2001 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Jody Allen, Graduate Assistant, Defensive Backs
Mickey Andrews, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Jeff Bowden, Offensive Coordinator, Receivers
Daryl Dickey, Quarterbacks
Jim Gladden, Associate Coach, Defensive Ends
Odell Haggins, Defensive Tackles
Jimmy Heggins, Offensive Line
Jon Jost, Strength and Conditioning
Joe Kines, Linebackers
John Lilly, Tight Ends, Recruiting Coordinator
Billy Sexton, Running Backs
Kyle Wilson, Graduate Assistant, Offensive Line
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2001 FSU Football Media Guide
Top: Brett Williams, Bradley Jennings
Bottom: Atrews Bell, Chris Hope
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2001 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
Xavier Beitia, 5-10, 180, PK, Tampa
- One of the top kickers, if not the best, in the state of Florida...perfect on nine attempts inside of 50 yards and went 31 for 32 in extra point attempts as a senior at Tampa's Jesuit High...listed
on Max Emfingers' Top 100 recruits...also listed on Atlanta Journal Constitution's Super Southern 100.
Eric Broe, 6-6, 290, OL, Norcross, Ga.
- Named first team Class A All-State as a senior at Wesleyan...played offensive tackle in high school...one of the biggest offensive lineman in Georgia...given a four star rating and a No. 12 rank of
all prep offensive linemen by rivals 100.com...named to Max Emfingers' Nifty 150 a listing of the top 150 prospects in the country...selected to BorderWars list of Top 100 players...member of Atlanta
Constitution's Super Southern 100...coach Will Jackson times Broe at a 4.9, 40 yard dash...bench presses 300 pounds and squats 600 pounds...played offense and defense in high school...started at right
tackle in the National All-Star game in Dallas, Texas.
Milford Brown, 6-4, 319, OT, Montgomery, Ala.
- Regarded as one of the top junior college linemen in the nation...projected to play center or guard at Florida State...already enrolled at Florida State...chose FSU over Tennessee, Georgia, LSU,
Auburn and Mississippi State.
James Buchanan, 6-2, 235, RB, Sarasota
- Florida's top pure fullback prospect and may be the top prospect at the position in the nation...listed on Max Emifinger's Top 100 and on the Florida Times Union Super 75...carried the ball 115
times for 695 yards and six scores as a senior at Cardinal Mooney..also caught three passes for 45 yards and one TD...great speed for his size...chose FSU over Florida, Texas and Boston College.
Donnie Carter, 6-4, 240, DL, Waycross, Ga.
- Part of an impressive incoming class of defensive linemen...ranked 14th on Tom Lemming's Top 25 defensive linemen from Prep Football Report...totaled 79 tackles, 10 sacks, six knockdowns and 10
caused fumbles on his way to earning All-South Georgia honors in his senior year...standout athlete who is also a power forward in basketball...given a three star rating in BorderWars.com's recruiting
profiles...recorded 50 tackles and three sacks as a junior...decided on FSU after attending the Clemson-FSU game.
Jerome Carter, 6-0, 208, DB, Lake City
- One of the top players in the nation and one of the top prospects in the state of Florida...a two time first team all-state selection...recorded 77 tackles (50 solo) on defense as a senior...rushed
for 811 yards on 83 carries (9.9 yards per carry) and scored 11 touchdowns...also caught 29 passes for 601 yards and seven touchdowns during senior year at Columbia...had 119 tackles while rushing for
777 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior..tops the Gainesville Sun's list of the state's best players...named one of the 25 best players in the country by Max Emfinger who also included him on his
national Nifty 150 list...Border Wars named him the third best safety prospect in the nation...named to Florida Times Union Super 75 and Atlanta Constitution Super Southern 100...named one of
Rivals.com Top 100...voted Class 5A District Player of the Year by the Florida Association of Coaches...bench presses over 300 pounds.
Marcello Church, 6-1, 190, LB, Saint Petersburg
- Regarded as one of the top linebackers in the state...member of Max Emfinger's Top 100...had an impressive senior season at Lakewood High in St. Petersburg...also played running back and rushed for
1,089 yards as a senior.
B.J. Dean, 5-11, 235, LB, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- As a junior, he made 76 solo tackles and 56 assisted tackles...made 200 tackles as a senior at Central High School...only middle linebacker expected to sign with Florida State...earned all-state
accolades following his junior year...reported to have a 400 pound bench press...given a two star rating by rivals 100.com...chose FSU over LSU and Mississippi State.
Kyler Hall, 6-1, 185, DB, Live Oak
- Florida class 3A Player of the Year...first team class 3A All-State selection...named to Florida Times Union Super 75...completed 127 of 208 passes for 1,733 yards and 14 TD's as a
quarterback...also rushed for 169 yards and four touchdowns...credited with 95 tackles (51 solo), four tackles for loss, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries at safety...also an honor student.
Matt Heinz, 6-5, 265, OL, Tallahassee
- First team class A All-State...named to Max Emfinger's Top 100 prospects in the state of Florida...listed on Florida Times Union's Super 75...Atlanta Journal and Constitution ranked him on the Super
Southern 100...graded out at 93 percent during senior season...can bench press 370 pounds and runs a 4.7...helped lead NFC to three consecutive state titles...chose FSU over Florida.
Andrew Henry-Kennon, 6-4, 285, OL, Tallahassee
- Top offensive line prospect who graded out at 82 percent with 34 "roach blocks" and 32 "decleaters" as a senior at Lincoln...named one of the top 150 players in the nation on Max Emfinger's Nifty
150...listed on Emfinger's Top 100 for the state of Florida...also listed on Border Wars Top 100 rankings...member of Florida Times Union Super 75 and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution's Southern
Super 100...third team class 6A all-state selection.
Matt Henshaw, 6-4, 208, QB, Brentwood, Tenn.
- Completed 169 of 269 passes (57%) for 2,173 yards and 15 touchdowns in his senior season under head coach Jack Daniels...passed for over 2,300 yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior...named second-team
class 5A allstate...father (George Henshaw) was an FSU assistant coach from 1976-1982 and has coached with several NFL teams...currently a member of the Tennessee Titans coaching staff...timed 4.65 in
the 40 yard dash at three camps last summer (FSU, Alabama and Tennessee)...picked FSU over ACC rival Clemson.
Paul Irons, 6-2, 255, RB, New Orleans, La.
- Played guard in high school but recruited by Florida State as a fullback...runs a 4.8 40 yard dash and bench presses 300 pounds...tremendous potential as a pounding fullback...selected Florida State
over Louisiana State, Mississippi and Tulane...comes from same high school as defensive end Roland Seymour, who graduated in the fall.
Willie Jones, 6-1, 200, LB, Miami
- One of the top linebacker prospects in the country...set a state record with 32 quarterback sacks this season...credited with 168 tackles and eight fumble recoveries from his outside linebacker
spot...already bench presses over 335 pounds...Max Emfinger lists him among this nifty 150 as one of the top players in the country...SuperPrep places him among the Top 15 overall prospects in the
country...also made Emfinger's Top 25 prospects list...made Rivals' list of Top 100 players...Border Wars also listed him among Top 100...Florida Times Union placed him on their Super 75...Atlanta
Constitution listed him on Southern Super 100...Tom Lemming of Prep Football Report lists Jones as one of the top recruits to come to Florida State...is listed as No. 10 in the Top 25 linebackers list
by Lemming...son of former FSU defensive end Willie Jones.
Ron Lunford, 6-5, 324, OL, Jacksonville
- Ranked 13th on Tom Lemming's espn.com Top 25 offensive linemen...did not play as a junior, but came on strong in his senior season...ranked as the third best prep offensive lineman in the country by
BorderWars.com, given a five star rating by the recruiting web site...first team All-American by Rivals and was ranked as the 18th best player nationally...named to Max Emfinger's Top 25 players
nationally...listed on Florida Times Union's Super 75...also listed on Atlanta Journal Constitution Southern Super 100...earned all-city and all-state mention for his play at offensive tackle...power
blocker with quick feet and great body control...benchpresses 405...nickname is "Lucky"...picked FSU over Auburn, Florida, Miami and Georgia.
Adrian McPherson, 6-3, 175, QB, Bradenton
- Named Mr. Football and Mr. Basketball in the state of Florida...Gatorade Florida Player of the Year...first team class 4A all-state...passed for 3,727 yards on 217 of 355 (61 pct) passing with 42
TD's and rushed for 765 yards and eight rushing TD's as a senior...passed for 75 TD's and 6,161 yards over the past two seasons...selected to play in the CaliFlorida Bowl in Santa Barbara, CA...Max
Emfinger named him one of their Super 25 and also to their Nifty 150 national list...Border Wars selected him to their Top 100 team...made Florida Times Union Super 75 and Atlanta Constitution Super
Southern 100...selected to Gainesville Sun's Top 10 list...averaged 35 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists a game, including games of 59, 56, 52, 49 and 46 points, in basketball during his junior
year...broke his single game scoring record in basketball with 59 points vs. East Bay...played outfield for his American Legion baseball team that won a state championship last summer...hails from the
same high school as former FSU star Peter Warrick and current Seminole Todd Williams...chose FSU over North Carolina.
Matt Meinrod, 6-4, 275, OL, Tarpon Springs
- A three star offensive lineman, as rated by Borderwars.com collegiate recruiting site...one of the top offensive line prospects in the state of Florida...made both the Florida Top 100 and the
national Nifty 150 lists by Max Emfinger...named to Florida Times Union Super 75...also a member of the Atlanta Constitution's Super Southern 100...could play either guard or center for the
Seminoles...graded out at over 90% last season...runs a reported 4.8 40 yard dash and bench presses 405 pounds...has a 32" vertical leap...selected Florida State over Ohio State, Tennessee and
Georgia...first team all-state as a senior.
Eric Moore, 6-4, 225, LB, Pahokee
- Considered by many to be one of the top linebackers in the nation and the best linebacker prospect in Florida this year...has the ability to play all three linebacking positions...Super Prep Player
of the Year...1999 Gridiron Player of the Year...one of four Seminole 2000 signings to be honored as a Parade All-American (Buchanan, Johnson and McFadden)...a Prepstar and Football News
All-American...named to PrepStar's 1999 Top 100 (No. 2 linebacker) Dream Team...listed as the No. 6 prospect in the Southeast Region by Prep Star...a USA Today All-USA second team selection...Jeff
Whitaker's Deep South Football Recruiting Guide Florida Player of the Year...25th best player in the country according to the Orlando Sentinel...St. Pete Times "Blue Chipper"...all-South selection by
Fox Sports Net...SuperPrep's No. 7 linebacker...Rivals100.com's No. 4 linebacker...G&W's No. 3 linebacker...helped lead team to state finals as a junior with current Seminole Anquan Boldin...had 123
tackles and 10 sacks as a junior...reported time in the 40 was 4.7...also played basketball in high school...chose Florida State over Tennessee, Miami, West Virginia and North Carolina.
Ray Piquion, 6-0, 209, LB, Miami
- Graduated early from Miami Lakes and enrolled at Florida State in January...can participate in spring drills...named second team all-state as a senior...Max Emfinger listed him on both his national
Nifty 150 and state of Florida Top 100...selected by Florida Times Union to their Super 75 team...made 133 tackles as a junior...has a 35" vertical leap...clocked at 4.47 in the 40...selected FSU over
a number of other schools, including Miami, Nebraska and Penn State.
Willie Reid, 5-10, 175, RB, Warner Robins, Ga.
- Voted the state's Offensive Player of the Year...clocked at a 4.50 40 yard dash time...selected FSU over Georgia and Florida...ran for 5,346 yards and scored 65 touchdowns in his career at Warner
Robins high school...named to Orlando Sentinel All-Southern team...BorderWars Top 100 selection...had 1,864 rushing yards in his senior year and rushed for over 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns in his
junior year...Reid is also a standout punt returner...bench presses 250 and has a 35" vertical leap.
Dominic Robinson, 6-1, 192, DB, Diamond Bar, Calif.
- One of the best cover corner prospects in the nation...as a senior he picked off 10 passes, broke up 20 others and recorded 93 tackles...played bothe free safety and cornerback during the
season...named MVP of national all-star game played in December in Dallas, Tx...Rivals.com named him to it's 11 member defensive All-America team...made Reebok/ESPN first team All-American...ranked as
the nation's second best by SuperPrep...listed eighth nationally by Rivals 100...selected by Max Emfinger to the Nifty 150...picked off eight passes returning one of them for a touchdown as a
junior...had three inteceptions, including one for a touchdown, to help lead Diamond Bar to a California Interscholastic Federation Division II championship game victory as a sophomore...also caught
24 passes for 722 yards and nine touchdowns last season...chose Florida State over Tennessee and Washington.
Gerard Ross, 6-2, 190, DB, Jacksonville
- One of Florida's premier athletes who played both ways...threw for 1,700 yards and 29 touchdowns as a junior...also gained 900 yards rushing and scored 11 rushing touchdowns...recorded eight
interceptions, 71 stops, two sacks, three interceptions, six knockdowns and had 46 tackles from his safety spot...named to Orlando Sentinel's All-Southern team...named to Max Emfinger's Nifty 150
nationally...Border Wars selected him among their Top 100 prospects...also made Rivals.com's Top 100 list...member of Florida Times Union 's Super 75...tabbed by Atlanta Constitution as a Super
Southern selection...runs the 40 yard dash in the 4.4 second range and has a 37 inch vertical leap...selected the Seminoles over Georgia, Florida, Notre Dame, Auburn, Alabama and Miami.
P.K. Sam, 6-3, 185, WR, Buford, Ga.
- Had 39 catches for 1,067 yards, averaging 27.4 yards per catch...added nine touchdowns (two rushing) and two return touchdowns, as well as 91 tackles and five interceptions at free safety during his
senior year...named first team Class A all-state...named to Orlando Sentinel's All-Southern team...named to Max Emfinger's Nifty 150 nationally...also made Rivals.com's Top 100 list...member of
Florida Times Union's Super 75...tabbed by Atlanta Constitution as a Super Southern selection...earned conference and county Player of the Year accolades...Coach Dexter Wood reports 40 speed at
4.42...won the state title in the 110m hurdles and the 300m hurdles in his senior track and field season...also played basketball in high school...led team to a 13-2 record and a state runner up
finish as a junior...also saw time at punter and averaged 35.2 yards per punt.
Eric Shelton, 6-3, 230, RB, Lexington, Ky.
- First team USA Today and Parade All-American...a SuperPrep Elite 50 member...selected all-america by Reebok/ESPN...Border Wars selected him among their Top 100 prospects...also made Rivals.com's Top
100 list...tabbed by Atlanta Constitution as a Super Southern selection...named to Orlando Sentinel's All-Southern team...scored 32 touchdowns and averaged over 10 yards per carry...rushed for 4,970
yards and 59 TD's over his career and was a two time state class 4A Player of the Year...totaled 129 tackles, 41 tackles for losses and 11 QB sacks during his prep career at linebacker...also played
defensive end...has a 36 inch vertical leap and bench presses 350 pounds...an all-state track performer competing in the high hurdles, triple jump and 4x100 relay.
Craphonso Thorpe, 6-2, 185, WR, Tallahassee
- USA Today All-USA second team...first team class 6A all-state...64 passes for 1,025 yards and 8 TDs...returned two kickoffs and two punts for touchdowns...recorded 24 tackles, three interceptions,
14 pass break-ups and two fumble recoveries at cornerback...caught five passes for 69 yards in national All-Star game...won state title with Lincoln in 1999...named to Max Emfinger's Nifty 150
nationally...also made Rivals.com's Top 100 list...member of Florida Times Union's Super 75...tabbed by Atlanta Constitution as a Super Southern selection named to Orlando Sentinel's AllSouthern
team...timed at 4.37 in the 40 yard dash...chose FSU over Florida, Tennessee, Miami, Georgia Tech and Alabama.
Justin Tomerlin, 6-5, 240, TE, San Clemente, Calif.
- Tomerlin is the only tight end among FSU's 2001 signing class...an explosive player who has recorded 40 sacks over the past two years to go with 52 tackles for losses as a high school defensive
end...very agile, he has played fullback, offensive tackle and tight end on offense...bench presses 345 pounds...collected 59 tackles, four sacks, nine tackles for loss and eight hurries in his senior
year...Coach Eric Patton reports 40 yard dash speed to be 4.75...played in both the National All-Star game as well as the CaliFlorida Bowl...also played blocking back and tight end on offense in high
school.
Blake Williams, 6-4, 270, OL, Kissimmee
- Brother of FSU starting offensive tackle Brett Williams...will join one of the top offensive line classes in the country...selected FSU over Clemson, Florida and South Carolina...first team Class A
all-state offensive lineman as a senior...named to Max Emfinger's Top 100...timed at a 4.80 40 yard dash...missed much of his sophomore and junior seasons due to a knee injury and a ruptured
appendix...will likely play offensive guard at FSU.
2001 Roster - By Name
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R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 40 Allen Augustin LB 6-1 221 So * Miami (Miami Senior)
* 67 Josh Baggs C 6-1 305 Sr-R Camilla, Ga. (Mitchell-Baker/Georgia Southern)
70 Alex Barron OL 6-6 302 Fr-R Orangeburg, S.C. (Wilkinson)
* 47 Xavier Beitia PK 5-10 180 Fr Tampa (Jesuit)
* 26 Atrews Bell FLK 5-11 201 Sr-R *** Jacksonville (Lee)
* 97 Tony Benford DT 6-4 287 Jr-R ** Denver, Colo. (Jefferson)
4 Anquan Boldin QB 6-2 205 Jr ** Pahokee (Pahokee) Knee injury
* 51 Ronald Boldin OG 6-5 309 Sr-R ** Pahokee (Pahokee)
* 58 Michael Boulware LB 6-3 214 So * Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley)
* 22 Anthony Bredwood DB 5-10 185 Fr-R Palm Bay (Palm Bay)
65 Eric Broe OL 6-6 290 Fr Norcross, Ga. (Wesleyan)
* 54 Milford Brown OT 6-4 319 Jr Montgomery, Ala. (Carver/East Mississippi CC)
* 7 Rufus Brown CB 5-9 175 So-R * El Paso, Tex. (Austin)
36 James Buchanan RB 6-2 235 Fr Sarasota (Cardinal Mooney)
18 Yohance Buchanan DB 6-1 194 So * Atlanta, Ga. (Douglass)
96 Donnie Carter DL 6-4 240 Fr Waycross, Ga. (Ware County)
* 23 Jerome Carter DB 6-0 208 Fr Lake City (Columbia)
95 Rian Cason OT 6-4 305 Jr-R ** College Park, Ga. (Woodward Academy)
63 David Castillo C 6-2 291 Fr-R Palm Beach (Palm Beach Gardens)
* 92 Josh Charles DE 6-4 240 Sr Green Cove Springs (Clay)
* 66 Marcello Church LB 6-1 190 Fr Saint Petersburg (Lakewood)
49 Brett Cimorelli PK 6-4 214 So * Zephyrhills (Zephyrhills)
4 Cornelius Collier LB 6-1 230 So-R * Miami (Palmetto)
43 Bryce Cox DE 6-4 242 Sr Jacksonville (Lee)
83 Devard Darling WR 6-3 195 So * Houston, Tex. (Austin)
62 B.J. Dean LB 5-11 235 Fr Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Central)
* 45 Darnell Dockett DT 6-4 277 So-R * Burtonsville, Md. (Paint Branch)
* 88 Carver Donaldson TE 6-6 245 Sr-R *** Lakeland (Kathleen)
74 Otis Duhart OT 6-4 288 Sr-R *** Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
* 90 Kevin Emanuel DE 6-4 246 So-R * Waco, Tex. (Waco)
22 Davy Ford RB 5-11 188 Sr-R *** West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman) Knee injury
* 21 Talman Gardner SE 6-2 195 Jr-R ** New Orleans, La. (McDonough 35)
43 Randy Golightly FB 6-2 237 So-R * Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 37 Chance Gwaltney K-P 5-10 175 Jr-R * Cairo, Ga. (Cairo)
* 41 Kyler Hall DB 6-1 185 Fr Live Oak (Suwannee)
57 Matt Heinz OL 6-5 265 Fr Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
60 Andrew Henry-Kennon OL 6-4 285 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
14 Matt Henshaw QB 6-4 208 Fr Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood)
* 13 Jared Hetzel DB 5-10 166 Jr Belleview (Belleview)
* 61 Montrae Holland OG 6-3 325 Jr-R ** Ore City, Tex. (Jefferson)
* 28 Chris Hope FS 6-0 208 Sr *** Rock Hill, S.C. (Rock Hill)
* 12 Abdual Howard RV 6-0 200 Sr-R *** Quincy (Shanks)
* 59 Charles Howard DE 6-3 235 So * Lake Butler (Union County)
* 42 Jerel Hudson LB 6-3 277 Jr-R ** Homestead (South Dade)
* 82 Patrick Hughes TE 6-5 253 Jr-R ** Nacogdoches, Tex. (Nacogdoches)
* 38 Paul Irons RB 6-2 255 Fr New Orleans, La. (Saint Augustine)
* 48 Alonzo Jackson DE 6-4 255 Jr ** Americus, Ga. (Americus)
* 46 Gennaro Jackson FS 6-0 200 Sr-R ** Jacksonville (Raines)
* 94 O.J. Jackson DE 6-2 235 Jr-R ** Miami (Carol City)
* 44 Bradley Jennings LB 6-3 247 Sr-R *** Miami (Carol City)
* 99 Travis Johnson NG 6-5 282 Fr-R Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame)
* 6 Greg Jones TB 6-1 235 So * Beaufort, S.C. (Battery Creek)
29 Willie Jones LB 6-1 200 Fr Miami (Carol City)
* 86 Joey Kaleikini WR 6-0 192 So-R Niceville (Niceville)
78 Ron Lunford OL 6-5 324 Fr Jacksonville (Ed White)
* 20 Nick Maddox RB 6-0 190 Jr ** Kannapolis, N.C. (A.L. Brown)
* 39 Chad Maeder FB 6-3 240 Sr-R ** Brooksville (Brooksville Central/Millsaps College)
* 57 Robert May LB 6-0 240 Jr Waukegan, Ill. (Mount San Antonio JC)
* 15 William McCray RB 6-0 228 Sr-R *** Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 8 Bryant McFadden DB 6-0 176 Fr-R Hollywood (McArthur)
* 5 Adrian McPherson QB 6-3 175 Fr Bradenton (Bradenton Southeast)
73 Bobby Meeks OT 6-3 285 Fr-R Aldine, Tex. (Nimitz)
64 Matt Meinrod OL 6-4 275 Fr Tarpon Springs (East Lake)
* 52 Antoine Mirambeau C 6-4 280 Jr-R ** Miami (Miami Beach)
* 55 Eric Moore LB 6-4 225 Fr Pahokee (Pahokee)
87 Robert Morgan SE 6-0 187 Sr *** Atlanta, Ga. (Tri-Cities) Knee injury
* 49 Brandon Myers LB 5-11 202 Jr ** Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 30 Patrick Newton DB 5-9 180 Jr-R * Saint Petersburg (Shorecrest Prep)
* 27 Claudius Osei DB 6-0 190 Fr-R Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
33 Lemar Parrish RB 6-1 190 Jr * Miami (North Miami Beach)
56 Ray Piquion LB 6-0 209 Fr Miami (Miami Lakes)
* 9 Kendyll Pope LB 6-2 217 So * Fort White (Columbia)
93 Eric Powell DE 6-4 270 Sr * Orlando (Southwest Mississippi CC)
33 Willie Reid RB 5-10 175 Fr Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
28 Ryan Reynolds RB 6-0 190 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 16 Chris Rix QB 6-4 205 Fr-R Santa Margarita, Calif. (Rancho Santa Margarita)
* 31 Dominic Robinson DB 6-1 192 Fr Diamond Bar, Calif. (Diamond Bar)
71 Brian Ross DL 6-2 295 Fr-R Raleigh, N.C. (Enloe)
11 Gerard Ross DB 6-2 190 Fr Jacksonville (Trinity Christian Academy)
* 81 P.K. Sam WR 6-3 185 Fr Buford, Ga. (Buford)
* 10 Stanford Samuels CB 5-10 180 So-R * Miami (Carol City)
* 89 Brian Sawyer DS 6-2 238 So-R * Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County)
29 P.J. Selvidio FB 6-2 240 So West Palm Beach (Wellington)
* 69 Mike Shaw DT 6-3 250 Jr Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 35 Eric Shelton RB 6-3 230 Fr Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station)
* 32 Leroy Smith DB 5-10 175 Fr-R Quincy (Shanks)
84 Travis Smith WR 6-0 185 Jr Miami (Palmetto)
85 Jesse Stein PK 6-2 214 So Saint Petersburg (Shorecrest Prep)
* 3 Malcolm Tatum CB 6-1 170 Jr-R ** Miami (Killian)
* 1 Craphonso Thorpe WR 6-2 185 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
84 Justin Tomerlin TE 6-5 240 Fr San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente)
18 Greg Tony RB 5-11 210 Jr * Philadelphia, Pa. (Olney)
Fabian Walker QB 6-2 205 So Americus, Ga. (Americus/Jones County JC)
* 80 Javon Walker WR 6-3 190 Sr * Lafayette, La. (Jones County JC)
* 24 B.J. Ward RV 6-3 205 Fr-R Dallas, Tex. (Kimball)
41 Lee Weaver LB 6-2 216 Jr-R ** Live Oak (Suwannee)
68 Blake Williams OL 6-4 270 Fr Kissimmee (Osceola)
* 72 Brett Williams OT 6-6 317 Jr-R ** Kissimmee (Osceola)
* 79 Todd Williams OT 6-6 315 Jr-R ** Bradenton (Bradenton Southeast)
* 77 Ray Willis OT 6-6 288 Fr-R Angleton, Tex. (Angleton)
* 91 Jeff Womble NG 6-3 280 So-R * Dunwoody, Ga. (Dunwoody)
98 Chris Woods NG 6-3 278 Jr-R ** Orlando (Jones)
2001 Roster - By Number
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Fabian Walker QB 6-2 205 So Americus, Ga. (Americus/Jones County JC)
* 1 Craphonso Thorpe WR 6-2 185 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 3 Malcolm Tatum CB 6-1 170 Jr-R ** Miami (Killian)
4 Anquan Boldin QB 6-2 205 Jr ** Pahokee (Pahokee) Knee injury
4 Cornelius Collier LB 6-1 230 So-R * Miami (Palmetto)
* 5 Adrian McPherson QB 6-3 175 Fr Bradenton (Bradenton Southeast)
* 6 Greg Jones TB 6-1 235 So * Beaufort, S.C. (Battery Creek)
* 7 Rufus Brown CB 5-9 175 So-R * El Paso, Tex. (Austin)
* 8 Bryant McFadden DB 6-0 176 Fr-R Hollywood (McArthur)
* 9 Kendyll Pope LB 6-2 217 So * Fort White (Columbia)
* 10 Stanford Samuels CB 5-10 180 So-R * Miami (Carol City)
11 Gerard Ross DB 6-2 190 Fr Jacksonville (Trinity Christian Academy)
* 12 Abdual Howard RV 6-0 200 Sr-R *** Quincy (Shanks)
* 13 Jared Hetzel DB 5-10 166 Jr Belleview (Belleview)
14 Matt Henshaw QB 6-4 208 Fr Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood)
* 15 William McCray RB 6-0 228 Sr-R *** Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 16 Chris Rix QB 6-4 205 Fr-R Santa Margarita, Calif. (Rancho Santa Margarita)
18 Yohance Buchanan DB 6-1 194 So * Atlanta, Ga. (Douglass)
18 Greg Tony RB 5-11 210 Jr * Philadelphia, Pa. (Olney)
* 20 Nick Maddox RB 6-0 190 Jr ** Kannapolis, N.C. (A.L. Brown)
* 21 Talman Gardner SE 6-2 195 Jr-R ** New Orleans, La. (McDonough 35)
* 22 Anthony Bredwood DB 5-10 185 Fr-R Palm Bay (Palm Bay)
22 Davy Ford RB 5-11 188 Sr-R *** West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman) Knee injury
* 23 Jerome Carter DB 6-0 208 Fr Lake City (Columbia)
* 24 B.J. Ward RV 6-3 205 Fr-R Dallas, Tex. (Kimball)
* 26 Atrews Bell FLK 5-11 201 Sr-R *** Jacksonville (Lee)
* 27 Claudius Osei DB 6-0 190 Fr-R Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 28 Chris Hope FS 6-0 208 Sr *** Rock Hill, S.C. (Rock Hill)
28 Ryan Reynolds RB 6-0 190 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
29 Willie Jones LB 6-1 200 Fr Miami (Carol City)
29 P.J. Selvidio FB 6-2 240 So West Palm Beach (Wellington)
* 30 Patrick Newton DB 5-9 180 Jr-R * Saint Petersburg (Shorecrest Prep)
* 31 Dominic Robinson DB 6-1 192 Fr Diamond Bar, Calif. (Diamond Bar)
* 32 Leroy Smith DB 5-10 175 Fr-R Quincy (Shanks)
33 Lemar Parrish RB 6-1 190 Jr * Miami (North Miami Beach)
33 Willie Reid RB 5-10 175 Fr Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
* 35 Eric Shelton RB 6-3 230 Fr Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station)
36 James Buchanan RB 6-2 235 Fr Sarasota (Cardinal Mooney)
* 37 Chance Gwaltney K-P 5-10 175 Jr-R * Cairo, Ga. (Cairo)
* 38 Paul Irons RB 6-2 255 Fr New Orleans, La. (Saint Augustine)
* 39 Chad Maeder FB 6-3 240 Sr-R ** Brooksville (Brooksville Central/Millsaps College)
* 40 Allen Augustin LB 6-1 221 So * Miami (Miami Senior)
* 41 Kyler Hall DB 6-1 185 Fr Live Oak (Suwannee)
41 Lee Weaver LB 6-2 216 Jr-R ** Live Oak (Suwannee)
* 42 Jerel Hudson LB 6-3 277 Jr-R ** Homestead (South Dade)
43 Bryce Cox DE 6-4 242 Sr Jacksonville (Lee)
43 Randy Golightly FB 6-2 237 So-R * Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 44 Bradley Jennings LB 6-3 247 Sr-R *** Miami (Carol City)
* 45 Darnell Dockett DT 6-4 277 So-R * Burtonsville, Md. (Paint Branch)
* 46 Gennaro Jackson FS 6-0 200 Sr-R ** Jacksonville (Raines)
* 47 Xavier Beitia PK 5-10 180 Fr Tampa (Jesuit)
* 48 Alonzo Jackson DE 6-4 255 Jr ** Americus, Ga. (Americus)
49 Brett Cimorelli PK 6-4 214 So * Zephyrhills (Zephyrhills)
* 49 Brandon Myers LB 5-11 202 Jr ** Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 51 Ronald Boldin OG 6-5 309 Sr-R ** Pahokee (Pahokee)
* 52 Antoine Mirambeau C 6-4 280 Jr-R ** Miami (Miami Beach)
* 54 Milford Brown OT 6-4 319 Jr Montgomery, Ala. (Carver/East Mississippi CC)
* 55 Eric Moore LB 6-4 225 Fr Pahokee (Pahokee)
56 Ray Piquion LB 6-0 209 Fr Miami (Miami Lakes)
57 Matt Heinz OL 6-5 265 Fr Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 57 Robert May LB 6-0 240 Jr Waukegan, Ill. (Mount San Antonio JC)
* 58 Michael Boulware LB 6-3 214 So * Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley)
* 59 Charles Howard DE 6-3 235 So * Lake Butler (Union County)
60 Andrew Henry-Kennon OL 6-4 285 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 61 Montrae Holland OG 6-3 325 Jr-R ** Ore City, Tex. (Jefferson)
62 B.J. Dean LB 5-11 235 Fr Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Central)
63 David Castillo C 6-2 291 Fr-R Palm Beach (Palm Beach Gardens)
64 Matt Meinrod OL 6-4 275 Fr Tarpon Springs (East Lake)
65 Eric Broe OL 6-6 290 Fr Norcross, Ga. (Wesleyan)
* 66 Marcello Church LB 6-1 190 Fr Saint Petersburg (Lakewood)
* 67 Josh Baggs C 6-1 305 Sr-R Camilla, Ga. (Mitchell-Baker/Georgia Southern)
68 Blake Williams OL 6-4 270 Fr Kissimmee (Osceola)
* 69 Mike Shaw DT 6-3 250 Jr Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
70 Alex Barron OL 6-6 302 Fr-R Orangeburg, S.C. (Wilkinson)
71 Brian Ross DL 6-2 295 Fr-R Raleigh, N.C. (Enloe)
* 72 Brett Williams OT 6-6 317 Jr-R ** Kissimmee (Osceola)
73 Bobby Meeks OT 6-3 285 Fr-R Aldine, Tex. (Nimitz)
74 Otis Duhart OT 6-4 288 Sr-R *** Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
* 77 Ray Willis OT 6-6 288 Fr-R Angleton, Tex. (Angleton)
78 Ron Lunford OL 6-5 324 Fr Jacksonville (Ed White)
* 79 Todd Williams OT 6-6 315 Jr-R ** Bradenton (Bradenton Southeast)
* 80 Javon Walker WR 6-3 190 Sr * Lafayette, La. (Jones County JC)
* 81 P.K. Sam WR 6-3 185 Fr Buford, Ga. (Buford)
* 82 Patrick Hughes TE 6-5 253 Jr-R ** Nacogdoches, Tex. (Nacogdoches)
83 Devard Darling WR 6-3 195 So * Houston, Tex. (Austin)
84 Travis Smith WR 6-0 185 Jr Miami (Palmetto)
84 Justin Tomerlin TE 6-5 240 Fr San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente)
85 Jesse Stein PK 6-2 214 So Saint Petersburg (Shorecrest Prep)
* 86 Joey Kaleikini WR 6-0 192 So-R Niceville (Niceville)
87 Robert Morgan SE 6-0 187 Sr *** Atlanta, Ga. (Tri-Cities) Knee injury
* 88 Carver Donaldson TE 6-6 245 Sr-R *** Lakeland (Kathleen)
* 89 Brian Sawyer DS 6-2 238 So-R * Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County)
* 90 Kevin Emanuel DE 6-4 246 So-R * Waco, Tex. (Waco)
* 91 Jeff Womble NG 6-3 280 So-R * Dunwoody, Ga. (Dunwoody)
* 92 Josh Charles DE 6-4 240 Sr Green Cove Springs (Clay)
93 Eric Powell DE 6-4 270 Sr * Orlando (Southwest Mississippi CC)
* 94 O.J. Jackson DE 6-2 235 Jr-R ** Miami (Carol City)
95 Rian Cason OT 6-4 305 Jr-R ** College Park, Ga. (Woodward Academy)
96 Donnie Carter DL 6-4 240 Fr Waycross, Ga. (Ware County)
* 97 Tony Benford DT 6-4 287 Jr-R ** Denver, Colo. (Jefferson)
98 Chris Woods NG 6-3 278 Jr-R ** Orlando (Jones)
* 99 Travis Johnson NG 6-5 282 Fr-R Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame)
Other players who were lost from the 2001 team:
Ross Brannon knee injury
Devaughn Darling deceased
Jared Jones team rules
Greg Moore academics
2001 Conference Awards
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Xavier Beitia Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Michael Boulware Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Darnell Dockett Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Talman Gardner Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Montrae Holland Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Chris Hope Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Alonzo Jackson Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Bradley Jennings Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Kendyll Pope Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Chris Rix Atlantic Coast Conference - Rookie of the Year
Javon Walker Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Brett Williams Atlantic Coast Conference - Jacobs Blocking Trophy
Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
All-Conference - 12
2001 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Xavier Beitia The Sporting News - 3rd Team Freshman All-American
College Football News - Honorable Mention All-American
Bradley Jennings The Sporting News - 4th Team All-American
Travis Johnson The Sporting News - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Chris Rix The Sporting News - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Brett Williams College Football News - 2nd Team All-American
The Sporting News - 4th Team All-American
All-Americans - 5
2001 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Allen 51 LB St. Louis Rams
Peter Boulware 58 LB Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Brooks 55 LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tony Bryant 94 DE Oakland Raiders
Terrell Buckley 27 CB New England Patroits
Devin Bush 23 S Cleveland Browns
LeRoy Butler 36 S Green Bay Packers
Tay Cody 27 CB San Diego Chargers
Laveranues Coles 87 WR New York Jets
Sam Cowart 56 LB Buffalo Bills
Henri Crockett 94 LB Atlanta Falcons
Zack Crockett 32 RB Oakland Raiders
Char-ron Dorsey 79 OT Dallas Cowboys
Ron Dugans 81 WR Cincinnati Bengals
Warrick Dunn 28 RB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mario Edwards 27 DB Dallas Cowboys
Todd Fordham 78 OG Jacksonville Jaguars
Corey Fuller 24 CB Cleveland Browns
Derrick Gibson 26 S Oakland Raiders
Bill Gramatica 7 K-P Arizona Cardinals
Deon Humphrey 53 LB San Diego Chargers
Dexter Jackson 34 FS Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sebastian Janikowski 11 K Oakland Raiders
Brad Johnson 14 QB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jerry Johnson 90 DT Denver Broncos
Marvin Jones 55 LB New York Jets
Walter Jones 71 OT Seattle Seahawks
Kevin Long 60 C Tennessee Titans
Marvin Minnis 81 WR Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Minor 28 RB Miami Dolphins
Scott Player 10 P Arizona Cardinals
Tommy Polley 52 LB St. Louis Rams
Jamal Reynolds 99 DE Green Bay Packers
Samari Rolle 21 CB Tennessee Titans
Orpheus Roye 99 DE Cleveland Browns
Corey Simon 90 DT Philadelphia Eagles
Larry Smith 94 DT Jacksonville Jaguars
Greg Spires 96 DE Cleveland Browns
Tra Thomas 72 OT Philadelphia Eagles
Peter Warrick 80 WR-PR Cincinnati Bengals
Chris Weinke 16 QB Carolina Panthers
Reinard Wilson 57 LB Cincinnati Bengals
Noles in the Pros - 42
2001 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Conference games in bold
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 8- 4 4-2 3-2 1-0
vs ACC 6- 2 3-1 3-1 0-0
Against Top 25 3- 2 1-1 1-1 1-0
Final AP - 15
Final USA - 15
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Results
1 Maryland 7- 1 10- 2
2 Florida State 6- 2 8- 4
3 North Carolina 5- 3 8- 5
4t Georgia Tech 4- 4 8- 5
4t North Carolina State 4- 4 7- 5
4t Clemson 4- 4 7- 5
7t Wake Forest 3- 5 6- 5
7t Virginia 3- 5 5- 7
9 Duke 0- 8 0-11
2001 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Greg Jones 11/03/2001 Clemson 17 160 9.41 1
Greg Jones 01/01/2002 Virginia Tech 23 120 5.22 0
Greg Jones 10/20/2001 Virginia 18 107 5.94 0
Greg Jones 12/01/2001 Georgia Tech 23 101 4.39 0
2001 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Javon Walker 01/01/2002 Virginia Tech 4 195 48.75 2
Javon Walker 11/03/2001 Clemson 6 162 27.00 2
Talman Gardner 10/27/2001 Maryland 6 140 23.33 3
Javon Walker 10/20/2001 Virginia 6 124 20.67 1
Javon Walker 11/10/2001 North Carolina State 8 121 15.13 1
Talman Gardner 11/03/2001 Clemson 6 115 19.17 2
Javon Walker 09/29/2001 Wake Forest 3 111 37.00 1
Javon Walker 09/08/2001 Alabama-Birmingham 3 104 34.67 0
Atrews Bell 10/27/2001 Maryland 4 104 26.00 1
2001 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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Chris Rix 11/03/2001 Clemson 30 19 369 2 12.30 4
Chris Rix 10/27/2001 Maryland 24 15 350 1 14.58 5
Chris Rix 09/29/2001 Wake Forest 21 16 345 1 16.43 3
Chris Rix 01/01/2002 Virginia Tech 25 12 326 1 13.04 2
Chris Rix 11/10/2001 North Carolina State 35 20 302 1 8.63 3
2001 EOY Stats
From the 2002 FSU Football Media Guide, page 136.
Bowl game not included in the statistics.
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 373 287
Points Per Game............. 33.9 26.1
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 48 36
TDs Rushing................. 17 23
TDs Passing................. 26 10
TDs Fumble Return........... 1 1
TDs Punt Return............. 2 2
TDs Interception............ 2 0
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Lateral................. 0 0
TDs Free Kick............... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 44-48 34-37
Kick........................ 44-48 34-36
Pass........................ 0- 0 0- 0
Run......................... 0- 0 0- 1
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 13-14 11-15
SAFETY........................ 1 2
FIRST DOWNS................... 246 214
Rushing..................... 99 86
Passing..................... 124 109
Penalty..................... 23 19
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1756 1386
Yards gained rushing........ 2114 1700
Yards lost rushing.......... 358 314
Rushing Attempts............ 434 398
Average Per Rush............ 4.0 3.5
Average Per Game............ 159.6 126.0
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2931 2534
Att-Comp-Int................ 325-184-13 373-206-15
Efficiency.................. 150.77 113.10
Average Per Pass............ 9.0 6.8
Average Per Catch........... 15.9 12.3
Average Per Game............ 266.5 230.4
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4687 3920
Total Plays................. 759 771
Average Per Play............ 6.2 5.1
Average Per Game............ 426.1 356.4
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 34- 688 57-1166
Average Per Return.......... 20.2 20.5
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 31-282 27-337
Average Per Return.......... 9.1 12.5
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 15-165 13-131
Average Per Return.......... 11.0 10.1
FUMBLE RETURNS: #-YARDS....... 10- 76 8- 45
Average Per Return.......... 7.6 5.6
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 15- 8 20-10
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 93- 764 93- 815
Average Per Game............ 69.5 74.1
PUNTS-YARDS................... 55-2125 61-2385
Average Per Punt............ 38.6 39.1
Net punt average............ 32.5 34.5
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 31:02 28:58
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 66-148 60-161
3rd-Down Pct................ .446 .373
4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS-4TH DOWN. 1- 6 10-20
4th-Down Pct................ .167 .500
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 14- 93 29-212
MISC YARDS.................... 76 45
ATTENDANCE.................... 488,645 308,427
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-81,441 5-61,685
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 48 | 142 |
97 | 86 |
373 |
| Opponents | 62 | 74 |
83 | 68 |
287 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 11 134 745 32 713 5.3 6 51t 64.8
Nick Maddox 11 98 497 59 438 4.5 3 51t 39.8
Chris Rix 11 99 555 166 389 3.9 3 35 35.4
Eric Shelton 8 29 142 12 130 4.5 0 56 16.3
William McCray 9 27 58 7 51 1.9 5 9 5.7
Adrian McPherson 9 23 76 60 16 0.7 0 12 1.8
Greg Tony 3 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 4 3.3
Chad Maeder 11 3 8 0 8 2.7 0 4 0.7
Davy Ford 2 7 12 6 6 0.9 0 5 3.0
Lemar Parrish 2 2 6 0 6 3.0 0 5 3.0
Craphonso Thorpe 11 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 5 0.5
Team 0 5 0 8 -8 -1.6 0 0
Talman Gardner 10 2 0 8 -8 -4.0 0 0 -0.8
Total......... 11 434 2114 358 1756 4.0 17 56 159.6
Opponents..... 11 398 1700 314 1386 3.5 23 71t 126.0
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 11 156.59 286-165-13 .577 2734 24 63t 248.5
Adrian McPherson 9 111.44 37- 18- 0 .486 198 2 29 22.0
Chance Gwaltney 11 0.00 1- 0- 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Nick Maddox 11 91.60 1- 1- 0 1.000 -1 0 -1 -0.1
Total......... 11 150.77 325-184-13 .566 2931 26 63t 266.5
Opponents..... 11 113.10 373-206-15 .552 2534 10 78t 230.4
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Javon Walker 11 45 944 21.0 7 63t 85.8
Talman Gardner 10 33 649 19.7 11 57t 64.9
Atrews Bell 11 29 433 14.9 1 49 39.4
Craphonso Thorpe 11 15 286 19.1 1 51 26.0
Nick Maddox 11 26 262 10.1 1 28 23.8
P.K. Sam 9 11 158 14.4 2 29 17.6
B.J. Ward 4 6 81 13.5 1 31t 20.3
Joey Kaleikini 5 5 35 7.0 0 9 7.0
Carver Donaldson 6 3 26 8.7 0 12 4.3
William McCray 9 3 22 7.3 0 9 2.4
Patrick Hughes 9 2 13 6.5 0 8 1.4
Greg Jones 11 3 11 3.7 0 7 1.0
Travis Smith 2 1 7 7.0 1 7t 3.5
Paul Irons 3 1 5 5.0 1 5t 1.7
Chris Rix 11 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 -0.1
Total......... 11 184 2931 15.9 26 63t 266.5
Opponents..... 11 206 2534 12.3 10 78t 230.4
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 16 162 10.1 0 31
Nick Maddox 7 65 9.3 0 19
Jerome Carter 1 24 24.0 1 24t
P.K. Sam 4 11 2.8 0 10
Chris Hope 1 10 10.0 0 10
Kyler Hall 1 8 8.0 0 8
Anthony Bredwood 1 2 2.0 0 2
Gennaro Jackson 0 0 1 0
Total......... 31 282 9.1 2 31
Opponent...... 27 337 12.5 2 68t
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Michael Boulware 3 52 17.3 1 27
Chris Hope 3 0 0.0 0 0
Kendyll Pope 2 6 3.0 0 6
Malcolm Tatum 2 0 0.0 0 0
Abdual Howard 1 80 80.0 1 80t
Kyler Hall 1 16 16.0 0 16
Bradley Jennings 1 6 6.0 0 6
Stanford Samuels 1 5 5.0 0 5
Claudius Osei 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 15 165 11.0 2 80t
Opponent...... 13 131 10.1 0 27
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 26 561 21.6 0 41
P.K. Sam 4 74 18.5 0 27
Nick Maddox 1 27 27.0 0 27
Jerel Hudson 2 25 12.5 0 20
Greg Tony 1 1 1.0 0 1
Total......... 34 688 20.2 0 41
Opponent...... 57 1166 20.5 0 56
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
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Michael Boulware 2 73 36.5 1 73t 1
Jared Hetzel 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
Bradley Jennings 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
Rufus Brown 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
Travis Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
Bryant McFadden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Malcolm Tatum 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Darnell Dockett 0 0 . 0 . 2
Abdual Howard 0 0 . 0 . 1
Allen Augustin 0 0 . 0 . 1
Chris Hope 0 0 . 0 . 1
Jerel Hudson 0 0 . 0 . 1
Stanford Samuels 0 0 . 0 . 1
Jeff Womble 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 10 76 7.6 1 73t 10
Opponent...... 8 45 5.6 1 36t
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xavier Beitia 0 13-14 44-48 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 83
Talman Gardner 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66
Javon Walker 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42
Greg Jones 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
William McCray 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Nick Maddox 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Chris Rix 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Michael Boulware 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
P.K. Sam 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Atrews Bell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Jerome Carter 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Abdual Howard 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Paul Irons 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Gennaro Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Craphonso Thorpe 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
B.J. Ward 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Travis Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
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FSU 48 13-14 44-48 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 373
Opponent 36 11-15 34-35 0-1 0 0-0 0 2 287
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | L | FK |
|---|
| Talman Gardner |
. |
11 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Javon Walker |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Greg Jones |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| William McCray |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Nick Maddox |
3 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Chris Rix |
3 |
. |
24 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Michael Boulware |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| P.K. Sam |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Atrews Bell |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Jerome Carter |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| Abdual Howard |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Paul Irons |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Gennaro Jackson |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| Craphonso Thorpe |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| B.J. Ward |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Travis Smith |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Adrian McPherson |
. |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
17 |
26 |
26 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
24 |
9 |
9 |
. |
1 |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
L = Lateral
FK = Free Kick Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 11 385 389 2734 3123 283.9
Greg Jones 11 134 713 0 713 64.8
Nick Maddox 11 99 438 -1 437 39.7
Adrian McPherson 9 60 16 198 214 23.8
Eric Shelton 8 29 130 0 130 16.3
William McCray 9 27 51 0 51 5.7
Greg Tony 3 3 10 0 10 3.3
Chad Maeder 11 3 8 0 8 0.7
Davy Ford 2 7 6 0 6 3.0
Lemar Parrish 2 2 6 0 6 3.0
Craphonso Thorpe 11 2 5 0 5 0.5
Team 0 5 -8 0 -8
Talman Gardner 10 2 -8 0 -8 -0.8
Total......... 11 759 1756 2931 4687 426.1
Opponent...... 11 771 1386 2534 3920 356.4
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Xavier Beitia 13-14 .929 0- 0 3- 3 8- 8 2- 3 0- 0 42
| FG SEQUENCE |
Xavier Beitia |
|---|
| Duke |
(40), (31) |
| Alabama-Birmingham |
(36), (21), (30) |
| North Carolina |
None |
| Wake Forest |
None |
| Miami |
None |
| Virginia |
42, (20), (42), (31) |
| Maryland |
(31) |
| Clemson |
(31), (39) |
| North Carolina State |
None |
| Florida |
(39), (23) |
| Georgia Tech |
None |
| Virginia Tech |
(50), (47), (35) |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Chance Gwaltney 53 2125 40.1 60 8 9 13 2
Team 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Total......... 55 2125 38.6 60 8 9 13 2
Opponent...... 61 2385 39.1 68 4 10 14 2
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 11 0 944 0 0 0 0 944 85.8
Craphonso Thorpe 11 5 286 0 561 0 0 852 77.5
Nick Maddox 11 438 262 65 27 0 0 792 72.0
Greg Jones 11 713 11 0 0 0 0 724 65.8
Talman Gardner 10 -8 649 0 0 0 0 641 64.1
Atrews Bell 11 0 433 0 0 0 0 433 39.4
Chris Rix 11 389 -1 0 0 0 0 388 35.3
P.K. Sam 9 0 158 11 74 0 0 243 27.0
Dominic Robinson 9 0 0 162 0 0 0 162 18.0
Eric Shelton 8 130 0 0 0 0 0 130 16.3
Michael Boulware 11 0 0 0 0 52 73 125 11.4
B.J. Ward 4 0 81 0 0 0 0 81 20.3
Abdual Howard 11 0 0 0 0 80 0 80 7.3
William McCray 9 51 22 0 0 0 0 73 8.1
Joey Kaleikini 5 0 35 0 0 0 0 35 7.0
Carver Donaldson 6 0 26 0 0 0 0 26 4.3
Jerel Hudson 9 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 2.8
Jerome Carter 4 0 0 24 0 0 0 24 6.0
Kyler Hall 7 0 0 8 0 16 0 24 3.4
Adrian McPherson 9 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.8
Patrick Hughes 9 0 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.4
Greg Tony 3 10 0 0 1 0 0 11 3.7
Chris Hope 11 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0.9
Chad Maeder 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.7
Travis Smith 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 3.5
Davy Ford 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.0
Bradley Jennings 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.5
Lemar Parrish 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.0
Kendyll Pope 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.5
Paul Irons 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 1.7
Stanford Samuels 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5
Rufus Brown 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
Anthony Bredwood 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0
Team 0 -8 0 0 0 0 0 -8
Total......... 11 1756 2931 282 688 165 76 5898 536.2
Opponent...... 11 1386 2534 337 1166 131 45 5599 509.0
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Bradley Jennings 11 72 49 121 1.0- 3.0 1.0- 3.0 1- 6 7 7 2- 0 . . .
Kendyll Pope 11 52 61 113 7.0- 28.0 2.0- 10.0 2- 6 5 . . . . .
Abdual Howard 11 63 38 101 1.0- 2.0 . 1- 80 5 . . 1 . .
Michael Boulware 11 37 44 81 6.0- 17.0 . 3- 52 4 1 2- 73 1 . .
Chris Hope 11 46 30 76 1.0- 1.0 . 3- 0 10 . . 1 . .
Darnell Dockett 11 33 35 68 22.0- 64.0 . . 19 . . 2 . .
Stanford Samuels 11 28 12 40 1.0- 2.0 . 1- 5 7 . . 1 . .
Jerel Hudson 9 15 23 38 2.0- 2.0 . . 1 . . 1 . .
Jeff Womble 11 15 22 37 5.0- 8.0 . . . 3 . 1 . .
Kevin Emanuel 11 17 19 36 7.0- 23.0 1.0- 7.0 . . 2 . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 11 19 14 33 8.0- 34.0 5.0- 29.0 . 1 16 . . . .
Travis Johnson 7 12 19 31 8.0- 24.0 2.0- 9.0 . . 2 1- 0 1 . .
Rufus Brown 11 24 5 29 . . . 3 . 1- 3 . . .
Malcolm Tatum 11 18 9 27 . . 2- 0 6 . 1- 0 . . .
Charles Howard 10 10 14 24 2.0- 18.0 2.0- 18.0 . . 5 . . . .
Tony Benford 7 11 12 23 4.0- 14.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 8 19 3 22 . . . 2 . 1- 0 . . .
Gennaro Jackson 9 11 5 16 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Charles 7 4 12 16 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . 1 . . . .
Claudius Osei 8 12 3 15 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
O.J. Jackson 8 2 13 15 . . . . 1 . . . .
Eric Moore 7 8 7 15 2.0- 10.0 1.0- 8.0 . . 2 . . . .
Marcello Church 8 8 6 14 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel 6 9 3 12 . . . . . 2- 0 . . .
Jerome Carter 4 7 4 11 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Allen Augustin 9 3 7 10 . . . . 1 . 1 . .
Kyler Hall 7 3 6 9 . . 1- 16 . . . . 1 .
Patrick Newton 6 4 5 9 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Shaw 4 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Powell 2 4 3 7 . . . . 1 . . . .
Brian Ross 3 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Stein 9 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Leroy Smith 6 5 . 5 . . . 3 . . . . .
Brian Sawyer 11 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Shelton 8 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
B.J. Ward 4 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Brandon Myers 3 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Robert May 2 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Cornelius Collier 2 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Rix 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Montrae Holland 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Nick Maddox 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Jones 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chance Gwaltney 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Tony 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
P.J. Selvidio 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Xavier Beitia 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Craphonso Thorpe 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Atrews Bell 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Milford Brown 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chad Maeder 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Antoine Mirambeau 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Javon Walker 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Todd Williams 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Talman Gardner 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dominic Robinson 9 . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Adrian McPherson 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Hughes 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
William McCray 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
P.K. Sam 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brett Williams 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Carver Donaldson 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ray Willis 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joey Kaleikini 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paul Irons 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alex Barron 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bobby Meeks 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Josh Baggs 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ronald Boldin 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Davy Ford 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lemar Parrish 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Bredwood 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Travis Smith 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brett Cimorelli 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Matt Heinz 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ray Piquion 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Castillo 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yohance Buchanan 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Team 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Totals 599 504 1103 78.0-255.0 16.0- 97.0 15-165 75 43 10- 76 10 2 1
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS Duke UAB UNC Wake UM UVa UMd CU NCS UF GT VT
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40 Allen Augustin 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
67 Josh Baggs 2- 0 xx xx
70 Alex Barron 2- 0 xx xx
47 Xavier Beitia 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
26 Atrews Bell 12-12 O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK O-FLK
97 Tony Benford 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
4 Anquan Boldin 0- 0
51 Ronald Boldin 2- 0 xx xx
58 Michael Boulware 12-12 D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB
22 Anthony Bredwood 2- 0 xx xx
65 Eric Broe 0- 0
54 Milford Brown 12-12 O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG
7 Rufus Brown 12-12 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RC
36 James Buchanan 0- 0
18 Yohance Buchanan 1- 0 xx
96 Donnie Carter 0- 0
23 Jerome Carter 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
95 Rian Cason 0- 0
63 David Castillo 1- 0 xx
92 Josh Charles 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
66 Marcello Church 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
49 Brett Cimorelli 2- 0 xx xx
4 Cornelius Collier 2- 0 xx xx
43 Bryce Cox 0- 0
83 Devard Darling 0- 0
62 B.J. Dean 0- 0
45 Darnell Dockett 12-12 D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT
88 Carver Donaldson 7- 4 xx xx xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
74 Otis Duhart 0- 0
90 Kevin Emanuel 12-12 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-LE D-LE D-LE D-LE
22 Davy Ford 2- 0 xx xx
21 Talman Gardner 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
43 Randy Golightly 0- 0
37 Chance Gwaltney 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
41 Kyler Hall 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
57 Matt Heinz 1- 0 xx
60 Andrew Henry-Kennon 0- 0
14 Matt Henshaw 0- 0
13 Jared Hetzel 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
61 Montrae Holland 12-12 O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG
28 Chris Hope 12-12 D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS
12 Abdual Howard 12-12 D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-ROV D-RV D-RV D-RV D-RV
59 Charles Howard 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
42 Jerel Hudson 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
82 Patrick Hughes 9- 8 O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE xx
38 Paul Irons 3- 0 xx xx xx
48 Alonzo Jackson 12-12 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE
46 Gennaro Jackson 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
94 O.J. Jackson 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
44 Bradley Jennings 12-12 D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB
99 Travis Johnson 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
6 Greg Jones 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
29 Willie Jones 2- 0 xx xx
86 Joey Kaleikini 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
78 Ron Lunford 0- 0
20 Nick Maddox 12-12 O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB
39 Chad Maeder 12-12 O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
57 Robert May 2- 0 xx xx
15 William McCray 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
8 Bryant McFadden 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
5 Adrian McPherson 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
73 Bobby Meeks 2- 0 xx xx
64 Matt Meinrod 0- 0
52 Antoine Mirambeau 12-12 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
55 Eric Moore 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
87 Robert Morgan 0- 0
49 Brandon Myers 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
30 Patrick Newton 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
27 Claudius Osei 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
33 Lemar Parrish 2- 0 xx xx
56 Ray Piquion 1- 0 xx
9 Kendyll Pope 12-12 D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB
93 Eric Powell 2- 0 xx xx
33 Willie Reid 0- 0
28 Ryan Reynolds 1- 0 xx
16 Chris Rix 12-12 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB
31 Dominic Robinson 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
71 Brian Ross 3- 0 xx xx xx
11 Gerard Ross 0- 0
81 P.K. Sam 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
10 Stanford Samuels 12- 4 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-LC D-LC D-LC D-LC
89 Brian Sawyer 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
29 P.J. Selvidio 1- 0 xx
69 Mike Shaw 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
35 Eric Shelton 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
32 Leroy Smith 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
84 Travis Smith 2- 0 xx xx
85 Jesse Stein 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
3 Malcolm Tatum 12- 8 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB xx xx xx xx
1 Craphonso Thorpe 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
84 Justin Tomerlin 0- 0
18 Greg Tony 3- 0 xx xx xx
Fabian Walker 0- 0
80 Javon Walker 12-12 O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE
24 B.J. Ward 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
41 Lee Weaver 0- 0
68 Blake Williams 0- 0
72 Brett Williams 8- 8 O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST
79 Todd Williams 12-12 O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST
77 Ray Willis 6- 4 xx xx O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT
91 Jeff Womble 12-12 D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
98 Chris Woods 0- 0
Florida State 55, Duke 13
09/01/2001, Durham, N.C.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 142.
DURHAM, NC - Organized chaos gave way to a typical Florida State blowout Saturday night.
Chris Rix eased into the post-Chris Weinke era with two touchdown passes and the No. 6 Seminoles blocked two punts for scores to beat Duke 55-13.
The Seminoles spotted the Blue Devils an early touchdown in the season opener for both teams, then clamped down on defense and made a pair of special team plays in the second quarter that turned the
game around.
It's a good thing, because coach Bobby Bowden was upset in the first quarter by an offense that didn't appear to be on the same page.
"If ya'll knew what we were trying to do out there, and then what actually happened, you would say we don't have any sense at all," said the 71-year-old Bowden, who won his 316th game.
"In the first quarter, if there were 20 plays, 12 of them looked like something we had never practiced. I was thinking, 'Bowden, you've got a new coordinator up there, you've got another quarterback
coach and we're not communicating, we're not getting the point to that kid out there.'"
In the end talent won out as the Seminoles broke in more than a dozen new starters and their defense limited Duke to 226 total yards and just nine first downs.
Rix wore Weinke's No. 16, but his performance at quarterback was average in his first start replacing last year's Heisman Trophy winner. Weinke, now the starting QB for the Carolina Panthers, threw
for a school-record 536 yards against the Blue Devils in a 63-14 win last year.
The Seminoles scored 31 points by the half, but Rix had just 93 yards and finished 9-of-18 for 135 yards throwing to a depleted group of receivers. His TD passes of 26 and 33 yards came after Florida
State already had a big lead.
"I finished much better than I started," Rix said. "Hopefully I can start games like that rather than waiting to get the momentum and get the tempo going. I didn't finish perfect and there are things
I need to improve on, but that touchdown pass was a good thing to end on."
Bowden replaced Rix late in the third quarter with the Seminoles up by 39 and en route to their 13th straight season-opening victory. Florida State also improved to 71-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference
games.
Florida State, normally a pass-happy team that led the nation in scoring and total offense a season ago, started the game with two tight ends, didn't use its no-huddle offense and mostly stuck to the
ground to try to get Rix comfortable.
The freshman was off the mark early and was short on some deep routes as the Blue Devils hung close for 18 minutes before dropping their 13th straight - the nation's longest losing streak.
Florida State's defense blew a coverage in the first quarter to allow Chris Douglas to race 78 yards with a short pass as Duke went up 6-0.
After Florida State's second delay-of-game penalty in three series, Bowden encouraged Rix on the bench as the signal-caller had nothing to show but a 1-for-4 start.
The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Rix completed his best pass of the first half - a 23-yard slant - on his next series as the Seminoles closed to 6-3.
Duke's freshman punter then ran into trouble early in the second quarter as the Blue Devils missed All-America kicker Brian Morton, who averaged 42.6 yards in four seasons.
Trey McDonald fumbled a perfect snap deep in his own territory, and after a wild scramble for the ball, Michael Boulware came up with it at the Duke 2. William McCray scored on the next play to start
Florida State's big quarter.
"Whatever momentum we had we decided to give it right back to them," Duke coach Carl Franks said.
After holding Duke on three plays, Jerome Carter blocked McDonald's next punt. The ball bounced once and then right into Carter's hands as he raced in from 12 yards out and the rout was on.
"The goal for all the freshmen who came on the trip was to play our hearts out and show people why Florida State signed us," said Carter, one of several first-year players who shined.
Former North Carolina prep star Nick Maddox, making his first career start after waiting his turn behind Travis Minor, scored twice over the final 5:14 of the half.
Maddox showed his speed on a 51-yard run as he got a good downfield block by P.K. Sam to cap off the scoring burst.
The junior then caught the first career TD pass by Rix, a 26-yarder over the middle.
"I felt like the North Carolina people thought he had been lost in the shuffle, so I was so glad to see him do what he did," Bowden said.
McDonald's first punt attempt of the third quarter was also blocked, this time in the end zone by Kyler Hall. Gennaro Jackson pounced on the ball for a 38-6 lead.
A mock cheer went up from the Duke fans late in the third quarter when McDonald got off a punt without it being blocked.
Duke has lost 16 straight games to ranked teams dating to 1994 and is 3-62 in its last 65.
"We can give ourselves a great chance to a bunch of games if we don't go out there and give the other team easy opportunities," said Franks, whose team held the Seminoles to 389 total yards.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
31 |
14 |
10 |
55 |
| Duke |
6 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
1st 0- 6 Opp, 78, pass (kick failed), 4:46
2nd 3- 6 Xavier Beitia, 40, field goal, 13:45
10- 6 William McCray, 2, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 12:01
17- 6 Jerome Carter, 12, punt return/blocked punt (Xavier Beitia, kick), 10:29
Note: Carter blocked the punt, picked it up at the 12 and
scored.
24- 6 Nick Maddox, 51, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 5:14
31- 6 Nick Maddox, 26, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 1:05
3rd 38- 6 Gennaro Jackson, 0, punt return/blocked punt (Xavier Beitia, kick), 11:06
Note: Kyler Hall blocked the punt which Jackson recovered in
the end zone.
45- 6 Craphonso Thorpe, 33, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 5:16
45-13 Opp, 68, punt return/blocked punt (kick), 1:15
4th 52-13 Greg Jones, 16, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 13:36
55-13 Xavier Beitia, 31, field goal, 7:33
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 9
Rushes-yards 38-200 36- 32
Passing 189 194
Att-Comp-Int 30-16-0 30-13-0
Total Yards 68-389 66-226
Punt Returns 7-69 4-92
Kickoff Returns 2-51 9-199
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 8-41.6 11-27.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-13 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Penalties-Yds 6-45 8-62
3rd Down Conversions 4-14 2-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-3
Time of Posession 34:05 25:55
Attendance 23,312
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 8 86 1 51t
Greg Jones 7 45 1 16t
Adrian McPherson 5 25 0 9
Chris Rix 2 20 0 14
Eric Shelton 8 12 0 9
Davy Ford 3 10 0 5
Greg Tony 2 6 0 4
William McCray 2 2 1 2t
Talman Gardner 1 -6 0 -6
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FSU 38 200 3 51t
Opp 36 32 0 7
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 5 68 1 33t
Javon Walker 5 62 0 23
Nick Maddox 2 33 1 26t
Joey Kaleikini 1 9 0 9
William McCray 1 7 0 7
P.K. Sam 1 5 0 5
Atrews Bell 1 5 0 5
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FSU 16 189 2 33t
Opp 13 194 1 78t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
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Chris Rix 9 18 0 135 2 33t
Adrian McPherson 7 12 0 54 0 17
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FSU 16 30 0 189 2 33t
Opp 13 30 0 194 1 78t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 2 28 0 19
Jerome Carter 1 24 1 12t
Chris Hope 1 10 0 10
Kyler Hall 1 8 0 8
Gennaro Jackson 0 0 1 0t
P.K. Sam 2 -1 0 4
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FSU 7 69 2 19
Opp 4 92 1 68t
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 1 27 0 27
Craphonso Thorpe 1 24 0 24
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FSU 2 51 0 27
Opp 9 199 0 33
Punting No Yds Lng
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Chance Gwaltney 8 333 54
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FSU 8 333 54
Opp 11 303 51
|---------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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Kendyll Pope 1 7 8 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bradley Jennings 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 2 5 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
Abdual Howard 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome Carter 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Jerel Hudson 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Travis Johnson 1 3 4 2.5- 10.0 1.5- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 1 2 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
O.J. Jackson . 3 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Patrick Newton 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Leroy Smith 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Brandon Myers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Charles 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Powell . 2 2 0.5- 4.0 0.5- 4.0 . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Jesse Stein 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Tony . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Sawyer . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Adrian McPherson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Ross . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Shaw . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Allen Augustin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kyler Hall . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
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FSU 33 48 81 6.0- 20.0 2.0- 13.0 . 7 . 1- 0 . 2 .
Opp 35 40 75 6.0- 9.0 . . 8 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
5 Adrian McPherson
5 Cornelius Collier
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
10 Stanford Samuels
15 William McCray
18 Yohance Buchanan
18 Greg Tony
19 Lemar Parrish
21 Talman Gardner
22 Davy Ford
23 Jerome Carter
27 Claudius Osei
29 Willie Jones
30 Patrick Newton
31 Dominic Robinson
32 Leroy Smith
35 Eric Shelton
37 Chance Gwaltney
38 Paul Irons
40 Allen Augustin
41 Kyler Hall
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
47 Xavier Beitia
49 Brett Cimorelli
49 Brandon Myers
51 Ronald Boldin
56 Ray Piquion
57 Matt Heinz
59 Charles Howard
63 David Castillo
66 Marcello Church
67 Josh Baggs
69 Mike Shaw
70 Alex Barron
71 Brian Ross
73 Bobby Meeks
77 Ray Willis
81 P.K. Sam
85 Jesse Stein
86 Joey Kaleikini
88 Carver Donaldson
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
93 Eric Powell
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
99 Travis Johnson
|
Florida State 29, Alabama-Birmingham 7
09/08/2001, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 144.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida State coach Bobby Bowden noted that quarterback Chris Rix had better luck in his second collegiate start than Chris Weinke did three years ago.
Rix passed for a touchdown, somersaulted for another and set up three more scores as the sixth-ranked Seminoles beat Alabama-Birmingham 29-7 Saturday night.
"It was not bad for a rookie quarterback," Bowden said. "Let me say this, it was a lot better than Weinke's second start."
Weinke, who makes his debut Sunday as a starter with the Carolina Panthers, was intercepted six times in his second game as Florida State's quarterback in 1998 when Florida State was upset 24-7 at
North Carolina State. However, Weinke went on to lead Florida State to three straight national championship games and won the Heisman Trophy last year.
"Rix really made some plays," Bowden said.
Rix gave the Seminoles a 13-0 lead with just over six minutes left in the half when he scored on a spectacular 2-yard forward flip. The redshirt freshman quarterback tried to hurdle into the end zone
and was hit as he went airborne, doing a 360-degree flip and landing on his feet for the score.
"I think the guy might have hit my knees," Rix said. "I know I can't jump in there and flip like that on my own."
Making just his second collegiate start, Rix completed 15 of 23 passes for 246 yards and added a team-high 52 yards rushing, becoming the first Florida State quarterback to lead the team in rushing
since Charlie Ward - Florida State's first Heisman winner - in 1993 at Notre Dame.
Florida State (2-0), which faces a key Atlantic Coast Conference game against No. 10 Georgia Tech next Saturday, extended its home winning streak to 36 games and upped its unbeaten homefield string to
53 games, dating to a 17-16 loss to Miami on Nov. 16, 1991.
Although leading 13-0 at the half, Florida State changed its offensive plan noticeably during the break, freeing the rangy Rix to use his mobility and roll out to neutralize a pesky UAB defense.
"I felt a little more relaxed when I was able to get out of the pocket a little," said the 6-4, 205-pound Rix.
"I remember two or three times we had the quarterback sacked and he pulls out and raised up and throws one deep and someone outjumps us for the ball," UAB coach Watson Brown said. "They made all the
plays."
Rix' 16-yard run for a first down was the key play on a 61-yard scoring drive capped by William McCray's 2-yard TD that gave Florida State a 19-0 lead on its first series of the second half.
UAB (1-1) pulled to 19-7 when it scored its lone touchdown with 6:37 left in the third quarter on Jegil Dugger's 2-yard run, completing a 65-yard, nine-play drive helped by a Florida State
roughing-the-passer penalty.
But Florida State answered swiftly, taking a 26-7 lead on Rix's 32-yard touchdown pass to Talman Gardner.
Rix and Javon Walker teamed up on long passing plays to set up a pair of first-half field goals by Xavier Beitia that gave the Seminoles a 6-0 lead.
Beitia's 36-yard field goal put Florida State into the lead less than three minutes into the game after a 46-yard pass from Rix to Walker. Beitia added a 21-yard field goal, ending a 64-yard drive
highlighted by a Rix-Walker pass that covered 49 yards.
Beitia, a true freshman, completed the scoring with his third field goal of the game and fifth of the season - a 30-yard kick midway through the fourth quarter.
Remarkably, Florida State has not had a turnover in its first two games this season despite having a new quarterback and four starters returning on offense.
"Every game we've played, we've moved a step up," said Bowden after his 317th coaching victory. "I really think we're as far as we can be right now."
And with their first big test at hand, Florida State's players were already talking about Georgia Tech's 70-7 rout of Navy.
"I hope we're better than Navy," Florida State safety Chris Hope said. "Hopefully we can shut that 70-point offensive machine down."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Alabama-Birmingham |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
3 |
10 |
13 |
3 |
29 |
1st 3- 0 Xavier Beitia, 36, field goal, 12:15
2nd 3- 0 Opp, 51, field goal failed, 14:14
6- 0 Xavier Beitia, 21, field goal, 11:28
13- 0 Chris Rix, 2, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 6:07
13- 0 Opp, 58, field goal failed, 0:00
3rd 19- 0 William McCray, 1, run (Xavier Beitia, kick failed), 10:32
19- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 6:37
26- 7 Talman Gardner, 32, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 3:53
4th 29- 7 Xavier Beitia, 30, field goal, 7:18
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 18
Rushes-yards 41-135 29- 83
Passing 246 149
Att-Comp-Int 23-15-0 27-13-1
Total Yards 64-381 56-232
Punt Returns 4-41 3-15
Kickoff Returns 2-51 6-127
Interception Ret. 1-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 4-46.3 6-47.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-9 2-7
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 11-110 11-106
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 4-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 33:32 26:28
Attendance 79,388
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 11 52 1 16
Nick Maddox 9 45 0 31
Greg Jones 9 34 0 10
William McCray 4 8 1 9
Greg Tony 1 4 0 4
Craphonso Thorpe 1 0 0 0
Davy Ford 4 -4 0 2
Adrian McPherson 2 -4 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 41 135 2 31
Opp 29 83 1 13
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 3 104 0 49
Talman Gardner 4 61 1 32t
Nick Maddox 2 27 0 14
Atrews Bell 1 19 0 19
William McCray 1 9 0 9
P.K. Sam 1 8 0 8
Greg Jones 1 7 0 7
Joey Kaleikini 1 6 0 6
Patrick Hughes 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 246 1 49
Opp 13 149 0 23
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 15 23 0 246 1 49
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 23 0 246 1 49
Opp 13 27 1 149 0 23
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 3 31 0 13
P.K. Sam 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 41 0 13
Opp 3 15 0 10
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 1 31 0 31
P.K. Sam 1 20 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 51 0 31
Opp 6 127 0 34
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 4 185 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 185 49
Opp 6 285 68
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kendyll Pope 4 4 8 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Bradley Jennings 2 4 6 0.5- 1.5 0.5- 1.5 . . . 1- 0 . . .
Abdual Howard 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 2 2 4 . . . 2 . . . . .
Michael Boulware 3 . 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Travis Johnson 3 . 3 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 3 . 3 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 2 1 3 1.5- 4.5 0.5- 1.5 . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 1 2 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jerel Hudson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 1 1 2 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Leroy Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
O.J. Jackson 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
Patrick Newton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Powell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Charles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 38 20 58 7.0- 26.0 2.0- 9.0 1- 0 5 . 1- 0 1 . .
Opp 37 38 75 13.0- 34.0 2.0- 7.0 . 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
10 Stanford Samuels
15 William McCray
18 Greg Tony
21 Talman Gardner
22 Davy Ford
29 Jared Hetzel
30 Patrick Newton
32 Leroy Smith
37 Chance Gwaltney
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
66 Marcello Church
81 P.K. Sam
85 Jesse Stein
86 Joey Kaleikini
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
93 Eric Powell
94 O.J. Jackson
99 Travis Johnson
|
North Carolina 41, Florida State 9
09/22/2001, Chapel Hill, N.C.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 146.
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Florida State has handed out its share of beatings since joining the ACC in 1992. North Carolina returned the favor Saturday in one of the biggest wins in its 111 years of
football.
"I haven't even got a speech for this," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said as his No. 6 Seminoles turned the ball over five times in a stunning 41-9 loss.
"They got what they deserved - a win - and we got what we deserved - a loss. We're not good enough to play like this."
The defeat was a major jolt to Bowden's program, which had been to the national title game each of the last three years.
"This team has to decide what it wants to do," Bowden said. "I didn't see anything that resembled poise, I didn't see any execution. I think it was a complete breakdown."
The Tar Heels, 0-3 and a 17-point underdog, used a 34-point second half to stun Bowden's Seminoles (2-1, 1-1).
"I jumped around with everybody else," North Carolina senior quarterback Ronald Curry said when asked what he did after the game. "I'm still a kid - especially at heart."
North Carolina also limited Florida State to just 11 first downs and 34 second-half yards.
"We felt like we could dominate their offense from the first play of the game," linebacker David Thornton said. "Their offense wasn't too complicated and we felt like we had the speed and the talent
up front to go out and be aggressive and attack all game."
It took UNC coach John Bunting, a former NFL assistant who replaced Carl Torbush this season, about 15 minutes to weave his way through a mob of fans who stormed the field and eventually took one of
the goal posts to the ground.
"I didn't anticipate everybody being on the field after the game, that's for sure," Bunting said after his victorious home debut. "I guess if you win that's going to happen, isn't it?
"I'm too old. I needed to be evacuated. But we need to do that some more and I'll get in better shape."
Backup quarterback Darian Durant threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Tar Heels (1-3, 1-1) and Jeff Reed had two field goals as North Carolina took command in the third period to hand Florida
State its third ACC loss in nine-plus seasons - a span of 74 games.
The Seminoles did lose in the second game of the 1998 season at N.C. State and made it to the Fiesta Bowl. However, Florida State still has No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Florida, No. 10 Georgia Tech and No. 19
Clemson left on its 2001 schedule.
"There are question marks, but they're questions that have to be answered," Florida State running back Nick Maddox said. "I don't think this is a game that's going to break our backs.
"We need to take this as a lesson. If we take it as a loss it's going to be a long season."
North Carolina, which had already lost at No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 5 Texas, beat its highest-ranked team since a 7-6 victory over No. 6 Duke in 1960. The Tar Heels have never beaten a top 5 team.
The loss matched Florida State's worst since a 52-20 drubbing by Florida in the 1997 Sugar Bowl, and worst in the regular season since Auburn beat the Seminoles 59-27 in 1985.
Florida State didn't turn the ball over in season-opening wins against Duke and Alabama-Birmingham, but freshman Chris Rix fumbled twice and threw an interception.
By early in the fourth quarter, North Carolina fans were mocking the Seminoles with their version of the tomahawk chop chant, a scene not seen too often in ACC football circles.
"We let them get encouraged, we let them get their confidence up and they took advantage of it," Bowden said. "That didn't look like the North Carolina team I've seen the last three games."
Curry, benched in favor of Durant to start the second half, capped off the stunner when he found Kory Bailey on a 53-yard scoring pass with 13:12 left that put the Tar Heels up by 18.
Curry had re-entered the game after Durant hurt his leg trying to pooch punt.
North Carolina limited the Seminoles to just 11 yards in the pivotal third quarter.
Florida State never seemed to recover after an 85-yard touchdown pass from Rix to Javon Walker was called back because of a holding penalty with 6:23 left in the third.
A series later, Rix's pass was picked off by Julius Peppers, and Reed's 39-yard field goal gave the Tar Heels a 20-9 lead.
After running the ball on its first eight plays of the game, Florida State got its initial first down 10 minutes in near midfield, but Rix fumbled after scrambling for an 11-yard run on the next play
and North Carolina took over.
After Florida State's first turnover of the season, the Tar Heels drove 61 yards to take the lead late in the first, getting a 20-yard scoring pass from Durant to Sam Aiken.
The Seminoles had yet to score midway through the second quarter and appeared to be going nowhere when Rix was sacked for an 11-yard loss at his own 33. But a 38-yard pass over the middle to Walker
and a 21-yard TD pass to Taiman Gardner tied the score moments later.
Less than two minutes later, North Carolina had some confusion with personnel on its punting unit and deep snapper Greg Warren hiked the ball well over the head of John Lafferty and out of the end
zone for a safety.
Players from both teams wore American flags on the back of their helmets in tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| North Carolina |
7 |
0 |
13 |
21 |
41 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 53, field goal failed, 5:57
0- 7 Opp, 20, pass (kick), 1:12
2nd 7- 7 Talman Gardner, 29, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 5:18
9- 7 Team, safety, 3:29
Note: Bad center snap over punter's head
3rd 9-14 Opp, 52, pass (kick), 12:36
9-17 Opp, 32, field goal, 8:12
9-20 Opp, 39, field goal, 2:47
4th 9-27 Opp, 53, pass (kick), 13:12
9-34 Opp, 11, run (kick), 10:11
9-41 Opp, 1, run (kick), 4:20
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 11 17
Rushes-yards 37- 88 41- 69
Passing 136 232
Att-Comp-Int 25-9-1 30-14-2
Total Yards 62-224 71-301
Punt Returns 3-8 6-89
Kickoff Returns 7-118 0-0
Interception Ret. 2-5 1-13
Fumble Returns 0-0 4-9
Punts 9-40.1 5-30.8
Sacks By-Yds 2-19 5-47
Fumbles-Lost 4-4 0-0
Penalties-Yds 14-103 6-55
3rd Down Conversions 4-16 5-14
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Time of Posession 30:30 29:30
Attendance 53,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 10 44 0 15
Nick Maddox 12 34 0 9
Greg Jones 6 18 0 8
Eric Shelton 1 2 0 2
William McCray 3 2 0 3
Talman Gardner 1 -2 0 -2
Adrian McPherson 4 -10 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 37 88 0 15
Opp 41 69 2 27
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 2 51 0 38
Craphonso Thorpe 2 38 0 24
Talman Gardner 1 29 1 29t
Atrews Bell 2 14 0 10
Nick Maddox 2 4 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 136 1 38
Opp 14 232 3 53t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 8 21 1 112 1 38
Adrian McPherson 1 4 0 24 0 24
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 25 1 136 1 38
Opp 14 30 2 232 3 53t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 2 6 0 6
P.K. Sam 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 8 0 6
Opp 6 89 0 23
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 6 117 0 31
Greg Tony 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 118 0 31
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 9 361 60
----------------------------------------
FSU 9 361 60
Opp 5 154 46
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abdual Howard 8 1 9 . . . . . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 5 3 8 2.5- 13.0 0.5- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Bradley Jennings 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 4 . 4 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 3 . 3 2.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett . 3 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 1 2 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Allen Augustin 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard 2 . 2 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 2 . 2 0.5- 7.0 0.5- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Robert May 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Sawyer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
O.J. Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels . 1 1 . . 1- 5 . . . . . .
Chris Rix 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kyler Hall 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford 1 . 1 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Jerome Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Travis Johnson 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Jerel Hudson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore 1 . 1 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 51 14 65 12.0- 47.0 2.0- 19.0 2- 5 1 . . . . .
Opp 47 12 59 11.0- 56.0 5.0- 47.0 1- 13 4 . 4- 9 3 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
10 Stanford Samuels
15 William McCray
18 Greg Tony
21 Talman Gardner
23 Jerome Carter
27 Claudius Osei
35 Eric Shelton
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Kyler Hall
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
55 Eric Moore
57 Robert May
59 Charles Howard
81 P.K. Sam
85 Jesse Stein
89 Brian Sawyer
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
99 Travis Johnson
|
Florida State 48, Wake Forest 24
09/29/2001, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 148.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Florida State Seminoles looked like their old selves Saturday night, at least for awhile.
Chris Rix threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns as the 18th-ranked Seminoles raced to an early 42-7 lead and rebounded from their worst regular-season loss since 1983 with a 48-24 victory over Wake
Forest.
"I think they realized we can't just go on the field and win with our name," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. "We looked better, but we can't play with a swagger yet."
But with top-ranked Miami up next, the improvement was exactly what Bowden was looking for in the wake of last week's 41-9 embarrassment at North Carolina. Florida State is off next Saturday before
facing the Hurricanes at home October 13.
"There had to be a different mindset and Wake Forest had to pay for last week, unfortunately," said Rix, who passed for 262 yards and three scores by halftime. "I don't think we did anything special.
Just throw and catch."
Rix, the first freshman to begin a year as the starting quarterback for a Bowden-coached team, was almost perfect with a variety of short and long throws, leading Florida State on six straight
first-half scoring drives.
"They were ready to play and just took it to us," new Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said after his first meeting against the Seminoles. "When you play Florida State, you hope you can catch them napping.
They weren't napping tonight."
Nick Maddox and Greg Jones each ran for two touchdowns, and Rix teamed with Talman Gardner, Javon Walker and B.J. Ward - who just moved to the offense from the secondary - on scoring passes.
"Obviously they're not used to losing so they came out fired up," Wake Forest guard Michael Moosbrugger said. "A lot of people had it in their mind that this was a down year for Florida State. That's
a bunch of bull."
Florida State (3-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) has won 37 straight home games and is undefeated in 54 at Doak Campbell Stadium dating to a 1991 loss to Miami.
The win kept the Seminoles in the thick of the ACC race as well, especially in light of Clemson's overtime upset of Georgia Tech, leaving all but Virginia and Maryland with at least one loss in league
play in the opening month.
"At least it shows we're going in the right direction," senior safety Chris Hope said. Wake Forest (2-2, 0-2) didn't make it easy for Florida State's defense, totaling 212 yards offense by the half,
including quarterback Anthony Young's 71-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
Fabian Davis and Fred Staton also ran for touchdowns and Wake Forest scored twice on safeties in the final quarter: The first when Florida State backup quarterback Adrian McPherson was called for
intentional grounding as he tried to pass out of his end zone and the second when Jamie Scott blocked a Florida State punt with 1:18 left in the game.
Using misdirection running plays in a no-huddle offense throughout much of the game, Wake Forest managed 432 yards and 26 first downs.
"Wake Forest ran up and down the field on us," Bowden said. "We gave up a whole lot of yardage out there."
However, Florida State managed to hold Tarence Williams to 46 yards rushing, well below his season average of 124.7 yards.
Rix's passing and Maddox's running keyed early scoring drives, covering 80 and 76 yards as Florida State rolled up 226 yards during the first quarter on its way to a 14-7 lead.
But the Seminoles had only just started, scoring four second quarter touchdowns. Two scores were set up by a pair of second quarter interceptions by linebacker Kendyll Pope.
"We might have been down but we're not completely out," said Pope, who also led the Seminoles with 10 tackles.
Florida State, 72-3 in the ACC since joining the league in 1992, has won all 10 of its games against Wake Forest in that span.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Wake Forest |
7 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
24 |
| Florida State |
14 |
28 |
6 |
0 |
48 |
1st 7- 0 Talman Gardner, 4, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 7:17
7- 7 Opp, 71, run (kick), 6:51
14- 7 Nick Maddox, 17, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:56
2nd 21- 7 Nick Maddox, 3, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 14:43
28- 7 Javon Walker, 52, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 9:33
35- 7 B.J. Ward, 31, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 7:33
42- 7 Greg Jones, 1, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 3:21
42-14 Opp, 8, run (kick), 0:22
3rd 48-14 Greg Jones, 13, run (Xavier Beitia, kick failed), 2:50
4th 48-16 Opp, safety, 14:07
Note: Adrian McPherson called for intentional grounding
from the end zone.
48-22 Opp, 9, run (run failed), 12:53
48-24 Opp, safety, 1:18
Note: Chance Gwaltney's punt blocked out of the end zone.
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 27 24
Rushes-yards 43-154 57-265
Passing 358 171
Att-Comp-Int 28-17-1 25-10-3
Total Yards 71-512 82-436
Punt Returns 2-21 3-34
Kickoff Returns 1-22 6-177
Interception Ret. 3-33 1-27
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 3-31.7 4-36.8
Sacks By-Yds 1-8 3-33
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yds 11-99 11-84
3rd Down Conversions 8-12 6-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-4
Time of Posession 28:15 31:45
Attendance 79,162
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 19 94 2 17t
Greg Jones 9 43 2 16
Chris Rix 7 18 0 14
William McCray 2 10 0 7
Chad Maeder 2 5 0 4
Eric Shelton 1 -6 0 -6
Adrian McPherson 3 -10 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 154 4 17t
Opp 57 265 3 71t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 3 111 1 52t
Atrews Bell 6 96 0 32
Talman Gardner 5 85 1 41
B.J. Ward 3 66 1 31t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 17 358 3 52t
Opp 10 171 0 45
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 16 21 1 345 3 52t
Adrian McPherson 1 7 0 13 0 13
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 17 28 1 358 3 52t
Opp 10 25 3 171 0 45
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 2 21 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 21 0 20
Opp 3 34 0 10
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 1 22 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 22 0 22
Opp 6 177 0 56
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 2 95 53
Team 1 0 0
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 95 53
Opp 4 147 42
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kendyll Pope 5 2 7 . . 2- 6 2 . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 4 3 7 2.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 3 4 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Michael Boulware 3 2 5 1.0- 4.0 . 1- 27 1 . . . . .
Bradley Jennings 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore 2 3 5 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Brian Ross . 5 5 . . . . . . . . .
Abdual Howard 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Allen Augustin 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 3 . 3 2.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Shaw 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 1 2 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Robert May 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome Carter 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Newton 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Cornelius Collier 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Shelton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Rix 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Stein 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chance Gwaltney . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 45 48 93 8.0- 29.0 1.0- 8.0 3- 33 7 . . . . .
Opp 43 24 67 9.0- 45.0 3.0- 33.0 1- 27 2 . . . 1 2
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
4 Cornelius Collier
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
10 Stanford Samuels
15 William McCray
21 Talman Gardner
23 Jerome Carter
24 B.J. Ward
27 Claudius Osei
30 Patrick Newton
31 Dominic Robinson
35 Eric Shelton
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
55 Eric Moore
57 Robert May
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
69 Mike Shaw
71 Brian Ross
85 Jesse Stein
89 Brian Sawyer
97 Tony Benford
|
Miami 49, Florida State 27
10/13/2001, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 150.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Ken Dorsey threw three touchdown passes and No. 2 Miami pulled away with a 28-point third quarter in a dominating 49-27 victory over the Seminoles on Saturday.
The loss ended No. 14 Florida State's 54-game home unbeaten streak as well as its 37-game winning streak at Doak Campbell Stadium dating to 1991, when the Hurricanes beat them 17-16.
"I don't care if the game was played in Alaska, it's just great to beat Florida State," Miami offensive line coach Art Kehoe said. "We'll take a victory against them anywhere we can get it."
Florida State (3-2), which played in the national title game the past three seasons, also makes its earliest exit from the title chase since 1990. The Seminoles, who had seven turnovers, last started
a season with two losses in its first five games in 1995.
Now in jeopardy is Florida State's record run of 14 consecutive 10-win seasons and Top 5 finishes in the final AP media poll. The Seminoles still have games against four Top 25 teams, including No. 1
Florida.
"It's not like the program's going to collapse," Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said. "This year is not over and we have next year. This is not a senior football team."
By extending their winning streak to 15, the Hurricanes (5-0) made their claim to regain the top spot they lost last week to the Gators. But the players will be more satisfied they were the team that
knocked the Seminoles out of title picture. Last season, Florida State made it to the title game even though Miami beat the 'Noles and both teams finished with one loss.
This year, Miami was much the better team. So good, in fact, that Miami tight end Jeremey Shockey said, "If we had our 'A' game we could have scored 80 points. But we didn't."
Miami scored in a variety of ways as the defense forced freshman Chris Rix into four interceptions and two fumbles. The Hurricanes scored on a blocked punt by safety Ed Reed, a 36-yard fumble return
by linebacker Jonathan Vilma and a flubbed field-goal attempt that turned into a 7-yard TD run by holder Freddie Capshaw.
Holding a 21-13 lead entering the second half, Miami struck early and late in the third period, with two TDs in 65 seconds early and two more TDs within 54 seconds late before a crowd of 83,836 - the
second largest crowd at Doak Campbell.
Dorsey's third TD pass, an 18-yarder to Andre Johnson, made it 28-13, and Rix's second fumble was scooped up by Vilma, who ran untouched for a TD that put the Hurricanes ahead 35-13 with 9:56 left in
the third quarter.
Rix, who was 13-of-30 for 222 yards, hit Talman Gardner on a 57-yard TD pass to cut it to 35-20.
Dorsey was 14-of-27 for 249 yards and no interceptions. Miami's Clinton Portis carried 17 times for 122 yards.
Miami went another scoring tear before the quarter ended. With Todd Sievers set to try a short field goal, the snap was bobbled and Capshaw stood up and ran it in for a TD with 5:08 left. After the
first of two interceptions by Phillip Buchanan, Willis McGahee ran 8 yards for a TD that put Miami in command 49-20.
"This was a great win, not beautiful in any stretch of the imagination and we have some work to do," Miami first-year coach Larry Coker said. "To come in here and win is a great tribute to our
players."
The Seminoles added a fourth-quarter score when linebacker Michael Boulware picked up another botched Miami snap on a field goal try and ran 73 yards for a TD.
"They're a better ballclub," Bowden said. "More mature. They're not missing anything. ... We had that in 1999."
Miami took a 21-0 lead just 19 minutes into the game, the first score coming when Reed blocked Chance Gwaltney's punt and Markese Fitzgerald ran 5 yards for the score 6:12 into the game.
Miami struck again 28 seconds later. Defensive end William Joseph sacked Rix, who fumbled, and linebacker Chris Campbell recovered at the Florida State 27. On the next play, Dorsey found Johnson
cutting across the middle of the end zone for the TD and the 'Canes led 14-0.
In the second period, Miami moved ahead 21-0 thanks to a running, one-handed interception by Reed. Rix's pass went off the hands of Javon Walker, with Reed grabbing the ball on the run. He returned it
21 yards to the Seminoles 36.
On the next play, Dorsey hooked up with Johnson for 35 yards. After three running plays failed to gain a yard, Dorsey dropped back to pass and found Shockey all alone in the back of the end zone for a
1-yard TD pass.
Rix led the Seminoles back, with Greg Jones scoring from 6 yards out and William McCray diving over from the 1 with 5 seconds left in the half to close the gap to 21-13.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Miami |
14 |
7 |
28 |
0 |
49 |
| Florida State |
0 |
13 |
7 |
7 |
27 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 5, punt return/blocked punt (kick), 8:48
Note: Punt was blocked, picked up at the 5 and run into the
end zone.
0-14 Opp, 27, pass (kick), 7:16
2nd 0-21 Opp, 1, run (kick), 11:03
6-21 Greg Jones, 6, run (Xavier Beitia, kick failed), 6:50
13-21 William McCray, 1, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 0:05
3rd 13-28 Opp, 18, pass (kick), 13:23
13-35 Opp, 36, fumble recovery/return (kick), 12:18
20-35 Talman Gardner, 57, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 9:56
20-42 Opp, 7, run (kick), 4:48
20-49 Opp, 8, run (kick), 3:54
4th 27-49 Michael Boulware, 73, fumble recovery/return (Xavier Beitia, kick), 6:53
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 30 18
Rushes-yards 48-214 36-142
Passing 262 249
Att-Comp-Int 37-17-4 27-14-0
Total Yards 85-476 63-391
Punt Returns 2-8 1-18
Kickoff Returns 2-32 4-74
Interception Ret. 0-0 4-35
Fumble Returns 3-73 2-36
Punts 4-33.5 4-48.3
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 7-42
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 4-3
Penalties-Yds 11-106 15-125
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 5-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-4
Time of Posession 34:47 25:13
Attendance 82,836
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 15 91 1 24
Nick Maddox 8 51 0 15
Chris Rix 18 42 0 16
Adrian McPherson 5 15 0 9
Eric Shelton 1 14 0 14
William McCray 1 1 1 1t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 48 214 2 24
Opp 36 142 3 45
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Talman Gardner 3 92 1 57t
Nick Maddox 4 68 0 28
Atrews Bell 5 60 0 16
Javon Walker 3 29 0 21
Craphonso Thorpe 1 14 0 14
Greg Jones 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 17 262 1 57t
Opp 14 249 2 35
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 13 30 4 222 1 57t
Adrian McPherson 4 7 0 40 0 18
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 17 37 4 262 1 57t
Opp 14 27 0 249 2 35
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 2 8 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 8 0 9
Opp 1 18 1 18
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 2 32 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 32 0 19
Opp 4 74 0 30
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 3 134 55
Team 1 0 0
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 134 55
Opp 4 193 55
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley Jennings 2 12 14 1.0- 0.0 . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Kendyll Pope 1 7 8 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 1 6 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . 1- 73 . . .
Abdual Howard 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Travis Johnson . 4 4 2.0- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Darnell Dockett . 4 4 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jerel Hudson . 3 3 1.0- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Jones . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
O.J. Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Stein . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Shelton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Montrae Holland . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Allen Augustin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Newton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 14 58 72 6.0- 5.0 . . 2 . 3- 73 . . .
Opp 37 44 81 11.0- 46.0 7.0- 42.0 4- 35 9 . 2- 36 4 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
10 Stanford Samuels
15 William McCray
21 Talman Gardner
27 Claudius Osei
30 Patrick Newton
31 Dominic Robinson
35 Eric Shelton
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
42 Jerel Hudson
47 Xavier Beitia
55 Eric Moore
59 Charles Howard
85 Jesse Stein
89 Brian Sawyer
94 O.J. Jackson
99 Travis Johnson
|
Florida State 43, Virginia 7
10/20/2001, Charlottesville, Va.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 152.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The way this season has gone, Bobby Bowden didn't give reaching another career victories milestone a second thought.
"It's amazing. It doesn't mean a dang thing," Bowden said Saturday night after the No. 21 Seminoles overcame a shaky first half and beat Virginia 43-7. "The win is what means something. We won a
game."
Bowden tied Pop Warner for third place on the career victories list with 319, just four behind Bear Bryant and Joe Paterno. Penn State got Paterno even by rallying late to beat Northwestern 38-35
Saturday.
For Bowden, the night was all about seeing his team play well after lopsided losses to North Carolina and No. 1 Miami, the kind of losses that raised talk that perhaps the nation was catching up to
the Seminoles.
"We finally put a four-quarter ballgame together," Bowden said. "We hadn't done it all year. Tonight's the first time we finally came out and did something in the third quarter and the second
half."
Leading just 10-7 at halftime, William McCray scored on a 1-yard run and Abdual Howard returned a tipped passed 80 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to get the Seminoles (4-2, 3-1 ACC) on
their way.
The interception essentially sealed the outcome, and reserves led Florida State to 17 more points in the final quarter for a 33-point half.
"I was tired," said Howard, who broke free after being grabbed from behind by Schaub. "My legs were like bricks, but I said 'I can't let the quarterback get me. My friends will never let me live it
down.'"
The play was made possible, in part, by Stanford Samuels, who put the crunching hit on Ottowa Anderson that made the ball deflect to Howard.
"Last week, I felt we let the whole Seminole community down," Samuels said. "Seeing Abdual take it to the house only made my play look better."
Bowden, who received a raise to $2 million Thursday, was happy to see turnovers hurt the opponent for a change, but said that the three his team got away with in the first half left him feeling like
there's work to do.
"Our biggest enemy is still ourselves," he said.
Freshman Chris Rix threw two interceptions deep in Virginia territory in the first half, giving him eight turnovers in two games. Nick Maddox also fumbled the ball away at the Seminoles' 48 on the
third play.
Virginia, though, did nothing after the mistakes, and the Seminoles' defense made it easy, holding the Cavaliers in check all night long.
"I thought as the game went on, they played progressively better and we played progressively worse," Virginia coach Al Groh said.
Howard's interception was Florida State's second of the half, and both led to touchdowns. The first came when Bradley Jennings made a reaching grab of Schaub's third-down pass for Billy McMullen at
the Seminoles 30.
Florida State limited Virginia to 148 yards while piling up 396 in the first three quarters, before both teams pulled their starters. The Seminoles finished with 533 yards, the Cavaliers with just
201.
"When you end up with seven points, it's hard to say we had a good night," Groh said after the Cavaliers suffered their third straight loss.
Rix finished 11-for-21 for 205 yards with one touchdown.
Bowden said he will give the position a long look this week, especially after watching Adrian McPherson throw for two scores in the final quarter.
Javon Walker caught six passes for 124 yards, including a 17-yard TD, and Greg Jones gained 107 yards on 18 carries to lead Seminoles rushers.
The Cavaliers' only points came when Schaub hit Alvin Pearman and the freshman took it 19 yards, tying it at 7 in the first quarter.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
3 |
16 |
17 |
43 |
| Virginia |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1st 0- 0 Xavier Beitia, 42, field goal failed, 7:22
7- 0 Javon Walker, 17, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:13
7- 7 Opp, 19, pass (kick), 1:33
2nd 10- 7 Xavier Beitia, 20, field goal, 0:00
3rd 17- 7 William McCray, 1, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 7:06
20- 7 Xavier Beitia, 42, field goal, 2:07
26- 7 Abdual Howard, 80, interception return (Xavier Beitia, kick failed), 0:02
4th 29- 7 Xavier Beitia, 31, field goal, 7:54
36- 7 Travis Smith, 7, pass from Adrian McPherson (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:47
43- 7 Paul Irons, 5, pass from Adrian McPherson (Xavier Beitia, kick), 0:52
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 30 12
Rushes-yards 58-303 19- 34
Passing 230 167
Att-Comp-Int 25-14-2 39-19-3
Total Yards 83-533 58-201
Punt Returns 3-25 1-1
Kickoff Returns 1-38 7-150
Interception Ret. 3-102 2-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 2-41.5 7-43.9
Sacks By-Yds 1-14 3-7
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-Yds 11-88 7-79
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 2-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Time of Posession 38:21 21:39
Attendance 61,383
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 18 107 0 21
Eric Shelton 10 95 0 56
Nick Maddox 15 76 0 17
Adrian McPherson 2 13 0 12
William McCray 4 6 1 2
Lemar Parrish 2 6 0 5
Chris Rix 6 2 0 7
Team 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 58 303 1 56
Opp 19 34 0 8
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 6 124 1 48
Talman Gardner 2 28 0 15
P.K. Sam 1 28 0 28
Nick Maddox 1 26 0 26
Patrick Hughes 1 8 0 8
Travis Smith 1 7 1 7t
Paul Irons 1 5 1 5t
Atrews Bell 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 230 3 48
Opp 19 167 1 28
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 11 21 2 205 1 48
Adrian McPherson 3 4 0 25 2 13
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 25 2 230 3 48
Opp 19 39 3 167 1 28
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 2 23 0 12
Anthony Bredwood 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 25 0 12
Opp 1 1 0 1
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 1 38 0 38
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 38 0 38
Opp 7 150 0 28
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 2 83 46
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 83 46
Opp 7 307 67
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley Jennings 6 1 7 . . 1- 6 2 . . . . .
Michael Boulware 4 3 7 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 1 2 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Abdual Howard 1 1 2 . . 1- 80 1 . . . . .
Charles Howard 2 . 2 1.0- 14.0 1.0- 14.0 . . . . . . .
Willie Jones 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Leroy Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 1 . 1 1.0- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Jerel Hudson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford . 1 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
O.J. Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kyler Hall . 1 1 . . 1- 16 1 . . . . .
Allen Augustin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 33 12 45 5.0- 21.0 1.0- 14.0 3-102 5 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 43 48 91 8.0- 11.0 3.0- 7.0 2- 0 6 . 1- 0 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
10 Stanford Samuels
13 Willie Jones
15 William McCray
21 Talman Gardner
22 Anthony Bredwood
23 Jerome Carter
31 Dominic Robinson
32 Leroy Smith
33 Lemar Parrish
35 Eric Shelton
37 Chance Gwaltney
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
38 Paul Irons
40 Allen Augustin
41 Kyler Hall
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
55 Eric Moore
59 Charles Howard
81 P.K. Sam
84 Travis Smith
85 Jesse Stein
89 Brian Sawyer
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
|
Florida State 52, Maryland 31
10/27/2001, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 154.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - A little ice and some pain reliever was all Florida State's Chris Rix needed Saturday to take care of Maryland's perfect season.
Rix, dazed after a first quarter hit by Maryland's E.J. Henderson, was on the bench as his Seminoles fell behind the 10th-ranked Terrapins 14-0. But he wasn't going to let a little headache keep him
out of an Atlantic Coast Conference slugfest that featured three ties and three lead changes.
"They put some ice on my neck and gave me some Advil," said Rix, who threw five touchdown passes to lead No. 19 Florida State to a 52-31 victory that put the Seminoles right back in the middle of the
ACC title hunt. "The pain is gone now, but I know I'll feel it tomorrow."
Rix threw two touchdown passes to Talman Gardner late in the second quarter to help the Seminoles claim a 21-17 halftime lead and then threw three more touchdown passes in the fourth quarter.
"Hopefully I gave people some reasons to believe in me," Rix said.
The Seminoles (5-2, 4-1 ACC) are 74-3 in the league since joining in 1992 and a perfect 39-0 at home. They are 12-0 against Maryland, including 10 victories in ACC play.
The Seminoles can claim at least share of their 10th straight league championship if they win their remaining three conference games. Maryland (7-1, 5-1) and North Carolina, which didn't play
Saturday, also have one league loss.
"We're not out of this by any stretch of the imagination," Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen said. "We have to beat Clemson and we have to beat N.C. State and there could be a two-way or a three-way
tie."
Maryland tied it at 31 with 1:53 left in the third quarter on quarterback Shaun Hill's 1-yard sneak, but the Terps were no match for the younger, explosive Seminoles in the final quarter.
"With 11 minutes to go, I really think it's anybody's ballgame," Friedgen said. "They made plays when they had to make them."
Rix teamed with Gardner, who finished with six catches for 140 yards and three scores, Javon Walker and Atrews Bell for the decisive fourth-quarter touchdowns.
"You get close to a real good team and you want to win so bad it hurts," Friedgen said. "When you don't get it done, it's really irritating. We played hard, we just didn't play smart. That's the story
of the game."
Florida State scored its points in bunches, getting 21 second-quarter points in less than 3 minutes and putting up 21 more in just over 5 minutes in the final period.
A redshirt freshman who was under scrutiny by Florida State coaches after a rash of interceptions in recent games, Rix completed 15 of 24 passes for 350 yards as he brought the Seminoles back.
Maryland, plagued later in the game with four turnovers, took its early lead on a 65-yard touchdown run by 261-pound fullback James Lynch and a 1-yard run by Marc Riley.
But then Rix started throwing darts to his wideouts, combining twice for touchdowns with Gardner on plays covering 16 and 9 yards around Michael Boulware's 23-yard interception return that catapulted
the Seminoles into a 21-14 advantage in a span of just 2 minutes and 57 seconds.
It was Boulware's second touchdown this season with a turnover.
Rix, who was out of the game briefly while doctors made sure he wasn't seriously hurt, re-entered the game midway through the second quarter and completed six straight passes for 123 yards on two
scoring drives.
Adrian McPherson, who coaches wanted to get more playing time, was ineffective running the team during Rix's absence.
Maryland's Bruce Perry, the ACC's leading rusher, picked up 67 yards and has 1,016 on the season.
"Without the turnovers I think we'd be fighting for our life on that last possession," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said.
Bowden recorded his 320th career coaching victory, moving ahead of Pop Warner on the career list. Bowden is now third, four behind all-time leader Joe Paterno of Penn State and three behind runner-up
Bear Bryant.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Maryland |
7 |
10 |
14 |
0 |
31 |
| Florida State |
0 |
21 |
10 |
21 |
52 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 65, run (kick), 1:42
2nd 0-14 Opp, 1, run (kick), 6:16
7-14 Talman Gardner, 16, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:45
14-14 Michael Boulware, 23, interception return (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:32
21-14 Talman Gardner, 9, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 1:48
21-17 Opp, 51, field goal, 0:00
3rd 21-24 Opp, 8, run (kick), 11:08
24-24 Xavier Beitia, 31, field goal, 8:51
31-24 Greg Jones, 5, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 6:50
31-31 Opp, 1, run (kick), 1:53
4th 38-31 Talman Gardner, 28, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 12:28
45-31 Javon Walker, 22, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 11:17
52-31 Atrews Bell, 31, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 6:58
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 20
Rushes-yards 39-134 38-214
Passing 363 214
Att-Comp-Int 27-16-1 37-21-2
Total Yards 66-497 75-428
Punt Returns 3-47 0-0
Kickoff Returns 3-69 6-79
Interception Ret. 2-23 1-9
Fumble Returns 2-3 0-0
Punts 4-34.0 6-47.3
Sacks By-Yds 1-3 3-24
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2
Penalties-Yds 7-60 9-77
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 9-16
4th Down Conversions 0-2 1-1
Time of Posession 28:33 31:27
Attendance 82,565
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nick Maddox 12 51 0 21
Greg Jones 12 39 1 9
Chris Rix 6 34 0 35
William McCray 6 18 0 6
Craphonso Thorpe 1 5 0 5
Adrian McPherson 2 -13 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 134 1 35
Opp 38 214 4 65t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Talman Gardner 6 140 3 57
Atrews Bell 4 104 1 47
Craphonso Thorpe 1 51 0 51
Javon Walker 2 48 1 26
Carver Donaldson 2 14 0 11
P.K. Sam 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 363 5 57
Opp 21 214 0 38
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 15 24 1 350 5 57
Adrian McPherson 1 2 0 13 0 13
Chance Gwaltney 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 27 1 363 5 57
Opp 21 37 2 214 0 38
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 3 47 0 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 47 0 21
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 2 53 0 27
P.K. Sam 1 16 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 69 0 27
Opp 6 79 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 4 136 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 136 51
Opp 6 284 53
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley Jennings 6 8 14 1.0- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 5 4 9 . . 1- 23 1 . . . . .
Abdual Howard 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 2 3 5 0.5- 1.5 0.5- 1.5 . . . . 1 . .
Chris Hope 2 3 5 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 2 2 4 1.0- 1.0 . . . . 1- 3 . . .
Stanford Samuels 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 1 2 3 0.5- 1.5 0.5- 1.5 . 1 . . . . .
B.J. Ward 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Marcello Church 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
Josh Charles . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 33 42 75 3.0- 4.0 1.0- 3.0 2- 23 3 . 2- 3 2 . .
Opp 30 48 78 10.0- 36.0 3.0- 24.0 1- 9 3 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
10 Stanford Samuels
13 Jared Hetzel
15 William McCray
21 Talman Gardner
24 B.J. Ward
31 Dominic Robinson
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
37 Chance Gwaltney
47 Xavier Beitia
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
81 P.K. Sam
85 Jesse Stein
88 Carver Donaldson
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
|
Florida State 41, Clemson 27
11/03/2001, Clemson, S.C.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 156.
CLEMSON, SC - Bobby Bowden sounded more like a hurting father than a thrilled Florida State coach after his Seminoles blew out son Tommy's Clemson Tigers 41-27 in front of 85,000 agitated fans at
Death Valley.
"Today, I felt like both of us had to have it. Tommy needed momentum. We did, too," Bobby said. "But it didn't feel real good."
"A lot of guys I used to coach with," he added, pausing between phrases. "Raised even some of them on the other team. Takes a little of the luster out of it."
Chris Rix threw four touchdown passes as the 14th-ranked Seminoles (6-2, 5-1 ACC) beat Clemson for the 10th straight time and stayed alive for their 10th consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference
title.
It also move Bobby to 3-0 against his son.
"It's wearing on him?" Tommy said. "He won all three times, how about it wearing on me?"
There was little of the ballyhoo of 1999, the first time in major college history that father faced son here in Death Valley. Tommy's Tigers kept that one competitive before falling 17-14 to the
top-ranked Seminoles. But it was a parental whipping last year in Tallahassee with Florida State on top 54-7.
The Seminoles picked up this one against the Tigers (5-3, 3-3) where they left off a year ago.
Rix hit Javon Walker with a 47-yard touchdown run to make it 10-0 in the opening quarter. After Woodrow Dantzler ran for a 2-yard score, Rix connected with Talman Gardner for a 28-yard touchdown pass
on the next drive.
Two series later, Walker caught a 31-yard pass that increased Florida State's lead to 27-7.
Rix, a freshman, outshined his senior Clemson counterpart in Dantzler. Rix continually lofted balls over Clemson's defensive backs, who always seemed two or three steps behind.
When Clemson cornerback Brian Mance tipped the ball away from Walker on one pass in the third quarter, the fans gave a long, sarcastic cheer.
Rix was 19-of-30 for 369 yards and two interceptions.
Dantzler had 336 total yards and two touchdowns, but was ineffective at moving the Tigers.
Rix, shaky in losses to North Carolina and Miami this season, has been rock solid the past three weeks. He's accounted for 964 yards passing and 10 TDs in Florida State's three victories over
Virginia, Maryland and the Tigers.
"I'm a quarterback, I live to throw," Rix said. "They tried to gamble with their safeties up and force us into making our young quarterback panic, but our receivers ran great routes and made
plays."
On a sunny day when Clemson honored its 1981 national championship team, Florida State showed the Tigers how far they still have to go if they want a return to glory.
Walker had six catches for 162 yards. Gardner had six receptions for 115 yards. Jones rushed for 160 yards.
Papa Bowden got career win 321 to stay four behind Penn State's Joe Paterno on the career major-college list.
This game changed for good when Clemson's fake punt - a Bowden family specialty - for a 61-yard touchdown was called back for illegal procedure.
Bernard Rambert took the direct snap as punter Wynn Kopp faked the ball sailing over his head. Rambert was barely touched going the distance as Tommy's mom, Ann, was tickled in the stands with the
successful trick.
But the Death Valley crowd turned sour when the points came off the scoreboard. Replays appeared to show the Tigers had only six players on the line of scrimmage, one less than required.
Tommy Bowden said he knew they were a man short, but thought they had gotten away with it when Rambert scored.
Dominic Robinson, back to return the punt for Florida State, noticed Clemson was without a defender along his right and knew a penalty would be called. "I took a deep breath because that was huge,"
Robinson said. "The momentum went to us."
Instead of Rambert's run cutting the lead to 17-14, Florida State drove 63 yards for Xavier Beitia's 39-yard field goal and followed that with Rix and Walker's second touchdown play.
When told his wife's reaction, Bobby smiled. "She likes trick plays," he said. "She usually likes them when we get them."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
10 |
17 |
7 |
7 |
41 |
| Clemson |
0 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
27 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 35, field goal failed, 8:13
3- 0 Xavier Beitia, 31, field goal, 3:49
10- 0 Javon Walker, 47, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 2:07
2nd 10- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 11:29
17- 7 Talman Gardner, 28, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 9:10
20- 7 Xavier Beitia, 39, field goal, 4:14
27- 7 Javon Walker, 31, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 2:09
27-10 Opp, 22, field goal, 0:02
3rd 34-10 Talman Gardner, 4, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 9:58
34-17 Opp, 7, run (kick), 1:54
4th 34-20 Opp, 32, field goal, 8:48
41-20 Greg Jones, 51, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 7:17
41-27 Opp, 1, run (kick), 3:43
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 27 26
Rushes-yards 35-188 45-186
Passing 369 277
Att-Comp-Int 30-19-2 41-22-1
Total Yards 65-557 86-463
Punt Returns 2-13 1-11
Kickoff Returns 3-96 7-124
Interception Ret. 1-0 2-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 3-34.3 5-41.4
Sacks By-Yds 4-27 2-18
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-Yds 4-30 8-51
3rd Down Conversions 5-11 5-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 3-4
Time of Posession 27:04 32:56
Attendance 85,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 17 160 1 51t
Chris Rix 7 47 0 28
Eric Shelton 2 4 0 4
Team 3 -6 0 -6
Nick Maddox 6 -17 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 188 1 51t
Opp 45 186 3 21
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 6 162 2 47t
Talman Gardner 6 115 2 30
Atrews Bell 4 44 0 16
Craphonso Thorpe 1 38 0 38
P.K. Sam 1 7 0 7
Nick Maddox 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 19 369 4 47t
Opp 22 277 0 51
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 19 30 2 369 4 47t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 19 30 2 369 4 47t
Opp 22 41 1 277 0 51
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 2 13 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 13 0 7
Opp 1 11 0 11
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 2 69 0 41
P.K. Sam 1 27 0 27
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 96 0 41
Opp 7 124 0 34
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 3 103 46
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 103 46
Opp 5 207 48
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley Jennings 10 5 15 . . . 2 . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 1 12 13 . . . . . . . . .
Abdual Howard 12 1 13 . . . 1 . . . . .
Chris Hope 8 4 12 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 6 4 10 . . . 1 . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 4 2 6 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 4 2 6 2.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 3 2 5 2.0- 14.0 2.0- 14.0 . 1 . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jerel Hudson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 2 . 2 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Gennaro Jackson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford 2 . 2 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Travis Johnson 1 1 2 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Allen Augustin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brandon Myers . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Charles 1 . 1 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Jesse Stein 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 77 39 116 8.0- 42.0 4.0- 27.0 1- 0 7 . . 1 . .
Opp 45 33 78 6.0- 30.0 2.0- 18.0 2- 0 3 . . 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
ST 72 Brett Williams
TT 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 82 Patrick Hughes
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 3 Malcolm Tatum
CB 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
ROV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
DE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
10 Stanford Samuels
13 Jared Hetzel
15 William McCray
21 Talman Gardner
27 Claudius Osei
31 Dominic Robinson
32 Leroy Smith
35 Eric Shelton
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
41 Kyler Hall
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
49 Brandon Myers
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 Ronald Boldin
55 Eric Moore
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
67 Josh Baggs
69 Mike Shaw
70 Alex Barron
73 Bobby Meeks
77 Ray Willis
81 P.K. Sam
84 Travis Smith
85 Jesse Stein
88 Carver Donaldson
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
99 Travis Johnson
|
North Carolina State 34, Florida State 28
11/10/2001, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 158.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Homecoming at Florida State was just like Chuck Amato remembered. A full stadium and a win.
"There is no way you can fathom something like this," Amato said after his North Carolina State squad upset 10th-ranked Florida State 34-28 Saturday, ending the Seminoles' 39-0 run at home against
Atlantic Coast Conference competition.
"We talked about David and Goliath and all that stuff and being believers and doing the things nobody thought we could do."
And Amato did it in his first visit back since spending 18 years as a Florida State assistant, ending Bobby Bowden's perfect 25-0 homecoming record and possibly the Seminoles' nine-year ACC title
reign.
"I'm still undefeated in homecoming games here in this stadium," the raspy-voiced Amato said.
Florida State (6-3, 5-2) went into the game tied for the ACC lead with Maryland, which played Saturday night against Clemson.
Aside from a brief time in first quarter, the Wolfpack (6-3, 4-3) dominated the game. They accumulated 463 yards of total offense and 26 first downs while holding the ball for 34:58, keeping Florida
State's explosive offense on the sideline.
"Chuck knew us like a book and knew how to take advantage of us," Bowden said. "He knew how to confuse us. They had us so off balance."
Ray Robinson ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, including a decisive fourth-quarter scoring run when he spun out of the grasp of Florida State middle linebacker Bradley Jennings and raced 24 yards
to the end zone to give the Wolfpack a 31-21 lead with 11:37 left.
Chris Rix, who had already thrown three touchdown passes, ran for another on a 3-yard dive with 10:05 to pull the Seminoles to 31-28, but North Carolina State then used nearly 8 minutes on a 17-play
drive that ended with Adam Kiker's 32-yard field goal with 2:11 left, forcing the Seminoles to score a touchdown.
"We didn't try to do too much, we didn't get in a hurry," said Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers, who completed 26 of 33 passes for 245 yards. "You've got to have patience. That's our offense."
The game ended with Florida State at the Wolfpack 14 and quarterback Chris Rix throwing into the end zone twice, but the Wolfpack's Brian Williams tipped the ball away from Florida State's Talman
Gardner in the corner of the end zone on the final play.
"All we needed was one of them and we win," Bowden said. "They made one more catch than we did. We had a chance."
Rix drove Florida State from its own 22 in the final 2:04, but there were no miracles.
"We just didn't score," said Florida State's Javon Walker, who caught eight passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. "Not much more you can say than that."
The Wolfpack also became the first team to beat Florida State twice in ACC games. The Seminoles are 75-4 since joining the league. Their other losses were to Virginia in 1995 and North Carolina
earlier this season.
"I cried," Amato said. "Coach Bowden said, 'Chuck, you're supposed to be happy.' I said, 'When I'm happy I cry.'"
North Carolina State had control of the game early, rolling up 314 yards in the first half and scoring 17 straight points to take a 24-14 halftime lead.
Florida State led 14-7 after the first quarter on Rix's 33-yard scoring pass to Gardner and 63-yarder to Walker. Gardner also caught a 22-yard touchdown pass - his 11th of the season - in the third
quarter.
The Wolfpack scored first when Cotra Jackson's fumble was recovered by teammate Derek Green. The 17 straight points in the second quarter came on Jerricho Cotchery's 12-yard run, Robinson's 3-yarder
and Kiker's 25-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in the half.
Rix, Florida State's redshirt freshman, completed 20 of 35 passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns, but continued to suffer turnovers - losing a fumble and throwing his 12th interception.
"We have to learn from the mistakes we made," Rix said. "Give credit to Chuck Amato and NC State. They outplayed us."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| North Carolina State |
7 |
17 |
0 |
10 |
34 |
| Florida State |
14 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 0, run (kick), 12:50
Note: NCS runningback fumbled and a lineman recovered the
ball in the end zone.
7- 7 Talman Gardner, 33, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 9:26
14- 7 Javon Walker, 63, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 0:59
2nd 14-14 Opp, 12, run (kick), 14:14
14-21 Opp, 3, run (kick), 9:04
14-24 Opp, 25, field goal, 0:12
3rd 21-24 Talman Gardner, 22, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 7:31
4th 21-31 Opp, 24, run (kick), 11:37
28-31 Chris Rix, 3, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 10:05
28-34 Opp, 32, field goal, 2:11
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 25 26
Rushes-yards 28-132 38-187
Passing 302 276
Att-Comp-Int 35-20-1 35-27-1
Total Yards 63-434 73-463
Punt Returns 1-31 1-23
Kickoff Returns 6-119 4-69
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-22
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 3-39.3 3-41.0
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 1-4
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Penalties-Yds 6-47 7-62
3rd Down Conversions 6-10 7-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 25:02 34:58
Attendance 82,425
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 12 70 0 14
Chris Rix 11 52 1 21
Nick Maddox 1 4 0 4
Eric Shelton 3 3 0 4
Chad Maeder 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 28 132 1 21
Opp 38 187 4 24t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 8 121 1 63t
Talman Gardner 4 76 2 33t
Nick Maddox 4 42 0 15
P.K. Sam 2 41 0 22
Craphonso Thorpe 1 17 0 17
B.J. Ward 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 302 3 63t
Opp 27 276 0 56
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 20 35 1 302 3 63t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 35 1 302 3 63t
Opp 27 35 1 276 0 56
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 1 31 0 31
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 31 0 31
Opp 1 23 0 23
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 6 119 0 30
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 119 0 30
Opp 4 69 0 24
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 3 118 45
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 118 45
Opp 3 123 43
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley Jennings 10 4 14 2.0- 3.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Abdual Howard 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 4 5 9 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
Michael Boulware 1 6 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 2 4 6 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Jerel Hudson 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 1 2 3 . . . . . . 1 . .
Darnell Dockett 1 2 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Travis Johnson . 2 2 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Kyler Hall . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Charles . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson . 2 2 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Nick Maddox . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
O.J. Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
P.J. Selvidio . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Allen Augustin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Leroy Smith . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Rufus Brown . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 29 63 92 7.0- 15.0 . 1- 0 5 . . 2 . .
Opp 24 36 60 3.0- 7.0 1.0- 4.0 1- 22 3 . 1- 0 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
TT 77 Ray Willis
ST 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 88 Carver Donaldson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RC 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
LC 10 Stanford Samuels
RV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
RE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
LE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
3 Malcolm Tatum
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
13 Jared Hetzel
21 Talman Gardner
24 B.J. Ward
27 Claudius Osei
29 P.J. Selvidio
31 Dominic Robinson
32 Leroy Smith
35 Eric Shelton
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Kyler Hall
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
55 Eric Moore
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
81 P.K. Sam
86 Joey Kaleikini
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
99 Travis Johnson
|
Florida 37, Florida State 13
11/17/2001, Gainesville, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 160.
GAINESVILLE, FL - Rex Grossman threw two touchdown passes, Florida's defense made two key stops and the fourth-ranked Gators made Florida State look just like the rest of their overmatched opponents
with a 37-13 victory Saturday night.
The Gators (9-1) weren't perfect, but they were good enough to validate the fears of Bobby Bowden, who figured the 21st-ranked Seminoles would need a miracle to win in this, a game in which they were
an unheard-of 15-point underdog.
Grossman threw for 290 yards, and the Gators held Florida State on two straight drives inside their 10 to beat the Seminoles (6-4) for the first time since 1997.
The victory kept the Gators well in the national-title picture - although that loss to Auburn last month could still prove their undoing - and may have been convincing enough to knock Florida State
out of The Associated Press for the first time since early in the 1989 season.
That wasn't the only bad news for the Seminoles. About the time their game ended, Maryland wrapped up a 23-19 victory over North Carolina State to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title - marking the
first time the Seminoles haven't won it since joining the conference in 1992.
FSU's loss - its worst since falling 52-20 to the Gators in the 1997 Sugar Bowl with the national title on the line - was essentially sealed in the third quarter when the Seminoles, trailing 20-3,
managed just three points off two turnovers that each resulted in trips inside Florida's 10.
On the first, Bowden called a trick play on fourth-and-1, but nobody was fooled when quarterback Chris Rix handed off to Nick Maddox, then ran a pass pattern of his own. Maddox lobbed it back across
the field to Rix, but he was smothered for a 1-yard loss.
On the very next play, Grossman threw his only interception and FSU regained possession at the Gators 11. But three plays produced 5 yards and the Seminoles got a 23-yard field goal from Xavier
Beitia.
The Gators answered with an 11-play, 85-yard touchdown drive in which they made 20 yards on a fourth-and-3 from the Florida State 40, then got a 19-yard end around from Reche Caldwell to set up
Grossman's 1-yard touchdown run.
Rix came back with his only touchdown drive of the night, but a few minutes later, Grossman hit Jabar Gaffney for a 28-yard score, set up by Chance Gwaltney shanked a 19-yard punt.
The only issue after that was whether Steve Spurrier would run it up, as many Seminoles feared this week.
Spurrier surprisingly passed on his best chance to rub it in, opting for Jeff Chandler's 18-yard field goal with 2:32 remaining.
Florida's defensive backs dropped no fewer than four of Rix's passes that hit them square in the hands, and the Gators settled for field goals twice in the second quarter after receivers dropped
catchable passes in the end zone.
Florida defensive end Alex Brown had a sack and joined 15 other seniors in celebrating his first victory over the Seminoles in four long years.
Rix, a freshman, threw for 229 yards. He was improved over the six-turnover debacle he suffered through against Miami, but it wasn't nearly enough against the nation's fifth-ranked scoring defense.
Florida played most of the second half without leading rusher Earnest Graham, who left on crutches with a twisted right knee. He'll have two weeks to heal before the Gators play No. 6 Tennessee in the
rescheduled game that will decide the SEC East title.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
| Florida |
7 |
13 |
7 |
10 |
37 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 6:33
2nd 0-14 Opp, 6, pass (kick), 14:46
0-17 Opp, 36, field goal, 7:42
0-20 Opp, 38, field goal, 1:04
3-20 Xavier Beitia, 39, field goal, 0:00
3rd 6-20 Xavier Beitia, 23, field goal, 6:23
6-27 Opp, 1, run (kick), 0:55
4th 13-27 P.K. Sam, 5, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 12:59
13-34 Opp, 28, pass (kick), 8:15
13-37 Opp, 18, field goal, 2:32
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 13 24
Rushes-yards 21- 40 30-123
Passing 228 330
Att-Comp-Int 40-27-1 43-28-1
Total Yards 61-268 73-453
Punt Returns 1-0 3-30
Kickoff Returns 5-59 3-63
Interception Ret. 1-2 1-25
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 8-35.1 3-29.3
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 1-10
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 5-33 5-50
3rd Down Conversions 4-14 6-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 1-1
Time of Posession 28:25 31:35
Attendance 85,732
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 7 18 0 16
Nick Maddox 5 11 0 7
Eric Shelton 3 6 0 4
Greg Jones 6 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 40 0 16
Opp 30 123 2 18
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 5 67 0 21
Craphonso Thorpe 1 45 0 45
Nick Maddox 8 36 0 11
Talman Gardner 2 23 0 15
Joey Kaleikini 3 20 0 8
Atrews Bell 3 18 0 14
B.J. Ward 2 10 0 6
P.K. Sam 1 5 1 5t
Greg Jones 1 5 0 5
Chris Rix 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 27 228 1 21
Opp 28 330 2 40
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 26 39 1 229 1 45
Nick Maddox 1 1 0 -1 0 -1
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 27 40 1 228 1 45
Opp 28 43 1 330 2 40
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 0 0
Opp 3 30 0 12
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jerel Hudson 2 25 0 20
Craphonso Thorpe 2 23 0 14
P.K. Sam 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 59 0 20
Opp 3 63 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 8 281 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 281 51
Opp 3 88 39
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bradley Jennings 7 1 8 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Abdual Howard 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 4 1 5 1.0- 6.0 . 1- 2 1 . . . . .
Claudius Osei 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
Darnell Dockett 3 . 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bryant McFadden 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 2 . 2 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 2 . 2 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Eric Shelton 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Moore 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Montrae Holland 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mike Shaw 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Patrick Newton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
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FSU 54 10 64 5.0- 12.0 . 1- 2 4 . 1- 0 1 . .
Opp 41 20 61 7.0- 27.0 1.0- 10.0 1- 25 6 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
TT 77 Ray Willis
ST 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 88 Carver Donaldson
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Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RC 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
LC 10 Stanford Samuels
RV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
RE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
LE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
3 Malcolm Tatum
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
8 Bryant McFadden
13 Jared Hetzel
21 Talman Gardner
22 Anthony Bredwood
24 B.J. Ward
27 Claudius Osei
30 Patrick Newton
31 Dominic Robinson
32 Leroy Smith
35 Eric Shelton
37 Chance Gwaltney
38 Paul Irons
40 Allen Augustin
41 Kyler Hall
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## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
49 Brandon Myers
55 Eric Moore
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
69 Mike Shaw
71 Brian Ross
81 P.K. Sam
82 Patrick Hughes
85 Jesse Stein
86 Joey Kaleikini
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
99 Travis Johnson
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Florida State 28, Georgia Tech 17
12/01/2001, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 162.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Chris Rix threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as Florida State ended its first two-game losing streak since 1991, beating Georgia Tech 28-17 Saturday.
Greg Jones rushed for 101 yards to help Florida State rally from a 10-7 halftime deficit.
Rix, wrapping up his freshman season, hit P.K. Sam on a 10-yard TD, teamed with Javon Walker on a 47-yard scoring play and added an 8-yard touchdown run.
The Seminoles (7-4, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) play Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. They remained unbeaten against Tech in 10 games since joining the ACC.
Joe Burns scored both Georgia Tech touchdowns on 1-yard runs, his first giving the Yellow Jackets (7-5, 4-4) the halftime lead. Luke Manget added a 23-yard field goal.
Florida State came back with 21 straight points, building a 28-10 lead on William McCray's 2-yard TD run with 11:18 left in the game.
Burns, whose long run on a 60-yard pass play set up the go-ahead touchdown, was held to 39 yards on 20 carries. He finished the season with 1,165 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Georgia Tech pulled within 28-17 with 7:26 left on Burns' second touchdown, but any chances for victory ended when Florida State's Chris Hope intercepted George Godsey in the end zone with 4:17
left.
Godsey completed 25 of 39 passes for 275 yards, but didn't throw a touchdown pass for the first time since the season opener.
Rix, the ACC Rookie of the Year, completed 13 of 24 passes for 219 yards and ran for 60 more on 15 carries, finishing his first year with a league-record 3,123 yards total offense.
Jones, a 247-pound sophomore tailback, gained 95 yards in the second half as Florida State's sluggish offense came to life.
Rix's 8-yard scoring run six minutes into the second half gave Florida State a 14-10 lead and he led Walker on a 47-yard scoring pass to push the Seminoles into a 21-10 advantage with 4:45 left in the
third quarter. Rix's TD throw to Walker came two plays after a long touchdown pass to Craphanso Thorpe was nullified by a holding penalty.
Florida State was without senior middle linebacker Bradley Jennings, the team's leading tackler, who missed the game with a cartilage tear in his right knee. But sophomore tackle Darnell Dockett was
in Godsey's path most of the game, creating havoc in the Jackets' backfield.
Dockett, labeled a dirty player two weeks ago by Florida coach Steve Spurrier, had five tackles for losses to match a 34-year-old single-game school record and finished the year with a single-season
best 22.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Georgia Tech |
0 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
28 |
2nd 0- 3 Opp, 23, field goal, 9:35
7- 3 P.K. Sam, 10, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:54
7-10 Opp, 1, run (kick), 2:48
3rd 14-10 Chris Rix, 8, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 9:06
21-10 Javon Walker, 47, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 4:45
4th 28-10 William McCray, 2, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 11:18
28-17 Opp, 1, run (kick), 7:26
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 18
Rushes-yards 46-168 29- 51
Passing 248 275
Att-Comp-Int 25-14-0 39-25-1
Total Yards 71-416 68-326
Punt Returns 3-19 4-24
Kickoff Returns 2-33 5-104
Interception Ret. 1-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 7-42.3 7-42.0
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 2-20
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 7-43 6-64
3rd Down Conversions 8-15 9-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 32:51 27:09
Attendance 82,269
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 23 101 0 16
Chris Rix 14 60 1 27
William McCray 5 4 1 2t
Nick Maddox 3 3 0 3
Team 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 46 168 2 27
Opp 29 51 2 12
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Atrews Bell 2 69 0 49
Javon Walker 2 65 1 47t
P.K. Sam 3 58 1 29
Nick Maddox 2 23 0 14
Craphonso Thorpe 3 15 0 7
Carver Donaldson 1 12 0 12
William McCray 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 248 2 49
Opp 25 275 0 60
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 13 24 0 219 2 49
Adrian McPherson 1 1 0 29 0 29
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 25 0 248 2 49
Opp 25 39 1 275 0 60
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dominic Robinson 3 19 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 19 0 10
Opp 4 24 0 8
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Craphonso Thorpe 2 33 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 33 0 20
Opp 5 104 0 32
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 7 296 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 296 52
Opp 7 294 62
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jerel Hudson 4 8 12 2.0- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Kendyll Pope 3 7 10 1.0- 4.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Abdual Howard 2 5 7 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 4 2 6 5.0- 18.0 . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware . 6 6 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Rufus Brown 5 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Chris Hope . 4 4 1.0- 1.0 . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Jeff Womble . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Hetzel 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Allen Augustin . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Sawyer 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Charles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kyler Hall . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Newton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 30 52 82 11.0- 26.0 . 1- 0 3 . . . . .
Opp 27 52 79 15.0- 32.0 2.0- 20.0 . 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
TT 77 Ray Willis
ST 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 88 Carver Donaldson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RC 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
LC 10 Stanford Samuels
RV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
RE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
LE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
3 Malcolm Tatum
5 Adrian McPherson
6 Greg Jones
13 Jared Hetzel
15 William McCray
27 Claudius Osei
30 Patrick Newton
31 Dominic Robinson
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Kyler Hall
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
81 P.K. Sam
86 Joey Kaleikini
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
|
Florida State 30, Virginia Tech 17
01/01/2002, Jacksonville, Fla.
From the 2002 FSU Media Guide, Page 164.
JACKSONVILLE, FL - Chris Rix raced onto the field as the players filed off at the end of the Gator Bowl, looking for the man whose faith had helped him weather a difficult season at quarterback.
When he got to coach Bobby Bowden, the two embraced.
"I gave him a hug and said, 'That was for you,'" the freshman said Tuesday after leading the No. 24 Seminoles to a 30-17 victory against No. 15 Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl. "We told each other we
loved each other. It was very important to get that win for him. He deserves it."
The victory moved Bowden into a tie with Bear Bryant for second on the Division I-A wins list with 323, four behind Penn State's Joe Paterno.
Bowden, though, didn't want the focus on himself, not after Rix and his team put a solid finish on what had become a year for learning.
"It's a funny thing. It's something you nearly need to get out of the way. It can become a distraction," the 72-year-old Bowden said. "And it sure doesn't mean Bobby Bowden is in the same class with
Bear Bryant."
The victory extended to 16 Bowden's unbeaten string in non-championship bowl games, and gave him 18 bowl wins, two behind Paterno.
And Rix, nearly benched by Bowden during the season, helped make it happen with a wrist-flicked pass under intense pressure that Javon Walker turned into a 77-yard touchdown to give the Seminoles the
lead for good.
The pass sparked a 17-point fourth quarter that allowed the Seminoles (8-4) to put the Hokies (8-4) away, much as they did with an 18-point explosion in the final quarter of the 1999 Sugar Bowl
championship game.
"The corner came down, wanted to intercept the ball and Javon just stuttered and blew by him," Rix said. "I pumped it because I didn't want to throw it into the corner and then just put it up as I got
drilled."
Rix was still on the ground when Walker scored, but when Rix came back out for the next series, he did it again, finding Walker behind corner Ronyell Whitaker again - this time for 50 yards - to set
up a field goal.
Whitaker accepted the blame for the Hokies' loss.
"I was kind of the reason we lost that game," the all-Big East first-team cornerback said. "In fact, I know I was the reason we lost the game."
But in truth, it was Rix, Walker and a defense that limited the Hokies to 95 yards in the fourth quarter that deserved the bulk of the credit.
Facing a third-and-5 from his own 23, Rix dropped back as the Hokies blitzed, saw Whitaker looking for an interception opportunity and Walker blazing by him, and waited before lofting the ball down
the sideline.
"The coaches came in at the half and said, 'We're going to start throwing it up for you to make plays,'" Walker said. "That's all I could ask and that's what I came out and did in the second half
today."
After the Florida State defense stuffed Kevin Jones on a fourth-and-1 run from the Seminoles 32, Rix went right back to Walker, who again beat Whitaker for a 50-yard play to get it to the Hokies
18.
Xavier Beitia, who already kicked field goals of 50 and 47 yards, added a 35-yarder that banked through off the left upright to make it 23-17.
Rix also hit Walker with a 23-yard scoring pass with 2:14 left, giving the wideout four catches for 195 yards, a bowl record for Florida State.
Rix was 12-for-25 for 326 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
"The receivers did their job and made me look good," Rix said.
Virginia Tech was held to 98 yards of offense in the first half, but used the long ball to score on its first two third-quarter possessions.
Grant Noel had completions of 30 yards to Andre Davis and 22 to Terrell Parham on the first drive, capped by Kevin Jones' 5-yard run.
After Beitia's 47-yard field goal, Richard Johnson returned the ensuing kickoff 38 yards to the Hokies 45 and Noel hit Davis with a short crossing pass two plays later, the sprinter racing 55 yards
for a TD.
"It's been two great games, I know that much," Davis said of the meetings with the Seminoles. Davis had five catches for 158 yards.
Noel was 15-for-27 for 269 yards, but was sacked five times.
The second-half offense was a welcome site for a crowd of 72,202 after the first half showed why both teams came up short in their title hopes.
The Hokies had a 22-yard touchdown pass from Noel to Ernest Wilford brought back by a holding call, and Noel fumbled on the following play.
Eric Green intercepted Rix on the Seminoles' second play, but Richard Johnson's double-reverse pass to a wide-open Wilford was short, and the receiver dropped the ball inside the 10 after a hit by
Malcolm Tatum.
As they did in the Sugar Bowl two years ago, the Seminoles took a page from the Hokies' book and used a blocked punt to set up the only first-half touchdown drive. Marcello Church made the block, Ryan
Reynolds recovered at the Hokies 1 and Rix dove it in on the next play.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Virginia Tech |
3 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
17 |
| Florida State |
0 |
10 |
3 |
17 |
30 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 36, field goal, 10:56
2nd 7- 3 Chris Rix, 1, run (Xavier Beitia, kick), 6:32
10- 3 Xavier Beitia, 50, field goal, 1:26
3rd 10-10 Opp, 5, run (kick), 10:02
13-10 Xavier Beitia, 47, field goal, 1:42
13-17 Opp, 55, pass (kick), 0:40
4th 20-17 Javon Walker, 77, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 14:48
23-17 Xavier Beitia, 35, field goal, 10:13
30-17 Javon Walker, 23, pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia, kick), 2:14
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 16
Rushes-yards 39-104 40- 43
Passing 326 269
Att-Comp-Int 25-12-1 29-15-1
Total Yards 64-430 69-312
Punt Returns 2-13 1-14
Kickoff Returns 4-52 6-127
Interception Ret. 1-6 1-9
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 4-40.5 7-29.9
Sacks By-Yds 5-33 4-34
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-Yds 4-25 4-30
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 3-14
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-2
Time of Posession 28:51 31:09
Attendance 72,202
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Jones 23 120 0 23
Nick Maddox 3 6 0 7
Talman Gardner 1 -3 0 -3
Chris Rix 12 -19 1 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 104 1 23
Opp 40 43 1 14
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Javon Walker 4 195 2 77t
Craphonso Thorpe 2 48 0 42
Atrews Bell 3 43 0 23
Talman Gardner 2 21 0 11
Nick Maddox 1 19 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 12 326 2 77t
Opp 15 269 1 55t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chris Rix 12 25 1 326 2 77t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 12 25 1 326 2 77t
Opp 15 29 1 269 1 55t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Marcello Church 1 20 0 20
Dominic Robinson 1 -7 0 -7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 13 0 20
Opp 1 14 0 14
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
P.K. Sam 3 52 0 23
Craphonso Thorpe 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 52 0 23
Opp 6 127 0 38
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Chance Gwaltney 4 162 48
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 162 48
Opp 7 209 50
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abdual Howard 5 5 10 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Allen Augustin 5 3 8 2.0- 10.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Chris Hope 3 3 6 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Michael Boulware 3 2 5 2.0- 16.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Alonzo Jackson 3 2 5 2.0- 6.0 . . . . . . . .
Darnell Dockett 3 2 5 2.0- 11.0 2.0- 11.0 . . 3 . . . .
Jerel Hudson 3 1 4 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Kevin Emanuel 1 3 4 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Rufus Brown 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Gennaro Jackson 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Travis Johnson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Malcolm Tatum 1 1 2 . . . 3 . . . . .
Patrick Newton 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Benford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Stanford Samuels 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Josh Charles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcello Church 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
O.J. Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Womble . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Charles Howard . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Claudius Osei . . . . . 1- 6 1 . . . . .
Brandon Myers . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 26 66 12.0- 66.0 5.0- 33.0 1- 6 6 3 1- 0 1 1 .
Opp 35 22 57 8.0- 48.0 4.0- 34.0 1- 9 1 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 16 Chris Rix
TB 20 Nick Maddox
FLK 26 Atrews Bell
FB 39 Chad Maeder
C 52 Antoine Mirambeau
SG 54 Milford Brown
TG 61 Montrae Holland
TT 77 Ray Willis
ST 79 Todd Williams
SE 80 Javon Walker
TE 88 Carver Donaldson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RC 7 Rufus Brown
WLB 9 Kendyll Pope
LC 10 Stanford Samuels
RV 12 Abdual Howard
FS 28 Chris Hope
MLB 44 Bradley Jennings
DT 45 Darnell Dockett
RE 48 Alonzo Jackson
SLB 58 Michael Boulware
LE 90 Kevin Emanuel
NG 91 Jeff Womble
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Craphonso Thorpe
3 Malcolm Tatum
6 Greg Jones
21 Talman Gardner
27 Claudius Osei
28 Ryan Reynolds
30 Patrick Newton
31 Dominic Robinson
37 Chance Gwaltney
40 Allen Augustin
42 Jerel Hudson
46 Gennaro Jackson
47 Xavier Beitia
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Brandon Myers
49 Brett Cimorelli
59 Charles Howard
66 Marcello Church
81 P.K. Sam
85 Jesse Stein
86 Joey Kaleikini
89 Brian Sawyer
92 Josh Charles
94 O.J. Jackson
97 Tony Benford
99 Travis Johnson
|
