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1968 Florida State Seminoles football team

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The 1968 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. This was Bill Peterson's ninth year as head coach, and he led the team to an 8–3 record.

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 14
Record8–3
Headcoach
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1968 Florida State Seminoles football
Peach Bowl, L 27–31 vs. LSU
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
Record8–3
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
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1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State – 11–0–0
Rutgers – 8–2–0
West Texas State – 8–2–0
No. 5 Notre Dame – 7–2–1
Florida State – 8–3–0
Air Force – 7–3–0
Army – 7–3–0
Buffalo – 7–3–0
No. 18 Houston – 6–2–2
Utah State – 7–3–0
Boston College – 7–3–0
West Virginia – 7–3–0
Virginia Tech – 7–4–0
Syracuse – 6–4–0
Villanova – 6–4–0
Xavier – 6–4–0
Colgate – 5–5–0
Dayton – 5–5–0
Miami (FL) – 5–5–0
New Mexico State – 5–5–0
Georgia Tech – 4–6–0
Southern Miss – 4–6–0
Holy Cross – 3–6–1
San Jose State – 3–7–0
Navy – 2–8–0
Tulane – 2–8–0
Pittsburgh – 1–9–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at MarylandW 24–1433,600[1]
September 28No. 5 FloridaL 3–945,256[2]
October 5No. 17 Texas A&M
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–1435,494[3]
October 19Memphis State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–1030,182[4]
October 26at South CarolinaNo. 20W 35–2842,038[5]
November 2Virginia TechNo. 18
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 22–4031,342[6]
November 9at Mississippi StateW 27–1417,000[7]
November 16at NC StateW 48–726,800[8]
November 23Wake Forest
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 42–2435,108[9]
November 29vs. No. 10 HoustonW 40–2039,400[10]
December 30vs. LSUNo. 19L 27–3135,545[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries

Wake Forest

  • Bill Cappleman 22/33, 365 Yds (set school single season passing yards and attempts records)
  • Ron Sellers 14 Rec, 260 Yds (set NCAA career receiving yards record and school records for TD receptions in a game, TD receptions in a career and points in a career)

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Roster

More information Players, Coaches ...
1968 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Bill Cappleman Jr
OT 77 Jeff Curchin Jr
C 62 Jon Harrison Fr
TE 84 Chip Glass Sr
WR 34 Ron Sellers Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 50 Dale McCullers Sr
DB 43 Hal Montgomery Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 40 Duane Carrell So
PK 33 Grant Guthrie Jr
Head coach
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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