American college football season
The 1985 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season .
The Seminoles offense scored 402 points while the defense allowed 258 points. Florida State competed in the Gator Bowl.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 12:30 p.m. at Tulane No. 19 WTBS W 38–1237,478 [1]
September 7 3:00 p.m. at No. 10 Nebraska No. 17 ABC W 17–1375,943
September 21 12:00 p.m. Memphis State No. 6 WTBS W 19–1054,877
September 28 7:00 p.m. Kansas No. 4 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida W 24–2057,135
October 12 12:30 p.m. at No. 12 Auburn No. 4 WTBS L 27–5975,000
October 19 7:00 p.m. Tulsa No. 13 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida W 76–1453,500
October 26 1:00 p.m. at North Carolina No. 11 W 20–1050,132
November 2 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Miami (FL) No. 10 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry ) ABC L 27–3561,250
November 9 7:45 p.m. South Carolina No. 16 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida ESPN W 56–1454,121
November 16 7:00 p.m. Western Carolina No. 15 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida W 50–1052,778
November 30 12:30 p.m. at No. 6 Florida No. 12 L 14–3874,461
December 30 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State No. 18 ABC W 34–2379,417
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster [ ]
1985 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
6
Louis Berry
Jr
K
18
Derek Schmidt
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
19
17
7
6
4
4 (1)
4
13
11
10
16
16
14
12
18
18
15
Coaches
13 (1)
13 (1)
5 (1)
6 (1)
5
4 (1)
4
11
9
9
16
14
12
11
17
16
13
Game summaries [ ]
at Nebraska [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 17 Seminoles
7
10 0 0
17
No. 10 Cornhuskers
7
6 0 0
13
Date: September 7Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,943Game weather: 93 °F (133 °F on the field)
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Miami (FL) [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Miami (FL)
14
0 7 14
35
Florida State
14
10 0 3
27
Scoring summary 1 10:04 FSU Hassan Jones 8-yard pass from Chip Ferguson (Schmidt kick)FSU 7-0
1 7:23 Miami (FL) Brian Blades 10-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Cox kick)Tied 7-7
1 7:06 Miami (FL) Blades 38-yard pass from Testaverde (Cox kick) Miami (FL) 14-7
1 0:25 FSU Brian Davis blocked punt recovery in end zone (Schmidt kick) Tied 14-14
2 6:52 FSU Derek Schmidt 37-yard field goal FSU 17-14
2 2:39 FSU Pat Carter 26-yard pass from Chip Ferguson (Schmidt kick) FSU 24-14
3 8:15 Miami (FL) 2-yard fun (Cox kick) FSU 24-21
4 11:07 FSU Derek Schmidt 44-yard field goal FSU 27-21
4 9:55 Miami (FL) Michael Irvin 30-yard pass from Testaverde (Cox kick)Miami (FL) 28-27
4 3:06 Miami (FL) Brett Perriman 2-yard pass from Testaverde (Cox kick)Miami (FL) 35-27
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at Florida [ ]
Team players in the NFL [ ]
The following were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft .
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References [ ]
External links [ ]
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