(by FrankDNole) At the end of the 1964 football season, Florida State was awarded their fourth bowl appearance, but by far their most significant bowl invitation in their short football existence since starting the football program only 17 year prior, against the Oklahoma Sooners, who had been playing football since 1895.

Before discussing the game which took place on January 2, 1965, I would first like to try to give you a historical perspective of what was going on during this time period in America.

Our country was less than 2 years removed from the assassination of the U.S. president, the White House Chief of Staff had just resigned in disgrace after an encounter with another man in a DC area restroom (yes, even back then some of our politicians were frolicking in public bathrooms), China had just detonated their first nuclear weapon, an escalating and un-winnable war was being fought in Southeast Asia, American citizens were building bomb shelters due to the fear from the threats of the Cold War, the race to explore the limits of outer space was in full stride, and civil rights differences and issues were brewing and about to come to a head....read more from Tomahawk Nation (Florida St. SB Nation blog)