball in the last half. He also pitched 11 yards to Sam Platt and 1 to Grady King for touchdowns.

For the first time this season the Seminoles, now 5-3, scored a touchdown in the first quarter as Woodham directed an opening drive 65-yard drive, highlighted by the running of Mark Lyles. Greg Ramsey got the TD from 2 yards out.

With an open date next week, Florida State has only home games remaining - Virginia Tech, Navy, Florida.

"We played good," Coach Bobby Bowden said. "Let's hope this is the beginning of something good.

The Seminoles never trailed but Southern made it sticky for a half.

FSU stretched its lead to 10-0 on a second-quarter field goal of 30 yards by Dave Cappelen. But Southern sprung freshman runner Sammy Winder, who got big yardage in an 83-yard drive that cut the score to 10-7 when Tiko Beal scored from the one.

The Seminoles soon retaliated with a touchdown pass to Platt, on the heels of a 51-yard movement making it 17-7. Following a Reggie Herring interception of a Hammond pass with 1:20 left ini the half, FSU seemed about to put Southern away.

But Woodham's end zone shot was intercepted by Mike Crenshaw. In a lightning drive, Hammond took the Golden Eagles 80 yards, passing 26 to a wide-open Chuck Brown for a TD that narrowed it to 17-14 with 20 seconds remaining in the half.

Then the Seminoles came out smoking from the dressing room. Though Woodham fumbled and lost 10 yards on the first play, Homes Johnson got 19 back as he scooted with a screen pass, and the Seminoles drove on, covering 80 yards. Flowers made the last 23 with his end-zone catch for six points.

Just after that, Jones erupted with his key defensive work.

From the fumble, the Seminoles soon cut out another TD on the 61-yard collaboration of Woodham and Flowers. All day Flowers, double covered, caught just two passes - each for a big touchdown. His second jumped the score to 31-14.

Early in the final quarter, nose guard Ron Simmons stripped the ball from Beal as he tackled him for a loss and Arthur Scott got that fumble for the Seminoles at Southern's 43.

A fourth-and-4 pass to Platt for 18 at the 3 kept the drive going. Woodham tossed a yard to King for the final touchdown.

With about three minutes left Southern got a safety when Gator Cherry, on a reverse, slipped and fell in the end zone. The play had started at the 12.

Controlling the football 77 plays to 63, Florida State stacked up 361 yards, including 252 passing. Southern, which had 192 yards in the first half, finished with 265, of which 162 came on runs.

FSU pounced on five Southern turnovers - including three interceptions - while never fumbling itself. Southern had two interceptions off Woodham.

Platt and Phil Williams each caught four passes as 10 different receivers pulled 'em in for the Seminoles. FSU's running game was led by Johnson's 59 yards in 14 carries. Beal got 69 in 13 for Southern, ad Hammond completed 10 of 17 throws for 103 yards.

Southern, which had won three straight, was left 5-3.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
7
10
14
7
38
Southern Mississippi
0
14
0
2
16

1st   7- 0  Greg Ramsey, 2, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 7:45 
2nd  10- 0  Dave Cappelen, 30, field goal, 14:14
     10- 7  Opp, 1, run (kick), 8:05 
     17- 7  Sam Platt, 11, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:33 
     17-14  Opp, 23, pass (kick), 0:20 
3rd  24-14  Jackie Flowers, 23, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:15 
     31-14  Jackie Flowers, 61, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:51 
4th  38-14  Grady King, 1, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:11 
     38-16  Opp, safety
            Note: Quarterback tackled in the end zone.                  


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 23 18 Rushes-yards 50-109 45-162 Passing 252 103 Att-Comp-Int 27-18-2 18-10-3 Total Yards 77-361 63-265 Punt Returns 3-24 1--2 Kickoff Returns 2-14 6-121 Interception Ret. 3-21 2-15 Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0 Punts 2-35.5 4-41.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-2 Penalties-Yds 5-68 4-33 Attendance 23,248 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 14 59 0 9 Greg Ramsey 8 33 1 8 Mark Lyles 18 32 0 7 Jimmy Jordan 1 3 0 3 Michael Whiting 1 3 0 3 Wally Woodham 5 -3 0 8 Sam Platt 1 -7 0 -7 Gator Cherry 2 -11 0 -12 --------------------------------------------- FSU 50 109 1 9 Opp 45 162 1 19 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Jackie Flowers 2 84 2 61t Sam Platt 4 64 1 20 Phil Williams 4 45 0 15 Mark Lyles 2 26 0 15 Homes Johnson 1 19 0 19 Bill Keck 1 12 0 12 Keith Kennedy 1 5 0 5 Grady King 1 1 1 1t Greg Ramsey 1 0 0 0 Gator Cherry 1 -4 0 -4 --------------------------------------------- FSU 18 252 4 61t Opp 10 103 1 23t Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Wally Woodham 16 24 2 237 4 61t Jimmy Jordan 2 3 0 15 0 10 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 18 27 2 252 4 61t Opp 10 18 3 103 1 23t Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 3 24 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 24 0 Opp 1 -2 0 -2 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Michael Whiting 1 19 0 19 Greg Ramsey 1 -5 0 -5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 14 0 19 Opp 6 121 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 2 71 41 ---------------------------------------- FSU 2 71 41 Opp 4 166 44 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reggie Herring 3 6 9 . . 1- 5 . . . . . . Willie Jones 4 3 7 0.5- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . . Hector Gray 4 1 5 . . 1- 16 . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 4 1 5 . . . 2 . . . . . Ron Simmons 3 1 4 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . 1 . . Keith Jones 4 . 4 1.0- 3.0 . . 2 . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 4 . 4 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . . James Gilbert 3 1 4 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . . Walter Carter 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . David Hanks 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Scott 2 1 3 1.5- 14.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . . Scott Warren 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Bobby Butler 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . Mark Macek 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Charles Ferguson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Jackie Flowers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Michael Whiting 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Grady King 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Bill Capece 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Carlton Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Gary Henry . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 52 17 69 5.0- 34.0 . 3- 21 5 . 2- 0 1 . . Opp 53 41 94 2.0- 18.0 . 2- 15 3 . . . . 1 STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   12  Wally Woodham
FL   23  Jackie Flowers
SE   29  Sam Platt
TB   32  Greg Ramsey
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
QG   69  Mike Good
TG   70  Greg Futch
QT   72  Ken Lanier
TT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   86  Bill Keck
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB   24  Mike Kincaid
SS   28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
FS   42  Monk Bonasorte
CB   43  Hector Gray
NG   50  Ron Simmons
DT   54  Arthur Scott
LB   62  Charles Ferguson
DT   67  Mark Macek
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
15  Jimmy Jordan
17  Bill Capece
21  Bobby Butler
22  Homes Johnson
27  Michael Whiting
30  Keith Kennedy
31  Gator Cherry
##  NAME
-----------------------------
40  Gary Henry
49  David Hanks
51  James Gilbert
76  Walter Carter
77  Jeremy Mindlin
85  Grady King
87  Phil Williams
90  Edenbur Richardson
91  Carlton Jones

Florida State 24, Virginia Tech 14

11/11/1978, Tallahassee

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 12, 1978, page 17, by Bill McGrotha.

Defense, Johnson rally FSU.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Down 14-3 with seconds remaining in the first half, Florida State's football team rallied behind a suddenly fierce defense here Saturday night and hacked out a 24-14 victory over Virginia Tech.

Homes Johnson, the sophomore tailback, ran for a whopping 152 yards in 27 carries for the Seminoles, and scored the touchdown that put the Seminoles in front to stay with 10:20 left in the game.

But it was a defense - led by Willie Jones - that was the decisive difference in the comeback. After Tech went ahead 14-3 with 5:39 left in the first half, that defense allowed the Gobblers just three first downs the rest of the way - and the visitors never again got across the 50.

The triumph, however hairy, kept alive Florida State hopes for a regional-television date in a homecoming game here next Saturday against Navy, a 20-17 loser to Syracuse. ABC will announce a decision at noon Monday.

Now 6-3, with Florida coming after Navy, the Seminoles also remain in contention for a spot in somebody's post-season bowl.

It was a game much in the tradition of many others with Virginia Tech - and one that could not have been that much of a surprise to those who have followed the history of this old series. The Gobblers played their guts out. They always do.

Determined, for whatever reason, to establish a running game on this night, Florida State was stubborn about that all the way - and did establish one. For awhile, it seemed that it was going to be a costly piece of strategy.

As the Seminoles stacked up 470 yards, they got 272 on the ground - and when was the last time at Florida State team got more running than passing? Tech, which had 183 yards in the first half, finished with just 222.

As 38,654 watched in Campbell Stadium on a pleasant, fair night - among them scouts from the Tangerine and Peach Bowls - Florida State jumped in front 3-0 in the first quarter on the 37-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen.

Then, early in the second quarter, Tech drove 81 yards to a touchdown in five plays, following an interception at its 19 of a Wally Woodham pass. Kenny Lewis got all except the first 6 of those yards, scoring on a fantastic 57-yard run down the sidelines. A world-class hurdler who had been hurt in the five previous games Tech had played. Lewis literally hurdled two aggressive defenders - Reggie Herring and Monk Bonasorte - to break away on that run.

Next time Tech got the ball, following a rather weak punt, it moved 56 yards, primarily on the passes of freshman Steve Casey, who went all the way at quarterback. At the 5, Casey threw - and the ball bounced off FSU's Mike Kincaid and perhaps another Seminole before settling into the arms of Paul Watkins for a touchdown.

The Seminoles were lucky to cut it to 14-10 before halftime. They drove 80 yards - almost all of it on the ground - and Mark Lyles scored from the 1 with five seconds left. On fourth-and-one at the 5, Woodham had been stopped short as he tried to run after finding no receiver open, but Tech was detected holding on the play and FSU got a first down at the 3.

In the first moments of the last quarter, FSU pushed 66 yards, primarily on Woodham passes to four different receivers, and Johnson scored from the 3 to make it 17-14.

Just a bit later, Johnson busted on a 40-yard run to Tech's 23. Nothing came of it. On fourth down, Cappelen missed a 21-yard try for a field goal.

Keith Jones stymied one long Casey throw with an interception. A Rohn Stark punt backed Tech to its 6. Two plays later Casey fumbled as Willie Jones chased him into the end zone - grabbing him, forcing the bobble - and Ron Simmons claimed the ball for the Seminoles at the 4. With 1:45 left, Lyles scored from the 1, making it a final 24-14.

With less than a minute remaining, FSU had a shot from Tech's 17 after Mark Macek sacked Casey on a fourth-down passing attempt. The Seminoles stayed on the ground, apparently not trying to score - and if that was a little in the nature of a salute to a gallant opponent, it was deserved.

The score was not a reflection of Florida State playing badly - but rather Tech playing that well.

"Virginia Tech has a lot of pride," said FSU Coach Bobby Bowden, "and so does their head coach, Bill Dooley. That is why they were able to play so well against us."

Dooley said that Florida State had to work for everything it got. "I might add," he said, "that we did, too."

Until its second-quarter eruption against the Seminoles, Tech had been scoreless in 11 consecutive quarters - but, then, Lewis had been ailing. The swift senior, who represented the National AAU team in hurdling competition against Italy, ended with 126 yards in 19 carries after gaining 99 in the first half.

Woodham hit 17 of 29 passes for 198 yards as he went all the way at quarterback. Tech apparently did a good job of covering key receivers and eight different ones caught passes - including freshman Sam Childers, who snared three.

Lyles, while scoring two touchdowns, ran 16 times for 74 yards and pulled in three passes for 40 more.

While rolling up 24 first downs to Tech's 11, Florida State practiced ball control, reeling off 88 plays to its opponent's 52. At the end, Tech's defense was dragging. Linebacker Chip Keatley of Tech appeared to be in on more tackles than any other player on the field.

If there was a turning point, it was perhaps the holding call on a Tech defender when Florida State stood fourth-and-one at the Gobblers' 5. Wide receiver Kurt Unglaub was the one held - Tech cornerback Lawrence Young grabbed him as he made his cut.

Woodham looked for a man to throw to and couldn't find one.

Florida State's offensive line opened holes all evening - and could be a most telling factor in the Seminoles' final two games. So could that running game that the Seminoles finally got going.

Johnson said he was mentally ready. "I'm going to try to make this team much more successful than it has been in the past," he said.

Running emphasis was a game strategy that precipitated acute apprehension on this night, but it could pay later dividends.

"I hope we didn't get too beat up," said Bowden.

Wide receiver Jackie Flowers hurt a knee, and more word is awaited on that. Mark Lyles injured a shoulder and cornerback Bobby Butler aggravated an old ankle injury, but early indications were that those were not serious.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Virginia Tech
0
14
0
0
14
Florida State
3
7
0
14
24

1st   3- 0  Dave Cappelen, 37, field goal, 3:26 
2nd   3- 7  Opp, 57, run (kick), 10:53
      3-14  Opp, 5, pass (kick), 5:39 
     10-14  Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 0:05 
4th  17-14  Homes Johnson, 3, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:20
     17-14  Dave Cappelen, 22, field goal failed, 5:36 
     24-14  Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:54 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 28 11 Rushes-yards 58-272 35-146 Passing 198 76 Att-Comp-Int 30-17-1 17-9-1 Total Yards 88-470 52-222 Punt Returns 6-25 1-5 Kickoff Returns 1-11 4-49 Interception Ret. 1-0 1-1 Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0 Punts 5-47.0 7-46.4 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yds 4-28 6-32 Attendance 38,654 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Homes Johnson 27 152 1 40 Mark Lyles 16 74 2 23 Ernie Sims 5 35 0 13 Greg Ramsey 4 12 0 5 Wally Woodham 5 10 0 6 Team 1 -11 0 -11 --------------------------------------------- FSU 58 272 3 40 Opp 35 146 1 57t Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 3 40 0 21 Sam Platt 2 35 0 19 Homes Johnson 3 28 0 12 Jackie Flowers 2 27 0 16 Bill Keck 2 27 0 16 Sam Childers 3 26 0 15 Kurt Unglaub 1 8 0 8 Phil Williams 1 7 0 7 --------------------------------------------- FSU 17 198 0 21 Opp 9 76 1 18 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Wally Woodham 17 29 1 198 0 21 Homes Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 17 30 1 198 0 21 Opp 9 17 1 76 1 18 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 6 25 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 6 25 0 Opp 1 5 0 5 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 1 11 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 11 0 Opp 4 49 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 5 235 64 ---------------------------------------- FSU 5 235 64 Opp 7 325 52 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hanks 2 6 8 1.0- . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 4 3 7 2.0- . . . . . . . . Reggie Herring 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . . Walter Carter . 6 6 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 2 3 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Scott Warren 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . . . . . Bobby Butler 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Keith Jones 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . James Gilbert 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Michael Whiting 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Mike Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Wade Wallace 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 30 36 66 5.0- 0.0 . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 . . . Opp 39 71 110 1.0- . 1- 1 . . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   12  Wally Woodham
WR   23  Jackie Flowers
WR   29  Sam Platt
TB   32  Greg Ramsey
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   69  Mike Good
OG   70  Greg Futch
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   85  Grady King
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB   21  Bobby Butler
CB   24  Mike Kincaid
SS   28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
FS   42  Monk Bonasorte
NG   50  Ron Simmons
DT   54  Arthur Scott
LB   62  Charles Ferguson
DT   67  Mark Macek
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
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 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
 7  Mike Smith
17  Bill Capece
19  Kurt Unglaub
22  Homes Johnson
26  Wade Wallace
27  Michael Whiting
33  James Harris
35  Ernie Sims
40  Gary Henry
43  Hector Gray
49  David Hanks
51  James Gilbert
##  NAME
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57  Keith Baker
58  John Madden
60  Scott McLean
68  Jeff Field
73  Danny Collier
75  Tom Brannon
76  Walter Carter
77  Jeremy Mindlin
79  Garry Futch
84  Sam Childers
86  Bill Keck
87  Phil Williams
90  Edenbur Richardson

Florida State 38, Navy 6

11/18/1978, Tallahassee

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 19, 1978, page 31, by Bill McGrotha.

Bowl-hungry FSU sinks Navy.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Zooming off the bench in the second quarter, Jimmy Jordan threw four touchdown passes and Florida State's football team zoomed past Navy 38-6 here Saturday afternoon.

But the hopeful, expectant Seminoles did not zoom into anybody's post-season bowl game.

Ironically, Navy did.

While the Middies, now 7-3 (same as Florida State), immediately accepted a bid to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, the Seminoles were left waiting on Atlanta's Peach Bowl, which expects to make a decision this afternoon.

Florida State may have an outside shot at the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, and a pretty good chance at the Garden State Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J. No other bowl possibilities are open.

Behind 3-0 when Jordan came in, the Seminoles soon were ahead 7-3. But it was a sticky 7-6 as late as halftime.

Early in the second half sophomore nose guard Ron Simmons forced a fumble at the Navy 10 that Florida State recovered, and that opened a door that the injury-riddled Midshipmen could not close.

On successive series, Jordan threw touchdown passes of 4, 36 and 51 yards to sophomore Sam Platt - and then one of 23 to Grady King.

Simmons - who forced one other Navy fumble early in the game, three times threw runners for losses and recovered on fumble - was named defensive player of the game by ABC television. Jordan and Platt shared offensive honors. One-thousand-dollar scholarships, in the names of all three, will be presented to the school by Chevrolet.

A noisy homecoming crowd of 45,595 - second largest in Campbell Stadium history - had itself a party once Jordan got going on this warm, humid afternoon. There were a few raindrops early in the second quarter; otherwise it was dry and mostly sunny.

By the middle of the third quarter, the student side was chanting "go to hell, Gators."

The Seminoles close their season here next Saturday night against 4-5 Florida.

"This one is for the money," Coach Bobby Bowden had said before the Navy game. "The next one is for prestige."

With a defense that closed holes about as soon as FSU's offensive line opened them, Navy choked off Florida State running probes in the early going, and frustrated Wally Woodham's passes with timely maneuvering by defensive backs.

It was a punting duel until Navy's Bob Leszczynski, near the end of the first quarter, suddenly collaborated with tight end Matt McLaughlin for a 58-yard pass that reached FSU's 19. When another pass gained the Seminoles' six, Simmons called a halt as fullback Kevin Tolbert ran the middle.

"I faked outside, cut inside when I saw the play coming," Simmons said. "Kinda reached out with one hand, and somehow stripped the ball from him."

Simmons recovered that rolling fumble at the eight.

Trying to pass out of the hole, Woodham was intercepted at the 35 by cornerback Charlie Meyers. On fourth down, Bob Tata put through a 43-yard field goal for 3-0.

Early in the second quarter, Woodham directed a push to a first down at Navy's 15 - but was intercepted by safety Fred Reitzel when he threw a third-down pass into the end zone.

Jordan came in the next time FSU got the ball. Nothing happened, but a 58-yard Rohn Stark punt backed Navy to its 16. FSU got good position at its 40 when the Middies punted back. Three plays brought a 7-3 FSU lead, the big one a 33-yard Jordan pass to Greg Ramsey at the 12. On the next play, Ramsey took a pitchout and, on a sweep, scored easily.

Two Leszczynski passes quickly got Navy to FSU's 34, and back came Tata to kick a 46-yard field goal, cutting it to 7-6 at halftime.

Few would have guessed it, but the Navy offense was through for the day. Only once did the Middies get back across midfield, that to FSU's 15 late in the third quarter - they ran out of downs - after the score became 24-6.

An interception by Keith Jones at Navy's 28 precipitated a 38-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen and a 10-6 lead in the first moments of the third quarter.

Moments later tailback Mike Sherman was racked, on a bruising tackle by Simmons, for a 3-yard loss at the 10, forcing a fumble that tackle Mark Macek claimed. Three plays later Jordan threw four yards to Platt for a TD.

Next time it was the 36-yarder to Platt by Jordan for a touchdown, after FSU got the ball at its 44 when the defense would not let Navy out of a hole at its 16.

Then, after Navy stalled on that drive to the 15, Ramsey sped 23 yards on draw, and four plays later Platt was catching - in the first moments of the final quarter - the 51-yard Jordan bomb.

And Florida State scored on its fifth straight possession of the second half when King's 23-yard grab capped a 63-yard movement, putting the final score on the board with a bit over nine minutes remaining.

Controlling the ball 74 plays to 66, FSU stacked up 453 yards, including 350 passing against a team that had ranked No. 1 in the nation in pass defense most of the season.

Going into this one, Navy was No. 5 in pass defense with an average yield of 97.8 per game. Navy was also No. 5 in total defense on an average total yield of 225.1.

Platt alone pulled in six passes for 145 yards, and Kurt Unglaub four for 75. Homes Johnson had a running burst or two but ended with just 47 yards in 15 tries, while Ramsey knocked off 51 in five.

While FSU managed only 103 on the ground, Navy got just 110 and had no runner gain more than 27.

Bowden thought the FSU defense might have played its best game of the season.

"Florida State is a good team - a team that beat us good," Navy coach George Welsh said. "We have played better teams. We're beat up. I've never had a team this battered at this stage of the year."

While Navy played without four key offensive starters, FSU was minus a notably big one in wide receiver Jackie Flowers, whose injuries (ankle, knee) may or may not be mended by next Saturday.

"He has not made good progress." Trainer Don Fauls said.

The Seminole may also have lost safety Monk Bonasorte, who went down early with a knee injury, and was on crutches during the last half.

Linebacker Reggie Herring and end Willie Jones also seemed prominent in a Florida State defensive effort that seldom permitted Navy good field position. Specialty teams kept Navy bottled up covering kickoffs and punts.

"The offensive line held 'em, out," said Jordan, "and it really wasn't that tough.

"I tell you what, I'm just about the happiest I've ever been."

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Navy
3
3
0
0
6
Florida State
0
7
17
14
38

1st   0- 3  Opp, 43, field goal, 0:48 
2nd   7- 3  Greg Ramsey, 12, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:10 
      7- 6  Opp, 46, field goal, 2:28 
3rd  10- 6  Dave Cappelen, 38, field goal, 11:58
     17- 6  Sam Platt, 4, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:38 
     24- 6  Sam Platt, 36, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 6:55 
4th  31- 6  Sam Platt, 51, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 13:50
     38- 6  Grady King, 23, pass from Jimmy Jordan (Dave Cappelen, kick), 9:00 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 21 12 Rushes-yards 36-103 44-110 Passing 350 188 Att-Comp-Int 38-20-2 22-10-2 Total Yards 74-453 66-298 Punt Returns 4-7 2-1 Kickoff Returns 3-57 6-101 Interception Ret. 2-11 2-0 Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0 Punts 8-42.1 8-41.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-Yds 2-20 1-5 Attendance 45,795 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Greg Ramsey 5 51 1 23 Homes Johnson 15 45 0 11 Mark Lyles 10 32 0 13 Ernie Sims 1 7 0 7 Keith Kennedy 1 1 0 1 Michael Whiting 1 -1 0 -1 Wally Woodham 1 -5 0 -5 Jimmy Jordan 1 -13 0 -13 Sam Platt 1 -14 0 -14 --------------------------------------------- FSU 36 103 1 23 Opp 44 110 0 20 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sam Platt 6 145 3 51t Kurt Unglaub 4 75 0 22 Grady King 2 39 1 23t Greg Ramsey 2 35 0 33 Phil Williams 1 20 0 20 Lawrence Strainge 1 16 0 16 Bill Keck 2 15 0 12 Mark Lyles 1 3 0 3 Sam Childers 1 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 20 350 4 51t Opp 10 188 0 58 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Jimmy Jordan 15 27 0 280 4 51t Wally Woodham 5 11 2 70 0 22 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 20 38 2 350 4 51t Opp 10 22 2 188 0 58 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 4 7 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 7 0 Opp 2 1 0 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Michael Whiting 2 45 0 Mark Lyles 1 12 0 12 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 57 0 12 Opp 6 101 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 8 337 58 ---------------------------------------- FSU 8 337 58 Opp 8 330 56 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reggie Herring 6 4 10 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 7 3 10 3.0- . . . . 1- 0 1 . . Willie Jones 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Arthur Scott 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . . Charles Ferguson 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . David Hanks 2 2 4 1.0- . . 1 . . . . . Mark Macek 1 3 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Bobby Butler 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Keith Jones 1 3 4 . . 1- 11 3 . . . . . Michael Whiting 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Walter Carter 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Jarvis Coursey 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Gary Henry 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Wade Wallace . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Carlton Jones 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Scott McLean . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Monk Bonasorte 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Gil Wesley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Ken Lanier . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Garry Futch 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Mike Smith . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . James Gilbert . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Joe Demarest . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Hector Gray . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 46 50 96 5.0- 0.0 . 2- 11 5 . 2- 0 1 . . Opp 44 41 85 3.0- . 2- 0 4 . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB   12  Wally Woodham
TB   22  Homes Johnson
WR   29  Sam Platt
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   69  Mike Good
OG   70  Greg Futch
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   84  Sam Childers
WR   87  Phil Williams
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB   21  Bobby Butler
CB   24  Mike Kincaid
SS   28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
FS   42  Monk Bonasorte
LB   49  David Hanks
NG   50  Ron Simmons
DT   67  Mark Macek
DT   77  Jeremy Mindlin
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
 7  Mike Smith
15  Jimmy Jordan
17  Bill Capece
19  Kurt Unglaub
23  Jackie Flowers
26  Wade Wallace
27  Michael Whiting
30  Keith Kennedy
32  Greg Ramsey
33  James Harris
35  Ernie Sims
40  Gary Henry
43  Hector Gray
51  James Gilbert
54  Arthur Scott
##  NAME
-----------------------------
56  Joe Demarest
57  Keith Baker
58  John Madden
60  Scott McLean
62  Charles Ferguson
64  Jarvis Coursey
68  Jeff Field
73  Danny Collier
75  Tom Brannon
76  Walter Carter
79  Garry Futch
82  Lawrence Strainge
85  Grady King
86  Bill Keck
90  Edenbur Richardson
91  Carlton Jones

Florida State 38, Florida 21

11/25/1978, Tallahassee

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 26, 1978, page 31, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU rips Gators again, 38-21.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - The one that Coach Bobby Bowden called "our cool-hand Luke" was that. And more.

In action when Florida State scored every one of points, quarterback Wally Woodham calmly directed an astounding 38-21 victory over Florida before a record Campbell Stadium crowd of 48,432 on a cool, fair - absolutely wondrous - Saturday night.

As the Seminoles for the first time in history beat Florida two straight times, fans witnessed one of the more incredible games ever played here.

Florida State jumped off to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. That was nearly twice as many points as the 13 the Seminoles had scored in that opening period all season long.

And Florida, playing gallant football, came back to tie at halftime 21-21. In that half, the Gators ran 48 plays to FSU's low total of 24.

Woodham sat the bench for all of that second quarter, which the Seminoles consisted of only six offensive plays from scrimmage - with Jimmy Jordan quarterbacking.

The Woodham came back, directing a brilliant 71-yard movement to a touchdown that put the Seminoles ahead to stay 28-21 with 4:55 left in the third quarter. Homes Johnson scored on a 7-yard scamper with a pitchout.

As the bowl-snubbed Seminoles closed their season 8-3, Florida State's defense - apparently led by nose guard Ron Simmons plus ends Willie Jones and Scott Warren - flat closed the door on Florida's offense after intermission.

In the Seminoles' last five games, opponents managed just two last-half points on them. Meanwhile, FSU scored 83.

Superior pass protection provided by Florida State's offensive line was a significant factor - possibly the biggest of all. Woodham hit on 16 of his 24 throws for 179 yards. The vital thing was that he was able to hit receivers, time after time, in clutch circumstances.

It may have been the last game of this rivalry for Florida Coach Doug Dickey. The Gators are 4-6, with Miami left. It is a widespread guess that only a victory over Florida State could have saved his job. Lou Holtz, the Arkansas coach, is said to be interested in the job, if Dickey goes.

Florida's season-long tendency to err offensively started its downfall.

Here's how it went in that stunning first quarter:

(1) Ron Simmons forced a fumble that teammate Mark Macek recovered at the Florida 6 in the game's first seconds. Mark Lyles, who busted for an even 100 yards in 13 carries during the evening, scored the touchdown on an up-the-middle run.

(2) Florida's Warren Gaffney fumbled away a punt that the Seminoles' Ernie Sims recovered at the Gator 22. Lyles, four plays later, got the TD from the 1.

(3) FSU's defense backed Florida to the 13 on fourth down. FSU got the ball at the Gator 46 after a punt. On third-and-nine Woodham hit Sam Platt with a 40-yard scoring pass.

But Florida State did not run another play from scrimmage until Florida cut the lead to 21-14.

Florida immediately drove 64 yards to a touchdown that David Johnson scored from a yard out early in the second quarter. John Brantley's passing keyed the push. In the drive, UF had successive apparent touchdowns rubbed out by penalties - first a Chris Collinsworth pass to Brantley for 10 (illegal procedure), then a 15-yard Brantley pass to Tony Stephens (illegal receiver downfield). Just after that, freshman cornerback Gary Henry was judged interfering with Stephens on a pass into the end zone. Florida got the ball at the 1, setting up the TD.

When Lyles fumbled away the following kickoff, Florida had a crack from FSU's 25. Johnson again scoring from the 1.

With 22 seconds left in the half Florida cashed in a tying touchdown. The Gators had moved from their 16, but it came to fourth down at FSU's 23. As Berj Yepremian missed a 40-yard try for a field goal, cornerback Bobby Butler was flagged for roughing the kicker. Brantley passed 12 yards to Stephens for the score.

Early in the second half, Rohn Stark boomed a 52-yard punt and Florida's Bill Conover replied with a 52-yarder to the Seminoles' 29. From there Woodham guided the march to a go-ahead touchdown.

The running of Johnson - who got 66 yards in 19 tries for the night - and Lyles sparked the push, with Woodham hitting on short but vital third-down passes.

Florida came right back, across midfield. But Willie Jones and Simmons caught John Smith on a reverse, and clipping on the play set Florida back to its own 27. For all practical purposes, it was Florida's last shot.

After a short punt gave them the ball at their 48, the Seminoles went 52 yards to a 29-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen, making it 31-21 in the first moments of the last quarter.

Registering eight points for the night, the slight Cappelen, a junior, became the top scorer in FSU history, his 169 total eclipsing the 164 hung up by wide receiver Barry Smith from '70-'72.

Warren's pass interception gave FSU an opportunity from Florida's 44. With Platt catching a pass for 29 and running a reverse for 8, the Seminoles drove to frustration at the 1. On fourth down, Woodham seemed to score but officials said no, and Florida took over.

So Warren intercepted his second pass - this time at the 3. On a busted third-down play, as Lyles fell in his bid to take the handoff, Woodham jumped over the middle of the line for the TD.

And the final score was on the board with 8:38 left.

With a bit over a minute left, FSU drove to the Florida 9, as Platt picked up 40 on a reverse. Nothing came of that.

"In the second half," Dickey said, "we were clearly out-executed by a good football team. FSU played very, very well on both offense and defense. We didn't. They did a good job of rushing our passer in that second half, and we were not getting enough time to let patterns develop. Willie Jones was a fifth player in our backfield."

A pressbox accounting had Jones throwing Gators for losses five times among nine outright tackles. Simmons was in on 14 tackles, four outright; linebacker Reggie Herring in on 15, five outright. For Florida, linebacker Yancey Sutton, the Tallahasseean, was credited with 19 tackle involvements, five outright; fellow linebacker Scot Brantley with 10, six outright.

"I feel very fortunate," said Bowden. "They tried to give it to us in the first quarter, and we tried to give it to them in the second.

"I was very pleased with the way my boys came back in the second half. Our last two games this year reminded me of the last two last year, against Florida and Texas Tech.

"No, this doesn't make up for the disappointment over not getting a bowl bid - but beating Florida is bigger than any bowl. Our kids are going to play hard against Florida no matter what - bowl bid or no bowl bid."

Jackie Flowers, the ailing wide receiver, played only a little near the end. Tight end Bill Keck, who might have started, had a knee lock on him Thursday night, and did not dress out. Monk Bonasorte, an all-season starter in the defensive backfield, had a knee operated upon early in the week.

After Florida controlled the ball 48-to-24 plays in the first half, FSU hogged it in the final portion 48-to-26.

Flags flew all over the field all night. Florida had 114 penalty yards, Florida State 85. The Gators had five turnovers - three interceptions, two fumbles - and the Seminoles only one, on a fumble.

FSU stacked up 416 yards, including a surprising 222 running, to Florida's 357.

Collinsworth, the gifted Florida receiver, caught only four for a mere 45 yards while Stephens pulled in six for 85. Brantley was 13-for-25 on his passes that accounted for 171 yards, while backup Tim Groves hit five of seven for 71.

Woodham, who was never sacked, hit a variety of receivers - seven all told. Johnson caught four short ones. Platt grabbed three for 69 yards and got 48 more out of two reverses.

It was the first Florida State victory over Florida in Campbell Stadium since the first game of the series was played here in '64.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida
0
21
0
0
21
Florida State
21
0
7
10
38

1st   7- 0  Mark Lyles, 6, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 14:44
     14- 0  Mark Lyles, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 10:22
     21- 0  Sam Platt, 40, pass from Wally Woodham (Dave Cappelen, kick), 1:31 
2nd  21- 7  Opp, 1, run (kick), 12:02
     21-14  Opp, 1, run (kick), 9:58 
     21-21  Opp, 12, pass (kick), 0:22 
3rd  28-21  Homes Johnson, 7, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 4:55 
4th  31-21  Dave Cappelen, 29, field goal, 14:33
     38-21  Wally Woodham, 1, run (Dave Cappelen, kick), 8:38 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 16 23 Rushes-yards 45-222 41-115 Passing 194 242 Att-Comp-Int 27-17-0 33-18-3 Total Yards 72-416 74-357 Punt Returns 1--4 2-4 Kickoff Returns 4-59 5-100 Interception Ret. 3-5 0-0 Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0 Punts 5-38.6 6-41.2 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 3-2 Penalties-Yds 7-85 9-114 Attendance 48,432 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 13 100 2 37 Homes Johnson 19 66 1 11 Sam Platt 2 48 0 40 Ernie Sims 3 14 0 8 Wally Woodham 3 3 1 2 Greg Ramsey 3 0 0 4 Jimmy Jordan 2 -9 0 1 --------------------------------------------- FSU 45 222 4 40 Opp 41 115 2 15 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sam Platt 3 69 1 40t Mark Lyles 3 36 0 25 Ernie Sims 2 24 0 15 Kurt Unglaub 1 19 0 19 Homes Johnson 4 17 0 7 Sam Childers 2 17 0 9 Grady King 2 12 0 7 --------------------------------------------- FSU 17 194 1 40t Opp 18 242 1 31 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Wally Woodham 16 24 0 179 1 40t Jimmy Jordan 1 3 0 15 0 15 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 17 27 0 194 1 40t Opp 18 33 3 242 1 31 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Jones 1 -4 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 -4 0 Opp 2 4 0 11 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Mark Lyles 2 32 0 Greg Ramsey 1 16 0 16 Homes Johnson 1 11 0 11 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 59 0 16 Opp 5 100 0 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Rohn Stark 5 193 52 ---------------------------------------- FSU 5 193 52 Opp 6 247 52 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reggie Herring 5 10 15 . . . . . . . . . Ron Simmons 4 10 14 2.0- . . . . . . . . Willie Jones 9 . 9 5.0- . . . . . . . . Walter Carter . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . Bobby Butler 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . . Gary Henry 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . . David Hanks 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Scott Warren 1 4 5 1.0- . 2- 5 . . . . . . Mike Kincaid 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . . Keith Jones 3 1 4 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . . Arthur Scott 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . Michael Whiting 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Edenbur Richardson 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Mindlin . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Garry Futch . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . James Gilbert . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Hector Gray 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Mark Macek . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Ernie Sims . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 37 59 96 8.0- 0.0 . 3- 5 2 . 2- 0 . . . Opp 34 82 116 3.0- . . 4 . 1- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
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QB   12  Wally Woodham
WR   29  Sam Platt
TB   32  Greg Ramsey
FB   48  Mark Lyles
C    55  Gil Wesley
OG   69  Mike Good
OG   70  Greg Futch
OT   72  Ken Lanier
OT   78  Nate Henderson
TE   85  Grady King
WR   87  Phil Williams
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB   21  Bobby Butler
CB   24  Mike Kincaid
SS   28  Keith Jones
LB   39  Reggie Herring
FS   40  Gary Henry
NG   50  Ron Simmons
DT   54  Arthur Scott
LB   62  Charles Ferguson
DT   67  Mark Macek
DE   80  Scott Warren
DE   88  Willie Jones
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Dave Cappelen
 3  Rohn Stark
15  Jimmy Jordan
17  Bill Capece
19  Kurt Unglaub
22  Homes Johnson
23  Jackie Flowers
27  Michael Whiting
35  Ernie Sims
##  NAME
-----------------------------
43  Hector Gray
49  David Hanks
51  James Gilbert
76  Walter Carter
77  Jeremy Mindlin
79  Garry Futch
84  Sam Childers
90  Edenbur Richardson