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1954 Florida State

8–⁠4, coached by Thomas Nugent.

Schedule and results

Florida State in 1954, game by game: lost vs. Georgia 0–14; lost vs. Abilene Christian 0–13; won at Louisville 47–6; won vs. Villanova 52–13; won at NC State 13–7; lost at Auburn 0–33; won at VMI 33–19; won vs. Furman 33–14; won at Stetson 47–6; won vs. Southern Miss 19–18; won at Tampa 13–0; lost vs. UTEP 20–47+41−33Lost 0–14 vs. Georgia-14GeorgiaLost 0–13 vs. Abilene Christian-13Abilene Christi…Won 47–6 at Louisville+41LouisvilleWon 52–13 vs. Villanova+39VillanovaWon 13–7 at NC State+6NC StateLost 0–33 at Auburn-33AuburnWon 33–19 at VMI+14VMIWon 33–14 vs. Furman+19FurmanWon 47–6 at Stetson+41StetsonWon 19–18 vs. Southern Miss+1Southern MissWon 13–0 at Tampa+13TampaLost 20–47 vs. UTEP-27UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠1448%
Sep 25vsAbilene ChristianL 0–⁠1384%
Oct 2atLouisvilleW 47–⁠626%
Oct 9vsVillanovaW 52–⁠1346%
Oct 16atNC StateW 13–⁠746%
Oct 23atAuburnL 0–⁠3333%
Oct 30atVMIW 33–⁠1943%
Nov 13vsFurmanW 33–⁠1456%
Nov 20atStetsonW 47–⁠684%
Nov 27vsSouthern MissW 19–⁠1881%
Dec 4atTampaW 13–⁠082%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsUTEPSun BowlL 20–⁠4745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UTEP 47–⁠20 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 78 on file).

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
277–⁠190
Coach
Thomas Nugent
Elo
1452 +73 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−3.0 No. 63 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 4Tom Feamster ELos Angeles Rams