On this day in FSU football history, in the first game of just their 3rd season of play, the Noles set a scoring margin record which may never be topped when they beat Whiting Field 74-0. The scoring record passed the previous record set the game before in the last game of the 1948 season against Tampa 33-12 and lasted over 35 years when FSU scored 76 against Tulsa in 1985.
Only 3 other times in the history of FSU football has that scoring total been matched and surpassed, the game in 1985, then again in 1995 beating NC State 77-17 and finally in our 2013 national championship season with an 80-14 win over Idaho.
Even with those other high scoring games, none managed to shutout their opponents and break the record for the highest scoring margin like the Noles did to start Coach Don Veller's second season.
Coach Don Veller
Since the Noles did not win a game in 1947 under Ed Williamson, Coach Veller was the first FSU football coach to record a win since the program last saw light in 1904 before being designated an all girls school. Veller led FSU to its first conference championship in his first season, first undefeated season, first bowl appearance and first bowl win in his time with the Noles from 1948-1952. In his first 3 years as a coach he led the team to a conference title each year and boasted an impressive 24-2 combined record those seasons.
Veller did a lot of athletics and academics at FSU and brought a lot of class to the football program. Another in a long line of coaching greats to grace our sidelines.
Veller would go on to coach the golf team and serve FSU in other capacities. His years of service as a coach In 2004, the FSU golf course was renovated and named for Veller.
Florida State University opened its 1949 grid season with a dazzling display of scoring strength here last night as they buried Whiting Field under an avalanche of touchdowns and crushed the service eleven from West Florida under a score of 74-0.
A crowd of around 6,800 fans watched the Seminoles roll relentlessly up and down Centennial field as they scored in every period to set a new modern high-scoring mark for the school. The old record was established in the 33-12 victory over Tampa University in the 1948 season finale.
The victory was the seventh in a row over a two-year span for Coach Don Veller's defending Dixie conference champions who won their last six starts after bowing to Erskine in mid-October.
The service eleven was game to the end, but was enable to cope with the bevy of fast, powerful backs and bulky string of linemen that Veller threw into the horribly one-sided contest.
The Seminoles scored in every period, and from almost every point on the field as they rolled up 393 yards along the ground and added 111 more yards through the airways.
Seven players figured in the 11-touchdown parade, with little Ernie Reddick leading the pack with three TD's. Ralph Chaudron and Buddy Strauss accounted for two tallies apiece, and Ken MacLean, Red Parish, Charlie Johnson and Irwin Hanson picked up singletons.
From left to right: Ernie Reddick, Ralph Chaudron, Buddy Strauss, Ken MacLean & Red Parish
(Three who scored this day would later be inducted into the FSU HOF)
Hanson added eight points from placement to complete the carnage.
Coach J. P. Kessler's naval base eleven was held to a net gain of 68 yards and four first downs, as the alert Indians halted them in their tracks both on the ground and in the airways.
The Seminoles blocked and tackled in almost mid-season form. Practically every combination of forwards that Veller employed charged hard on both offense and defense.
Little All-American tackle Hugh Adams, center Joe Marcus and end Whitey Urquhart featured the bruising Seminole line play.
Every man in uniform on both squads got in the game.
Only 3 other times in the history of FSU football has that scoring total been matched and surpassed, the game in 1985, then again in 1995 beating NC State 77-17 and finally in our 2013 national championship season with an 80-14 win over Idaho.
Even with those other high scoring games, none managed to shutout their opponents and break the record for the highest scoring margin like the Noles did to start Coach Don Veller's second season.
Coach Don Veller
Since the Noles did not win a game in 1947 under Ed Williamson, Coach Veller was the first FSU football coach to record a win since the program last saw light in 1904 before being designated an all girls school. Veller led FSU to its first conference championship in his first season, first undefeated season, first bowl appearance and first bowl win in his time with the Noles from 1948-1952. In his first 3 years as a coach he led the team to a conference title each year and boasted an impressive 24-2 combined record those seasons.
Veller did a lot of athletics and academics at FSU and brought a lot of class to the football program. Another in a long line of coaching greats to grace our sidelines.
Veller would go on to coach the golf team and serve FSU in other capacities. His years of service as a coach In 2004, the FSU golf course was renovated and named for Veller.
Florida State University opened its 1949 grid season with a dazzling display of scoring strength here last night as they buried Whiting Field under an avalanche of touchdowns and crushed the service eleven from West Florida under a score of 74-0.
A crowd of around 6,800 fans watched the Seminoles roll relentlessly up and down Centennial field as they scored in every period to set a new modern high-scoring mark for the school. The old record was established in the 33-12 victory over Tampa University in the 1948 season finale.
The victory was the seventh in a row over a two-year span for Coach Don Veller's defending Dixie conference champions who won their last six starts after bowing to Erskine in mid-October.
The service eleven was game to the end, but was enable to cope with the bevy of fast, powerful backs and bulky string of linemen that Veller threw into the horribly one-sided contest.
The Seminoles scored in every period, and from almost every point on the field as they rolled up 393 yards along the ground and added 111 more yards through the airways.
Seven players figured in the 11-touchdown parade, with little Ernie Reddick leading the pack with three TD's. Ralph Chaudron and Buddy Strauss accounted for two tallies apiece, and Ken MacLean, Red Parish, Charlie Johnson and Irwin Hanson picked up singletons.
From left to right: Ernie Reddick, Ralph Chaudron, Buddy Strauss, Ken MacLean & Red Parish
(Three who scored this day would later be inducted into the FSU HOF)
Hanson added eight points from placement to complete the carnage.
Coach J. P. Kessler's naval base eleven was held to a net gain of 68 yards and four first downs, as the alert Indians halted them in their tracks both on the ground and in the airways.
The Seminoles blocked and tackled in almost mid-season form. Practically every combination of forwards that Veller employed charged hard on both offense and defense.
Little All-American tackle Hugh Adams, center Joe Marcus and end Whitey Urquhart featured the bruising Seminole line play.
Every man in uniform on both squads got in the game.
