1954 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1954 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1954 college football season.[1]

1954 Florida State Seminoles football
Sun Bowl, L 20–47 vs. Texas Western
Conference	Independent
1954 record	8–4
Head coach	Tom Nugent (2nd season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 19,000)

1954 Southern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Miami (FL)			–					8	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Navy			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tampa			–					8	–	2	–	0
Florida State			–					8	–	4	–	0
Abilene Christian			–					6	–	3	–	1
Chattanooga			–					6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					6	–	4	–	0
Western Maryland			–					4	–	4	–	0
Louisville			–					3	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18	Georgia	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 0–14
September 25	Abilene Christian	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 0–13
October 2	at Louisville	Manual Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	W 47–6
October 9	Villanova	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 52–13
October 16	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	W 13–7
October 23	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 0–33
October 30	at VMI	Lynchburg City Stadium Lynchburg, Virginia	W 33–19
November 13	Furman	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 33–14
November 20	at Stetson	Spec Martin Stadium DeLand, Florida	W 47–6
November 27	Mississippi Southern	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 19–18
December 4	at Tampa	Phillips Field Tampa, Florida	W 13–0
January 1, 1955	vs. Texas Western	Kidd Field El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)	L 20–47

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Florida St. Yearly Results: 1950–1954". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 9, 2020.