* 84 Sam Childers TE 6-2 195 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
With Hurley out, Syracuse could neither run nor pass with any consistency, though backup Ron Farneski did manage to
James Otis Doss' 29-yard run up the middle following a 70-yard punt
Jackie Flowers caught two big passes in the movement. # Name Class RB: Amp Arnold: QB: Buck Belue: Fr: OL: fumble as he went into the end zone and tight end Steve Stephens recover the ball for a touchdown. On fourth down, Cappelen missed a 21-yard try for a field goal. fb tw inst . * 12 Wally Woodham QB 5-11 182 Jr-R * Tallahassee (Leon)
In the second quarter, a 58-yard punt
here Saturday as Florida State tore away for a 28-0 triumph in a football opener. "We can't afford mistakes because we are not strong enough offensively to hang
26 Willie Flowers DB 5-11 175 Jr Miami (Boca Raton)
66 Mike Stewart LB 6-0 200 Jr ** Hazlehurst, Ga. (Jeff Davis)
big Number 78 was grabbing my arm all night and spinning me around. The Official Athletic Site of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Two plays later Casey fumbled as Willie Jones chased him into the end zone - grabbing him, forcing the bobble - and Ron
With 2:55 left in the game, Wally Woodham passed 22 yards to Jackie Flowers for an apparent touchdown - a touchdown that would have tied the game, and with the extra-point kick
to throw a first-down pass that Dan Vete intercepted at the Cincinnati 45. Tech,
At the 5, Casey threw - and the ball bounced off FSU's Mike Kincaid and perhaps
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Unglaub said after the game Arzak had not touched
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The 1978 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. decisive difference in the comeback. he did practice it was at a cornerback slot but his position appears to be weak safetya hotel and restaurant management majorborn September 15, 1958parents: Anthony and Shirley Koehnemann. . While the home team was stacking up 596 yards of offense,
Marler hit 17 of 31 throws for 307 yards and three of the five touchdowns that the Bulldogs got passing. 82 Lawrence Strainge WR 6-1 176 Fr Delray Beach (Boca Raton)
(East Bay/Georgia Tech) Willie Andrusko C 6-5 227 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs) 57 Keith Baker LB 6-0 195 Fr Delray Beach (Atlantic) 65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 So Lakeland (Lakeland) * 42 Monk Bonasorte DB 6-1 177 So * Pittsburgh, Pa. (Bishop Boyle) 75 Tom Brannon OT 6 . His first effort was a nifty 57-yarder. lost the ball at Oklahoma State's seven. (2) FSU moved 62 yards early in the second quarter, and Dave Cappelen kicked a 32-yard field
Willie Jones was a fifth player in our
Platt declared, after the game, that he was forced out of bounds by crowding defensive back, and
He was ranked as a four-star recruit by Rivals (5.8) and 247 Sports (90), but the 247 Sports Composite has him as a three-star (0.8875). Their losing Hurley was about like out losing Jordan
And in the third quarter, just after FSU had gone ahead 24-6, the Cowboys went 75 yards - all on the ground - and made it look kind of easy as they
So it became 27-21 with plenty of time left. "No, this doesn't make up for the disappointment over not getting a bowl bid - but beating Florida is
* 26 Wade Wallace FB 5-10 190 Jr Birmingham, Ala. (Tarrant)
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the Seminoles got no further. two. 89 Milton Raysor WR 6-4 190 Fr Pompano Beach (Ely)
Now 4-2, same as Mississippi State, the Seminoles play at Pittsburgh next Saturday afternoon. - could not do anything about it. touchdown on an up-the-middle run. All-Americans - 8
interceptions off Woodham. Mike Good Associated Press - Honorable Mention All-American
The tone of the game - reflecting Florida State frustration - was set
New college rules, which went into effect this year, permit a
Georgia Tech School History; Schedule & Results; Roster; Team Stats. This college football 1970s season article is a stub. speared only five of FSU's 21 completions. Navy was also No. "We have played
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dress suddenly appeared astride a horse - leading the football Seminoles onto the field for the game with Oklahoma State. Mar 1 | Final. * 77 Jeremy Mindlin DT 6-3 230 Jr-R Miami (South Miami)
On fourth down at the 22, Woodham hit Lyles with a short swing pass, and the big fullback churned down the sidelines for a touchdown that made it a final 31-21 with a bit over
Frustrated by
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Flags flew all over the field all night. With all the fumbling, OSU punted just twice, FSU three times - freshman Rohn Stark averaging 43.3 on his
In came Jimmy Jordan - only
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With 1:45 left, Lyles scored from the 1, making it a final 24-14. yards out. Oklahoma State lost the ball on fumbles four of five possessions - two just before halftime, two just after.
Georgia Tech football adds five transfers to 2023 roster Stark's 31-yard punt gave Cincinnati
As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. "But the most important thing about the game is that we won.". . A kickoff left FSU at its 16. State had the wind with it in the first quarter, when it jumped in front 14-0, and in the third, when it got 21 more points - and was at FSU's 1, about to score seven more, when that quarter ended. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. * 88 Willie Jones DE 6-4 225 Sr *** Homestead (South Dade)
With 28 seconds left the visitors reached FSU's 37 on a 19-yard pass to Frisina. Mississippi State
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Early in the fourth quarter, the Seminoles failed to make it on a fourth-and-one run from the Miami 12. call that provided a first down at the Miami five, Florida State drove right back to the tie again (14-14). The Official Athletic Site of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. * 32 Greg Ramsey RB 5-10 170 Jr-R * Fort Lauderdale (Dothan)
That is why they were able to play so well against us. As Jordan hit 16 of 25 passes, and Woodham four of seven, Flowers
by the holding penalty. Woodham hit 17 of 29 passes for 198 yards as he went all the way at
jumped in front 3-0 in the first quarter on the 37-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen. * 23 Jackie Flowers WR 6-2 195 Jr ** Jacksonville (Raines)
Butler made amends. The official 2023 Football Roster for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. FSU coaches concurred. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. From its 20, Cincinnati managed a first down, but got no further. But Woodham was hit hard as he missed on a pass. Florida got the ball at
Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, Conference USA. The rider is Jim Kidder, a junior, a criminology major from Pompano Beach. It was a day when Florida State might have scored 55 points itself, for it was no day for defense on
When Rohn Stark punted back, Pitt got the ball at the 50. 1:44 left in the game, FSU's last realistic chance to win went down the drain when Mark Lyles was ruled to have fumbled at the Pitt 21. 65 Trent Barnes OG 6-4 230 So Lakeland (Lakeland)
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Greg Ramsey got the TD from 2 yards out. Pittsburgh, now 5-1, had 198 rushing yards, led by Fred Jacobs' 87 in 22 cracks. Nov 14 7 PM. Box Score Recap Game Notes Digital Roster Card Program. And the final score was on the board with 8:38 left. 1978 Georgia Bulldogs football team . Three plays later Flowers grabbed a 17-yarder at the 1.
Georgia Tech vs Air Force: Re-visiting The 1978 Game THE FLATS Georgia Tech football officially announced the addition of five transfers to its 2023 roster on Wednesday. by Joe Gasparovic put the Seminoles in a hole at their 19.
3.2 Georgia Tech. 30 Keith Kennedy RB 5-10 180 Jr-R Red Bay, Ala. (Red Bay)
In the second quarter, after taking that 7-0 lead, the Seminoles drove to a first down at
Hammond was obliged to leave the field. Southern had two
Player Game Finder, School Game Finder. Wekiva Apopka, Fla. Full Bio. Nobody runs it better than Houston.". But soon, on the first play of the last quarter, Cincinnati had to punt out of that hole. Florida State moved from its 20 following the third-quarter kickoff. And this was the same FSU defense that had been riddled for five touchdown passes and a school-record number of yards by Mississippi State the week
This article about a sports team in the US state of Georgia is a stub. On the second chance, the Seminoles got as far as the 10. But instead of Miami getting the ball, Florida State got it - at the six. * 39 Reggie Herring DB 6-2 195 So Titusville (Astronaut)
Jordan struck on 17 of 28 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tallahassee junior had none intercepted. Scott Warren Churchman's - 1st Team All-American
40 Ozzie Harrell DB 5-11 180 Jr Miami (South Miami)
79 Garry Futch DE 6-3 220 Fr Ocala (Forest)
Jones scoring on a 14-yard option sweep, putting the final score of 7-3 on the board with 3:29 left in the half. with an even 100 yards in 17 carries - had been stopped cold, and that the play should have been blown dead. When another pass gained the Seminoles' six, Simmons called a halt as fullback Kevin Tolbert ran the middle. was deserved. All rights reserved. through wide-open end zones, also was a factor. 1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Stats. Associated Press - Honorable Mention All-American
On November 11, 1978 at Air Force Tech running back Eddie Lee Ivery rushed for 356 yards. The new format assigns Miami with three permanent conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice (home and away) in a four-year cycle. Lyles, four plays later, got the TD from the 1. Or write about sports? The Seminoles went for two. A first-down run lost four yards, however. (7) The Seminoles moved 74 yards, mixing passes with
That dry field may have proved more to Houston's advantage than FSU's. 56 Joe Demarest LB 6-2 205 So Tampa (Jefferson)
lightning. the running game of Oklahoma State as the Cowboys managed a 307-yard total. "I hope we didn't get too beat up," said Bowden. With 6:09 remaining, Cappelen lined up for a
on fumbles.
biology majorborn April 8, 1957parents: Richard and Roseann Maglich. Two plays later Jones, the senior defensive end from Homestead, applied heavy pressure to substitute Joe Berckel as he pitched out - forcing a fumble
"I faked outside, cut inside when I saw the play coming," Simmons said. During home games the horse and rider will be between the 30 and goal line on the student
* 51 James Gilbert FB 6-2 235 Fr Miami (Carol City)
Find out more. the heels of a 52-yard push following a 10-yard Mississippi State punt into the wind, tying the game 14-14. next Saturday, against Cincinnati.alf. a minute remaining. Despite the Seminoles' dramatic rally
Pyron committed to the Yellow Jackets back in October after decommitting from Baylor. His pass rush on one occasion also forced a bad throw that the Seminoles intercepted. Johnson again scoring from the 1. "In the second half," Dickey said, "we were clearly out-executed by a good football team. the play was extraordinary. And
At this point Cincinnati had outyarded FSU, 230 to 160. 's Athletic Scholarship Fund, which directly provides scholarship funding for Tech student-athletes. Simmons claimed the ball for the Seminoles at the 4. Copeland pass to McDole for 36
victory. Baker for a TD that narrowed it to 24-21 with 4:27 left. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Bill Lewis and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. The Seminoles wouldn't let Syracuse have the football, controlling it 81 pays to 51. * 67 Mark Macek DT 6-2 235 So * Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)
* 21 Bobby Butler CB 5-11 185 So * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
Quarterback Jimmy Jordan
* 54 Arthur Scott LB 6-2 222 So-R * Tampa (Brandon)
Frank Sinkwich accepting the Heisman Trophy. * 53 Paul Piurowski LB 6-3 205 So * Sarasota (Sarasota)
FSU played very, very well on both
It may have been the last game
He had personally scored a second-quarter touchdown, with a sneak from inches away, after setting it up with a 41-yard bomb to Jackie Flowers, whose catch on
Dave Cappelen All-South Independent - 2nd Team
* 36 Chip Sanders RB 5-10 188 Sr ** Macon, Ga. (Southwest)
The horse is a big one, 16 hands high, a
Florida State beaten the Cougars in Tallahassee. 26 Willie Flowers DB 5-11 175 Jr Miami (Boca Raton)
"I tell you what, I'm just about the happiest I've ever been.". * 63 Lee Adams OG-TE 6-4 230 So Ruskin (East Bay/Georgia Tech)
It was a game much in the
So Warren intercepted his second pass - this time at the 3. possession of the third quarter, Woodham hit Flowers with a 72-yard scoring bomb. involvement in 17 tackles, six outright. 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. Read. better teams. ", Florida State plays another game in Campbell Stadium
"I'm glad it's over.". Ben F. Williams. * 35 Ernie Sims RB 6-1 190 So * Tampa (Jefferson)
Bowden later. in his bid to take the handoff, Woodham jumped over the middle of the line for the TD. The 1992 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. We've been timid in our first couple of games, because we're so young. But that was all. * 55 Gil Wesley C 6-1 210 Jr * Birmingham, Ala. (Woodlawn)
soon cut out another TD on the 61-yard collaboration of Woodham and Flowers. Son of Patrick and Janice Alexander . We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:41AM. Clinging to a 7-0 lead early in the last quarter, the Seminoles were backed to their three. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. * 40 Gary Henry DB 6-1 185 Fr Orlando (Oak Ridge)
"I might add," he said, "that we did,
On fourth down, Bob Tata put through a 43-yard field goal for 3-0. 0. FSU stretched its lead to 10-0 on a second-quarter field goal of 30 yards by Dave Cappelen. Registering eight points for the night, the slight Cappelen, a junior, became the top scorer in FSU history, his 169 total eclipsing the 164 hung up by wide receiver
On a sunny, windy and quite chilly afternoon, with the temperature in the low 70's, 24,272 fans in Archbold Stadium watched the
afternoon is reflected in that never before in a 32-year history had any team run up as many total yards against Florida State, nor had an opponent passed for as many yards. * 24 Mike Kincaid DB 6-0 180 Sr-R *** Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan)
The running of Johnson - who got 66 yards in 19 tries for the night - and Lyles sparked the push, with Woodham hitting on short but
Few would have guessed it, but the
coach, is said to be interested in the job, if Dickey goes. A 34-yard Jones pass to McDole on the play after Richard Blackmore intercepted a Jordan
Skip to main content. * 90 Edenbur Richardson DE 6-3 206 Jr * Crystal River (Crystal River)
Rohn Stark, the freshman, punted like a veteran. In their first year under head coach Bill Dooley, the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4-7. L
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(Ramsey who saw a bit of action, damaged some ribs returning kicks in a
But it was a sticky 7-6 as late as halftime. Charles Ferguson Football News - 2nd Team Freshman All-American
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1992 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team Play Index. runs in their best drive of the night. 192 yards in the first half, finished with 265, of which 162 came on runs. "When Hurley got hurt," said Bowden, "they stayed right with us - until that last quarter. which had 183 yards in the first half, finished with just 222. An
racked, on a bruising tackle by Simmons, for a 3-yard loss at the 10, forcing a fumble that tackle Mark Macek claimed. applicants. Then, on fourth-and-2, the quarterback was inches short on another keeper. Barry Smith from '70-'72. on a sweep, scored easily. Gary Huff 19 QB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Right after that, FSU defenders backed Houston to its seven,
1978 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Roster | College Football at Sports practical purposes, it was Florida's last shot. Milton Raysor, 6-4, 190, WR, Pompano Beach, Scott Redditt, 5-11, 195, DT, Altamonte Springs.