1986 Football - Year In Review

1986 Football - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Chuck Amato, Defensive Line
Mickey Andrews, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Jeff Bowden, Graduate Assistant, Running Backs
Wally Burnham, Inside Linebackers
John Eason, Receivers
Jim Gladden, Outside Linebackers
Jack Hines, Graduate Assistant, Defensive Backs
Wayne McDuffie, Offensive Coordinator
Jay Perkins, Graduate Assistant, Offensive Line
Mark Richt, Graduate Assistant, Quarterbacks
Brad Scott, Recruiting Coordinator, Tight Ends
Billy Sexton, Running Backs
Bob Stinchcomb, Graduate Assistant, Outside Linebackers
Dave Van Halanger, Strength and Conditioning

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1986 FSU Football Media Guide


1986 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

From the 1986 FSU Football Media Guide, page 47.

Jack Allen, 6-6, 265, OL, Stuart - Has the size that FSU is looking for on its offensive line...earned first team class 4A all-state honors...rated by Lindy's Recruiting Guide as one of the top potential players in the South...was picked to that magazine's 2nd team All-South list...enjoys weightlifting and has a 450 squat and 325 bench press...his family is originally from Syracuse where he grew up playing hockey...will play in the Florida-Georgia all-star game held in June...plans to major in business.

Terry Anthony, 6-0, 190, WR, Daytona Beach - Rated as one of the top three wide receivers in the state...earned first team all-state honors as a senior when he played free safety, tight end and wide receiver...also named to the all-Central Florida team and was named that list's Offensive Player of the Year...had 43 catches for 647 yards and 10 touchdowns...2nd team all-county and conference as a junior...has a 36-inch vertical jump...played basketball at Mainland with FSU basketball player George McCloud.

LeRoy Butler, 6-0, 185, DB, Jacksonville - Could be the most honored player the Seminoles signed...named to the Bally and Adidas All-American teams...also named to Joe Terranova's Top 100 list and chosen to the four member Florida team on the All-South list...was all-state and a member of the Florida Super 24 as well as the Jacksonville Super 24...played both defense and offense...had 139 tackles as a linebacker and also intercepted five passes...on the offensive side, he carried the ball 31 times for a 15.3 average, caught two passes for 78 yards and a TD and rushed for 388 yards on 18 carries as a wingback...has 4.4 speed...played against and covered Jacksonville Raines receiver Ronald Lewis, who also signed with FSU...plans to major in hotel and restaurant management...is projected to play the safety position at FSU.

Dexter Carter, 5-9, 164, RB, Baxley, Ga. - Class AAA all-state performer after rushing for 1,400 yards as a senior...rushed for 1,800 as a junior and a total of 4,050 in his career...one of only three players in his school's history to make the all-state tam three times...also named to the Florida Times-Union Super 11 list...competes in track and has run the 100 yards in 9.8 and the 110 high hurdles in 14.0...has long jumped 22 feet...it's his quickness that is his greatest asset...attended the Bobby Bowden Camp last summer and FSU was his choice of colleges since that time.

Felton Cook, 6-1, 175, WR, Palmetto, Ga. - Named to the four member Georgia roster of the All-South team...also was honorable mention USA Today and made Joe Terranova's and The Sporting News' Top 100 lists...an all-state player and will play for Georgia in the annual Florida-Georgia all-star game this summer...as a senior he totaled 36 catches for 780 yards and six TDs...those passes came from the arm of fellow FSU recruit Wes Hardin...Cook also ran two interceptions back for TDs and scored two more on returns...he also picked p 325 yards on 57 rushes...as a junior Cook had 34 catches for 673 yards and eight TDs...he caught 11 passes (289 yards) as a sophomore and 20 passes in 1982 as a freshman...he has played on two state championship teams...played for Thurston Taylor, a former FSU player, and was also a teammate of FSU junior Gaylon White...has been timed at 4.35 in the 40...can dunk a basketball from a flat-foot start.

Lawrence Dawsey, 6-2, 195, RB-WR, Dothan, Ala. - Could end up playing anywhere for the Seminoles, as he played wide receiver, quarterback, runningback, defensive end and inside linebacker for his state championship team...was first team 6A all-state...Lindy's Recruiting Magazine labeled him as the top receiver in the state of Alabama...was one of 134 players named to the All-South team...rushed for 925 yards as a senior and also played wide receiver although he played with a broken arm after the third game of the season...as a junior, led his team in rushing, passing and receiving.

Magdi El Shahawy, 6-1, 252, OL, Sarasota - Played both on the offensive and defensive lines at Sarasota but FSU coaches will probably try him out on the offense first...finished 3rd in the class 4A heavyweight weightlifting championships, bench pressing 370 pounds...considered to have excellent foot speed...has several nicknames, including "Madge" and "Fous", the latter one coming from his middle name of Malfouz...father is a cardiologist and of Egyptian descent while his mother is Yugoslavian.

Corian Freeman, 6-3, 200, DB, Jacksonville - Made the first team all-city in Jacksonville and all-conference also...picked to the 2nd team of the all-state honorees...had 55 tackles and three interceptions in 1985...a preseason Florida Times-Union Super 11 choice...was the first recruit to commit to FSU...also runs on the track team and was one of the finest high hurdlers in the state...good student with above a 3.0 in high school.

Ray Gibson, 6-3, 185, DB, Dothan, Ala. - Is one of the least publicized of FSU's incoming freshman class...made all-area...reputed to be an excellent athlete with much quickness.

Mike Goodman, 6-4, 245, OL, Miami - Played both ways on the lines in high school...didn't make any post-season honors lists after injuring his knee during his senior year...plans to major in criminology.

Stanley Hall, 5-9, 218, RB, Ocilla, Ga. - Earned class 2A all-state honors in Georgia after a senior year where he rushed for 1,598 yards...also chosen as the Tift Area Player of the Year totaled 4,740 yards as a high schooler in three years...will represent the Georgia squad on the Florida-Georgia all-star game during the summer...only official visit was to FSU.

Wes Hardin, 6-4, 170, QB-DB, Palmetto, Ga. - A three year starter, Hardin passed for 5,007 yards during his career...passed for 2,197 yards and 25 TDs as a senior, becoming the first QB in class A to throw for over 2,000 yards...as a sophomore, threw for 1,331 yards and 13 TDs as his school won the state championship...many of Hardin's passes were completed to fellow FSU freshman Felton Cook...his junior year he passed for 1,479 yards and 15 TDs...was all-state first team the last two years and Class A Offensive Player of the year in 1985...also punted for a 42-yard average...played basketball and averaged nearly 20 points as a point guard...has plenty of room to fill out his 6-3 frame...only quarterback signed in 1986...played under FSU grad Thurston Taylor and with FSU junior tight end Gaylon White.

Hayward Haynes, 6-2, 295, OL, Bartow - A leader on the class 3A state champions...named to the Super 24 team in Florida as well as the Tampa Tribune's blue chip list...will play in the Florida-Georgia all-star game this summer...could contribute right away...high school coach lists him as his second best offensive lineman in 30 years of coaching...quick...former teammate of FSU redshirt freshman Odell Haggins.

Reggie Johnson, 6-2, 228, TE, Pensacola - One of three tight ends recruited to FSU in 1986...Pensaeola News-Journal first team all-Northwest as a utility player...played every position on offense but quarterback...nickname is "Thunder"...reputed to have the necessary ingredients for a tight end...good hands and excellent blocking...one of 11 seniors from his high school who signed with colleges to play football...plans to major in athletic administration...Lamar Williams, one of the 11, also signed with FSU.

Joe Jordan, 6-2, 245, OG, Sarasota - Like FSU junior Pat Carter, Jordan is a tight end candidate from Riverview High School...will be battling for the 4th tight end spot on the FSU travel roster...also a former teammate of FSU kicker Derek Schmidt...3A all-state 2nd team...because Riverview ran the wishbone, Jordan had just five receptions for 45 yards and two TDs.

Bruce LaSane, 6-3, 200, WR, Wildwood - With his signing, FSU completed a sweep of the state's top wide receivers...a member of the Super 24 team that will play the state of Georgia in an all-star game this summer...named to the Bally All-American list and was honorable mention on the Florida squad of the All-South team...also made USA Today's honorable mention All-American list...in addition to wide receiver, played defensive back in high school but was recruited as a wide receiver.

Ronald Lewis, 6-1, 170, WR, Jacksonville - Considered one of the top three wide receivers in the state...named first team class 4A all-state and 3rd team All-South...also a member of the Florida Times-Union Super 11...caught 33 passes for 641 yards and six TDs...in final game of the season against Lee, Lewis caught 10 passes for 140 yards...Lee's head coach Corky Rogers proclaimed that Lewis was "the best I've ever seen...played three games at quarterback when Parade All-American Vince Robinson was injured...rushed for 105 yards in one of those contests...may also play baseball at FSU after being drafted by the pros.

Eric Luallen, 6-4, 285, OL, Tampa - A Super 24 performer after playing both the offensive and defensive lines...class 3A all-state...named to the Dallas Morning News' Top 95 list...quick feet...also a pitcher on his school's baseball team...plans to major in business with law school a possibility...father owns a bakery.

Rick McIntire, 6-1, 212, OLB, Sarasota - Although he played tight end in high school, coaches will probably put him at one of the linebacker positions, most likely at outside linebacker...teammate of FSU incoming freshman Magdi El Shahawy at Sarasota...had 13 receptions and five TDs as a senior...benches 375 lbs. and has 4.65 speed in the 40...also plays baseball.

Anthony Moss, 6-3, 215, OLB, Miami - 2nd team all-county after playing tight end...FSU coaches project him as an outside linebacker...an outstanding track athlete also as he was his school's MVP as a junior in that sport and as a senior recorded a 57-6 throw in the shot put...brother Winston plays for the University of Miami.

Chris Nicolas, 6-2, 220, LB, Clearwater - Played in only seven games as a senior since he was sidelined after suffering a cracked sternum in an automobile accident...still, he earned 2nd team class 5A all-state honors as well as first team all-Suncoast...will play in the Florida-Georgia all-star game...brother Scott played linebacker for the Miami Hurricanes and is now with the Cleveland Browns...good student, with a GPA above 3.0.

Bill Ragans, 6-3, 188, DB, Live Oak - Hails from just an hour east of Tallahassee...2nd team all-state on the 3A level at strong safety...considered a hard-hitting safety somewhat in the mold of FSU's Stan Shiver...recruited by smaller schools, the Seminoles are counting him as a sleeper.

Greg Rinehart, 6-3, 305, DL, Norristown, Pa. - An all-state pick as well as Montgomery County Defensive Player of the Year...had 130 tackles and seven quarterback sacks as a senior...also played on the offensive line...played in Pennsylvania Big 33 Classic...brothers Jeff and Jerome played for Arizona and had been signed by FSU coach Chuck Amato when he coached the Wildcats...a teammate of former FSU runningback Dwayne Denson...his high school coach notes that he is the best lineman he's ever coached.

Dave Roberts, 6-5, 222, TE, Griffin, Ga. - Will be a freshman candidate for the one remaining tight end slots on the travel squad...2nd team All-South on the Emfinger list and 3rd team on Lindy's list...a member of the Macon Telegraph "Sweet 16" team...named All-Georgia by the Greenville News and will play in the Georgia North-South all-star game...had 34 career receptions for 393 yards and five TDs...also played on high school varsity basketball and tennis teams...a good student, Roberts plans to major in international relations with a possibility of law school in the future.

Scott Schilbrack, 6-9, 255, DT, Lauderhill - The tallest player ever under Bowden at FSU...did not make any of the all-state lists but was a late selection to most school's recruiting lists...is strong (360 bench press) and runs a 5.1 40 yards...could be a sleeper for the Seminoles.

Lamar Williams, 6-2, 280, DL, Pensacola - Led his team to the state championship in football two years in a row and joins teammate Reggie Johnson at FSU...a member of the Florida Super 24 team and a USA Today honorable mention All-American...has won the state heavyweight weightlifting championship the last two years...won this year with a 425 lb. bench press...also throws the shot put and discus...will certainly get a look at noseguard at FSU.

John Wyche, 6-1, 200, SS, Thomasville, Ga. - Not highly recruited, Wyche signed late with FSU...he made the all-region team at Central.


1986 Roster - By Name

From the 1986 FSU Football Media Guide, page 49.
L
T                                                  PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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  71 Jack Allen            OL      6-6   265  Fr        Stuart (Martin County)
*  8 Terry Anthony         WR      6-0   190  Fr        Daytona Beach (Mainland)
  67 Mark Barron           OL      6-2   273  Fr-R      Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
* 66 Parrish Barwick       OG      6-0   280  Sr-R ***  Crawfordville (Wakulla)
*  6 Louis Berry           P       6-0   193  Sr   ***  Panama City (John F. Kennedy)
  81 Hoffman Brown         WR      6-0   179  So        Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy)
* 50 John Brown            NG      6-3   273  Fr-R      DeLand (Deland)
   9 Phillip Bryant        WR      5-10  180  So-R *    Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
  43 LeRoy Butler          DB      6-0   185  Fr        Jacksonville (Lee)
  57 Ronnie Byrom          OL      6-5   240  Fr        Pierson (Taylor)
* 57 Phil Carollo          OLB     6-3   220  Jr        Melville, N.Y. (Newfield)
  60 Ken Carr              OT      6-3   270  Fr-R      Apopka (Apopka)
* 13 Dexter Carter         RB      5-9   164  Fr        Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 59 Keith Carter          ILB     6-3   238  Fr-R      Miami (South Miami)
* 85 Pat Carter            TE      6-4   251  Jr   **   Sarasota (Riverview)
  41 Ed Clark              OLB     6-3   219  So   *    Miami (American)
  12 J.P. Connolly         QB      6-0   195  Jr-R      Oakdale, N.Y. (Connetquot/Choate Rosemary Hall)
  10 Felton Cook           WR      6-1   175  Fr        Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 39 Brian Davis           OLB     6-0   200  So-R *    Tallahassee (Lincoln)
  29 Lawrence Dawsey       RB-WR   6-2   195  Fr        Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
*  1 Scott DiMare          WR      6-0   177  Fr-R      Miami (Columbus)
* 28 Dedrick Dodge         FS      6-2   168  Fr-R      Mulberry (Mulberry)
* 52 John Eaford           ILB     6-2   223  So-R *    Miami (Norland)
  64 Magdi El Shahawy      OL      6-1   252  Fr        Sarasota (Sarasota)
  42 Reno Fells            FB      6-1   197  Fr-R      Palatka (Palatka)
*  5 Chip Ferguson         QB      6-1   202  So   *    Charlotte, N.C. (Spartanburg)
* 27 Victor Floyd          TB      5-11  195  So-R *    Pensacola (Pensacola)
  10 Corian Freeman        DB      6-3   200  Fr        Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 76 Steve Gabbard         DT      6-5   265  So-R *    Concord, N.C. (Independence)
*  3 Herb Gainer           WR      6-2   194  Jr-R **   Sarasota (Sarasota)
  23 Ray Gibson            DB      6-3   185  Fr        Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
  97 Mike Goodman          OL      6-4   245  Fr        Miami (Palmetto)
* 47 Kevin Grant           OLB     6-3   228  Fr-R      Ocala (Forest)
* 21 John Hadley           FS      6-5   212  So-R *    Orlando (Evans)
* 53 Odell Haggins         ILB     6-1   240  Fr-R      Bartow (Bartow)
  31 Stanley Hall          RB      5-9   218  Fr        Ocilla, Ga. (Irwin County)
  11 Wes Hardin            QB-DB   6-4   170  Fr        Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 58 Thomas Harp           NG      6-1   287  Jr-R      Winter Garden (West Orange/Pratt CC)
* 54 Wes Harris            ILB     6-0   218  Fr        Brooksville (Hernando)
* 78 Eric Hayes            DT      6-3   283  Fr-R      Tampa (King)
* 46 Felton Hayes          OLB     6-1   217  So-R *    Brandon (Brandon)
  65 Hayward Haynes        OL      6-2   295  Fr        Bartow (Bartow)
* 75 Tim Hebron            OT      6-5   275  Sr-R *    Saint Louis, Mo. (Vianney)
* 99 Bruce Heggie          OLB     6-4   243  Sr   ***  Saint Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)
     Todd Helmick          DL      5-11  220  Fr        Cumberland, Md. (Fort Hill)
* 61 Jim Hendley           C       6-3   258  Sr-R **   Nashville, Ga. (Berrien)
* 24 Darrin Holloman       WR      5-7   169  Jr-R **   Tallahassee (Leon)
* 30 Tanner Holloman       FB      5-11  207  Sr-R *    Tallahassee (Leon/Tennessee)
  57 Jimmy Holton          OG      6-2   281  Jr        Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
* 69 Joey Ionata           OT      6-2   245  So-R      Dunedin (Dunedin)
  91 Anthony Johnson       DT      6-4   262  So-R      Jacksonville (Raines)
  45 Reggie Johnson        TE      6-2   228  Fr        Pensacola (Escambia)
     Brady Jones           RB      5-10  180  Fr        Baltimore, Md. (Old Mill)
* 55 Fred Jones            ILB     6-3   241  Sr   ***  Miami (South Miami)
  67 Joe Jordan            OG      6-2   245  Fr        Sarasota (Riverview)
  94 Eric Krohn            DT      6-3   255  Fr-R      Paoli, Pa. (Conestoga)
* 62 Jason Kuipers         OG      6-2   252  So-R      Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
  84 Bruce LaSane          WR      6-3   200  Fr        Wildwood (Wildwood)
  54 Bryan Law             C       6-2   257  Fr-R      Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
*  7 Ronald Lewis          WR      6-1   170  Fr        Jacksonville (Raines)
  74 Pablo Lopez           OT      6-4   281  Jr-R **   Miami (South Miami)
  77 Eric Luallen          OL      6-4   285  Fr        Tampa (Jesuit)
  15 Bill Mason            KS      5-9   160  Fr        Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 32 Martin Mayhew         CB      5-8   172  Jr-R **   Tallahassee (Florida)
* 38 Paul McGowan          ILB     6-1   226  Jr   **   Winter Park (Winter Park)
     Rick McIntire         OLB     6-1   212  Fr        Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 14 Danny McManus         QB      6-1   191  Jr-R *    Dania (South Broward)
     John Merna            FB      5-9   211  So-R      Lanham, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
  88 Anthony Moss          OLB     6-3   215  Fr        Miami (Southridge)
* 40 Greg Newell           FS      5-11  195  Jr-R **   Panama City (Mosley)
* 79 Gerald Nichols        DT      6-2   260  Sr-R ***  Saint Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East)
  58 Chris Nicolas         LB      6-2   220  Fr        Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 92 Tom O'Malley          TE      6-3   240  So-R *    Darien, Conn. (Darien)
* 48 David Palmer          FB      6-2   225  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Florida)
* 19 John Parks            FS      6-4   187  So   *    Ormond Beach (Seabreeze)
     Aubrey Parrish        DB      6-0   189  Fr        Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
     Thomas Pruitt         OL      6-0   255  Fr        Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Central)
  15 Bill Ragans           DB      6-3   188  Fr        Live Oak (Suwannee)
     Milton Revell         TB      508   165  Fr        Palatka (Palatka)
* 51 Marty Riggs           OG      6-2   236  Jr-R *    Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier)
  95 Greg Rinehart         DL      6-3   305  Fr        Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
  83 Dave Roberts          TE      6-5   222  Fr        Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
* 20 Keith Ross            TB      5-10  187  So   *    Newberry (Newberry)
* 63 Mark Salva            OG      6-2   244  Jr   **   Winter Park (Winter Park)
*  2 Deion Sanders         CB      6-1   180  So   *    Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
* 16 Tracy Sanders         FS      6-1   176  So-R *    Bradenton (Manatee)
  93 Scott Schilbrack      DT      6-9   255  Fr        Lauderhill (Boyd Anderson)
* 18 Derek Schmidt         KS      5-11  179  Jr   **   Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 56 Dave Schrenker        C       6-3   243  Jr-R *    Panama City (Mosley)
* 98 Bart Schucts          DT      6-4   228  Jr-R      Jacksonville (Bishop Kenny/Georgia Southern)
  71 Steve Sellers         C       6-5   265  Jr        Tallahassee (Florida)
* 37 Stan Shiver           SS      6-2   197  So-R *    Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
     Jason Simmons         LB      6-2   205  Fr        Jacksonville (Wolfson)
     Ricky Slate           DB      5-10  185  So        Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
* 33 Sammie Smith          TB      6-1   219  Fr-R      Apopka (Apopka)
  15 Gary Snells           CB      5-11  176  Jr        Flushing, N.Y. (Brooklyn Tech)
  11 Alan Stewart          QB      5-11  183  Fr-R      Brooksville (Hernando)
* 36 Eric Stiehl           OLB     6-5   228  Jr-R **   Neptune Beach (Fletcher)
* 35 Lenny Sutton          SS      6-0   213  Sr        Sanford (Seminole)
* 68 Michael Tanks         OG      6-3   237  Fr-R      Decatur, Ga. (Southwest Dekalb)
* 22 Curtis Thomas         CB      5-11  175  Jr   *    Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
  10 Ben Thompson          WR      6-3   189  Sr        Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
* 93 Shelton Thompson      OLB     6-3   235  Fr-R      Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
* 72 Pat Tomberlin         OT      6-3   298  So   *    Middleburg (Middleburg)
*  3 Rick Tuten            P       6-2   200  Jr-R      Ocala (Forest/Miami)
     Joie Ward             DB      5-9   185  So        Queens, N.Y. (Marianna)
* 80 Terry Warren          OLB     6-1   226  Jr-R **   Titusville (Leon)
  44 Chuck Wells           FB      6-1   209  Jr-R *    Jacksonville (Orange Park)
* 87 Gaylon White          TE      6-1   229  Jr-R **   Atlanta, Ga. (Palmetto)
  23 Pat White             WR      6-2   192  Fr-R      Tampa (Hillsborough)
* 82 Randy White           WR      6-0   176  Jr-R *    Marianna (Marianna)
* 26 Alphonso Williams     SS      6-0   195  So   *    Lloyd (Jefferson County)
* 73 Anthony Williams      DT      6-3   276  Fr-R      Apopka (Apopka)
* 49 Dayne Williams        FB      6-1   222  So-R      Fruitland Park (Leesburg/Florida CC)
* 17 Eric Williams         CB      5-9   178  Jr-R **   Safety Harbor (Countryside)
  90 Lamar Williams        DL      6-2   280  Fr        Pensacola (Escambia)
*  4 Peter Tom Willis      QB      6-3   193  Fr-R      Morris, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan)
  43 John Wyche            SS      6-1   200  Fr        Thomasville, Ga. (Central)
* 70 Tony Yeomans          NG      6-2   265  Fr-R      Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)

1986 Roster - By Number

From the 1986 FSU Football Media Guide, page 49.
L
T                                                  PY
R No Name                  Pos     Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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     Todd Helmick          DL      5-11  220  Fr        Cumberland, Md. (Fort Hill)
     Brady Jones           RB      5-10  180  Fr        Baltimore, Md. (Old Mill)
     Rick McIntire         OLB     6-1   212  Fr        Sarasota (Sarasota)
     John Merna            FB      5-9   211  So-R      Lanham, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
     Aubrey Parrish        DB      6-0   189  Fr        Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
     Thomas Pruitt         OL      6-0   255  Fr        Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Central)
     Milton Revell         TB      508   165  Fr        Palatka (Palatka)
     Jason Simmons         LB      6-2   205  Fr        Jacksonville (Wolfson)
     Ricky Slate           DB      5-10  185  So        Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
     Joie Ward             DB      5-9   185  So        Queens, N.Y. (Marianna)
*  1 Scott DiMare          WR      6-0   177  Fr-R      Miami (Columbus)
*  2 Deion Sanders         CB      6-1   180  So   *    Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
*  3 Herb Gainer           WR      6-2   194  Jr-R **   Sarasota (Sarasota)
*  3 Rick Tuten            P       6-2   200  Jr-R      Ocala (Forest/Miami)
*  4 Peter Tom Willis      QB      6-3   193  Fr-R      Morris, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan)
*  5 Chip Ferguson         QB      6-1   202  So   *    Charlotte, N.C. (Spartanburg)
*  6 Louis Berry           P       6-0   193  Sr   ***  Panama City (John F. Kennedy)
*  7 Ronald Lewis          WR      6-1   170  Fr        Jacksonville (Raines)
*  8 Terry Anthony         WR      6-0   190  Fr        Daytona Beach (Mainland)
   9 Phillip Bryant        WR      5-10  180  So-R *    Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
  10 Felton Cook           WR      6-1   175  Fr        Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
  10 Corian Freeman        DB      6-3   200  Fr        Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
  10 Ben Thompson          WR      6-3   189  Sr        Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
  11 Wes Hardin            QB-DB   6-4   170  Fr        Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
  11 Alan Stewart          QB      5-11  183  Fr-R      Brooksville (Hernando)
  12 J.P. Connolly         QB      6-0   195  Jr-R      Oakdale, N.Y. (Connetquot/Choate Rosemary Hall)
* 13 Dexter Carter         RB      5-9   164  Fr        Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 14 Danny McManus         QB      6-1   191  Jr-R *    Dania (South Broward)
  15 Bill Mason            KS      5-9   160  Fr        Tallahassee (Lincoln)
  15 Bill Ragans           DB      6-3   188  Fr        Live Oak (Suwannee)
  15 Gary Snells           CB      5-11  176  Jr        Flushing, N.Y. (Brooklyn Tech)
* 16 Tracy Sanders         FS      6-1   176  So-R *    Bradenton (Manatee)
* 17 Eric Williams         CB      5-9   178  Jr-R **   Safety Harbor (Countryside)
* 18 Derek Schmidt         KS      5-11  179  Jr   **   Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 19 John Parks            FS      6-4   187  So   *    Ormond Beach (Seabreeze)
* 20 Keith Ross            TB      5-10  187  So   *    Newberry (Newberry)
* 21 John Hadley           FS      6-5   212  So-R *    Orlando (Evans)
* 22 Curtis Thomas         CB      5-11  175  Jr   *    Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
  23 Ray Gibson            DB      6-3   185  Fr        Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
  23 Pat White             WR      6-2   192  Fr-R      Tampa (Hillsborough)
* 24 Darrin Holloman       WR      5-7   169  Jr-R **   Tallahassee (Leon)
* 26 Alphonso Williams     SS      6-0   195  So   *    Lloyd (Jefferson County)
* 27 Victor Floyd          TB      5-11  195  So-R *    Pensacola (Pensacola)
* 28 Dedrick Dodge         FS      6-2   168  Fr-R      Mulberry (Mulberry)
  29 Lawrence Dawsey       RB-WR   6-2   195  Fr        Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
* 30 Tanner Holloman       FB      5-11  207  Sr-R *    Tallahassee (Leon/Tennessee)
  31 Stanley Hall          RB      5-9   218  Fr        Ocilla, Ga. (Irwin County)
* 32 Martin Mayhew         CB      5-8   172  Jr-R **   Tallahassee (Florida)
* 33 Sammie Smith          TB      6-1   219  Fr-R      Apopka (Apopka)
* 35 Lenny Sutton          SS      6-0   213  Sr        Sanford (Seminole)
* 36 Eric Stiehl           OLB     6-5   228  Jr-R **   Neptune Beach (Fletcher)
* 37 Stan Shiver           SS      6-2   197  So-R *    Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
* 38 Paul McGowan          ILB     6-1   226  Jr   **   Winter Park (Winter Park)
* 39 Brian Davis           OLB     6-0   200  So-R *    Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 40 Greg Newell           FS      5-11  195  Jr-R **   Panama City (Mosley)
  41 Ed Clark              OLB     6-3   219  So   *    Miami (American)
  42 Reno Fells            FB      6-1   197  Fr-R      Palatka (Palatka)
  43 LeRoy Butler          DB      6-0   185  Fr        Jacksonville (Lee)
  43 John Wyche            SS      6-1   200  Fr        Thomasville, Ga. (Central)
  44 Chuck Wells           FB      6-1   209  Jr-R *    Jacksonville (Orange Park)
  45 Reggie Johnson        TE      6-2   228  Fr        Pensacola (Escambia)
* 46 Felton Hayes          OLB     6-1   217  So-R *    Brandon (Brandon)
* 47 Kevin Grant           OLB     6-3   228  Fr-R      Ocala (Forest)
* 48 David Palmer          FB      6-2   225  Jr   **   Tallahassee (Florida)
* 49 Dayne Williams        FB      6-1   222  So-R      Fruitland Park (Leesburg/Florida CC)
* 50 John Brown            NG      6-3   273  Fr-R      DeLand (Deland)
* 51 Marty Riggs           OG      6-2   236  Jr-R *    Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier)
* 52 John Eaford           ILB     6-2   223  So-R *    Miami (Norland)
* 53 Odell Haggins         ILB     6-1   240  Fr-R      Bartow (Bartow)
* 54 Wes Harris            ILB     6-0   218  Fr        Brooksville (Hernando)
  54 Bryan Law             C       6-2   257  Fr-R      Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 55 Fred Jones            ILB     6-3   241  Sr   ***  Miami (South Miami)
* 56 Dave Schrenker        C       6-3   243  Jr-R *    Panama City (Mosley)
  57 Ronnie Byrom          OL      6-5   240  Fr        Pierson (Taylor)
* 57 Phil Carollo          OLB     6-3   220  Jr        Melville, N.Y. (Newfield)
  57 Jimmy Holton          OG      6-2   281  Jr        Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
* 58 Thomas Harp           NG      6-1   287  Jr-R      Winter Garden (West Orange/Pratt CC)
  58 Chris Nicolas         LB      6-2   220  Fr        Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 59 Keith Carter          ILB     6-3   238  Fr-R      Miami (South Miami)
  60 Ken Carr              OT      6-3   270  Fr-R      Apopka (Apopka)
* 61 Jim Hendley           C       6-3   258  Sr-R **   Nashville, Ga. (Berrien)
* 62 Jason Kuipers         OG      6-2   252  So-R      Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 63 Mark Salva            OG      6-2   244  Jr   **   Winter Park (Winter Park)
  64 Magdi El Shahawy      OL      6-1   252  Fr        Sarasota (Sarasota)
  65 Hayward Haynes        OL      6-2   295  Fr        Bartow (Bartow)
* 66 Parrish Barwick       OG      6-0   280  Sr-R ***  Crawfordville (Wakulla)
  67 Mark Barron           OL      6-2   273  Fr-R      Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
  67 Joe Jordan            OG      6-2   245  Fr        Sarasota (Riverview)
* 68 Michael Tanks         OG      6-3   237  Fr-R      Decatur, Ga. (Southwest Dekalb)
* 69 Joey Ionata           OT      6-2   245  So-R      Dunedin (Dunedin)
* 70 Tony Yeomans          NG      6-2   265  Fr-R      Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
  71 Jack Allen            OL      6-6   265  Fr        Stuart (Martin County)
  71 Steve Sellers         C       6-5   265  Jr        Tallahassee (Florida)
* 72 Pat Tomberlin         OT      6-3   298  So   *    Middleburg (Middleburg)
* 73 Anthony Williams      DT      6-3   276  Fr-R      Apopka (Apopka)
  74 Pablo Lopez           OT      6-4   281  Jr-R **   Miami (South Miami)
* 75 Tim Hebron            OT      6-5   275  Sr-R *    Saint Louis, Mo. (Vianney)
* 76 Steve Gabbard         DT      6-5   265  So-R *    Concord, N.C. (Independence)
  77 Eric Luallen          OL      6-4   285  Fr        Tampa (Jesuit)
* 78 Eric Hayes            DT      6-3   283  Fr-R      Tampa (King)
* 79 Gerald Nichols        DT      6-2   260  Sr-R ***  Saint Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East)
* 80 Terry Warren          OLB     6-1   226  Jr-R **   Titusville (Leon)
  81 Hoffman Brown         WR      6-0   179  So        Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy)
* 82 Randy White           WR      6-0   176  Jr-R *    Marianna (Marianna)
  83 Dave Roberts          TE      6-5   222  Fr        Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
  84 Bruce LaSane          WR      6-3   200  Fr        Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 85 Pat Carter            TE      6-4   251  Jr   **   Sarasota (Riverview)
* 87 Gaylon White          TE      6-1   229  Jr-R **   Atlanta, Ga. (Palmetto)
  88 Anthony Moss          OLB     6-3   215  Fr        Miami (Southridge)
  90 Lamar Williams        DL      6-2   280  Fr        Pensacola (Escambia)
  91 Anthony Johnson       DT      6-4   262  So-R      Jacksonville (Raines)
* 92 Tom O'Malley          TE      6-3   240  So-R *    Darien, Conn. (Darien)
  93 Scott Schilbrack      DT      6-9   255  Fr        Lauderhill (Boyd Anderson)
* 93 Shelton Thompson      OLB     6-3   235  Fr-R      Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
  94 Eric Krohn            DT      6-3   255  Fr-R      Paoli, Pa. (Conestoga)
  95 Greg Rinehart         DL      6-3   305  Fr        Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
  97 Mike Goodman          OL      6-4   245  Fr        Miami (Palmetto)
* 98 Bart Schucts          DT      6-4   228  Jr-R      Jacksonville (Bishop Kenny/Georgia Southern)
* 99 Bruce Heggie          OLB     6-4   243  Sr   ***  Saint Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)

1986 Conference Awards

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Louis Berry              All-South Independent - 1st Team

Pat Carter               All-South Independent - 1st Team

Herb Gainer              All-South Independent - 2nd Team

Fred Jones               All-South Independent - 2nd Team

Paul McGowan             All-South Independent - 1st Team

Gerald Nichols           All-South Independent - 1st Team

Deion Sanders            All-South Independent - 1st Team

Derek Schmidt            All-South Independent - 2nd Team

Pat Tomberlin            All-South Independent - 1st Team

All-Conference -  9

1986 All-Americans

Name                     Organization
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Louis Berry              Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Pat Carter               Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Steve Gabbard            Football News - 2nd Team Sophomore 

Fred Jones               Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Jason Kuipers            Football News - 3rd Team Sophomore 

Paul McGowan             Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Gerald Nichols           Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Deion Sanders            The Sporting News - 1st Team 
                         Football News - 1st Team Sophomore 
                         Associated Press - 3rd Team 
                         United Press International - Honorable Mention 

Derek Schmidt            Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

Sammie Smith             Football News - 1st Team Freshman 

Pat Tomberlin            Football News - 2nd Team Sophomore 
                         Associated Press - Honorable Mention 

All-Americans - 11

1986 Noles in the Pros

Name                     No      Pos                Team
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Allen               28      RB                 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bobby Butler             23      CB                 Atlanta Falcons
Alphonso Carreker        76      DE                 Green Bay Packers
Harvey Clayton           33      CB                 Pittsburgh Steelers
Jamie Dukes              73      C                  Atlanta Falcons
Jessie Hester            84      WR                 Los Angeles Raiders
Garth Jax                53      LB                 Dallas Cowboys
Hassan Jones             84      WR                 Minnesota Vikings
Ken Lanier               76      OT                 Denver Broncos
Orson Mobley             89      TE                 Denver Broncos
Zeke Mowatt              84      TE                 New York Giants
Jesse Solomon            54      LB                 Minnesota Vikings
Rohn Stark                3      P                  Indianapolis Colts
Weegie Thompson          87      WR                 Pittsburgh Steelers

Noles in the Pros - 14

1986 Schedule and Results

           
GAME DAY
 
           
FSU
OPP
OPP EOY
DATE
POST
GAME
BOX
SCORE
LOC
OPPONENT
SCORE
AP
UPI
AP
UPI
AP
UPI
REC
08/30
Postgame
Box
H
Toledo
W 24- 0
11
 
 
 
 
 
7-4
09/06
Postgame
Box
A
Nebraska
L 17-34
11
 
8
 
5
4
10-2
09/20
Postgame
Box
H
North Carolina
T 10-10
15
 
 
 
 
 
7-4-1
09/27
Postgame
Box
A
Michigan
L 18-20
20
 
5
 
8
7
11-2
10/11
Postgame
Box
H
Tulane
W 54-21
 
 
 
 
 
 
4-7
10/18
Postgame
Box
H
Wichita State
W 59- 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
3-8
10/25
Postgame
Box
A
Louisville
W 54-18
 
 
 
 
 
 
3-8
11/01
Postgame
Box
A
Miami
Miami, Fla.
L 23-41
20
 
1
 
2
2
11-1
11/08
Postgame
Box
A
South Carolina
W 45-28
 
 
 
 
 
 
3-6-2
11/15
Postgame
Box
H
Southern Mississippi
W 49-13
 
 
 
 
 
 
6-5
11/29
Postgame
Box
H
Florida
L 13-17
 
 
 
 
 
 
6-5
12/31
Postgame
Box
N
Indiana
All-American Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.
W 27-13
 
 
 
 
 
 
6-6
EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
------------------------------------------------
FSU record is    7- 4-1   4-1-1   2-3     1-0
Against Top 25   0- 3     0-0     0-3     0-0
Final UPI - 20


1986 - 100 Yard Rushing Club

Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sammie Smith 12/31/1986 Indiana 25 205 8.20 2 Sammie Smith 11/29/1986 Florida 24 116 4.83 1 Victor Floyd 11/08/1986 South Carolina 24 115 4.79 2 Victor Floyd 10/25/1986 Louisville 18 110 6.11 1

1986 - 100 Yard Receiving Club

Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Herb Gainer 10/18/1986 Wichita State 4 102 25.50 1

1986 - 300 Yard Passing Club

Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- None

1986 EOY Stats

Overall Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 366 205 Points Per Game............. 33.3 18.6 TOUCHDOWNS.................... 45 26 TDs Rushing................. 26 14 TDs Passing................. 14 12 TDs Fumble Return........... 0 0 TDs Punt Return............. 0 0 TDs Interception............ 3 0 TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0 TDs Lateral................. 1 0 TDs Free Kick............... 1 0 PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 44-45 23-26 Kick........................ 41-42 21-22 Pass........................ 3- 3 0- 1 Run......................... 0- 0 2- 3 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 15-24 8-17 SAFETY........................ 2 0 FIRST DOWNS................... 222 189 Rushing..................... 108 94 Passing..................... 100 75 Penalty..................... 14 20 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2055 1432 Yards gained rushing........ 2373 1800 Yards lost rushing.......... 318 368 Rushing Attempts............ 464 466 Average Per Rush............ 4.4 3.1 Average Per Game............ 186.8 130.2 PASSING YARDAGE............... 2142 1845 Att-Comp-Int................ 301-164-14 290-141-15 Efficiency.................. 120.31 105.37 Average Per Pass............ 7.1 6.4 Average Per Catch........... 13.1 13.1 Average Per Game............ 194.7 167.7 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4197 3277 Total Plays................. 765 756 Average Per Play............ 5.5 4.3 Average Per Game............ 381.5 297.9 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 41- 994 60-1158 Average Per Return.......... 24.2 19.3 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 39-345 19- 84 Average Per Return.......... 8.8 4.4 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 15-188 14-152 Average Per Return.......... 12.5 10.9 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 29-12 34-14 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 81- 724 65- 479 Average Per Game............ 65.8 43.5 PUNTS-YARDS................... 46-1932 63-2190 Average Per Punt............ 42.0 34.8 Net punt average............ 40.2 29.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:50 30:10 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 60-154 52-157 3rd-Down Pct................ .390 .331 SACKS BY-YARDS................ 26-195 - ATTENDANCE.................... 343,835 338,788 Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-57,306 5-67,758
 1st2nd3rd4th Total
Florida State
61
140
100
65
366
Opponents
52
44
45
64
205
Overall Individual Statistics

RUSHING              G  Att Gain  Loss  Net   Avg  TD Long  Avg/G
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd        11  129  681   27   654   5.1   6  33    59.5
Sammie Smith        10  103  649   38   611   5.9   4  62t   61.1
Keith Ross          11   39  205   13   192   4.9   1  29    17.5
Tanner Holloman     11   45  190    5   185   4.1   2  22    16.8
Dayne Williams       9   38  163   15   148   3.9   5  36    16.4
Darrin Holloman     11    9  101    0   101  11.2   0  19     9.2
Dexter Carter        9   22  116   21    95   4.3   2  30    10.6
Reno Fells           5   11   66    0    66   6.0   0  14    13.2
David Palmer         8   13   47    0    47   3.6   3  12     5.9
Alan Stewart         2    2   35    0    35  17.5   1  27t   17.5
Danny McManus        9   14   51   20    31   2.2   2  21     3.4
Ronald Lewis         8    1   12    0    12  12.0   0  12     1.5
John Merna           1    3    3    1     2   0.7   0   2     2.0
Randy White          6    1    0   11   -11 -11.0   0 -11    -1.8
Louis Berry         11    1    0   14   -14 -14.0   0 -14    -1.3
Peter Tom Willis     8    6   10   45   -35  -5.8   0  10    -4.4
Chip Ferguson       10   27   44  108   -64  -2.4   0  10    -6.4

Total.........      11  464 2373  318  2055   4.4  26  62t  186.8
Opponents.....      11  466 1800  368  1432   3.1  14  35   130.2


PASSING              G   Effic Att-Cmp-Int   Pct  Yds  TD Long  Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Danny McManus        9  140.49 112- 65- 2   .580  872   7  48    96.9
Chip Ferguson       10  101.55 128- 63- 7   .492  807   4  43    80.7
Peter Tom Willis     8  130.16  59- 36- 4   .610  463   3  38    57.9
Sammie Smith        10    0.00   1-  0- 0   .000    0   0   0     0.0
Louis Berry         11  ******   1-  0- 1   .000    0   0   0     0.0

Total.........      11  120.31 301-164-14   .545 2142  14  48   194.7
Opponents.....      11  105.37 290-141-15   .486 1845  12  65   167.7


RECEIVING            G  No   Yds   Avg  TD Long  Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------
Herb Gainer         11  27   441  16.3   5  47    40.1
Darrin Holloman     11  14   242  17.3   1  44t   22.0
Victor Floyd        11  21   231  11.0   2  30t   21.0
Tom O'Malley        10  16   187  11.7   1  22    18.7
Pat Carter          11  16   174  10.9   0  21    15.8
Ronald Lewis         8   8   145  18.1   3  40t   18.1
Terry Anthony        6   7   119  17.0   0  23    19.8
Tanner Holloman     11  14   116   8.3   1  31    10.5
Scott DiMare         9   8    96  12.0   1  22    10.7
Randy White          6   3    94  31.3   0  48    15.7
 Team                0   3    51  17.0   0  25 
Sammie Smith        10   4    39   9.8   0  20     3.9
Dayne Williams       9   4    38   9.5   0  12     4.2
Pat White            2   2    38  19.0   0  22    19.0
Reno Fells           5   3    34  11.3   0  20     6.8
Dexter Carter        9   1    32  32.0   0  32     3.6
Gaylon White         5   3    28   9.3   0  12     5.6
David Palmer         8   3    23   7.7   0  10     2.9
Keith Ross          11   7    14   2.0   0   5     1.3

Total.........      11 164  2142  13.1  14  48   194.7
Opponents.....      11 141  1845  13.1  12  65   167.7


PUNT RETURNS         No  Yds   Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders        31  290   9.4  0  32 
Alphonso Williams     1   39  39.0  0  39 
Curtis Thomas         4    9   2.3  0  11 
Terry Warren          1    8   8.0  0   8 
Felton Hayes          1    2   2.0  0   2 
Keith Ross            1   -4  -4.0  1  -4 

Total.........       39  345   8.8  0  39 
Opponent......       19   84   4.4  0  26 


INTERCEPTIONS        No  Yds   Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders         4   29   7.3  0  29 
Eric Williams         2   51  25.5  1  51t
Dedrick Dodge         2   47  23.5  1  47t
Tracy Sanders         2   33  16.5  0  20 
Felton Hayes          1   20  20.0  1  20t
Bart Schucts          1    6   6.0  0   6 
John Eaford           1    2   2.0  0   2 
Greg Newell           1    0   0.0  0   0 
Stan Shiver           1    0   0.0  0   0 

Total.........       15  188  12.5  3  51t
Opponent......       14  152  10.9  0  36 


KICK RETURNS         No  Yds   Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Keith Ross           22   583 26.5  0  77t
Dexter Carter         8   247 30.9  1  90t
Darrin Holloman       4    69 17.3  0  21 
Lenny Sutton          2    36 18.0  0  12 
John Parks            2    32 16.0  0  22 
Deion Sanders         1    26 26.0  0  26 
Curtis Thomas         1     6  6.0  0   6 
Paul McGowan          1    -5 -5.0  0  -5 

Total.........       41   994 24.2  0  90t
Opponent......       60  1158 19.3  0  41 


                                            Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS       No  Yds   Avg TD Long  For
-----------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan          3    0   0.0  0   .    3
Fred Jones            1    0   0.0  0   .    3
Deion Sanders         1    0   0.0  0   0    2
Stan Shiver           1    0   0.0  0   .    2
Eric Williams         1    0   0.0  0   .    1
Eric Hayes            1    0   0.0  0   .    1
Brian Davis           1    0   0.0  0   .    1
Odell Haggins         1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Bruce Heggie          1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Martin Mayhew         1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Gerald Nichols        1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Rick Tuten            1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Alphonso Williams     1    0   0.0  0   .    0
Eric Krohn            1    0   0.0  0   .    0
John Parks            0    0    .   0   .    1
Louis Berry           0    0    .   0   .    1
Greg Newell           0    0    .   0   .    1
Curtis Thomas         0    0    .   0   .    1
Terry Warren          0    0    .   0   .    1

Total.........       14        0.0  0       18
Opponent......       12        0.0  0     


                               |-------- PATs --------|
Name                 TD   FGs    Kick   Rush  Rcv Pass  DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Schmidt         0  15-24   41-42   0-0   0   0-0   0   0    86
Victor Floyd          8   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    48
Herb Gainer           5   0-0     0-0    0-0   1   0-0   0   0    32
Dayne Williams        5   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    30
Sammie Smith          4   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    24
Dexter Carter         3   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    18
Ronald Lewis          3   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    18
Tanner Holloman       3   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    18
David Palmer          3   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    18
Danny McManus         2   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   1-1   0   0    12
Keith Ross            2   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0    12
Felton Hayes          1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   1     8
Scott DiMare          1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Dedrick Dodge         1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Darrin Holloman       1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Tom O'Malley          1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Alan Stewart          1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Eric Williams         1   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   0     6
Pat Carter            0   0-0     0-0    0-0   2   0-0   0   0     4
John Parks            0   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   0-0   0   1     2
Chip Ferguson         0   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   1-1   0   0     0
Peter Tom Willis      0   0-0     0-0    0-0   0   1-1   0   0     0
====================================================================
FSU                  45  15-24   41-42   0-0   3   3-3   0   2   366
Opponent             26   8-17   21-22   1-2   1   1-2   0   0   205
Touchdowns
R
C
P
I
FR
PR
KR
L
FK
Victor Floyd
6
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Herb Gainer
.
5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dayne Williams
5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Sammie Smith
4
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dexter Carter
2
.
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
Ronald Lewis
.
3
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Tanner Holloman
2
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
David Palmer
3
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Danny McManus
2
.
7
.
.
.
.
.
.
Keith Ross
1
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
Felton Hayes
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
Scott DiMare
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dedrick Dodge
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
Darrin Holloman
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Tom O'Malley
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Alan Stewart
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Eric Williams
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
Chip Ferguson
.
.
4
.
.
.
.
.
.
Peter Tom Willis
.
.
3
.
.
.
.
.
.
Total
26
14
14
3
.
1
1
.
.
Opponents
14
12
12
.
.
.
.
.
.
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
L = Lateral
FK = Free Kick Return


TOTAL OFFENSE        G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Danny McManus        9  126    31  872   903 100.3
Chip Ferguson       10  155   -64  807   743  74.3
Victor Floyd        11  129   654    0   654  59.5
Sammie Smith        10  104   611    0   611  61.1
Peter Tom Willis     8   65   -35  463   428  53.5
Keith Ross          11   39   192    0   192  17.5
Tanner Holloman     11   45   185    0   185  16.8
Dayne Williams       9   38   148    0   148  16.4
Darrin Holloman     11    9   101    0   101   9.2
Dexter Carter        9   22    95    0    95  10.6
Reno Fells           5   11    66    0    66  13.2
David Palmer         8   13    47    0    47   5.9
Alan Stewart         2    2    35    0    35  17.5
Ronald Lewis         8    1    12    0    12   1.5
John Merna           1    3     2    0     2   2.0
Randy White          6    1   -11    0   -11  -1.8
Louis Berry         11    2   -14    0   -14  -1.3

Total.........      11  765  2055 2142  4197 381.5
Opponent......      11  756  1432 1845  3277 297.9


FIELD GOALS         FGM-FGA  Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Schmidt        15-24  .625  0- 1  2- 2  9-10  3- 9  1- 2 53
FG SEQUENCE Derek Schmidt
Toledo
(24), 54
Nebraska
(46)
North Carolina
45, 44, 37
Michigan
49, (31)
Tulane
(36)
Wichita State
47, (41)
Louisville
(53), (36)
Miami
(36), (38), (45)
South Carolina
(33), (33), 19, (34)
Southern Mississippi
None
Florida
46, (36), (21), 46
Indiana
None
() For made field goals


PUNTING             No  Yds   Avg Long  TB  FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Louis Berry         46 1932  42.0  60                0

Total.........      46 1932  42.0  60                0
Opponent......      63 2190  34.8  63                4


ALL PURPOSE          G Rush   Rec   PR   KR   IR   FR  Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd        11  654   231    0    0    0    0  885  80.5
Keith Ross          11  192    14   -4  583    0    0  785  71.4
Sammie Smith        10  611    39    0    0    0    0  650  65.0
Herb Gainer         11    0   441    0    0    0    0  441  40.1
Darrin Holloman     11  101   242    0   69    0    0  412  37.5
Dexter Carter        9   95    32    0  247    0    0  374  41.6
Deion Sanders       11    0     0  290   26   29    0  345  31.4
Tanner Holloman     11  185   116    0    0    0    0  301  27.4
Tom O'Malley        10    0   187    0    0    0    0  187  18.7
Dayne Williams       9  148    38    0    0    0    0  186  20.7
Pat Carter          11    0   174    0    0    0    0  174  15.8
Ronald Lewis         8   12   145    0    0    0    0  157  19.6
Terry Anthony        6    0   119    0    0    0    0  119  19.8
Reno Fells           5   66    34    0    0    0    0  100  20.0
Scott DiMare         9    0    96    0    0    0    0   96  10.7
Randy White          6  -11    94    0    0    0    0   83  13.8
David Palmer         8   47    23    0    0    0    0   70   8.8
Eric Williams       11    0     0    0    0   51    0   51   4.6
 Team                0    0    51    0    0    0    0   51
Dedrick Dodge       11    0     0    0    0   47    0   47   4.3
Alphonso Williams    9    0     0   39    0    0    0   39   4.3
Pat White            2    0    38    0    0    0    0   38  19.0
Lenny Sutton         7    0     0    0   36    0    0   36   5.1
Alan Stewart         2   35     0    0    0    0    0   35  17.5
Tracy Sanders       10    0     0    0    0   33    0   33   3.3
John Parks           7    0     0    0   32    0    0   32   4.6
Danny McManus        9   31     0    0    0    0    0   31   3.4
Gaylon White         5    0    28    0    0    0    0   28   5.6
Felton Hayes        11    0     0    2    0   20    0   22   2.0
Curtis Thomas        7    0     0    9    6    0    0   15   2.1
Terry Warren        11    0     0    8    0    0    0    8   0.7
Bart Schucts         6    0     0    0    0    6    0    6   1.0
John Eaford         11    0     0    0    0    2    0    2   0.2
John Merna           1    2     0    0    0    0    0    2   2.0
Paul McGowan        11    0     0    0   -5    0    0   -5  -0.5
Louis Berry         11  -14     0    0    0    0    0  -14  -1.3
Peter Tom Willis     8  -35     0    0    0    0    0  -35  -4.4
Chip Ferguson       10  -64     0    0    0    0    0  -64  -6.4

Total.........      11 2055  2142  345  994  188    0 5724 520.4
Opponent......      11 1432  1845   84 1158  152    0 4671 424.6


                        |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS   GP   UT   AT  Total   ForLoss     No - Yards  Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds  FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan        11   85   44   129   8.0-            .           .      3    1   3-  0   3   .   .
Greg Newell         11   50   51   101      .            .          1-  0   1    .    .      1   .   .
Fred Jones          11   50   48    98   5.0-         3.0- 14.0      .      4    5   1-  0   3   .   .
Stan Shiver         11   42   30    72   3.0-         3.0- 30.0     1-  0   3    3   1-  0   2   .   .
Thomas Harp         11   37   33    70   4.0-         4.0- 12.0      .      .    1    .      .   .   .
Deion Sanders       11   34   27    61   1.0-            .          4- 29   8    2   1-  0   2   .   .
Gerald Nichols      11   26   33    59   3.0-         1.0-  8.0      .      .   19   1-  0   .   .   .
Terry Warren        11   29   29    58   3.0-         5.0- 31.0      .      1    7    .      1   .   .
Felton Hayes        11   30   20    50      .         0.5-  7.0     1- 20   3    1    .      .   1   1
Martin Mayhew       11   21   18    39      .            .           .      3    .   1-  0   .   .   .
Odell Haggins       11   24   13    37   3.0-            .           .      4    1   1-  0   .   .   .
Steve Gabbard       11   16   19    35   1.0-            .           .      1    5    .      .   .   .
Eric Hayes          11   13   20    33   3.0-         1.0- 11.0      .      1    5   1-  0   1   .   .
Eric Williams       11   17   14    31      .            .          2- 51   4    .   1-  0   1   1   .
Dedrick Dodge       11   16   14    30      .            .          2- 47   2    .    .      .   .   .
John Eaford         11   13   11    24   4.0-            .          1-  2   .    3    .      .   .   .
Kevin Grant          8    9   15    24   2.0-         1.0-  8.0      .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Alphonso Williams    9   13    9    22   1.0-            .           .      .    .   1-  0   .   1   .
Shelton Thompson    11   11    9    20   2.0-         3.0- 30.0      .      .    2    .      .   .   .
John Parks           7   14    6    20      .         0.5-  7.0      .      .    .    .      1   1   1
Tracy Sanders       10   17    1    18      .            .          2- 33   2    .    .      .   .   .
Brian Davis          7    9    7    16   1.0-         1.0- 14.0      .      .    2   1-  0   1   .   .
John Hadley          7   10    6    16      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Anthony Williams    10    6    5    11      .            .           .      .    1    .      .   .   .
Bart Schucts         6    5    5    10      .         1.0-  6.0     1-  6   1    8    .      .   .   .
Wes Harris           3    5    5    10      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Eric Krohn           6    5    3     8   2.0-         1.0-  8.0      .      .    7   1-  0   .   .   .
Lenny Sutton         7    3    2     5      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Keith Carter         4    4    1     5      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Curtis Thomas        7    3    1     4      .            .           .      .    .    .      1   .   .
Bruce Heggie         6    2    2     4      .            .           .      .    .   1-  0   .   .   .
John Brown           9    2    1     3   1.0-            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Phil Carollo         4    2    1     3      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Eric Stiehl          2    2    .     2      .         1.0-  9.0      .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Louis Berry         11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      1   .   .
Derek Schmidt       11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Victor Floyd        11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Pat Carter          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Herb Gainer         11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Joey Ionata         11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Jason Kuipers       11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Jim Hendley         11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Darrin Holloman     11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Tanner Holloman     11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Keith Ross          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Mark Salva          11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Pat Tomberlin       11    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Chip Ferguson       10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Tim Hebron          10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Tom O'Malley        10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Dave Schrenker      10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Sammie Smith        10    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Scott DiMare         9    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Danny McManus        9    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Dayne Williams       9    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Dexter Carter        9    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Ronald Lewis         8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Parrish Barwick      8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
David Palmer         8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Peter Tom Willis     8    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Randy White          6    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Terry Anthony        6    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Gaylon White         5    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Reno Fells           5    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Michael Tanks        4    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Tony Yeomans         4    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Marty Riggs          4    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Rick Tuten           2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .   1-  0   .   .   .
Pablo Lopez          2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Pat White            2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Phillip Bryant       2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Alan Stewart         2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Ken Carr             2    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Ed Clark             1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Joe Jordan           1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Hayward Haynes       1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
John Merna           1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
Brian Ross           1    .    .     .      .            .           .      .    .    .      .   .   .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals                  625  503  1128  47.0-  0.0   26.0-195.0    15-188  41   73  16-  0  18   4   2


Game Participation
##  Player                       GP-GS  UT      UN      UNC     Mich    TU      WSU     UL      UM      SC      USM     UF      InU     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
71  Jack Allen                    0- 0                                                                                           
 8  Terry Anthony                 7- 0                                          xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
67  Mark Barron                   0- 0                                                                                           
66  Parrish Barwick               9- 3  O-SG    O-SG    xx      O-TG    xx      xx      xx              xx                      xx
 6  Louis Berry                  12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
81  Hoffman Brown                 0- 0                                                                                           
50  John Brown                   10- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx                      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
 9  Phillip Bryant                2- 0                  xx      xx                                                               
43  LeRoy Butler                  0- 0                                                                                           
57  Ronnie Byrom                  0- 0                                                                                           
57  Phil Carollo                  4- 0                                          xx      xx      xx      xx                       
60  Ken Carr                      3- 0                                                  xx                              xx      xx
13  Dexter Carter                 9- 0                  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx       
59  Keith Carter                  4- 0          xx              xx                              xx      xx                       
85  Pat Carter                   12-12  O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE    O-TE  
41  Ed Clark                      1- 0  xx                                                                                       
12  J.P. Connolly                 0- 0                                                                                           
10  Felton Cook                   0- 0                                                                                           
39  Brian Davis                   8- 0          xx                      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx              xx      xx
29  Lawrence Dawsey               0- 0                                                                                           
 1  Scott DiMare                  9- 0  xx      xx      xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx               
28  Dedrick Dodge                12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
52  John Eaford                  12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
64  Magdi El Shahawy              0- 0                                                                                           
42  Reno Fells                    6- 0                  xx      xx      xx              xx                      xx              xx
 5  Chip Ferguson                10- 4  O-QB    O-QB    O-QB    O-QB    xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx               
27  Victor Floyd                 12- 9  O-TB    O-TB    xx      xx      O-TB    O-TB    O-TB    xx      O-TB    O-TB    O-TB    O-TB  
10  Corian Freeman                0- 0                                                                                           
76  Steve Gabbard                12- 9  xx      D-LT    D-LT    D-LT    D-LT    xx      D-LT    D-LT    xx      D-LT    D-LT    D-LT  
 3  Herb Gainer                  12-12  O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE    O-SE  
23  Ray Gibson                    0- 0                                                                                           
97  Mike Goodman                  0- 0                                                                                           
47  Kevin Grant                   9- 0                  xx      xx      xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
21  John Hadley                   8- 0          xx      xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx                      xx
53  Odell Haggins                12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
31  Stanley Hall                  0- 0                                                                                           
11  Wes Hardin                    0- 0                                                                                           
58  Thomas Harp                  12-11  D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    xx      D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG    D-NG  
54  Wes Harris                    3- 0                                          xx              xx      xx                       
78  Eric Hayes                   12- 3  D-LT    xx      xx      xx      xx      D-LT    xx      xx      D-LT    xx      xx      xx
46  Felton Hayes                 12-12  D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB 
65  Hayward Haynes                1- 0                                  xx                                                       
75  Tim Hebron                   11- 2  xx      xx      xx      O-ST            O-ST    xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
99  Bruce Heggie                  6- 0          xx      xx      xx              xx      xx      xx                               
    Todd Helmick                  0- 0                                                                                           
61  Jim Hendley                  12-12  O-C     O-C     O-ST    O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C     O-C   
24  Darrin Holloman              12-12  O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL    O-FL  
30  Tanner Holloman              12- 9  O-RB    O-FB    xx      O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    O-FB    xx      xx
57  Jimmy Holton                  0- 0                                                                                           
69  Joey Ionata                  12- 7  xx      xx      xx      xx      O-ST    xx      O-ST    O-ST    O-ST    O-ST    O-ST    O-ST  
91  Anthony Johnson               0- 0                                                                                           
45  Reggie Johnson                0- 0                                                                                           
    Brady Jones                   0- 0                                                                                           
55  Fred Jones                   12-12  D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB   D-SLB 
67  Joe Jordan                    1- 0          xx                                                                               
94  Eric Krohn                    6- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx                                               
62  Jason Kuipers                12-10  xx      xx      O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG    O-SG  
84  Bruce LaSane                  0- 0                                                                                           
54  Bryan Law                     0- 0                                                                                           
 7  Ronald Lewis                  8- 0  xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx              xx      xx               
74  Pablo Lopez                   2- 2  O-ST    O-ST                                                                             
77  Eric Luallen                  0- 0                                                                                           
15  Bill Mason                    0- 0                                                                                           
32  Martin Mayhew                12- 3  D-LCB   xx      xx      D-RCB   D-RCB   xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
38  Paul McGowan                 12-12  D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB   D-WLB 
    Rick McIntire                 0- 0                                                                                           
14  Danny McManus                10- 7  xx              xx      xx      O-QB    O-QB    O-QB    O-QB            O-QB    O-QB    O-QB  
    John Merna                    1- 0                                  xx                                                       
88  Anthony Moss                  0- 0                                                                                           
40  Greg Newell                  12-12  D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS    D-FS  
79  Gerald Nichols               12-12  D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT    D-RT  
58  Chris Nicolas                 0- 0                                                                                           
92  Tom O'Malley                 11- 0  xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
48  David Palmer                  9- 0  xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx              xx              xx
19  John Parks                    7- 0                  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx                       
    Aubrey Parrish                0- 0                                                                                           
    Thomas Pruitt                 0- 0                                                                                           
15  Bill Ragans                   0- 0                                                                                           
    Milton Revell                 0- 0                                                                                           
51  Marty Riggs                   4- 0                          xx      xx              xx      xx                               
95  Greg Rinehart                 0- 0                                                                                           
83  Dave Roberts                  0- 0                                                                                           
20  Keith Ross                   12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
63  Mark Salva                   12-11  O-TG    O-TG    O-TG    xx      O-TG    O-TG    O-TG    O-TG    O-TG    O-TG    O-TG    O-TG  
 2  Deion Sanders                12-11  xx      D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB   D-LCB 
16  Tracy Sanders                11- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
93  Scott Schilbrack              0- 0                                                                                           
18  Derek Schmidt                12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
56  Dave Schrenker               11- 1  xx      xx      O-C     xx      xx      xx      xx              xx      xx      xx      xx
98  Bart Schucts                  7- 0          xx                                      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
71  Steve Sellers                 0- 0                                                                                           
37  Stan Shiver                  12-12  D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS    D-SS  
    Jason Simmons                 0- 0                                                                                           
    Ricky Slate                   0- 0                                                                                           
33  Sammie Smith                 11- 3  xx      xx      O-TB    O-TB    xx              xx      O-TB    xx      xx      xx      xx
15  Gary Snells                   0- 0                                                                                           
11  Alan Stewart                  2- 0                                          xx                              xx               
36  Eric Stiehl                   2- 0  xx                                                      xx                               
35  Lenny Sutton                  7- 0  xx      xx              xx      xx              xx      xx              xx               
68  Michael Tanks                 5- 0                  xx                                              xx      xx      xx      xx
22  Curtis Thomas                 7- 0  xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx                               
10  Ben Thompson                  0- 0                                                                                           
93  Shelton Thompson             12- 0  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
72  Pat Tomberlin                12-12  O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT    O-TT  
 3  Rick Tuten                    2- 0                                                  xx      xx                               
    Joie Ward                     0- 0                                                                                           
80  Terry Warren                 12-12  D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB   D-OLB 
44  Chuck Wells                   0- 0                                                                                           
87  Gaylon White                  5- 0          xx                      xx      xx      xx      xx                               
23  Pat White                     2- 0  xx                              xx                                                       
82  Randy White                   7- 0  xx      xx      xx                                              xx      xx      xx      xx
26  Alphonso Williams            10- 0                  xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
73  Anthony Williams             11- 1  xx              xx      D-NG    xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      xx
49  Dayne Williams               10- 3  xx      xx      O-FB                    xx      xx      xx      xx      xx      O-FB    O-FB  
17  Eric Williams                12-10  D-RCB   D-RCB   D-RCB   xx      xx      D-RCB   D-RCB   D-RCB   D-RCB   D-RCB   D-RCB   D-RCB 
90  Lamar Williams                0- 0                                                                                           
 4  Peter Tom Willis              8- 1  xx              xx              xx      xx      xx      xx      O-QB    xx               
43  John Wyche                    0- 0                                                                                           
70  Tony Yeomans                  4- 0                  xx      xx              xx      xx                                       

Florida State 24, Toledo 0

08/30/1986, Tallahassee, Fla.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, August 31, 1986, page 48, by Bill McGrotha.

Winning e-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
FSU blanks Toledo 24-0 in opener.

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Clinging tenaciously to the shirttails of it defense, Florida State hung on and settled for a 24-0 victory over Toledo here Saturday night.

It was not pretty on this wet Campbell Stadium evening as the Seminoles committed six turnovers.

Still, it was not really close as the crowd of 53,891 saw the Seminoles carve out a 17-0 halftime lead.

With FSU errors, Toledo was in Seminole territory much of the evening – consecutively penetrating to the 13, 25, 48, 29, 44, 30, 29 and 38.

But a tough defense granted nothing.

For Coach Bobby Bowden, it was his 10th consecutive first-game victory at sites ranging from Syracuse to LSU.

In a steady rain, Toledo got the good start in this one.

Renza Hughie tucked in an opening kickoff at his 5 and sped 41 yards to his 46 before Derek Schmidt, the kicker, tackled him.

Two passes were futile, and a run got little. Toledo’s first punt stopped at the FSU 19.

Tanner Holloman got 21 out of an opening Chip Ferguson pass. Third down at the 48, and Victor Floyd fumbled on FSU’s first run of the game. Dexter Clark covered it for the Rockets at the 49.

An 18-yard pass, Bill Bergan to Jeff Burns, soon gained FSU’s 28.

After a first down at the 18 on a short throw, Toledo came up short at the 13. On fourth down, a 30-yard attempt for a field goal went awry on a bad snap. FSU took over at the 22.

Darrin Holloman sped 33 yards to the 44 with a pass, and soon Tanner caught a 12-yarder at the 30. Herb Gainer pulled in another Ferguson shot at the 22.

But Clark tipped a pass and teammate Harold McGuire intercepted, getting a 13-yard runback to the 19.

When, three plays later, Toledo punted, Deion Sanders fumbled and Burns got it for the visitors at FSU’s 42.

Three straight passes missed, and a punt went into the end zone.

A 20-yard pass to Gainer and a 10-yarder to Carter reached Toledo’s 48.

On fourth and 2 at the 40, FSU went for it – springing Darrin Holloman on a reverse as Parrish Barwick threw a powerful block that keyed a 10-yard gain.

On a pitchout, Keith Ross sailed to the 1. But Ferguson was stopped on a sneak, and Ross nailed by Clark at the 8 on another pitchout. After a pass failed, Derek Schmidt kicked a 24-yard field goal for 3-0.

A pair of Bergan passes got the Rockets just over midfield. On a Kelvin Famer run, Fred Jones caused a fumble on his tackle – and teammate Paul McGowan recovered at FSU’s 49.

Ross dug for 9. From the 36, fullback Dayne Williams hit the middle, appeared stopped, but put one hand on the ground and spun out of trouble. Suddenly, he was free on an all-the-way scamper that put Florida State up 10-0.

Offside on the kickoff, the Seminoles had to boot again – and got into difficulty. Brent Jones fumbled after a 21-yard runback to the 37, Hughley picking up the ball and moving on to FSU’s 45.

A pass gained FSU’s 32. The Seminoles held, with tackle Eric Krohn stopping a run for a 3-yard loss. Bruce Nichols’ try for a 46-yard field goal missed.

Carter’s 10-yard catch started a movement. Strong running by Sammie Smith led on to the Toledo 34.

Darrin Holloman grabbed a 14-yard toss.

From the 13, David Palmer got 2 on a run, 4 on a pass, then a touchdown on a 7-yard romp up the middle to extend it to 17-0.

With 6-foot-3 A.J. Sager moving in at quarterback, the Rockets got going on passes, including a 19-yarder to John Perry that reached FSU’s 48. FSU stiffened, forced a punt – to its 13.

Three Smith runs attained the 43 before time ran out.

At this point, Florida State led 310-112 in yardage. FSU had split it almost evenly, 160 rushing as Smith got 63 in 10 carries, and 150 passing. Ferguson had hit 14 of 21 and Carter had caught four for 42.

Stout running from the 35 stamped early FSU action of the last half.

Floyd figured five straight gains – a screen pass for 5 to midfield, then runs for 4, 7, 6, and 10.

That led to a first down at the 17. But on third down at the 13, Randy White fumbled on a reverse and Keith Dunbar recovered for the Rockets at the 24.

Spurred by a Terry Warren sack, FSU defenders forced a punt and FSU started anew at its 41.

Three plays later Jim Marquard intercepted a Ferguson pass at the Toledo 39.

With short passes, Bergan moved Toledo across midfield to a first down at the 38. But Florida State checked a running game, and took over on downs at the 28.

Three runs left FSU perhaps a half-yard short, and the Seminoles took a surprising gamble.

On the fourth-down pitchout, Ross failed to make it and Toledo had another opportunity inside FSU territory.

On first down, receiver Bob Wasczenski was racked by Stan Shiver as he pulled in a pass, bringing a fumble that Martin Mayhew claimed for FSU at the 38.

Nothing came of that either – except Louis Berry ended up punting for the first time in the game.

It was a beauty and well covered. Toledo was stuck at its 14 after a 49-yarder.

Soon came a punt that Sanders returned 32 yards to the Toledo 36.

In came Peter Tom Willis at quarterback, as Ferguson went to the bench with 17 completions of 28 throws for 176 yards, with two interceptions.

The redshirt freshman hit his first pass, a 9-yarder to Gainer. Toledo granted no more.

On fourth down, following a holding call, Schmidt tried a 54-yard field goal. He missed.

When the Rockets again punted, FSU moved, behind Willis, from its 32.

Darrin Holloman got 20 on a reverse, to the Toledo 49. Clipping, on another Holloman reverse, knocked FSU back to its 41.

But Darrin Holloman tucked in a 20-yard pass at the 38.

Pass interference brought a first down at the 23.

Gainer caught a Willis pass at the 12, and on the following play made a nifty one-handed grab for a touchdown. The score became 24-0 with 8:33 to play.

Another Toledo punt, and a 21-yard runback by Sanders to the Rockets’ 42.

Three straight Willis completions – the last a 21-yarder to Tanner Holloman – gained the 15.

Clipping cost the Seminoles, but Willis got back to the 15 on a pass to Pat White.

It came to fourth down, with Schmidt entering for a field-goal snap. But the snap was errant. When holder Louis Berry tried to pass under heavy pressure, he was intercepted at the 17.

With two minutes left, another punt gave FSU the ball at its 44 and a chance for Danny McManus to quarterback for the first time since last year’s Auburn game.

Three times he handed off to Floyd for runs, once passing to Scott DiMare for nine before the clock caught FSU at the 25.

It was the Seminoles’ first shutout since Tennessee-Chattanooga 37-0 in 1984.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Toledo
0
0
0
0
0
Florida State
3
14
0
7
24

1st   3- 0  Derek Schmidt, 24, field goal, 0:24 
2nd  10- 0  Dayne Williams, 36, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:36
     10- 0  Opp, 47, field goal failed, 10:22
     17- 0  David Palmer, 7, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:01 
4th  17- 0  Derek Schmidt, 54, field goal failed, 13:04
     24- 0  Herb Gainer, 12, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Derek Schmidt, kick), 8:33 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 28 13 Rushes-yards 43-248 29-42 Passing 281 157 Att-Comp-Int 41-26-3 36-19-0 Total Yards 84-529 65-199 Punt Returns 6-72 1--2 Kickoff Returns 1-23 4-117 Interception Ret. 0-0 3-28 Fumble Returns 3-0 3-0 Punts 1-49.0 8-34.0 Sacks By-Yds 2-14 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 5-3 4-3 Penalties-Yds 5-55 5-40 3rd Down Conversions 11-17 3-14 4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 Time of Posession 33:29 26:31 Attendance 53,891 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 12 69 0 17 Victor Floyd 9 58 0 11 Dayne Williams 4 46 1 36t Keith Ross 6 35 0 24 Darrin Holloman 2 29 0 19 David Palmer 4 14 1 7t Tanner Holloman 3 6 0 4 Chip Ferguson 2 2 0 2 Randy White 1 -11 0 -11 --------------------------------------------- FSU 43 248 2 36t Opp 29 42 0 12 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Darrin Holloman 4 81 0 33 Tanner Holloman 4 61 0 21 Herb Gainer 5 60 1 20 Pat Carter 4 32 0 14 Pat White 1 16 0 16 Victor Floyd 3 13 0 5 Scott DiMare 1 9 0 9 David Palmer 1 4 0 4 Keith Ross 2 3 0 5 Ronald Lewis 1 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 26 281 1 33 Opp 19 157 0 19 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Chip Ferguson 17 28 2 176 0 33 Peter Tom Willis 8 11 0 96 1 21 Danny McManus 1 1 0 9 0 9 Louis Berry 0 1 1 0 0 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 26 41 3 281 1 33 Opp 19 36 0 157 0 19 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 6 72 0 32 --------------------------------------------- FSU 6 72 0 32 Opp 1 -2 0 -2 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 1 23 0 23 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 23 0 23 Opp 4 117 0 41 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 1 49 49 ---------------------------------------- FSU 1 49 49 Opp 8 272 41 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McGowan 2 4 6 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Fred Jones 3 3 6 . . . . . 1- 0 1 . . Thomas Harp 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 4 1 5 . . . 2 . . . . . Felton Hayes 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . Odell Haggins 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . Gerald Nichols 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . Eric Krohn 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . Stan Shiver 1 1 2 . . . 2 . . 1 . . Martin Mayhew 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Greg Newell 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Terry Warren . 1 1 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . Derek Schmidt 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Eric Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Eric Stiehl 1 . 1 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 29 24 53 3.0- 14.0 2.0- 14.0 . 5 . 3- 0 2 . . Opp 46 12 58 3.0- . 3- 28 2 . 3- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB    5  Chip Ferguson
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
RB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
TG   63  Mark Salva
SG   66  Parrish Barwick
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
ST   74  Pablo Lopez
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB  17  Eric Williams
LCB  32  Martin Mayhew
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   78  Eric Hayes
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 2  Deion Sanders
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
14  Danny McManus
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
20  Keith Ross
22  Curtis Thomas
23  Pat White
28  Dedrick Dodge
33  Sammie Smith
35  Lenny Sutton
36  Eric Stiehl
41  Ed Clark
##  NAME
-----------------------------
48  David Palmer
49  Dayne Williams
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
62  Jason Kuipers
69  Joey Ionata
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
76  Steve Gabbard
82  Randy White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
94  Eric Krohn

Nebraska 34, Florida State 17

09/06/1986, Lincoln, Neb.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 7, 1986, page 53, by Bill McGrotha.

A Taylor-made defeat.
Husker QB shreds FSU.

LINCOLN, NE – Controlling the football all the way, Nebraska finally wore Florida State’s football team down here Saturday 34-17.

In its first night game ever, Nebraska struck behind the gifted quarterbacking of sophomore Steve Taylor.

Florida State had plenty going for it – including a dazzling 57-yard scoring run on a fake reverse by Sammie Smith – but could not handle Taylor.

At halftime, on Smith’s run, Florida State led 14-10. Soon, on Derek Schmidt’s 46-yard field goal, it became 17-10.

That was it. Nebraska choked off FSU’s offense, and opened its attack full-throttle.

Ten minutes before the kickoff, the rain – which had suddenly ceased around 3 p.m. – returned and drenched a bundled-up crowd in Memorial Stadium. The temperature stood at 55, and the wind seemed relatively mild at 10 miles per hour.

Starting at its 26 after the kickoff, Florida State got stopped cold on two runs.

Third down, needing 12, and the Seminoles crossed-up defenders with a draw, Victor Floyd went to the 40, then fumbled. The ball rolled forward on the artificial turf and Mark Salva claimed it for Florida State at the Nebraska 43. It was, officially, a 33-yard Floyd run.

A Chip Ferguson pass to Darrin Holloman got 13.

Two plays later, Ferguson hit Floyd over the middle for six points on a 30-yard play. Derek Schmidt’s kick provided a 7-0 lead.

On a keeper, quarterback Steve Taylor got Nebraska off and running with a 15-yard scamper to his 48. Three more runs left it 4th-and-1 at the FSU 43.

As Nebraska gambled, linebacker Paul McGowan caught Keith Jones a yard short on the run, but the tailback broke free and struggled to a first down at the 41.

A couple of plays later, Jason Gamble caught a Taylor pass, but fumbled when racked by Fred Jones, and Deion Sanders recovered for Florida State at the 29.

Herb Gainer caught passes for 13 and 10 yards, sandwiched around a running loss of two. Nebraska stiffened, and Louis Berry punted to the 29.

With Taylor running three times out of five, the Cornhuskers moved methodically to a first down at Florida State’s 41. A pass to Von Sheppard got 12 more.

Nebraska drew a 5-yard motion penalty on a play where players stopped, and Taylor passed to Ray Nelson in the end zone in meaningless action.

On a particularly big third-down play, Sanders put pressure on a sweeping Jones, bringing a 4-yard loss.

Dale Klein was short on his 49-yard try for a field goal.

The Seminoles got just five, on a Floyd run, in three downs. Berry’s 44-yard punt left Nebraska at its 23 shortly before the quarter ran out.

Running lifted the home team to its 37 before a clipping call knocked it back to the 23.

On a bomb, Taylor seemed on target to a streaking Rod Smith, and the crowd bellowed for an interference call on defender Martin Mayhew who seemed responsible for failure to connect. No flag fell, and it was just an incompletion.

Soon a punt gave FSU good position at its 45. But it was to bring trouble.

A swing pass to Williams got good yardage. But it came to fourth down and a foot to go at Nebraska’s 47.

Gambling, Florida State dealt the ball to Ross on a pitchout – and he got nothing.

After three downs, however, Nebraska was at its 46 following an incompletion, a run for just three, and a penalty against Taylor for throwing after running past the line of scrimmage.

A punt placed Florida State in a hole at its 11.

One pass failed, and another lost two. A draw got just one.

Following Berry’s 41-yard punt, and a 3-yard loss on an attempt to return, Nebraska was again at its 46.

Twice Taylor missed on passes.

Dropping to pass again, he stood there for a moment – then tore away on a run. After 34 yards, Taylor was stopped by Sanders’ shoestring tackle at the 20.

On the following play, Taylor scored easily with a keeper off the left side. Klein’s kick tied it 7-7.

From its 28 after the kickoff, FSU got nine on a pass to Pat Carter. On his first run of the night, Sammie Smith crunched out two for a first down.

The Seminoles appeared stymied, however. One play, a Ferguson pass, found an official signaling a Nebraska interception after the ball had bounced on the turf. Fortunately, the play was nullified by offsides against the Huskers.

When Berry went back to punt, he had trouble handling the snap and the effort was short, to the Nebraska 39.

The runs of Jones led to midfield. Dana Brinson’s short reception keyed another first down at FSU’s 39.

On a third-down reverse, Sheppard was hemmed up for a loss that would have put the Huskers out of field goal range. But when noseguard Tom Harp grabbed the runner’s facemask, it was ruled a flagrant violation – and a 15-yard penalty placed the Seminoles at their 21.

After two plays, FSU’s grudging defenders had granted nothing to runs. On third down, Ken Kaelin scrambled to the 16.

Editor’s Note: Nebraska kicked a 33-yard field goal which was not included in this article. On the kickoff return, Ross got a face-mask call and a 15-yard penalty that placed Florida State at its 43 with 46 seconds remaining.

Then Florida State sprung the play it had worked on so hard.

It was a fake reverse by Darrin Holloman with the ball going to Sammie Smith on a pitch, keeping it, instead of handing off, and sweeping around end. Slashing brilliantly through the secondary, getting a big block from Gainer, he turned on the burners and was gone on a 57-yard scoring run that put Florida State up 14-10.

A shocked Nebraska had time for little more before time ran out in the half.

At this point, Nebraska had a small lead in total yardage, 194 to 175. On seven of 12 pass completions, FSU had 84, and on 34 runs Nebraska had 165. Taylor had accounted for 98 running on 13 keepers.

Nebraska had held the ball almost two thirds of the time with its ground game, 19 minutes to FSU’s 11.

On an opening last-half series, from its 24, Nebraska got no further than its 30. A punt put Florida State in good position at its 38.

But first-down motion as Smith sped for good yardage with a pass cost FSU 5.

When Berry soon punted, Brinson got loose on a good return of the long boot – but fumbled when hit by John Hadley. And Tallahasseean Brian Davis recovered for FSU at the 35.

A Ferguson keeper got 5, and a pass to Pat Carter was judged a foot short. On a fourth-down bid, FSU was flagged for illegal procedure.

With the ball back at the 30, Schmidt kicked a 46-yard field goal for 17-10.

Sheppard’s 35-yard kickoff runback got Nebraska in business at its 37.

On successive runs, Jones got 3, 9 and 12 yards to FSU’s 39.

McGowan’s big hit of Kelly for a yard loss had the Huskers at the 33.

But the gifted Taylor ripped loose on fourth-and-4 to a first down at the 31.

This time it came to third-and-8 at the 19. On a Taylor pass, a late flag came and Eric Williams was judged interfering on a defensive play. That brought a first down at the 6.

Taylor needed just one play – a keeper to the right – for the touchdown that tied it 17-17.

More trouble followed.

Two plays following the kickoff netted nothing from the 24. Clipping set the Seminoles back to the 12, and a sack of Ferguson left them at the 3.

Berry’s punt from deep in the end zone was a beaut – 47 yards to the Huskers’ 49.

Kaelin quickly got the home team to FSU’s 34 on a pair of runs. Jones led on to the 22. Pass interference on Martin Mayhew brought a first down at the 12.

Quickly, Taylor hit Todd Milligan for a touchdown – the first of his Nebraska time for the sophomore quarterback.

As the quarter closed, FSU was in difficulty at its 28 following a second-down sack of Ferguson.

A personal-foul call on an out-of-bounds hit as Ferguson threw gave FSU some room at its 44.

Smith ran for 5, but the rest was futility, as Smith lost 1 and Ferguson was again sacked.

Berry’s punt, partially blocked by Cleo Miller, went 25 yards to the 33.

Staying on the ground, with Jon Kelley leading the surge, the Huskers moved to midfield.

A 13-yard Taylor pass got Nebraska going again following a penalty.

Pretty soon Sheppard sprung open and Taylor connected with him on a 46-yard pass play that brought a fourth Nebraska touchdown and made the score 31-17.

Now the Huskers were applying extraordinary pressure to Ferguson. Only a roughing call off that pressure kept the Seminoles moving – the penalty bringing a first down at their 45.

When Berry punted, Nebraska nearly blocked it again. The boot stopped at the Husker 31.

Taylor and Kelley, running on FSU’s weary defenders, soon had Nebraska at the Seminole 40.

Note: Article ends here but Nebraska made a 38-yard field goal with 1:23 to go in the game.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
7
7
3
0
17
Nebraska
0
10
14
10
34

1st   7- 0  Victor Floyd, 30, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:11
      7- 0  Opp, 49, field goal failed, 1:50 
2nd   7- 7  Opp, 20, run (kick), 9:11 
      7-10  Opp, 33, field goal, 0:51 
     14-10  Sammie Smith, 57, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:33 
3rd  17-10  Derek Schmidt, 46, field goal, 10:12
     17-17  Opp, 6, run (kick), 5:15 
     17-24  Opp, 12, pass (kick), 0:45 
4th  17-31  Opp, 46, pass (kick), 10:09
     17-34  Opp, 38, field goal, 1:23 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 8 24 Rushes-yards 31-76 63-297 Passing 97 130 Att-Comp-Int 17-9-0 16-10-0 Total Yards 48-173 79-427 Punt Returns 2--3 3-26 Kickoff Returns 7-122 3-71 Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0 Punts 9-34.8 3-34.3 Sacks By-Yds 0-0 7-44 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yds 7-66 10-101 3rd Down Conversions 1-12 6-14 4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-2 Time of Posession 22:42 37:18 Attendance 75,865 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 9 72 1 57t Victor Floyd 5 44 0 33 Tanner Holloman 1 2 0 2 Keith Ross 3 -1 0 1 Dayne Williams 5 -2 0 2 Chip Ferguson 8 -39 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 31 76 1 57t Opp 63 297 2 34 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 1 30 1 30t Herb Gainer 2 23 0 13 Darrin Holloman 1 13 0 13 Pat Carter 2 13 0 9 Dayne Williams 1 11 0 11 Gaylon White 1 9 0 9 Keith Ross 1 -2 0 -2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 9 97 1 30t Opp 10 130 2 46t Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Chip Ferguson 9 17 0 97 1 30t ----------------------------------------------- FSU 9 17 0 97 1 30t Opp 10 16 0 130 2 46t Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 1 1 0 1 Keith Ross 1 -4 0 -4 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 -3 0 1 Opp 3 26 0 26 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Darrin Holloman 4 69 0 21 Keith Ross 3 53 0 23 --------------------------------------------- FSU 7 122 0 23 Opp 3 71 0 35 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 9 313 47 ---------------------------------------- FSU 9 313 47 Opp 3 103 38 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McGowan 14 1 15 3.0- . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 12 2 14 . . . . . . 1 . . Greg Newell 7 3 10 . . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 5 2 7 1.0- . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 5 1 6 4.0- . . 1 . . . . . Gerald Nichols 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 3 1 4 4.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . . Felton Hayes 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . Terry Warren 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Eric Williams 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . Martin Mayhew 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Eric Hayes 1 1 2 3.0- . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Bart Schucts 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley . . . . . . . . . 1 . . Brian Davis . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 66 16 82 15.0- 0.0 . . 3 . 2- 0 2 . . Opp 37 11 48 7.0- 44.0 7.0- 44.0 . 4 . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB    5  Chip Ferguson
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
TG   63  Mark Salva
SG   66  Parrish Barwick
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
ST   74  Pablo Lopez
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 6  Louis Berry
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
28  Dedrick Dodge
32  Martin Mayhew
33  Sammie Smith
35  Lenny Sutton
39  Brian Davis
49  Dayne Williams
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
##  NAME
-----------------------------
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
59  Keith Carter
62  Jason Kuipers
67  Joe Jordan
69  Joey Ionata
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
82  Randy White
87  Gaylon White
93  Shelton Thompson
94  Eric Krohn
98  Bart Schucts
99  Bruce Heggie

Florida State 10, North Carolina 10

09/20/1986, Tallahassee, Fla.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 21, 1986, page 57, by Bill McGrotha.

Tangled up in blue.
Seminoles get stuck in a 10-10 Tar Heel tie.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Dick Crum maybe phrased it best.

"You don't like ties," said North Carolina's head coach, "but it was kind of a screwy ball game,"

Crum came out of Campbell Stadium's 90-degree heat on Saturday afternoon with his knee torn up following a sideline collision with linebacker Fred Jones.

And Florida State emerged with its pride ripped by these underdog but unbeaten (2-0-1) Tar Heels in this 10-10 outcome.

The play on which Crum got hurt was indicative of a hatful that did not quite go Florida State's way - with Jones almost intercepting before crashing out of bounds. An interception would have provided opportunity deep in Carolina territory shortly before the half.

"You don't know whether to be happy because you did not get beat, or disappointed because you did not win," said FSU coach Bobby Bowden, who hardly seemed happy at all.

On the game's next-to-last play, a crowd announced at 57,611 - fourth largest in FSU history - was primed for celebration, as Derek Schmidt lined up, the ball squarely in front of the uprights at the North Carolina 20, to kick the sort of 37-yard field goal that had always been almost automatic for him.

It was close - Schmidt thought he made it for sure, and holder Danny McManus thought he might have - but officials said it missed.

Much of FSU's problem all afternoon was the North Carolina defense.

"From tackle to tackle there, they may be as good as Nebraska," said Bowden. "They got some first-round draft choices on that defensive front."

Four times in the first half Carolina sacked quarterback Chip Ferguson - each time on first down - in succession, at UNC's 31, FSU's 31, UNC's 33 and 37.

"Man, you ain't supposed to get sacked on first-and-10!" said Bowden. "You're doing something dumb."

He said lots of it was the quarterback not getting the ball away soon enough. "Chip just had a rough time," said Bowden. "I don't know if it was playing against North Carolina - in his home state - or what."

Last year Ferguson sparked the winning rally over the same foe.

FSU turned to redshirt freshman Peter Tom Willis for the final series of the first half - and the remainder of the game. Ferguson finished 6 of 13 for 86 yards and no interceptions. Willis was 8 of 12, 109 yards, one interception and was once sacked. Bowden said that he used Willis, rather that junior Danny McManus, because the latter had not had a good week of practice and he felt he was not quite ready.

North Carolina jumped in front 7-0 the third time it got the ball.

Florida State had slammed quickly into UNC territory on Tanner Holloman's surprising 20-yard burst. Immediately, Ferguson was sacked by tough safety Norris Davis for a loss of 13. Sammie Smith, who in his first start got 64 yards on 14 runs, rambled to the 30.

Two plays later Schmidt, who later said he had been bothered during the week by back spasms, was wide on a 45-yard try for a field goal.

When North Carolina punted, Deion Sanders seemed loose on a 70-yards-plus runback to the 10 - but a clipping call canceled it, placing FSU back at its 10.

Louis Berry's 43-yard punt - one of his shorter ones in a phenomenal game that saw him average 48.9 on eight efforts - gave Carolina a shot at its 45.

A 35-yard Jonathan Hall pass to fullback James Thompson, as Sanders overshot him on an early tackle attempt, was the play that paved it. On third down, Hall passed wide to split end Eric Streater for an easy touchdown.

Ferguson overcame his second sack with a pass to Darrin Holloman that netted 38 to Carolina's 29. A procedure penalty hurt. On fourth down, Schmidt missed a 44-yarder.

Following a UNC punt ruled dead at the FSU 3, the Seminoles struggled. Defenders fought off North Carolina as the running of big Derrick Fenner led to the FSU 29. After three futile passes, a fake field goal went awry, with holder Mark Maye - moving back to pass - getting mobbed by Felton Hayes and John Parks.

But when FSU moved, on a 25-yard pass to Phillip Bryant, to Carolina's 33, Ferguson fumbled when again sacked - Davis recovering for Carolina at its 42.

When, after a Sanders interception, FSU got a shot at Carolina's 48, Ferguson was once again sacked. It was deemed time for a change.

Sanders popped up with a second interception at FSU's 19 on the last half's opening series. Whereupon Carolina deemed it time for a change to Maye at quarterback.

A 58-yard Berry punt backed Carolina to its 5.

After a Gerald Nichols third-down sack of Maye at the 2, a Ken Miller punt was blocked by Felton Hayes. The ball flew out of the end zone for a safety - providing no chance for an FSU end-zone recovery that would have meant a touchdown - and Carolina's lead was cut to 7-2.

Sanders returned the ensuing free-kick punt 26 yards to the Carolina 42. T. Holloman banged for 9, then Smith for 12, and the Seminoles were quickly at the 18 - but Smith fumbled when hit hard by Mitch Wike, Carolina recovering.

Florida State came right back. T. Holloman got 31 yards, to the Carolina 29, out of a screen pass. Next play, freshman Ronald Lewis out-leaped a defender in the end zone for FSU's lone touchdown on a 29-yard play.

A two-point play, Willis passing to Herb Gainer, put FSU up 10-7 in the final three minutes of the third quarter.

Promptly, Carolina drove to a tie - going 67 yards on 12 running plays. A 15-yarder by Brad Lopp, and a reverse for 11 - that a Sanders tackle perhaps saved from all-the-way damage - led to the 28. Fenner soon got 10 more to the 15, before FSU called a halt as linebacker Paul McGowan threw Lopp for a 2-yard loss on a vital third-down play.

Lee Gliarmis tied it with a 23-yard field goal with 12:14 to play.

That was the only time Carolina got into FSU territory in an odd last half that saw the Tar Heels somewhat control the ball, 37 plays to 25.

On an 18-yard pass to Bryant, FSU dug to the Carolina 35, but on second down, Willis got sacked back at the 47.

Then FSU got to Carolina's 36 - but Derrick Donald intercepted at the 14 with 6:30 to go.

After a punting swap, Carolina maneuvered to its 46. But Maye got sacked trying to pass on third down, and Nichols claimed the fumble at the 27.

As the fans whooped, Victor Floyd ran to the 20, but was stopped cold on its next carry.

Schmidt entered, and all seemed well. It was not.

FSU might have tried another play before using its single remaining timeout. "It seemed right," said Bowden. "With the ball in the center there, and the sort of field goal we make all the time. If we had passed, and there had been an interception, we would never have forgiven ourselves."

His team, now 1-1-1, on its own field barely outgained Carolina, 271 yards to 217. Next Saturday, for the first time, it plays on mighty Michigan's field.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
North Carolina
7
0
0
3
10
Florida State
0
0
10
0
10

1st   0- 0  Derek Schmidt, 45, field goal failed, 8:18 
      0- 7  Opp, 14, pass (kick), 1:43 
2nd   0- 7  Derek Schmidt, 44, field goal failed, 13:34
3rd   2- 7  Felton Hayes, safety, 9:17 
            Note: Hayes blocked a punt out of the end zone.             
     10- 7  Ronald Lewis, 28, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Herb Gainer, pass from Peter Tom Willis), 2:32 
4th  10-10  Opp, 22, field goal, 12:14
     10-10  Derek Schmidt, 37, field goal failed, 0:08 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 12 13 Rushes-yards 34-77 53-122 Passing 195 95 Att-Comp-Int 25-14-1 18-7-2 Total Yards 59-272 71-217 Punt Returns 6-71 5-14 Kickoff Returns 4-102 1-26 Interception Ret. 2--2 1-0 Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0 Punts 8-48.9 8-40.3 Sacks By-Yds 2-21 5-50 Fumbles-Lost 5-2 4-1 Penalties-Yds 4-25 1-5 3rd Down Conversions 2-12 5-17 4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Time of Posession 27:04 32:56 Attendance 57,611 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 14 64 0 12 Tanner Holloman 7 43 0 21 Reno Fells 2 13 0 8 Victor Floyd 4 12 0 6 David Palmer 1 1 0 1 Peter Tom Willis 2 -20 0 Chip Ferguson 4 -36 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 34 77 0 21 Opp 53 122 0 15 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Phillip Bryant 3 51 0 25 Darrin Holloman 2 48 0 38 Ronald Lewis 1 28 1 28t Tanner Holloman 3 24 0 31 Victor Floyd 1 23 0 23 Sammie Smith 3 19 0 13 Keith Ross 1 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 14 195 1 38 Opp 7 95 1 35 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Peter Tom Willis 8 12 1 109 1 31 Chip Ferguson 6 13 0 86 0 38 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 14 25 1 195 1 38 Opp 7 18 2 95 1 36 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 5 69 0 20 Felton Hayes 1 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 6 71 0 20 Opp 5 14 0 5 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 2 49 0 26 Dexter Carter 1 27 0 27 Deion Sanders 1 26 0 26 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 102 0 27 Opp 1 26 0 26 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 8 391 58 ---------------------------------------- FSU 8 391 58 Opp 8 322 56 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McGowan 5 4 9 1.0- . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes 5 4 9 0.5- 6.5 0.5- 6.5 . 1 . . . 1 1 Gerald Nichols 3 3 6 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . 1- 0 . . . Greg Newell 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . Terry Warren 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Kevin Grant 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . John Brown 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . John Eaford 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . Anthony Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Martin Mayhew 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Parks 1 . 1 0.5- 6.5 0.5- 6.5 . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 42 24 66 5.0- 21.0 2.0- 21.0 2- -2 3 . 1- 0 . 1 1 Opp 37 12 49 11.0- 5.0- 50.0 1- 0 3 . 2- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB    5  Chip Ferguson
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   33  Sammie Smith
FB   49  Dayne Williams
C    56  Dave Schrenker
ST   61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
 9  Phillip Bryant
13  Dexter Carter
14  Danny McManus
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
22  Curtis Thomas
26  Alphonso Williams
27  Victor Floyd
28  Dedrick Dodge
30  Tanner Holloman
32  Martin Mayhew
##  NAME
-----------------------------
42  Reno Fells
47  Kevin Grant
48  David Palmer
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
66  Parrish Barwick
68  Michael Tanks
69  Joey Ionata
70  Tony Yeomans
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
82  Randy White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
94  Eric Krohn
99  Bruce Heggie

Michigan 20, Florida State 18

09/27/1986, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 28, 1986, page 59, by Bill McGrotha.

Err FSU.
Stout defense is wasted in 20-18 loss to Michigan.

ANN ARBOR, MI - Florida State defenders dreamed of serving Michigan up on a tarnished silver platter at its own Homecoming.

And for oh-so-long there, that defense had the Wolverines right where they wanted them.

But Michigan slipped away 20-18.

A crowd of 105,507 - biggest ever to see any State of Florida football team in action anywhere - left rather quietly on this gray Saturday afternoon, perhaps thankful to have escaped such a trap.

It was a trap primarily constructed by Fred Jones, Paul McGowan and their defensive ilk.

It was as close as 20-18, and it was not. "We're about as good as they are," said FSU Coach Bobby Bowden, "but they won. I'd like to play them in Tallahassee."

Trailing 13-10 with nine minutes left, Bowden's Seminoles stood poised at their 40 - but a third interception of a Chip Ferguson pass, the second by alert Ivan Hicks, crushed the chance.

Taking advantage of a dog-tired FSU defense, Michigan did what it needed to win - taking full advantage of a turnover, just as it had for its first touchdown.

The Wolverines killed 7:08 off the clock in striking for the score that made it 20-10, getting the 53 yards in 12 deliberate plays. The capper, with 1:18 left, was Tom Wilcher's 7-yard scoring run.

Then came critically-needed offensive drama for the Seminoles in the form of junior quarterback Danny McManus, who looked hardly the worse for 18 pounds lost to the flu earlier in the fall.

In six plays - all of the passes - FSU got the touchdown. That payoff came on a 20-yard toss to Herb Gainer. With a 2-point McManus pass to Herb Gainer, it became 20-18. But that, with 16 seconds left, was it after an ensuing onside kick failed.

It had been 10-10 at halftime, staying that way until a 32-yard field goal by Pat Moons ate up the third quarter.

For proud Michigan, it was the 18th straight homecoming victory in the coaching time of Bo Schembechler, who in 50 regular-season games against non-conference foes now owns a record of 40-8-2.

"We played pretty well," said Schembechler. "It was a pleasing victory - beating Florida State - I have great respect for them."

For the Seminoles, it was somewhat of an echo - if a ringing one - of earlier action when an often red-hot defense had been cooled as on frustration after another confronted the offense. In this game, Michigan had the ball for almost 12 more minutes: 35:52 to 24:08. Also 12 more plays, 72 to 60.

Rain that threatened in the morning went away, leaving the teams to battle on damp artificial turf under cloudy skies. "The weather was excellent," said Bowden, "and so was the field."

Both teams ran the ball better on the other than perhaps neither had expected. In the late going, Michigan effectively sprung a fresh runner in Tom Wilcher, who churned 53 yards in 9 carries, well complementing the charges of Jamie Morris, who got 99 in 19.

Similarly, FSU surprised with 75 yards by Sammie Smith in 13 runs - almost all coming in the first half when for a time it seemed he would break this game wide open. But Smith was checked first by the aggravation of a pulled groin he had received in practice on Wednesday, and when he tried to go again in the last half a charleyhorse got him.

"Their cut-back hurt us badly in the first half," said Schembechler, "but once we stopped that, our defense was able to shut them down."

Bowden saw it a little differently. "Our backs were cutting back a lot on their own," he said. "They were running to daylight. They're beginning to learn to do that."

Victor Floyd did some key pounding in picking up 58 of the Seminoles' 145 yards on the ground during a game that saw them total 285 yards, or 47 fewer than Michigan.

Jim Harbaugh, the Heisman-hopeful quarterback of the Wolverines, was not the overpowering factor he has been so often. He got 122 yards passing on 9 completions of 16 throws.

Meanwhile, Ferguson, sacked only once all day, had some problems with receivers dropping passes. The FSU quarterback finished with just six completions of 19 attempts for 73 yards. Plagued by sacks in other games, he was nailed just once in this one. "There must have been five drops in the first half," said Bowden. "No telling what would have happened except for that."

Michigan made as though to run away from the Seminoles early, moving from the opening kickoff to the 16, where Pat Moons missed a 35-yard try for a field goal.

Right away, a first-play-from-scrimmage fumble by Smith presented Michigan with a chance at the FSU 17. Gerald White, out of Titusville and one of 10 Floridians on Michigan's roster, put the home team up 7-0 with a 2-yard touchdown run with a pitchout.

FSU quickly retaliated with Derek Schmidt's 31-yard field goal after Smith's strong running led to the 10. Later Schmidt would miss a 49-yarder, and Moons a 52-yarder.

On a time-consuming drive into the second quarter, Michigan made it 10-3 when Moons was good with a 26-yarder. On the preceding play, safety Greg Newel had averted a sure touchdown by batting around a Harbaugh pass to an open receiver.

The Seminoles tied it 10-10 on a 70-yard push in 10 plays, highlighted by Smith's early running and Floyd's late toting.

From the 7, Tanner Holloman got the touchdown on a screen pass from Ferguson as Mark Salva paved the route with a vital block.

"Florida State is a talented team," said Schembechler. "Excellent defensively."

Bowden said he would have loved to run the football more.

"But we were forced into a passing game," he said.

He hinted that too many holding penalties forced FSU to throw more often than it wanted.

Clearly unhappy over eight penalties for 84 yards, Bowden shook his head when questioned. "I won't even comment on that," he said. "I'm too upset."

Michigan was also heavily penalized - 9 for 88 yards.

Schembechler thought Wilcher definitely a key to his team's second-half success.

"His fresh legs picked us up," he said. "He came in and sparked us on that scoring drive in the fourth quarter.

"But we probably scored too soon. We scored on second down. We should have scored on fourth."

The coach, happy in victory, was making jokes.

While McGowan led FSU's defense with 11 tackles, according to a pressbox accounting, several were intensely involved, notably including Jones in the late going. Terry Warren twice sacked Harbaugh, and Shelton Thompson had a couple of tackles for losses.

One surprise move saw FSU start Anthony Williams, a freshman, at noseguard over Tom Harp, who had a pinched nerve in his neck. Harp later came in, Williams playing perhaps a third of the game.

Summarizing his thoughts, Bowden's emotions were decidedly mixed.

"I really felt good about some things," he said, "I couldn't have been more proud.

"But I sure hated to lose."

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
3
7
0
8
18
Michigan
7
3
3
7
20

      0- 0  Derek Schmidt, 49, field goal failed
      0- 0  Opp, 35, field goal failed
      0- 0  Opp, 52, field goal failed
1st   0- 7  Opp, 2, run (kick), 9:32 
      3- 7  Derek Schmidt, 31, field goal, 5:44 
2nd   3-10  Opp, 26, field goal, 8:45 
     10-10  Tanner Holloman, 4, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:08 
3rd  10-13  Opp, 32, field goal, 1:18 
4th  10-20  Opp, 7, run (kick), 1:27 
     18-20  Herb Gainer, 20, pass from Danny McManus (Pat Carter, pass from Danny McManus), 0:16 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 17 18 Rushes-yards 35-145 56-210 Passing 140 122 Att-Comp-Int 25-10-3 16-9-0 Total Yards 60-285 72-332 Punt Returns 0-0 1-13 Kickoff Returns 5-113 2-45 Interception Ret. 0-0 3-12 Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0 Punts 3-41.0 2-40.5 Sacks By-Yds 2-9 1-6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yds 8-84 9-88 3rd Down Conversions 4-11 7-15 Time of Posession 24:08 35:52 Attendance 105,578 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 13 75 0 16 Victor Floyd 14 58 0 12 Chip Ferguson 3 6 0 10 Tanner Holloman 5 6 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 35 145 0 16 Opp 56 210 2 16 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Herb Gainer 4 80 1 25 Victor Floyd 3 34 0 24 Darrin Holloman 1 16 0 16 Ronald Lewis 1 6 0 6 Tanner Holloman 1 4 1 4t --------------------------------------------- FSU 10 140 2 25 Opp 9 122 0 32 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Chip Ferguson 6 19 3 73 1 25 Danny McManus 4 6 0 67 1 24 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 10 25 3 140 2 25 Opp 9 16 0 122 0 32 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- FSU 0 0 0 Opp 1 13 0 13 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Dexter Carter 2 51 0 27 Keith Ross 2 50 0 28 Lenny Sutton 1 12 0 12 --------------------------------------------- FSU 5 113 0 28 Opp 2 45 0 27 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 3 123 51 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 123 51 Opp 2 81 42 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McGowan 9 2 11 . . . . . . . . . Greg Newell 7 1 8 . . . 1 . . . . . Terry Warren 5 3 8 2.0- 9.0 2.0- 9.0 . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 7 . 7 . . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 4 2 6 2.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . . Martin Mayhew 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Eric Hayes 4 . 4 1.0- 4.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . . Deion Sanders 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Kevin Grant 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Parks . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Darrin Holloman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Sammie Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . David Palmer . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Keith Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Eric Krohn 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Bruce Heggie 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 63 14 77 5.0- 16.0 2.0- 9.0 . 2 . 1- 0 . . . Opp 47 14 61 5.0- 17.0 1.0- 6.0 3- 12 2 . 1- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB    5  Chip Ferguson
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
TB   33  Sammie Smith
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   66  Parrish Barwick
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
ST   75  Tim Hebron
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  32  Martin Mayhew
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   73  Anthony Williams
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
 9  Phillip Bryant
13  Dexter Carter
14  Danny McManus
16  Tracy Sanders
17  Eric Williams
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
22  Curtis Thomas
26  Alphonso Williams
27  Victor Floyd
28  Dedrick Dodge
35  Lenny Sutton
42  Reno Fells
47  Kevin Grant
##  NAME
-----------------------------
48  David Palmer
50  John Brown
51  Marty Riggs
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
58  Thomas Harp
59  Keith Carter
63  Mark Salva
69  Joey Ionata
70  Tony Yeomans
78  Eric Hayes
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
94  Eric Krohn
99  Bruce Heggie

Florida State 54, Tulane 21

10/11/1986, Tallahassee, Fla.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 12, 1986, page 63, by Bill McGrotha.

Riding a Wave.
FSU surges in second half to win 54-21.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Rusty at the start, Florida State raced away like a greased locomotive and ran over Tulane 54-21 here Saturday night.

A crowd of 53,701 saw the 2-2-1 Seminoles rip from a 14-6 halftime lead to a succession of last-half points that seemed to come with almost ridiculous ease.

In contrast, the early going seemed ridiculously difficult.

In the beginning, Tulane moved downfield as though it were nothing.

A 17-yard pass, Terrence Jones to Mario Ballestrasse, started it. Marvin Allen ripped off 12 yards with a pitchout, and Rodney Hunter followed with a 10-yard run. A 19-yard pass to Larry Route gained the FSU 17.

But tackle Eric Hayes - soon to exit the game with a pulled hamstring - stopped a run for no gain, and Terry Warren collared Jones for a loss of 2.

On fourth down, Dan Guirl missed a 36-yard try for a field goal.

FSU got nothing going, and Tulane maneuvered from its 34. An FSU offside helped Tulane mount a drive, leading to a first down at the 42. But Tulane soon punted into the end zone.

Floyd's 7-yard run on second down was all FSU could do. Louis Berry's punt was short, to the Tulane 41.

Once again FSU defenders held, forcing another punt.

Finally, the Seminoles extracted a first down - on a 12-yard pass, Danny McManus to Darrin Holloman, at the FSU 32.

That was to be the only first down of an opening quarter that soon ended.

Sammie Smith had come in to spell Floyd at tailback, but swarming Tulane defenders stopped him short as they had Floyd.

A 46-yard Berry Boot backed Tulane to its 22.

Short passes to Michael Pierce soon had the Green Wave at its 34. It was the fourth straight series Tulane had moved the ball with at least some success.

From the FSU 24, following a Tulane punt, Pat Carter caught a 7-yard pass. But Smith slipped on a run and lost 3.

Herb Gainer pulled in a first-down toss at the 37. But again Smith lost yardage - this time 2.

A 17-yard throw to tight end Tom O'Malley got the Seminoles into Tulane territory for the first time, at the 48.

Smith went wide for 8. But Tanner Holloman got nothing on third down, and it came to fourth and two at the 40.

Coach Bobby Bowden made the decision to go for it.

Smith got it, on a pitchout, with a determined off-tackle run for 5.

Soon freshman Ronnie Lewis snared a 14-yard pass at the 21.

Floyd got just 3 on a pass, Darrin Holloman only 2 on a reverse. But Holloman caught a third-down pass to keep things goings at the 10.

A pass missed, but Floyd cracked up the middle to the 1.

With 5:03 left in the half, McManus sneaked the final yard for the touchdown.

On the 76-yard drive, McManus had completed three vital passes on third down. Additionally, Smith had sun for a big 5 on fourth down.

Quickly, the iced was broken.

On the kickoff return, Tulane got backed to its 8.

When Jones threw on first down, outside linebacker Felton Hayes intercepted, and raced into the end zone for a touchdown on a 20-yard play.

In 15 seconds of playing time, FSU had gone in front 14-0.

A roughing penalty against Florida State on the return provided Tulane with position at its 37. Three short gainers, including a 12-yard pass to Marc Zeno, led to FSU's 40.

A poor pitchout lost 4, but soon a holding call again made it first down at the 40.

A pass to Hunter reached the 19 but a penalty moved the action back to the 24.

Then Jones found Zeno with a 24-yard scoring pattern as Florida State's secondary got mixed-up on coverage.

Mike Parker missed the point-after kick, leaving it 14-6 with 1:28 to go.

From the 34, McManus hit Gaylon White with passes of 8 and 13 yards in a quick move to Tulane's 39. But when he threw deep, Kevin Tate intercepted at the 2.

Jones kept for one play before time ran out in the half.

At this point, Tulane led in yardage, 154 to 133, in first downs, 13 to 8. Jones had completed 12 of 19 passes for 132 yards, McManus 11 of 17 for 91.

Remarkably, both teams had run an equal number of plays, 33 each.

From its 33, following the second-half kickoff, Florida State came running.

On second down, Tanner Holloman burst up the middle for 22 to the Tulane 38.

Two plays later, Lewis grabbed an 18-yard pass at the 18.

Soon, Victor Floyd moved wide on a run, 13 to the 3. Two plays later, Floyd scored on a 3-yard run, and it became 21-6.

For the first time all evening, Tulane got stopped as Allen was racked by Fred Jones for a 2-yard loss on a first-down run. A couple of plays later, FSU had position at Tulane's 48 following a 26-yard punt.

A good Floyd run was rubbed out by a holding assessment. From the FSU 42, Floyd ran for 8 and O'Malley caught a pass for 12. On fourth and one at the 39, Floyd struck for 14.

Then Floyd ran for 9, 5, 5 more and 3 to a first down at the 2.

T. Holloman scored from there, and it became 28-6.

Suddenly, Tulane was at FSU's 25 on a sensational one-handed Zeno reception of a Jones bomb that defender Eric Williams had deflected.

The Jones took over, soon scampering 15 to the 3 on a quarterback draw, then keeping on the option for an easy touchdown. An interference call on Williams provided another try after a futile pass for two. This time, Jones kept, again dancing across the goal. The two points narrowed the score to 28-14.

A 23-yard catch by Floyd moved Florida State quickly to Tulane's 38. A 17-yarder to Herb Gainer reached the 16. Runs by Smith and David Palmer gained the 8, but a fumble lost 6.

On the second play of the fourth quarter, Schmidt kicked a 36-yard field goal after his first effort - also good - was cancelled by a five-yard penalty against FSU.

Keyed by Warren's second sack of Jones - this time a 9-yard setback to the 9 - Florida State forced a punt from the Tulane `13.

A punt presented a chance from the Green Wave 46.

Pretty soon Smith slid wide on a run and raced 32 yards to a touchdown that made it 38-14.

A 14-yard sack of Jones by Tallahasseean Brian Davis, back to his 8, brought on another Tulane punt.

This one was blocked by John Parks, with Chris Scott - the punter - falling on the ball in the end zone for a safety.

On Tulane's ensuing free-kick punt by the luckless Scott, Keith Ross sped 73 yards on the runback for a touchdown. The score now was 47-14.

With 8:24 left, Peter Tom Willis got a quarterbacking turn for Florida State. McManus bowed out with 16 completions of 25 passes for 171 yards.

After Willis was sacked for minus-15, Berry punted to Tulane's 34.

Jones was not through. He lofted a bomb that tailback Allen hauled in for a 65-yard gain to the 1. Two plays later, Jones scored from there, and it was 47-21.

Willis hit Pat White with a 22-yard pass, and Scott DiMare with a 16-yarder, down to the Tulane 16 following a futile onside kick by the visitors.

Soon, freshman Dexter Carter scored on a 19-yard run.

With something over two minutes left, Chip Ferguson became FSU's quarterback, starting after a punt at the Tulane 43.

With Ross contributing a 17-yard run, FSU drove inside the 15, staying on the ground, content with what it had as the clock ran out.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Tulane
0
6
8
7
21
Florida State
0
14
14
26
54

1st   0- 0  Opp, 36, field goal failed, 12:02
2nd   7- 0  Danny McManus, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 5:03 
     14- 0  Felton Hayes, 20, interception return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:48 
     14- 6  Opp, 20, pass (kick failed), 1:28 
3rd  21- 6  Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:37
     28- 6  Tanner Holloman, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:36 
     28-14  Opp, 3, run (run), 3:40 
4th  31-14  Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 14:19
     38-14  Sammie Smith, 32, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:26
     40-14  John Parks, safety, 10:34
            Note: Parks blocked a punt through the end zone.            
     47-14  Keith Ross, 70, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:23
            Note: After the safety, the ball was punted and Ross took   
                  it in for a touchdown.                                
     47-21  Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:27 
     54-21  Dexter Carter, 19, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:07 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 23 19 Rushes-yards 50-215 25-46 Passing 204 259 Att-Comp-Int 29-18-1 36-17-1 Total Yards 79-419 61-305 Punt Returns 3-14 3--7 Kickoff Returns 4-133 7-119 Interception Ret. 1-20 1-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 Punts 4-40.5 8-29.5 Sacks By-Yds 3-29 1-15 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-0 Penalties-Yds 4-35 5-29 3rd Down Conversions 9-17 3-13 4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0 Time of Posession 33:33 26:27 Attendance 53,701 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 16 93 1 14 Sammie Smith 13 60 1 32t Keith Ross 5 32 0 17 Tanner Holloman 5 24 1 22 Dexter Carter 2 16 1 19t David Palmer 1 5 0 5 Darrin Holloman 1 2 0 2 John Merna 3 2 0 2 Danny McManus 3 -4 1 1t Peter Tom Willis 1 -15 0 -15 --------------------------------------------- FSU 50 215 5 32t Opp 25 46 2 15 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Herb Gainer 3 36 0 17 Victor Floyd 3 33 0 23 Ronald Lewis 2 32 0 18 Tom O'Malley 2 29 0 17 Pat White 1 22 0 22 Gaylon White 2 19 0 12 Darrin Holloman 3 15 0 11 Scott DiMare 1 11 0 11 Pat Carter 1 7 0 7 --------------------------------------------- FSU 18 204 0 23 Opp 17 259 1 65 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 16 25 1 171 0 23 Peter Tom Willis 2 3 0 33 0 22 Chip Ferguson 0 1 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 18 29 1 204 0 23 Opp 17 36 1 259 1 65 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Curtis Thomas 1 11 0 11 Deion Sanders 2 3 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 14 0 11 Opp 3 -7 0 0 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 3 123 0 77 John Parks 1 10 0 10 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 133 0 77 Opp 7 119 0 22 Keith Ross Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 4 162 46 ---------------------------------------- FSU 4 162 46 Opp 8 236 37 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Jones 4 3 7 2.0- 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . . . . . Stan Shiver 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . . Terry Warren 5 1 6 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . . Greg Newell 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes 2 . 2 . . 1- 20 . . . . . . Thomas Harp 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . . Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Brian Davis . 2 2 . 1.0- 14.0 . . . . . . . John Parks . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Martin Mayhew 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Lenny Sutton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 37 13 50 4.0- 9.0 3.0- 29.0 1- 20 2 . . . 1 1 Opp 45 17 62 5.0- 1.0- 15.0 1- 0 2 . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  32  Martin Mayhew
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 5  Chip Ferguson
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
13  Dexter Carter
16  Tracy Sanders
17  Eric Williams
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
22  Curtis Thomas
23  Pat White
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
33  Sammie Smith
35  Lenny Sutton
##  NAME
-----------------------------
39  Brian Davis
42  Reno Fells
43  John Merna
47  Kevin Grant
48  David Palmer
50  John Brown
51  Marty Riggs
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
65  Hayward Haynes
66  Parrish Barwick
73  Anthony Williams
78  Eric Hayes
87  Gaylon White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
94  Eric Krohn

Florida State 59, Wichita State 3

10/18/1986, Tallahassee, Fla.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 19, 1986, page 57, by Bill McGrotha.

Shock-proof.
FSU routs Wichita State 59-3.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Rolling to a 38-0 halftime lead, Florida State cruised on to a 59-3 victory here Saturday night.

Wichita State was never close to being in it.

After Danny McManus had quarterbacked that huge halftime advantage, passing for three of the touchdowns, he took a spot on the bench the remainder of the way.

Florida State cut loose defensively as well. In one early series, outside linebacker Terry Warren twice sacked Brian McDonald. Just a little later, a hard Warren tackle put McDonald out of action for the evening.

As a crowd of 56,222 applauded, Florida State moved its record to 3-2-1. Rarely has victory come easier.

It took all of one minute and 28 seconds for Florida State to get on the scoreboard in this one.

The first play - a surprising one - saw McManus roll on a bootleg for 22 yards to his 46. Two short passes led to the 40.

On the fifth play, McManus, with all day to throw, hit Ronnie Lewis with a 40-yard scoring pass.

Derek Schmidt kicked his 100th consecutive extra point, and Florida State led 7-0.

On a draw play, David Smith popped for 20 yards to the Wichita 40. The visitors got only five more, and soon punted.

In nine plays, the Seminoles covered 67 yards to grab a 14-0 lead. A 14-yard pass to Herb Gainer was an early key. A pass-interference call, as McManus threw to Lewis at the goal line, soon had FSU in position at the Wichita 26. On a reverse, Lewis sped for 14. Two plays later, Victor Floyd scored on a 13-yard run.

When, on the Shockers' next series, Dave Armagost tried to punt, cornerback Eric Williams whipped in to block it. Teammate Terry Warren picked up the ball and ran for 8, but a clipping call on that run set FSU back to the Wichita 32.

Florida State got nothing out of that. Unable to move, the Seminoles called on Schmidt for a 48-yard try for three. The field goal was wide.

Warren caught quarterback Brian McDonald for a loss of 7. But, following a 10-yard pass to Stan Wahlmeier, Wichita got to its 40. Running on fourth-and-one, Wichita got it. On second down, Warren came up with his second sack of the series - a loss of 6 for McDonald to the 32.

A 44-yard bunt backed FSU to its 28, Gainer's diving catch of a McManus bomb placed FSU at the Wichita 28.

On the following play - last of the opening quarter - Gainer pulled in a 23-yarder at the 1.

David Palmer got the touchdown from there a couple of plays later, and it was 21-0.

Hit hard by Warren as he threw incomplete, McDonald was helped off the field, and David Kruse replaced him at quarterback. A sack by Deion Sanders for a huge loss was nullified by an FSU lineman offsides.

A couple of short Keith Ross runs, coupled with a face-mask penalty for 15, got FSU to the Wichita 44. Terry Anthony, a freshman, snared his first pass of the season, an 18-yarder.

Three following passes found no one, and Schmidt kicked a 41-yard field goal for 24-0.

Backed to their 15 following the kickoff, the Shockers got out of the hole on six straight runs by David Smith - the last for 13 yards to the Wichita 49.

But when Kruse pitched out to Smith, for a seventh straight run, the back fumbled. Odell Haggins recovered for FSU.

Floyd slipped wide for 12, stumbling over a teammate. Offensive pass interference soon cost FSU 15, and soon Florida State punted for the first time.

Noseguard Tommy Harp caught Valasco Smith for a 7-yard loss at the 13. Stymied, then penalized two straight times as it tried to punt, Wichita eventually booted the ball after getting backed to its 5.

FSU got a start from the foe 30 following Sanders' 9-yard return. After a couple of runs reached the 19, McManus threw to a streaking Gainer for an easy touchdown, and it became 31-0.

Valasco Smith was again slammed for a loss, this time for 5 by Haggins. Next play, John Eaford intercepted a Kruse pass, providing FSU a shot from the Wichita 28.

McManus got the touchdown that made it 38-0 on a 22-yard pass to Scott Dimare.

With 17 seconds left in the half, Wichita got inside FSU territory for the first time, helped along by a Valasco Smith run for 13, then later a personal-foul assessment against FSU.

Four tries from there got nothing. Brad Fleeman missed a 51-yard attempt for a field goal on the final play of the half.

The Seminoles, halfway through, had outgained the Shockers, 295 yards to 91, with McManus passing for 201 of it on 11 completions of 19 efforts.

Immediately, FSU went to freshman Peter Tom Willis at quarterback in the third quarter.

In three plays, the Seminoles got a touchdown - Tanner Holloman for 17, Pat Carter catching a 21-yard pass, then Lewis taking a 30-yard throw for the touchdown.

Hemmed up at its 13 after the kickoff return, Wichita four downs later was at its 8. A punt gave FSU the ball at the Wichita 41.

A 12-yard pass to Tom O'Malley and a 12-yard run by Palmer led to the 2, where Palmer scored. It became 52-0.

On a delay run, Valasco Smith tore away for 35 to FSU's 30. Four plays later Fleeman missed on a 42-yard shot at a field goal.

Chip Ferguson became FSU's quarterback with a bit over five minutes left in the third quarter.

A swing pass from Ferguson to Dexter Carter got 32 yards to midfield. Carter's running spurred a first down at the 32 as the quarter ran out.

But Ferguson, playing behind reserve linemen, got sacked.

When Louis Berry punted, he seemingly made no attempt to get the ball off after receiving the snap, and was buried by tacklers for a 14-yard loss. Wichita State took over at FSU's 49.

A 22-yard pass to Anthony Hardy gained the 25.

David Smith's strong running spurred the visitors to a first down at the 1.

At this point, FSU had its first defensive unit back in action.

Paul McGowan and Warren caught David Smith for a loss of 1. A halfback pass by David Smith failed. Then Kruse got sacked at the 11 by Stan Shiver.

On fourth down, Fleeman kicked a 29-yard field goal for 52-3 with 9:14 left.

With Willis back in at quarterback, a pass was fumbled by Lewis and Wichita claimed the ball at the FSU 19.

Valasco Smith, on three runs, got 9, 1 and 4 yards to reach the 5.

But a poor pitchout lost 13.

A 35-yard Fleeman field goal was wide.

In the late going, a Smiley Elmore fumble was recovered by FSU's Bruce Heggie at the Wichita 27.

In came freshman Alan Stewart, a freshman option operator at quarterback. On a slick keeper, Stewart moved wide and scored on a determined run that brought the score to 59-3 with 1:51 to go.

That, mercifully, wrapped it up.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Wichita State
0
0
0
3
3
Florida State
14
24
14
7
59

1st   7- 0  Ronald Lewis, 40, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 13:32
     14- 0  Victor Floyd, 13, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:20 
     14- 0  Derek Schmidt, 47, field goal failed, 5:02 
2nd  21- 0  David Palmer, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 14:19
     24- 0  Derek Schmidt, 41, field goal, 10:43
     31- 0  Herb Gainer, 19, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:28 
     38- 0  Scott DiMare, 22, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:30 
     38- 0  Opp, 50, field goal failed, 0:00 
3rd  45- 0  Ronald Lewis, 30, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:35
     52- 0  David Palmer, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:57 
     52- 0  Opp, 42, field goal failed, 5:17 
4th  52- 3  Opp, 29, field goal, 9:47 
     52- 3  Opp, 35, field goal failed, 6:43 
     59- 3  Alan Stewart, 27, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:51 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 28 15 Rushes-yards 35-155 48-151 Passing 338 61 Att-Comp-Int 32-19-0 25-5-1 Total Yards 67-493 73-212 Punt Returns 8-46 0-0 Kickoff Returns 2-25 9-155 Interception Ret. 1-2 0-0 Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0 Punts 3-51.0 8-32.9 Sacks By-Yds 2-17 1-6 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 6-2 Penalties-Yds 9-80 11-97 3rd Down Conversions 4-10 4-17 4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 Time of Posession 26:12 33:48 Attendance 56,222 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 6 44 1 13t Alan Stewart 1 27 1 27t Tanner Holloman 5 24 0 17 Danny McManus 3 19 0 21 Dexter Carter 7 18 0 12 David Palmer 4 16 2 12 Ronald Lewis 1 12 0 12 Keith Ross 3 11 0 9 Chip Ferguson 3 0 0 8 Peter Tom Willis 1 -2 0 -2 Louis Berry 1 -14 0 -14 --------------------------------------------- FSU 35 155 4 27t Opp 48 151 0 35 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Herb Gainer 4 102 1 47 Ronald Lewis 3 77 2 40t Terry Anthony 2 41 0 23 Scott DiMare 2 32 1 22t Dexter Carter 1 32 0 32 Tom O'Malley 3 21 0 10 Pat Carter 1 21 0 21 Tanner Holloman 2 10 0 7 Keith Ross 1 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 19 338 4 47 Opp 5 61 0 23 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 11 19 0 201 3 47 Peter Tom Willis 4 4 0 71 1 30t Chip Ferguson 4 9 0 66 0 32 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 19 32 0 338 4 47 Opp 5 25 1 61 0 23 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 4 40 0 18 Terry Warren 1 8 0 8 Curtis Thomas 3 -2 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 8 46 0 18 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 1 19 0 19 Dexter Carter 1 6 0 6 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 25 0 19 Opp 9 155 0 23 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 3 153 55 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 153 55 Opp 8 263 45 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odell Haggins 5 1 6 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . . Gerald Nichols 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 4 1 5 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . . Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . . Terry Warren 2 2 4 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . . John Parks 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . . John Eaford 2 . 2 . . 1- 2 . . . . . . Felton Hayes 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . Brian Davis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Curtis Thomas 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Wes Harris 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Greg Newell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Bruce Heggie . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Eric Williams . . . . . . . . . . 1 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 40 14 54 6.0- 17.0 2.0- 17.0 1- 2 2 . 2- 0 . 1 . Opp 32 11 43 3.0- 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . 1- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
ST   75  Tim Hebron
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   78  Eric Hayes
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 5  Chip Ferguson
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
 8  Terry Anthony
11  Alan Stewart
13  Dexter Carter
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
22  Curtis Thomas
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
32  Martin Mayhew
39  Brian Davis
##  NAME
-----------------------------
48  David Palmer
49  Dayne Williams
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
54  Wes Harris
56  Dave Schrenker
57  Phil Carollo
66  Parrish Barwick
69  Joey Ionata
70  Tony Yeomans
73  Anthony Williams
76  Steve Gabbard
87  Gaylon White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
94  Eric Krohn
99  Bruce Heggie

Florida State 54, Louisville 18

10/25/1986, Louisville, Ky.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 26, 1986, page 57, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU runs away from Louisville 54-18.

LOUISVILLE, KY – Howard Schnellenberger had spoken of playing Florida State “in our back alley.”

And a pretty dark alley it was for just a little while here Saturday night, but the Seminoles recovered quickly from a 7-0 deficit and raced past Louisville 54-18.

Danny McManus misfired on his first pass attempt of the evening, then connected on eight straight – including three for touchdowns – to spur the Seminoles to a 37-18 halftime advantage.

FSU quickly extended it to 44-18 five plays into the second half on a 9-yard McManus run.

It was FSU’s ninth victory over Louisville in 10 tries, also its ninth straight.

The triumph, before a rain-soaked crowd of 22,822, boosted FSU to 4-2-1 and left Louisville at 2-5.

For the first time all season, Louisville won a coin toss – and chose to reserve its option, going on defense at the start.

From the 20, Victor Floyd reached the 32 in two runs.

Three more runs gained the 42, but Floyd then fumbled on the wet field. Calvert Cole recovered for Louisville at FSU’s 47.

Hard running by John Adams, a 220-pound fullback, led to the 37.

Suddenly, Larry Stricklin struck left on a delay run – 33 to the 4.

On third down, Rodney Knighton, a 200-pound fullback, scored from the 1 and Louisville led 7-0 after a point kick.

Keith Ross gave FSU good position with a kickoff return to FSU’s 39. Two plays later, Floyd got 15 on a draw, to the Louisville 46.

Herb Gainer caught a 10-yard pass at the 33.

On third and nine following an offside, Darrin Holloman made a diving first-down catch of a throw at the 21.

As the cornerback slipped and fell, Gainer two plays later caught a touchdown pass on a 20-yard play to tie it 7-7.

Continuing to run well, Louisville cut out a first down at its 40.

Whereupon, Jay Gruden, the sophomore quarterback from Tamps, went deep with a pass that James Howard, a 6-foot-1 freshman from Key West, plucked 53 yards downfield at the FSU 8.

But on third down, Deon Booker let a touchdown pass go through his hands, and Louisville settled for a 21-yard Danny Cerione field goal for 10-7.

From the 23, Pat Carter started the Seminoles moving with an 11-yard reception, On two runs, Sammie Smith got 13 and 9, to the Louisville 39. Soon, Gainer grabbed an 18-yard pass at the 20.

On the first play of the second quarter, a late hit following a Smith run vaulted FSU to the 8.

Third down at the 6, and McManus passed to Gainer on a slant for the touchdown.

But following 108 successful extra-point attempts during his Florida State time, Derek Schmidt kicked one low and it was blocked. The score stayed 13-10.

With linebacker Fred Jones making a key tackle on a screen pass, FSU defenders bottled up Louisville at its 22.

Deion Sanders wheeled the punt back 18 yards to the Louisville 43.

After gaining 5 on a run, Smith lost 6.

But McManus found Darrin Holloman wide open at about the 5 and hit him with a bomb for an easy touchdown, the play covering 44 yards.

In short order the score jumped from 20-10 to 27-10.

When Gruden passed to Booker at about the Louisville 35, the receiver was rocked by a Paul McGowan tackle, producing a fumble that safety Stan Shiver plucked out of the air. Shiver ran 29 yards to the 6 before getting pulled down.

Dayne Williams scored on a 6-yard burst up the middle.

A sack of Gruden, with Gerald Nichols and Tom Harp leading the charge, discouraged the Cardinals on the next effort.

Two 12-yard runs, by Floyd, then Reno Fells, spurred the Seminoles just inside Louisville territory.

On fourth down at the 42, Florida State faked a punt, with the ball going to fullback Williams, who got the first down by inches at the 38.

Fells ran to the 14, and Tom O’Malley got 21 out of a pass to the 3.

On a pitchout, Floyd got the touchdown easily.

Eric Vaughn’s 28-yard pickup with a pass got Louisville to FSU’s 37, but Fred Jones sacked Gruden back at the 44.

With 52 seconds left in the half, Louisville called a timeout, then went for it on fourth and 17. A scrambling Gruden found Vaughn with a throw at the 18.

Howard pulled in an over-the-middle pass for a touchdown. Going for 2, the Cardinals got it following an FSU offside on the first endeavor on a Gruden keeper, and it became 34-18.

John Parks claimed Louisville’s short kickoff, placing FSU in business at its 48. On a run, Smith spun for 16 to the Louisville 36 with 14 seconds left.

After two futile passes, Florida State brought in Schmidt with the clock showing three seconds, and the junior put through a 53-yard field goal as time ran out in the half to make it 37-18.

At this point, Florida State showed 299 yards of offense, with 156 of it running as Floyd led with 62 on 13 carries. McManus had thrown only 13 times, but hit eight for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Gainer has pulled in four for 54 and two touchdowns.

Louisville had stacked up 184 yards, with 130 passing as Gruden connected on seven of 14.

But much of the starch came out of Louisville with a fumble at the Cardinal 31 on the second-half kickoff, resulting in a recovery by the Seminoles’ Rick Tuten.

Williams slammed up the middle twice, to the 15. On third down at the nine, McManus bootlegged to his left for an easy six points.

Three Louisville plays, and FSU got the ball back at its 30 after a punt.

Williams led to midfield, then Floyd took over on a series of runs, capped by Floyd’s 16-yarder to the 17.

Following a holding penalty, FSU settled for a 36-yard field goal by Schmidt that boosted the count to 47-18.

A 13-yard pass to Knighton and a 30-yarder to Danny Thomas quickly got Louisville to FSU’s 27. Two runs reached the 11. Third down at the 8, and Florida State ushered back its first-team defenders. A blitzing Deion Sanders pressured Gruden into a hurried throw. Then Martin Mayhew broke up a fourth-down throw.

Backed up, Florida State brought in Peter Tom Willis. After an incompletion, Willis turned Smith loose on a run for 11, then Palmer with a toss at the 29. A bit later Palmer caught another short pass at the FSU 48, but on a following run Smith fumbled, and Mike Minogue got it for the home team.

A couple of plays, and FSU’s Dedrick Dodge got it back with an interception at the 23.

On a fake reverse, Smith shot through for 19 to midfield. Following a holding penalty, Florida State punted for the first time – with 13:19 left in the game, and Louis Berry’s effort rolled 41 yards away into the end zone.

With a 16-yard pass to Calvin Davis, keying a drive, Louisville moved deep. A Curtis Thomas interception was nullified by a roughing-the-passer call, but Shiver soon swiped another to give FSU the ball back at its 8.

Chip Ferguson took a turn at quarterback and moved the team out of the hole with a pass.

The Seminoles got a final touchdown with 1:18 left when Dexter Carter tore away on a 30-yard scoring run, capping a 57-yard drive in seven plays.

But the rest was mostly tit-and-tat.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
7
30
10
7
54
Louisville
10
8
0
0
18

1st   0- 7  Opp, 1, run (kick), 9:06 
      7- 7  Herb Gainer, 20, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 5:06 
      7-10  Opp, 21, field goal, 3:21 
2nd  13-10  Herb Gainer, 6, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick blocked), 13:43
     20-10  Darrin Holloman, 44, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:59
     27-10  Dayne Williams, 6, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:20 
     34-10  Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:54 
     34-18  Opp, 17, pass (pass), 0:37 
     37-18  Derek Schmidt, 53, field goal, 0:00 
3rd  44-18  Danny McManus, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:39
     47-18  Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 6:43 
4th  54-18  Dexter Carter, 30, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:12 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 31 15 Rushes-yards 62-350 34-125 Passing 197 189 Att-Comp-Int 28-14-0 29-10-2 Total Yards 90-547 63-314 Punt Returns 2-19 2-23 Kickoff Returns 4-42 9-168 Interception Ret. 2-0 0-0 Fumble Returns 2-29 2-0 Punts 3-38.3 5-34.0 Sacks By-Yds 3-20 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 6-2 3-2 Penalties-Yds 5-42 5-38 3rd Down Conversions 7-15 3-13 Time of Posession 37:31 22:29 Attendance 22,822 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 18 110 1 16 Sammie Smith 14 81 0 19 Reno Fells 7 52 0 14 Dayne Williams 8 45 1 9 Dexter Carter 5 35 1 30t Keith Ross 2 9 0 5 Danny McManus 3 7 1 9t David Palmer 2 7 0 6 Tanner Holloman 2 4 0 3 Darrin Holloman 1 0 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 62 350 4 30t Opp 34 125 1 33 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Darrin Holloman 2 55 1 44t Herb Gainer 4 54 2 20t Tom O'Malley 1 22 0 22 David Palmer 2 19 0 10 Terry Anthony 1 17 0 17 Pat Carter 1 12 0 12 Scott DiMare 1 12 0 12 Reno Fells 1 6 0 6 Victor Floyd 1 0 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 14 197 3 44t Opp 10 189 1 53 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 9 15 0 143 3 44t Peter Tom Willis 3 8 0 31 0 12 Chip Ferguson 2 5 0 23 0 17 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 14 28 0 197 3 44t Opp 10 29 2 189 1 53 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 2 19 0 18 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 19 0 18 Opp 2 23 0 17 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 2 25 0 33 John Parks 1 22 0 22 Paul McGowan 1 -5 0 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 42 0 33 Opp 9 168 0 28 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 3 115 39 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 115 39 Opp 5 170 40 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Jones 6 1 7 2.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . . . . 1 . . Felton Hayes 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . John Parks 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 2 1 3 . . 1- 0 . . 1- 29 . . . Deion Sanders 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . Greg Newell 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 2 1 3 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . Terry Warren 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Bruce Heggie 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Martin Mayhew 2 . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . Odell Haggins 2 . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . Eric Hayes 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . Gerald Nichols 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Kevin Grant 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Bart Schucts 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . . Rick Tuten 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . . Curtis Thomas 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Alphonso Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Phil Carollo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Lenny Sutton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 52 14 66 4.0- 20.0 3.0- 20.0 2- 0 6 . 2- 29 1 . . Opp 70 26 96 3.0- 10.0 . . 5 . 2- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 3  Rick Tuten
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 5  Chip Ferguson
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
 8  Terry Anthony
13  Dexter Carter
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
22  Curtis Thomas
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
32  Martin Mayhew
33  Sammie Smith
35  Lenny Sutton
39  Brian Davis
##  NAME
-----------------------------
42  Reno Fells
47  Kevin Grant
48  David Palmer
49  Dayne Williams
51  Marty Riggs
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
57  Phil Carollo
60  Ken Carr
66  Parrish Barwick
70  Tony Yeomans
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
87  Gaylon White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
98  Bart Schucts
99  Bruce Heggie

Miami 41, Florida State 23

11/01/1986, Miami, Fla.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 2, 1986, page 61, by Bill McGrotha.

Testavertigo.
Hurricanes spoil FSU’s dream 41-23.

MIAMI, FL – Florida State had it going as few thought it could. Then the improbable dream became a nightmare.

Ahead 17-14 with 7:49 left in the first half, the Seminoles lost their quarterback and a football game to No. 1 Miami 41-23.

With Danny McManus abruptly sidelines, his throwing-hand thumb severely sprained, the magic was gone. Florida State struggled on, leading 20-14 at the half, hanging on by a 23-21 thread going into the final quarter. But it was over.

Florida State could not move the football, and Vinny Testaverde was zeroing in on a tiring, overburdened defense.

Late in the third quarter, the Heisman Trophy favorite guided an eight-play, 85-yard drive capped by a 20-yard touchdown strike to Brian Blades, and Miami was ahead for good, at 27-23 with 12:26 to play.

Then it became fun time for the 8-0 Hurricanes – a 20-point eruption in that fourth quarter as Testaverde finished the day with three TDs passing, and two running, completing en route 21 of 35 throws for 315 yards.

“You can talk about O.J. (Simpson), and all of ‘em, and you take this guy here – he is unbelievable!” said FSU coach Bobby Bowden of Testaverde.

But as an Orange Bowl crowd of 62,834 – biggest ever to see a game of this series – and a national CBS-TV audience watched, Testaverde ad seemed vulnerable enough in the early going.

What they saw in the first half, with McManus in there, was a Florida State team pretty well running the show – leading Miami in yardage at intermission, 186 to 148, with Testaverde just 7-for-14 with 85 yards and sacked four times.

And what they saw in the last half of this tingle was something else.

Florida State in that last half ran just 24 plays, holding the ball for a little more than 10 of the final 30 minutes. The Seminoles got 56 last half yards, 28 of which came on a meaningless last series.

Meanwhile, as Miami ran 43 plays over the last two quarters, Testaverde was going 14-for-21 and 230 yards, suffering only one more sack.

“I was a little frustrated because I wasn’t really on,” said Testaverde of his early going. He had sprained a foot in Miami’s last game two weeks ago, and was perhaps favoring it.

“I wasn’t pushing off well off my back foot,” said Testaverde. “I was hurting. But there was no way I wouldn’t play if it was at all possible.”

And there had seemed no way on this hot, fair, breezy afternoon these teams would not go toe-to-toe until the final gun.

McManus, who would hit eight of 15 throws for 85 yards, took Florida State to a 7-0 lead at the start, on a nine-play, 80-yard drive highlighted by three straight opening completions. But after the latter one, a 20-yarder to the Miami 32, tailback Sammie Smith was helped off the field – never to return – with a battered shoulder after making the catch. Strong running by Keith Ross and Tanner Holloman took FSU on down, with Holloman scoring from 6 yards out.

Back came Miami to tie 7-7, Alonzo Highsmith running hard, Warren Williams getting the TD on a run from the 4. For the game, Miami would have Highsmith, Williams and Mel Bratton run for 51, 53 and 59 yards. The net rushing was 128, which was an upset. In all of the previous three games between these two, Miami had netted just 58 yards on the ground.

Late in that first quarter, Rod Carter’s hard tackle of Ross precipitated a fumble that Miami’s Bain Tolbert covered at the FSU 23. On third down, Testaverde worked around, and finally threw to an open Highsmith for a TD and a 14-7 lead on a 23-yard play.

Then came the dazzler of the day.

Ross fielded the kickoff 5 yards in the end zone, then brought it out – as FSU fans shuddered – to about the 10, where he stopped short while Miami tacklers converged. Suddenly, Ross whipped the ball across field to freshman Dexter Carter, who caught it after a perfect bounce and streaked down the left sideline for a touchdown that tied it 14-14. Officially, it was a 100-yard play.

“we had been working on that one about two weeks,” Bowden said later.

A second quarter unfolded that might well have produced 21 points for Florida State, but did not.

Deion Sanders wheeled a punt 30 yards to the Miami 40. Short McManus passes led to the 21. The Seminoles settled for the first of three Derek Schmidt field goals, a 36-yarder.

When Miami punted again, Alphonso Williams raced in to block it, the Monticello sophomore chasing the ball toward the goal – finally, at about the 10 – an official ruled it the 6 – trying to flip it over the goal with a hand. That move brought a 15-yard penalty, providing FSU with a start at the 21 following the turnover.

Three plays got 2 yards. On fourth down McManus, down to hold on what was a fake field-goal play, reared up, looking for receivers, found non – and ran to the 11. He was six inches short of the first down.

That was the play when he hurt his hand, he would say he had no idea how he hurt it.

“We were not going to sit on a lead,” said Bowden of the fake. “We were going for the points. We felt we had to have them.”

It seemed to matter not so much when on Miami’s first scrimmage play, Deion Sanders made a flashy interception and ran it back 31 yards to Miami’s 17.

That was the third straight opportunity inside Miami territory – a chance at the 40 followed by one at the 21, then the 17.

“Yeah, we squandered some opportunity,” said Bowden. Miami, however, is one of the nation’s best defensive teams, as well as offensive teams.

Peter Tom Willis, in at quarterback, had a shaky start. A fumble that lost 5 was followed by a sack that cost 8. Finally, Schmidt kicked a 36-yard field goal for 20-14.

“We would have won anyway, with McManus in there,” said Miami coach Jimmy Johnson. “I told our players at halftime to have fun.”

Miami did.

On an opening series, Testaverde was big on third-down plays as the Hurricanes drove 76 yards to a 21-20 lead. From the 8, Testaverde surprised with a bootleg run for the score.

“Penalties were one thing that hurt us,” defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews said later. “Those that were called, and those that were not. On that bootleg run, their man tackled Eric (cornerback Williams).”

FSU was penalized seven times for 75 yards, Miami four for 37.

A personal-foul penalty on a following kickoff nullified a big return by Ross.

Florida State found opportunity at the Miami 36 later in the quarter following a Tracy Sanders interception. FSU squeezed out a first down at the 25, but that was it. Schmidt’s 45-yard field goal gave the Seminoles a 23-21 lead, but it was all too brief.

Miami promptly went 85 yards to a 20-yard touchdown pass to Blades.

A pass over the middle to Floyd for 19 got FSU to midfield, but that was the Seminoles’ last real shot as the drive stalled and Louis Berry punted to the 7. In 10 plays, the gifted Testaverde brought the score to 34-23, scoring on another bootleg – from the 1 – after a 27-yard pass to Michael Irvin had gained the 4. The dangerous Irvin pulled in seven passes for the day and got 95 yards out of them. Miami got a late score on Testaverde’s 24-yard pass to Brett Perlman after Berry had punted out of a hole, up to his 40.

Florida State appeared to have magnificent defensive contribution from several. Noseguard Tom Harp had three of the five sacks – Eric Hayes and Sheldon Thompson accounted for the other two. A press-box accounting had linebacker Paul McGowan in on a game-leading 11 tackles, with eight outright. Free safety Greg Newell was credited with nine.

In the last four games of this series, FSU has sacked great Miami quarterbacks – Bernie Kosar and Testaverde – a total of 24 times, but lost three of the four.

Now 4-3-1, Florida State faces its final road game Saturday at South Carolina. McManus does not figure to be able to play.

“We’ve lost to the No. 1 team in the nation,” said Bowden, “and we’ve lost to the No. 2 (Michigan), as well as the one that was No. 3 (Nebraska).

“And all on the road.”

Miami, too, faces its final road game, at Pittsburgh.

“Great teams don’t doubt they will win,” Testaverde was saying, “and we are a great team.”

No one was arguing.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
14
3
6
0
23
Miami
14
0
7
20
41

1st   7- 0  Tanner Holloman, 6, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:17
      7- 7  Opp, 4, run (kick), 8:48 
      7-14  Opp, 23, pass (kick), 2:04 
     14-14  Dexter Carter, 105, kickoff return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:47 
            Note: Keith Ross fielded the kickoff five yards deep in the 
                  end zone, ran to the 10 and threw a lateral pass to   
                  Carter.                                               
2nd  17-14  Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 11:03
3rd  20-14  Derek Schmidt, 38, field goal, 5:20 
     20-21  Opp, 8, run (kick), 10:18
     23-21  Derek Schmidt, 45, field goal, 0:43 
4th  23-27  Opp, 20, pass (pass failed), 12:24
     23-34  Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:20 
     23-41  Opp, 24, pass (kick), 1:27 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 12 25 Rushes-yards 30-86 46-128 Passing 156 315 Att-Comp-Int 32-15-1 35-21-2 Total Yards 62-242 81-443 Punt Returns 3-88 2-7 Kickoff Returns 4-182 5-89 Interception Ret. 2-44 1-36 Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0 Punts 5-41.0 5-33.4 Sacks By-Yds 5-42 3-22 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-Yds 7-75 4-37 3rd Down Conversions 4-16 7-13 4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-1 Time of Posession 25:50 34:10 Attendance 62,834 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 11 42 0 16 Keith Ross 5 25 0 10 Tanner Holloman 4 18 1 14 Dayne Williams 2 7 0 6 Danny McManus 1 7 0 7 Dexter Carter 3 0 0 5 Chip Ferguson 3 -5 0 9 Peter Tom Willis 1 -8 0 -8 --------------------------------------------- FSU 30 86 1 16 Opp 46 128 3 13 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Pat Carter 3 37 0 20 Victor Floyd 3 28 0 20 Tom O'Malley 2 21 0 17 Sammie Smith 1 20 0 20 Terry Anthony 1 18 0 18 Tanner Holloman 3 13 0 8 Dayne Williams 1 12 0 12 Scott DiMare 1 7 0 7 --------------------------------------------- FSU 15 156 0 20 Opp 21 315 3 39 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 8 15 0 84 0 20 Peter Tom Willis 7 14 1 72 0 20 Chip Ferguson 0 3 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 15 32 1 156 0 20 Opp 21 35 2 315 3 39 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 2 49 0 30 Alphonso Williams 1 39 0 39 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 88 0 39 Opp 2 7 0 7 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 3 92 0 37 Dexter Carter 1 90 1 90t --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 182 1 90t Opp 5 89 0 30 Dexter Carter Dexter Carter Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 5 205 60 ---------------------------------------- FSU 5 205 60 Opp 5 167 56 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McGowan 8 3 11 . . . . . . . . . Greg Newell 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 2 5 7 0.5- 1.5 . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 6 1 7 . . 1- 31 . . . . . . Eric Williams 5 . 5 . . . 2 . . . . . Felton Hayes . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . Gerald Nichols 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 3 1 4 3.0- 13.0 3.0- 13.0 . . . . . . . Eric Hayes 2 2 4 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Martin Mayhew 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Terry Warren . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . John Eaford 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Alphonso Williams . 2 2 0.5- 1.5 . . . . . . 1 . Keith Carter . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . John Parks 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Kevin Grant . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 1.0- 18.0 1.0- 18.0 . . . . . . . Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Louis Berry 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Lenny Sutton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Curtis Thomas 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders . . . . . 1- 13 . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 51 33 84 6.0- 45.0 5.0- 42.0 2- 44 2 . . . 1 . Opp 39 20 59 7.0- 3.0- 22.0 1- 36 8 . 2- 0 . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
TB   33  Sammie Smith
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 3  Rick Tuten
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 5  Chip Ferguson
 6  Louis Berry
 8  Terry Anthony
13  Dexter Carter
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
22  Curtis Thomas
26  Alphonso Williams
27  Victor Floyd
28  Dedrick Dodge
32  Martin Mayhew
35  Lenny Sutton
36  Eric Stiehl
##  NAME
-----------------------------
39  Brian Davis
47  Kevin Grant
48  David Palmer
49  Dayne Williams
50  John Brown
51  Marty Riggs
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
54  Wes Harris
57  Phil Carollo
59  Keith Carter
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
87  Gaylon White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
98  Bart Schucts
99  Bruce Heggie

Florida State 45, South Carolina 28

11/08/1986, Columbia, S.C.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 9, 1986, page 61, by Bill McGrotha.

FSU: 29 for a quarter.
Third period is Gamecocks’ 45-28 undoing.

COLUMBIA, SC – Shaking down the kind of thunder it had not known in awhile, Florida State stormed back here Saturday afternoon.

And so did Chip Ferguson.

Down 15 points in the second quarter, the Seminoles slammed home 29 third-quarter points and won 45-28. It was an outcome that makes some sort of bowl bid all but certain should Florida State, in a Homecoming game next Saturday afternoon, get past Southern Mississippi. FSU is now 5-3-1.

“Chip was the key man,” said Coach Bobby Bowden, “and, boy, did he do the job! What we saw today was the Chip Ferguson I remembered.”

As he hit 15 of 22 passes for 228 yards, the sophomore indeed looked like the tough-and-dangerous quarterback of the Gator Bowl, and not at all like the vulnerable one of a particularly difficult early season. Ferguson had chafed after being demoted to third string, behind Danny McManus and Peter Tom Willis. One thing, he had better offensive-line protection than earlier.

“Not too much os different,” insisted Ferguson in the dressing room. “They (offensive linemen) are young like everybody else on our team, and they’re learning.

“I think our line blocked great today. When we got the run going, it opened up the passes, and then the passes opened up the run.

“It feels good to get back. I worked my butt off.”

A mostly partisan crowd of 71,689 worked its enthusiasm off in the early going, and found little to cheer about as Florida State dramatically reversed things on this warm (85 degrees) afternoon.

“It looked like,” said Gamecocks coach Joe Morrison, “We had the halves switched around on us.”

Precisely.

While seeming to score much as it pleased, Florida State simply would not let Carolina have the football after intermission. The run-and-shoot offense, so capably quarterbacked by gifted freshman Todd Ellis, got just 96 last-half yards after totaling 231 in the first two quarters. For the day, Ellis hit 20 of 33 passes for 267 and two touchdowns, but was sacked twice and intercepted three times.

“Don’t let ‘em on the field,” said FSU defensive assistant Chuck Amato slyly, “and the run-and-shoot becomes a walk-and-pop.”

Florida State let Carolina’s offense on the field for just 20 last-half plays. Over-all, the Seminoles controlled the ball, 81 plays to 61, and held the ball almost 12 minutes more, 35:58 to 24:02.

Running themselves for 279 yards, as Victor Floyd got 115 in a workhouse 24 carries, the Seminoles totaled 546. Floyd had a superb day, catching four passes and scoring three touchdowns.

But, in truth, many Seminoles had superb days.

“I told them at halftime that if we won,” said Bowden, “no play would be more important than Randy White’s 43-yard catch in the first half.”

Down 14-3, backed to their 7, the Seminoles got out of the hole on White’s hot catch of a Ferguson strike at midfield. But there were so many big plays, including a 49-yard kickoff return by Keith Ross that ignited that second-half fire, and a 23-yard gain by Darrin Holloman on a reverse when there was no way not to lose 5.

Willis had started for the Seminoles and, first opportunity, took the team smoothly downfield to the Carolina 14, where he got shaken up trying to pass. Ferguson came on briefly for the first time, and FSU settled for Derek Schmidt’s 33-yard field goal.

Then a Doug Philpott interception off Willis started the Gamecocks crowing. A 38-yard Ellis pass to Sterling Sharpe followed an interference call – the Seminoles drew 11 penalties for 95 yards – paved an Ellis 3-yard run for the touchdown and 7-3. Soon after, Willis was intercepted again, at the FSU 32, but naught came of it as Scott Hagler missed a 43-yard try for a field goal.

From that point on, Ferguson quarterbacked.

It became 14-3 on a 34-yard Ellis pass to 6-foot-3 Ryan Bethea, who hurt his knee after he came down with the ball that had seemed well-defended by Martin Mayhew.

At that point, FSU got backed up following a penalty, and White caught the long 43-yard pass. Floyd led on to the 17, and Schmidt booted a 33-yard field goal. “At that time,” said Bowden, “any points at all were very important for us.”

Back came Carolina on Ellis’ passing, a 10-yarder to Danny Smith bringing the TD and a 21-6 lead.

And the rest was all FSU, though no one would have believed at the moment.

A 25-yard Deion Sanders punt return staked FSU to Carolina’s 45. A 29-yard Ferguson pass to Floyd cut it 21-13. With time running out in the half, tackle Gerald Nichols covered a fumble at the Carolina 21. Terry Anthony caught a pass at the 11.

Darrin Holloman slipped on a reverse, getting 8 to the 3, and a pass to an open man was too low. With four seconds left, Schmidt missed a 29-yard field goal shot. Bowden was hot, and is rumored to have imparted the fact to the team at halftime.

“The consensus of all our coaches was that we were not hitting,” Bowden said. “Kids were standing around.

“I told them if they thought South Carolina was out-hitting them now, just wait until the second half!”

All season long, South Carolina has had a reputation of being a strong second-half team. All season long, Florida State has had something of a counter reputation.

And then the third-quarter explosion.

“I think the first drive of the third quarter set the tone for Florida State,” said Carolina linebacker Gus Robinson. “They just tried to shove the ball down our throat. It seemed like everything they did worked, and then it was just the steamrolling effect.”

Floyd’s running, coupled with a 28-yard pass to Gainer, got FSU close on that opening second-half drive, and Floyd got the touchdown from the seven. Whereupon, Pat Carter caught a Ferguson pass for two points that tied it 21-21.

Then FSU marched from its 14, the Holloman reverse preventing a stall, the rest of it a chopping, sustained drive. Floyd scored from the 3 after Ferguson had got a first down there – by all of an inch – on a fourth-down bid.

After which, tackle Bart Schucts intercepted Ellis as Fred Jones applied heavy pressure, providing FSU with a shot at the Carolina 25. Dayne Williams scored from the 1.

Then it was Ellis fumbling, Jones recovering for FSU at the Carolina 28, with Williams soon after busting 14 yards up the gut for an easy touchdown that completed the four-touchdown third quarter.

South Carolina made a little noise after Philpott pulled his second interception, getting a touchdown on Harold Green’s 1-yard run that capped a 64-yard drive. That made it 42-28, and the natives stirred when FSU was obliged soon after to get off its only last-half punt.

But a Tracy Sanders interception of Ellis stilled remote hopes, clinching a 2-6-1 record for the home team.

Schmidt got another field goal, from 34 yards out with 1:56 left.

“It’s been our trademark all year,” said Morrison, “but today it was Florida State that took it to us in the third quarter.”

FSU defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews said a “little old bitty change” was made at halftime. Essentially, a blitzing strategy was adjusted.

“It was probably the best we’ve done this year – the offense and defense playing together,” said Andrews.

Bowden seemed to agree.

“I don’t think I can remember a third quarter when our team turned it around so big so fast,” he said.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida State
3
10
29
3
45
South Carolina
7
14
0
7
28

1st   3- 0  Derek Schmidt, 33, field goal, 8:50 
      3- 7  Opp, 3, run (kick), 1:46 
2nd   3- 7  Opp, 43, field goal failed, 14:56
      3-14  Opp, 34, pass (kick), 10:13
      6-14  Derek Schmidt, 33, field goal, 7:45 
      6-21  Opp, 10, pass (kick), 5:09 
     13-21  Victor Floyd, 24, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:48 
     13-21  Derek Schmidt, 19, field goal failed, 0:02 
3rd  21-21  Victor Floyd, 7, run (Pat Carter, pass from Chip Ferguson), 12:36
     28-21  Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:25 
     35-21  Dayne Williams, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:34 
     42-21  Dayne Williams, 14, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:20 
4th  42-28  Opp, 1, run (kick), 9:39 
     45-28  Derek Schmidt, 34, field goal, 1:56 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 26 16 Rushes-yards 52-267 27-40 Passing 279 287 Att-Comp-Int 29-19-3 34-21-3 Total Yards 81-546 61-327 Punt Returns 2-50 1-4 Kickoff Returns 4-78 8-161 Interception Ret. 3-26 3-61 Fumble Returns 2-12 0-0 Punts 3-47.0 4-33.5 Sacks By-Yds 2-15 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2 Penalties-Yds 11-95 4-38 3rd Down Conversions 4-14 4-13 4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0 Time of Posession 35:58 24:02 Attendance 71,689 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 24 115 2 14 Keith Ross 7 56 0 20 Darrin Holloman 2 30 0 23 Tanner Holloman 7 24 0 6 Dayne Williams 5 17 2 14t Dexter Carter 3 17 0 13 Chip Ferguson 4 8 0 6 --------------------------------------------- FSU 52 267 4 23 Opp 27 40 2 21 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Victor Floyd 4 60 1 29t Herb Gainer 3 56 0 28 Randy White 2 46 0 43 Terry Anthony 2 35 0 21 Tom O'Malley 3 24 0 9 Pat Carter 1 23 0 23 Darrin Holloman 1 14 0 14 Dayne Williams 1 11 0 11 Scott DiMare 1 6 0 6 Tanner Holloman 1 4 0 4 --------------------------------------------- FSU 19 279 1 43 Opp 21 287 2 51 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Chip Ferguson 15 22 1 228 1 43 Peter Tom Willis 4 7 2 51 0 23 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 19 29 3 279 1 43 Opp 21 34 3 287 2 51 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 2 50 0 25 --------------------------------------------- FSU 2 50 0 25 Opp 1 4 0 4 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 4 78 0 49 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 78 0 49 Opp 8 161 0 39 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 3 141 54 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 141 54 Opp 4 134 37 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Jones 7 3 10 . . . . . 1- 0 1 . . John Parks 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . . Paul McGowan 4 5 9 . . . 1 . . . . . Stan Shiver 4 3 7 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . . Gerald Nichols 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . Greg Newell 1 2 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . Bart Schucts 1 1 2 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 1- 6 . . . . . . Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . . Pat Carter 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Wes Harris 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . Alphonso Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 12 . . . Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Martin Mayhew . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Phil Carollo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Derek Schmidt 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Keith Carter . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Keith Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Terry Warren . . . . . . 2 . . . . . Tracy Sanders . . . . . 1- 20 1 . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 51 32 83 3.0- 20.0 2.0- 15.0 3- 26 6 . 2- 12 2 . . Opp 70 52 122 3.0- 5.0 . 3- 61 . . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB    4  Peter Tom Willis
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   78  Eric Hayes
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 5  Chip Ferguson
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
 8  Terry Anthony
13  Dexter Carter
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
19  John Parks
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
32  Martin Mayhew
33  Sammie Smith
39  Brian Davis
47  Kevin Grant
##  NAME
-----------------------------
49  Dayne Williams
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
54  Wes Harris
56  Dave Schrenker
57  Phil Carollo
59  Keith Carter
66  Parrish Barwick
68  Michael Tanks
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
76  Steve Gabbard
82  Randy White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
98  Bart Schucts

Florida State 49, Southern Mississippi 13

11/15/1986, Tallahassee, Fla.

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Tallahassee Democrat, November 16, 1986, page 53, by Bill McGrotha.

Good ol' Southern Missmatch.
49-13 win assures FSU a bowl.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Rolling early, coasting late, Florida State's football team flexed more late-season muscle here Saturday.

And with a 49-13 flattening of Southern Mississippi on a sunny Homecoming afternoon, the Seminoles virtually assured themselves a fifth straight bowl game.

Best guess: the All-American in Birmingham at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve.

Scheduled for a WTBS telecast, the All-American will pay at least $800,000 - more than FSU got from the Gator Bowl last year, more by $200,000 than the Hall of Fame in Tampa, more probably than 6-3-1 Florida State will be offered by any bowl.

"I'd be disappointed if we didn't get them," said Bill Oakley, the bowl's representative here Saturday, "but life would go on."

FSU may not officially accept a bid until 6 p.m. Saturday, but prior negotiations are permitted and most arrangements will be cut and dried well prior. Three other bowls - Peach, Hall of Fame, Florida Citrus - had sc outs here Saturday, and additional ones are known to have some interest in Florida State, including the Sun and Liberty.

Bowls might want to check things out with Jim Carmody.

"We played perhaps the best team we played this year," said the Southern Mississippi coach, "including Texas A&M and Alabama. They have a fine team, and it looks like they are getting better."

Bobby Bowden seemed to agree with the latter thought.

"We made strides in the Miami game," said the FSU coach, and in each game since. If we can just make strides one more game.

"This game today never was in doubt once we got rolling."

Behind the smooth quarterbacking of Danny McManus, the Seminoles zoomed to a 28-0 halftime lead. Much of the rest was mop-up work, notably including Sammie Smith on a 62-yard run for the last touchdown of the day.

McManus was in for only the first last-half series. He completed 11 of his 16 passes for 149 yards.

As FSU won its 30th of 39 Homecoming games, and its 11th straight during the Bowden years, a high-scoring tradition before the Old Grads continued. Only once at Homecoming has a Bowden team scored fewer than 30 points - beating South Carolina 27-7 in '79.

The Seminoles have scored more than 40 points in five of their last six starts.

In a sticky first quarter, McManus showed his merit.

Backed to the 6-yard line when Southern Miss punted out of its opening series, McManus hit Pat Carter with a telling third-down pass for 20, then steadily directed a 13-play drive of 94 yards that Dayne Williams capped with a 9-yard run.

Next time FSU got the ball it was at its 13. Some good Victor Floyd running - 12 carries, 65 yards for the day - led out of the hole, before McManus found Herb Gainer with an 18-yard pass. A punting swap put the Tribe in position at midfield. Following a 48-yard pass to Randy White, FSU got the touchdown on a 3-yard Floyd run for 14-0 early in the second quarter.

"McManus did an excellent job," said Bowden. "If you know what he was trying to do, and what he actually did, you would be amazed."

Carmody had some idea. "They executed extremely well on offense," he said.

McManus and Chip Ferguson hit 10 different receivers with passes. The Seminoles also used Peter Tom Willis and Alan Stewart at quarterback in the late going, but neither threw a pass.

The game became 21-0 when Dedrick Dodge intercepted an Andrew Anderson pass, and zipped 47 yards for the touchdown.

One of Southern's better plays came when punter Billy Knighten, fielded a low snap, dodged a rush by stepping to one side, and boomed a 42-yard kick.

But FSU replied with a 61-yard drive, McManus twice passing to Reno Fells to get it started, and Keith Ross scoring from the two.

Southern threatened with time running out in the half, penetrating to FSU's 23. But Eric Williams intercepted an end-zone pass to abort the bid.

Southern got a touchdown following an odd kicking sequence in the third quarter.

FSU downed a Louis Berry punt on the Southern 2. Soon, Knighten punted out of the hole - but Deion Sanders could not get a handle on the ball as he tried to field it, Southern recovered his muff at the FSU 13 in a 76-yard reversal of position.

Anderson got the touchdown on a 7-yard run.

Behind Ferguson, the Seminoles quickly went back up by 28, at 35-7, an 11-play drive of 62 yards topped by a 14-yard scoring pass to Tom O'Malley.

Then quickly it jumped to 42-7 as Williams flagged his second interception, steaming 52 yards on this one.

Southern surprised with a 52-yard scoring pass, Anderson to Lyneal Austin.

"I think other than careless, we played pretty darn good," said Bowden. "That long pass, and messing up on that punting exchange - we can play better than that."

When Willis came in at quarterback for Florida State, his first move was the day's most efficient.

He simply dealt the ball to Sammie Smith, who found running room to his left and outran everybody - 62 yards for the only scoring behind the closing quarterbacks.

As the Seminoles stacked 443 yards of offense, 136 came running, Smith leading with 74 on just four carries. Southern was restricted to an even 300 total yards, with 165 passing.

"That might have been the best first half we played all year," said Bowden. "I hope we haven't peaked. We want to peak in two weeks.

"McManus, you know, might be pretty doggone good. He starts and he finishes - we win! That's the way it's been."

At 7 p.m. here on the 29th, FSU closes against rival Florida. Both teams have open dates this week.

After four straight victories over Florida, FSU has now lost five straight.

"Disregard anything I've said the last five years," said Bowden to writers. "It ain't come close to working.

"We've tried everything.

"I got a feeling you got to be the better team to beat them."

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Southern Mississippi
0
0
13
0
13
Florida State
7
21
14
7
49

1st   7- 0  Dayne Williams, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:56 
2nd  14- 0  Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:07
     21- 0  Dedrick Dodge, 47, interception return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:13 
     28- 0  Keith Ross, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:49 
3rd  28- 7  Opp, 7, run (kick), 7:46 
     35- 7  Tom O'Malley, 14, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 3:38 
     42- 7  Eric Williams, 51, interception return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:51 
     42-13  Opp, 52, pass (run failed), 0:20 
4th  49-13  Sammie Smith, 62, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:22 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 23 17 Rushes-yards 38-236 43-135 Passing 207 165 Att-Comp-Int 27-15-1 28-14-3 Total Yards 65-443 71-300 Punt Returns 3--5 1-6 Kickoff Returns 3-70 8-146 Interception Ret. 3-98 1-13 Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0 Punts 3-42.0 6-40.5 Sacks By-Yds 2-18 1-8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yds 4-35 6-31 3rd Down Conversions 9-14 5-14 Time of Posession 28:12 31:48 Attendance 60,103 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 4 74 1 62t Victor Floyd 12 65 1 17 Dayne Williams 8 30 1 9t Darrin Holloman 2 26 0 14 Peter Tom Willis 1 10 0 10 Dexter Carter 2 9 0 6 Keith Ross 3 8 1 6 Alan Stewart 1 8 0 8 David Palmer 1 4 0 4 Danny McManus 2 1 0 9 Reno Fells 2 1 0 1 --------------------------------------------- FSU 38 236 4 62t Opp 43 135 1 14 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Randy White 1 48 0 48 Tom O'Malley 2 31 1 17 Herb Gainer 2 30 0 18 Reno Fells 2 28 0 20 Pat Carter 1 20 0 20 Scott DiMare 1 19 0 19 Victor Floyd 2 10 0 7 Keith Ross 2 9 0 6 Terry Anthony 1 8 0 8 Dayne Williams 1 4 0 4 --------------------------------------------- FSU 15 207 1 48 Opp 14 165 1 52t Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 11 16 0 149 0 48 Chip Ferguson 4 11 1 58 1 19 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 15 27 1 207 1 48 Opp 14 28 3 165 1 52t Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 3 -5 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 -5 0 5 Opp 1 6 0 6 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Dexter Carter 2 46 0 35 Lenny Sutton 1 24 0 24 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 70 0 35 Opp 8 146 0 30 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 3 126 50 ---------------------------------------- FSU 3 126 50 Opp 6 243 63 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Newell 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . Eric Hayes 4 1 5 1.0- . . 1 . . . . . Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . . Martin Mayhew 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . Herbert Harp 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . Kevin Grant 3 1 4 2.0- 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . 1- 47 . . . . . . Gerald Nichols 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . . John Eaford 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . John Parks 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Odell Haggins 2 . 2 1.0- . . 1 . . . . . Brian Davis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Eric Williams . 1 1 . . 2- 51 . . . . . . Terry Warren 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver . 1 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Curtis Thomas 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Johnson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 41 21 62 6.0- 10.0 2.0- 18.0 3- 98 4 . . . . . Opp 37 9 46 2.0- 1.0- 8.0 1- 13 . . 1- 0 5 . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   30  Tanner Holloman
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 1  Scott DiMare
 4  Peter Tom Willis
 5  Chip Ferguson
 6  Louis Berry
 7  Ronald Lewis
 8  Terry Anthony
11  Alan Stewart
13  Dexter Carter
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
20  Keith Ross
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
32  Martin Mayhew
33  Sammie Smith
35  Lenny Sutton
##  NAME
-----------------------------
42  Reno Fells
47  Kevin Grant
48  David Palmer
49  Dayne Williams
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
68  Michael Tanks
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
82  Randy White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
98  Bart Schucts

Florida 17, Florida State 13

11/29/1986, Tallahassee, Fla.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 30, 1986, page 53, by Bill McGrotha.

Oh, that Florida reign.
Gators leave Seminoles mired in the 17-13 muck.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - Impaled by its own mistake, and the gritty endeavor of an old rival, Florida State's football team fell 17-13 here Saturday night.

As a record Campbell Stadium crowd of 61, 303 watched on a rainy, sloppy evening, Florida took it away with 3:05 showing on the clock, the Gators' sixth straight victory in the series.

An 18-yard pass from Kerwin Bell to Ricky Nattiel was the decisive difference.

Florida had led 7-0, but Florida State fought back to a 10-10 halftime lead, then took the lead 13-10 on Derek Schmidt's short field goal.

Multiple FSU opportunities were gobbled up by penalties and a rugged Florida defense.

In the beginning, on the mushy field, Florida got poor position on a kickoff return.

From the 15, three plays lost yardage. James Massey got just a yard. As big Jeff Zimmerman jumped offside, Florida was penalized 5 - then 5 more when for delay as Kerwin Bell petitioned an official for relief from the crowd noise.

After Massey got just 2 on a run, Jamie McAndrew punted.

As Deion Sanders tried to return the 35-yarder, roughing on the tackle cost Florida 15, and Florida State had a start at Florida's 27.

And pretty soon, in a stunning turnaround, Florida State found itself at its own 9.

On first down at the 27, Keith Ross on a fake reverse lost 8. Victor Floyd got 5 to the 30 after a pass missed.

But Derek Schmidt appeared to get a bad hold as he tried for a 46-yard field goal, and missed.

Unable to move beyond the 37, Florida punted again - to the FSU 32.

Floyd lost 2, then 2 more - and a clipping penalty knocked the Seminoles back to their 14.

Whereupon illegal procedure cost 5 more, to the 9. Two runs reached the 14 before Louis Berry punted 43 yards to the Florida 43.

On first down, Deion Sanders intercepted Bell's underthrown pass at the FSU 32.

But a Floyd run got just 3. One pass missed, and a second Danny McManus effort was overthrown - and Ricky Mulberry intercepted at the FSU 40.

Octavius Gould ran for 5. On a following run, Dwayne Ferguson fumbled but teammate Satcey Simmons covered the rolling ball for an 11-yard gain to the 24.

Whereupon, Gould got 5 more. Bell hit Anthony Williams with a pass at the 8. On a run to his right, Gould scored the touchdown and Florida led 7-0.

On a striking runback of 71 yards with the kickoff, Keith Ross dodged and broke tackles to stake the Seminoles to a shot from the Florida 20.

Dayne Williams pounded to 5, but Floyd was stopped short. Again, a procedure penalty cost FSU 5.

On fourth down, Schmidt's 36-yard field goal narrowed it to 7-3.

Here came Florida again, marching through the rain from its 31.

An 18-yard Bell toss to Simmons started it. Offside against FSU as a pass fell incomplete on third down kept it going. Massey runs led on to the FSU 35.

With rain falling heavily as the second quarter started, Frazier caught a 9-yard pass. Then Florida turned back to the ground - Massey carrying six straight times, until it came to fourth down at the 3.

Jeff Dawson made an 18-yard field goal for 10-3.

In came Sammie Smith, running for 7 to the FSU 34 on his first try.

Then, with 8:50 left in the half, McManus fired a 16-yard pass over the middle to Tom O'Malley at the Florida 49. That was FSU's initial first down of the game, also its first completion.

Four straight Smith runs reached the 31.

On third down, McManus again hit his tight end O'Malley, for 11 at the 20.

Third down at the 15, and Ross on a pitchout spun to the 8 to keep the drive moving.

But a delay penalty, then a fumble lost a yard - before Smith, on a pitchout, sailed 13 yards to the 1. On third down, he scored easily off the right side. Schmidt's kick tied it 10-10.

FSU mistakes continued. A personal-foul call, as Anthony Williams got stopped on a first-down run, lifted Florida to its 43.

Soon, FSU forced a punt that Sanders hustled back to midfield, but a flag had fallen - and Florida State was penalized to the 10 on a clipping call.

With time fading in the half, McManus dealt the ball to Smith on three short runs. With three seconds left, Florida had time for a play from its 49 following a Berry punt. Bell scrambled out of bounds on the last play of the half.

At this point, Florida led in yardage, 109 to 93, with the Gators owning 70 on the ground and Florida State 66. On 11 runs, Smith had 51 yards. McManus had hit just two of six passes, Bell four of eight.

In the early going of the last half, Smith swept for 14 to the FSU 40. Then he got 6 more.

Two plays later, Smith tore wide and suddenly was free for what seemed a 52-yard scoring run - but holding was called on the play.

Runs by Keith Ross led to Florida's 39. But a fine defensive play by Adrian White caught Ross for a loss.

On fourth down, needing 2, FSU faked the punt, with the snap going directly to fullback Dayne Williams, who fumbled the ball and was quickly swarmed by tacklers for a 5-yard loss at the Florida 43.

The Gators got nothing. On third down, defensive back Dedrick Dodge had a full head of steam as he zeroed in on a Bell pass - but dropped an interception that surely would have brought a touchdown had he held on.

After a punt, O'Malley pulled in a 12-yard pass at the FSU 41.

On a reverse, Darrin Holloman dug to the Florida 46. Smith added 7, and a personal foul vaulted the Seminoles to the 24. Tanner Holloman ran for 8, and Smith got a first down at the 10.

Florida tightened. Fourth down at the 4, and Schmidt kicked a 21-yard field goal for 13-10.

As Florida punted from its 35 after gaining just 6 yards on the heels of the kickoff, Florida State was offside - and the Gators got a first down at their 41.

Unable to throw, Bell scrambled for 10 yards to FSU's 47.

A short pass to Ricky Nattiel left Florida just short of a first down. On fourth and inches, Bell tried a sneak over the top - and officials ruled he got nothing.

Florida State took over, promptly got penalized back to its 23 for a clip as the quarter ended.

Smith got 9, then 9 more before Berry punted - 38 yards to Florida's 20.

A second-down pass to Nattiel lost 5, and Florida soon had to punt from its 15. McAndrews got off a good one, 44 yards to the FSU 37.

T. Holloman got 12. Floyd, on two runs, reached the Florida 41. Holloman got 8 more, and Smith 9 to the 24.

After Holloman got just 2, Smith lost 8 trying to find running room. Williams got only a yard.

Schmidt again tried a 46-yard field goal in the slop. The ball got nowhere - never seemed to rise above the level of anyone's head.

Florida took over at the 40 - and drove.

Surprising running by Wayne Williams keyed it. First he got 11, and the 9 to the FSU 39. And soon it was Williams again, up the middle for 14 to the 22.

Third down at the 18, and Bell passed to Nattiel over the middle for a touchdown that put Florida up 17-13 with 3:50 left.

From the 20 after the kickoff, FSU could not move. Berry punted to Florida's 22 with 3:03 showing on the clock.

With the help of an offside on third and one, Florida State got a return punt, conserving time by calling timeouts.

With 1:38 to go, Florida State had a last chance from its 42.

McManus threw four straight passes. All incomplete.

Florida happily killed the clock.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Florida
7
3
0
7
17
Florida State
3
7
3
0
13

1st   0- 0  Derek Schmidt, 46, field goal failed, 11:07
      0- 7  Opp, 8, run (kick), 4:06 
      3- 7  Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 2:09 
2nd   3-10  Opp, 19, field goal, 10:18
     10-10  Sammie Smith, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 3:37 
3rd  13-10  Derek Schmidt, 21, field goal, 3:06 
4th  13-10  Derek Schmidt, 46, field goal blocked, 7:26 
     13-17  Opp, 18, pass (kick), 3:50 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 14 14 Rushes-yards 54-200 42-136 Passing 48 65 Att-Comp-Int 16-5-1 17-8-1 Total Yards 70-248 59-201 Punt Returns 4--7 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-104 4-61 Interception Ret. 1-0 1-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0 Punts 4-38.5 6-33.2 Sacks By-Yds 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-0 Penalties-Yds 15-116 7-65 3rd Down Conversions 5-16 5-14 4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1 Time of Posession 33:32 26:28 Attendance 62,307 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 24 116 1 14 Tanner Holloman 6 34 0 12 Keith Ross 5 17 0 7 Darrin Holloman 1 14 0 14 Victor Floyd 10 13 0 9 Dayne Williams 6 5 0 5 Danny McManus 2 1 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 54 200 1 14 Opp 42 136 1 13 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Tom O'Malley 3 39 0 16 Pat Carter 2 9 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 5 48 0 16 Opp 8 65 1 18t Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 5 15 1 48 0 16 Sammie Smith 0 1 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 5 16 1 48 0 16 Opp 8 17 1 65 1 18t Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 4 -7 0 2 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 -7 0 2 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 1 71 0 71 Dexter Carter 2 33 0 17 --------------------------------------------- FSU 3 104 0 71 Opp 4 61 0 29 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 4 154 43 ---------------------------------------- FSU 4 154 43 Opp 6 199 44 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McGowan 7 3 10 . . . . . . . . . Fred Jones 5 3 8 . . . . . . . . . Stan Shiver 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 3 1 4 . . 1- 0 . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . Greg Newell 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Brian Davis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Shelton Thompson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge . . . . . . 1 . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 26 15 41 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . . Opp . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   49  Dayne Williams
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 6  Louis Berry
 8  Terry Anthony
13  Dexter Carter
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
20  Keith Ross
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
30  Tanner Holloman
32  Martin Mayhew
33  Sammie Smith
39  Brian Davis
47  Kevin Grant
##  NAME
-----------------------------
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
60  Ken Carr
68  Michael Tanks
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
82  Randy White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
98  Bart Schucts

Florida State 27, Indiana 13

12/31/1986, Birmingham, Ala.

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From the Tallahassee Democrat, January 1, 1987, by Bill McGrotha.

Ringing it in with a win.
Smith's running leads FSU 27-13.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - Clinging to the shirttails of swift Sammie Smith, Florida State toppled Indiana 27-13 here Wednesday night.

In somewhat of an uninspired farewell to the old year, FSU won the 10th All-American Bowl in rather routine fashion. Except for Smith.

Gaining 205 yards in 25 carries, the second-year freshman scored twice, on runs of 4 and 9 yards.

Ahead 20-3 early in the last half, FSU withstood an Indiana challenge led by scrambling quarterback Dave Kramme.

Amid colorful pageantry and fireworks that appeared to frighten Renegade, the Seminoles steed, the 10th All-American Bowl moved under way on a cold, 41-degree evening.

Right away Indiana found itself in a hole, at its 10 following a penalty on return of the opening kickoff. Three running yards and two pass completions later, FSU got a splendid shot from the Hoosier 45 following a punt.

FSU faltered, missing on an opening pass, then flagged for holding as Sammie Smith spun away for about 15 yards before fumbling - the ball rolling out of bounds.

Two futile passes, and Louis Berry's first punt left Indiana at its 22.

A personal-foul call as Anthony Thompson ran got Indiana to the 40. Ernie Jones' 11-yard pass catch got 11, and Andrew Powell added 12 to the FSU 37 on a run. Clipping on a Thompson run knocked the Hoosiers back to the 49.

A 16-yard pass, Dave Kramme to Dane Lilja, soon had Indiana at the 28. On fourth-and-one, a Kramme sneak got the first down at the 27.

Three more crunching runs reached the 18, where on fourth down Pete Stoyanovich kicked a 35-yard field goal for 3-0.

Keith Ross was a step away from going the distance as he returned the kickoff 44 yards to the FSU 45.

Hard running by Smith, the last time after a short pass, led to the Indiana 41. Gainer got 18 on a pass, and Smith ran for 14 to the 4.

Next play, Smith slipped quickly left, scoring easily. But a poor snap contributed to a blocked extra point by linebacker Van Walters, leaving it 6-3.

Scrambling, Kramme on third down ran for 8 to start a movement for Indiana. Again on third down - this time from the shotgun formation - the quarterback again scrambled out of trouble, and passed 28 yards to Lilja, at the FSU 31. As a long quarter ended, Indiana was looking at third-and-eight at the 29.

Kramme threw long, and errantly, into the end zone. On fourth down, Stoyanovich was short on a 47-yard try for a field goal.

Up the middle went FSU's Smith for 25. Then he ripped for 10 to the Indiana 35. On to the 25, and a 16-yard Danny McManus pass to Tom O'Malley at the 9.

Once again Smith slashed up the middle, scoring easily from 9 yards out. With a Derek Schmidt point, it became 13-3.

On the running of Thompson and the scrambling of Kramme, Indiana spun across midfield - but was slapped back by a holding call to its 33, then a delay penalty. A third-down pass to Stacy Dawsey for 23 gained FSU's 49.

But successive sacks by Stan Shiver and Paul McGowan slammed Kramme at the 50, then his 40. A 12-yard Deion Sanders punt return provided FSU opportunity at its 34. But on second down Smith, breaking free, fumbled and Alex Green claimed the ball at the FSU 49.

Thompson popped up the middle past defenders - 26 yards to the 23. Still running strong, Thompson had the Hoosiers at the 5 a few plays later.

But a procedure penalty cost 5. Whereupon, Terry Warren sacked Kramme at the 25. And Stoyanovich missed a 42-yard field goal.

FSU had time for little from its 25 before time ran out in the half.

At this point, Smith had run nine times for 85 yards, Thompson 15 for 71. Interestingly, the Hoosiers led in total yardage, 178 to 136.

Very quickly, Smith was over 100.

From the 26, following the second-half kickoff, he hot 9. On a reverse, Darrin Holloman whipped for 36 to the Indiana 27.

Smith, on two runs, reached the 15. In came Tanner Holloman, getting 7, then on the next play dashing off tackle for 8 and a TD that made it 20-3.

On a pair of passes to Dawsey, Indiana moved 23 yards to midfield. Third down at the 39 following two hard runs, and Tony Buford caught a big pass at the 27.

But Shiver caught Thompson for a loss of five. Passes failed, and Stoyanovich missed another field-goal attempt, this one from the 49-yard range.

FSU got nothing. Smith was caught for a 4-yard loss, then could not quite come up with a deep McManus pass.

Once more on third down, Kramme connected - to Buford for 20 yards at FSU's 37. Sticking to the ground, Thompson in the fore, Indiana cut out successive first downs, to the 14.

It came to fourth down and inches just short of the four, and Kramme got the inches on a quick sneak.

With 1:27 left in the quarter, Powell got the touchdown from the 2, and it became 20-10.

From the 22, Smith ran four times, and FSU overcame a 5-yard penalty in pounding to the 50 in the early moments of the last quarter.

The Seminoles probed on to the Indiana 39, but Alex Green intercepted a McManus shot at the 30.

Overcoming a penalty, Kramme hit Dawsey with a 12-yard pass at the 40, then scrambled 15 to FSU's 44.

Suddenly, Thompson broke free, Greg Newell finally bringing him down after a 25-yard dash to the 19.

Three runs got just 6. Stoyanovich kicked a 30-yard field goal for 20-13 with 7:09 left.

Stymied after two plays from the 31, FSU got a key third-down catch from Pat Carter for 11 at the 43. Smith sliced to the Indiana 46. After a procedure penalty, Smith on the draw popped for 13 and a first down at the 35.

Two plays later, Smith cut to his left for 21 to the 10. T. Holloman then burst up the middle for his second TD for 27-13 with 2:56.

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Indiana
3
0
7
3
13
Florida State
6
7
7
7
27

1st   0- 3  Opp, 35, field goal, 7:38 
      6- 3  Sammie Smith, 4, run (Derek Schmidt, kick blocked), 4:12 
2nd   6- 3  Opp, 47, field goal failed, 14:45
     13- 3  Sammie Smith, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:57
     13- 3  Opp, 41, field goal failed, 0:37 
3rd  20- 3  Tanner Holloman, 8, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:04
     20- 3  Opp, 49, field goal failed, 8:08 
     20-10  Opp, 2, run (kick), 1:27 
4th  20-13  Opp, 30, field goal, 7:09 
     27-13  Tanner Holloman, 10, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:56 


TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP First downs 20 23 Rushes-yards 39-288 53-215 Passing 54 168 Att-Comp-Int 14-6-1 25-11-1 Total Yards 53-342 78-383 Punt Returns 1-12 1-7 Kickoff Returns 4-97 5-70 Interception Ret. 1-6 1-0 Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0 Punts 2-35.0 2-35.0 Sacks By-Yds 4-30 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yds 6-50 10-88 3rd Down Conversions 1-3 6-14 4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2 Time of Posession 22:41 37:19 Attendance 30,000 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Sammie Smith 25 205 2 25 Tanner Holloman 6 36 2 10t Darrin Holloman 2 34 0 36 Victor Floyd 1 7 0 7 Dayne Williams 3 6 0 3 Reno Fells 2 0 0 5 --------------------------------------------- FSU 39 288 4 36 Opp 53 215 1 26 Receiving No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Tom O'Malley 2 20 0 16 Herb Gainer 1 19 0 19 Pat Carter 2 9 0 9 Sammie Smith 1 6 0 6 --------------------------------------------- FSU 6 54 0 19 Opp 11 168 0 28 Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng ----------------------------------------------- Danny McManus 6 14 1 54 0 19 ----------------------------------------------- FSU 6 14 1 54 0 19 Opp 11 25 1 168 0 28 Punt Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Deion Sanders 1 12 0 12 --------------------------------------------- FSU 1 12 0 12 Opp 1 7 0 7 Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng --------------------------------------------- Keith Ross 4 97 0 44 --------------------------------------------- FSU 4 97 0 44 Opp 5 70 0 22 Punting No Yds Lng ---------------------------------------- Louis Berry 2 70 39 ---------------------------------------- FSU 2 70 39 Opp 2 70 38 |---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Jones 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . . Greg Newell 6 4 10 . . . . . . . . . Thomas Harp . 8 8 . . . . . . . . . Paul McGowan 3 5 8 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . Deion Sanders 6 2 8 . . 1- 6 . . . . . . Stan Shiver 2 4 6 0.5- 5.0 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . Terry Warren 2 3 5 1.0- 14.0 1.0- 14.0 . . . . . . . Eric Hayes 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . . Gerald Nichols 2 2 4 0.5- 5.0 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . Steve Gabbard 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . Eric Williams 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . Shelton Thompson 1 1 2 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . Tracy Sanders 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . Dedrick Dodge 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . Kevin Grant . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Alphonso Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . David Palmer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . John Hadley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Felton Hayes . . . . . . 1 . . . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FSU 35 47 82 4.0- 30.0 4.0- 30.0 1- 6 2 . . . . . Opp 25 36 61 1.0- . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 2 1 . STARTERS
Pos  ##  OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE    3  Herb Gainer
QB   14  Danny McManus
FL   24  Darrin Holloman
TB   27  Victor Floyd
FB   49  Dayne Williams
C    61  Jim Hendley
SG   62  Jason Kuipers
TG   63  Mark Salva
ST   69  Joey Ionata
TT   72  Pat Tomberlin
TE   85  Pat Carter
Pos  ##  DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB   2  Deion Sanders
RCB  17  Eric Williams
SS   37  Stan Shiver
WLB  38  Paul McGowan
FS   40  Greg Newell
OLB  46  Felton Hayes
SLB  55  Fred Jones
NG   58  Thomas Harp
LT   76  Steve Gabbard
RT   79  Gerald Nichols
OLB  80  Terry Warren
PARTICIPANTS
##  NAME
-----------------------------
 6  Louis Berry
 8  Terry Anthony
16  Tracy Sanders
18  Derek Schmidt
20  Keith Ross
21  John Hadley
26  Alphonso Williams
28  Dedrick Dodge
30  Tanner Holloman
32  Martin Mayhew
33  Sammie Smith
39  Brian Davis
42  Reno Fells
47  Kevin Grant
48  David Palmer
##  NAME
-----------------------------
50  John Brown
52  John Eaford
53  Odell Haggins
56  Dave Schrenker
60  Ken Carr
66  Parrish Barwick
68  Michael Tanks
73  Anthony Williams
75  Tim Hebron
78  Eric Hayes
82  Randy White
92  Tom O'Malley
93  Shelton Thompson
98  Bart Schucts