1958 Florida State Seminoles football team
American college football season
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The 1958 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1958 college football season. Led by Tom Nugent in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Seminole compiled a record of 7–4. Florida State was invited to the Bluegrass Bowl, where the Seminoles lost to Oklahoma State. 1958 was the beginning of the longstanding rivalry with the Florida Gators. The Gators won the first meeting by a score of 21–7.[1] This season also marked the first time the Seminoles defeated the Miami Hurricanes.
| 1958 Florida State Seminoles football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7–4 |
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| Home stadium | Doak Campbell Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Oklahoma State | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | Tennessee Tech | W 22–7 | |||
| September 20 | Furman |
| W 42–6 | [2] | |
| September 26 | at Georgia Tech | L 3–17 | 40,391 | [3] | |
| October 4 | Wake Forest |
| W 27–24 | 19,700 | [4] |
| October 11 | vs. Georgia | L 13–28 | 16,023 | [5] | |
| October 18 | VPI |
| W 28–0 | 8,000 | [6] |
| October 25 | at Tennessee | W 10–0 | 23,700 | [7] | |
| November 1 | Tampa |
| W 43–0 | 17,083 | [8] |
| November 7 | at Miami (FL) | W 17–6 | |||
| November 22 | at No. 12 Florida | L 7–21 | 44,403 | [9] | |
| December 13 | vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State | L 6–15 | 7,000 | ||
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Roster
- QB Joe Majors, Jr.
