1957 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1957 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1957 college 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
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

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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

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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

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  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