1979 Florida State Seminoles football team

1979 Florida State Seminoles football
Orange Bowl, L 7–24 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 6
1979 record	11–1
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	George Henshaw
Defensive coordinator	Jack Stanton
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 47,413)
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1 2 3 4 Total Southern Miss 0 7 7 0 14 • Florida St 3 0 0 14 17 Date: September 8 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona St 0 0 3 0 3 • Florida St 7 17 0 7 31 Date: September 15 Location: Tampa Stadium

1 2 3 4 Total Miami (FL) 7 0 0 16 23 • Florida St 3 16 14 7 40 Date: September 22 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 0 14 3 0 17 Virginia Tech 7 0 3 0 10 Date: September 29 Location: Lane Stadium Television network: ABC

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 8 9 3 27 Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 6 Location: Cardinal Stadium

1 2 3 4 Total Miss St 0 0 0 6 6 • Florida St 0 14 3 0 17 Date: October 13 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 7 0 10 24 LSU 0 13 0 6 19 Date: October 27 Location: Tiger Stadium Television network: ABC

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 0 0 19 26 Cincinnati 0 21 0 0 21 Date: November 3 Location: Nippert Stadium

1 2 3 4 Total South Carolina 0 7 0 0 7 • Florida St 10 6 0 11 27 Date: November 10 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

The 1979 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Florida State finished #6 in the AP poll and #8 in the UPI poll with an 11–1 record. The Seminoles' offense scored 326 points while the defense allowed 160 points. The Seminoles finished the regular season unbeaten for only the second time in program history and played in the Orange Bowl.

Monk Bonasorte

Bobby Butler

Jackie Flowers

Mike Good

Ken Lanier

Ron Simmons

Scott Warren

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