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1964 Florida State Seminoles football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1964
team	Florida State Seminoles
sport	football
conference	Independent
CoachRank	11
record	9–1–1
head_coach	Bill Peterson
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Bill Crutchfield
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Pro set
def_coach	Don James
dc_year	3rd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
captain	William "Red" Dawson
captain2	Fred Biletnikoff
captain3	George D'Alessandro
stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium
bowl	[Gator Bowl](1965-gator-bowl-january)
bowl_result	W 36–19 vs. [Oklahoma](1964-oklahoma-sooners-football-team)

The 1964 Florida State Seminoles football team was an American football team that represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bill Peterson, the Seminoles compiled a 9–1–1 record, were ranked No. 11 in the final UPI Coaches Poll, defeated Oklahoma in the Gator Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 263 to 85.

After five losses and a tie in the first six games of the Florida–Florida State football rivalry, the Seminoles defeated Florida for the first time. The next day, the sports editor of The Tampa Tribune wrote: "Yesterday, on a technicolor afternoon of brisk wind and refreshing chill, in a stadium that maybe squeaked with an overload, FSU ceased to be the OTHER school, became the football team in this state in the year of 1964, will hereafter claim equal time in all things."

The team's statistical leaders included Steve Tensi with 1,986 passing yards, Phil Spooner with 682 rushing yards, and Fred Biletnikoff with 1,179 receiving yards and 90 points scored (15 touchdowns). Biletnikoff led the country in receiving yards and also with 100 receptions, and was a consensus first-team end on the 1964 All-America team.

Schedule

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Roster

WR Fred Biletnikoff, Sr.
QB Steve Tensi
Phil Spooner

Season summary

Miami (FL)

Fred Biletnikoff 9 Rec, 165 Yds

Florida

Florida State accepted the Gator Bowl bid following the victory.

References

"1964 Florida State Seminoles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
Tom McEwen. (November 22, 1964). "FSU 17 Years Later: From Volleyball to Grid Age". The Tampa Tribune.
"1964 Florida State Seminoles Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
(September 20, 1964). "Seminoles Blank Miami 14-0". Tallahassee Democrat.
(September 27, 1964). "Alert FSU Tops TCU 10-0". Tallahassee Democrat.
(October 4, 1964). "FSU Swats Aggies 36-0". Tallahassee Democrat.
Jim Selman. (October 11, 1964). "It's the Upset State Now: FSU, Gators Kill 'Cats, Rebs". The Tampa Tribune.
Bil McGrotha. (October 18, 1964). "FSU Edges Georgia 17-14". Tallahassee Democrat.
(October 25, 1964). "Tribe Suffers First Defeat: Shweickert Gobbles Up Seminoles 20-11". Tallahassee Democrat.
(November 1, 1964). "Explosive Florida State Bombs Hapless Southern". Tallahassee Democrat.
Bill McGrotha. (November 8, 1964). "Tribe Tied By Houston 13-13". Tallahassee Democrat.
Bill McGrotha. (November 15, 1964). "FSU Hems Up Wolfpack 28-6". Tallahassee Democrat.
Jim Selman. (November 22, 1964). "Seminoles 16-7 'First' Earns Jax Trip --- FSU Kicks 'Gator' Out of Bowl". The Tampa Tribune.
Bassine, Bob. (January 3, 1965). "Seminoles Fill Airways, Gun Down Oklahoma". [[Orlando Sentinel]].
[https://www.nolefan.org/summary/f1964.html#1964_09_19 NoleFan.org]. Retrieved 2016-Dec-15.
[https://www.nolefan.org/summary/f1964.html#1964_11_21 NoleFan.org]. Retrieved 2016-Dec-18.

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