But Gross lost eight, then five, and it came to punting time again. Paul Moore's run and pass reception for 10 got FSU to its 42 shortly
before the half ran out.
At this point Southern had just 53 yards of offense, its lowest total since formally reviving its football program in 1982.
Florida State had 236, Johnson passing for
143 of it as he completed 12 of 18 throws, Bennett grabbing four for 76.
The Seminoles hogged the football, 40 plays to 26.
Southern added nothing to its offensive total on its first last-half
series, starting at the 20, ending there. A 42-yard punt placed FSU at its 38.
Bennett's fifth reception of the game soon got 15 to Southern's 42, and Lawrence Dawsey's first gained the 32.
Lee
and Bennett alternated in getting the ball to the 13, but on third down Johnson overthrew a wide-open Dawsey in the end zone, and the Seminoles settled for Richie Andrews' 29-yard field goal.
Southern got 20 on a Gross pass to Terrance Sorrell. After three more yards, FSU defenders were looking down Harvin's throat as he punted - freshman Lonnie Johnson partially blocking it. The ball
trickled 18 yards to FSU's 33.
As Johnson retired to the bench after completing 15 of 23 for 170 yards, Casey Weldon came in at quarterback.
After hitting Baker, Moore and Lee with passes that
gained the foe 40, Weldon got intercepted by Shane Maxwell. A 16-yard runback placed Southern at its 46.
Still, the Eagles were offensive-less. On third down, Carruthers sacked Gross at his 40.
A 46-yard Harvin punt backed FSU to its 14.
Good pass defense, coupled with an offensive-interference call on the Seminoles, stifled Weldon's second series. Backed to the nine after a throw to
Bennett lost yardage, Wimberly punted up to FSU's 41.
Short, chopping runs plus a personal-foul call on FSU vaulted the Eagles to the 14.
Fullback Lester Efford's running had them at the six as
the quarter ended.
Offsides cost the visitors 5, and Gross was stopped well short, at the nine, on a third-down keeper.
Mike Dowls booted home a 26-yard field goal, narrowing it a bit, 24-6.
FSU struck quickly.
From the 24, Dawsey got 12 on a pass, Jackson 10 on a run.
The Jackson moved left, tore away from a defender, cut back to the middle and rambled 51 yards to the Southern
three. Two plays later, Moore scored from the two, jumping it to 31-6 with 12:04 remaining.
Albert Huntley, on his first play at quarterback, fumbled. Todd McIntosh recovered for FSU at the
Southern 17.
But Shane Maxwell sacked Weldon, a run lost two and a pass barely got that back.
A 32-yard Andrews field goal made it 34-6.
After three plays and out, Harvin punted from
Southern's 25.
Terrell Buckley, who had five consecutive times called for fair catches, took off with this one, dodging downfield defenders, cutting this way, then that, scoring on a 67-yard
runback.
Southern was running very well as Huntley cranked up the option. But McIntosh put a crushing tackle on the quarterback, bringing a fumble that Brad Lundstrom covered at the Eagle 44.
Jackson ran his game total to more than 100 yards on a 17-yard run to the 27.
Keeping, Weldon knocked off 21 more.
After a run lost three, Weldon passed nine yards to Baker for the touchdown
that lifted FSU 48-6.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Georgia Southern |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
| Florida State |
7 |
14 |
3 |
24 |
48 |
1st 7- 0 Amp Lee, 3, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:26
7- 3 Opp, 43, field goal, 2:51
2nd 14- 3 Shannon Baker, 13, pass from Brad Johnson (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:16
21- 3 Amp Lee, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:45
3rd 24- 3 Richie Andrews, 29, field goal, 9:23
24- 6 Opp, 26, field goal, 14:35
4th 31- 6 Paul Moore, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:04
34- 6 Richie Andrews, 32, field goal, 10:14
41- 6 Terrell Buckley, 67, punt return/blocked punt (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:09
48- 6 Shannon Baker, 9, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 4:57
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 10
Rushes-yards 40-230 52-102
Passing 216 59
Att-Comp-Int 37-22-1 9-6-0
Total Yards 77-446 61-161
Punt Returns 2-66 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-25 4-73
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-16
Fumble Returns 4-0 1-0
Punts 3-39.0 8-39.0
Sacks By-Yds 2-13 2-11
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 9-4
Penalties-Yds 6-56 4-20
3rd Down Conversions 8-14 2-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 31:43 28:17
Attendance 62,111
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sean Jackson 7 112 0 51
Amp Lee 13 47 2 11
Edgar Bennett 4 19 0 8
Casey Weldon 2 16 0 21
Brad Johnson 4 15 0 19
Paul Moore 5 13 1 5
Maurice Pinckney 2 12 0 12
Felix Harris 3 -4 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 230 3 51
Opp 52 102 0 17
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Edgar Bennett 6 87 0 34
Shannon Baker 3 34 2 13t
Amp Lee 4 27 0 10
Lawrence Dawsey 2 19 0 12
Dave Roberts 2 16 0 9
Paul Moore 2 15 0 10
Matt Frier 1 10 0 10
Reggie Johnson 1 6 0 6
Maurice Pinckney 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 216 2 34
Opp 6 59 0 20
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Brad Johnson 15 23 0 170 1 34
Casey Weldon 7 13 1 46 1 12
Kenny Felder 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 37 1 216 2 34
Opp 6 9 0 59 0 20
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 66 1 67t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 66 1 67t
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 2 25 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 25 0 23
Opp 4 73 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 3 117 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 117 51
Opp 8 312 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Carruthers 5 3 8 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 5 2 7 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 4 2 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Marvin Jones 1 4 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Ken Alexander 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh 3 2 5 2.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
John Nance 2 2 4 2.0- . . . . . . . .
John Davis 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson 1 1 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Matt Frier 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 . 1 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corey Fuller 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Grady Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Lonnie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Brad Lundstrom . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Richard Coes . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 44 21 65 11.0- 13.0 2.0- 13.0 . . . 4- 0 . 1 .
Opp 51 19 70 6.0- 2.0- 11.0 1- 16 6 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 12 Matt Frier
QB 14 Brad Johnson
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
RT 95 Carl Simpson
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
5 Kenny Felder
6 Grady Ross
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
21 Maurice Pinckney
23 Bryce Abbott
24 Felix Harris
28 Corey Fuller
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
46 Keith Jones
52 Robert Stevenson
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
61 Eric Gibbs
62 Troy Sanders
63 Jason Dillaberry
64 Jeff Deremer
68 John Flath
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
82 Brad Lundstrom
83 Dave Roberts
85 Lonnie Johnson
94 Toddrick McIntosh
96 James Chaney
|
Florida State 31, Tulane 13
09/22/1990, New Orleans, La.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 23, 1990, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Riding The Wave.
Seminoles coast past Tulane 31-13.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The city they call The Big
Easy was, much of the time, The Big Difficult for Florida State’s football team Saturday night.
An aroused, ready Tulane finally fell 31-13.
The Green Wave got its first points with 2:14
remaining, preserving one of the nation’s longest scoring streaks. One way or another, Tulane has now managed to score in 143 straight games.
After winning the pregame coin toss for the first time
this season, Florida State kicked off at game’s start for the first time this year.
From its 19, Tulane got barely 3 yards in three plays, and a punt gave FSU nice position at its 45.
A short
pass to Edgar Bennett followed by a 13-yard run by Amp Lee, then another shortie to Lawrence Dawsey quickly moved FSU to Tulane’s 31.
On fourth and one at the 29, Bennett popped off the right side
for 28 yards to just short of the 1.
Two plays later, Lee got the touchdown, and a Richie Andrews kick put FSU up 7-0.
Tulane got something going, as Chance Miller swept left for 6, then right
for 9, to the 35. Melvin Ferdinand caught two Deron Smith passes, and Miller dug for 6 on a run, to the 50.
Willie Ursin, a freshman, collared a pass at the 39, and two plays later his cousin
Jerry, a senior, caught one at the 33.
Very tough Miller running moved the sticks steadily, to a first down at the 14.
But a Smith pass sailed through the hands of Ursin – and Terrell Buckley
intercepted at the 1.
Three FSU runs gained just 6. A punt, coupled with a Tulane clip on the return, gave the home team good position at its 46.
With Miller carrying on five of six runs, Tulane
got to the FSU 38, where the stocky fullback was stopped short.
A punt placed the Seminoles in a hole at the 9.
In came Casey Weldon at quarterback, according to pregame plan to play him in the
second quarter, throwing a third-down pass to Dawsey at the 20. Soon Dawsey snared an 11-yarder at the 36. Lee broke on a run to the 50.
As Weldon completed seven straight passes, after missing his
first attempt of the series, the Seminoles drove steadily.
A biggie was Matt Frier’s 25-yard reception that placed FSU at the foe 12.
Tulane stiffened, and a delay penalty hurt. On third down
and 14, Lee ran to the eight. After Tulane declined a holding call on the play, Andrews booted a 24-yard field goal for 10-0.
Tulane, following a first down, was obliged to soon punt again.
Johnson returned at quarterback, and passed to Dave Roberts for 15 at the FSU 47.
But a Sean Jackson loss on a screen pass, coupled with clipping on the play, knocked FSU to its 26.
With 43
seconds left in the half, John Wimberly punted to the Tulane 30.
Two passes failed, and Miller lost a yard. Whereupon, Chip Clark, a freshman, unloaded a big punt that got a big roll, 71 yards into
the end zone.
Bennett ran for 12 as the half ended.
At this point, FSU had stacked 180 yards, 95 on 18 runs, 85 on completions of 11 of 12 passes. Tulane had a 112 total, 76 of it running, and
74 of that by Miller on 19 endeavors.
While Weldon, on his lone series, hit seven of eight for 61, Johnson went 4 for 4 and 24 yards. Dawsey had caught five for 36.
Baker sped 28 yards with the
third-quarter kickoff, to FSU’s 40.
Nothing came of it. A run got a yard. Two passes failed, breaking a string of nine completions.
Wimberly punted to the 22, and Tulane stayed right about there
in a series that saw safety Bill Ragans drop what seemed destined to be an interception.
A punt, combined with clipping, backed FSU to its 13.
An 8-yard Bennett reception keyed a start. Frier
caught successive Johnson tosses, for 11 and 16 yards.
On the sixth play of this 87-yard movement, Bennett took a short pass, broke two tackles and raced 44 yards for a touchdown. FSU led 17-0 in
the first five minutes of the quarter.
After Harold Dennis popped a 16-yard run, Howard Dinkins caught Terrrance Strickland on the next play for a 5-yard loss, and pretty soon Tulane punted to the
FSU 27.
Dawsey’s 25-yard catch reached the Tulane 48. Reggie Johnson grabbed a 13-yarder, and Lee dug to the 11 on another throw – but downfield holding on the play cost FSU 15, to the 29.
On
three tough plays, Lee got a first down at the 20.
Paul Moore got just 5 on two runs and a pass was batted down. On fourth and five, Bobby Bowden chose to go for it.
Catching a pass in the
flats, Lee ripped to the 4. On third down, Brad Johnson sneaked over from the 1, making it 24-0.
Tulane was moving well enough, until Errol McCorvey intercepted Smith at FSU’s 38.
Holding, plus
a procedure penalty, stymied the Seminoles as Weldon returned at quarterback.
Again Tulane stirred a bit following FSU’s punt. The Seminoles braced at midfield, checking Smith pass endeavors. And
one more time FSU found itself backed up by a punt, to the 14.
Soon Wimberly boomed a 50-yard punt. Weaving his way through and past would-be tacklers, Strickland struck on a 43-yard runback to
FSU’s 30. Wimberly, perhaps the last defender, brought him down.
Right away, Willie Ursin got 19 yards to the 11 out of a Smith pass.
That was it. It came to fourth down at the 10, and Smith
failing on another pass.
But right away FSU defenders were back on the field as Brandon Hamilton intercepted Weldon’s first-down throw at the 20.
Miller rammed to the 11. Two plays later the
fullback dug to the 4.
Once more it came to fourth down, this time at the 3. Smith floated a soft pass to Strickland, running wide, and he skipped past Buckley for a touchdown that made it 24-7
with 2:14 to go.
After Dawsey covered an onside kick at the Tulane 44, Weldon passed 29 yards to Lee at the 11. With 1:48 left, he hit Tallahassee freshman Eric Turral with a scoring strike of 11
yards.
Tulane scored on a 19-yard pass from Smith to Strickland and missed a 2-point conversion try with 7 seconds left.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
3 |
14 |
7 |
31 |
| Tulane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
1st 7- 0 Amp Lee, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:29
2nd 10- 0 Richie Andrews, 24, field goal, 5:46
3rd 17- 0 Edgar Bennett, 44, pass from Brad Johnson (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:35
24- 0 Brad Johnson, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:30
4th 24- 7 Opp, 4, pass (kick), 2:14
31- 7 Eric Turral, 11, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:48
31-13 Opp, 23, pass (run failed), 0:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 17
Rushes-yards 35-161 34-116
Passing 280 140
Att-Comp-Int 32-24-1 34-16-2
Total Yards 67-441 68-256
Punt Returns 2--8 2-48
Kickoff Returns 1-28 3-72
Interception Ret. 2-0 1-8
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 5-38.6 7-39.1
Sacks By-Yds 1-12 1-5
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 8-77 5-35
3rd Down Conversions 5-13 5-14
Time of Posession 31:01 28:59
Attendance 32,170
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Edgar Bennett 6 54 0 28
Sean Jackson 6 47 0 31
Amp Lee 10 41 1 15
Paul Moore 6 12 0 4
Chris Parker 3 6 0 5
David Stallworth 1 5 0 5
Brad Johnson 3 -4 1 1t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 161 2 31
Opp 34 116 0 16
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Edgar Bennett 4 66 1 44t
Amp Lee 6 62 0 29
Lawrence Dawsey 6 61 0 25
Matt Frier 3 52 0 25
Reggie Johnson 2 18 0 13
Dave Roberts 1 15 0 15
Eric Turral 1 11 1 11t
Sean Jackson 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 24 280 2 44t
Opp 16 140 2 23t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Brad Johnson 13 17 0 170 1 44t
Casey Weldon 11 15 1 110 1 29
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 24 32 1 280 2 44t
Opp 16 34 2 140 2 23t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 -8 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 -8 0 4
Opp 2 48 0 43
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 1 28 0 28
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 28 0 28
Opp 3 72 0 40
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 5 193 50
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 193 50
Opp 7 274 71
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marvin Jones 7 2 9 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 6 . 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 3 . 3 . . . 2 . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 2 . 2 . . 1- 0 2 . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 2 . . . . .
Tommy Henry 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Alexander 2 . 2 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Grady Ross 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Phillip King 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corey Fuller 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Wimberly 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 50 8 58 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 2- 0 7 . . . . .
Opp 60 25 85 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 1- 8 3 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 12 Matt Frier
QB 14 Brad Johnson
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
SG 52 Robert Stevenson
TG 60 Mike Morris
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
RT 95 Carl Simpson
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
5 Kenny Felder
6 Grady Ross
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
17 Charlie Ward
19 John Wimberly
21 Maurice Pinckney
23 Bryce Abbott
28 Corey Fuller
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Kevin Adams
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
40 David Stallworth
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
48 Willie Pauldo
58 Phillip King
61 Eric Gibbs
62 Troy Sanders
82 Brad Lundstrom
83 Dave Roberts
88 Kez McCorvey
91 Deondri Clark
93 Chris Cowart
94 Toddrick McIntosh
|
Florida State 39, Virginia Tech 28
09/29/1990, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 30, 1990, page 25, by Bill McGrotha. D-Lightful.
Runbacks save FSU from upset.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - In the end, it was 199 down for Bobby
Bowden, and one to go.
But his 200th victory surely was nowhere in the mind of Florida State's coach as his team struggled all the way here Saturday night before finally quelling Virginia Tech
39-28.
Not until cornerback Errol McCorvey raced 77 yards with a fumble recovery for a touchdown did a Campbell Stadium crowd of 60,301 catch its breath.
Even then, it found itself holding it
again as Tech reached FSU's 5 on a sudden 61-yard pass, Rod Wooten to Bo Campell.
Terrell Buckley's 41-yard return of an end-zone interception really wrapped it up with 2:01 left.
Earlier,
Buckley had brought FSU from behind with a 57-yard runback of an interception.
On a damp field following a steady all-day rain, FSU found itself making an uncommon number of mistakes as key players
limped off the field with injuries.
Few of Bowden's 199, you may be sure, came harder than this one.
Tech started well in this one. Moving from its 20 after Richie Andrews placed the opening
kickoff into the end zone, the visitors attained midfield.
An FSU offside and a 6-yard run was followed by Will Furrer's 18-yard pass to Nick Cullen.
But after penetration just over midfield,
FSU defenders forced a halt. A punt was short, 20 yards to FSU's 25.
On a reverse, Shannon Baker got 19.
Whereupon, Brad Johnson threw seven straight times. After he missed on his first two,
Lawrence Dawsey pulled in a pair for 13 and 10 yards. Two more misses sandwiched around a short completion left FSU at the 27, and Andrews kicked a 43-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.
Again Tech
Moved, on Tony Kennedy runs followed by a 16-yard pass to fullback Phil Bryant. But it stopped at Tech's 45 as Marvin Jones tossed Kennedy for a loss on his next run.
Terrell Buckley gathered in a
45-yard punt, and danced with it 46 yards to Tech's 44.
On FSU's first run, Amp Lee got 15 to the 29. Offensive pass-interference on the next play, however, cost FSU 15.
On the damp field - the
rain had stopped not long before game's start - Dawsey was having difficulty hanging onto passes, dropping a 20-yarder. Andrews soon lined up for a 46-yard field goal, which he missed.
Furrer went
deep with a pass, and Tommy Henry was there for an FSU interception at the Seminoles 27.
After Lee led to the 16, the Seminoles came up a yard short. On fourth and one, FSU surprised with a Johnson
pass - but Reggie Johnson dropped the ball at the 7.
Suddenly, tailback Vaughn Hebron popped free on a 30-yard run, who led on to FSU's 44.
Furrer then found Cullen with a 19-yard toss at the
26.
Next play, Kennedy threw a halfback pass 22 yards to Cullen at the four.
Thereupon, John Rivers, a 6-foot-5 flanker, easily snared a touchdown pass, and Tech led 7-3.
A 17-yard pass to
Dawsey had FSU in position at its 46.
On the next-to-last play of the quarter, Tech defensive end Jimmy Whitten intercepted Johnson's first-down screen pass at the FSU 42.
No damage. After a
couple of plays lost a yard, Bill Ragans caught Furrer on a safety blitz for a loss of 10.
A punt left FSU at its 19.
Again the passing game failed. Three plays later, John Wimberly's poor punt
- 23 yards - reached only the FSU 45.
On a deep pitch, Hebron got nine.
On third down, flanker Marcus Mikel grabbed a 13-yard pass at the 25. Third down again, and Marcus caught another, 10
yards to the 14. Bryant, on a draw play, dug to the 3. Next play saw Furrer once more throw a short strike to Rivers for a touchdown. Tech jumped ahead by a stunning 14-3.
In came Casey Weldon
after a kickoff return to the 34.
And still nothing went right against this ancient nemesis.
Sacked on first down, Weldon on third down threw incomplete after passing the line of scrimmage, and
a flag fell for the illegal pass.
When Wimberly tried to punt, Scott Jones tore through to block it. Tech claimed it at FSU's 26.
On the first play, Kennedy found a big hole to his right and
picked his way on a 26-yard scoring run and a 21-3 Tech lead.
Back came Johnson at quarterback, passing quickly to Dawsey to spur a push to the FSU 41. Johnson's scramble and a couple of Lee
gainers soon placed FSU at Tech's 43.
Reggie Johnson caught a key short pass, and soon Dawsey caught a 13-yarder at the 24.
FSU reached the 6 on an 18-yard throw to Baker.
Two plays later,
Lee, running behind Reggie Johnson and Mike Morris, scored on a 5-yard play, cutting the gap to 21-10.
Three plays from its 20 got just 4 for Tech. FSU started anew at its 42 following a
well-covered punt.
Dave Roberts collared a 13-yard pass, and Lee ran for 5 before Baker caught one at Tech's 27. With a screen, Lee slipped from two defenders to pick up 11.
Roberts caught a
12-yarder at the 4. Then a looping pass found Baker in a corner of the end zone, and he came down with the ball and one foot in bounds for the touchdown.
Finding no receiver open on a 2-point
attempt, Johnson ran, diving just across the goal for the two that narrowed it to 21-18 with 1:12 left in the half.
FSU's kickoff was out of bounds. Then, on the next one, the Seminoles were
offside. On the third, from FSU's 25, a 16-yard runback had Tech at its 29.
Tech was content to run a couple of times and let the half die.
It took just one last-half series to put FSU up
25-21.
From the FSU 32, the Seminoles got a quick 10 on two runs. A 13-yard pass to Baker on third down gained Tech's 39.
Bennett bagged a big 22-yard throw at the 16. Next play Johnson passed
to Matt Frier for the touchdown.
Tech seemed hemmed at its 26 after second down, but an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty lifted the visitors to their 40. Promptly, Mikel caught a 16-yard pass at
FSU's 43.
On third-and-one at the 34, FSU held - but tackle Henry Ostaszewski limped off the field after the play. Hebron, on fourth-and-one, got 3.
A screen pass to Bryant soon got 10 to the
12.
Now Tech chopped away the yards and minutes with runs to the 5. On third down, however, Mikel was stopped a half-yard short of the first down, by Buckley.
On fourth down, 4:52 left in the
quarter, Errol McCorvey intercepted Furrer's end-zone pass.
In vain.
Given a reprieve at the 20, FSU went to the pass on first down, Mark Scott intercepting and running Johnson's pass back 22
yards to the 3.
Two runs got a yard and a half. But when Hebron took a third-down pitch, McCorvey and Jones nailed him for a yard loss.
On fourth down, however, Furrer hit a falling Hebron just
over the goal line with a 3-yard touchdown pass, and Tech again led, now 28-25.
Turral's 31-yard kickoff return staked FSU at its 36.
Lee ran for 12.
But when Johnson threw, Roger Garland was
there, at Tech's 38, for the game's third interception by the Hokies.
A holding call helped hold Tech.
When Furrer threw from hid 38, Buckley picked it off at FSU's 47, picked his way left, cut
back and maneuvered on - 53 yards for a touchdown that regained the lead for FSU, 32-28, with 58 seconds left in the quarter.
FSU's undue celebration of that touchdown was costly, bringing a
15-yard penalty that forced the Seminoles to kick off from their 20.
A 19-yard return gave Tech fine position at its 40.
On third down, needing 5 on the first play of the last quarter, Furrer
passed to Cullen at FSU's 48, then quickly found the same receiver again, at the 35. After which Michael Sturdivant caught one at the 22.
Third down at the 20, and Leon Fowler intercepted Furrer. A
clip on the return, however, placed FSU in a hole at its 20.
Lee got 8 on a run. This time, senior guard Hayward Haynes limped off the field - another significant injury blow. Third down at the 18,
and Johnson got sacked at the 9.
FSU sent in Scottie McLaren, a transfer from North Carolina, to punt. He managed a 32-yarder, to the FSU 41.
Tech passes missed.
But when Tech punted, it was
a beaut that rolled dead about an inch from the goal.
Right away, Johnson threw - to Dawsey at the 16. Lee got 4 on a run, but nothing on a screen pass. A longer pass was out of bounds.
Again
McLaren punted, this time to Tech's 49.
Kennedy ran wide, for 5. Two passes backfired. Once more FSU was backed up bigtime, at its 11.
Johnson lost 3. Lee, almost tackled at the 3, slipped wide
to the 17.
From the 19 a play later, McLaren again punted - 30 yards to FSU's 49, with the clock showing fewer than six minutes left.
Mikel snared a pass at the 35.
On third-and-one there,
Hebron ran wide but fumbled when clobbered by Jones and Kirk Carruthers.
Whereupon, McCorvey picked up the ball and, under rules new to college football this year, ran 77 yards for a touchdown.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Virginia Tech |
7 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
28 |
| Florida State |
3 |
15 |
14 |
7 |
39 |
1st 3- 0 Richie Andrews, 43, field goal, 10:57
3- 0 Richie Andrews, 46, field goal failed, 7:40
3- 7 Opp, 3, pass (kick), 1:32
2nd 3-14 Opp, 2, pass (kick), 9:58
3-21 Opp, 26, run (kick), 8:13
10-21 Amp Lee, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:12
18-21 Shannon Baker, 4, pass from Brad Johnson (Brad Johnson, run), 1:12
3rd 25-21 Matt Frier, 16, pass from Brad Johnson (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:58
25-28 Opp, 2, pass (kick), 2:51
32-28 Terrell Buckley, 53, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:58
4th 39-28 Errol McCorvey, 77, fumble recovery/return (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:59
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 22
Rushes-yards 27-117 42-136
Passing 303 282
Att-Comp-Int 39-23-3 41-24-5
Total Yards 66-420 83-418
Punt Returns 2-48 3-7
Kickoff Returns 5-124 2-36
Interception Ret. 5-108 3-22
Fumble Returns 1-77 0-0
Punts 5-23.6 6-34.5
Sacks By-Yds 3-20 2-11
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 10-98 5-40
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 6-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Time of Posession 24:52 35:08
Attendance 60,301
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 14 79 1 15
Shannon Baker 1 19 0 19
Edgar Bennett 5 19 0 6
Paul Moore 1 4 0 4
Brad Johnson 4 -2 0 5
Casey Weldon 2 -2 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 27 117 1 19
Opp 42 136 1 30
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 7 137 0 49
Shannon Baker 4 48 1 18
Dave Roberts 3 39 0 14
Edgar Bennett 2 29 0 22
Amp Lee 4 22 0 11
Matt Frier 1 16 1 16t
Kevin Knox 1 6 0 6
Reggie Johnson 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 23 303 2 49
Opp 24 282 3 61
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Brad Johnson 22 38 3 254 2 22
Shannon Baker 1 1 0 49 0 49
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 23 39 3 303 2 49
Opp 24 41 5 282 3 61
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 48 0 46
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 48 0 46
Opp 3 7 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Eric Turral 3 78 0 31
Shannon Baker 2 46 0 29
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 124 0 31
Opp 2 36 0 19
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Scottie McLaren 3 95 34
John Wimberly 1 23 23
Team 1 0
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 118 34
Opp 6 207 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marvin Jones 15 5 20 4.0- . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 9 6 15 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 6 2 8 . . 1- 0 2 . 1- 77 . . .
Bill Ragans 6 1 7 2.0- 15.0 2.0- 15.0 . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 2 1 3 . . 1- 14 . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 2 3 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 2 . 2 . . 2- 94 . . . . . .
Richard Coes 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Grady Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Corey Fuller 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 57 26 83 11.0- 20.0 3.0- 20.0 5-108 2 . 1- 77 . . .
Opp 44 18 62 2.0- 11.0 2.0- 11.0 3- 22 1 . . . 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 12 Matt Frier
QB 14 Brad Johnson
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LC 26 Errol McCorvey
RC 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
RT 95 Carl Simpson
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
6 Grady Ross
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
16 Richard Coes
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
28 Corey Fuller
32 Paul Moore
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
46 Keith Jones
56 Sterling Palmer
62 Troy Sanders
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
90 Scottie McLaren
97 Reggie Freeman
|
Miami 31, Florida State 22
10/06/1990, Miami, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 7, 1990, page 21, by Bill McGrotha. Monsoon Enough.
Hurricanes hit quickly, then hold off FSU 31-22.
MIAMI, FL - Simply put, Miami ran
Florida State's good thing into the ground.
Bumper stickers proclaimed: "Ain't Noles Way!"
And for the longest time, it seemed there was not. In the end, the nation's second-ranked team left
with a what-might-have-been scenario - one altogether beyond the realm of the probable as Florida State fell to Miami 31-22 here Saturday afternoon.
The Hurricanes just ran and ran and ran.
It
was the 34th straight Orange Bowl success for Miami, and it severed college football's longest winning streak at 14.
"We could have won this dadgum game," said a disappointed Bobby Bowden.
But,
ah, it would have taken one of the major football miracles to have won it after Miami struck for a 24-0 lead in the first half.
"I'd like to play 'em again," said Bowden, wistfully, hours after the
end.
But, ah, it would be well if his team were in better health than it was on this day. Injuries, truth be known, cramped the Seminoles' style more than a little, and notably on defense.
"FSU
did not practice in pads the whole week," noted Miami runner Leonard Conley. "We knew they would get tired. … We knew we had to establish a running game to beat these guys."
And Miami did establish
a running game against Florida State, as perhaps never before in the history of this series, as the Hurricanes got 334 of their 462 yards running. Stephen McGuire sped for 176 on 31 efforts and Conley
144 on 16.
But it seemed not so much weariness that did it as the vulnerability of an injury-sapped defensive line. That, and the fact FSU stacked its defensive deck mainly for the pass, with
particular focus on the dangerous Wesley Carrol who, in fact, caught nothing at all.
As it turned out, quarterback Craig Erickson (13 of 27 for 128 yards) scarcely needed to throw.
"We're got
some meat up front," said Erickson. "Our line got tired but you could see it in their eyes - they wanted to do it. At times we had some tremendous holes and at other times great cutbacks."
Miami's
offensive line, indeed, was more than somewhat a factor. "We opened the hole," said senior guard Mike Sullivan, "and the running backs did the rest."
It was so.
Miami had taken a page out of
Florida State's own book. It was surprising running by the Seminoles that beat Miami last year and came close to providing a memorable upset in 1987.
An astonishing run of early mistakes, notably
penalties, helped put Florida State out of the game before it really got into it.
The heroics of a corps of Seminoles led by senior receiver Lawrence Dawsey was not enough to dig FSU out of that
hole.
Dawsey caught 13 passes for 160 yards, including a 23-yarder for a touchdown that ignited an FSU comeback that at times promised the miraculous.
"Fantastic," said Bowden of Dawsey's big
game. "He really kept us in the game. I never saw a receiver do anything like that."
Dawsey's game, in the eye of FSU partisans that included some coaches, would have been even bigger had he not
been held. Miami managed its only interception on a pass play where replays indicated Dawsey had been held by his jersey.
Still, it was hardly officiating that cost the Seminoles. It was mistakes
that included 85 penalty yards. (Miami was taxed 75 yards, but almost all of that came after it got up 24-0.)
It was the most unlikely of occasions for Bowden to pick up his 200th coaching victory
- a matter that drew scant attention in the wake of Miami success.
Interestingly, Miami made the game's first mistake - one that could have been quite costly.
After FSU won the coin toss and
deferred its option to the second half, Miami chose to kick off. Apparently, that decision was due to faulty communication. What it did was give FSU the opportunity to receive at the start of each
half.
But it mattered not. Brad Johnson, who was to complete 26 of 37 passes for 251 yards, tripped and fell, as the stray foot of one of his linemen got in his way, the first time he dropped back
to throw. But Miami, too, was unsuccessful on its first series.
After FSU's second early punt, Miami moved from its 23 to a 29-yard Carlos Huerta field goal, runs spurring the push, including a
Randall Hill reverse for 21 yards.
Now behind 3-0, FSU began its penalty run. Offensive pass interference rubbed out a good completion, backed FSU to its 11. When FSU punted out, Miami had position
at the Seminoles' 44. Three plays later it became 10-0 as McGuire opened with a 29-yard run. Conley scored from the 8 in the first minute of the second quarter.
FSU then shot itself in the foot
with holding and procedure infractions.
Another punt, and another Miami drive, this one 55 yards in 11 plays. Conley scoring from the 1 for 17-0.
Next time it got the ball Miami moved on an
80-yard drive, helped along by an early pass-interference call, Erickson passing 10 yards to Lamar Thomas for the touchdown that made it 24-0.
From that point on, FSU pretty well dominated, but
24-0 was too much to overcome.
Johnson directed a 9-play, 69-yard push that made it 24-6 with 3:22 left in the half, Dawsey going over the middle and stepping through tacklers on a 19-yard
touchdown play. A 2-point pass failed when deflected by linebacker Maurice Crum.
A fumble with 41 seconds left, recovered by Keith Jones, gave FSU a chance to shave it more. But after a couple of
completions by Johnson, a third one, to tight end Reggie Johnson, was ruled a fumble that Miami claimed at its 40.
FSU drove from the second-half kickoff, but a fake-punt run - on a direct snap to
Reggie Johnson - was inched short. Miami pounds to FSU's 35, but the Seminoles held when Erickson tried a fourth-down sneak.
Nine plays took it to Miami's 15, where Richie Andrews' 32-yard field
goal made it 24-9.
After a Conley fumble near the end of the quarter, Carl Simpson's recovery gave FSU opportunity at Miami's 44. Dawsey receptions got it close, and Lee scored from the 2. Now it
was 24-16.
Again Miami did what it needed to do, Erickson marshaling an 80-yard drive in 13 plays, smartly executed, McGuire scoring from the 2, and it was 31-16 with 6:23 to go.
A Brad Johnson
fumble on the center exchange stymied a quick push to Miami's 28.
With time dwindling, Casey Weldon came on at quarterback, and FSU went 61 yards in seven plays. The touchdown came on Weldon's
19-yard throw to tight end Dave Roberts. A try for 2 failed - an Amp Lee pass to Weldon.
Twenty-four seconds remained. FSU thought it recovered the onside kick, but Miami was ruled to have covered
it. Briefly, an on-the-field fight erupted.
"A little shoving match," said Bowden. "It wasn't much.
"This was really, a very clean FSU-Miami game."
Miami's Dennis Erickson indicated he was
just happy it was over.
"A heck of a football game," he said. "You have to give FSU credit for coming back the way they did. That's what Bobby Bowden is like - and that program, it's a great
program!
"Our last drive to score the 31st point was a thing of beauty."
It was.
Now FSU gets a badly needed week to mend before an Oct. 29 date at Auburn.
"We'll get those penalties
straightened out," Bowden promised.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
22 |
| Miami |
10 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
31 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 29, field goal, 6:01
0-10 Opp, 8, run (kick), 3:24
2nd 0-17 Opp, 1, run (kick), 11:00
0-24 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 5:02
6-24 Lawrence Dawsey, 19, pass from Brad Johnson (Brad Johnson, pass failed), 1:40
3rd 9-24 Richie Andrews, 32, field goal, 5:40
4th 16-24 Amp Lee, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:30
16-31 Opp, 2, run (kick), 5:07
22-31 Dave Roberts, 19, pass from Casey Weldon (Casey Weldon, pass failed), 0:24
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 25
Rushes-yards 23-57 52-334
Passing 318 128
Att-Comp-Int 48-32-1 23-13-0
Total Yards 71-375 75-462
Punt Returns 2-25 1-7
Kickoff Returns 5-104 1-0
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 2-0
Punts 5-41.8 3-40.0
Sacks By-Yds 1-6 1-6
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-2
Penalties-Yds 8-85 11-75
3rd Down Conversions 4-16 8-14
4th Down Conversions 3-4 0-1
Time of Posession 27:26 32:34
Attendance 80,396
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 15 61 1 16
Edgar Bennett 1 3 0 3
Reggie Johnson 1 2 0 2
Lawrence Dawsey 1 1 0 1
Eric Turral 1 -3 0 -3
Brad Johnson 4 -7 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 23 57 1 16
Opp 52 334 3 43
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 13 160 1 23
Dave Roberts 8 82 1 19t
Edgar Bennett 4 36 0 16
Reggie Johnson 2 20 0 11
Shannon Baker 3 19 0 7
Paul Moore 1 6 0 6
Amp Lee 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 32 318 2 23
Opp 13 128 1 24
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Brad Johnson 26 37 1 251 1 21
Casey Weldon 6 11 0 67 1 23
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 32 48 1 318 2 23
Opp 13 23 0 128 1 24
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 25 0 15
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 25 0 15
Opp 1 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 3 67 0 26
Eric Turral 2 37 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 104 0 26
Opp 1 0 0 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 5 209 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 209 49
Opp 3 120 42
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marvin Jones 9 6 15 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 3 6 9 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Leon Fowler 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 5 . 5 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 3 2 5 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Anthony Moss . 4 4 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . 1 . . . . .
Sterling Palmer . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Coes 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Lonnie Johnson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Phillip King . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corey Fuller 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh . 1 1 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Jones . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 42 77 5.0- 14.0 1.0- 6.0 . 3 . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp 22 61 83 5.0- 1.0- 6.0 1- 0 6 . 2- 0 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 12 Matt Frier
QB 14 Brad Johnson
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LC 26 Errol McCorvey
RC 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
RT 95 Carl Simpson
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
6 Grady Ross
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
28 Corey Fuller
30 Chris Keen
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
38 David Bassett
41 Tommy Henry
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 John Wyche
46 Keith Jones
48 Willie Pauldo
52 Robert Stevenson
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
58 Phillip King
61 Eric Gibbs
62 Troy Sanders
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
85 Lonnie Johnson
86 Marvin Ferrell
94 Toddrick McIntosh
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
|
Auburn 20, Florida State 17
10/20/1990, Auburn, Ala.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 21, 1990, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Dye-verted.
Auburn kicks FSU at the end.
AUBURN, AL – Using a defensive effort that shut out Florida
State in the second half, the No. 5 Auburn Tigers rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to defeat the No. 7 Seminoles 20-17 Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The lost opportunity in the
nationally-televised game prevented the Seminoles from making a major move in the polls after No. 2 Miami and No. 3 Tennessee lost Saturday.
The Seminoles are 4-2. Auburn is 5-0-1.
Jim Von Wihl
kicked a 39-yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining for the winning margin after the Tigers stopped the Seminoles on a gambling fourth-and-five play with just over a minute remaining.
Florida
State quarterback Casey Weldon, who relieved starter Brad Johnson was named offensive player of the game. He sparked the Seminoles to a 17-10 halftime lead after they had fallen behind 7-0 early in
the first quarter.
On this clear, cool evening, Florida State indicated an early vote of confidence in its beleaguered defense – choosing to defer its option until the last half, and kicking off to
Auburn.
From the 20, quarterback Stan White began with a couple of short completions, and James Joseph ran for 5 to a first down at the 33. Three more Joseph carries netted 7, and Auburn punted to
FSU’s 24.
Edgar Bennett sped for 5, but two following plays came up just short. But as FSU punted, Auburn was flagged 15 yards for an illegal substitution, lifting FSU to midfield.
But Brad
Johnson’s first-down pass was intercepted by linebacker Darrel Crawford. Clipping after the theft knocked the home team back to its 24.
Two Joseph runs sandwiched around a futile pass got just 8,
and a punt gave FSU position at its 42.
Lee got 3 on a run, six on a third-down pass as FSU came up a yard short. John Wimberly’s punt placed Auburn at its 10.
Again FSU defenders held. But when
Richie Neil punted, Terrell Buckley mishandled it, and Auburn’s Al Nash claimed the fumble at FSU’s 46.
Two Stancy Danley runs coupled with a personal foul vaulted the Tigers to the 21.
Danley
ripped to the 15. Tony Richardson, a big freshman fullback, whipped wide for 10. On another wide slant, he scored easily, and Auburn led 7-0.
Immediately FSU found itself in another hole, with
clipping on the kickoff pushing it back to the 15.
Whereupon, Bennett was decked for a loss of 2. A procedure penalty slapped the Seminoles back to the 9.
A lee run and Lawrence Dawsey’s first
reception got FSU to the 22. Then a good return on Wimberly’s punt again had Auburn at FSU’s 47.
Tightened defense, assisted by a procedure penalty, brought Auburn to third down at FSU’s 45. And
when White threw, Errol McCorvey stepped in front of it for an interception that he returned 12 yards to the FSU 47.
In came Casey Weldon, who threw 21 yards to Bennett at Auburn’s 37 as the
quarter ended.
Two Lee runs gained 22, it came to third-and-six at the 18, with Weldon scampering up the middle for 8 to the 10.
On a reverse, Shannon Baker ran over a defender and reached the
5. But two passes fell incomplete. Richie Andrews kicked a 22-yard field goal to cut the score to 7-3.
From its 23, Auburn got just 4 yards before punting to FSU’s 34.
Weldon’s second-quarter
pass to Baker got 30 to Auburn’s 32. After Lee ran for 6, Baker grabbed an 11-yard toss.
Offside helped FSU to the 6, and Lee slipped through tacklers for a first down to the 1.
Bennett smashed
over for the touchdown, and FSU led 10-7 with 7:19 left in the half.
Auburn was right back in it as Herbert Casey got loose for 40 yards on a kickoff runback, to FSU’s 48.
After Joseph pounded
for 6, FSU stopped two following runs. Nell’s punt was a mere 18-yarder, to the 22.
On a pass, Lee soon got 13 to the 38, then led to midfield with his running.
Weldon scrambled to the Auburn
48. Then Lee came back to the 50 to catch a screen pass from Weldon, and was off to the end zone with a sprint straight down the sideline.
After that 48-yard touchdown play, FSU led 17-7 and 1:40
remained in the half.
Moving from its 17, Auburn got a 13-yard run out of Joseph to the 32.
It was Auburn’s initial first down of the quarter – in fact, Auburn’s first since its touchdown.
But the half’s last play found Auburn punting again, and Nell boomed a 55-yarder to the FSU 1 as the gun sounded.
And out of the total half Auburn had just four first downs as FSU skipped to a
226-to-107 lead in total yardage.
Weldon had hit on seven of 10 passes for 136 of the total. Lee had 118, with 67 on 3 receptions, 51 on 10 runs.
Florida State had controlled the ball, 16:04 to
13:56 on the clock.
With the start of the second half, Florida State was staring at trouble. A personal foul following the kickoff into the end zone had the Seminoles at their 10.
Dawsey,
however, caught a first-down pass at the 29, and Lee dug for a first down at the 34.
Holding, however, soon had FSU back at its 24.
Net result was that when FSU punted, Auburn got good position
at its 40.
Three passes, though, got Auburn just 4 yards.
Whereupon, clipping on the punt again placed FSU in the shadow of its goal, at the 6.
Offsides, on a play that saw Lee nailed for a
3-yard loss, cost Auburn 5 yards. Lee wheeled to a first down at the 18.
On a screen, Lee sailed for 19 to the 37. Two plays later, clipping on a short pass had FSU back at its 26.
An 11-yard
return on Wimberly’s 48-yard punt gave Auburn a start at its 39.
Still another FSU penalty – this one a personal foul – got Auburn 15 yards to the Seminoles’ 46.
Darrell Williams run took the
home team to fourth-and-inches just short of the 36, and Richardson got the yardage, to the 35.
Pressured by Joe Ostaszewski, White threw deep in a hurry – and safety Leon Fowler intercepted for
FSU at the 3.
Bennett got a yard, Lee just 2, Dave Roberts 5 on a pass before Wimberly boomed a 55-yard punt. An 11-yard return had Auburn at its 45.
Running wide, Williams got 19, then 14 more
on a pair of runs, to FSU’s 22. But Howard Dinkins caught Williams for a 3-yard loss on the following shot. With that lift FSU held at the 20.
On fourth down, Jim Von Wihl kicked a 37-yard field
goal to narrow it to 17-10.
From the 20, Weldon passed to Dawsey for 11, then ran for 11 more. With Baker catching a short pass at Auburn’s 45, FSU stood second and 7 at the 44 as the quarter
ended.
Pass interference on Auburn as Lee streaked downfield moved FSU to the 31. Promptly, a procedure penalty cost FSU 5, and it got only 3 of it back.
Andrew’s 51-yard try for a field goal
was wide.
Greg Taylor snared a 19-yard pass at FSU’s 48, and a Joseph run spurred to the 36.
Two plays later Joseph lost the ball as he plunged up the middle, and FSU tackle Carl Simpson claimed
it at the 27.
Lee spurted to the 40 on a run.
But Auburn held Dawsey to short yardage on a pair of completions.
Wimberly punted, and an Auburn clip on the return has the Tigers on their 9
with 8:17 to go.
On a flea-flicker play, White retreated into the end zone, took a pitch, and threw more than 50 yards – and John Davis intercepted.
A personal foul on the runback had FSU
knocking at Auburn’s 34. Holding, however, immediately cost FSU 10.
It came to third-and-17 at the 42 with FSU attempting a trick-play rooskie, apparently with a guard to run the ball. But no
Seminole got the ball. Auburn’s Walter Tate recovered what amounted to a fumble at the Tiger 43 with 6:41 to play.
Casey pulled in a 17-yard pass that quickly got Auburn to FSU’s 45.
An
out-of-bounds hit by Fowler on a second-down pass pushed Auburn to FSU’s 30.
On a third-and-one plunge at the 21, Richardson kept going after getting initially stopped after a yard gone – 19 yards
and a first down at the 2.
Danley scored on second down, and it was tied with 3:47 to play.
Editor Note: The article ended here.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
| Auburn |
7 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
20 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 6, run (kick), 3:34
2nd 3- 7 Richie Andrews, 22, field goal, 12:05
10- 7 Edgar Bennett, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:19
17- 7 Amp Lee, 48, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:40
3rd 17-10 Opp, 37, field goal, 1:25
4th 17-10 Richie Andrews, 51, field goal failed, 13:09
17-17 Opp, 2, run (kick), 3:47
17-20 Opp, 38, field goal, 0:02
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 13
Rushes-yards 34-100 39-167
Passing 258 97
Att-Comp-Int 35-23-1 28-12-3
Total Yards 69-358 67-264
Punt Returns 3-13 4-49
Kickoff Returns 2-24 3-67
Interception Ret. 3-17 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 6-44.7 7-38.9
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 1-22
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1
Penalties-Yds 14-134 9-91
3rd Down Conversions 2-13 2-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-2
Time of Posession 33:51 26:09
Attendance 85,214
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 19 81 0 13
Edgar Bennett 7 16 1 6
Shannon Baker 1 4 0 4
Casey Weldon 7 -1 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 34 100 1 13
Opp 39 167 2 19
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 6 86 1 48t
Lawrence Dawsey 8 69 0 19
Shannon Baker 3 49 0 30
Edgar Bennett 4 28 0 21
Dave Roberts 2 26 0 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 23 258 1 48t
Opp 12 97 0 21
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Casey Weldon 20 30 0 244 1 48t
Brad Johnson 3 5 1 14 0 7
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 23 35 1 258 1 48t
Opp 12 28 3 97 0 21
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 3 13 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 13 0 6
Opp 4 49 0 18
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 2 24 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 24 0 22
Opp 3 67 0 40
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 6 268 55
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 268 55
Opp 7 272 57
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Carruthers 6 7 13 . . . . . . . . .
Marvin Jones 8 3 11 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 3 2 5 . . 1- 5 . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 5 . 5 2.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 2 2 4 . . 2- 12 . . . . . .
John Davis 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Deondri Clark 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson 2 1 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Reggie Freeman 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edgar Bennett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gene Houpe . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 55 26 81 4.0- 9.0 . 3- 17 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 65 48 113 7.0- 34.0 1.0- 22.0 1- 0 2 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 1 Shannon Baker
QB 14 Brad Johnson
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 83 Dave Roberts
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RC 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
RT 95 Carl Simpson
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Matt Frier
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
21 Maurice Pinckney
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Ken Alexander
38 David Bassett
39 Ed Clark
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
46 Keith Jones
52 Robert Stevenson
56 Sterling Palmer
58 Phillip King
62 Troy Sanders
79 Gene Houpe
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Kevin Knox
82 Brad Lundstrom
84 Warren Hart
85 Lonnie Johnson
90 Scottie McLaren
91 Deondri Clark
94 Toddrick McIntosh
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
|
Florida State 42, Louisiana State 3
10/27/1990, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 28, 1990, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Bobby's Bengal Bauble.
Defensive gem gives Bowden a 42-3 milestone.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Bobby Bowden
got his 200th victory, Florida State got back in the big-bowl picture, and Louisiana State got a woodshed-whipping Saturday afternoon.
The score was 42-3.
And while it was perhaps a fairly
accurate reflection of indicated differential, the blowout was more the doings of defense than offense, as blowouts so often are. Repeatedly, the offense was presented with lovely opportunities,
including first-quarter starts at the foe's 22 and 7 that quickly brought two touchdowns.
What FSU may hope is not an accurate reflection of its personality evolved at the end, with players from
both sides flailing away at one another. Both coaches, LSU's Mike Archer as well as Bowden, were upset over that.
The fight followed a final play that saw freshman quarterback Jesse Daigle chased
to the sidelines by linebacker Kirk Carruthers, who hit him as he went out of bounds. Some teammates said Carruthers' momentum made a late hit inevitable. Whatever, Carruthers very quickly found
himself surrounded by tigerish Bengals, and FSU players rushed in to help. Meanwhile, a separate fight started elsewhere on the field.
Some said two LSU coaches threw punches. Other coaches tried
to stop the fighting.
"Once it starts - gosh, it's hard to stop!" said Bowden. "Somebody tries to pull somebody away, and he (the second guy) thinks he is trying to hit him!"
Soaking wet after
his players drenched him with ice water to commemorate the milestone victory, Bowden was not anxious to talk about his winning 200.
"It is not that big a deal," he insisted. "It doesn't seem like a
milestone to me.
"When there's a guy out there (Grambling's Eddie Robinson) with more than 350, it just doesn't mean that much."
It was Bowden's third try for victory 200; the first two attempts
were losses to Miami and Auburn.
Only 10 other major-college coaches, in all football history, have won 200, however, and only 21 others at any level. (The Tallahassee area now claims three
of the 21; Bowden joins Wakulla County resident Darrell Mudra and Tallahassee's Jake Gaither. Mudra won an even 200 in a 26-year career at seven schools, including FSU, while Gaither won 203 in an
extraordinary 25-year run at Florida A&M).
If Bowden played LSU all the time, the record suggests his total would be larger. His FSU teams have now beaten the Tigers six out of seven times,
including five of six at LSU. "Unbelievable," said Bowden.
In LSU's first-ever game in Campbell Stadium, the Seminoles quickly asserted themselves, and led 28-3 at halftime. A crowd of 60,111
including representatives from seven bowls, the Cotton and Orange among them.
Definitely, said Jim Ray Smith, a past president of the Cotton Bowl, the Seminoles are "in the picture" for his
game.
"If not, I wouldn't be here," he said. "Nor would we send anybody else.
"Florida State has been in the hunt (for a Cotton Bowl bid) pretty well for the past several years."
Now 5-2, the
Seminoles play South Carolina, Cincinnati and Memphis State the next three Saturdays. An open date precedes the last game with Florida on Dec. 1. Smith indicated he felt that, were FSU to win its next
three games, Bowden's team would be a strong big-bowl bet, and the Florida game might not be a decisive factor.
Defense was the decisive factor on this cool, sunny Saturday.
"Our defense
deserves all the credit," said Bowden. "Our offense was very pathetic. Terrible."
Though disappointing at times, and erratic, the offense had some mighty interesting moments. For example, FSU got
28 points out of just 13 offensive plays. A total of four plays as early down-close chances brought two touchdowns, an 8-play drive of 99 yards-plus, and a touchdown-producing bomb.
Tailback Amp
Lee got three touchdowns out of just 11 runs. And Casey Weldon, in his first start at quarterback, was the architect of telling big plays. As he hit 15 of his 25 passes, his completions included a
notable 54-yarder to freshman Matt Frier and a Hail-Mary throw to sophomore Shannon Baker for a touchdown on a 38-yard play in the first half's final 3 seconds.
Still, it was largely a day for
Carruthers & Co. The junior linebacker was credited with 13 tackles (10 solo), intercepting a pass and was involved in two sacks, sharing one with Marvin Jones. Other sacks came from Bill Ragans and
Reggie Freeman. Leon Fowler and John Davis had interceptions. Tackle Carl Simpson covered two fumbles, cornerback Terrell Buckley one other, and Ragans partially blocked a punt.
But fumbles were an
early specialty.
On the opening kickoff, Corian Freeman slammed a blocker into Odell Beckham, the return man, bringing a fumble that Buckley got at the LSU 16. Two plays later, Lee scored on a
9-yard run for 7-0.
With hot tailback Harvey Williams getting 49 yards on LSU's first series from scrimmage, the Tigers drove from their 22 to a 35-yard field goal by Pedro Suarez that cut it to
7-3.
But Williams, who only the week prior had run for 213 (most ever by an individual against Kentucky), managed fewer than 49 the rest of the way, finishing with a net 93 on 22 efforts.
FSU
effectively utilized short placement punts by Scottie McLaren to kick LSU into holes. Two early efforts died at the LSU 7, the LSU 3. (Later, another would place LSU at its 7.)
But late in the half
LSU's Brian Griffith got off a beauty - a 39-yarder that stopped rolling about 2 inches from the FSU goal.
Then came FSU's eight-play beauty. Reggie Johnson caught a big third-down pass at the LSU
20. On the next play, Weldon unleashed the 54-yarder that Frier pulled in at LSU's 26. Lee caught a pass at the 11, then soon ran to the 2, scoring from there on the next play.
Only 52 seconds
remained in the half, but time enough for another FSU 6-pointer. The clock showed just 3 seconds after Freeman sacked quarterback Chad Loup, bringing a fumble that Simpson got at the 38.
After two
timeouts, FSU worked magic.
Three receivers spread to the right as Weldon slipped to his left, stopping and throwing into the end zone toward the streaking three to his right. The pass bounced off
the hands of defender Corey Raymond and Baker grabbed it for the TD that made it 28-3.
The third quarter was scoreless. Richie Andrews missed a 41-yard bid for a field goal after Fowler's
interception. Another bid was stymied by a Wayne Williams interception of a Weldon end-zone throw.
But when FSU punted out of a hole, Weldon directed a 50-yard movement, overcoming a holding
penalty in a seven-play movement capped by Paul Moore's 6-yard scoring run in the first minutes of the last quarter.
After that, Brad Johnson and Kenny Felder did mop-up work at quarterback, with
heavy utilization of reserves that included sophomore runners Maurice Pinckney (52 yards on 4 carries) and Felix Harris, who ran just twice but scored on a 31-yarder with 3:58 to play.
Moving well
there near the end against tiring Tigers, Florida State finished with 468 offensive yards - 213 running, 255 passing. Interestingly, 11 different Seminoles caught passes - but none more than two.
LSU managed only 207 yards, a mere 66 passing, but in the first half the Tigers seems well on their way to successful execution of a ball-control plan. While running 14 more first-half plays (44 to
30), The Tigers had the ball more than twice the clock time, 20:17 to 9:43. But the Seminoles hogged it after intermission, and at game's end plays were about even.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Louisiana State |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Florida State |
14 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
42 |
1st 7- 0 Amp Lee, 9, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:43
7- 3 Opp, 35, field goal, 8:11
14- 3 Amp Lee, 6, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:16
2nd 21- 3 Amp Lee, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:52
28- 3 Shannon Baker, 38, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:00
3rd 28- 3 Richie Andrews, 41, field goal failed, 9:26
4th 35- 3 Paul Moore, 6, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:30
42- 3 Felix Harris, 31, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:58
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 17
Rushes-yards 40-213 44-141
Passing 255 66
Att-Comp-Int 31-18-2 30-9-2
Total Yards 71-468 74-207
Punt Returns 3-19 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-44 4-113
Interception Ret. 2-19 2-21
Fumble Returns 3-5 0-0
Punts 5-35.6 6-36.2
Sacks By-Yds 4-40 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-3
Penalties-Yds 10-97 6-34
3rd Down Conversions 10-17 2-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Time of Posession 29:47 30:13
Attendance 60,111
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Maurice Pinckney 4 52 0 15
Amp Lee 11 44 3 9t
Sean Jackson 9 35 0 9
Felix Harris 2 30 1 31t
Lawrence Dawsey 1 24 0 24
Paul Moore 4 17 1 6t
Edgar Bennett 4 10 0 5
Brad Johnson 1 3 0 3
Chris Parker 2 0 0 3
Casey Weldon 2 -2 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 213 5 31t
Opp 44 141 0 18
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Matt Frier 1 54 0 54
Shannon Baker 2 51 1 38t
Warren Hart 2 23 0 17
Lawrence Dawsey 2 21 0 15
Amp Lee 2 21 0 16
Paul Moore 1 21 0 21
Reggie Johnson 2 18 0 12
Maurice Pinckney 1 15 0 15
Sean Jackson 2 13 0 8
Edgar Bennett 2 9 0 7
Kevin Knox 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 255 1 54
Opp 9 66 0 13
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Casey Weldon 15 25 1 229 1 54
Brad Johnson 3 5 0 26 0 15
Kenny Felder 0 1 1 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 31 2 255 1 54
Opp 9 30 2 66 0 13
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 3 19 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 19 0 10
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Eric Turral 2 44 0 26
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 44 0 26
Opp 4 113 0 68
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Scottie McLaren 4 144 44
John Wimberly 1 34 34
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 178 44
Opp 6 217 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Carruthers 10 3 13 1.5- 10.5 1.5- 10.5 . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Marvin Jones 3 4 7 0.5- 3.5 0.5- 3.5 . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 4 2 6 1.0- 16.0 1.0- 16.0 . 1 . . 1 1 .
Anthony Moss 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Deondri Clark 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
John Davis 2 . 2 . . 1- 19 . . . . . .
John Wyche 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson 1 1 2 . . . . . 2- 0 . . .
John Nance 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 5 . . .
Henry Ostaszewski . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman . 1 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Coes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Turral 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 47 23 70 6.0- 40.0 4.0- 40.0 2- 19 1 . 3- 5 1 1 .
Opp 41 16 57 3.0- 1.0- 8.0 2- 21 5 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 1 Shannon Baker
QB 11 Casey Weldon
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
RT 95 Carl Simpson
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
5 Kenny Felder
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Matt Frier
14 Brad Johnson
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
21 Maurice Pinckney
23 Bryce Abbott
24 Felix Harris
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
61 Eric Gibbs
62 Troy Sanders
63 Jason Dillaberry
64 Jeff Deremer
72 Steve Allen
73 Reggie Dixon
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
84 Warren Hart
90 Scottie McLaren
91 Deondri Clark
94 Toddrick McIntosh
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
|
Florida State 41, South Carolina 10
11/03/1990, Columbia, S.C.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 4, 1990, page 25, by Bill McGrotha. Rush Job.
FSU ground game and defense control the Gamecocks 41-10.
COLUMBIA, SC - On this sunniest
of autumn afternoons, Florida State perhaps played one of its best football games in a very long while.
No turnovers.
Only one 5-yard penalty (offside on a kickoff) for a defense that again
dominated.
And a surprising running game that stacked 344 yards as tailback Amp Lee, for the second straight game, scored three touchdown.
The score was FSU 41, South Carolina 10, and it could
easily have been worse.
For Florida State, now 6-2 with the big-bowl pot boiling, the day was dimmed only by a letter threatening the life of Coach Bobby Bowden at the game.
But only a handful
of people in the Williams-Brice crowd of 71,438 had any idea, either before or after. The letter, which arrived several days ago, threatened Bowden at FSU's next out-of-town game, and this was it.
Bowden himself minimized the threat, and all indeed went well.
As a large force of unobtrusive security people, including plainclothesmen, took charge of Bowden's security, FSU defenders took
charge of the game.
Among other things, that defense sacked Bobby Fuller, a junior quarterback out of Miami, six times.
A Gamecocks offense that had averaged nearly 400 yards per game - and more
than 500 in its last three - was permitted just 248, including a mere 66 rushing.
"We played pretty good, you know," said defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews. "Played hard and made some things
happen.
"Looks like we are getting a little better every week, which is what we asked them to do."
It was FSU's last game of the season on enemy soil. After Homecoming against Cincinnati this
week, there's Memphis State in Orlando, then an open date before a Dec. 1 season-ender against rival Florida at Campbell Stadium.
Destined to be highly favored in their next two games, the
Seminoles figure to be 8-2 as bowl-picking day comes around on that open date (Nov. 24).
For FSU's Casey Weldon, starting his second game at quarterback, this was a different sort of game.
South
Carolina defenders stacked the deck against his passing, defying him to throw at all - and especially deep. He threw 20 times, but mostly short, completing a dozen for 110 yards.
"We did not
feature the quarterback today," said Bowden. "We did it running."
As South Carolina played a waiting game, with almost no blitzing, FSU turned it runners loose.
Lee got 95 yards on 15 tries,
including scampers of 5, 11 and 13 yards for FSU's first three touchdowns.
"Amp's got good vision, sees those holes, and has that good change of direction that helps so much around the goal line,"
said Bowden.
Sean Jackson, the freshman, came on to gain 115 in just a dozen runs.
An early interception, by Terrell Buckley at the foe 30, got FSU on the board in a hurry. Lee got all, save for
four by Edgar Bennett, including the touchdown from the 5.
The Gamecocks hung tough, and Richie Andrews missed a 36-yard field goal.
But late in the quarter an Anthony Moss sack got Carolina in
a bind at its 8. A punt gave FSU a shot from the Gamecock 47. Lee runs, coupled with a 15-yard pass to Shannon Baker at the 16, set the stage for Lee's 11-yard touchdown, and FSU led 14-0 in the early
moments of the second quarter.
A bit later, Jackson, on his first carry, whipped left for 46 yards, paving a 43-yard Andrews field goal.
Two lightning-like plays - a 25-yard pass to tight end
Charles Steward following a 43-yard Mike Dingle sweep to the 12 - precipitated a 33-yard field goal by Colin Mackie. It would be the only time Carolina got into FSU territory until the last play of
the third quarter, by which time the scoreboard read 34-3.
Bill Ragans' partial block of a South Carolina punt gave FSU an opportunity late in the half at the home team's 32. Four plays later,
Andrews kicked his second 3-pointer, this one 42 yards, for 20-3 at intermission.
FSU's first possession of the last half brought it to 27-3, a 66-yard drive capped on the 10th play by Lee's
13-yard scoring run.
Near the end of the quarter, it was a 7-play, 67[yard movement spurred by Jackson runs, Paul Moore getting the TD from the 7.
In came Brad Johnson to quarterback FSU the
rest of the way.
In a time-consuming drive from the FSU 45, Johnson threw just one pass, a 15-yarder to Eric Turral, as FSU got a touchdown on Maurice Pinckney's 1-yard run.
All game long the
Seminoles hogged the football - holding it for 12 ½ minutes more than Carolina, running 82 plays to Carolina's 49.
Andrews said that helped keep FSU defensive troops fresh.
FSU's first two
defensive units were scarcely dented, yielding just 168 of the yardage total and three of the points.
Against FSU's third defensive unit, Carolina got a late touchdown on a 42-yard pass, Wright
Mitchell to Mario Henry.
"Florida State won every phase of the game," said South Carolina coach Sparky Woods. "They have just excellent weapons at every position.
"And they were dominant at the
line of scrimmage.
"We missed out on some early opportunities that might have made it a better football game."
Indeed, cornerback Antonio Walker might have twice intercepted passes there at the
start, but couldn't hang on.
"And field position obviously hurt us throughout the game," said Woods.
That was so. FSU got the home team in a hole, and pretty well kept it there, assisted greatly
by those six sacks, with a pressbox accounting attributing two to Moss, two to Ragins, one each to Howard Dinkins and Corian Freeman.
On vital third-down plays, Carolina made good on just one of a
dozen.
And the Seminoles, so afflicted by penalties much of the season, were assessed just 55 yards on six calls, offensive holding accounting for most.
So it was that Bowden got his 201st
coaching victory, one that he may most remember as the time he got the letter threat - and, happily, nothing happened.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
13 |
14 |
7 |
41 |
| South Carolina |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
1st 7- 0 Amp Lee, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:19
7- 0 Richie Andrews, 37, field goal failed, 4:30
2nd 14- 0 Amp Lee, 11, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:47
17- 0 Richie Andrews, 43, field goal, 5:59
17- 3 Opp, 33, field goal, 4:00
20- 3 Richie Andrews, 42, field goal, 0:33
3rd 27- 3 Amp Lee, 13, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:28
34- 3 Paul Moore, 7, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:42
4th 41- 3 Maurice Pinckney, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:25
41-10 Opp, 42, pass (kick), 1:26
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 25 13
Rushes-yards 58-344 28-62
Passing 148 186
Att-Comp-Int 24-15-0 21-13-2
Total Yards 82-492 49-248
Punt Returns 4-45 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-40 3-43
Interception Ret. 2-14 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 4-37.5 8-37.6
Sacks By-Yds 7-54 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yds 6-55 3-40
3rd Down Conversions 8-16 1-11
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Time of Posession 36:11 23:49
Attendance 71,438
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sean Jackson 12 115 0 46
Amp Lee 15 94 3 13t
Felix Harris 8 37 0 12
Paul Moore 5 32 1 11
Maurice Pinckney 6 26 1 9
Edgar Bennett 8 24 0 7
Casey Weldon 4 16 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 58 344 5 46
Opp 28 62 0 43
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Eric Turral 2 31 0 16
Shannon Baker 2 27 0 15
Lawrence Dawsey 3 27 0 14
Dave Roberts 2 20 0 13
Edgar Bennett 3 18 0 9
Amp Lee 2 17 0 11
Reggie Johnson 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 148 0 16
Opp 13 186 1 42t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Casey Weldon 12 20 0 110 0 15
Brad Johnson 3 4 0 38 0 16
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 24 0 148 0 16
Opp 13 21 2 186 1 42t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 4 45 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 45 0 22
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Felix Harris 1 33 0 33
Eric Turral 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 40 0 33
Opp 3 43 0 20
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 2 80 45
Scottie McLaren 2 70 40
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 150 45
Opp 8 301 53
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Carruthers 3 4 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 4 2 6 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 5 . 5 2.0- 16.0 2.0- 16.0 . . . . . 1 .
Howard Dinkins 3 1 4 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Marvin Jones 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 1 1 2 . . 1- 14 . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 2 . 2 2.0- 16.0 2.0- 16.0 . . . . . . .
Ken Alexander 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 . 1 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Coes . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Matt Frier . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Nance 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Stallworth 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Robert Williams . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 39 13 52 9.0- 56.0 7.0- 54.0 2- 14 1 . . . 1 .
Opp 70 28 98 2.0- 6.0 . . 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 1 Shannon Baker
QB 11 Casey Weldon
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
RT 62 Troy Sanders
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
NG 75 Joe Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Matt Frier
14 Brad Johnson
16 Richard Coes
19 John Wimberly
21 Maurice Pinckney
23 Bryce Abbott
24 Felix Harris
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
38 David Bassett
40 David Stallworth
41 Tommy Henry
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 John Wyche
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
61 Eric Gibbs
63 Jason Dillaberry
64 Jeff Deremer
71 Robert Williams
73 Reggie Dixon
76 Eric McGill
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
90 Scottie McLaren
94 Toddrick McIntosh
95 Carl Simpson
96 James Chaney
|
Florida State 70, Cincinnati 21
11/10/1990, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 11, 1990, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Ten Grand.
FSU scores 10 touchdowns on Cincinnati.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - It was not exactly a perfect
10, but for Florida State it will surely do until the real thing comes along.
Scoring touchdowns the first 10 times it had a chance with the football, FSU probably vaulted back into the nation's
top 10 Saturday, warming up the scoreboard with a 70-21 victory over Cincinnati on a chilly Homecoming afternoon.
Never before had Florida State scored 10 touchdowns in a game, though it now has
totaled 70 or more points four times.
When you couple that Campbell Stadium development with ones elsewhere, it may mean something close to a 10-strike for the new Blockbuster Bowl, which on Dec.
28 will pair the Seminoles against streaking Penn State, also 7-2 after clipping Maryland 24-10 for its seventh straight.
A real blockbuster, possibly!
Never mind that the pairing cannot
be officially set until Nov. 24. The fact that both FSU and Penn State have orally agreed to accept a bid if it comes - in the manner of several other bowl-bound teams - and the Blockbuster has
likewise agreed to formally invite is good enough to take to any bank.
It is such a lock that Richard Gianinni, the president and organizer of the bowl, did not bother to show up in either
Tallahassee or Sate College, Pa., home of Penn State. But the Blockbuster was well-enough represented with delegates in both places, all surely grinning over the prospect of matching Bobby Bowden
against Joe Paterno - not only two of football's most respected coaches but also the two who have won more games than any others still active at the major-college level.
But Bowden, looking to
Memphis State in Orlando on Saturday and rival Florida here Dec. 1, was happier Saturday over the hopeful look of this team than anything else.
He particularly liked a running game that, for the
second straight week, netted well over 300 yards - this time 351 of a 588 on offense.
"I hope it keeps up," he said of the running. "That's gonna be the key.
"We can be real good if we get that
running game going."
Amp Lee, the hot sophomore tailback, ran just five times, but for two touchdowns and 57 yards. Edgar Bennett got five runs, too - for 73 yards that included a 57-yarder and one
touchdown. As seven of the 10 touchdowns came running, Paul Moore also scored twice. Sean Jackson got 67 yards and a touchdown, while fellow freshman Maurice Pinckney ran just once - 36 yards up the
middle for a touchdown.
Two more touchdowns came on passes, but the day's dandy was Terrell Buckley's 83-yard scoring runback of an interception in the opening quarter. The sophomore also returned
a pair of punts for 65 yards, including a 50-yarder that paved the way to FSU's first touchdown.
Quarterback Casey Weldon was in there for FSU's first seven touchdowns - all in the first half.
After that it was Brad Johnson quarterbacking for the final three, then Kenny Felder mopping up.
In that amazing opening half, FSU ran just 33 plays from scrimmage. Meanwhile, Cininnati ran 47
while also hogging the clock, 18:43 to FSU's 11:07 possession time.
"Our team just really had 'em outmanned," said Bowden. "Cincinnati is very young."
As the Seminoles averaged a whopping 9.19
yards a play. Weldon passed well enough when he pleased, completing 14 of 20 for 217 yards that included a pair of touchdown strikes to Lawrence Dawsey. The senior finished with seven catches - all in
the first half - for 141 yards.
In one astonishing five-play drive of 87 yards, Weldon simply threw to Dawsey for all of it. After failing to connect with Dawsey on his first throw of that drive,
Weldon then hit him for 31, 19, 13 and then 24 (for the touchdown) on the next four plays.
"We tried to get the ball to Dawsey a lot early," said Bowden, "to see how long we could do it, and if we
could (keep on doing it).
"They finally caught on."
With such a halftime lead, FSU threw just twice in all of the last half, Johnson completing both of those (for 20 yards).
Bowden was asked
if he tried to shut down his offense.
"Well, no," he quipped. "We got some young guys we put in there automatically capable of shutting it down!"
Though several front-liners did not see action
for one reason or another, FSU dressed 100 players, including 23 walkons, and played an extraordinary number (76).
It was 28-0 after a quarter of play.
Cincinnati, for its game-opening series,
had position at its 45 following a 34-yard kickoff return, but lost yardage on three straight runs from scrimmage. After Buckley returned the punt for 50 to the Bearcat 31, Lee scored in just two
plays, a 20-yard run followed by an 11-yarder.
Then it was a 68-yard excursion in five plays, Dawsey catches setting it ip. Bennett scoring from the 5.
A Marvin Jones interception staked FSU at
Cincinnati's 32. This time it took three plays, Lee getting the ball to the 2, Dawsey catching a Weldon pass for six points.
Whereupon, Cincinnati pulled a "puntrooskie" of sorts, tight end Kris
Bjorson, the upback, took a direct snap from center and maneuvered wide for 38 yards to FSU's 25.
But, on the next play, Buckley intercepted freshman quarterback Jeff Stofa's pass and rambled 83
yards to make it 28-0.
An opening play of the second quarter found Paul Anderson - another freshman quarterback - scoring a Cincinnati touchdown from the 1 after an 80-yard drive that had been
preserved by a roughing-the-kicker penalty as FSU went after a punt inside the foe 30. Anderson hit a pair of key passes to get the visitors close.
Throughout, Cincinnati found success throwing to
big (6-4, 230) sophomore tight end Joe Koynock, who caught eight for 55 yards. Anderson went on to connect on 12 of his 21 tosses for 218 yards while also contributing timely keepers (34 yards for
seven tries) as Cincinnati stacked 459 yards.
The four-pass sequence to Dawsey gave FSU a 35-7 lead on the heels of that first Cincinnati TD.
One of the more unusual plays you'll ever see came
just after.
AS FSU kicked off, Richie Andrews' boot was a high one - very high. It came down roughly 35 yards from where he kicked it, and swift sophomore Shannon Baker streaked down on the
coverage unit - as Cincinnati players just stared - caught the ball as it came down!
It was the equivalent of recovering an onside kick - but FSU had not intended that!
"It was the wind,"
said Bowden. "Blowing that way (into the face of FSU in the second quarter), it kept everything up.
"No, it wasn't planned."
Four plays later, Jackson scored from the 11.
FSU finished the
half with a 96-yard drive in 14 plays, Moore running the ball over from the 6. The Seminoles had been in a hole after Cincinnati faked a field-goal try from short range - the effort went awry.
When
Johnson directed an 89-yard drive at the start of the second half, FSU had put together back-to-back drives totaling 185 yards. This one took just six plays, the big one a 57-yard run by Bennett. Lee
scored from the 13.
Cincinnati got a field goal, and it was 56-10. Promptly FSU replied with a 63-yard drive on the heels of a Baker kickoff return of 37. Moore scored from the one.
A final FSU
touchdown, on the first play of the last quarter, came as Pinckney broke up the middle for 36.
Cincinnati got a second field goal, then a second touchdown on hard-running tailback Terry Strong's
13-yard run with 1:25 left.
"The thing that pleased me most of all," said Bowden, "was that we went out there and took charge.
"You're afraid, in a game like this, you'll go out and play sloppy.
A lot of teams have struggled this year against Cincinnati."
For the second straight game, the Seminoles had no turnovers.
"Oh, Lordy, that scares me!" said Bowden when advised of that fact.
"You go two or three games sometimes (without any turnovers), and then … Well, it's like a shank in golf!"
A half-dozen bowls had requested credentials to see Saturday's game, but the Gator Bowl
canceled. For all except the Blockbuster, anyhow, an appearance was just a matter of courtesy.
For FSU, it was the 15th straight Homecoming victory under Bowden.
As for Cincinnati, it has had
quite enough of Homecoming. This was its fifth straight as a Homecoming opponent, having lost its last four outings before the Old Grads of Louisville, Tulane, East Carolina and West Virginia.
Cincinnati has played the game well over 100 years, starting in 1885. Only one team ever scored more points on it than the Seminoles, and it was just one more. Houston did it in a 71-33 victory back
in 1967.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Cincinnati |
0 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
21 |
| Florida State |
28 |
21 |
14 |
7 |
70 |
1st 7- 0 Amp Lee, 11, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:20
14- 0 Edgar Bennett, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:48
21- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 2, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:50
28- 0 Terrell Buckley, 83, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:36
2nd 28- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 14:56
35- 7 Lawrence Dawsey, 24, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:06
42- 7 Sean Jackson, 13, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:07
49- 7 Paul Moore, 6, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:16
3rd 56- 7 Amp Lee, 13, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:59
56-10 Opp, 26, field goal, 7:40
63-10 Paul Moore, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:47
4th 70-10 Maurice Pinckney, 36, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:51
70-13 Opp, 21, field goal, 9:41
70-21 Opp, 13, run (pass), 1:25
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 31 24
Rushes-yards 42-351 43-210
Passing 237 249
Att-Comp-Int 22-16-0 33-17-2
Total Yards 64-588 76-459
Punt Returns 2-65 1-8
Kickoff Returns 4-116 6-99
Interception Ret. 2-96 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 1-42.0 3-38.3
Sacks By-Yds 1-7 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 7-1
Penalties-Yds 3-40 2-13
3rd Down Conversions 8-9 5-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Time of Posession 26:52 33:08
Attendance 59,678
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Edgar Bennett 5 73 1 57
Sean Jackson 9 67 1 15
Amp Lee 5 57 2 20
Maurice Pinckney 1 36 1 36t
Paul Moore 7 33 2 15
Clyde Allen 5 23 0 10
Lawrence Dawsey 1 18 0 18
Kenny Felder 1 14 0 14
Kevin Knox 1 12 0 12
Felix Harris 4 11 0 6
Jason Peirce 3 7 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 42 351 7 57
Opp 43 210 2 38
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 7 141 2 31
Amp Lee 2 30 0 21
Reggie Johnson 2 16 0 14
Paul Moore 1 15 0 15
Warren Hart 1 13 0 13
Eric Turral 1 8 0 8
Dave Roberts 1 7 0 7
Edgar Bennett 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 237 2 31
Opp 17 249 0 49
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Casey Weldon 14 20 0 217 2 31
Brad Johnson 2 2 0 20 0 13
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 22 0 237 2 31
Opp 17 33 2 249 0 49
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 65 0 50
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 65 0 50
Opp 1 8 0 8
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 4 116 0 49
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 116 0 49
Opp 6 99 0 34
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 1 42 42
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 42 42
Opp 3 115 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marvin Jones 4 5 9 . . 1- 13 . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 4 2 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 5 . 5 . . 1- 83 . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 2 2 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 2 2 4 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Willie Pauldo 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Alexander 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Nance 1 1 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
John Davis 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Deondri Clark 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Robert Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Phillip King 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Shannon Baker . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 51 24 75 5.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 2- 96 3 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 45 23 68 2.0- . . 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 1 Shannon Baker
QB 11 Casey Weldon
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
WLB 23 Bryce Abbott
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
RT 62 Troy Sanders
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
NG 96 James Chaney
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
5 Kenny Felder
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Matt Frier
14 Brad Johnson
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
20 Clyde Allen
21 Maurice Pinckney
24 Felix Harris
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
38 David Bassett
41 Tommy Henry
43 Bill Mason
44 John Wyche
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 Willie Pauldo
49 Jason Peirce
52 Robert Stevenson
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
58 Phillip King
61 Eric Gibbs
63 Jason Dillaberry
64 Jeff Deremer
71 Robert Williams
72 Steve Allen
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
84 Warren Hart
90 Scottie McLaren
91 Deondri Clark
95 Carl Simpson
|
Florida State 35, Memphis State 3
11/17/1990, Orlando, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 18, 1990, page 35, by Bill McGrotha. Half Life.
FSU coasts past Memphis State on a big Dawsey day.
ORLANDO, FL - One thing and another,
Memphis State managed to stay ahead of Lawrence Dawsey. But it was close!
Florida State's whiz senior receiver ran up an even 200 yards here Saturday afternoon, only 23 less than the Tigers' total
offense, as the Seminoles ran away early and won 35-3.
"This was one of those games, whatever you score, it is not enough to make an impression," summed up Coach Bobby Bowden.
Ah, but Dawsey
made an impression that likely will endure in the memory of 55,190 sun-drenched witnesses.
He got 133 yards and two touchdowns out of eight receptions, plus 67 more on three reverses - including
one ramble for 63. Moreover, two touchdowns were ruled invalid. On one, an official ruled he had gone out of bounds, then returned to make the end-zone catch (Dawsey thought otherwise), and the other
was canceled by an illegal-receiver-downfield penalty.
"They're getting the ball to me the last couple of games," said Dawsey, "and I'm just going out and doing the best I can."
His best was
dazzling when, in the early going, Memphis State dared try to cover him man-to-man. The Tigers adjusted to that, and to a lot of other things, in a standoff last half that saw each team score only a
single field goal. At intermission FSU was up 32-0.
Bowden credited Memphis State for holding his high-scoring force in those last two quarters.
"We did cut our offense down big," he said, "but
that was the only way to play them. They throw so much at you (on defense)."
When the Tigers blitzed in the first half, FSU romped.
"Then, in the second half, they stopped blitzing, and we
didn't have anything to go after 'em with," said the coach.
"In the first half we felt like we knew what they were going to do. In the second half, we had no idea what they were going to do.
"We
tried to score. They deserve the credit."
Memphis State did a good job of keeping FSU guessing down the stretch - laying back, mixing it up, blitzing seldom.
Another interesting thing Memphis
State stopped doing in the last half was drawing penalties. It seemed to at least one FSU coach, however, that officials stopped calling 'em. In any event, Memphis State drew 83 penalty yards in the
first half, only 5 in the last.
The game might have been tighter than the Seminoles wanted had not quarterback Keith Benton banged up an ankle and knee early. The Miami-reared junior left late in
the first quarter, and did not return, after running four times for 83 yards.
On a game-opening series, Memphis State twice came to third-and-11 situations. Benton got 21 yards on a keeper the
first time, and 62 on a keeper the second - skipping all the way to FSU's 3 before Bill Ragans bagged him.
Linebacker Kirk Carruthers led a stand, first throwing a runner for a loss of 2. Then, on
a third-down play inside the 2, Larry Porter was separated from the ball by an unidentified lineman, and Carruthers jumped on it for FSU at the 4.
FSU worked out of the hole, punted. When Memphis
State kicked back, Terrell Buckley was roughed after a fair-catch call, and FSU had opportunity from the foe 47.
Amp Lee and Dawsey took it from there, Dawsey catching two Casey Weldon passes, Lee
scoring from the 3. (For the day, Lee got 67 yards out of a dozen runs.) A Richie Andrews point-after was blocked, leaving it 6-0.
Soon came an Errol McCorvey interception off Benton - the fifth
and last pass by the quarterback, who completed none. Under heavy pressure as he threw, Benton was hurt as he was hit and left the game for good.
Memphis State defenders gave little, and Andrews
kicked a 45-yard field goal for 9-0 shortly before the quarter ended.
A John Wyche sack of Gary Bouldin (successor to Benton) helped pave the way for more good field position for FSU. From the FSU
40, Weldon needed just three plays, Dawsey got 19 on a pass, fullback Edgar Bennett got 32 and a touchdown on a pass in the teeth of a blitz.
Again FSU moved from its 40. Four plays did it, the
last a 45-yard bomb to Dawsey that raised the score to 23-0.
On its next turn with the ball, FSU went 63 yards in five plays, a Weldon keeper and late-hit penalty accounting for a fair share.
Weldon cashed it in with a 17-yard scoring strike to Dawsey. A missed extra point left it 29-0.
Not a soul present would have bet that touchdown, with 5:50 left in the first half, would be FSU's
last for the day.
After the Tigers' Joe Allison failed on a 51-yard try for a field goal, the Seminoles drove again, helped notably by Eric Turral's 23-yard ramble on a reverse. Soon followed a
roughing-the-passer penalty.
Dawsey seemed to have a touchdown on a 4-yard play, but an official said he had previously gone out of bounds. "I don't think I went out," said Dawsey, "but we really
won't know until we look at the films."
Andrews followed with a field goal from 21-yard range on the half's last play.
The third quarter started bumpily for FSU - a penalty on the kickoff
return, then an interception of Weldon by the Tigers' David Garaffa, at the FSU 19.
Repulsed by Anthony Moss-led defenders, Memphis settled for a 47-yard Allison field goal. On third down, Moss had
sacked Bouldin at the 30.
Stopped on the following series, FSU lined up for a punt, but John Wimberly was obliged to chase down a too-high snap, and Memphis got a shot from FSU's 12.
In the
dressing room later, Bowden steamed over what he called a "loused-up kicking game," citing that errant punt attempt as well as two futile extra-point attempts.
Nothing came of the high-snap
opportunity, however. Four downs from the 12 left the Tigers at the 5.
FSU came alive on Dawsey's startling reverse from the 18 - all the way to the Memphis 19. But a touchdown strike to Dawsey was
erased on an illegal-receiver count. Andrews kicked his third field goal, making it 35-3 with plenty of time to go in the quarter.
But the rest was pretty much of a punting standoff, with one
Scottie McLaren effort downed by Willie Pauldo at the Memphis one. Later, McLaren had a 54-yard boot.
Memphis State coach Chuck Stobart praised FSU receivers, including the backs. "They catch like
(wide) receivers," he said. His reference was primarily to Bennett, who got 65 yards out of two grabs, and Lee (two for 37).
Weldon hit 14 of his 24 passes for 252 yards and three touchdowns.
"Having a guy like Dawsey is a real plus," said the Tallahassee junior. "When a quarterback knows he just needs to wing it, and his receiver has a chance to catch it - that gives me a lot of
confidence."
Florida State is by far the best team his Tigers have played this year, said Stobart.
"I think the turnover on the first drive of the game was a big factor - that drive and the one
after the botched punt by Florida State are the two when we should have scored."
With an open date this week, the Seminoles gird for their Dec. 1 home date with Florida.
"Great defense - great
secondary, great defensive line," said Dawsey of Florida. "Best team we play all year."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Memphis State |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Florida State |
9 |
23 |
3 |
0 |
35 |
1st 6- 0 Amp Lee, 3, run (Richie Andrews, kick blocked), 3:31
9- 0 Richie Andrews, 45, field goal, 1:21
2nd 16- 0 Edgar Bennett, 32, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:14
23- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 45, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:05
29- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 17, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick failed), 5:50
29- 0 Opp, 51, field goal failed, 2:05
32- 0 Richie Andrews, 21, field goal, 0:00
3rd 32- 3 Opp, 47, field goal, 12:41
35- 3 Richie Andrews, 41, field goal, 5:49
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 11
Rushes-yards 40-229 42-132
Passing 252 91
Att-Comp-Int 27-15-1 26-10-1
Total Yards 67-481 68-223
Punt Returns 1--8 2-14
Kickoff Returns 2-34 4-63
Interception Ret. 1-6 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 6-32.7 8-40.4
Sacks By-Yds 3-27 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 6-36 10-88
3rd Down Conversions 3-11 4-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Time of Posession 27:31 32:29
Attendance 55,190
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 12 67 1 24
Lawrence Dawsey 3 67 0 63
Sean Jackson 7 43 0 15
Eric Turral 1 23 0 23
Edgar Bennett 7 14 0 7
Shannon Baker 1 12 0 12
Casey Weldon 6 7 0 12
Paul Moore 2 -1 0 0
Brad Johnson 1 -3 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 229 1 63
Opp 42 132 0 62
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 8 133 2 45t
Edgar Bennett 2 65 1 33
Amp Lee 2 37 0 28
Shannon Baker 1 14 0 14
Sean Jackson 1 3 0 3
Paul Moore 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 252 3 45t
Opp 10 91 0 16
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Casey Weldon 14 24 1 252 3 45t
Brad Johnson 1 3 0 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 27 1 252 3 45t
Opp 10 26 1 91 0 16
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 1 -8 0 -8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -8 0
Opp 2 14 0 11
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 2 34 0 34
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 34 0 34
Opp 4 63 0 23
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Scottie McLaren 4 174 54
John Wimberly 1 43 43
Team 1 -21 -21
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 196 54
Opp 8 323 47
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Carruthers 3 4 7 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Marvin Jones 3 3 6 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
John Davis 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 3 2 5 2.0- 12.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Ken Alexander 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
John Nance 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Willie Pauldo 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Mack Knight . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Coes . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer 1 . 1 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 . 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Kevin Knox 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Keen 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey . . . . . 1- 6 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 27 62 5.0- 29.0 3.0- 27.0 1- 6 4 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 40 12 52 3.0- 13.0 1.0- 8.0 1- 0 4 . . . 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 1 Shannon Baker
QB 11 Casey Weldon
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FLK 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
FG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
RT 62 Troy Sanders
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
NG 96 James Chaney
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Matt Frier
13 Mack Knight
14 Brad Johnson
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
30 Chris Keen
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 Willie Pauldo
52 Robert Stevenson
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
61 Eric Gibbs
63 Jason Dillaberry
64 Jeff Deremer
68 John Flath
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
90 Scottie McLaren
91 Deondri Clark
94 Toddrick McIntosh
95 Carl Simpson
|
Florida State 45, Florida 30
12/01/1990, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, December 2, 1990, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Mighty Casey.
Weldon's home runs burn Florida.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Proud Florida came to town leading
the Southeastern Conference in total offense, in passing offense, in rushing defense, in scoring offense, in first downs per game.
It left town early Sunday morning leading the SEC in still another
category.
Losses to Florida State over the last four years.
The score was 45-30 as a Bobby Bowden team beat an SEC team for the ninth time in the last 10 attempts, including Florida for the
fourth straight year.
A record Campbell Stadium crowd of 63,190 on a pleasant Saturday night saw FSU strike for an early 10-0 lead, and go on from there.
Shortly after Bernie Sliger, the
retiring FSU president, took over for the horseman Osceola and slammed the spear into the Campbell Stadium turf, Florida kicked off to the Seminoles after winning the coin toss.
On first down from
the 20, Amp Lee slipped up the middle for 4 yards.
Then on second down, Casey Weldon moved to his left, and threw long to Lawrence Dawsey, who caught the pass behind defender Richard Fain and sped
on for a touchdown on a 76-yard play.
Moments later, on Florida's first play from scrimmage, Willie McClendon fumbled as Bill Ragans tackled him, and Howard Dinkins got the ball for FSU at
Florida's 23.
A run got little. Two passes missed, as Jimmy Spencer well-defended what likely would have been a touchdown strike to Shannon Baker near the goal. On fourth down Richie Andrews was
true on a 47-yard field-goal try, for 10-0.
Starting from the Florida 19, Shane Matthews hit two big third-down passes to take the visitors past midfield.
From the 14, on the first strike,
Matthews hit Ernie Mills with a 17-yarder. A bit later, on third down, he found Mills with a 16-yarder at FSU's 48.
Still another third-down play saw Matthews hit Eric Rhett over the middle for 17
yards at the 29.
But FSU stopped two runs short, and a pass fell harmlessly to the ground. From the 25, Arden Czyzewski kicked a 41-yard field goal that trimmed the score to 10-3.
On the series,
Tony Rowell, one of Florida's key offensive linemen, was helped off the field with a knee injury that seemed severe.
After Eric Turral got 20 yards to the 32 on the kickoff return, FSU came up
inches short of a first down. Lining up to go for it, the Seminoles went into a dougle-tight-end shift that had the desired effect of causing Florida to jump offside. After the first down, Dawsey
caught a short pass, then Amp Lee cut outside on a run for 14 to the 33.
Three plays later Weldon completed an 18-yard pass to Matt Frier at the 17. Soon Edgar Bennett got 14 to the 4 on a pass.
But linebacker Ephesians Bartley caught Lee for a 4-yard loss as he tried to move wide. On third down, however, Weldon threw to Lee for a touchdown on an 8-yard play, and it became 17-3.
As Rhett
ran for 11, then 7, Florida worked the ball to its 46.
An 18-yard catch by big tight end Kirk Kirkpatrick gained FSU's 36, and then it was Mills collaring a 19-yard shot to the 16. Rhett got to the
9 on a short throw as the quarter ended.
Matthews seemed to pass to Mills for a touchdown on the following play, but it was rubbed out by a delay penalty against Florida.
Whereupon, Matthews
tripped and lost 6 - after which John Wyche intercepted him at the eight.
A Dawsey reception keyed a movement out of the hole, up to the 35.
On third down, Weldon uncorked a bomb that Shannon
Baker, on a dead run at the Florida 5, could not hold onto - the ball seemed perfectly placed in his hands.
The game's first punt followed, a solid one by Scottie McLaren to Florida's 22. On
Terence Barber's 13-yard reception, Florida started to move over midfield again.
At the FSU 46, Wyche led a defensive stand. First he broke up a pass. Then he tore through to strike down Rhett for
a loss of 2 on third down.
The Seminoles found themselves in another hole, however, as a punt left them at their 12.
A procedure penalty, coupled with a stout Florida defense, stymied the
effort.
From the 14, McLaren's poor punt netted a mere 24 yards, to the FSU 38.
On second down, finding no one open, Matthews scrambled for 17 to the 21. Next play, a pass to Barber, got 17
more, to the 4.
With 5:12 left in the half, Matthews sneaked over from the 1 for Florida's first touchdown.
A 17-yard gain on Weldon's pass to Bennett attained midfield.
Lee sliced wide to
the Florida 40.
Two plays later, Lee took a Weldon pass over the middle and picked his way 29 yards to the 7.
After a procedure penalty cost 5, Lee ran for 8. Weldon threw toward Reggie Johnson,
who likely would have caught the pass for a touchdown, but he was tripped by Will White, bringing a penalty and first down at the 2.
Bennett smashed over for a touchdown that made it 24-10 with
1:11 showing until halftime.
After a mishandled kickoff, Florida started at its 6, but quickly reached its 35 on a McClendon run for 11 and a pass to Mills.
A Matthews scramble got 9, but two
plays later the quarterback was sacked by Todd McIntosh at the 39.
Just 15 seconds remained. Time enough for a pass-interference call on FSU at its 49, another ack (by Carl Simpson) and a final
futile throw by Matthews.
At this point FSU led in yardage, 251 to 232, with Weldon getting 186 on nine completions of 19 passes, and Matthews 168 on 13-of-21 statistics. Lee had caught four for
49, ran nine more times for 42, while Florida's Mills had 69 yards on four catches.
FSU checked Florida's initial last-half effort, following a start at the Florida 31. Three plays netted just four
yards. A 30-yard punt gave FSU the ball at its 33.
Frier made a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch of a Weldon pass for 50 yards, down to Florida's 17.
A Lee run and a face-mask call got FSU to
the 2. A couple of whacks from there, and Bennett got the touchdown to put FSU up 31-10 with 25 playing minutes still remaining.
From its 20, Florida moved to midfield, helped along by a downfield
pass-interference flag on FSU.
Three plays later it ended with Kirk Carruthers' interception of a Matthews toss, at the 26.
Successive runs by Lee got 9, 11 and 16 down to the Florida 38.
Whereupon, Florida zeroed in on the Chipley sophomore, stopping his fourth and fifth straight carries.
At this point Weldon, apparently nursing a cramp in his hand, was relieved at quarterback by
Brad Johnson.
On fourth down at the 31, Andrews tried another 47-yard field goal, missing on this one.
On the reverse, Barber got seven - and Florida 15 more, to its 47, as the runner got hit
out of bounds.
Next play saw Matthews connect with Mills for 28 yards, then get five more on a face-mask penalty.
As FSU jumped offsides, Matthews threw another one to Mills for a touchdown on a
14-yard play.
But Ragans ripped through to block a Czyzewski point-after try, leaving it 31-16 with 4:03 left in the quarter.
Turral got 28 yards out of the kickoff return, to the 36. With
Weldon back in at quarterback, Lee got the ball on first down, spinning away from defenders on a stunning 36-yard run to the Florida 28.
Dawsey dug to the 16 with a pass.
Then again the ball to
Lee, and the tailback cutting and spinning on a 16-yard scoring run. As the scoreboard showed 38-16 Lee had totaled 138 yards in 18 efforts against one of the nation's best defenses.
Still Florida
moved the ball, but no further than its 48 before punting to the 20.
A Huey Richardson sack of Weldon helped hold the Seminoles, and Florida started anew after a punt to its 43 early in the last
quarter.
A 35-yard pass to McClendon reached FSU's 22, and Mills soon caught a Matthews toss at the 6. Two plays more and the quarterback sneaked over for the TD from the 1, then threw to
Kirkpatrick for a 2-point pass that cut the score to 38-24.
The score wasn't cut long. On a first play, Weldon threw long to Dawsey, who finally got pulled down after a 31-yard leap to Florida's 2.
Lee scored from there, and it was 45-24.
The Gators scored a late TD on another Matthews pass, but failed to make the 2-point conversion, making the score 45-30.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
3 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
30 |
| Florida State |
17 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
45 |
1st 7- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 76, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:03
10- 0 Richie Andrews, 47, field goal, 12:57
10- 3 Opp, 41, field goal, 8:35
17- 3 Amp Lee, 8, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:36
2nd 17-10 Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:12
24-10 Edgar Bennett, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:11
3rd 31-10 Edgar Bennett, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:59
31-10 Richie Andrews, 47, field goal failed, 4:48
31-16 Opp, 14, pass (kick blocked by Bill Ragans), 4:03
38-16 Amp Lee, 16, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:08
4th 38-24 Opp, 1, run (pass), 12:38
45-24 Amp Lee, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:56
45-30 Opp, 9, pass (pass failed), 8:50
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 31
Rushes-yards 39-156 40-133
Passing 331 351
Att-Comp-Int 24-14-0 49-29-2
Total Yards 63-487 89-484
Punt Returns 0-0 1-2
Kickoff Returns 6-123 5-106
Interception Ret. 2-6 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 5-35.0 3-33.0
Sacks By-Yds 5-44 1-11
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 11-93 12-70
3rd Down Conversions 2-11 8-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 30:20 29:40
Attendance 63,190
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 26 147 2 36
Edgar Bennett 6 15 2 7
Paul Moore 1 3 0 3
Lawrence Dawsey 1 3 0 3
Casey Weldon 5 -12 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 156 4 36
Opp 40 133 2 20
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 4 172 1 76t
Matt Frier 2 68 0 50
Amp Lee 3 43 1 29
Edgar Bennett 2 30 0 17
Paul Moore 2 12 0 6
Reggie Johnson 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 331 2 76t
Opp 29 351 2 35
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Casey Weldon 13 23 0 325 2 76t
Brad Johnson 1 1 0 6 0 6
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 24 0 331 2 76t
Opp 29 49 2 351 2 35
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 1 2 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Eric Turral 4 83 0 28
Shannon Baker 1 21 0 21
Lawrence Dawsey 1 19 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 123 0 28
Opp 5 106 0 32
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Scottie McLaren 5 175 44
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 175 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marvin Jones 12 6 18 1.0- 2.0 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 5 5 10 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
John Wyche 4 1 5 1.0- . 1- 6 1 . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 3 2 5 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Bill Ragans 3 1 4 1.0- 14.0 1.0- 14.0 . 1 . . . 1 .
Leon Fowler 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick McIntosh 2 . 2 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Anthony Moss 2 . 2 2.0- 17.0 2.0- 17.0 . . . . . . .
Keith Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Davis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carl Simpson . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 47 19 66 6.0- 44.0 5.0- 44.0 2- 6 5 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 41 13 54 5.0- 1.0- 11.0 . 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 1 Shannon Baker
QB 11 Casey Weldon
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FLK 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
ST 73 Reggie Dixon
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Leon Fowler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
RT 62 Troy Sanders
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
NG 96 James Chaney
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Matt Frier
14 Brad Johnson
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
23 Bryce Abbott
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
41 Tommy Henry
44 John Wyche
46 Keith Jones
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
52 Robert Stevenson
56 Sterling Palmer
61 Eric Gibbs
63 Jason Dillaberry
64 Jeff Deremer
68 John Flath
75 Joe Ostaszewski
81 Kevin Knox
83 Dave Roberts
90 Scottie McLaren
91 Deondri Clark
94 Toddrick McIntosh
95 Carl Simpson
|
Florida State 24, Penn State 17
12/28/1990, Miami, Fla.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, December 29, 1990, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. Amplified.
Early Lee and late 'D' win for FSU
MIAMI, FL - A team billed as "Bobby's Blockbuster
Babies" may have moved past the diaper stage at Joe Robbie Stadium on Friday night.
With a magnificent defensive effort, the young Seminoles held off a strong Penn State counterattack and prevailed
24-17 in the inaugural Blockbuster Bowl.
With only five senior starters, the Seminoles made a strong case for nominal growth as they repeatedly repulsed Penn State's frantic efforts.
"They're an
awfully good football team," said Penn State's Joe Paterno. "It was a clean, tough game."
Bobby Bowden said he didn't think his team had played anybody better than Penn State all season. "I've
never enjoyed a bowl as much as this one because of the association. When you've beaten Joe, you've accomplished something."
The Seminoles had a 14-point lead when Tom Bill, a backup quarterback,
came in to throw a 37-yard touchdown pas to Terry Smith with 6:27 left.
From that point until the end, it was tension time for the crowd of 74,201. Penn State got the ball twice more, but made
nothing of it.
Thus the Seminoles finished the season 10-2, winning 10 or more for the fourth straight season - and vaulting among the nation's top five, surely, for the fourth straight season.
And for Bobby Bowden, it was career victory No. 205, in his silver-anniversary season of coaching he fattened his all-time high percentage in bowl victories. FSU has not been beaten in a bowl since
the 1980 season.
Sophomore tailback Amp See (named the game's MVP) ran 21 times for 86 yards, caught five passes for 32 yards and scored two touchdowns. Lawrence Dawsey caught eight passes for 107
yards, and Casey Weldon completed 22 of 36 passes for 248 yards as the Seminoles cranked up for an early 10-0 lead.
But Penn State, winner of nine straight going in, proved as stubborn as
billed.
FSU started the game in a hole, at its 17 following the kickoff. Penn State had won the coin toss and chose to defer its option.
But on second down, Weldon hit tight end Reggie Johnson
with a 29-yard pass to the 50. A third-down flag for pass interference helped FSU to the 32.
A Weldon keeper gained 9, but the Seminoles came up 2 yards short after Dawsey dropped a pass. On fourth
down, Richie Andrews' 41-yard field goal provided a 3-0 lead.
Penn State came out throwing, but a dropped pass and a fumble that lost 3 yards brought a Doug Helkowski punt. He shanked it and it was
fielded by Terrell Buckley, who seemed to make a disastrous move as he retreated 17 yards for running room.
But somehow the sophomore got loose, speeding 39 yards down the sideline to the Penn
State 15. Weldon's 13-yard run set up Lee's 1-yard scoring run to make it 10-0.
After a Nittany Lions drive failed largely due to two procedure penalties, Penn State finally got moving. Quarterback
Tony Sacca's first completion got 20 to Penn State's 40, with David Daniels on the receiving end.
Two plays later, Daniels - who had earlier dropped two passes - scored on an odd 56-yard pass play.
The pass was intended for tight end Al Golden, who appeared to tip the ball. Danield was close by to catch it, and no defender stood between him and the goal.
The Seminoles, however, responded
quickly. From the 30 after the kickoff, Edgar Bennett pulled in a pass for 17. Dawsey grabbed another at the Penn State 44 on the first quarter's last play.
Catching Penn State in a blitz, Weldon's
quick pass to Dawsey turned into a 29-yard gain to the 12. Lee capped the drive from the 7 by going off the right side for a touchdown that put FSU back up by 10, 17-7.
Howard Dinkins ended Penn
State's next drive. The junior outside linebacker leaped at the FSU 31 for his first interception ever.
The big play was wasted when Penn State's Darren Perry matched it by stealing a Weldon pass
and returning 19 yards to the FSU 46.
Sacca, known as a strong runner for a big man, went 19 yards with a keeper to the 20. Another Sacca run produced a first down at the 9. Good FSU pass defense,
sandwiched around a run to the 5, brought Penn State to fourth down.
But Tommy Henry tore through to block the field-goal attempt, and Kirk Carruthers tackled the holder at the 14 as he tried to
run with it. (Editor's note: The official game stats said that Anthony Moss blocked the field goal attempt.)
Paul Moore's 12-yard run on third down got FSU out of the hole. Then Lee took a screen
for 27 to Penn State's 48. Likely, the play would have brought a touchdown, save for a last-gasp tackle by linebacker Matt Baggett.
Naught came of it - until Scottie McLaren punted.
Terry Smith
fielded the ball at his 10, hesitated a bit, throwing onrushing defenders off stride, then sprinted up the middle to the 50. Had not McLaren grabbed him by the ankle, it would have been a touchdown.
But many thought it should have been no play at all, Smith's knee appearing to touch the ground as he fielded the ball.
A 26-yard pass to Daniels backed FSU to its 18. But holding cost Penn State
10, and Leon Fowler intercepted a Sacca shot at the 25.
The Seminoles took that 17-7 lead into the locker room at the half.
At this halfway point, FSU led in yardage 243 to 200. Lee on 13 runs,
had gained 56 of the 107 rushing yards, and Weldon had struck on 12 of 19 passes for 1237. Penn State had netted just 79 yards on 16 runs, while Sacca had passed for 121 while completing a mere five
of 13.
Florida State had controlled the ball, 18:22 to 11:38 on the clock.
It was a clock moving mighty slow, with the third quarter finally starting after a 30-minute halftime. FSU started it
with big senior guard Hayward Haynes having played his last for the Seminoles. He left earlier, not to return, with a severe ankle injury.
Run's after the kickoff, led the Nittany Lions from their
22 to 38. But a Bill Ragans sack of Sacca forced a punt, to FSU's 34.
Lee struck for 13 on a run, but when Weldon went deep toward Dawsey with a pass, cornerback Leonard Humphries intercepted at
the Penn State 18.
Three Sacca completions, one to Tisen Thomas for 14, gained 48. Fifteen yards on a pass to Smith, plus a face-mask call, reached FSU's 36. After which, Daniels caught one at the
15.
But two incompletions, sandwiched around a no-gain fumble, brought it to fourth down. Craig Fayek's 32-yard field goal cut it to 17-10.
As they had earlier when Penn State mounted a
scoreboard challenge, the Seminoles rushed back to score. Matt Frier returned a short kickoff 10 yards to FSU's 43.
Dawsey got 22 on a pass to the Lions' 32. Two plays later, Bennett caught one for
25 at the 5. Two more plays, and Weldon scored on a bootleg right to make it 24-10.
As the last quarter started, FSU again had the ball at its 24 following a 22-yard punt.
Penn State's stout
defense checked FSU there, and when Wimberly punted, he got heavy rush and barely got off a boot. It trickled 15 yards, and Penn State had a shot from FSU's 40.
Two runs got but 4, and Dinkins
sacked Sacca at the 40. Helkowski's punt left FSU at its 9.
Pretty well content now to run off some time, FSU did just that after a pass to Dawsey at the 23 got it out of the hole.
With about
7:30 remaining, McLaren punted to the Penn State 38. The Nittany Lions decided to try a new quarterback, Bill, and right away he threw to Daniels for 22 at FSU's 40.
Two plays later, Smith made a
dazzling catch of a Bill bomb, and it was a touchdown on a 37-yard play. With 6:27 left, the score was 24-17.
FSU didn't play it conservatively, Weldon passing 17 yards on first down to Dawsey at
the FSU 42. On the next play, Shannon Baker caught one for 17 more, at the Penn State 41.
After three more passes missed, McLaren's punt rolled into the end zone.
The clock showed 4:56 as Penn
State started from its 20.
On first down, Smith pulled in a 25-yard Bill pass at the 45.
Later it came to fourth-and-six at the 45, with a punt leaving FSU at its 11 with 3:53 to go.
A quick
pass over the middle was too hot for Johnson to handle. Delay then cost FSU 5 yards. Lee got just 2 on a run. A pass missed.
With 3:17 to go, McLaren's punt was short, and Thomas returned it 11 to
the FSU 31. Again his knee seemed almost on the ground as he fielded it.
Two passes failed. On a quarterback draw, Bill got 2 as he had to go outside.
On fourth down, John Davis intercepted at
the 1.
FSU ran out the clock on the game, and another sparkling season.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Penn State |
7 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
10 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
24 |
1st 3- 0 Richie Andrews, 41, field goal, 10:47
10- 0 Amp Lee, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:20
10- 7 Opp, 56, pass (kick), 1:13
2nd 17- 7 Amp Lee, 7, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:28
17- 7 Opp, 22, field goal blocked by Anthony Moss, 7:41
3rd 17-10 Opp, 32, field goal, 7:32
24-10 Casey Weldon, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:51
4th 24-17 Opp, 37, pass (kick), 6:27
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 17
Rushes-yards 39-152 31-122
Passing 248 278
Att-Comp-Int 36-22-2 32-15-3
Total Yards 75-400 63-400
Punt Returns 2-43 4-72
Kickoff Returns 4-63 2-40
Interception Ret. 3-2 2-19
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 7-37.6 6-36.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-8 1-5
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yds 4-35 6-46
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 2-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 33:47 26:13
Attendance 74,021
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
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Amp Lee 21 86 2 17
Edgar Bennett 9 30 0 12
Casey Weldon 6 22 1 13
Paul Moore 1 12 0 12
Sean Jackson 1 2 0 2
Lawrence Dawsey 1 0 0
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FSU 39 152 3 17
Opp 31 122 0 19
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
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Lawrence Dawsey 8 107 0
Edgar Bennett 4 49 0 25
Reggie Johnson 2 34 0 29
Amp Lee 5 32 0 27
Shannon Baker 1 17 0 17
Dave Roberts 1 6 0 6
Paul Moore 1 3 0 3
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FSU 22 248 0 29
Opp 15 278 2 56t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
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Casey Weldon 22 36 2 248 0 29
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FSU 22 36 2 248 0 29
Opp 15 32 3 278 2 56t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
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Terrell Buckley 2 43 0 39
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FSU 2 43 0 39
Opp 4 72 0 42
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
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Shannon Baker 2 32 0 19
Eric Turral 1 21 0 21
Matt Frier 1 10 0 10
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FSU 4 63 0 21
Opp 2 40 0 32
Punting No Yds Lng
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Scottie McLaren 4 146 41
John Wimberly 3 117 54
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FSU 7 263 54
Opp 6 218 41
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Kirk Carruthers 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 6 . 6 1.0- 4.0 1.0- 4.0 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Bill Ragans 5 . 5 1.0- 4.0 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Marvin Jones 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 4 1 5 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Davis 3 . 3 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
John Wyche 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
John Nance 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 1 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Bryce Abbott 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 . 1 . . 1- 2 1 . . . . .
Richard Coes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ken Alexander 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Stallworth 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Scottie McLaren 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
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FSU 57 3 60 3.0- 11.0 2.0- 8.0 3- 2 4 . . . 1 .
Opp 61 4 65 4.0- 12.0 1.0- 5.0 2- 19 3 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
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QB 11 Casey Weldon
SE 12 Matt Frier
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
FL 29 Lawrence Dawsey
TB 42 Amp Lee
C 51 Robbie Baker
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
TG 60 Mike Morris
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
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Pos ## DEFENSE
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FS 3 Leon Fowler
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
RCB 27 Terrell Buckley
SS 44 John Wyche
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
SLB 55 Marvin Jones
RT 62 Troy Sanders
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
NG 96 James Chaney
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
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PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
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1 Shannon Baker
6 Grady Ross
7 Eric Turral
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
15 Bill Ragans
16 Richard Coes
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
28 Corey Fuller
30 Chris Keen
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
36 Ken Alexander
37 Sean Jackson
38 David Bassett
39 Ed Clark
40 David Stallworth
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## NAME
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41 Tommy Henry
46 Keith Jones
48 Willie Pauldo
56 Sterling Palmer
57 John Nance
58 Phillip King
72 Steve Allen
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
81 Kevin Knox
82 Brad Lundstrom
83 Dave Roberts
85 Lonnie Johnson
86 Marvin Ferrell
90 Scottie McLaren
94 Toddrick McIntosh
95 Carl Simpson
97 Reggie Freeman
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