Furman at Florida State

Saturday, November 13, 1954

Florida State beat Furman 33–⁠14. It was their third meeting; after it, Furman led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayFurman5–⁠5 in 1954
14
HomeFlorida State8–⁠4 in 1954
33

FinalHigh 79°F, low 57°FAttendance 14,112

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Florida State Defeats Furman Eleven, 1914

    Evening star, November 14, 1954, page 65

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    Florida State Defeats Furman Eleven, 1914 TALLAHASSEE. Fla, Nov. Is. Lee Corso’s hard running and Harry Massey’s sharp passing paced Florida State to a 1914 victory over Furman before Ia 600 homecoming fans today. Corso scored three touchdowns and Massey completed is Of % passes, 10 in the first half when Florida State built UP a 700 lead. Corso swept right end for i’ve yards and touchdown in the first quarter, bolted eight yards for another score in the third and caught a 10-yard pass from Mas sey and picked his way 16 yards for his third score in the final period. E’orias ESS%sn stat. 3 g { Essss Scoring: Furman, touchdowns-Ander. son, Boyle. Points after touchdown Pringels. Dellinger. Florida State. touch downs Corso 90, Leonard, Massey. Points after touchdown-Graham t2), Massey

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Florida State 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Florida State leads 8–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Florida State 41, Furman 10
1963Florida State 49, Furman 6
1962Florida State 42, Furman 0
1958Florida State 42, Furman 6
1957Florida State 27, Furman 7
1956Florida State 42, Furman 7

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