1968 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1968 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. This was Bill Peterson's ninth year as head coach, and he led the team to an 8–3 record.[1]

1968 Florida State Seminoles football
Peach Bowl, L 27–31 vs. LSU
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
1968 record	8–3
Head coach	Bill Peterson (9th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 40,500)

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State			–					11	–	0	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	2	–	0
West Texas State			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Florida State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Houston			–					6	–	2	–	2
Utah State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					7	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	0
Xavier			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	5	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					4	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	6	–	1
San Jose State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	8	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	W 24–14	33,600
September 28	No. 5 Florida		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	L 3–9	45,256
October 5	No. 17 Texas A&M		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 20–14	35,494
October 19	Memphis State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 20–10	30,182
October 26	at South Carolina	No. 20	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	W 35–28	42,038
November 2	VPI	No. 18	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 22–40	31,342
November 9	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 27–14	17,000
November 16	at NC State		Carter Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	W 48–7	26,800
November 23	Wake Forest		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 42–24	35,108
November 29	vs. No. 10 Houston		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	W 40–20	39,800
December 30	vs. LSU	No. 19	Grant Field Atlanta (Peach Bowl)	L 27–31	35,545
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1968 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense 77 Jeff Curchin OT 6-7 268 Jr-R Ocala (Ocala) 14 George Davis WR 6-0 180 So Winter Haven (Winter Haven) 82 Rhett Dawson FL 6-1 184 So 40 Brent Gilman FB 6-2 210 Jr Long Beach, CA (Lakewood) 35 Mike Gray SE 6-3 198 So-R Lake Mary (Seminole) 31 Bill Gunter RB 6-0 171 Sr-R 52 Mike Sammons OG-C 6-1 208 So Atlanta, GA (Brown) Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Bill Cappleman Jr TE 84 Chip Glass Sr WR 34 Ron Sellers Sr	Defense 50 Dale McCullers LB 6-1 207 Sr ** Live Oak (Suwannee) 74 Robert McEachern DT 6-2 219 So Tallahassee (Florida) 27 Doug Mitchell DB 6-3 198 So-R Williston (Williston) Ronnie Montford DE 6-0 203 So-R Blountstown (Blountstown) 63 George Montgomery DE 6-2 218 So Coral Gables (Coral Gables) 43 Hal Montgomery DB 5-11 182 Sr Pos. # Name Class	Special teams 40 Duane Carrell PK-P 5-9 175 So Pos. # Name Class PK 33 Grant Guthrie Jr	Head coach Bill Peterson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Wake Forest

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

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References

1. https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/florida_state/1965-1969_yearly_results.php
2. Palm Beach Post. 1968 Nov 24. Retrieved 2015-Jan-01.