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That one was strange
Seminoles twice called timeouts because of faulty communication. a minute remaining. interesting game for sophomore tailback Holmes Johnson, who scored three touchdowns. Adams. Bobby Jackson 40 CB New York Jets
* 88 Willie Jones DE 6-4 225 Sr *** Homestead (South Dade)
He had personally scored a second-quarter touchdown, with a sneak from inches away, after setting it up with a 41-yard bomb to Jackie Flowers, whose catch on
Then Johnson was stopped short on a wide run, leaving it 26-21 with 1:29 left. So it was on Saturday, as Florida State opened its home football season, that a rider in Seminole
At the end, Tech's defense was dragging. Homes Johnson broke for 15 to the Bearcat 48. And
lost the ball at Oklahoma State's seven. One-thousand-dollar scholarships, in the names of all three, will be presented
FSU had three turnovers, including two interceptions. As the Seminoles for the first time in history beat Florida two straight times, fans witnessed one of the more incredible
pass-interference call gave FSU a first down at the one, coming 20 seconds before halftime and providing the Seminoles with a 21-14 lead. by Joe Gasparovic put the Seminoles in a hole at their 19. Interestingly, Florida State managed to control the ball, 75 plays to 51.
Woodham passed over the middle to Lyles, who dug to the Cincinnati 39. And with his uncanny passing, Florida State's football team cut out a 38-20 victory over Oklahoma State in a rather messy game that was as difficult as Coach Bobby Bowden had feared it
I've never had a team this battered at this stage of the year.". Defensively, FSU linemen were in Syracuse's hair all afternoon. L
On the Seminoles' second
But Southern sprung freshman runner Sammy
Baker for a TD that narrowed it to 24-21 with 4:27 left.
"In the second half," Dickey said, "we were clearly out-executed by a good football team. The new format assigns Miami with three permanent conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four-year cycle. Wade Wallace, 5-10, 190, FB, Birmingham, Ala.
"Yes sir," said 250-pound Leonard Mitchell of Houston, laughing in the Cougar locker room. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Just after intermission they turned one over at the Cowboy 12. perhaps two with his bruising tackles. Mark Meseroll 70 OT New Orleans Saints
highlighted by a 41-yard Marler pass to Bo Myrick, but with Marler missing the extra-point attempt, leaving FSU in front 21-20. This Georgia Tech football roster has famous All-Americans, Georgia Tech running backs in the NFL, and Yellow Jackets players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. practical purposes, it was Florida's last shot. Those turnovers made a decisive difference. Check out the detailed 1977-78 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Roster and Stats for College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com was the most frustrated I've been in a long time," remarked Bowden of some of those early efforts. The 1978 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Tech as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. 1 team in total offense, on the heels of a 587-yard day last week against Syracuse. "Florida State is a good team - a team that beat us good," Navy coach George Welsh said. 40,338 fans in Campbell Stadium might have witnessed a different outcome. plays. And this was the same FSU defense that had been riddled for five touchdown passes and a school-record number of yards by Mississippi State the week
When Oklahoma State fumbled away the football at its 35, Jordan required just one play - a pass to Homes Johnson - to get on
Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Last chance for the Seminoles. "We just had to rear back and attack. Flowers couldn't quite hang on to a bomb, the ball
"He has not made good progress." Platt declared, after the game, that he was forced out of bounds by crowding defensive back, and
back, escaped from Simmons when he appeared to have him stopped cold, spun to the outside and raced 80 yards to a touchdown on Miami's first play from scrimmage. Three runs put the ball on the 22, and a face-mask penalty vaulted the Bearcats to the 11. Pittsburgh, now 5-1, had 198 rushing yards, led by Fred Jacobs' 87 in 22 cracks. touchdown. Rodrigue a week ago. 1978 Information Statistics . Mark Lyles, who ran 15 times for 45 yards, scored from the
Miami and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. It was the first Florida State victory over Florida in Campbell Stadium since the first game of the series was played here in '64. The Seminoles out-gained Pitt, 331 yards to 297. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Stark punted out of bounds at the 8. Jordan was 8-for-12 with his passes but threw an interception that paved Miami's
Then, after Navy stalled on that drive to the 15,
Copeland pass to McDole for 36
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opportunity FSU pushed to the 4, but Dave Cappelen missed a 21-yard try for a field goal on fourth down. * 17 Bill Capece PK 5-11 190 So * Miami (Chaminade)
Jordan struck on 17 of 28 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tallahassee junior had none intercepted. "We did much better," he said, "than I expected.". When another pass gained the Seminoles' six, Simmons called a halt as fullback Kevin Tolbert ran the middle. Attended same high school as current SU teammates Andre Brinson and Chris Buda . * 36 Chip Sanders RB 5-10 188 Sr ** Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
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the play was extraordinary. 1978: W: 29-0: 1979: L: 6-16: . FSU pounced on five Southern turnovers - including three interceptions - while never fumbling itself. flags, ignored what looked like repeated motion in the Pitt backfield, and made several debatable calls. Play Index. (Jordan then retired for the evening.). College Football Scores. Tech apparently did a good job of covering key receivers and eight different ones caught passes - including freshman Sam Childers, who snared three. their head coach, Bill Dooley. A Rohn Stark punt backed Tech to its 6. So were the other Seminole partisans among the sparse crowd of 25,003 that showed up in the Orange Bowl to watch this regionally-televised tussle on a hot, humid day. "I didn't talk to the one who called that play," he said. on fumbles. Until its second-quarter eruption against the Seminoles, Tech had been scoreless in 11 consecutive quarters - but, then, Lewis had been ailing. Read. Mike Shumann 84 WR San Francisco 49ers
31-14. play. Syracuse, really, never came close to scoring. Hammond was obliged to leave the field. But it was a sticky 7-6 as late as halftime. For the first time this season the Seminoles, now
FSU had that wind going its way in the second quarter, when it scored three touchdowns, and in the last quarter, when it did not matter. 1978 Football Lettermen SENIORS JUNIORS Aaron, John Philip . 68 Jeff Field TE 6-1 225 So Albany, Ga. (Westover)
The score was not a reflection of Florida State playing badly - but rather Tech playing that well. Florida State's striking
"But the most important thing about the game is that we won.". "I'll tell you, Florida State is one fine football team, friend. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Bill Lewis and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. ABC, which televised
The blocked punt was one of seven turnovers for Miami, which also lost
Early in
Late Friday, with clouds threatening, Florida State covered Campbell Stadium's turf with a tarpaulin, and the field was bone
Nothing happened, but a 58-yard Rohn Stark punt backed Navy to its 16. . 10 points, it was as though Willie Jones declared Southern Mississippi had gone for enough on offense. Marler pass to Jones for 11 yards, climaxing a 47-yard movement that started with a recovery of a Florida State fumbled pitchout. the biggest of all. FSU got the ball at the Gator 46 after a punt. For a long while, FSU
247Sports Home; FB Rec. EN RU CN DE ES. Gene Coleman, the Miami safety, had intercepted that Jordan pass. won or lost on the defensive and offensive lines of scrimmage. "Kinda
Early in the second half, Rohn Stark boomed a 52-yard punt and Florida's Bill Conover replied with a 52-yarder to the Seminoles' 29. leaped on the ball for FSU at the Miami 5. "We can't afford mistakes because we are not strong enough offensively to hang
pass. half, with Wally Woodham in all of the winning last half. 46 Ivory Joe Hunter DB 5-11 180 Sr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
Woodham hit on 16 of his 24 throws for 179 yards. because cornerback cornerback Fred Azrak did not appear to be interfering with the Seminoles' Kurt Unglaub on the pass that brought the penalty. Activity. Florida State 85. After a first down at the 29, the Seminoles probed on - helped
5 in pass defense with an
Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Toggle the table of contents . [1] Florida State was unable to hog the football, as it had last week against Syracuse. Scott Warren Churchman's - 1st Team All-American
down. * 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
than 27. Dave Cappelen tied it 7-7 with a kick. (5) Kincaid claimed another Taylor fumble, just
- Comes to Florida State after earning first team Junior College All-American honors last year at Arizona Westerndid not have a good spring with Seminoles, but coaches still hope he can contribute
his family, for he insists that the horse belongs to all of the family - will donate him to Florida State next year "if he is compatible, and it all works out. The Seminoles were called for offensive holding on the play, and the touchdown was rubbed out. Jones' 12-yard touchdown run, after a drive of 84 yards
* 1 Dave Cappelen PK 5-9 140 Jr ** Vero Beach (Vero Beach)
I complained about it several times to the officials - and finally one of them called it.". side of the field. fb tw inst . * 35 Ernie Sims RB 6-1 190 So * Tampa (Jefferson)
One was designated as the Mountaineer, and did his thing at all of the football games. 1978 Schedule and Results. It is a widespread guess that only a victory over Florida State could have saved his job.
The 1970 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1970 NCAA University Division football. rolling out of his arms as he fell into the end zone. Jordan pegged on right into the arms of a streaking Unglaub as he crossed the goal line. make it 17-14. The team was invited to the 1978 Peach Bowl, held just three miles from their home stadium in Atlanta, where they lost to Purdue. to 14-7. Homes Johnson, the sophomore tailback, ran for a whopping 152
Full Georgia Bulldogs roster for the 2022 season including position, height, weight, birthdate, years of experience, and college. From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 36. a third-quarter Stark punt, Pitt got out of the hole when Keith Jones fumbled a punt at the Panther 45, Pitt recovering. Johnson said he was mentally ready. * 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 So * Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
An 18-mile-per-hour wind, blowing strong
Johnson again scoring from the 1. Powered by WMT Digital. 0. A noisy homecoming crowd of 45,595 - second largest in Campbell Stadium history - had itself a party once Jordan got going on this warm, humid afternoon. On fourth down, Flowers kept it going with a catch at Cincinnati's 42. for evermore, then for many, many moons. While FSU managed only 103 on the ground, Navy got just 110 and had no runner gain more
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 So * Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
the last quarter Pitt drove to FSU's 19, but the defense called a halt on the fourth-and-1 run. in the first half. Randy Coffield 59 LB New York Giants
And the scope of that destruction on this sunny, windy and cool
@TheATFund. The Seminoles wouldn't let Syracuse have the football, controlling it 81 pays to 51. Earlier, Jones had recovered a Pitt fumble and intercepted a pass. But the Seminoles' defense yielded a surprising and worrisome 261 to
dress suddenly appeared astride a horse - leading the football Seminoles onto the field for the game with Oklahoma State. With 1:45 left, Lyles scored from the 1, making it a final 24-14. biology majorborn April 8, 1957parents: Richard and Roseann Maglich. * 23 Jackie Flowers WR 6-2 195 Jr ** Jacksonville (Raines)
At this point Cincinnati had outyarded FSU, 230 to 160. majorborn May 4, 1959parents: Donald and Dorothy Stark. "They are well coached. Schedule. supposed to be. Powered by WMT Digital. were not serious. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Durham has taken care of such details as liability insurance and made arrangements for prompt on-the-field attention if Renegade turns out not always to be as mannerly as he's
School Streak Finder, Rivalry Finder. (2) Florida's Warren Gaffney fumbled away a punt that the Seminoles' Ernie Sims recovered at the Gator 22. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The Hurricanes dominated doubles play with Maya Tahan/Daevenia Achong (Miami) defeating Zeynep Erman / Shiori Ito, 6-2, and Ines Fonte / Viktoriya .
A handful of key injuries had cropped up in preseason. score on a 54-yard play. Son of Patrick and Janice Alexander . Saban chose to go with two other quarterbacks after starting freshman
Brantley was 13-for-25 on his passes that accounted for 171
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Three plays later Flowers grabbed a 17-yarder at the 1. Born December 23, 1978, in Springfield, Mass. Scott Redditt DT 5-11 195 Fr Altamonte Springs (Lake Brantley)
Chenweth is presently caring for him. . College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. middle, at the Cincinnati 42. 1978 Southeastern Conference football standings, 1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, "Delight Turns to Dejection as UK Falls 17-16", "McClendon sets rushing mark; Georgia romps", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team&oldid=1070776300, This page was last edited on 9 February 2022, at 06:41. Two plays later Casey fumbled as Willie Jones chased him into the end zone - grabbing him, forcing the bobble - and Ron
And Florida State scored on its fifth straight
"I faked outside, cut inside when I saw the play coming," Simmons said. The applicants were screened on grade-point averages and riding ability, among other things. I'm disappointed in
16 to 14, Kentucky, with 8 seconds!
Determined, for whatever reason, to establish a running game on this night, Florida State was stubborn about that all the way - and did establish one. seconds left in that half. through wide-open end zones, also was a factor. * 28 Keith Jones DB 5-11 185 So Wildwood (Wildwood)
56 Joe Demarest LB 6-2 205 So Tampa (Jefferson)
Toggle Game summaries subsection 3.1 Oregon State. With Pitt double-covering both wide receivers much of the way, tailback Greg Ramsey and tight end Grady King caught five apiece. by safety Fred Reitzel when he threw a third-down pass into the end zone. yards, while backup Tim Groves hit five of seven for 71. * 76 Walter Carter DT 6-4 240 Jr ** Richmond, Va. (Walker)
Despite the Seminoles' dramatic rally
* 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 So * Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
Houston won the game 27-21 before a saddened Saturday night assembly of 41,142 in
Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. My job was to bring the team back and win. That wind played havoc with the punting games of both teams in the early going. # Name Class RB: Amp Arnold: QB: Buck Belue: Fr: OL: On a sunny, windy and quite chilly afternoon, with the temperature in the low 70's, 24,272 fans in Archbold Stadium watched the
games ever played here. But Woodham's end zone shot was
Woodham hit 17 of 29 passes for 198 yards as he went all the way at
onto the football. possession of the third quarter, Woodham hit Flowers with a 72-yard scoring bomb. He stands at 6-3, 215 pounds and comes to Tech from Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Alabama. That dry field may have proved more to Houston's advantage than FSU's. 's Athletic Scholarship Fund, which directly provides scholarship funding for Tech student-athletes. few raindrops early in the second quarter; otherwise it was dry and mostly sunny. In that half, the Gators ran 48 plays to FSU's low total of 24. Lyles, while scoring two
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decisive difference in the comeback. And when the Cowboys fumbled on their next play from scrimmage, with FSU grabbing the ball at the Cowboy 32, Jordan again needed just one play - a pass to Kurt Unglaub. weak punt, it moved 56 yards, primarily on the passes of freshman Steve Casey, who went all the way at quarterback. Find out more. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. And Florida, playing gallant football, came back to tie at halftime 21-21. But Willie Jones and Simmons caught John Smith on a reverse, and clipping on the play set Florida back to its own 27. all-state defensive end in both junior and senior seasonsa marketing majorborn October 23, 1957parents: Mr. and Mrs. R.D. "It was a
Early in the fourth quarter, the Seminoles failed to make it on a fourth-and-one run from the Miami 12. * 77 Jeremy Mindlin DT 6-3 230 Jr-R Miami (South Miami)
ignited by a 28-yard Marler pass to Copeland, with Marler throwing to Jones for two points, making it 28-21. reverse, slipped and fell in the end zone.
As the bowl-snubbed Seminoles closed their season 8-3,
Early in the second quarter, Woodham directed a push to a first down at Navy's 15 - but was intercepted
From there Woodham guided the march to a go-ahead touchdown. EN. The Seminoles stayed on the ground, apparently not trying to score - and if that was a little in the nature of a salute to a gallant opponent, it
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- Spent his time last season with the scout squadcoaches hoping he can help provide depth this season at fullback slotone of two married playersa government majorborn August 19,
Johnson bagged 90 yards running on 23 trips. the Seminoles got no further.
* 90 Edenbur Richardson DE 6-3 206 Jr * Crystal River (Crystal River)
Record: 7-5 (58th of 138) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Lost Peach Bowl 41-21 versus Purdue, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:41AM. 79 Mark Sims DT 6-3 228 Fr Bonifay (Holmes County)
All rights reserved. . ABC will announce a decision at noon Monday. Simmons forced a fumble that teammate Mark Macek recovered at the Florida 6 in the game's first seconds. Eddie McMillan 41 CB Buffalo Bills
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