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==Season summary==
==Season summary==
===Week 1: Bainbridge Giants===
===Week 1: Bainbridge Giants===
The red and white clad Bainbridge Giants arrived by train, and they reportedly hoped to “hammer the life” out of Florida State. The Giants were “much heavier” than Florida State and had four football veterans from the [[University of Georgia]], as well as one [[University of Virginia]] alumnus. <ref>{{cite book |last= Kabat|first=Ric|date= July 1991|title= Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904|url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148092|location= |publisher= The Florida Historical Quarterly|page=20-37 |isbn=|author-link= }}</ref>
The season opened with a 5–0 victory over the Bainbridge Giants.

The two teams trotted onto the field at 3:30p.m. According to a reporter from the ''Weekly Tallahasseean'', Florida State moved the ball quickly into Giant territory. After several “buck runs” Florida State was “within six inches of Georgia’s goal.” The Giants held Florida State for two downs, but on the third Buchholz “barely pushed through Georgia’s right tackle for a touchdown.” Provence attempted an extra-point kick, but it failed. After sixteen minutes of action, Florida State led 5-0. Before the ball again was “advanced any great distance by either side,” the first half ended. <ref>{{cite book |last= Kabat|first=Ric|date= July 1991|title= Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904|url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148092|location= |publisher= The Florida Historical Quarterly|page=20-37 |isbn=|author-link= }}</ref>

McCord, of Florida State, kicked off the second half sending “the pigskin spinning to Georgia’s twenty yard line.” Bainbridge did not advance the ball, and Florida State took possession at mid-field. After several “line bucks,” Florida State was at the Giant’s twenty-yard line. There, Florida State turned the ball over on downs, and Bainbridge started marching up the field. Jacques, the Giant’s right halfback, made a twenty-yard end run, the teams “only long gain of the game.” With Bainbridge on Florida State’s fifteen yard line, “things began to look black for Florida State.” But, “the Florida State line held firm” and the Giant’s field goal attempt “was foiled.” Following Bainbridge’s failed offensive, “the whistle was blown” and the game ended. Florida State had defeated the Bainbridge Giants 5-0. <ref>{{cite book |last= Kabat|first=Ric|date= July 1991|title= Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904|url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148092|location= |publisher= The Florida Historical Quarterly|page=20-37 |isbn=|author-link= }}</ref>


===Week 2: Florida Agricultural College===
===Week 2: Florida Agricultural College===

Revision as of 17:36, 7 January 2018

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The 1902 Florida State College football team represented Florida State College in the sport of American football during the 1902 college football season. The team was the first intercollegiate football squad to represent Florida State University and was led Head Coach W.W. Hughes.[2] The team posted a 2–1 record and won the State Championship.[3] With no formal nickname or mascot, the Florida State College football team was known simply as e. g. the "Florida State College Eleven".[4]

Uniforms

The Florida State players wore gold uniforms with a large purple F on the front. Their pants were lightly padded, but their upper bodies were largely unprotected. Leather helmets with ear guards covered their heads, and shoehorn-shaped metal nose guards were strapped across their faces.[5]

Season summary

Week 1: Bainbridge Giants

The red and white clad Bainbridge Giants arrived by train, and they reportedly hoped to “hammer the life” out of Florida State. The Giants were “much heavier” than Florida State and had four football veterans from the University of Georgia, as well as one University of Virginia alumnus. [6]

The two teams trotted onto the field at 3:30p.m. According to a reporter from the Weekly Tallahasseean, Florida State moved the ball quickly into Giant territory. After several “buck runs” Florida State was “within six inches of Georgia’s goal.” The Giants held Florida State for two downs, but on the third Buchholz “barely pushed through Georgia’s right tackle for a touchdown.” Provence attempted an extra-point kick, but it failed. After sixteen minutes of action, Florida State led 5-0. Before the ball again was “advanced any great distance by either side,” the first half ended. [7]

McCord, of Florida State, kicked off the second half sending “the pigskin spinning to Georgia’s twenty yard line.” Bainbridge did not advance the ball, and Florida State took possession at mid-field. After several “line bucks,” Florida State was at the Giant’s twenty-yard line. There, Florida State turned the ball over on downs, and Bainbridge started marching up the field. Jacques, the Giant’s right halfback, made a twenty-yard end run, the teams “only long gain of the game.” With Bainbridge on Florida State’s fifteen yard line, “things began to look black for Florida State.” But, “the Florida State line held firm” and the Giant’s field goal attempt “was foiled.” Following Bainbridge’s failed offensive, “the whistle was blown” and the game ended. Florida State had defeated the Bainbridge Giants 5-0. [8]

Week 2: Florida Agricultural College

Florida State trailed at halftime, 5-0, but rallied in the second half. Florida's players became tired and frustrated despite their lead. Florida's quarterback hit Florida State's right end "in the temple and was promptly disqualified," according to the Weekly Tallahasseean. After Florida State drove to Florida's 16 yard line and Florida was penalized five yards for an illegal defensive formation, Florida State successfully attempted a trick offsides play. It worked, but it also infuriated Florida's players, who marched off the field and refused to come back. Officials declared Florida State victorious by forfeit.[9]

Week 3: Florida Agricultural College

"Although the game was hotly contested from the very first, it was plain that the Florida team was stronger," reported the Lake City Citizen-Reporter.[10]

Schedule

November 21, 1902at Bainbridge GiantsBainbridge, GAW 5–0 December 12, 1902Florida Agricultural CollegeTallahassee, FloridaW 6–0 December 20, 1902at Florida Agricultural CollegeLake City, FloridaL 0–6

Template:CFB Schedule End[11][12][13][14]

Roster

The original line-up played the entire game, both offense and defense. Substitutes replaced injured players.[15]

Line

  • LE - L.M. Murray
  • LT – E.P. Watson
  • LG – W. Mullin
  • C – C.W. Peters
  • RG – G.P. McCord
  • RT – W.W. Dickey
  • RE - R.F. Bradford

Backfield

  • QB – A.B. Clark
  • LH - Dan Williams
  • RH - W.H. Provence
  • FB – Fritz Buchholz

References

  1. ^ Kabat, Ric (July 1991). Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904. The Florida Historical Quarterly. p. 20-37.
  2. ^ "A Brief History of Athletics at Florida State University". FSU. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ "History". FSU. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ Schmadtke, Alan (27 November 1991). "1902 Forfeit Kicked Off UF-FSU Rivalry". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. ^ Kabat, Ric (July 1991). Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904. The Florida Historical Quarterly. p. 20-37.
  6. ^ Kabat, Ric (July 1991). Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904. The Florida Historical Quarterly. p. 20-37.
  7. ^ Kabat, Ric (July 1991). Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904. The Florida Historical Quarterly. p. 20-37.
  8. ^ Kabat, Ric (July 1991). Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904. The Florida Historical Quarterly. p. 20-37.
  9. ^ Schmadtke, Alan (27 November 1991). "1902 Forfeit Kicked Off UF-FSU Rivalry". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  10. ^ Schmadtke, Alan (27 November 1991). "1902 Forfeit Kicked Off UF-FSU Rivalry". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  11. ^ http://www.nolefan.org/ffsuexhibition.html
  12. ^ http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-11-27/news/9111270990_1_florida-college-football-gainesville
  13. ^ http://www.nolefan.org/garnet/seminole54.html
  14. ^ http://www.lostcolleges.com/#!west-florida-seminary/cij3
  15. ^ Kabat, Ric (July 1991). Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902-1904. The Florida Historical Quarterly. p. 20-37.

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