1971 Florida State Seminoles football team

1971 Florida State Seminoles football
Fiesta Bowl, L 38–45 vs. Arizona State
Conference	Independent
1971 record	8–4
Head coach	Larry Jones (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Sloan (1st season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 40,500)

1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Penn State		–		11	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Houston		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Florida State		–		8	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		6	–	2	–	1
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
Army		–		6	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		6	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	4	–	1
South Carolina		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		6	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		5	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		5	–	5	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	1
Dayton		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	7	–	0
Rutgers		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		3	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	8	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	8	–	0
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1971 college football season. Larry Jones was head coach, Steve Sloan was an assistant coach/offensive coordinator, and Bill Parcells coached the linebackers.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 11	vs. Southern Mississippi		Ernest F. Ladd Memorial Stadium • Mobile, AL	W 24–9
September 18	at Miami (FL)		Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry)	W 20–17
September 25	Kansas		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 30–7
October 2	at Virginia Tech		Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 17–3
October 9	Mississippi State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 27–9
October 16	at Florida	No. 19	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)	L 15–17
October 23	South Carolina		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 49–18
October 30	at Houston	No. 19	Astrodome • Houston, TX	L 7–14
November 13	at Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 6–12
November 20	Tulsa		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 45–10
November 27	Pittsburgh		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 31–13
December 27	vs. No. 8 Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	L 38–45
Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Florida State Seminoles football
Venues	Doak Campbell Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	Bowls Florida Cup Clemson Florida Miami Virginia (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy)
Culture & lore	Osceola and Renegade The War Chant Marching Chiefs FSU Hymns Sod Cemetery Wide Right I Wide Right II 1993 'Game of the Century' Choke at Doak/The Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter Bob Crenshaw Award
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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