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1978 Florida State Seminoles football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1978
team	Florida State Seminoles
sport	football
image	Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Independent
record	8–3
head_coach	Bobby Bowden
hc_year	3rd
off_coach	George Haffner
oc_year	3rd
off_scheme	Multiple
def_coach	Jack Stanton
dc_year	3rd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
captain	Nate Henderson
captain2	Willie Jones
captain3	Ivory Joe Hunter
stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium

The 1978 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Bobby Bowden, the Seminoles compiled a record of 8–3. Florida State played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

Schedule

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Personnel

Bobby Bowden
Kent Schoolfield (Wide receivers)
Dick Hopkins (Graduate assistant)

Game summaries

At Syracuse

Oklahoma State

At Miami (FL)

Houston

Cincinnati

At Mississippi State

At Pittsburgh

At Southern Mississippi

Virginia Tech

Navy

ABC Players of the Game: Jimmy Jordan & Sam Platt (off), Ron Simmons (def) 10 tackles, FR, FF

Florida

References

(September 10, 1978). "Seminoles smother Syracuse, 28–0". The Pensacola News-Journal.
(September 17, 1978). "Seminoles bury Cowboys, 38–20". Fort Lauderdale News.
(September 24, 1978). "Florida St. rolls over Miami, 31–21". Staten Island Advance.
(October 1, 1978). "Houston strikes early, upends Florida State". The Sunday Oregonian.
(October 8, 1978). "Florida State comes from behind for 26–21 win over Cincinnati". The Marion Star.
(October 15, 1978). "Ill wins, defense doom Florida State". The Palm Beach Post-Times.
(October 22, 1978). "Jacobs' jaunt jolts Seminoles for Pitt". Daily Press.
(October 29, 1978). "Woodham's passing hurls Seminoles past surprised Southern Miss., 38–16". The Miami Herald.
(November 12, 1978). "Seminoles rally past VPI, 24–14". The Miami Herald.
(November 19, 1978). "FSU rolls but Navy bowls". The Orlando Sentinel Star.
(December 3, 1978). "Gators muff Dickey's sendoff". St. Petersburg Times.
"1978 Florida State Seminoles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.

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