Sec conference teams divisions11/1/2023 ![]() "But right now the league is a bit unwieldy with 12 teams. ![]() Despite Nugent's modestness, both Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech's grid boss, and Paul Amen, whose Deacons were upended by the Seminoles Saturday night, have acclaimed FSU "as a team which could hold its own in the SEC."Īs for FSU's long range football plans, Nugent admits he'd like to join the SEC. "We play exciting football, that's all I can promise you," the suave native of Massachusetts told some 200 club members. JACKSONVILLE, FL, OctoDon't look now but the Southeastern Conference has its own lonesome end - Florida State University.Īnd the Seminoles are using outstanding performances against the SEC's own Georgia Tech and highly regarded Wake Forest as signs from the Tallahassee flank that they want in.Ĭoach Tom Nugent, who addressed the Jacksonville Quarterback Club last night, admitted his team "is not big league right now." State had football games with two SEC members this season and lost both. It formerly was a member of the old Dixie Conference but dropped out after it began beating other members at football with monotonous regularity. The University of Florida is the only other SEC member in the state at present although the University of Miami has applied for membership.įSU at present is an independent. To become a member of the conference, a school must submit an application, be sponsered by a member institution and must be accepted by a vote of the conference members.ĭanford did not indicate who would sponsor Florida State. Danford, FSU athletic director, said today he will file the application formally at the SEC's meeting December 8-9-10. TALLAHASSEE, FL, NovemFlorida State University will make formal application for membership in the Southeastern Conference at the conference's regular meeting in Nashville early next month.ĭr. He said the stadium now has only a 19,000 seat capacity. "But that depends on two things: increase in the size of our stadium and the ability of our football team to beat some of the SEC members." "The SEC is the only logical conference for us to get into from a geographical standpoint," Danford said. Howard Danford, athletic director of Florida State University, said FSU hoped eventually to be admitted to the Southeastern Conference but added, "we don't want to be premature." In 1990, Arkansas and South Carolina were added. Georgia Tech withdrew in 1964 and Tulane in 1966. Sewanee never won a league football game and withdrew from the conference in 1940. In 1932, 13 schools broke from the Southern Conference and formed the SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Sewanee, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt. Between 18 the sprawling SIAA and SC included members from Virginia to Texas. By 1928, that conference had grown to 23 schools. ![]() In December of that year, the larger schools formed the Southern Conference. Twelve more members were added in the first year and by 1920, the SIAA included 30 schools. Note: The SEC has roots back to 1894 when seven schools formed the Southeastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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