1970 Florida State Seminoles football team

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1970 Florida State Seminoles football
1970 Florida State Seminoles football
Conference	Independent
1970 record	7–4
Head coach	Bill Peterson (11th season);
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium; (Capacity: 40,500)
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Louisville	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 9–7	27,389
September 19	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta	ABC	L 13–23	50,324
September 26	Wake Forest	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 19–14	27,196
October 10	Florida	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)		L 27–38	42,704
October 17	at Memphis State	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee		L 12–16	29,047
October 24	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 21–13	42,537
October 30	at Miami (FL)	Orange Bowl Miami (rivalry)		W 27–3	24,168
November 7	Clemson	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)		W 38–13	25,176
November 14	Virginia Tech	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 37–8	25,291	^[2]
November 21	Kansas State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 33–7	23,448
November 26	vs. Houston	Tampa Stadium Tampa, Florida	ABC	L 21–53	18,053

1970 Florida State Seminoles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`82`	Rhett Dawson	Jr
QB	`19`	Gary Huff	So
TE	`84`	Gary Parris	So
WR	`22`	Barry Smith	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`50`	Charlie Hunt	So
DB	`40`	Eddie McMillan	So
DB	`26`	J. T. Thomas	So
DE	`57`		So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "FSU Football 1970–1979". Nolefan.org. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
^ "Seminoles humble Techmen 34–8". The Tampa Tribune. November 15, 1970. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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National championship seasons in bold

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		10	–	1	–	0
Villanova		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston		–		8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		7	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	4	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		5	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	9	–	0
Army		–		1	–	9	–	1
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0
Holy Cross		–		0	–	10	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll