The 1981 Florida State Seminoles football team represented the Florida State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.
| Date
| Time
| Opponent#
| Rank#
| Site
| TV
| Result
| Attendance
|
| September 5
| 7:00 PM
| Louisville
| #19
| Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
|
| W 17–0
| 50,735
|
| September 12
| 7:00 PM
| Memphis State
| #18
| Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
|
| W 10–5
| 51,454
|
| September 19
| 2:30 PM
| at #17 Nebraska
| #19
| Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
|
| L 14–34
| 76,289
|
| October 3
| 1:30 PM
| at #7 Ohio State
|
| Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
|
| W 36–27
| 87,158
|
| October 10
| 2:30 PM
| at Notre Dame
| #20
| Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
|
| W 19–13
| 59,075
|
| October 17
| 1:30 PM
| at #3 Pittsburgh
| #11
| Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA
|
| L 14–42
| 52,112
|
| October 24
| 8:30 PM
| at LSU
| #20
| Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
|
| W 38–14
| 74,816
|
| October 31†
| 7:00 PM
| Western Carolina
| #17
| Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
|
| W 56–31
| 52,721
|
| November 7
| 12:00 PM
| #13 Miami
| #14
| Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Miami–Florida State rivalry)
| ABC
| L 19–27
| 52,685
|
| November 14
| 3:30 PM
| #14 Southern Miss
| #20
| Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
| ABC
| L 14–58
| 51,819
|
| November 28
| 1:30 PM
| at Florida
|
| Florida Field • Gainesville, FL (Battle for the Governor's Cup)
|
| L 3–35
| 64,437
|
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
|
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