1957 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1957 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tom Nugent, the Seminoles compiled a record of 4–6.

1957 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
Xavier     5 5 0
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.[1]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21FurmanW 27–716,712[2]
September 28at Boston CollegeL 7–2010,000[3]
October 5at VillanovaL 7–21
October 12No. 13 NC State
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 0–716,200[4]
October 19Abilene Christian
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 34–7
October 26VPI
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 20–718,556
November 8Miami (FL)
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
L 13–40
November 16at Mississippi SouthernL 0–2012,500[5]
November 23No. 2 Auburn
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 7–2915,000[6]
November 30at TampaW 21–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster edit

86 Jim Arnold E

83 Clare "Bud" Bagnell E

52 Troy Barnes C

42 Carmen Battaglia FB

63 Abner Bigbie G

81 Ham Bisbee E

77 George Boyer T

Bill Brown T

76 Royce Bryan T

21 Bob Carnes HB

54 Ron Clark C

27 Stan Dobosz HB

66 Bob Douglas T

Jim Dukate G

89 Jim Elk E

78 Tony Fekany T

88 Pete Fleming E

65 Bob Fountain G

Willie Gardner T

67 Jerry Graham G

Wayne Helms HB

14 Jerry Henderson QB

71 Steve Holton T

88 Jim Hooks E

82 Bill Jacobs E

68 Jon Jenkins C

44 Eddie Johnson FB

87 Roy Jones R

53 Stu Keith C

84 Bill Kimber E

70 Jerry Lane T

22 Lenny Levy HB

13 Joe Majors QB

43 Lou Manning FB

12 Gene McCormick QB

61 Joe McGee G

28 Wes Minton HB

69 Patsy Monaco G

76 Jerry Moore T

73 Bill Musselman T

85 Bob Nellums E

John Nevelle FB

28 Pete Overton E

Arnold Peebles G

24 Jerry Philp HB

25 Fred Pickard HB

74 Mel Pope C

Vic Prinzi QB

15 Bobby Renn QB

20 Burt "Buddy" Reynolds HB

11 Ted Rodrigue QB

64 Jim Rogers G

51 Ramon Rogers C

29 Pappy Rozman HB

66 Joe Russo G

83 Gene Schlickman E

80 Ron Schomburger E

23 Johnny Sheppard HB-K

50 Paul Slaton C

75 Paul Smith G

60 Don Speirs G

87 John Spivey E

72 Dan Strickland T

40 Terrell Teague FB

62 Al Ulmer G

79 Lou Wallace T

70 Joe Wallis T

26 Billy Weaver HB

16 Ron Williams QB

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References edit

  1. ^ "How NC State's football team turned Burt Reynolds into a movie star". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Seminoles roll over Furman in opening grid battle". Tampa Sunday Tribune. September 22, 1957. Retrieved September 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Boston College Upends FSU, 20–7". Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press. September 29, 1957. p. 11A – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.C. State beats FSU by 7 to 0". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 13, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Mississippi Southern rips FSU, 20–0". The Orlando Sentinel. November 17, 1957. Retrieved March 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bill McGrotha (November 24, 1957). "Auburn, No. 2 Team, Defeats FSU 29-7; Majors' Passes Click". Tallahassee Democrat. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ 1957 FSU Football Handbook, page 18 and the Florida Times Union, September 2, 1957, page 23