1957 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1957 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

1957 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
1957 record4–6
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(capacity: 19,000)
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Navy    9 1 1
No. 10 Notre Dame    7 3 0
No. 18 Army    7 2 0
Drake    7 2 0
Penn State    6 3 0
Detroit    6 3 0
Dayton    6 3 1
Oklahoma State    6 3 1
Boston University    5 3 0
Holy Cross    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 1
Pacific (CA)    5 3 2
Rutgers    5 4 0
Miami (FL)    5 4 1
Florida State    4 6 0
Pittsburgh    4 6 0
Air Force    3 6 1
Colgate    3 6 0
Villanova    3 6 0
San Jose State    3 7 0
Texas Tech    2 8 0
Marquette    0 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Burt Reynolds was on this team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21FurmanW 27–7
September 28at Boston CollegeL 7–20
October 5at VillanovaL 7–21
October 12No. 13 NC State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 0–7
October 19Abilene Christian
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 34–7
October 26VPI
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–7
November 8Miami (FL)
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
L 13–40
November 16at Mississippi SouthernL 0–20[3]
November 23No. 2 Auburn
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 7–2915,000[4]
November 30at TampaW 21–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • QB Joe Majors, So.

References

  1. "FSU Football 1950–1959". Nolefan.org. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. "How NC State's football team turned Burt Reynolds into a movie star". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  3. "Mississippi Southern rips FSU, 20–0". The Orlando Sentinel. November 17, 1957. Retrieved March 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Bill McGrotha (November 24, 1957). "Auburn, No. 2 Team, Defeats FSU 29-7; Majors' Passes Click". Tallahassee Democrat. pp. 1, 3 via Newspapers.com.
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