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1974 Florida State

1–⁠10, coached by Darrell Mudra.

Schedule and results

Florida State in 1974, game by game: lost vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh 6–9; lost vs. Colorado State 7–14; lost at Kansas 9–40; lost vs. Baylor 17–21; lost at No. 3 Alabama 7–8; lost vs. No. 14 Florida 14–24; lost at No. 5 Auburn 6–38; lost at Memphis 14–42; won at Miami 21–14; lost vs. Virginia Tech 21–56; lost vs. No. 15 Houston 8–23+7−35Lost 6–9 vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh-3No. 13 PittsburghLost 7–14 vs. Colorado State-7Colorado StateLost 9–40 at Kansas-31KansasLost 17–21 vs. Baylor-4BaylorLost 7–8 at No. 3 Alabama-1No. 3 AlabamaLost 14–24 vs. No. 14 Florida-10No. 14 FloridaLost 6–38 at No. 5 Auburn-32No. 5 AuburnLost 14–42 at Memphis-28MemphisWon 21–14 at Miami+7MiamiLost 21–56 vs. Virginia Tech-35Virginia TechLost 8–23 vs. No. 15 Houston-15No. 15 Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vs13PittsburghL 6–⁠941%
Sep 21vsColorado StateL 7–⁠1455%
Sep 28atKansasL 9–⁠4018%
Oct 5vsBaylorL 17–⁠2144%
Oct 12at3AlabamaL 7–⁠85%
Oct 19vs14FloridaL 14–⁠2424%
Oct 26at5AuburnL 6–⁠3810%
Nov 2atMemphisL 14–⁠4213%
Nov 8atMiamiW 21–⁠1414%
Nov 16vsVirginia TechL 21–⁠5641%
Nov 23vs15HoustonL 8–⁠2313%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 23–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 78 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
130–⁠289
Coach
Darrell Mudra
Elo
1300 −77 this season
SP+ rating
-3.4 No. 84 of 124; offense No. 84, defense No. 80
SRS
−3.7 No. 79 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Henning
Defensive coordinator
Pete Rodriguez
Captains
Joe Goldsmith and Bert Cooper