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re: Bobby Bowden started head coaching in 1959. From 1959-2020 where does he rank all time.
Posted on 8/10/21 at 12:16 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 8/10/21 at 12:16 pm to lsufball19
To add on to this, it was only in 1947 that Florida State got that name and stopped being a women's college.
In the three years before Bowden took over, the FSU football program was a doormat going 0-11, 1-10, and 3-8.
Nebraska did well before Tom Osborne. Not so FSU before Bowden.
In the three years before Bowden took over, the FSU football program was a doormat going 0-11, 1-10, and 3-8.
Nebraska did well before Tom Osborne. Not so FSU before Bowden.
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Posted on 8/10/21 at 12:21 pm to machismo64
While Bowden clearly took FSU to new heights that they'd never achieved, they had been a good program in the years before Muddra and Larry Jones under Bill Peterson. They went to 4 bowl games between 1964 and 1968 and finished ranked in the Top 15 3 times. They went 62-31-5 between 1964-1970. Peterson came from LSU, where he was Dietzel's OL coach (and signed Billy Cannon) during 1958-1959 (LSU went 20-2, 11-1; won the 1958 national title and finished #3 in 1959).
FSU then went 4-29 from 1973-1975, and Bowden was hired in 1976.
1964 (BP) : 9-1-1 (#11) (Gator)
1965 (BP) : 4-5-1
1966 (BP) : 6-5 (Sun)
1967 (BP) : 7-2-2 (#15) (Gator)
1968 (BP) : 8-3 (#14) (Peach)
1969 (BP) : 6-3-1
1970 (BP) : 7-4
1971 (Jones) : 8-4 (#19) (Fiesta)
1972 (Jones) : 7-4
1973 (Jones) : 0-11
1974 (Mudra) : 1-10
1975 (Mudra) : 3-8
1976 ---- BOWDEN
FSU then went 4-29 from 1973-1975, and Bowden was hired in 1976.
1964 (BP) : 9-1-1 (#11) (Gator)
1965 (BP) : 4-5-1
1966 (BP) : 6-5 (Sun)
1967 (BP) : 7-2-2 (#15) (Gator)
1968 (BP) : 8-3 (#14) (Peach)
1969 (BP) : 6-3-1
1970 (BP) : 7-4
1971 (Jones) : 8-4 (#19) (Fiesta)
1972 (Jones) : 7-4
1973 (Jones) : 0-11
1974 (Mudra) : 1-10
1975 (Mudra) : 3-8
1976 ---- BOWDEN
This post was edited on 8/10/21 at 12:26 pm
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