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1973 Florida State

0–⁠11, coached by Larry Jones.

Schedule and results

Florida State in 1973, game by game: lost at Wake Forest 7–9; lost vs. Kansas 0–28; lost vs. No. 18 Miami 10–14; lost at Baylor 14–21; lost vs. Mississippi State 12–37; lost vs. Memphis 10–13; lost at San Diego State 17–38; lost at No. 18 Houston 3–34; lost at Virginia Tech 13–36; lost vs. South Carolina 12–52; lost at Florida 0–49+7−49Lost 7–9 at Wake Forest-2Wake ForestLost 0–28 vs. Kansas-28KansasLost 10–14 vs. No. 18 Miami-4No. 18 MiamiLost 14–21 at Baylor-7BaylorLost 12–37 vs. Mississippi State-25Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–13 vs. Memphis-3MemphisLost 17–38 at San Diego State-21San Diego StateLost 3–34 at No. 18 Houston-31No. 18 HoustonLost 13–36 at Virginia Tech-23Virginia TechLost 12–52 vs. South Carolina-40South CarolinaLost 0–49 at Florida-49Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atWake ForestL 7–⁠966%
Sep 22vsKansasL 0–⁠2860%
Sep 29vs18MiamiL 10–⁠1453%
Oct 6atBaylorL 14–⁠2144%
Oct 13vsMississippi StateL 12–⁠3756%
Oct 20vsMemphisL 10–⁠1342%
Oct 27atSan Diego StateL 17–⁠3815%
Nov 3at18HoustonL 3–⁠3413%
Nov 10atVirginia TechL 13–⁠3638%
Nov 17vsSouth CarolinaL 12–⁠5239%
Dec 1atFloridaL 0–⁠4916%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida 49–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 78 on file).

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
98–⁠331
Coach
Larry Jones
Elo
1316 −219 this season
SP+ rating
-21.3 No. 113 of 123; offense No. 114, defense No. 102
SRS
−15.3 No. 105 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captains
Jim Malkiewicz and Don Sparkman