A few plays later the Seminoles scored again on another touchdown catch from Sellers to take a 27–24 lead with over six minutes to go.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Tigers fumbled the ball back to the Seminoles in Tiger territory. As the fourth quarter began, the Seminoles drove down the field 72 yards culminated with a Bill Cappleman pass to Ron Sellers touchdown to narrow the lead. On their next drive, Hillman threw another touchdown pass, this time to Bill Stober to make their lead 24–13. The Tigers came alive in the second half, driving 51 yards in eight plays culminated on a Mike Hillman to Bob Hamlett for a touchdown to take the lead 17–13. Before the half ended, Mark Lumpkin kicked a field goal to make it 13–10 at halftime. But the Tigers narrowed the lead when Craig Burns returned a short punt 39 yards for a touchdown. The Seminoles were ranked only two times the whole season, but had risen back in the polls before this game, as they tried to win a bowl game for the first time since 1965.įour turnovers by LSU on their first four possessions had been converted by FSU into two first half touchdowns to lead 13–0 at the second quarter.
The Tigers were ranked for nine out of the eleven games of the regular season before falling out late, reaching as high as #8 while finishing tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference. The game was played in historic Grant Field for the first three games before being moved in 1971. The game was originally created as a fund-raiser by the Lions Clubs of Georgia in 1968. It was the first Peach Bowl game ever played. At the time, this Florida season was an NCAA record turnaround, and this was the first team to make a bowl game after being winless the previous season.The 1968 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the LSU Tigers and the Florida State Seminoles. They won the first three games of that season before a loss to Louisiana State crushed Florida's hopes of being undefeated, but they ended the regular season with 7 wins and 4 losses, and in the Tangerine bowl they defeated Maryland 35-20 to improve to 8-4. The next year, in 1980, the Florida Gators made a remarkable turnaround. Roster 1979 Florida Gators football team roster Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Īttendance figures: 1980 Press Guide University of Florida. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game.Brantley was projected to start at quarterback, but he was injured in the preseason. The 1979 Florida team had 4 starting quarterbacks: Tim Groves, Tyrone Young, John Brown and Larry Ochab, and John Brantley also played at quarterback, though he did not start. This was the last time until 2013 that Florida fielded a team with a losing record.
The team, which was plagued by injuries, placed dead last among ten SEC teams. Pell's plan would produce many on-the-field victories over the next five years, but his first campaign as the Gators coach produced the most losses in any single season in Gators football history, ending with a winless 0–10–1 overall record and a 0–6 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Pell arrived in Gainesville with a new plan for building the Gators football program-new offensive and defensive schemes, new assistant coaches, a new attitude and new boosters fund-raising model to support the program and improve the stadium and training facilities. The season was Charley Pell's first of six as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The 1979 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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