Date: October 3, 1981
Location: Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Stadium, aka “The Horseshoe” or “The Shoe”
If you know you’re FSU history, you’ve surely heard about “Octoberfest,” the five game stretch of 1981 that saw the Seminoles play consecutive road tilts against Nebraska, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and LSU. The final game of that stretch was already featured in the countdown, with freshman Greg Allen bursting onto the scene in Baton Rouge and setting an FSU rushing record in the process. Today’s play brings us to Ohio State.
A few weeks prior to the LSU matchup, Greg Allen had yet to find his footing for the ‘Noles.