Date: September 24th, 1966
Opponent: Miami Hurricanes
Location: The Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida.
1966 was an odd season for Florida State. Head Coach Bill Petersen was in his seventh season and Bobby Bowden had just left his position as wide receivers coach to be the offensive coordinator at West Virginia. Florida State was coming off a 4-5-1 season in 1965 and wouldn’t fare much better in 1966 finishing 6-5 but the ‘66 Seminoles were better than their record.
In 1966 Florida State lost four one-score games against teams that went a combined 35-7-1 but the remarkable thing about 1966 is not FSU’s strength of schedule but the victory it had against Miami.