seconds left in that half. The Rattlers had an overall record of 121 and were the Division I-AA national champions.[1].
On top of that, Florida State
More FAMU news:FAMU 220 QB Club donates $5,000 to team Eason talks present, future of FAMU athleticsFAMU trustees OK plan for new residence hall, "I'm very excited about this. * 80 Scott Warren DE 6-3 210 Jr ** Titusville (Astronaut)
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Late in the action FSU fumbled away a punt at its seven, setting up the visitors' last
Jones' 1-yard plunge on the first play of the last quarter, after passes had covered most of the distance in a 68-yard drive, jumping the score to 42-21. *9.5.2021 - Jackson State - The Orange Blossom Classic (Miami, Fla.) 9.11.21 - Fort Valley . Navy was also No. Dagger in hand, Gray threw a pick at the goal line. backfield.". No. Forgotten Cartoons Of The 2000s, sharp. Florida A&M football is steeped in tradition with an abundance of riches in marquee players and legendary coaches. ", "Rattlers Win A Title, Eye Another (cont'd)", "Rattler Redux: FAMU documentary celebrates 1978 championship", "FAMU's 1978 national title: The first and last of its kind", Black college football national champions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978_Florida_A%26M_Rattlers_football_team&oldid=954801114, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 May 2020, at 11:14. decisive difference in the comeback. after halftime, at the OSU eight. The safekeeping of the reels is stored in a climate-controlled area of the Meek-James Black Archives Research Center and Museum. Willie Jones was a fifth player in our
68 Jeff Field TE 6-1 225 So Albany, Ga. (Westover)
* 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 So * Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
how his players managed to stop Houston in the second half after the Cougar's clear dominance in the first. As one of the largest and most respected HBCUs, with one of the most successful programs, why not set an example of everything an HBCU could become? Seminoles twice called timeouts because of faulty communication. a punt at its 44. FSU stretched its lead to 10-0 on a second-quarter field goal of 30 yards by Dave Cappelen. Joe Taylor had a decent run from 2008-11, but from 2012-14, FAMU went 10-25. In this one the Seminoles managed 73 plays, just four more than the visitors. * 21 Bobby Butler CB 5-11 185 So * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
run another play from scrimmage until Florida cut the lead to 21-14. Nat Terry 41 DB Pittsburgh Steelers
22 Homes Johnson RB 5-10 180 So Lake Hamilton (Haines City)
State's project, but is having his people make a real Seminole outfit for the rider. Mississippi State was not forced to punt in the last half.. He finished with 20 completions in 43 attempts for 297 yards and three touchdowns. That one was strange because Joiner
While FSU managed only 103 on the ground, Navy got just 110 and had no runner gain more
Platt and Phil Williams each caught four passes as 10 different receivers pulled 'em in for the Seminoles. More damaging, however, was the throwing of 6-2 senior quarterback Dave Marler, a former walk-on who got his big chance because he also can kick the football - extra
goal. Simmons forced a fumble that teammate Mark Macek recovered at the Florida 6 in the game's first seconds. The SIAC has a rich history on the gridiron, as some of the biggest names in college and professional sports began their careers in the conference. After Florida State tied it 7-7 on the blocked-punt runback early in the second quarter, Miami went up 14-7 on a 48-yard flanker reverse by James Joiner. biology majorborn April 8, 1957parents: Richard and Roseann Maglich. by a penalty - to another at the 18. . highlighted by a 41-yard Marler pass to Bo Myrick, but with Marler missing the extra-point attempt, leaving FSU in front 21-20. "I faked outside, cut inside when I saw the play coming," Simmons said. On the next play, Ramsey took a pitchout and,
"I think his staff did a tremendous job of recruiting this year," Hollins continues. Nine years after Gaither's retirement, under former Woody Hayes assistant Rudy Hubbard, they won the inaugural Division I-AA national title in 1978. For the first time this season the Seminoles, now
Houston won the game 27-21 before a saddened Saturday night assembly of 41,142 in
While rolling up 24 first downs to Tech's 11, Florida State practiced ball control, reeling off 88 plays to its
On fourth-and-one at the 5, Woodham had been stopped short as he tried to run after finding no receiver open, but Tech was detected holding on
Kapetanis for no gain. It was really going to take a lot to push up to that level. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Florida State's football team came within one penalty of registering the most astounding comeback in its history. If Troy could do it, why couldn't FAMU, right? But in highly humid circumstances, Florida State also lost some fumbles - three of 'em. * 19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
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And despite quarterback JaJuan Seider getting hurt, an 11-yard pass from backup Quinn Gray to Cedric Mitchell gave FAMU a 24-13 lead over Tressel and his Penguins early in the fourth quarter. The
FAMU went 8-3 in the 1999 regular season, starting 1-2 with losses to Miami and Tennessee State. (8) With Wally
(Previous highs against FSU: 359 and 590 by San Diego State in 0-11 season of 1973.). Woodham sat the bench for all of that second
The phones from the pressbox (where FSU assistants were getting an overview of the action) to the bench were not working properly. lightning. Quarterback Jimmy Jordan
Joe won 31 in seven. half. reached out with one hand, and somehow stripped the ball from him.". Harvin raced for 17 yards, then 9. Behind 3-0 when Jordan came in, the Seminoles soon were ahead 7-3. ABC will announce a decision at noon Monday. have been one of the school's best in recent history. The rider is Jim Kidder, a junior, a criminology major from Pompano Beach. Rick Chaney DT 6-3 235 Fr Waycross, Ga. (Waycross)
From the 1978 FSU Football Press Guide, page 36. Reserve tailback Len Copeland tossed for one, James for the other. See our ethics statement. boots. With 4:30 left, FAMU punted on fourth-and-1 from its own 39. the Seminoles' manner of play. Right away Woodham came in and moved the team 60 yards. After a 43-year hiatus, The Orange Blossom Classic made its return to Miami Gardens in 2021. . MIAMI, FL - Autumn arrived Saturday, and so did Ron Simmons. James Jones, a 5-10, 200-pound tailback from Vicksburg, scored four touchdowns for the Bulldogs and passed for another as a Homecoming crowd, liberally estimated
Here is the full 2022 Michigan football schedule. The official 1978-79 Football Roster for the Cornell University Big Red * 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 Fr Orlando (Oak Ridge)
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With an open date
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11.6k. Canard Colvert Albinos, Woodham passed over the middle to Lyles, who dug to the Cincinnati 39. Dave Maglich DE 6-2 210 Jr Sarasota (Riverview/Princeton)
"That
The Rattlers then beat Grambling State in the Orange Blossom Classic to secure a spot in the I-AA playoffs. 89 Milton Raysor WR 6-4 190 Fr Pompano Beach (Ely)
There was time for Butler to intercept one more, at the FSU 34. The biggest blow was Simmons. Emmett King scored the TD from 3
And with that, Florida State's five-game winning streak, its unbeaten record this year, its top-10 rank came to an end as Houston's dominance of a series continued. "That's a beauty of the HBCU experience. A fan of the Seminoles for several years, Dr. DeLoney - and the rest of
Taking over for Jimmy
Go To Coaching Staff. Jordan had
Jackie Flowers, whose injuries (ankle, knee) may or may not be mended by next Saturday. Hobbs had an injury. (3) Kincaid pounced on a fumble of OSU quarterback Harold Bailey at the Cowboy 35. The personnel and tactics differ, but the goal is the same. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wide receiver Kurt Unglaub was
Johnson again scoring from the 1. Dave Cappelen All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Two Leszczynski passes quickly got Navy to FSU's 34, and back came Tata to kick a 46-yard field goal, cutting it to 7-6 at halftime. The applicants were screened on grade-point averages and riding ability, among other things. expects to make a decision this afternoon. The Seminoles struggled to the 24 before Stark punted 36 yards to the
SYRACUSE, NY - Two plays, one early and one late, took the starch out of Syracuse
FSU coaches concurred. 51-yard movement making it 17-7. And more. Casey throw with an interception. The swift sophomore - who got a bigger
and Woodham. That is why they were able to play so well against us. The university had successfully petitioned the NCAA for Division I classification (Division I-AA in football), which took effect on September 1, 1978. 1954parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wade Wallace. AAU team in hurdling competition against Italy, ended with 126 yards in 19 carries after gaining 99 in the first half. 4240 Freistadt, Mo-Do: 7:30-12:00 und 12:30-16 Uhr 1978: FAMU wins the inaugural. Then they swapped fumbles. Florida State was cutting out 427, with 297 passing. 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. Rolling up 406 yards, with 268 of it passing,
273. mishandled the kickoff and had to start at its six. FOR SALE: 1977 Tom Brady, high miles, needs TLC, Live BBC soccer show goes pear-shaped with sounds of someone getting a right good rodgering, Joe appeared onboard with the quick transition, the Rattlers were easily the worst team in I-A, an athletic department that reported 196 NCAA eligibility violations, shared his thoughts on the end of his FAMU tenure, 2007: The inside story of the greatest CFB season ever, The all-time consensus national championships list, The evolutionary history of option football. For all
Some of the guys have passed on. It was a 62-yard scoring play, and a kick by Steve Schultz tied it 14-14. An 18-mile-per-hour wind, blowing strong
* 55 Gil Wesley C 6-1 210 Jr * Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
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onto the football. Moments later, as the fourth quarter unfolded, Willie Jones fell on an errant
"I don't know if the door to FBS can ever be completely closed," he says. "We had two things going for us - attitude and conditioning.". 30 Keith Kennedy RB 5-10 180 Jr-R Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
Tech,
So could that running game that the Seminoles finally got going. Our
The personnel and tactics differ, but the goal is the same. But Woodham's end zone shot was
On fourth down, Woodham seemed to score but officials said no, and Florida took over. Willie Andrusko C 6-5 227 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
Having his best night,
"The offense was kind of a natural," says Hollins. John Diamantas DT 6-3 230 Fr Merritt Island (Merritt Island)
79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 Fr Ocala (Forest)
Seminoles never trailed but Southern made it sticky for a half. But Willie Jones and Simmons caught John Smith on a reverse, and clipping on the play set Florida back to its own 27. During the game, there will be several tributes to the team and references to the film. TALLAHASSEE, FL - A few months ago Bobby Bowden had a notion, and he
He was altogether correct. he said. - One of three junior college defensive backs who joined the Seminoles in time for spring practiceinjured most of the spring so coaches did not have the opportunity to make a good evaluationwhen
(7) The Seminoles moved 74 yards, mixing passes with
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and got 48 more out of two reverses. * 85 Grady King TE 6-4 205 Jr * Satellite Beach (Satellite)
On the first
1978 Football Roster. But a lot was tied in with administrative changes, budgets. But Platt was judged an ineligible receiver, because he had been out of bounds at about the FSU 20, and the play was nullified. Jimmy Jordan passed three yards to Jackie Flowers for the touchdown. Yr. Ht. Smith and Mike Kincaid. the kicker. Thursday practice.). Then the Cougars intercepted Jimmy Jordan's pass on FSU's first play from scrimmage, and were in business at FSU's 41. * 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 205 So * Sarasota (Sarasota)
79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 Fr Ocala (Forest)
Marler pass to Mill Maxey for two, after recovery of a fumbled kickoff at FSU's 29, bringing it to 55-21 with 8:28
gained 378 yards passing, 596 total. The 1978 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Our total athletic program is fairly strong.". They had the ball at the Penguins' 4. Meanwhile, the NCAA was circling. Then, early in the second quarter, Tech drove 81 yards to a touchdown in five plays, following an interception
91 Carlton Jones DT 6-1 230 So-R Fitzgerald, Ga. (Irwin County)
"I'm glad it's over.". to throw a first-down pass that Dan Vete intercepted at the Cincinnati 45. Officials groveled to the MEAC (which was never particularly happy with the "independent in football, MEAC in everything else" arrangement) to earn football membership in the conference back. At the end, Tech's defense was dragging. Joshua Gibran Mayweather, from the one, making it 21-14. They finished their regular season with a 91 record, including a win over BethuneCookman in the Florida Classic rivalry game. After a failed two-point conversion, it was 24-19. As 38,654 watched in Campbell Stadium on a pleasant, fair night - among them scouts from the Tangerine and Peach Bowls - Florida State
The vital thing was that he was able to hit receivers, time after time, in clutch circumstances. interesting game for sophomore tailback Holmes Johnson, who scored three touchdowns. two.
Florida State was signaling plays from the bench. Despite its NAIA stature, Central State won or shared five consecutive Black college national championships during Joe's tenure. The Seminoles expected it. 2022 Football Roster. But
In the early going the Seminoles
They had two experienced quarterbacks, and we didn't.". The visitors seemed the faster, quicker team. Adams. FSU got the ball at the Gator 46 after a punt. New president hires new athletic director hires new football coach. State's football team rallied behind a suddenly fierce defense here Saturday night and hacked out a 24-14 victory over Virginia Tech. 116 yards) for 8, coming early in the second quarter after a 70-yard drive highlighted by the ball-carrying of Homes Johnson, cutting the score to 14-7. He wasn't afraid of playing the other schools. His vigorous efforts led to FAMU's admittance as a Division I-AA school. Under Jake Gaither from the end of World War II until 1969, the Rattlers were one of the two anchors of Black college football alongside Eddie Robinson's Grambling. #FAMU | #Rattlers | #LeaveNoDoubt. Jul 14, 2022 GSU wraps up its home campaign on Saturday, Nov. 5 with a bevy of activities.
Lets rank the NFL teams still standing in the divisional round. They brought the championship trophy to Tallahassee following a 35-28 over the Minutemen. "When we would go to the playoffs, we'd have just drawn 70,000 at the Florida Classic [the annual rivalry between FAMU and Bethune-Cookman]," Hollins says, "and the guys from Appalachian State and everywhere else would be shocked. following the game-opening series in which Hurley was hurt. And the scope of that destruction on this sunny, windy and cool
Allen Harvin on four of them - led to the Cincy 48. weak punt, it moved 56 yards, primarily on the passes of freshman Steve Casey, who went all the way at quarterback. Trying to pass out of the hole, Woodham was intercepted at the 35 by
The Castle House Yorkshire Grand Designs. Aaron Hagans raced wide for the touchdown, and a point kick made it 7-0. hit his old Tallahassee Leon teammate, Kurt Unglaub, with a short pass at about the 20, and Unglaub managed 20 more yards out of the catch. mexico city lucha libre tickets . "A lot of times, you celebrate things on the golden anniversary. A pass missed, but Cincinnati was offsides. the Syracuse nine, only to have a Jordan pass intercepted. Lyles, four plays later, got the TD from the 1. "Let's hope this is the beginning of something good. "There wasn't anything sinister about what we did," Houston Coach Bill Yeoman said. ", Dr. DeLoney further describes the
You can do a lot, but you have to fund it. Percy Speights Clearwater Academy International (Clearwater, FL) 6-5 / 305. With a paper-thin roster, the Rattlers traveled to Illinois, Tulane, Temple, Virginia Tech, and FIU, going 0-5 and losing by an average of 46-12. * 58 John Madden C 6-2 218 So Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
Homes Johnson broke for 15 to the Bearcat 48. Harvin went wide to the 7. Jan 5, 2023 11:06 AM EST. Two plays later Jones, the senior defensive end from Homestead, applied heavy pressure to substitute Joe Berckel as he pitched out - forcing a fumble
60 Scott McLean DT 6-4 218 Fr Clermont (Clermont)
Just after intermission they turned one over at the Cowboy 12. That was nearly twice as many points as the 13 the Seminoles had scored in that opening period all season
"At Central State, he may have been using some of those NFL concepts there, but they scored 101 points on a school [poor Lane College in 1989], and the coach from the other team literally ran across the field waving a white towel.". clock. With just under nine minutes left, the Rattlers had the ball at YSU's 4. * 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 So * Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle)
While the home team was stacking up 596 yards of offense,
Linebacker Reggie Herring and end Willie Jones also seemed prominent in a Florida State defensive effort
When another pass gained the Seminoles' six, Simmons called a halt as fullback Kevin Tolbert ran the middle. All 8 remaining NFL playoffs teams, ranked by likelihood of winning it all. second touchdown. He appeared to cause two of Pitt's early fumbles. But after Joe left, three coaches have lasted a combined 10 years. Woodham had hit only six of 14 passes. Defensively, FSU linemen were in Syracuse's hair all afternoon. Mark Lyles, the big fullback, was another hero in defeat, running nine times for 64 yards, catching four big passes for 44 and scoring twice. Seminole track team during spring as a decathalon participantwould like to compete in 1980 Moscow Olympicsone of just two married players on squadfather is a commercial pilota physics
Miami vs. FAMU football - 1979 - YouTube Highlights from the Miami-Florida A&M football game in 1979 - won 16-13 by Florida A&M. (Note: there is no audio on the 2nd half of this highlight. A 16-yard pass to Mike Frisina gained the 36. 65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 So Lakeland (Lakeland)
From there Woodham guided the march to a go-ahead touchdown. Tight
Flo And Kay Lyman Death, 40,338 fans in Campbell Stadium might have witnessed a different outcome. For FAMU, the jump was either far too early or five years too late. Early in the final quarter, nose guard Ron Simmons stripped the ball from Beal as he tackled him for a loss and Arthur Scott got that fumble for the Seminoles at Southern's 43. 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. Gary Huff 19 QB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Hollins was at FAMU when Joe got there and is still in the sports information department. Bob Merson OG 6-3 238 Fr Seminole (Seminole)
FSU played very, very well on both
We had a stadium that hadn't been renovated since 1980. "You have to give them credit," he said. The 3-8 record was kind;the Rattlers were easily the worst team in I-A. The triumph, however hairy, kept alive Florida State hopes for a regional-television date in a homecoming game here next Saturday against Navy, a 20-17 loser to Syracuse. Abraham did not do this. Simmons was in on 14 tackles, four outright; linebacker Reggie Herring in on 15, five
* 29 Sam Platt RB 5-11 176 So Jacksonville (Wolfson)
47 Tim Koehnemann DB 5-11 170 Jr Champaign, Ill. (Mosley)
In 1998, they beat Troy, then fell by three points to Western Illinois. "When Hurley got hurt," said Bowden, "they stayed right with us - until that last quarter. (2) Florida's Warren Gaffney fumbled away a punt that the Seminoles' Ernie Sims recovered at the Gator 22. Brantley's passing keyed the push. * 19 Kurt Unglaub WR 5-11 175 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
A couple left. with an even 100 yards in 17 carries - had been stopped cold, and that the play should have been blown dead. 77 Barry Voltapetti OT 6-5 225 So Miami (Chaminade)
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