1985 Florida State Seminoles football team

1985 Florida State Seminoles football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 34–23 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 15
1985 record	9–3
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Wayne McDuffie (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (2nd season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 60,519)
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–				4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

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	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans	WTBS	W 38–12	37,478	[1]
September 7	3:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Nebraska	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	W 17–13	75,943
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Memphis State	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	WTBS	W 19–10	54,877
September 28	7:00 p.m.	Kansas	No. 4	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 24–20	57,135
October 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 12 Auburn	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	WTBS	L 27–59	75,000
October 19	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	No. 13	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 76–14	53,500
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		W 20–10	50,132
November 2	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Miami (FL)	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	ABC	L 27–35	61,250
November 9	7:45 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 16	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	W 56–14	54,121
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	No. 15	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 50–10	52,778
November 30	12:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Florida	No. 12	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)		L 14–38	74,461
December 30	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State	No. 18	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl)	ABC	W 34–23	79,417
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1985 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 5 Chip Ferguson Fr RB 27 Victor Floyd  Fr FB 42 Cletis Jones Sr OG 64 Jamie Dukes Sr OT 77 John Ionata Sr TE 85 Pat Carter So WR 88 Hassan Jones Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 32 Martin Mayhew  So DT 45 Isaac Williams Sr LB 38 Paul McGowan So LB 57 Jesse Solomon Sr LB 84 Garth Jax Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 6 Louis Berry Jr K 18 Derek Schmidt So	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Mickey Andrews – Defensive coordinator Wayne McDuffie – Offensive coordinator Chuck Amato – Defensive line Mark Richt – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,943 Game 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 Date: November 2 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida Game attendance: 61,250 TV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant

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.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Hassan Jones	Wide receiver	5	120	Minnesota Vikings
John Ionata	Guard	9	242	Dallas Cowboys
Cletis Jones	Running back	10	276	New England Patriots
Garth Jax	Linebacker	11	296	Dallas Cowboys
Jesse Solomon	Linebacker	12	318	Minnesota Vikings
Isaac Williams	Defensive tackle	12	326	Indianapolis Colts

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References[]

External links[]

• 1985 Media Guide