Furman at Florida State
Saturday, November 13, 1954 Share
Florida State beat Furman 33–14. It was their third meeting; after it, Furman led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 57°FAttendance 14,112
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Furman–Florida State gameFlorida State leads 8–2 in 10 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1987 | Florida State 41, Furman 10 | |
| 1963 | Florida State 49, Furman 6 | |
| 1962 | Florida State 42, Furman 0 | |
| 1958 | Florida State 42, Furman 6 | |
| 1957 | Florida State 27, Furman 7 | |
| 1956 | Florida State 42, Furman 7 |
Around this game
Furman
- Next gamevs. WoffordNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonFurman in 1954
- ProgramFurman history and records
Florida State
- Next gameat StetsonNov. 20, 1954
- SeasonFlorida State in 1954
- ProgramFlorida State history and records

