1984 Florida State Seminoles football team

American college football season

1984 Florida State Seminoles football

Citrus Bowl, T 17–17 vs. Georgia
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 17
Record	7–3–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Wayne McDuffie (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	No-huddle spread
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 11 South Carolina		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Florida State		–		–		7	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–		8	–	5	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Navy		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Tulane		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Running back Greg Allen became the first Heisman finalist at Florida State, finishing in seventh place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	No. 20	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 48–17	54,211	^[1]
September 15	1:30 p.m.	at Kansas	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 42–16	38,600
September 22	4:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Miami (FL)	No. 15	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–3	62,210
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Temple	No. 9	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 44–27	56,892
October 6	8:30 p.m.	at Memphis State	No. 6	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		T 17–17	27,740
October 13	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Auburn	No. 9	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 41–42	58,671	^[2]
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Tulane	No. 15	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 27–6	54,785	^[3]
November 3	7:30 p.m.	at Arizona State	No. 14	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 52–44	68,574
November 10	3:30 p.m.	at No. 5 South Carolina	No. 11	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ABC	L 26–38	75,000	^[4]
November 17	7:00 p.m.	Chattanooga	No. 17	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 37–0	55,443
December 1	3:30 p.m.	No. 3 Florida	No. 12	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–27	58,930	^[5]
December 22	12:30 p.m.	vs. Georgia	No. 15	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	NBC	T 17–17	51,821	^[6]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1984 Florida State Seminoles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`26`	Greg Allen	Sr
QB	`11`	Kirk Coker	Jr
G	`64`	Jamie Dukes	Jr
WR	`4`	Jessie Hester	Sr
RB	`24`	Darrin Holloman	Fr
FB	`43`	Cletis Jones	Jr
RB	`20`	Roosevelt Snipes	Jr
QB	`1`	Eric Thomas	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`31`	Billy Allen	Sr
S	`13`	Kim Mack	Sr
CB	`32`	Martin Mayhew	Fr
S	`43`	Bobby McCrary	Sr
LB	`38`	Paul McGowan	Fr
CB	`8`	Eric Riley	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`6`	Louis Berry	So
K	`18`	Derek Schmidt	Fr

Head coach

Bobby Bowden

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Chuck Amato (DL)
Mickey Andrews (DC/DB)
Art Baker (QB)
John Eason (WR)
Jim Gladden (LB)
Bob Harbison (OL)
Gene McDowell (LB)
Wayne McDuffie (OC/OL)
Billy Sexton (RB)
Dave Van Halanger (Str+Cond)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 27 Jul 2019

Season summary

East Carolina

Kansas

Miami (FL)

#15 Florida State at #4 Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Seminoles	6	3	15	14	38
Hurricanes	0	0	0	3	3

Date: September 22
Location: Orange Bowl
Game attendance: 62,210
Television network: CBS

Scoring summary

Q1	10:16	FSU	Schmidt 54 yard field goal	FSU 3–0

Q1	3:47	FSU	Schmidt 40 yard field goal	FSU 6–0

Q2	4:10	FSU	Schmidt 38 yard field goal	FSU 9–0

Q3	13:21	FSU	Hester 77 yard run (Jones pass from Thomas)	FSU 17–0

Q3	9:08	FSU	Snipes 4 yard run (Schmidt kick)	FSU 24–0

Q4	14:05	MIA	Cox 36 yard field goal	FSU 24–3

Q4	7:39	FSU	Jones 25 yard pass from Thomas (Schmidt kick)	FSU 31–3

Q4	6:24	FSU	Snipes 3 yard run (Schmidt kick)	FSU 38–3

Jessie Hester 5 Rec, 116 Yds

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Temple

Memphis State

Auburn

#16 Auburn at #9 Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Tigers	10	12	7	13	42
Seminoles	3	14	15	9	41

Date: October 13
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida
Game attendance: 58,671

Tulane

Arizona State

#14 Florida State at Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Seminoles	0	17	21	14	52
Sun Devils	10	10	10	14	44

Date: November 3
Location: Sun Devil Stadium
Game attendance: 68,754

Scoring summary

Q1	9:32	ASU	Zendejas 18 yard field goal	ASU 3–0

Q1	4:57	ASU	Allen 13 yard pass from Van Raaphorst (Zendejas kick)	ASU 10–0

Q2	13:58	ASU	Allen 4 yard pass from Van Raaphorst (Zendejas kick)	ASU 17–0

Q2	10:39	FSU	Wessel 8 yard blocked punt return (Schmidt kick)	ASU 17–7

Q2	7:36	ASU	Zendejas 38 yard field goal	ASU 20–7

Q2	4:26	FSU	Schmidt 52 yard field goal	ASU 20–10

Q2	0:07	FSU	Allen 1 yard run (Schmidt kick)	ASU 20–17

Q3	9:52	FSU	Hester 28 yard pass from Coker (Schmidt kick)	FSU 24–20

Q3	7:19	ASU	Zendejas 34 yard field goal	FSU 24–23

Q3	6:28	FSU	Allen 81 yard run (Schmidt kick)	FSU 31–23

Q3	3:51	FSU	Hester 69 yard pass from Coker (Schmidt kick)	FSU 38–23

Q3	2:09	ASU	Amoia 14 yard pass from Van Raaphorst (Zendejas kick)	FSU 38–30

Q4	10:30	ASU	Cl. Jones 2 yard run (Schmidt kick)	FSU 45–30

Q4	9:00	FSU	Wessel 34 yard blocked punt return (Schmidt kick)	FSU 52–30

Q4	7:32	ASU	Cox 4 yard pass from Van Raaphorst (pass failed)	FSU 52–37

Q4	2:43	ASU	Amoia 2 yard run (Crawford run)	FSU 52–44

Greg Allen 22 Rush, 223 Yds
Jessie Hester 3 Rec, 104 Yds

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South Carolina

Chattanooga

Florida

Florida Gators (8–1–1) at Florida State Seminoles (7–2–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	7	10	7	3	27
Florida St	0	3	7	7	17

at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida

Date: December 1
Game weather: Rain
Game attendance: 58,930
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Game information

Florida

Kerwin Bell
5/14, 71 Yds, 2 TD
Neal Anderson
94 Rush Yds
Lorenzo Hampton
94 Rush Yds, TD

Florida St

Kirk Coker
5/11, 48 Yds, TD
Roosevelt Snipes
20 Rush, 108 Yds
Jessie Hester
4 Rec, 47 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	FLA	FSU
1	12:08				Florida	Frankie Neal 33-yard touchdown reception from Kerwin Bell, Bobby Raymond kick good	7	0
2	7:42				Florida St	23-yard field goal by Derek Schmidt	7	3
2	5:44				Florida	John L. Williams 5-yard touchdown reception from Kerwin Bell, Bobby Raymond kick good	14	3
2	0:08				Florida	33-yard field goal by Bobby Raymond	17	3
3	11:29				Florida	Lorenzo Hampton 8-yard touchdown run, kick good	24	3
3	6:33				Florida St	Jessie Hester 10-yard touchdown reception from Kirk Coker, Derek Schmidt kick good	24	10
4	6:32				Florida	26-yard field goal by Bobby Raymond	27	10
4	1:14				Florida St	Pat Carter 8-yard touchdown reception from Eric Thomas, Derek Schmidt kick good	27	17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							27	17

Vs. Georgia (Citrus Bowl)

References

^ "Stunning - Seminoles overwhelm Pirates with tough defense and offense". Tallahassee Democrat. September 2, 1984. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wild and wooly: Florida wins, FSU falls". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 14, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Special teams lead Seminoles to 27–6 win". The Palm Beach Post. October 21, 1984. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "USC rolls past Seminoles, 38–26". The Sun-News. November 11, 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Hall: We are the best team in the nation". St. Lucie News Tribune. December 2, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Orlando Sentinel". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 23, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1984 Football - Year in Review".
^ NoleFan.org. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
^ NoleFan.org. Retrieved September 23, 2018.

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