Florida State Football - 2007 Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Jody Allen, Defensive Ends, Special Teams Coordinator
Chuck Amato, Executive Head Coach, Linebackers
Mickey Andrews, Associate Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary
Dexter Carter, Running Backs
Lawrence Dawsey, Wide Receivers
Jimbo Fisher, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Odell Haggins, Defensive Tackles
Bob LaCivita, Dir of Player Personnel
John Lilly, Tight Ends, Recruiting Coordinator
Chris St. John, Graduate Assistant
Todd Stroud, Strength and Conditioning
Rick Trickett, Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Jason Woodman, Graduate Assistant
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2007 FSU Football Media Guide
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2007 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
Dionte Allen, 5-11, 175, CB, Detroit, MI
- Rated the 40th-best prospect in America by Rivals...Rivals lists him as the fifth-best cornerback prospect in the nation and a four-star prospect...PrepStar Top 100 prospect...named the second-best
prospect out of Michigan by Rivals...Scouts, Inc. called him an "outstanding prospect"...Tom Lemming has him listed as the fourth-best corner in this class...rated the fourth-best prospect in the
state by The Detroit News...clocked at 4.4 in the 40...led St. Mary's to the playoffs all four seasons playing receiver and cornerback...54 tackles and two interceptions as a senior...had five
interceptions as a junior and seven as a sophomore...caught 22 balls for 314 yards and one TD...2006 all-state defensive back...the first junior captain in 18 years at St. Mary's and the first
two-time captain...won a 2006 state title as a member of the 4x200 relay team...four-year varsity letter winner as a shooting guard on the St. Mary's basketball team...chose FSU over offers from
Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan State.
Bernard Brinson, 5-10, 169, CB, Greenville
- Rivals has him rated as the 31st-best cornerback in the nation...he is also rated No. 51 among the top prospects in the state of Florida...PrepStar All-Region... top 100 prospect in the state of
Florida by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel...played in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game...2007 Florida Sports Writers Association (FSWA) Class 2A All-State first
team...posted the fifth-best shuttle time among all defensive backs at the 2006 Athens NIKE Training Camp...called a sleeper of the week prospect by USAToday last year...ran the 40 in 4.61 and has a
33" vertical leap...scored a TD four different ways his senior season at Madison County HS...returned five punts for TD's as a senior...chose FSU over offers from Nebraska, South Carolina, West
Virginia and Marshall.
Brian Coulter, 6-4, 255, DL, Poplarville, MS
- Regarded as one of the top linemen in Mississippi Junior College football this season...Rivals rates him No. 47 among Junior College prospects and has him listed as a three-star prospect...second
team junior college all-state as a freshman...recorded 50 tackles, 14 for loss and 13 sacks in 2006...a leading tackler in his area since his freshman year at Baker High School in Baton Rouge,
LA...named district MVP as a senior in high school...chose FSU over offers from Ohio State, Iowa State and Baylor...was also recruited by Miami, Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Florida and Alabama among
others.
Taiwan Easterling, 5-11, 192, ATH, Hattiesburg, MS
Will Furlong, 6-5, 275, OT, Deland
- Member of the Rivals.com Florida Top 100 and a three-star prospect....the 31st-best offensive tackle in 2007 according to Rivals and one of the top 50 players overall in the state of
Florida...PrepStar All-Region...has the ability to play anywhere on the line according to Scout.com... Florida Sports Writers Association Class 6A All-State first team...All-Volusia first team in
2007...all-county selection as a junior...scored a 1290 on the math and verbal sections of the SAT...chose FSU over offers from West Virginia, Ole Miss and UCF.
A.J. Ganguzza, 6-3, 265, C, Boca Raton
- Florida Sports Writers Association Class 4A All-State honorable mention selection...Scouts, Inc. lists him as one of the top 100 offensive guards in America...benches 315 pounds and has a 24"
vertical leap...was recruited by Syracuse and Connecticut and offered scholarships by FIU and FAU.
Antwane Greenlee, 6-6, 302, OT, Columbus, GA
- Four-star offensive tackle that Rivals has as the fifth-best player at his position this year...a member of the Rivals 100 as he is the 65th-rated prospect in America...Rivals lists Greenlee as the
third-best prospect in Georgia...Scout.com rates him as the 16th-best player at his position this year and as a four-star recruit...Scouts Inc. has Greenlee as the 28th-best offensive tackle...2006
GACA All-Star...Columbus Ledger-Enquirer All Bi-City First Team...Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Dandy Dozen Selection...PrepSport All-American and All-Star Team Selection...runs the 40 in 5.1 and has a 21"
vertical leap...chose FSU over Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Clemson and Mississippi.
Aaron Gresham, 6-2, 222, LB, Mayo
- Rated as one of the Top 100 players in Florida and a three-star prospect by Rivals...Rivals has him listed as the 31st-best inside linebacker prospect in the nation...Florida Sports Writers
Association (FSWA) Class 1A All-State first team...FSWA first team selection for three straight years...as a senior he recorded 120 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and six sacks...named the Gainesville
Sun's Small School Player of the Year...helped lead Lafayette to a district championship...chose FSU over offers from Louisville, Michigan State, USF, UCF and FIU.
Anthony Grosso, 6-6, 290, OT, Matawan, NJ
- One of the Top 20 players in New Jersey and a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com...Rivals rates him the 64th-best offensive tackle prospect in 2007...PrepStar All-Region...benches 435,
squats 485, has a 25" vertical leap...high school GPA of 3.96...named All-Monmouth second team track and field in the discus...chose FSU over offers from Rutgers, Purdue, Duke, Vanderbilt and
Northwestern.
Jonathan Hannah, 6-4, 260, TE, Hope Mills, NC
Rated the nation's fourth-best tight end coming out of high school...former Rivals100 member and a four-star prospect...was rated the sixth-best prospect in the state of North Carolina as a high
school senior...a SuperPrep All-American as a senior in high school...named first team all-state as a junior and senior at South View High...caught 36 balls and scored four touchdowns as a
senior...also played on the defensive side of the ball where he had 106 tackles, 12 sacks, 19 QB hurries and four fumble recoveries...led his team to a 14-1 record and a spot in the Class 4AA State
Championship game...enrolled at South Carolina and played in three games as a freshman...left the Gamecocks and enrolled at Louisburg College...benches 350 pounds and squats 480...timed at 4.75 in the
40-yard dash...played his high school ball in Hope Mills, NC...chose FSU over NC State.
Maurice Harris, 6-0, 220, LB, Homestead
Rivals Top 100 in the state of Florida and a three-star prospect...Scout.com has Harris rated the 24th-best prospect at his position in 2007...Rivals lists him as one of the top 40 outside linebackers
in the nation in 2007...ran the 40 in 4.4, benches 300 pounds and has a 35" vertical leap...won the Spark competition at the NIKE combine in Miami finishing first among 400 athletes...had 112 tackles,
12 sacks, four forced fumbles, and one1 interception in 2006...named first team All-Dade, first team all-state, Defensive MVP, Homestead News Leader's All-Star Team and was selected to play in the
All-American Bowl and Dade/Broward All-star classic...also wrestled in high school winning the Dade County wrestling tournament...chose FSU over North Carolina, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Rutgers, NC
State, Pittsburgh and Wisconsin.
Zach Hillery, 6-4, 315, OG, Chatham, VA
Rivals.com Top 20 Prep School and a three-star prospect...ranked 18th among the top 50 prep school prospects...played at Winter Springs High School...timed at 4.9 in the 40.
Rodney Hudson, 6-2, 285, OG-C, Mobile, AL
PrepStar All-Region...three-star lineman by Rivals.com...rated the 17th-best center in the nation and the 24th-best overall player in Alabama...first team all-state selection as a senior...graded 95%
on his blocking with 47 pancakes...also played defense, recording 55 tackles as an interior lineman...ran a 5.2 in the 40-yard dash...benches 315 and squats 415...vertical jump measured at 28
inches...chose FSU over offers from West Virginia, Alabama, Louisville, Mississippi, South Florida and Southern Miss.
Jamar Jackson, 6-4, 225, LB, Richmond, VA
Four-star prospect and the sixth-highest rated weakside defensive end in the country according to Rivals.com...PrepStar All-American...rated as third-best overall prospect in Virginia...ran a 4.65 in
the 40...63 tackles and nine sacks this past season when he was named first team All-Capital district at defensive end...55 tackles, seven tackles for loss, and one interception as a junior playing
safety...received offers from nine schools including Louisville, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Boston College and NC State.
Jatavious Jackson, 6-4, 270, OL, Belle Glade
Rivals Top 100 in the state of Florida and a three-star prospect...Scouts Inc. lists him 20th at his position...one of the top 50 offensive tackle prospects in the nation this year according to
Rivals...Scout.com has Jackson rated as the 43rd-best prospect at his position...FSWAA 2006 All-State third team...named the 46th-best senior in the state of Florida by the Orlando Sentinel...ran a
5.53 40-yard dash and has a 21.5" vertical...chose FSU over Clemson, Florida, West Virginia, Ole Miss and USF.
Brandon Paul, 5-10, 185, WR, Tallahassee
Four-star prospect rated 25th overall in Florida by Rivals...the 20th-best athlete in America...Scouts, Inc. lists Paul as the 15th-best receiving prospect in the nation while Scout.com lists Paul as
a top 15 cornerback...ESPN 150 prospect who is listed at No. 81...offensively he rushed for 586 yards and eight touchdowns and had 583 receiving yards and six touchdowns...compiled 564 return yards
and three touchdowns...defensively Paul totaled 21 tackles, six pass breakups, one tackle for a loss and two interceptions...four-star prospect according to Scout.com... timed at 4.4 in the 40...bench
presses 275 pounds, squats 405 and has a vertical jump of 38"...chose FSU over Florida, Tennessee, Clemson, Miami, Auburn, UCLA and Illinois.
Bert Reed, 5-11, 165, WR, Panama City
Four-star athlete who ranks in the top 25 overall in the state of Florida...a Rivals250 member and the 18th-highested rated athlete prospect this season according to Rivals...timed at 4.4 in the 40
with a 33" vertical leap...played QB at Bay High School and threw for 2,500 yards and rushed for 1,200 with 16 combined touchdowns...Scouts Inc. calls Reed an "electrifying speedster in space and a
nightmare to handle one-on-one in the open field"...FSWAA Class 3A Honorable Mention All-State as a quarterback...chose FSU over Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, NC State and USF.
Kendall Smith, 6-1, 207, LB, Bushnell
PrepStar All-American...four-star prospect and on of the top 50 overall prospects in America by Rivals.com...member of the Rivals100 where he is ranked 45th...Rivals rates him the second-best outside
linebacker in this year's class...ranked seventh overall in the state of Florida and the best player at his position in the state...rated the third-best middle linebacker by Scout.com...recorded a
team-high six tackles for the East in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Ft. Lauderdale...2007 Florida Sports Writers Association (FSWA) Class 2A All-State first team...timed at 4.5 in the 40
with a 28" vertical...district 4 (2A) MVP...defensive leader for a team that reached the Class 2A state championship game...in 14 games, he had 156 total tackles, three sacks, and two caused
fumbles...also made it to state in track (throwing the shot put and discus)...chose FSU over offers from Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss, USF, Iowa State and UCF.
Cameron Wade, 6-6, 180, WR, Cairo, GA
PrepStar All-Region...three-star prospect and the 55th-highest rated receiver in America by Rivals.com...named to Rivals' Georgia Top 50 list (33rd)...one of the most explosive wideouts in the south
according to PrepStar magazine...ran one of the 20 best 40's at the 2006 NIKE Gainesville Training Camp among receivers...had 30 receptions for over 600 yards and two touchdowns his senior year...as a
junior he had 600 yards receiving as well to go along with six touchdowns...chose FSU over offers from Clemson, Kentucky and Louisville.
2007 Roster - By Name
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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47 Mister Alexander S 6-2 217 Fr-R Aldine, TX (Eisenhower)
28 Dionte Allen CB 5-11 175 Fr Detroit, MI (Saint Mary's)
58 Dumaka Atkins C 6-4 295 Jr-R ** Sarasota (Booker)
* 7 Marcus Ball LB 6-0 215 So * Stone Mountain, GA (Stephenson)
27 Russell Ball RB 5-7 168 So-R LaMarque, TX (LaMarque)
* 71 Evan Bellamy OL 6-4 289 Fr-R Miami (Gulliver Prep)
74 Geoff Berniard OL 6-8 315 Jr-R ** Lafayette, LA (Saint Thomas More)
* 73 Shannon Boatman OT 6-7 315 Sr * Beaumont, TX (West Brook/Tyler JC)
* 98 Alex Boston DE 6-3 263 Sr-R *** Bartow (Bartow)
39 Bernard Brinson CB 5-10 169 Fr Greenville (Madison County)
* 99 Everette Brown DE 6-4 255 So-R * Stantonsburg, NC (Beddingfield)
66 Philip Browning OL 6-5 291 So-R Atlanta, GA (Westminster/Hargrave Military Academy)
19 Carlyle Bruno LB 5-8 214 Sr-R Miami (Archbishop Curley)
* 18 J.R. Bryant CB 6-1 180 Sr *** Miami (Killian)
* 89 Greg Carr WR 6-6 212 Jr ** Reddick (North Marion)
* 4 Tony Carter CB 5-9 170 Jr-R ** Jacksonville (Mandarin)
* 97 Eli Charles DE 6-2 220 So-R * Green Cove Springs (Clay)
* 12 Gary Cismesia PK 5-11 205 Sr *** Parrish (Lakewood Ranch)
* 68 Jacky Claude OG 6-4 289 Sr *** Miami (Edison)
38 Sean Compton TE 6-1 232 Sr-R * Milton (Milton)
Brian Coulter DL 6-4 255 Jr Poplarville, MS (Baker/Pearl River CC) Did not qualify academically
51 Randall Cox OG 6-4 285 So-R Saint Augustine (Saint Augustine)
58 Jay Culpepper DS 6-4 270 Fr Madison (Madison County)
57 Brandon Davis C 6-2 270 Fr-R Miami (South Miami)
20 Pat Davis RB 5-9 183 Jr-R * Fort Lauderdale (Cardinal Gibbons)
85 Josh Dobbie TE 6-4 215 Jr-R Dover (Bloomingdale/Army)
* 91 Emmanuel Dunbar DT 6-5 280 So-R * Deerfield Beach (Deerfield Beach)
40 Matt Dunham FB 6-2 249 So * Columbus, GA (Pacelli)
82 Taiwan Easterling ATH 5-11 192 Fr Hattiesburg, MS (Oak Grove)
* 33 Jamaal Edwards RB 6-0 210 Jr-R Greensboro, NC (Dudley)
* 81 De'Cody Fagg WR 6-3 211 Sr ** Quincy (Shanks/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 96 Andre Fluellen DL 6-4 280 Sr-R *** Cartersville, GA (Cartersville)
64 Marcus Ford OL 6-1 278 Sr * Brunswick, GA (Glynn Academy)
67 John Frady C-TE 6-4 270 Sr-R *** Jacksonville (Bolles)
52 Jeremey Franklin LB 6-2 219 Sr-R ** Tampa (Chamberlain)
75 Will Furlong OT 6-5 275 Fr Deland (Deland)
* 37 Rodney Gallon LB 6-0 205 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Lincoln)
63 A.J. Ganguzza C 6-3 265 Fr Boca Raton (West Boca Raton Community)
* 43 Graham Gano K-P 6-1 190 Jr ** Pensacola (Tate)
* 29 Michael Ray Garvin DB 5-8 183 Jr ** Ramsey, NJ (Don Bosco Prep)
* 9 Richard Goodman WR 6-0 186 Jr ** Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 45 Charlie Graham TE 6-3 236 So-R * Madison (Madison County)
61 Tyler Graves OL 6-6 265 Fr-R Sumrall, MS (Sumrall)
70 Antwane Greenlee OT 6-6 302 Fr Columbus, GA (Hardaway)
92 Aaron Gresham LB 6-2 222 Fr Mayo (Lafayette)
* 54 Paul Griffin NT 6-2 286 Jr-R Pensacola (Pensacola/Butler County CC)
69 Anthony Grosso OT 6-6 290 Fr Matawan, NJ (Matawan)
* 93 Letroy Guion DT 6-4 295 Jr ** Starke (Bradford)
88 Jonathan Hannah TE 6-4 260 Jr Hope Mills, NC (South View/South Carolina/Louisburg College)
44 Maurice Harris LB 6-0 220 Fr Homestead (Homestead)
* 10 Geno Hayes LB 6-2 218 Jr ** Greenville (Madison County)
Zach Hillery OG 6-4 315 Fr Chatham, VA (Winter Springs/Hargrave Military Academy)
Failed to qualify academically
* 42 Seddrick Holloway FB 5-10 248 So * Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 46 Anthony Houllis RV 6-0 210 Sr-R *** Tarpon Springs (Tarpon Springs)
* 62 Rodney Hudson OG-C 6-2 285 Fr Mobile, AL (Rain)
* 19 Kenny Ingram S 6-6 222 Jr-R * Orlando (Edgewater/East Central CC)
55 Jamar Jackson LB 6-4 225 Fr Richmond, VA (Varina)
90 Jatavious Jackson OL 6-4 270 Fr Belle Glade (Glades Central)
* 15 Ochuko Jenije CB 5-10 190 Fr-R Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
49 Anthony Kelly LB 6-3 238 Sr-R Daytona Beach (Seabreeze/Jones CC)
* 49 Benjamin Lampkin LB 6-0 218 Jr-R * Panama City (Rutherford)
* 23 Roosevelt Lawson RV 5-11 196 Jr ** Miami (Southridge)
* 1 Xavier Lee QB 6-4 234 Jr-R ** Daytona Beach (Seabreeze)
* 26 Anthony Leon S 6-4 220 Fr-R Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 22 Korey Mangum CB 6-0 202 So-R * LaMarque, TX (LaMarque)
* 24 Darius McClure S 5-11 203 Jr-R ** Birmingham, AL (Minor)
12 Damon McDaniel WR 6-0 201 So * Virginia Beach, VA (Landstown)
27 John McKnight P 6-2 190 So Dade City (Zephyrhills)
* 60 Ryan McMahon C 6-3 275 Fr-R Rome, GA (Darlington Prep)
95 Kevin McNeil DE 6-2 255 So * Kingsland, GA (Camden County)
* 94 Justin Mincey DT 6-5 275 So * Folkston, GA (Charlton County/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 59 Neefy Moffett DE 6-1 254 Jr ** Palm Bay (Palm Bay)
* 16 Brent Moody P 6-2 195 Sr * Tallahassee (Lincoln/Louisville)
* 30 Derek Nicholson LB 6-2 226 Jr ** Winston-Salem, NC (Mount Tabor)
29 Joche Norona RB 5-10 185 Fr Key Biscayne (Gulliver Prep)
82 Nathan O'Jibway K 6-3 255 Fr North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
* 79 David Overmyer OT 6-5 271 Sr-R *** Lilburn, GA (Parkview)
* 86 Rod Owens WR 6-0 180 So-R * Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 5 Preston Parker WR 6-0 190 So * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
13 Brandon Paul WR 5-10 185 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
49 Jonathan Person TE 6-0 235 So Hialeah
* 77 Caz Piurowski OL 6-7 276 So * Land O' Lakes (Land O' Lakes)
* 14 Christian Ponder QB 6-2 207 Fr-R Colleyville, TX (Colleyville Heritage)
83 Bert Reed WR 5-11 165 Fr Panama City (Bay)
16 D'Vontrey Richardson QB 6-1 205 Fr-R Leesburg, GA (Lee County)
27 Rod Roberts CB 6-0 195 Jr-R Brooksville (Hernando)
* 20 Jamie Robinson CB 6-2 186 So-R * Rock Hill, SC (Northwestern)
* 21 Patrick Robinson CB 5-11 184 So * Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 3 Myron Rolle RV 6-2 215 So * Galloway, NJ (The Hun School)
* 76 Daron Rose OL 6-5 284 So Tampa (Jefferson)
* 65 Garrison Sanborn DS 6-1 222 Sr-R ** Tampa (Jesuit)
* 80 Joslin Shaw WR 5-10 180 Sr-R ** Plant City (Plant City)
35 Marcus Sims RB 6-0 222 So * Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 6 Antone Smith RB 5-9 188 Jr ** Pahokee (Pahokee)
* 41 Kendall Smith LB 6-1 207 Fr Bushnell (South Sumter)
82 Todd St. Louis WR 5-11 185 Fr-R Saint Petersburg
66 Jacob Stanley OT 6-2 240 Fr Jacksonville (Trinity Christian Academy)
44 Erik Stapleton FB 5-10 212 So-R Tampa (Plant)
* 56 Kendrick Stewart NG 6-2 270 So-R * Lakeland (Lakeland)
32 Joe Surratt FB 6-1 250 Sr ** Pace (Pace)
78 Josh Tate OL 6-5 310 Fr Frostproof (Frostproof)
* 72 Budd Thacker NG 6-2 268 So * Sanford (Seminole)
51 Jeremiah Thompson DS 5-10 220 So Leesburg (Leesburg)
78 Dustin Tremellen DT 6-0 235 Fr Plantation (Cypress Bay)
* 31 Toddrick Verdell LB 6-3 222 Jr * Hartwell, GA (Hart County/Butler County CC)
87 Cameron Wade WR 6-6 180 Fr Cairo, GA (Cairo)
84 Chase Walker WR 6-2 195 So-R Panama City (Arnold)
* 36 Dekoda Watson LB 6-2 225 So * Aiken, SC (South Aiken)
* 11 Drew Weatherford QB 6-3 215 Jr-R ** Odessa (Land O' Lakes)
46 Antonio White FB 5-10 230 Jr Tallahassee (Rickards)
* 8 Roger Williams S 6-0 220 Sr-R *** Warner Robins, GA (Northside)
* 48 Recardo Wright LB 6-2 220 So * Orlando (Doctor Phillips)
55 Craig Yarborough DE 6-2 213 Fr Macclenny (Baker)
43 Vincent Zann LB 6-0 210 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
2007 Roster - By Number
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Brian Coulter DL 6-4 255 Jr Poplarville, MS (Baker/Pearl River CC) Did not qualify academically
Zach Hillery OG 6-4 315 Fr Chatham, VA (Winter Springs/Hargrave Military Academy)
Failed to qualify academically
* 1 Xavier Lee QB 6-4 234 Jr-R ** Daytona Beach (Seabreeze)
* 3 Myron Rolle RV 6-2 215 So * Galloway, NJ (The Hun School)
* 4 Tony Carter CB 5-9 170 Jr-R ** Jacksonville (Mandarin)
* 5 Preston Parker WR 6-0 190 So * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
* 6 Antone Smith RB 5-9 188 Jr ** Pahokee (Pahokee)
* 7 Marcus Ball LB 6-0 215 So * Stone Mountain, GA (Stephenson)
* 8 Roger Williams S 6-0 220 Sr-R *** Warner Robins, GA (Northside)
* 9 Richard Goodman WR 6-0 186 Jr ** Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 10 Geno Hayes LB 6-2 218 Jr ** Greenville (Madison County)
* 11 Drew Weatherford QB 6-3 215 Jr-R ** Odessa (Land O' Lakes)
* 12 Gary Cismesia PK 5-11 205 Sr *** Parrish (Lakewood Ranch)
12 Damon McDaniel WR 6-0 201 So * Virginia Beach, VA (Landstown)
13 Brandon Paul WR 5-10 185 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 14 Christian Ponder QB 6-2 207 Fr-R Colleyville, TX (Colleyville Heritage)
* 15 Ochuko Jenije CB 5-10 190 Fr-R Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 16 Brent Moody P 6-2 195 Sr * Tallahassee (Lincoln/Louisville)
16 D'Vontrey Richardson QB 6-1 205 Fr-R Leesburg, GA (Lee County)
* 18 J.R. Bryant CB 6-1 180 Sr *** Miami (Killian)
19 Carlyle Bruno LB 5-8 214 Sr-R Miami (Archbishop Curley)
* 19 Kenny Ingram S 6-6 222 Jr-R * Orlando (Edgewater/East Central CC)
20 Pat Davis RB 5-9 183 Jr-R * Fort Lauderdale (Cardinal Gibbons)
* 20 Jamie Robinson CB 6-2 186 So-R * Rock Hill, SC (Northwestern)
* 21 Patrick Robinson CB 5-11 184 So * Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 22 Korey Mangum CB 6-0 202 So-R * LaMarque, TX (LaMarque)
* 23 Roosevelt Lawson RV 5-11 196 Jr ** Miami (Southridge)
* 24 Darius McClure S 5-11 203 Jr-R ** Birmingham, AL (Minor)
* 26 Anthony Leon S 6-4 220 Fr-R Miami (Gulliver Prep)
27 Russell Ball RB 5-7 168 So-R LaMarque, TX (LaMarque)
27 John McKnight P 6-2 190 So Dade City (Zephyrhills)
27 Rod Roberts CB 6-0 195 Jr-R Brooksville (Hernando)
28 Dionte Allen CB 5-11 175 Fr Detroit, MI (Saint Mary's)
* 29 Michael Ray Garvin DB 5-8 183 Jr ** Ramsey, NJ (Don Bosco Prep)
29 Joche Norona RB 5-10 185 Fr Key Biscayne (Gulliver Prep)
* 30 Derek Nicholson LB 6-2 226 Jr ** Winston-Salem, NC (Mount Tabor)
* 31 Toddrick Verdell LB 6-3 222 Jr * Hartwell, GA (Hart County/Butler County CC)
32 Joe Surratt FB 6-1 250 Sr ** Pace (Pace)
* 33 Jamaal Edwards RB 6-0 210 Jr-R Greensboro, NC (Dudley)
35 Marcus Sims RB 6-0 222 So * Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 36 Dekoda Watson LB 6-2 225 So * Aiken, SC (South Aiken)
* 37 Rodney Gallon LB 6-0 205 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Lincoln)
38 Sean Compton TE 6-1 232 Sr-R * Milton (Milton)
39 Bernard Brinson CB 5-10 169 Fr Greenville (Madison County)
40 Matt Dunham FB 6-2 249 So * Columbus, GA (Pacelli)
* 41 Kendall Smith LB 6-1 207 Fr Bushnell (South Sumter)
* 42 Seddrick Holloway FB 5-10 248 So * Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 43 Graham Gano K-P 6-1 190 Jr ** Pensacola (Tate)
43 Vincent Zann LB 6-0 210 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
44 Maurice Harris LB 6-0 220 Fr Homestead (Homestead)
44 Erik Stapleton FB 5-10 212 So-R Tampa (Plant)
* 45 Charlie Graham TE 6-3 236 So-R * Madison (Madison County)
* 46 Anthony Houllis RV 6-0 210 Sr-R *** Tarpon Springs (Tarpon Springs)
46 Antonio White FB 5-10 230 Jr Tallahassee (Rickards)
47 Mister Alexander S 6-2 217 Fr-R Aldine, TX (Eisenhower)
* 48 Recardo Wright LB 6-2 220 So * Orlando (Doctor Phillips)
49 Anthony Kelly LB 6-3 238 Sr-R Daytona Beach (Seabreeze/Jones CC)
* 49 Benjamin Lampkin LB 6-0 218 Jr-R * Panama City (Rutherford)
49 Jonathan Person TE 6-0 235 So Hialeah
51 Randall Cox OG 6-4 285 So-R Saint Augustine (Saint Augustine)
51 Jeremiah Thompson DS 5-10 220 So Leesburg (Leesburg)
52 Jeremey Franklin LB 6-2 219 Sr-R ** Tampa (Chamberlain)
* 54 Paul Griffin NT 6-2 286 Jr-R Pensacola (Pensacola/Butler County CC)
55 Jamar Jackson LB 6-4 225 Fr Richmond, VA (Varina)
55 Craig Yarborough DE 6-2 213 Fr Macclenny (Baker)
* 56 Kendrick Stewart NG 6-2 270 So-R * Lakeland (Lakeland)
57 Brandon Davis C 6-2 270 Fr-R Miami (South Miami)
58 Dumaka Atkins C 6-4 295 Jr-R ** Sarasota (Booker)
58 Jay Culpepper DS 6-4 270 Fr Madison (Madison County)
* 59 Neefy Moffett DE 6-1 254 Jr ** Palm Bay (Palm Bay)
* 60 Ryan McMahon C 6-3 275 Fr-R Rome, GA (Darlington Prep)
61 Tyler Graves OL 6-6 265 Fr-R Sumrall, MS (Sumrall)
* 62 Rodney Hudson OG-C 6-2 285 Fr Mobile, AL (Rain)
63 A.J. Ganguzza C 6-3 265 Fr Boca Raton (West Boca Raton Community)
64 Marcus Ford OL 6-1 278 Sr * Brunswick, GA (Glynn Academy)
* 65 Garrison Sanborn DS 6-1 222 Sr-R ** Tampa (Jesuit)
66 Philip Browning OL 6-5 291 So-R Atlanta, GA (Westminster/Hargrave Military Academy)
66 Jacob Stanley OT 6-2 240 Fr Jacksonville (Trinity Christian Academy)
67 John Frady C-TE 6-4 270 Sr-R *** Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 68 Jacky Claude OG 6-4 289 Sr *** Miami (Edison)
69 Anthony Grosso OT 6-6 290 Fr Matawan, NJ (Matawan)
70 Antwane Greenlee OT 6-6 302 Fr Columbus, GA (Hardaway)
* 71 Evan Bellamy OL 6-4 289 Fr-R Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 72 Budd Thacker NG 6-2 268 So * Sanford (Seminole)
* 73 Shannon Boatman OT 6-7 315 Sr * Beaumont, TX (West Brook/Tyler JC)
74 Geoff Berniard OL 6-8 315 Jr-R ** Lafayette, LA (Saint Thomas More)
75 Will Furlong OT 6-5 275 Fr Deland (Deland)
* 76 Daron Rose OL 6-5 284 So Tampa (Jefferson)
* 77 Caz Piurowski OL 6-7 276 So * Land O' Lakes (Land O' Lakes)
78 Josh Tate OL 6-5 310 Fr Frostproof (Frostproof)
78 Dustin Tremellen DT 6-0 235 Fr Plantation (Cypress Bay)
* 79 David Overmyer OT 6-5 271 Sr-R *** Lilburn, GA (Parkview)
* 80 Joslin Shaw WR 5-10 180 Sr-R ** Plant City (Plant City)
* 81 De'Cody Fagg WR 6-3 211 Sr ** Quincy (Shanks/Hargrave Military Academy)
82 Taiwan Easterling ATH 5-11 192 Fr Hattiesburg, MS (Oak Grove)
82 Nathan O'Jibway K 6-3 255 Fr North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
82 Todd St. Louis WR 5-11 185 Fr-R Saint Petersburg
83 Bert Reed WR 5-11 165 Fr Panama City (Bay)
84 Chase Walker WR 6-2 195 So-R Panama City (Arnold)
85 Josh Dobbie TE 6-4 215 Jr-R Dover (Bloomingdale/Army)
* 86 Rod Owens WR 6-0 180 So-R * Jacksonville (Wolfson)
87 Cameron Wade WR 6-6 180 Fr Cairo, GA (Cairo)
88 Jonathan Hannah TE 6-4 260 Jr Hope Mills, NC (South View/South Carolina/Louisburg College)
* 89 Greg Carr WR 6-6 212 Jr ** Reddick (North Marion)
90 Jatavious Jackson OL 6-4 270 Fr Belle Glade (Glades Central)
* 91 Emmanuel Dunbar DT 6-5 280 So-R * Deerfield Beach (Deerfield Beach)
92 Aaron Gresham LB 6-2 222 Fr Mayo (Lafayette)
* 93 Letroy Guion DT 6-4 295 Jr ** Starke (Bradford)
* 94 Justin Mincey DT 6-5 275 So * Folkston, GA (Charlton County/Hargrave Military Academy)
95 Kevin McNeil DE 6-2 255 So * Kingsland, GA (Camden County)
* 96 Andre Fluellen DL 6-4 280 Sr-R *** Cartersville, GA (Cartersville)
* 97 Eli Charles DE 6-2 220 So-R * Green Cove Springs (Clay)
* 98 Alex Boston DE 6-3 263 Sr-R *** Bartow (Bartow)
* 99 Everette Brown DE 6-4 255 So-R * Stantonsburg, NC (Beddingfield)
December 30, 2006 - Lawrence Timmons announced he will enter the NFL draft.
August 8, 2007 - Matt Hardrick was dismissed from the team for violation of team rules.
August 8, 2007 - D.J. Norris required another shoulder surgery which ended his career.
August 14, 2007 - Anthony Grosso left the team.
January 7, 2008 - Charlie Graham is enrolled in Tallahassee Community College.
January 7, 2008 - Tyler Graves transferred to Pearl River Community College.
January 7, 2008 - Russell Ball transferred to Texas A&M-Prairie View.
January 8, 2008 - Geno Hayes announced he will enter the NFL draft.
January 12, 2008 - Letroy Guion will enter the NFL draft.
January 14, 2008 - Xavier Lee will enter the NFL draft.
January 22, 2008 - Tight End Coach/Recruiting Coordinator John Lilly has been hired by the Georgia Bulldogs.
May 6, 2008 - Damon McDaniel transferred to West Virginia and Marcus Ball requested and was granted his release.
May 7, 2008 - Daren Rose was declared academically ineligible and will transfer to a junior college.
2007 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Gary Cismesia cnnsi.com - 2nd Team All-American
The Sporting News - 2nd Team All-American
College Football News - 3rd Team All-American
Geno Hayes cnnsi.com - All-American - Honorable Mention
Rodney Hudson College Football News - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Football Writers Association - 1st Team Freshman All-American
The Sporting News - Freshman All-American - Honorable Mention
Ryan McMahon College Football News - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Football Writers Association - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Rivals.Com - 1st Team Freshman All-American
The Sporting News - 2nd Team Freshman All-American
All-Americans - 4
2007 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Alex Barron 70 T St. Louis Rams
Anquan Boldin 81 WR Arizona Cardinals
Lorenzo Booker 20 RB Miami Dolphins
Michael Boulware 28 DB Houston Texans
Derrick Brooks 55 OLB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Milford Brown 72 G St. Louis Rams
Brodrick Bunkley 97 DT Philadelphia Eagles
Jerome Carter 42 DB St. Louis Rams
Thomas Clayton 35 RB San Francisco 49ers
Laveranues Coles 87 WR New York Jets
Zack Crockett 30 RB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Antonio Cromartie 31 CB San Diego Chargers
Devard Darling 81 WR Baltimore Ravens
Buster Davis 55 LB Detroit Lions
Chauncey Davis 92 DE Atlanta Falcons
Chris Davis 17 WR Tennessee Titans
Darnell Dockett 90 DT Arizona Cardinals
Warrick Dunn 28 RB Atlanta Falcons
Mario Henderson 75 T Oakland Raiders
Montrae Holland 70 G Denver Broncos
Chris Hope 24 SS Tennessee Titans
Dexter Jackson 28 SS Cincinnati Bengals
Sebastian Janikowski 11 K Oakland Raiders
Mike Jennings 15 WR New York Giants
Brad Johnson 14 QB Dallas Cowboys
Travis Johnson 99 DT Houston Texans
Greg Jones 33 FB Jacksonville Jaguars
Walter Jones 71 T Seattle Seahawks
Bryant McFadden 20 CB Pittsburgh Steelers
Travis Minor 22 RB St. Louis Rams
Eric Moore 92 DE St. Louis Rams
Scott Player 5 P Cleveland Browns
Eric Powell 91 DE Buffalo Bills
Willie Reid 15 WR Pittsburgh Steelers
Samari Rolle 22 CB Baltimore Ravens
Orpheus Roye 99 DE Cleveland Browns
P.K. Sam WR Oakland Raiders
Corey Simon 96 DT Tennessee Titans
Ernie Sims 50 OLB Detroit Lions
Greg Spires 94 DE Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tra Thomas 72 T Philadelphia Eagles
Craphonso Thorpe 15 WR Indianapolis Colts
Lawrence Timmons 94 LB Pittsburgh Steelers
Javon Walker 84 WR Denver Broncos
B.J. Ward 28 DB Oakland Raiders
Leon Washington 29 RB New York Jets
Pat Watkins 25 FS Dallas Cowboys
Chris Weinke 17 QB San Francisco 49ers
Ray Willis 74 T Seattle Seahawks
Kamerion Wimbley 95 OLB Cleveland Browns
Noles in the Pros - 50
2007 Schedule and Results
Conference games in bold
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU RECORD IS 7- 6 4-1 2-4 1-1
AGAINST ACC 4- 4 3-1 1-3 0-0
AGAINST TOP 25 2- 2 0-0 1-2 1-0
2007 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE RESULTS
ATLANTIC DIVISION
1 BOSTON COLLEGE 6- 2 11- 3
2t CLEMSON 5- 3 9- 4
2t WAKE FOREST 5- 3 9- 4
4 FLORIDA STATE 4- 4 7- 6
5t MARYLAND 3- 5 6- 7
5t NORTH CAROLINA STATE 3- 5 5- 7
COASTAL DIVISION
1 VIRGINIA TECH 7- 1 11- 3
2 VIRGINIA 6- 2 9- 4
3 GEORGIA TECH 4- 4 7- 6
4 NORTH CAROLINA 3- 5 4- 8
5 MIAMI 2- 6 5- 7
6 DUKE 0- 8 1-11
ACC Championship, Jacksonville, FL
12/1/2007, Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 16
2007 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Antone Smith 12/31/2007 KENTUCKY 17 156 9.18 0
Antone Smith 10/27/2007 DUKE 23 146 6.35 0
Preston Parker 11/17/2007 MARYLAND 20 133 6.65 1
Antone Smith 10/20/2007 MIAMI 22 114 5.18 0
2007 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Greg Carr 10/06/2007 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 4 140 35.00 1
De'Cody Fagg 10/27/2007 DUKE 9 134 14.89 0
Preston Parker 10/11/2007 WAKE FOREST 5 113 22.60 1
De'Cody Fagg 11/03/2007 BOSTON COLLEGE 6 111 18.50 1
Greg Carr 10/11/2007 WAKE FOREST 8 108 13.50 1
Greg Carr 09/29/2007 ALABAMA 5 107 21.40 0
Preston Parker 12/31/2007 KENTUCKY 8 105 13.13 0
2007 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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Drew Weatherford 11/03/2007 BOSTON COLLEGE 45 29 354 0 7.87 2
Drew Weatherford 10/27/2007 DUKE 47 35 339 0 7.21 0
Drew Weatherford 09/08/2007 ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 35 22 332 1 9.49 3
2007 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 303 298
Points Per Game............. 23.3 22.9
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 32 38
TDs Rushing................. 12 11
TDs Passing................. 15 24
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 1
TDs Punt Return............. 0 0
TDs Interception............ 5 2
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Lateral................. 0 0
TDs Free Kick............... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 28-32 34-38
Kick........................ 28-29 33-34
Pass........................ 0- 2 1- 3
Run......................... 0- 1 0- 1
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 27-34 11-19
SAFETY........................ 1 1
FIRST DOWNS................... 234 251
Rushing..................... 85 92
Passing..................... 132 134
Penalty..................... 17 25
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1659 1516
Yards gained rushing........ 1967 1961
Yards lost rushing.......... 308 445
Rushing Attempts............ 447 454
Average Per Rush............ 3.7 3.3
Average Per Game............ 127.6 116.6
PASSING YARDAGE............... 3143 3190
Att-Comp-Int................ 466-256-10 464-264-17
Efficiency.................. 117.92 124.39
Average Per Pass............ 6.7 6.9
Average Per Catch........... 12.3 12.1
Average Per Game............ 241.8 245.4
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4802 4706
Total Plays................. 913 918
Average Per Play............ 5.3 5.1
Average Per Game............ 369.4 362.0
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 49- 918 55-1154
Average Per Return.......... 18.7 21.0
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 24-359 24-180
Average Per Return.......... 15.0 7.5
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 17-317 10-137
Average Per Return.......... 18.6 13.7
FUMBLE RETURNS: #-YARDS....... 11- 50 12- 43
Average Per Return.......... 4.5 3.6
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 21-12 23-11
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 108- 870 101- 857
Average Per Game............ 66.9 65.9
PUNTS-YARDS................... 76-3112 80-3108
Average Per Punt............ 40.9 38.9
Net punt average............ 38.6 34.4
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 30:24 29:35
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 199- 64 201- 68
3rd-Down Pct................ .109 .956
4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS-4TH DOWN. 18- 8 17- 8
4th-Down Pct................ .250 .125
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 29-178 22-131
MISC YARDS.................... 0 0
ATTENDANCE.................... 402,987 365,819
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 5-80,597 6-60,970
ATTENDANCE-NEUTRAL FIELD...... 154,073
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 2-77,037
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
OT |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 53 | 83 |
83 | 84 |
0 |
303 |
| Opponents | 78 | 61 |
56 | 103 |
0 |
298 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Antone Smith 12 192 901 82 819 4.3 3 59 68.3
Preston Parker 13 52 304 34 270 5.2 2 20 20.8
Seddrick Holloway 13 26 130 1 129 5.0 0 40 9.9
Drew Weatherford 11 62 219 107 112 1.8 3 27 10.2
Xavier Lee 4 43 148 51 97 2.3 3 17 24.3
Jamaal Edwards 9 35 87 13 74 2.1 0 12 8.2
Christian Ponder 1 5 51 0 51 10.2 0 22 51.0
Marcus Sims 4 11 38 0 38 3.5 1 14 9.5
Joslin Shaw 8 1 24 0 24 24.0 0 24 3.0
Graham Gano 13 1 24 0 24 24.0 0 24 1.8
Damon McDaniel 5 3 22 0 22 7.3 0 9 4.4
Richard Goodman 9 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 1.3
Greg Carr 12 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2
Russell Ball 3 3 5 3 2 0.7 0 5 0.7
D'Vontrey Richardson 3 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1 -0.7
Team 9 0 15 -15 -1.7 0 0
Total......... 13 447 1967 308 1659 3.7 12 59 127.6
Opponents..... 13 454 1961 445 1516 3.3 11 83t 116.6
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Drew Weatherford 11 118.50 318-181- 3 .569 2049 9 50t 186.3
Xavier Lee 4 124.31 124- 66- 5 .532 972 5 70t 243.0
Christian Ponder 1 89.56 18- 8- 2 .444 105 1 28 105.0
Preston Parker 13 80.93 3- 1- 0 .333 17 0 17 1.3
Team 0.00 3- 0- 0 .000 0 0 0
Total......... 13 117.92 466-256-10 .549 3143 15 70t 241.8
Opponents..... 13 124.39 464-264-17 .569 3190 24 66 245.4
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Greg Carr 12 45 795 17.7 4 58 66.3
Preston Parker 13 62 791 12.8 3 58 60.8
De'Cody Fagg 13 54 758 14.0 5 70t 58.3
Antone Smith 12 22 203 9.2 0 28 16.9
Richard Goodman 9 20 184 9.2 2 50t 20.4
Joslin Shaw 8 15 113 7.5 0 26 14.1
Charlie Graham 12 11 84 7.6 1 20 7.0
Caz Piurowski 10 5 57 11.4 0 27 5.7
Rod Owens 11 6 55 9.2 0 18 5.0
Marcus Sims 4 5 43 8.6 0 18 10.8
Damon McDaniel 5 4 35 8.8 0 26 7.0
Russell Ball 3 2 20 10.0 0 24 6.7
Seddrick Holloway 13 2 3 1.5 0 2 0.2
Jamaal Edwards 9 3 2 0.7 0 3 0.2
Total......... 13 256 3143 12.3 15 70t 241.8
Opponents..... 13 264 3190 12.1 24 66 245.4
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Preston Parker 31 328 10.6 0 44
Roosevelt Lawson 1 31 31.0 0 31
Rodney Gallon 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 24 359 15.0 0 44
Opponent...... 24 180 7.5 0 18
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Patrick Robinson 6 87 14.5 0 32
Tony Carter 4 44 11.0 1 24t
Toddrick Verdell 1 45 45.0 1 45t
Michael Ray Garvin 1 43 43.0 1 43t
Dekoda Watson 1 40 40.0 1 40t
Geno Hayes 1 38 38.0 1 38t
Anthony Houllis 1 20 20.0 0 20
Roger Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0
J.R. Bryant 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 17 317 18.6 5 45t
Opponent...... 10 137 13.7 2 36
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Michael Ray Garvin 35 697 19.9 0 52
Preston Parker 9 124 13.8 0 24
Joslin Shaw 4 93 23.3 0 47
Seddrick Holloway 1 4 4.0 0 4
Total......... 49 918 18.7 0 52
Opponent...... 55 1154 21.0 0 60
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
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Myron Rolle 2 0 0.0 0 0 1
Letroy Guion 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
Roger Williams 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 1
Tony Carter 1 51 51.0 0 51 0
Jamie Robinson 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
Dekoda Watson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Marcus Ball 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Ryan McMahon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Geno Hayes 0 0 . 0 . 2
Neefy Moffett 0 0 . 0 . 2
Greg Carr 0 0 . 0 . 1
Everette Brown 0 0 . 0 . 1
Derek Nicholson 0 0 . 0 . 1
Patrick Robinson 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 11 50 4.5 0 51 11
Opponent...... 12 43 3.6 1 27t
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
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Gary Cismesia 0 27-34 28-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 109
De'Cody Fagg 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Preston Parker 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Greg Carr 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Xavier Lee 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Drew Weatherford 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 18
Antone Smith 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Richard Goodman 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Tony Carter 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Michael Ray Garvin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Charlie Graham 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Geno Hayes 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Marcus Sims 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Toddrick Verdell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Dekoda Watson 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
Christian Ponder 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 0
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FSU 32 27-34 28-29 0-1 0 0-2 0 1 303
Opponent 38 11-19 33-34 0-1 1 1-3 0 1 298
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | L | FK |
|---|
| De'Cody Fagg |
. |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Preston Parker |
2 |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Greg Carr |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Xavier Lee |
3 |
. |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Drew Weatherford |
3 |
. |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Antone Smith |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Richard Goodman |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Tony Carter |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Michael Ray Garvin |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Charlie Graham |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Geno Hayes |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Marcus Sims |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Toddrick Verdell |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dekoda Watson |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Christian Ponder |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
12 |
15 |
15 |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
11 |
24 |
24 |
2 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
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
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Drew Weatherford 11 380 112 2049 2161 196.5
Xavier Lee 4 167 97 972 1069 267.3
Antone Smith 12 192 819 0 819 68.3
Preston Parker 13 55 270 17 287 22.1
Christian Ponder 1 23 51 105 156 156.0
Seddrick Holloway 13 26 129 0 129 9.9
Jamaal Edwards 9 35 74 0 74 8.2
Marcus Sims 4 11 38 0 38 9.5
Joslin Shaw 8 1 24 0 24 3.0
Graham Gano 13 1 24 0 24 1.8
Damon McDaniel 5 3 22 0 22 4.4
Richard Goodman 9 1 12 0 12 1.3
Greg Carr 12 1 2 0 2 0.2
Russell Ball 3 3 2 0 2 0.7
D'Vontrey Richardson 3 2 -2 0 -2 -0.7
Team 12 -15 0 -15
Total......... 13 913 1659 3143 4802 369.4
Opponent...... 13 918 1516 3190 4706 362.0
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
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Gary Cismesia 27-34 .794 0- 0 8- 9 11-12 6- 9 2- 4 60
| FG SEQUENCE |
Gary Cismesia |
|---|
| CLEMSON |
(36) |
| ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM |
(28), (40) |
| COLORADO |
(31), (27), (37) |
| ALABAMA |
46 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE |
51, 26, (39), (28) |
| WAKE FOREST |
None |
| MIAMI |
(23), (31), (33), (45), (45) |
| DUKE |
(23), (41), 39, (33), (35) |
| BOSTON COLLEGE |
48, (40), 47, (29) |
| VIRGINIA TECH |
(41), (39), (50) |
| MARYLAND |
(30) |
| FLORIDA |
(21), (38), (28), (60) |
| KENTUCKY |
51 |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Graham Gano 59 2563 43.4 64 4 12 19 1
Brent Moody 16 549 34.3 49 6 1 8 0
Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Total......... 76 3112 40.9 64 10 13 27 1
Opponent...... 80 3108 38.9 56 7 13 19 2
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Preston Parker 13 270 791 328 124 0 0 1513 116.4
Antone Smith 12 819 203 0 0 0 0 1022 85.2
Greg Carr 12 2 795 0 0 0 0 797 66.4
De'Cody Fagg 13 0 758 0 0 0 0 758 58.3
Michael Ray Garvin 13 0 0 0 697 43 0 740 56.9
Joslin Shaw 8 24 113 0 93 0 0 230 28.8
Richard Goodman 9 12 184 0 0 0 0 196 21.8
Seddrick Holloway 13 129 3 0 4 0 0 136 10.5
Drew Weatherford 11 112 0 0 0 0 0 112 10.2
Xavier Lee 4 97 0 0 0 0 0 97 24.3
Tony Carter 13 0 0 0 0 44 51 95 7.3
Patrick Robinson 12 0 0 0 0 87 0 87 7.3
Charlie Graham 12 0 84 0 0 0 0 84 7.0
Marcus Sims 4 38 43 0 0 0 0 81 20.3
Jamaal Edwards 9 74 2 0 0 0 0 76 8.4
Damon McDaniel 5 22 35 0 0 0 0 57 11.4
Caz Piurowski 10 0 57 0 0 0 0 57 5.7
Rod Owens 11 0 55 0 0 0 0 55 5.0
Christian Ponder 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 51 51.0
Toddrick Verdell 10 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 4.5
Dekoda Watson 12 0 0 0 0 40 0 40 3.3
Geno Hayes 13 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 2.9
Roosevelt Lawson 13 0 0 31 0 0 0 31 2.4
Graham Gano 13 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 1.8
Russell Ball 3 2 20 0 0 0 0 22 7.3
Anthony Houllis 13 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 1.5
Roger Williams 13 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1
D'Vontrey Richardson 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7
Team -15 0 0 0 0 0 -15
Total......... 13 1659 3143 359 918 317 50 6446 495.8
Opponent...... 13 1516 3190 180 1154 137 43 6220 478.5
|---------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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Derek Nicholson 13 46 53 99 8.0- 19.0 0.5- 3.0 . 3 . . 1 . .
Geno Hayes 13 49 31 80 17.5- 51.0 5.0- 18.0 1- 38 3 1 . 2 . .
Roger Williams 13 50 25 75 4.0- 11.0 1.0- 1.0 1- 0 1 . 1- -1 1 . .
Myron Rolle 13 36 31 67 1.5- 1.0 . . 2 . 2- 0 1 . .
Dekoda Watson 12 32 18 50 8.0- 28.0 3.0- 17.0 1- 40 4 . 1- 0 . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 13 31 18 49 0.5- 1.0 . 1- 43 2 . . . . .
Tony Carter 13 37 8 45 4.0- 7.0 . 4- 44 6 . 1- 51 . . .
Everette Brown 13 24 13 37 11.5- 54.0 6.5- 41.0 . 3 . . 1 . .
Letroy Guion 12 17 14 31 6.5- 13.0 1.0- 1.0 . 1 1 2- 0 . . .
Patrick Robinson 12 18 10 28 1.0- 3.0 . 6- 87 6 . . 1 . .
Paul Griffin 12 14 10 24 6.5- 26.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 9 13 11 24 1.5- 9.0 1.0- 8.0 . 3 . 1- 0 . . .
Alex Boston 13 12 11 23 6.5- 31.0 3.0- 22.0 . 2 1 . . . .
Darius McClure 13 15 8 23 2.0- 9.0 1.0- 8.0 . 1 . . . . .
Budd Thacker 8 12 11 23 4.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 10 14 8 22 1.0- 4.0 . 1- 45 . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 10 10 11 21 2.0- 15.0 2.0- 15.0 . 2 1 . . . .
Anthony Houllis 13 12 8 20 1.0- 6.0 . 1- 20 . . . . 1 .
Neefy Moffett 12 13 6 19 9.0- 42.0 2.5- 22.0 . . . . 2 . .
Jamie Robinson 10 16 1 17 2.0- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Kendall Smith 13 6 8 14 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart 13 1 10 11 0.5- 2.0 . . . 1 . . . .
J.R. Bryant 11 6 4 10 0.5- 0.0 . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 13 7 3 10 . . . . . . . 1 .
Benjamin Lampkin 12 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum 11 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright 6 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey 12 3 2 5 2.5- 13.0 0.5- 2.0 . 1 1 . . . .
Kenny Ingram 9 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Leon 8 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw 8 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Rod Owens 11 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Maurice Harris 5 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Emmanuel Dunbar 3 2 1 3 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Richard Goodman 9 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Preston Parker 13 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eli Charles 12 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ochuko Jenije 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Sean Compton 8 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chase Walker 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rod Roberts 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Xavier Lee 4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tyler Graves 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Christian Ponder 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
D'Vontrey Richardson 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dustin Tremellen 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garrison Sanborn 13 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jacky Claude 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shannon Boatman 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Carr 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
Seddrick Holloway 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Team . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ryan McMahon 13 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
CLEMSON 24, FLORIDA STATE 18
09/03/2007, CLEMSON, SC
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State drops first game to Clemson.
Gary Cismesia's extra point was good, but the Tigers' defense kept the Seminoles from scoring further.
CLEMSON, SC - First-time starter Cullen Harper threw two touchdown passes in Clemson's 24-18 victory over the No. 19 Seminoles on Monday night.
Harper and the Tigers came out throwing to take a 21-0 lead before the game was 17 minutes old -- and brought their coach, Tommy, his third straight win over father Bobby's Seminoles.
Florida State rallied from 24-3 down in the second half of the season opener for both teams. When Drew Weatherford hit Richard Goodman for a 15-yard TD pass with 11:40 left, the Seminoles trailed by
6.
Weatherford and the Seminoles got the ball back three more times after that, but could not score.
"It looked like stage fright. We were running a new offense but I thought we grasped it better than that. We were bad," Bobby Bowden said.
Clemson fans rushed the field and the collapsible goal posts came down after Weatherford's final pass fell to the ground. But officials chose to review the play, moving orange-clad fans out of the
way.
Finally, they were told the play stood and the game was indeed over.
Florida State had a rough first half, managing only one first down and 62 yards. The Seminoles, however, found their rhythm in the second half.
Antone Smith had a 49-yard run to Clemson's 1, then followed with the score that drew them to 24-11. Goodman's TD catch tightened things up even more.
But Weatherford and the Seminoles couldn't sustain the rally.
They got to Clemson's 31 with 3 minutes left. But Florida State's junior quarterback threw three incompletions and was taken down from behind by defensive lineman Philip Merling.
Harper was 14-of-24 for 160 yards and no interceptions. Davis gained 102 yards on 18 carries.
The victory closed Tommy within a win of his father after the ninth meeting of college football's best known family feud.
Bobby's Seminoles won the first four games in the series by a combined score of 160-79. Tommy won four of the past five, including the last three at Death Valley.
Bobby Bowden said he can't be certain the Seminoles will rebound from their fifth loss in their last eight games. "You never know. The season's too young," he said.
Clemson got things going with a reverse to Jacoby Ford that went for 34 yards to Florida State's 23. Three plays later, Harper found Linthicum for an 11-yard touchdown pass.
The Tigers were at it again moments later when linebacker Nick Watkins recovered Preston Parker's fumble.
Davis, who gained 1,187 yards a year ago, showed off his power on the next play, breaking two tackles and cutting hard left near the goal line for his 29-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead.
Two series later, Harper hooked up with Kelly for a 41-yard touchdown pass.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| FLORIDA STATE |
0 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
18 |
| CLEMSON |
14 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 11, pass (kick), 6:07
0-14 Opp, 29, run (kick), 4:53
2nd 0-21 Opp, 41, pass (kick), 13:25
3-21 Gary Cismesia, 36, field goal, 4:12
3-24 Opp, 31, field goal, 1:09
3rd 5-24 Team, safety, 2:11
11-24 Antone Smith, 1, run (Drew Weatherford, run failed), 0:46
4th 18-24 Richard Goodman, 15, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 11:40
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 8 16
Rushes-yards 28-114 42-132
Passing 142 160
Att-Comp-Int 35-17-0 24-14-0
Total Yards 63-256 66-292
Punt Returns 3-67 5-48
Kickoff Returns 5-99 4-113
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 9-37.1 9-32.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-10 5-15
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yds 8-45 6-46
3rd Down Conversions 3-17 4-15
4th Down Conversions 1-3 0-1
Time of Posession 27:14 32:46
Attendance 83,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 14- 90
Drew Weatherford 10- 15
Preston Parker 3- 9
Marcus Sims 1- 0
Receiving
Antone Smith 5- 57
Preston Parker 4- 28
Richard Goodman 1- 15
Charlie Graham 2- 11
De'Cody Fagg 2- 11
Marcus Sims 2- 10
Greg Carr 1- 10
Passing
Drew Weatherford 34-17-0-142
Team 1- 0-0- 0
Punt Return
Preston Parker 2- 35
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 5- 98
Punting
Graham Gano 9- 332
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Myron Rolle 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 5 3 8 1.0- 2.0 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 6 1 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 5 2 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 4 2 6 1.0- 4.0 . . . 1 . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Everette Brown 4 . 4 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 3 1 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Toddrick Verdell 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 3 . 3 3.0- 15.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . 1 . .
Paul Griffin 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Maurice Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Goodman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Xavier Lee . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Team . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FLORIDA STATE 34, ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 24
09/08/2007, TALLAHASSEE, FL
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Defeats UAB in Tallahassee.
Drew Weatherford threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Drew Weatherford threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns as Florida State rallied from an early two-touchdown deficit and held off UAB 34-24 on Saturday.
The Seminoles fell out of the Top 25 after losing Monday at Clemson and found themselves in a hole to UAB, which has lost nine straight but was up 17-3 lead in the first half.
Weatherford hit a streaking Richard Goodman in stride for a 50-yard touchdown on the final play of the third period that gave the Seminoles a 31-24 lead and Gary Cismesia's 40-yard field goal two
minutes later finally gave Florida State some breathing room at 34-24.
Florida State didn't get its first lead, 24-17, until late in the third quarter on Marcus Sim's 1-yard TD run, but UAB countered on Joseph Webb's one-handed catch on a 16-yard pass from Sam Hunt to
tie the game at 24.
Tight end Charlie Graham and wideout Greg Carr also caught TD passes for Florida State (1-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which totaled 520 yards offense.
Although the offensive statistics were virtually even at the half, UAB held a 17-10 lead on the strength of Will Dunbar's 21-yard interception return touchdown just five minutes into the game that
made it 10-0.
After a 28-yard field goal by Cismesia, Hunt's 4-yard scoring scramble early in the second quarter boosted UAB into its 17-3 lead.
UAB (0-2) has not won since a 35-29 win over Memphis last Oct. 7.
Florida State lost starting tailback Antone Smith with a concussion midway through the third period and his status for next Saturday's game at Colorado was not immediately known.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM |
10 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
24 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
3 |
7 |
21 |
3 |
34 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 27, field goal, 11:08
0-10 Opp, 21, interception return (kick), 10:16
3-10 Gary Cismesia, 28, field goal, 5:29
2nd 3-17 Opp, 4, run (kick), 11:21
10-17 Charlie Graham, 2, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 4:07
3rd 17-17 Greg Carr, 8, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 7:24
24-17 Marcus Sims, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 2:23
24-24 Opp, 16, pass (kick), 1:16
31-24 Richard Goodman, 50, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 0:00
4th 34-24 Gary Cismesia, 40, field goal, 13:03
34-24 Opp, 31, field goal failed, 5:48
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 19
Rushes-yards 46-188 28-119
Passing 332 226
Att-Comp-Int 35-22-1 36-17-0
Total Yards 81-520 64-345
Punt Returns 6-74 1-8
Kickoff Returns 3-79 5-108
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-21
Fumble Returns 2--1 2-0
Punts 3-46.3 7-43.1
Sacks By-Yds 1-10 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2
Penalties-Yds 12-131 12-110
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 4-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Time of Posession 34:16 25:36
Attendance 78,673
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 19- 62
Jamaal Edwards 12- 45
Marcus Sims 7- 34
Drew Weatherford 5- 17
Richard Goodman 1- 12
Damon McDaniel 1- 9
Preston Parker 1- 9
Receiving
Preston Parker 4- 89
Greg Carr 4- 82
Richard Goodman 3- 61
Marcus Sims 3- 33
Damon McDaniel 1- 26
De'Cody Fagg 3- 23
Charlie Graham 2- 16
Antone Smith 2- 2
Passing
Drew Weatherford 35-22-1-332
Punt Return
Preston Parker 6- 74
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 3- 79
Punting
Graham Gano 2- 94
Brent Moody 1- 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Nicholson 7 2 9 . . . 1 . . . . .
Roger Williams 4 3 7 . . . . . 1- -1 1 . .
Geno Hayes 4 1 5 . . . . . . 1 . .
Tony Carter 3 1 4 1.0- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 1 2 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Anthony Houllis 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 2 . 2 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Anthony Leon 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kenny Ingram 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Preston Parker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garrison Sanborn . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Goodman . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tyler Graves . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
FLORIDA STATE 16, COLORADO 6
09/15/2007, BOULDER, CO
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Shuts Down Colorado, 16-6.
Seminoles stifling defense guides team to impressive road victory.
BOULDER, CO - The Seminoles beat Colorado 16-6 Saturday night behind Gary Cismesia's three field goals and a defense that nearly handed the Buffaloes their first shutout in almost two decades.
The Seminoles offense didn't do much, even when they started at the Buffs' 15-yard line late in the game and had to settle for yet another short field goal.
"The most ridiculous demonstration of football I've been around in my life," Florida State offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher fumed. "I'm going to tell you what, if I'm an offensive player, I'm
embarrassed. Our defense won that football game. It's ridiculous the mistakes we keep making.
"It's my fault. It starts with me. If you ain't coaching it, you're letting it happen. We're going to find 11 guys who want to do it. We'll start on Tuesday when we get back, I promise you."
The Buffaloes were in danger of getting shut out for the first time since Nov. 12, 1988, at Nebraska, until Cody Hawkins found tight end Tyson DeVree in the back of the end zone on fourth-and-10 from
the Seminoles 11 with 3:40 remaining.
That was the latest the Buffs had scored in their 225-game scoring streak, the longest in the Big 12. The Buffs' last whitewash at home was a 28-0 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 15, 1986.
"Colorado wouldn't quit fighting, kept coming back," Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said. "I was hoping we could get a shutout. We needed it. Everything looked kind of shoddy to me, but it beats
losing."
Said linebacker Derek Nicholson: "We gave up 48 points our first two games, so we wanted to get the shutout. It's disappointing, but six points is not that bad."
After the score, the Buffs went for 2, but Hawkins' throw was high, and Richard Goodman recovered the onside kick for Florida State, which avoided its first 1-2 start since 1989 thanks to its stellar
defense.
"Colorado did nothing except line up and kick our tail," Fisher said. "Scheme wise, they didn't have to (do anything). Our defense did a miraculous job. I'm glad they're on our team."
Colorado lost star senior cornerback Terrence Wheatley to a knee injury late in the game. There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury. Coach Dan Hawkins said, "He's fine." But Wheatley
didn't look fine limping off the field in the waning minutes.
The Buffs (1-2) had hoped the returns of tailback Hugh Charles (knee) and freshman receiver Josh Smith, the talk of camp before bruising a kidney in preseason practice, would provide a boost, and they
did -- just not nearly enough to counter Florida State's vastly superior speed.
Bowden had said he wasn't concerned about the altitude in the Seminoles' first trip into the Rockies, and he was right not to worry.
What bothered the Seminoles much more was Colorado's scrappy defense that made just one big mistake when it allowed Antone Smith to burst through the line with nobody deep to help. The result was a
36-yard touchdown run that helped Florida State take a 10-0 halftime lead -- the first time the 'Noles took a lead into the locker room since last Nov. 18 against Western Michigan.
The Seminoles thwarted the Buffs by using their safeties to shut down the run and relying on their speedy cornerbacks to take away Hawkins' downfield receiving targets.
Colorado finished with minus-27 yards on 25 carries and Hawkins threw 53 times, completing 34 of them for 306 yards with one TD and two interceptions.
"I'm a quarterback, so I like to pass, but I'd like to see our running backs have some success, too," Hawkins said.
But the Florida State offense couldn't capitalize on the good field position it had most of the night.
Smith gained 66 yards on 19 carries and Drew Weatherford was 8-for-18 for 126 yards, no touchdowns and three sacks, and the Seminoles never found any sort of rhythm against the stout Colorado
defense.
"I'm not happy at all, by all means," Weatherford said. "We've been doing a pretty good job of getting it into the end zone, I expected us to put it in there when we got down there. But we had stupid
penalties, stupid mistakes that kept us out of there."
"I felt like I played terrible," Smith said. "I feel like I left a lot of yards on the field."
A 44-yard punt return from Preston Parker and a 5-yard face mask penalty set up the Seminoles at the Buffs' 15-yard line in the third quarter, but Florida State was forced to settle for Cismesia's
27-yard field goal to make it 13-0.
"This is the first time it's kind of been like that," Bowden said. "When you're backed up on your 10-yard line, you can understand it. When you're on somebody else's 10, that's not supposed to be. I
didn't think we were sharp."
Buffaloes kicker Kevin Eberhart missed from 37 and 46 yards. His first miss came at the end of a 16-play first-quarter drive that chewed up 7 1/2 minutes that showed Florida State -- and, more
importantly, the Buffs -- that they could move the ball.
It's just that they couldn't get it into the end zone or through the uprights until it was much too late.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| FLORIDA STATE |
0 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
| COLORADO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 37, field goal failed, 0:17
2nd 7- 0 Antone Smith, 36, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 10:45
10- 0 Gary Cismesia, 31, field goal, 4:31
3rd 10- 0 Opp, 46, field goal failed, 8:26
13- 0 Gary Cismesia, 27, field goal, 5:16
4th 16- 0 Gary Cismesia, 37, field goal, 13:37
16- 6 Opp, 11, pass (pass failed), 3:39
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 10 21
Rushes-yards 37- 95 25--27
Passing 126 306
Att-Comp-Int 18-8-0 54-34-2
Total Yards 55-221 79-279
Punt Returns 6-84 4-17
Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-74
Interception Ret. 2-20 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 8-46.8 8-44.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-15 3-22
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yds 10-86 7-37
3rd Down Conversions 1-13 5-18
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Time of Posession 25:52 34:08
Attendance 52,951
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 19- 66
Jamaal Edwards 5- 15
Preston Parker 1- 14
Damon McDaniel 1- 9
Marcus Sims 3- 4
Team 2- -4
Drew Weatherford 6- -9
Receiving
Greg Carr 3- 61
De'Cody Fagg 2- 31
Preston Parker 1- 18
Antone Smith 2- 16
Passing
Drew Weatherford 18- 8-0-126
Punt Return
Preston Parker 6- 84
Punting
Graham Gano 8- 374
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Nicholson 7 4 11 1.0- 7.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Tony Carter 6 1 7 1.0- 2.0 . 2- 20 . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 6 . 6 2.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 4 2 6 1.0- 4.0 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 5 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 5 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Budd Thacker 5 . 5 2.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 3 . 3 1.0- 3.0 . . 2 . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 1 1 2 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 . 1 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . 1 . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Maurice Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Emmanuel Dunbar 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
FLORIDA STATE 21, ALABAMA 14
09/29/2007, Jacksonville, Fl
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Defeats No. 22 Alabama 21-14.
Seminoles move to 3-1 after win in Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE, FL - There is no quarterback controversy at Florida State: Xavier Lee's the quarterback - at least until Monday.
The 6-4, 235-pound redshirt junior with a cannon arm came off the bench Saturday to throw a pair of touchdown passes to De'Cody Fagg and lead Florida State to a 21-14 victory over No.22 Alabama in a
showdown between one-time powers looking to regain elite status.
"He gave them a spark," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "His ability to run made us play different."
Bowden said the Lee he saw perform Saturday before the largest crowd to see a game in this city was the one he's been looking for since 2005.
"He gave us some mobility at quarterback and offensively he won the game," Bowden said. "He did what we've always wanted him to do. Xavier has always been a young man with great potential and I
thought tonight he began to use that potential."
Lee, who entered the game in the second quarter, hit Fagg with a 7-yard pass for the game's first touchdown on the opening drive of the second half. The two then teamed up on a 70-yard TD pass with
4:46 left to give the Seminoles a 21-7 lead.
That play came immediately after Alabama scored its first touchdown.
Lee completed 12 of 19 passes for 224 yards after making his first appearance of the year and ran for a game-high 59 yards in what began as a defensive struggle for both teams. He replaced Drew
Weatherford, who couldn't produce any first quarter points despite having good field position and a brisk wind at its back.
Bowden said offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher would make the decision on a starter for next week's game against North Carolina State.
"If he doesn't make the right one (decision), I'll correct him," Bowden teased.
Fisher, however, sounded like he was leaning to sticking with Lee.
"I'd say right now, 'you'd think so,"' Fisher said. "(But) we don't want to make any rash decisions after a game."
Weatherford, who is also a redshirt junior, has started 27 games and Lee just three since they began their careers together. Despite continual speculation that Lee would transfer, he didn't.
"No athlete likes to wait and sit around and wait for their chance but patience pays off and patience is a virtue," Lee said.
"He showed some persistence there," Bowden said. "I betcha it's gonna pay dividends for him."
Florida State (3-1) gave Bowden, who grew up in Birmingham, Ala., his 369th coaching win in his first game against Alabama. Bowden has three more coaching wins than Penn State's Joe Paterno.
"When it will be emotional is when I go home this summer up to Birmingham and we go out to Roebuck (golf course) and we tee that thing up on the first tee box and I say 'We whipped y'all,"' Bowden
said.
Antone Smith scored on a 5-yard run to give Florida State a 14-0 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Smith's touchdown, which came on a play after Letroy Guion recovered a fumble by Alabama's John Parker Wilson, gave Florida State a 14-0 lead with 9:03 left. Wilson lost the ball as he was being
sacked by Florida State's Everette Brown.
Alabama (3-2) cut the lead to 14-7 with 5:04 left on DJ Hall's leaping grab in the back of the end zone on a pass from Wilson, who added a 17-yard TD pass to Keith Brown with 1:06 left.
Wilson completed 28 of 53 passes for 240 yards with Hall catching seven for 83 yards. Alabama's leading rusher, Terry Grant, was held to just 36 of the team's 89 rushing yards.
"The only thing that we had was underneath," said Wilson, who was sacked three times and had little time to throw deep.
Alabama had 78 total yards and three first downs in a scoreless first half while Florida State was only marginally better with five first downs and 89 total yards.
Saban said the Seminoles' defense was one of the best he's seen over the years.
"I've been part of some great defensive teams as a coach and I've played against quite a few and they're up there with the best of them," Saban said.
No players benefited more from Lee's presence that Florida State's two tallest receivers, 6-foot-6 Greg Carr and 6-3 Fagg, who caught nine passes for 202 yards between them. Carr had five catches for
107 yards and Fagg, who has been troubled with dropped passes for much of his career, had 95 yards on four catches.
It was Florida State's first victory in four tries against Alabama in the first meeting between the schools since 1974 when Alabama won 8-7 by scoring a safety and field goal in the final 1:27.
The 85,412 fans at Saturday's game was the most to see a game in Jacksonville, exceeding attendance at the 2004 Super Bowl game or any of the annual Georgia-Florida rivalry games.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| ALABAMA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
14 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
1st 0- 0 Gary Cismesia, 46, field goal failed, 4:47
3rd 7- 0 De'Cody Fagg, 7, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 10:50
4th 14- 0 Antone Smith, 5, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 9:03
14- 7 Opp, 7, pass (kick), 5:04
21- 7 De'Cody Fagg, 70, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 4:46
21-14 Opp, 17, pass (kick), 1:06
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 19
Rushes-yards 35- 82 27- 89
Passing 266 240
Att-Comp-Int 30-19-1 53-28-0
Total Yards 65-348 80-329
Punt Returns 2-9 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-35 1-9
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-10
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 8-37.6 10-36.9
Sacks By-Yds 3-16 1-6
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 9-54 4-20
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 6-20
4th Down Conversions 1-1 2-3
Time of Posession 31:02 28:58
Attendance 85,412
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Xavier Lee 11- 59
Antone Smith 12- 15
Preston Parker 2- 9
Seddrick Holloway 1- 5
Jamaal Edwards 4- 2
Greg Carr 1- 2
D'Vontrey Richardson 1- -1
Team 2- -3
Drew Weatherford 1- -6
Receiving
Greg Carr 5- 107
De'Cody Fagg 4- 95
Passing
Xavier Lee 19-12-1-224
Drew Weatherford 11- 7-0- 42
Punt Return
Preston Parker 2- 9
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 1- 23
Preston Parker 1- 12
Punting
Graham Gano 8- 301
Brent Moody 3- 124
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Nicholson 5 4 9 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 3 4 7 2.0- 4.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Darius McClure 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 3 . 3 2.0- 11.0 2.0- 11.0 . . . . 1 . .
Letroy Guion 2 1 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Patrick Robinson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen . 2 2 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Alex Boston . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball . 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Paul Griffin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Seddrick Holloway 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
FLORIDA STATE 27, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 10
10/06/2007, TALLAHASSEE, FL
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Finish Strong, Top N.C. State 27-10.
Xavier Lee, making his first start of the season hit 16 of 28 passes for 257 yards.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Michael Ray Garvin's 43-yard interception return for a touchdown snapped a halftime tie and sparked Florida State to a 27-10 win Saturday over North Carolina State for its fourth
straight win.
A track All American who finished sixth in the 100 meters at the NCAA finals and ran a leg on Florida State's championship 400-meter relay team, Garvin gave Florida State a 17-10 lead early in the
third quarter with his first interception of the season.
Daniel Evans, who threw three TD passes in N.C. State's 24-20 victory last year over the Seminoles, was intercepted three times Saturday -- once at the end of the half that killed a Wolfpack drive
that had reached Florida State's 26.
Xavier Lee, making his first start of the season at quarterback, ran 2 yards for the Seminoles first touchdown 2:11 into the game, three plays after a 58-yard pass to Greg Carr on the game's first
play. Carr later caught a 40-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to give the Seminoles a 24-10 lead.
While the 6-6 Carr caught 4 passes for 140 yards.
The Seminoles (4-1,1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a string of eight straight losses against Atlantic Division rivals while N.C. State has now lost a dozen straight game against Bowl
Subdivision (formerly 1-A) schools.
Although N.C. State (1-5, 0-3 ACC) led 10-7 in the first quarter, it was again plagued by four turnovers -- boosting its number to 21 in coach Tom O'Brien's first year at the school.
It was Florida State coach Bobby Bowden's 370th career coaching win, the most in major college football.
It was an emotional game for Seminole assistant coach Chuck Amato, who returned to Bowden's side earlier this year after he was fired by his N.C. State alma mater last November following seven seasons
as head coach.
One of the players Amato recruited, sophomore running back Jamelle Eugene, ran for 101 yards on 14 carries and caught 5 passes for another 30 yards to lead the Wolfpack offense.
The game was delayed late in the third quarter for 49 minutes because of a lightning threat. Florida State led 17-10 when the players were removed from the field.
ACC sideline official, Ernest Benson, fainted on the sideline in the second quarter and was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for dehydration and released.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
7 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
27 |
1st 7- 0 Xavier Lee, 2, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 12:49
7- 7 Opp, 2, pass (kick), 10:54
7-10 Opp, 23, field goal, 2:25
2nd 7-10 Gary Cismesia, 51, field goal failed, 14:55
7-10 Gary Cismesia, 26, field goal failed, 8:46
10-10 Gary Cismesia, 39, field goal, 3:09
3rd 17-10 Michael Ray Garvin, 43, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 11:15
4th 24-10 Greg Carr, 40, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:59
27-10 Gary Cismesia, 28, field goal, 11:19
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 19
Rushes-yards 35-124 34- 96
Passing 257 172
Att-Comp-Int 28-16-0 32-19-3
Total Yards 63-381 66-268
Punt Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-29 4-87
Interception Ret. 3-67 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 3-45.3 5-33.6
Sacks By-Yds 6-30 3-14
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 11-91 9-97
3rd Down Conversions 6-15 7-16
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Time of Posession 31:46 28:14
Attendance 82,214
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 17- 55
Seddrick Holloway 2- 43
Xavier Lee 12- 14
Preston Parker 2- 7
Jamaal Edwards 2- 5
Receiving
Greg Carr 4- 140
Preston Parker 6- 61
De'Cody Fagg 4- 45
Damon McDaniel 1- 7
Caz Piurowski 1- 4
Passing
Xavier Lee 28-16-0-257
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 1- 29
Punting
Graham Gano 3- 136
|---------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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Geno Hayes 4 6 10 3.0- 14.0 2.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 2 6 8 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 6 . 6 2.0- 7.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 4 1 5 . . 1- 43 . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 5 . 5 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 4 1 5 2.0- 9.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 2 3 5 1.5- 9.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 2 2 4 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 2 1 3 2.0- 6.0 . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart . 2 2 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant . 1 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Kendall Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Leon 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson . . . . . 1- 24 1 . . . . .
Justin Mincey . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
WAKE FOREST 24, FLORIDA STATE 21
10/11/2007, WINSTON-SALEM, NC
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Lose Battle with Deamon Deacons, 24-21.
Lee scores with 17 seconds remaining but Wake Forest claims win.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Riley Skinner threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Kenneth Moore in the fourth quarter to lead Wake Forest past No. 21 Florida State 24-21 on Thursday night.
Skinner completed 19 of 27 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns for the Demon Deacons (4-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who rallied in the second half to beat the Seminoles (4-2, 1-2).
Skinner led the Demon Deacons 82 yards in nine plays, converting three third downs during their game-winning drive. The biggest came when Skinner sidestepped a pass rush, stepped forward in the pocket
and found Moore, who had a step on cornerback Jamie Robinson at the goal line, for the easy score that put Wake Forest up 21-14 with 6:41 remaining.
Florida State gave the ball right back to Wake Forest on the first play of its ensuing drive, when Chip Vaughn intercepted Xavier Lee's deep pass at the 26. The Demon Deacons milked the clock and set
up Sam Swank's 48-yard field goal with 1:40 to play that made it a 10-point game.
Lee scored on a 17-yard run with 17 seconds left to draw the Seminoles within 24-21, but Wake Forest recovered an onside kick to seal it.
Josh Adams rushed 18 times for 140 yards, including an 83-yard touchdown run, and caught a scoring pass. Micah Andrews ran hard as his relief, gaining 57 tough yards in helping spark the comeback.
Wake Forest's defense in the first half allowed two big plays that set up the Seminoles' two scoring drives, then shut them down after halftime. The Demon Deacons forced five second-half punts,
intercepted two passes and allowed 105 total yards after the break - with a good chunk coming after Swank's late kick. Florida State's rushing offense never could get going, finishing with 47 yards on
24 carries.
Lee finished 24-of-45 for 283 yards and two touchdowns for the Seminoles, who led 14-7 at halftime.
Wake Forest moved 80 yards in nine plays late in the third quarter to force a 14-14 tie - a drive that started when Alphonso Smith intercepted Lee in the end zone. Skinner capped the drive with a
nifty play in which he faked a handoff to Adams, deked like he would roll right and instead reversed field and flipped to the wide-open tailback for a 6-yard score.
Florida State rallied from an early deficit by using two big plays to set up short touchdowns passes. Lee hit Parker for 58 yards and then hooked up again three plays later from 6 yards out - the
first TD of the receiver's career - that snapped a five-quarter scoreless streak against Wake Forest.
Later, Carr outjumped Smith on a 50-yard gain down the right sideline, then did it again in the left corner of the end zone to make it 14-7 43 seconds before halftime.
Adams had given Wake Forest a 7-0 lead midway through the second quarter when he took a handoff at his own 17, stutter-stepped through the line and burst down the right sideline for the fourth-longest
touchdown run in school history and the longest run allowed by Florida State in more than a decade.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| FLORIDA STATE |
0 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
| WAKE FOREST |
0 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
24 |
2nd 0- 7 Opp, 83, run (kick), 8:30
7- 7 Preston Parker, 6, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 5:46
14- 7 Greg Carr, 4, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 0:43
3rd 14-14 Opp, 6, pass (kick), 2:32
4th 14-21 Opp, 35, pass (kick), 6:41
14-24 Opp, 48, field goal, 1:40
21-24 Xavier Lee, 17, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 0:17
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 14 18
Rushes-yards 24- 47 48-180
Passing 283 215
Att-Comp-Int 48-24-2 27-19-2
Total Yards 72-330 75-395
Punt Returns 4-20 4-19
Kickoff Returns 5-96 4-71
Interception Ret. 2-0 2-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 9-41.2 8-35.8
Sacks By-Yds 1-9 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-1
Penalties-Yds 10-76 8-70
3rd Down Conversions 8-19 6-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 25:20 34:40
Attendance 32,906
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 14- 32
Xavier Lee 8- 9
Damon McDaniel 1- 4
Seddrick Holloway 1- 2
Receiving
Preston Parker 5- 113
Greg Carr 8- 108
De'Cody Fagg 4- 33
Richard Goodman 3- 25
Damon McDaniel 2- 2
Antone Smith 2- 2
Passing
Xavier Lee 45-24-2-283
Drew Weatherford 2- 0-0- 0
Team 1- 0-0- 0
Punt Return
Preston Parker 3- 20
Rodney Gallon 1- 0
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 4- 77
Preston Parker 1- 19
Punting
Graham Gano 8- 336
Brent Moody 1- 35
|---------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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Dekoda Watson 6 2 8 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 6 2 8 4.0- 12.0 . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 4 4 8 1.5- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 4 2 6 1.5- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 4 . 4 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 2 2 4 2.0- 11.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 2 2 4 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 3 . 3 3.0- 8.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Marcus Ball 2 1 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Paul Griffin 1 2 3 1.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams . 2 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson . 1 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
Benjamin Lampkin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Leon . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
MIAMI 37, FLORIDA STATE 29
10/20/2007, TALLAHASSEE, FL
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Miami Edges FSU In Rivalry Game.
Gary Cismesia kicked five field goals for the Seminoles.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Colin McCarthy returned a fumble 27 yards for Miami's second touchdown in 11 seconds late in the fourth quarter and the Hurricanes beat Florida State 37-29 Saturday.
For the first time since 1977, the rivalry game that helped decide so many national titles during the 1980s and 90s was played with neither team ranked. Fittingly, the Seminoles and 'Canes combined
for nine turnovers, five by FSU.
Minutes before Miami's two quick touchdowns, the Hurricanes (5-3, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) appeared to have lost their best chance to get the win when Kirby Freeman was stopped for no gain on a
fourth-and-1 at the Florida State 1 with 5:29 left and the 'Canes trailing 29-24.
But Freeman, who replaced injured Kyle Wright in the first half, drove Miami 83 yards in a 1 1/2 minutes to take the lead 30-29 on a 13-yard pass to Dedrick Epps with 1:15 left.
Xavier Lee, who was intercepted twice, then fumbled after being hit by Miami's Teraz McCray, and McCarthy ran it in for the clincher.
Lee threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles for Florida State (4-3, 1-3). He completed 14 of 32 passes for 208 yards in his third start this season.
The Seminoles wasted five field goals by Gary Cismesia and Antone Smith's first 100-yard game of the season. Smith finished with 114 yards on 22 carries.
Cismesia's fourth field goal, from 45 yards, gave Florida State a 26-24 lead late in the third quarter of the back-and-forth contest and he added another from the same distance early in the fourth
quarter for the 29-24 lead.
The Hurricanes had grabbed a 24-23 lead on a trick play midway through the third quarter when place-kicker Francesco Zampogna took an over-the-shoulder toss from his holder and found tight end DajLeon
Farr on a 26-yard scoring pass.
Wright, who hurt his left ankle, was 6 of 10 for 88 yards, but threw an interception that put Florida State into a 17-14 lead.
Toddrick Verdell's 45-yard touchdown run was followed by a Cismesia field goal that put the Seminoles ahead 20-17 at halftime.
Miami also scored two quick touchdowns in the first quarter to grab an early 14-3 lead.
The Hurricanes went ahead 7-3 lead on Wright's 1-yard run on a scoring drive highlighted by Wright's 64-yard third down pass to Darnell Jenkins.
Greg Cooper then added a 2-yard TD run set up by a fumble by Florida State's Smith.
Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who has 370 career coaching wins, is now just one ahead of Penn State's Joe Paterno.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| MIAMI |
14 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
37 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
10 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
29 |
1st 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 23, field goal, 8:44
3- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:08
3-14 Opp, 2, run (kick), 4:48
10-14 Xavier Lee, 6, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 0:05
2nd 17-14 Toddrick Verdell, 45, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:07
17-17 Opp, 44, field goal, 4:43
20-17 Gary Cismesia, 31, field goal, 0:15
3rd 23-17 Gary Cismesia, 33, field goal, 14:23
23-24 Opp, 26, pass (kick), 6:23
26-24 Gary Cismesia, 45, field goal, 2:49
4th 29-24 Gary Cismesia, 45, field goal, 14:11
29-30 Opp, 13, pass (pass failed), 1:15
29-37 Opp, 27, fumble recovery/return (kick), 1:04
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 17
Rushes-yards 47-158 45-153
Passing 208 173
Att-Comp-Int 33-14-2 22-11-3
Total Yards 80-366 67-326
Punt Returns 2-1 2-10
Kickoff Returns 4-103 6-119
Interception Ret. 3-96 2-56
Fumble Returns 1-0 3-27
Punts 3-43.7 4-46.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-14 2-16
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-1
Penalties-Yds 7-62 8-60
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 3-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-3
Time of Posession 32:45 27:15
Attendance 82,728
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 22- 114
Seddrick Holloway 4- 21
Xavier Lee 12- 15
Preston Parker 2- 11
Jamaal Edwards 6- -1
Russell Ball 1- -2
Receiving
Preston Parker 5- 83
De'Cody Fagg 2- 43
Greg Carr 3- 41
Charlie Graham 1- 20
Caz Piurowski 2- 18
Jamaal Edwards 1- 3
Passing
Xavier Lee 32-14-2-208
Preston Parker 1- 0-0- 0
Punt Return
Preston Parker 2- 1
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 3- 79
Preston Parker 1- 24
Punting
Graham Gano 3- 131
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Nicholson 6 4 10 . . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 5 3 8 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 2 2 4 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 1 2 . . 1- 31 . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 2 . 2 1.0- 4.0 . 1- 45 . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 2 . 2 . . 1- 20 . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 2 . 2 1.0- 1.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Alex Boston 2 . 2 2.0- 11.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Tony Carter 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Richard Goodman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Xavier Lee 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ochuko Jenije 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jacky Claude 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sean Compton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
FLORIDA STATE 25, DUKE 6
10/27/2007, TALLAHASSEE, FL
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
FSU Defeats Duke, 25-6.
Parker scored his second TD late in the third quarter on a 14-yard run to make the score 22-0.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Preston Parker caught a touchdown pass and scored on an end around Saturday to help Florida State end a two-game losing streak with a 25-6 victory over Duke, handing the Blue Devils'
their 22nd straight Atlantic Coast Conference loss.
After going more than five quarters without an offensive touchdown, the Seminoles made it to the end zone six minutes into the third quarter when Parker raced 9 yards with a short sideline pass from
Drew Weatherford, giving Florida State a 16-0 lead.
Florida State, which plays next Saturday at undefeated Boston College, led 9-0 at halftime on three field goals by Gary Cismesia.
Parker scored his second TD late in the third quarter on a 14-yard run to make the score 22-0.
After Cismesia kicked his fourth field goal, Duke (1-7, 0-5 ACC) avoided a shutout when Thaddeus Lewis lofted a 3-yard pass to a wide-open Brandon King in the right front corner of the end zone with
8:07 left.
Florida State (5-3, 2-3 ACC) rolled up a season-high 534 yards and 30 first downs while holding Duke to 222 yards and 9 first downs. The Blue Devils managed only 49 yards and two first downs in the
first half.
The win was Bobby Bowden's 371st coaching victory and gave him a two-game cushion over Penn State's Joe Paterno, whose team lost Saturday to Ohio State.
Weatherford, making his first start in four games after being benched in favor of Xavier Lee, completed 35 of 47 for 339 yards despite not having junior wide receiver Greg Carr, who missed the game
with a wrist injury.
Carr, who has 24 career touchdown catches, had caught six TD catches in two previous games against the Blue Devils.
But De'Cody Fagg took up the slack with 9 catches for 134 yards and Richard Goodman had 11 catches for 73 yards, but injured his right ankle late in the fourth quarter.
Parker had 8 catches for 89 yards and Antone Smith tacked on 146 yards on 23 carries, but was also knocked out of the contest late with a left ankle sprain.
Florida State's Patrick Robinson had an interception for the fourth straight game.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| DUKE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
3 |
6 |
13 |
3 |
25 |
1st 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 23, field goal, 1:30
2nd 6- 0 Gary Cismesia, 41, field goal, 12:50
6- 0 Gary Cismesia, 39, field goal failed, 4:08
9- 0 Gary Cismesia, 33, field goal, 0:04
3rd 16- 0 Preston Parker, 9, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 9:06
22- 0 Preston Parker, 14, run (Gary Cismesia, kick failed), 1:53
4th 22- 6 Opp, 3, pass (run failed), 8:07
25- 6 Gary Cismesia, 35, field goal, 1:16
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 30 9
Rushes-yards 39-195 19- 9
Passing 339 213
Att-Comp-Int 47-35-0 31-17-1
Total Yards 86-534 50-222
Punt Returns 2-22 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-20 2-91
Interception Ret. 1-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 2-25.5 7-39.3
Sacks By-Yds 1-9 1-7
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Penalties-Yds 8-60 6-50
3rd Down Conversions 7-16 2-12
4th Down Conversions 2-2 1-3
Time of Posession 39:38 20:22
Attendance 79,159
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 23- 146
Preston Parker 4- 27
Seddrick Holloway 4- 12
Drew Weatherford 4- 8
Russell Ball 1- 5
Team 1- -1
Jamaal Edwards 2- -2
Receiving
De'Cody Fagg 9- 134
Preston Parker 8- 89
Richard Goodman 11- 73
Joslin Shaw 5- 34
Antone Smith 2- 9
Passing
Drew Weatherford 47-35-0-339
Punt Return
Preston Parker 2- 22
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 1- 20
Preston Parker 1- 0
Punting
Brent Moody 2- 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Geno Hayes 4 2 6 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 2 2 4 1.5- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 2 1 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 2 . 2 1.0- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Justin Mincey 2 . 2 2.0- 11.0 . . . . . . . .
Eli Charles 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 . 1 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Preston Parker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Rod Owens 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Leon . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
FLORIDA STATE 27, BOSTON COLLEGE 17
11/03/2007, CHESTNUT HILL, MA
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida St. Shocks No. 2 Boston College.
Drew Weatherford completed 29-of-45 passes for 354 yards in the win.
BOSTON, MA - There goes another No. 2.
Geno Hayes returned Matt Ryan's third interception for a 38-yard touchdown with 1:10 to play on Saturday night to help Florida State beat second-ranked Boston College 27-17, ending the Eagles' run at
an unbeaten season and shaking up the BCS standings yet again.
With the loss by BC (8-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), only Ohio State, Kansas and Hawaii remain unbeaten. A handful of one-loss teams - LSU, Oregon and Oklahoma among them - had their hopes for
reaching the Bowl Championship Series title game aided by Florida State. LSU will probably take second-place behind Ohio State in the BCS standings when they come out Sunday.
"This does not deter us from what we want to do," BC coach Jeff Jagodzinski said, "and that's win the ACC championship."
The No. 2 team in The Associated Press Top 25 lost three consecutive weeks before Boston College took over the second spot on Oct. 21 and held on with a comeback victory over Virginia Tech last week.
Southern California, California and South Florida were the others to lose as No. 2.
Drew Weatherford completed 29-of-45 passes for 354 yards for Florida State (6-3, 3-3), hitting Preston Parker nine times for 93 yards and a touchdown and De'Cody Fagg on six catches for 111 yards and
a TD.
Ryan finished 25-for-53 for two touchdowns and 415 yards - his fourth career 400-yard game, tying Doug Flutie for the most in school history.
But his interceptions were costly.
"One of the things you can't do, I don't care what level you're on, you can't turn the ball over," Jagodzinski said. "We had four."
Ryan was picked off once in the first quarter inside the Seminoles 10. He also threw an interception early in the third that allowed Florida State to move into position for a 40-yard field goal that
made it 10-0.
It was the second consecutive game BC trailed 10-0 before mounting a rally: The Eagles spotted Virginia Tech a two-score lead on Oct. 25 before Ryan threw two touchdown passes in the final 2:11 to
vault himself into the Heisman Trophy conversation.
This time, he had more than 20 minutes to work with.
"You can never count out Matt Ryan and BC," Weatherford said. "I was nervous the whole time. He's a great player, he's led his team back before and I knew he could do it again. I was nervous until the
final play."
Ryan led BC on a four-play, 70-yard drive over 63 seconds, hitting Ryan Purvis for 26 yards to the Florida State 30, and then Brandon Robinson for the touchdown. The teams traded field goals, then
Weatherford hit Fagg on a 42-yard touchdown pass to give the Seminoles a 20-10 lead.
Ryan hit Rich Gunnell on a 42-yard pass to the Florida State 6 with 7:24 left. Two plays later, including a penalty that moved the ball to the 3, Ryan hit a wide-open Purvis in the middle of the end
zone to make it 20-17.
BC forced a punt and got the ball back at its own 7 with 3:30 left and a chance to take the lead.
"I was excited," Ryan said. "As soon as they stopped them, and forced the punt, they gave us another chance to go out there and win the game."
Ryan moved the Eagles out to the 33 before Hayes ripped the ball free from Purvis on a pass across the middle and went easily into the end zone.
"This is the fourth game that we've been ahead at the half and we've lost two of them," Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said. "I thought we were going to make enough mistakes to lose it at the end."
The game began in a frigid and soaking downpour, with wind gusts forecast at up to 50 mph as the remnants of Hurricane Noel proceeded up the East Coast. The rain had stopped by the end of the first
quarter, but the winds battered the U.S. flag and played havoc with a couple of second-quarter field goal attempts.
"Everybody believed, until the very end, that we could pull it out at the end, after what Matt did last week," BC linebacker Mark Herzlich said. "Hayes made a great play and sealed the deal."
Robinson caught seven passes for 163 yards for BC, fighting off a grabby defender to make a beautiful diving catch for 38 yards to the Seminoles 6 midway through the fourth quarter. But the Eagles,
trailing 13-7 at the time moved backward on penalties and managed only a field goal.
Weatherford answered with a two-play, 61-yard drive that took just 41 seconds before Fagg ran 42 yards into the end zone to make it 20-10.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| FLORIDA STATE |
0 |
7 |
3 |
17 |
27 |
| BOSTON COLLEGE |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
2nd 0- 0 Gary Cismesia, 48, field goal failed, 10:45
0- 0 Opp, 32, field goal failed, 9:29
7- 0 Preston Parker, 23, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 4:52
3rd 10- 0 Gary Cismesia, 40, field goal, 5:41
10- 7 Opp, 30, pass (kick), 4:38
10- 7 Gary Cismesia, 47, field goal failed, 3:01
4th 13- 7 Gary Cismesia, 29, field goal, 11:26
13-10 Opp, 35, field goal, 8:52
20-10 De'Cody Fagg, 42, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 8:11
20-17 Opp, 1, pass (kick), 6:43
27-17 Geno Hayes, 38, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 1:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 25 20
Rushes-yards 31- 81 21- 63
Passing 371 415
Att-Comp-Int 46-30-0 53-26-3
Total Yards 77-452 74-478
Punt Returns 2-13 1-0
Kickoff Returns 4-54 6-97
Interception Ret. 3-38 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 6-41.7 4-44.5
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 1-2
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 10-58 8-121
3rd Down Conversions 7-18 9-17
4th Down Conversions 1-1 2-4
Time of Posession 35:04 24:56
Attendance 40,065
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 22- 63
Drew Weatherford 6- 11
Seddrick Holloway 1- 4
Jamaal Edwards 1- 4
Team 1- -1
Receiving
De'Cody Fagg 6- 111
Preston Parker 9- 93
Antone Smith 5- 83
Greg Carr 4- 56
Joslin Shaw 3- 21
Charlie Graham 2- 9
Jamaal Edwards 1- -2
Passing
Drew Weatherford 45-29-0-354
Punt Return
Preston Parker 2- 13
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 2- 30
Joslin Shaw 2- 24
Punting
Graham Gano 4- 198
Brent Moody 2- 52
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Nicholson 3 3 6 1.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 5 . 5 1.0- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 3 . 3 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 3 . 3 . . 1- 0 . . . 1 . .
Budd Thacker 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 1 1 2 . . 1- 38 2 . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chase Walker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
VIRGINIA TECH 40, FLORIDA STATE 21
11/10/2007, BLACKSBURG, VA
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Falls To No. 11 Virginia Tech.
Seminoles lead 21-20 entering the final quarter, but lose 40-21.
BLACKSBURG, VA - Tyrod Taylor and Virginia Tech didn't make coach Frank Beamer suffer through another disheartening loss to Florida State, but the No. 11 Hokies sure made their coach and fans sweat it
out until late Saturday.
Taylor returned from a sprained ankle that kept him out 2 1/2 games and threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, lifting the Hokies to a 40-21 victory. It was the first win for Beamer in eight
tries against Florida State, and marked the first time Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden has lost to Virginia Tech in 16 career meetings.
The Hokies (8-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) blew a 14-point halftime lead and trailed 21-20 entering the final quarter, but Taylor drove them to his go-ahead 3-yard scoring run, and three late
Seminoles turnovers made a close game turn lopsided.
The end came with fans that had fallen silent in the third quarter celebrating wildly as the Hokies poured it on, as if one victory could erase two painful recent losses. In 1999, the Seminoles beat
the Michael Vick-led Hokies in the Sugar Bowl national championship game, 46-29, and then two years ago, the heavily favored Hokies collapsed under a barrage of penalties and lost 27-22 in the first
ACC title game.
But this time, with Taylor throwing for 204 yards and running for 92 more, and Justin Harper catching five passes for 167 yards, and the the defense rising in the end, the Hokies stayed on course for
a chance to return to the ACC title game.
They have two games left - at home against Miami, and at Virginia.
The Seminoles (6-4, 3-4), who seemed to be catching their stride last week when they beat No. 8 Boston College, lost quarterback Drew Weatherford to injury before halftime and failed to get the
78-year-old Bowden his 300th victory at the school.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| FLORIDA STATE |
6 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
21 |
| VIRGINIA TECH |
6 |
14 |
0 |
20 |
40 |
1st 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 41, field goal, 9:43
3- 6 Opp, 31, pass (kick failed), 8:16
3- 6 Opp, 52, field goal failed, 2:17
6- 6 Gary Cismesia, 39, field goal, 0:50
2nd 6-13 Opp, 5, pass (kick), 12:29
6-20 Opp, 2, run (kick), 6:54
3rd 9-20 Gary Cismesia, 50, field goal, 11:00
15-20 Dekoda Watson, 40, interception return (Christian Ponder, pass failed), 9:06
21-20 De'Cody Fagg, 8, pass from Christian Ponder (Christian Ponder, pass failed), 3:41
4th 21-28 Opp, 3, run (pass), 10:10
21-31 Opp, 22, field goal, 5:32
21-38 Opp, 5, interception return (kick), 5:13
21-40 Opp, safety, 2:41
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 13 17
Rushes-yards 28-116 54-188
Passing 151 207
Att-Comp-Int 33-13-2 19-11-1
Total Yards 61-267 73-395
Punt Returns 1-13 3-23
Kickoff Returns 7-121 6-127
Interception Ret. 1-40 2-16
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-16
Punts 7-42.3 6-35.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-2 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-0
Penalties-Yds 7-45 7-60
3rd Down Conversions 4-15 6-17
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-1
Time of Posession 25:16 34:44
Attendance 66,233
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Christian Ponder 5- 51
Graham Gano 1- 24
Seddrick Holloway 4- 16
Antone Smith 8- 12
Drew Weatherford 2- 7
Jamaal Edwards 3- 6
Preston Parker 3- 2
Russell Ball 1- -1
D'Vontrey Richardson 1- -1
Receiving
De'Cody Fagg 4- 63
Greg Carr 3- 48
Russell Ball 2- 20
Antone Smith 1- 13
Joslin Shaw 1- 4
Seddrick Holloway 1- 2
Preston Parker 1- 1
Passing
Christian Ponder 18- 8-2-105
Drew Weatherford 15- 5-0- 46
Punt Return
Preston Parker 1- 13
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 5- 96
Preston Parker 2- 25
Punting
Graham Gano 6- 259
Brent Moody 1- 37
|---------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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Geno Hayes 7 2 9 2.5- 3.0 1.0- 1.0 . . 1 . . . .
Derek Nicholson 4 4 8 1.0- 5.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Everette Brown 4 3 7 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 1 6 7 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 5 1 6 3.5- 3.0 1.0- 1.0 1- 40 1 . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Roger Williams 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kenny Ingram 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 3 . 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Rod Owens 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 1 2 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 1 2 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 1 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Christian Ponder 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shannon Boatman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rod Roberts . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
FLORIDA STATE 24, MARYLAND 16
11/17/2007, TALLAHASSEE, FL
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Post 24-16 Home Victory Over Terrapins.
Florida State (7-4, 4-4 ACC) clinched a 31st consecutive winning season.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Bobby Bowden won his 300th game at Florida State, getting 133 yards rushing and a touchdown from Preston Parker in a 24-16 victory against Maryland on Saturday.
Bowden, who has 373 career coaching wins, is assured of keeping his lead over Penn State's Joe Paterno for at least one more week in their long-running competition for the most wins in major college
history.
Florida State (7-4, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) clinched a 31st consecutive winning season, while Maryland (5-6, 2-5 ACC) needs a win at North Carolina State next week just to become bowl
eligible.
Parker, who had been the Seminoles' leading receiver, made his first start at tailback and ran for 51 yards on his first four carries, including an 18-yard TD that gave the Seminoles a 14-3 lead late
in the first quarter. He was moved to running back this week after Antone Smith was lost to a shoulder injury in last week's loss at Virginia Tech.
Drew Weatherford bounced back from a concussion that knocked him out of last week's game to throw for 204 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for another.
Florida State took a 21-3 lead 44 seconds into the second quarter when Weatherford and De'Cody Fagg hooked up on a 10-yard touchdown pass.
The Seminoles led 21-6 at the half with Maryland's points coming on a pair of field goals by Obi Egekeze, who added a third in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.
Maryland made it interesting in the second half, pulling to within 21-13 midway through the third quarter when Darrius Heyward-Bey scored on a 14-yard pass from Chris Turner.
Turner completed 16 of 32 passes for 242 yards, but threw a costly interception and was sacked four times.
Patrick Robinson's sixth interception of the season set up the game's initial score, a 1-yard run on fourth down by Weatherford.
Parker, a 6-foot, 190-pound sophomore from Delray Beach, carried the ball 20 times, caught a pass for 21 yards and returned four punts for 40 more yards.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| MARYLAND |
3 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
16 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
14 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
1st 7- 0 Drew Weatherford, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 9:30
7- 3 Opp, 46, field goal, 5:53
14- 3 Preston Parker, 18, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 3:39
2nd 21- 3 De'Cody Fagg, 10, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 14:16
21- 6 Opp, 29, field goal, 9:43
3rd 21-13 Opp, 14, pass (kick), 5:55
4th 24-13 Gary Cismesia, 30, field goal, 9:20
24-13 Opp, 46, field goal failed, 8:40
24-16 Opp, 37, field goal, 2:58
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 18
Rushes-yards 38-154 37- 92
Passing 204 243
Att-Comp-Int 26-16-0 35-17-1
Total Yards 64-358 72-335
Punt Returns 4-40 1-12
Kickoff Returns 5-75 4-132
Interception Ret. 1-32 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 8-39.1 5-39.8
Sacks By-Yds 5-32 3-23
Fumbles-Lost 5-1 0-0
Penalties-Yds 3-37 8-51
3rd Down Conversions 2-12 3-16
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-3
Time of Posession 29:07 30:53
Attendance 80,213
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Preston Parker 20- 133
Seddrick Holloway 7- 26
Drew Weatherford 9- 0
Team 2- -5
Receiving
De'Cody Fagg 4- 68
Greg Carr 3- 35
Joslin Shaw 3- 33
Caz Piurowski 1- 27
Preston Parker 1- 21
Charlie Graham 3- 19
Seddrick Holloway 1- 1
Passing
Drew Weatherford 26-16-0-204
Punt Return
Preston Parker 4- 40
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 5- 75
Punting
Brent Moody 5- 175
Graham Gano 3- 138
|---------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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Roger Williams 7 . 7 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 4 3 7 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 3 2 5 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 3 1 4 . . 1- 32 1 . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 3 . 3 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 2 . 2 2.0- 13.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 2 . 2 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 1 1 2 1.5- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 1 2 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 1 1 2 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 1 2 . . . 2 . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
FLORIDA 45, FLORIDA STATE 12
11/24/2007, GAINESVILLE, FL
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
No. 12 Florida Tops Rival Florida St.
The Seminoles finish the regluar season 7-5 overall.
GAINESVILLE, FL - Tim Tebow threw three touchdown passes, ran for two scores and carried the 12th-ranked Gators to a 45-12 victory over the Seminoles on Saturday night.
Tebow led the Gators (9-3) to touchdowns on four of their first five possessions, staking them to big lead that eased the pressure on Florida's young defense that has struggled much of the year.
Percy Harvin did his part, too. After missing the last two games because of migraine headaches, Harvin returned and ran 16 times for 157 yards. He scored on a 24-yard run with 3 minutes to play.
Tebow and Harvin burned the Seminoles (7-5) all over the field, helping extend Florida's dominance in the series.
The Gators have won four in a row, the longest streak since winning their sixth straight in 1986.
With Tebow and Harvin on board for at least another year, Florida State's outlook for ending the streak doesn't look so promising.
Tebow finished 19-of-28 for 262 yards. The sophomore also carried 13 times for 89 yards.
Tebow ran around and over defenders all game, and stirred the crowd into a frenzy after every big play.
He had most of the 90,664 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium chanting "Tebow, Heisman" with 5:37 to play.
Maybe Geno Hayes should have joined in. Florida State's junior linebacker said early in the week that Tebow was "going down" Saturday.
Hayes was right, sort of.
Tebow went down the field and down in history.
His second rushing touchdown gave him 22 for the season, tying the NCAA record for a quarterback. Chance Harridge of Air Force also had 22 in 2002.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| FLORIDA STATE |
3 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| FLORIDA |
14 |
10 |
7 |
14 |
45 |
1st 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 21, field goal, 9:13
3- 7 Opp, 23, run (kick), 6:28
3-14 Opp, 32, pass (kick), 2:46
2nd 6-14 Gary Cismesia, 38, field goal, 12:22
6-21 Opp, 14, pass (kick), 8:48
9-21 Gary Cismesia, 28, field goal, 4:21
9-24 Opp, 35, field goal, 0:18
12-24 Gary Cismesia, 60, field goal, 0:00
3rd 12-31 Opp, 5, run (kick), 12:14
4th 12-38 Opp, 31, pass (kick), 8:20
12-45 Opp, 24, run (kick), 3:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 17 29
Rushes-yards 25- 99 38-279
Passing 188 262
Att-Comp-Int 37-20-0 28-19-0
Total Yards 62-287 66-541
Punt Returns 0-0 1-7
Kickoff Returns 8-163 3-42
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 4-41.5 2-45.0
Sacks By-Yds 1-4 2-13
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 3-23 11-90
3rd Down Conversions 3-12 7-11
4th Down Conversions 0-2 0-0
Time of Posession 28:20 31:40
Attendance 90,664
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Preston Parker 12- 48
Joslin Shaw 1- 24
Drew Weatherford 7- 21
Antone Smith 4- 6
Seddrick Holloway 1- 0
Receiving
Preston Parker 6- 55
De'Cody Fagg 5- 50
Rod Owens 4- 45
Joslin Shaw 3- 21
Charlie Graham 1- 9
Greg Carr 1- 8
Passing
Drew Weatherford 37-20-0-188
Kickoff Return
Michael Ray Garvin 5- 90
Joslin Shaw 2- 69
Seddrick Holloway 1- 4
Punting
Graham Gano 4- 166
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roger Williams 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 4 5 9 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 2 3 5 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 2 1 3 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Paul Griffin 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 2 3 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey . 1 1 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
KENTUCKY 35, FLORIDA STATE 28
12/31/2007, Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tn
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Entertaining Music City Bowl Won By Kentucky.
Seminoles Edged 35-28 in Nashville.
NASHVILLE, TN - Andre Woodson threw four TD paases against Florida State and Kentucky won its second straight Music City Bowl, beating the Seminoles 35-28 on Monday for Bobby Bowden's first bowl loss
in December.
Kentucky hadn't ended back-to-back seasons with bowl wins since 1951-52, but the Wildcats pulled off the feat in Nashville one year after surprising Clemson, coached by Bowden's son, Tommy.
As for the elder Bowden, who has led the Seminoles to 26 straight bowls and two national titles, his December bowl record finally has its first blemish at 7-1-1. Bowden is major college football's
winningest coach with 373 victories -- one ahead of Penn State's Joe Paterno.
Woodson capitalized on the missing depth and finished the season with 40 touchdown passes, breaking Tim Couch's school-record 37 set in 1998. It was the 19th consecutive game with at least 200 passing
yards and a scoring pass for Woodson, a senior who figures to be among the first quarterbacks taken in the NFL draft.
The Wildcats took the lead for good midway through the third quarter on Woodson's 2-yard slant to Rafael Little, who 126 yards on 26 carries. It was the 13th 100-yard rushing game for the senior
running back, tying him for second on Kentucky's career list.
Florida State quarterback Drew Weatherford pulled the Seminoles to 28-21 with 8 minutes left on a 1-yard bootleg run -- his first career game with two rushing TDs.
Woodson immediately answered, dumping off a short pass that Steve Johnson took for 38 yards for his second TD reception. Johnson led all receivers with 126 yards.
Weatherford would add a TD pass to Greg Carr with just over 2 minutes remaining, and Florida State got the ball back at the 1-minute mark behind by one score.
Linebacker Micah Johnson appeared to come up with a game-icing interception, but a fumble gave the Seminoles another chance. Weatherford's last-second pass fell incomplete in the end zone.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| KENTUCKY |
7 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
35 |
| FLORIDA STATE |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
28 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 14, pass (kick), 10:39
7- 7 Drew Weatherford, 6, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 1:49
2nd 7-14 Opp, 13, pass (kick), 8:28
7-14 Gary Cismesia, 51, field goal failed, 5:45
14-14 Tony Carter, 24, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 3:28
14-14 Opp, 39, field goal failed, 0:13
3rd 14-21 Opp, 2, pass (kick), 6:49
14-28 Opp, 4, run (kick), 0:04
4th 21-28 Drew Weatherford, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 8:02
21-35 Opp, 38, pass (kick), 5:19
21-35 Opp, 39, field goal failed, 3:31
28-35 Greg Carr, 7, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 2:14
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 29
Rushes-yards 33-204 36-143
Passing 276 358
Att-Comp-Int 50-22-2 50-32-1
Total Yards 83-480 86-501
Punt Returns 1-16 2-36
Kickoff Returns 3-44 3-57
Interception Ret. 1-24 2-34
Fumble Returns 3-51 0-0
Punts 6-41.7 5-39.8
Sacks By-Yds 3-27 1-13
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 5-3
Penalties-Yds 10-102 7-45
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 6-14
4th Down Conversions 1-3 0-0
Time of Posession 29:35 30:25
Attendance 68,661
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Antone Smith 17- 156
Drew Weatherford 12- 48
Preston Parker 2- 1
Seddrick Holloway 1- 0
Team 1- -1
Receiving
Preston Parker 8- 105
Greg Carr 6- 99
De'Cody Fagg 5- 51
Antone Smith 1- 11
Rod Owens 2- 10
Passing
Drew Weatherford 48-22-2-276
Preston Parker 1- 0-0- 0
Team 1- 0-0- 0
Punt Return
Preston Parker 1- 16
Kickoff Return
Preston Parker 3- 44
Punting
Graham Gano 3- 171
Brent Moody 2- 79
Team 1- 0
|---------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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Derek Nicholson 4 9 13 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Roger Williams 4 6 10 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 4 4 8 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
Geno Hayes 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 6 1 7 . . 1- 24 1 . 1- 51 . . .
Jamie Robinson 6 1 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 2 3 5 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart . 5 5 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston . 3 3 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis . 3 3 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Kendall Smith . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Emmanuel Dunbar 1 1 2 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Everette Brown . 2 2 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Maurice Harris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ochuko Jenije 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Carr 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
D'Vontrey Richardson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dustin Tremellen 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ryan McMahon . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
