The Seminoles were scoreless until a minute remained in the first half, when Ron Simmons blocked a punt and Scott Warren picked up the ball and ran it 2 yards for a touchdown that put the Noles on top to stay at 7–3.

Larry Key ran for 120 yards and became the first Florida State football player ever to go over the 2,000 mark in career yardage.

With 6:58 to go in the game the Seminoles capped an 80-yard drive with Dave Cappelen's 27 yard field goal, moving back up 11–10.

[7] Down 17–10, Miami ripped off 13 points in the final nine minutes and ended the Seminoles' five-game winning streak 23–17.

The next series saw a Jordan pass intercepted and Dennis kick the first of two 47 yard field goals for a 20-17 Miami lead as the clock showed 5:02.

Dave Cappelen kicked 36 and 30 yard field goals, the last one put FSU ahead to stay 18–17 with 6:36 left.

Florida State had driven 78 yards to a 7–0 lead on the game's opening series, Wally Woodham scoring from the one.

With 3:08 left in the first half, Bobby Butler blocked a punt that Ivory Joe Hunter picked up and took 19 yards for a touchdown.

Ken Smith came in at quarterback for the Mean Green and on the first play, an attempted draw, saw a bobbled handoff at the goal line, and Willie Jones claimed the ball in the end zone for an FSU touchdown that brought it to 21–7 at halftime.

A 29-yard field goal by Dave Cappelen finally beat Virginia Tech 23–21 on a wet, grey homecoming afternoon before 36,500 folks at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg.

A 39-yard pass by Mike Shumann off a reverse set up the winning 3 pointer, with Roger Overby on the receiving end.

Moments later, Willie Jones tackled a Memphis back and Jimmy Heggins hopped on the fumble at the Tiger 30.

With Jordan still in there, the Seminoles got points on their next two series, Cappelen booting a 21-yard field goal and Greg Lazzaro grabbing a 13-yard TD pass, extending it to 30–3.

Early in the second period Wally Woodham threw a 42-yard TD pass to Mike Shumann to narrow it to 21–10.

Trailing 41–10, Jimmy Jordan threw a 19-yard TD pass to Roger Overby for the final points of the game.

The Noles quarterbacks, Wally Woodham and Jim Jordan operated the FSU offense with smooth efficiency all game as they combined to pass for 344 yards.

While Florida State had 10 penalties for 130 yards, they managed to convert their opportunities into points, whereas Tech did not do as such, at least until the second half where it was too late.