1984 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Chuck Amato, Defensive Line
Mickey Andrews, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Art Baker, Assistant Head Coach, Quarterbacks
Aaron Carter, Graduate Assistant
Doug Carter, Graduate Assistant
John Coatta, Jr., Graduate Assistant
John Eason, Receivers
Jeff Ferrington, Graduate Assistant
Jim Gladden, Linebackers
Bob Harbison, Offensive Line
Dana Martin, Graduate Assistant
Gene McDowell, Linebackers
Wayne McDuffie, Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Brad Scott, Graduate Assistant
Billy Sexton, Running Backs
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1984 FSU Football Media Guide
Greg Allen
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1984 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
Phillip Bryant, 5-10, 175, WR-DB, Bainbridge, Ga.
- Late season knee surgery prevented him from becoming a household word in recruiting circles...he did reap first team 3A all-state honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...rushed for 872 yards
on 97 carries as a running back his senior season... was the state's 100 yard dash champion as a junior...made 1983 honorable mention Adidas All-American list both as an offensive back and a defensive
back...look for him to be placed at wide receiver first in August.
Pat Carter, 6-4, 230, TE, Sarasota
- He's one that could come in and play early, according to FSU coaches...it may be even more realistic to say that they need Carter to perform like they think he can to strengthen the tight end
position...caught 21 passes for 303 yards and three TDs as a senior...it's his blocking that has FSU coaches most excited though...has 4.6 speed in the 40 and benches 300 pounds...teammate of
placekicker Derek Schmidt at Sarasota High School.
Brian Davis, 6-0, 195, LB, Tallahassee
- One of three Tallahassee linebackers to sign with FSU...he and fellow FSU-recruit Mike Hittinger played side-by-side at Lincoln High...named to the first team 3A all-state squad and also named Big
Bend Player of the Year by the Tallahassee Democrat...also picked up USA Today All-American honors...139 tackles as a senior and 349 in his career...high school coach Steve Harden calls him "a Willie
Lanier type-a destroyer"...has 4.6 speed.
Dwayne Denson, 6-1, 220, TB, Norristown, Pa.
- Heads the list of the blue chip running backs in the nation...named to the Parade and Adidas All-America teams although he missed three games with an injury...rushed for 1,200 yards in nine
games...in the first game of his senior season he rushed for 235 yards in 21 carries and added five touchdowns...has 9.6 speed in the 100-yards...was the most coveted back in the nation on Nebraska's
recruiting list as well as many other schools...has been promised that he will get a shot at tailback at FSU although he has fullback size-according to Chuck Amato, who recruited him, "most people who
saw him on film think he's a franchise".
John Eaford, 6-2, 204, LB, Miami
- Although his name doesn't appear on many state or regional lists, he did make the Parade All-American team as well as the USA-Today All-American team...has 4.6 speed in the 40 and has bench pressed
380 pounds...coaches expect him to round out at about 220 pounds once he gets in the program...best game of his senior year came against Killian High School when he recovered three fumbles and
intercepted a pass...a good student with a 3 + grade point average.
David Etheridge, 6-2, 170, WR-P, Auburndale
- Third team 4A all-state as a punter...with a redshirt year, he'll have two years after current punter Louis Berry graduates...punted for a 40.5 average as a senior but his preferred technique-minus
shoes-is not allowed in Florida high school football...signed at FSU as a two-sport athlete and has permission to miss spring football to participate in track and field...high jumped 7-0 as a junior
and 6-9 as a senior...father played basketball at the University of Florida.
Victor Floyd, 5-11, 180, RB, Pensacola
- "The best natural athlete I've ever signed and that includes eight players off of Georgia's 1980 national championship team that I recruited" says offensive coordinator Wayne McDuffie...first team
3A all-state as well as honorable mention Adidas All-American and Orlando's Sweet 16 list...rushed for 1,500 yards in 176 carries as a senior, including games of 230 and 298 yards...that was his first
year in football as his debut as a junior was set back with a dislocated shoulder...runs a 9.6 100 yards and a 21.6 220 yards...a .450 hitter in baseball.
Steve Gabbard, 6-5, 260, DT, Concord, N.C.
- Has a lot of room to grow once he joins the FSU program...has great leg strength (515 pound squat press), good speed for a big man (4.8) and good jumping ability (28-29 inches)...was overshadowed by
highly recruited Chuck Tabor, his partner on the line at defensive tackle, who chose Missouri...originally from Dayton, Ohio...wants to major in accounting with a law career in mind.
Terry Griggley, 5-11, 180, DB, Clearwater
- A Parade All-American at running back although FSU coaches have indicated he'll be a defensive back...also made the Orlando Sentinel-Star's Sweet 16 list...had somewhat of a disappointing senior
season after a super junior season...broke his thumb in the pre-season...Griggley's first decision was not what college to attend, but what sport to play...was the starting point guard on the Team
Florida AAU team that won the national title in the 1983 summer...he can dunk a basketball easily although he's only 5-11...was named to the Sweet 16 basketball list also...has great speed (4.5)...one
of his best friends is FSU receiver Hassan Jones, who played with him two years at Clearwater.
John Hadley, 6-5, 200, DB, Orlando
- "Has speed, terrific range. He can cover twice the ground as the average guy can. And he likes to hit. We've never had a giant back there that can do all those things" says Jim Gladden, who
successfully recruited the 6-5 player...was a third team 4A all-state pick and an honorable mention Sweet 16 player...runs a 9.9 100 yards, a 21.9 220 yards and high jumps 6-6...also was named to the
Top 20 forwards list in the state...was also Evans' MVP in track...cousin Edmund Nelson plays for Pittsburgh Steelers...former teammate of Jamie Dukes at Evans...originally from New York.
Ed Harden, 6-2, 268, DT, Milledgeville, Ga.
- Played several defensive positions in high school and may be best suited for noseguard at FSU...named one of the top four defensive linemen in the state of Georgia last year...attended same high
school as senior linebacker Henry Taylor.
Felton Hayes, 6-1, 220, LB, Brandon
- Made the third team on the state's 4A list for linebackers...also excelled in wrestling with a 10-2 record as a junior and second team all-state honors as a senior...former teammate of FSU tackle
Stanley Scott...nominated for Mr. Brandon High School honor...nickname is "Darth Vader"..."he's muscular and will remind you of Henry Taylor" says recruiter Billy Sexton.
Mike Hittinger, 6-2, 220, LB, Tallahassee
- Picked Florida State along with fellow Lincoln linebacker Brian Davis...was a first-team all-state selection after picking up 100 tackles...also made the Orlando Sentinel Star's Sweet 16
list...strong player with a 460 pound bench press that coaches say remind them of Dick Butkus...fractured a foot in the off-season running the stadium steps at FSU.
Joey Ionata, 6-2, 245, OL, Dunedin
- Joins his brother John, a starting offensive tackle, at Florida State...can play both offense and defense but coaches will probably try him out on the offense first...has 4.7 speed...named second
team 4A all-state as a defenseman...made the all-county team both on offense and defense.
Anthony Johnson, 6-4, 290, DT, Jacksonville
- Biggest player inked by the Seminoles this year...although he didn't reap the honors some other offensive linemen did, coaches believe he's a sleeper...they'd like him to lose some weight and report
in at 260...moves well for a big man (5.0) and is very strong (420 in the bench press)...if he comes in at a lower weight, some coaches have already said they think he'll be an early contributor.
Jason Kuipers, 6-2, 235, OL, Winter Haven
- His signing gave FSU four players from Winter Haven on its roster...made third team all-state in the 4A category...will first have a shot at offensive line when he arrives on campus...may have the
best fundamentals of all the offensive linemen FSU recruited...has thrown the shot put 56-61/2 and was the only junior to place in the 3A state meet his junior year...plans to major in pre-dental
curriculum.
Paul McGowan, 6-1, 215, LB, Winter Park
- This young man comes to FSU with a trail of honors...named first team all-state, All-South, USA-Today honorable mention All-America, Orlando Touchdown Club's Defensive Player of the Year...when he
doubled on offense as a wingback, he carried 40 times for 400 yards...runs a 4.7 40-yard dash and ran on Winter Park's sprint relay...also won state championship with a 365 bench press in the 220
pound category...high school coach says he is the strongest player to come out of Winter Park...teammate of fellow FSU signee Mark Salva.
Tom O'Malley, 6-3, 225, TE, Darien, Conn.
- After playing fullback and linebacker, O'Malley was switched to tight end as a senior...has good speed, running under a 4.7 40-yard dash, and has good hands...with more weight he could warrant a
position switch, maybe to the interior line...also an excellent baseball player, he planned to spend the summer in Tallahassee playing semi-pro baseball.
David Palmer, 6-2, 212, LB, Tallahassee
- Versatile athlete who became the first player ever to win the Tallahassee Quarterback Club's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year award in 1983...averaged 18 tackles a game on defense and also
ran for 1,083 yards...picked up first team 2A all-state honors as well as All-Big Bend honors and honorable mention Sweet 16...has 4.7 speed...played at Florida High with redshirt freshman Martin
Mayhew and is a long-time friend of FSU signee Stan Shiver of Tifton from Little League baseball days...an outstanding 3.9 student...father won the state championship in powerlifting's super
heavyweight division in 1971...member of FCA.
Terry Nettles, 5-10, 187, CB, DeLand
Mark Salva, 6-2, 244, OG, Winter Park
- Teammate of Paul McGowan at Winter Park where he earned second team 4A all-state honors...good speed for a big man and fundamentally sound...could also play offensive line where he would make a good
pulling guard...second in state heavyweight weightlifting competition with a 350 pound press...played in North/South all-star game...heritage includes Phillipine, Brazilian, Russian and Polish.
Tracy Sanders, 6-1, 175, QB, Bradenton
- May be FSU's quarterback of the future and could step in immediately and play as he fits perfectly into the new "freeze option" offense...high school defensive coordinator Mike Knowles says "he's
got great speed, he's strong and can scramble. He's built exactly like Nebraska's Turner Gill"...in fact, he was headed to Nebraska before visiting FSU..gained 1,000 yards rushing and 1,200 passing
and accounted for 25 TDs...named MVP of the state championship game...picked up honors that included quarterback of the All-South team, first team 4A all-state, Adidas honorable mention All-America
and USA-Today honorable mention All-America...runs a 9.7 100-yard dash and can throw the ball 70 yards in the air...led his basketball team to a 23-2 record and the regional championships in 1983 and
1984.
Derek Schmidt, 5-11, 175, KS, Sarasota
- Although he hit just six of 12 field goals his senior year, Florida State wanted him badly...most of those he missed were outside the 50-yard range...hit all of his 28 extra points and has never
missed one in his career...named second team 4A all-state...his longest field goal was 49 yards...has reportedly kicked 69 yarders in practice...has had only two field goals blocked in five years of
kicking...recruited by Ohio State, Nebraska and Miami...played in the Florida North/South all-star game...member of FCA.
Carlton Scott, 5-7, 165, WR, Chiefland
- A barn-burner, Scott was the fastest man in the state the last two years...state 100 yard champion in 9.6 clocking...was recruited for both football and track and will miss spring practice each
year...also has run a 22.1 220 yards and long jumped 24-91/2...made the first team 2A all-state team as a utility player...played QB for Chiefland, throwing for 680 yards and rushing for 710...named
the Gainesville Sun's Player of the Year.
Stan Shiver, 6-2, 190, DB, Tifton, Ga.
- He's a late bloomer that came on his senior year...Wayne McDuffie, who recruited him, says "he's one of the most vicious tacklers I've seen in high school football"...although he now lives in
Georgia, his family lived in Tallahassee for 12 years before moving...it was then that he became close friends with fellow recruit David Palmer while playing Little League baseball...has 4.7 speed in
the 40...has two brothers who have played on the college level; one played on last year's Northeast Oklahoma Junior College's national championship team while another plays baseball for Georgia Tech.
1984 Roster - By Name
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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70 Roger Agne OT 6-4 263 So-R Jacksonville (Fletcher)
* 31 Billy Allen S 6-1 208 Sr *** Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)
* 26 Greg Allen TB 6-0 201 Sr *** Milton (Milton)
60 John Bamber OT 6-5 263 So-R Philadelphia, Pa. (Friends)
* 7 Barry Barco KS 5-9 166 So * Orange Park (Bolles)
* 66 Parrish Barwick OG 6-0 272 So-R * Crawfordville (Wakulla)
* 6 Louis Berry P 6-0 185 So * Panama City (John F. Kennedy)
85 Phillip Bryant WR-DB 5-10 175 Fr Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
86 Steve Cantwell TE 6-4 215 So Miami (Dade Christian)
* 85 Pat Carter TE 6-4 230 Fr Sarasota (Riverview)
74 Randy Carter OL 6-3 240 So-R Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 68 Lenny Chavers NG 6-0 245 Jr-R ** Osteen (Deland)
* 95 Pat Cicalese TE 6-3 220 So-R Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
* 11 Kirk Coker QB 6-0 178 Jr-R Perry (Taylor County/North Alabama)
12 J.P. Connolly QB 6-0 180 Fr-R Oakdale, N.Y. (Connetquot/Choate Rosemary Hall)
51 Richard Cullifer DT 6-2 242 So-R Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
10 Bob Davis QB 6-4 191 Sr-R * Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
39 Brian Davis LB 6-0 195 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 21 Dwayne Denson TB 6-1 220 Fr Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
50 Don Desenso NG 6-1 277 So Miami (Killian)
* 72 J.D. Dowell OL 6-2 207 Jr-R * Tampa (Plant)
* 64 Jamie Dukes OG 6-1 269 Jr ** Orlando (Evans)
* 52 John Eaford LB 6-2 204 Fr Miami (Norland)
81 David Etheridge WR-P 6-2 170 Fr Auburndale (Winter Haven)
* 59 Tim Flasher OG 6-6 233 Jr-R Hollywood (South Broward)
27 Victor Floyd RB 5-11 180 Fr Pensacola (Pensacola)
76 Steve Gabbard DT 6-5 260 Fr Concord, N.C. (Independence)
* 3 Herb Gainer WR 6-2 190 Fr-R Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 65 Darryl Gray OLB 6-2 228 Jr-R * Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 30 Terry Griggley DB 5-11 180 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
35 John Hadley DB 6-5 200 Fr Orlando (Evans)
22 Philip Hall KS 5-10 150 Sr ** Tallahassee (Republic)
75 Ed Harden DT 6-2 268 Fr Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)
46 Felton Hayes LB 6-1 220 Fr Brandon (Brandon)
75 Tim Hebron OT 6-5 270 So-R Saint Louis, Mo. (Vianney)
* 99 Bruce Heggie OLB 6-4 226 So * Saint Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)
* 93 Jim Hendley DT 6-3 235 So-R Nashville, Ga. (Berrien)
* 4 Jessie Hester WR 6-0 172 Sr *** Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
57 Doug Hill C 6-6 245 So-R Birmingham, Ala. (Banks)
54 Mike Hittinger LB 6-2 220 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 24 Darrin Holloman TB 5-7 169 Fr-R Tallahassee (Leon)
Mike Hutto FB 6-2 225 Sr Marianna (Marianna)
69 Joey Ionata OL 6-2 245 Fr Dunedin (Dunedin)
* 77 John Ionata OT 6-3 272 Jr ** Dunedin (Dunedin)
62 Mike Izdebski OL 6-1 232 Sr Pompano Lakes, N.J.
* 19 Greg Jacobs S 5-10 180 Jr West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman)
* 84 Garth Jax OLB 6-2 209 Jr ** Houston, Tex. (Strake Jesuit College Prep)
91 Anthony Johnson DT 6-4 290 Fr Jacksonville (Raines)
* 41 Cedric Jones FB 5-9 187 Sr *** Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes County)
* 42 Cletis Jones FB 6-0 218 Jr * Miami (Southridge)
* 55 Fred Jones ILB 6-3 227 So * Miami (South Miami)
* 88 Hassan Jones WR 6-1 200 Jr ** Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 28 Rocky Kinsey CB 5-9 176 Jr-R ** Greenville (Madison County)
63 Jason Kuipers OL 6-2 235 Fr Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
5 Mike Lively KS 5-10 180 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
* 74 Pablo Lopez OT 6-4 257 Fr-R Miami (South Miami)
* 13 Kim Mack S 6-0 192 Sr-R ** Port Orange (Spruce Creek)
90 Grady Martin DT 6-3 251 So Orlando (Colonial)
48 Prince Matt S 5-10 188 Sr-R ** Bradenton (Manatee)
* 32 Martin Mayhew CB 5-8 166 Fr-R Tallahassee (Florida)
* 23 Jerome McCoy S 6-0 200 Sr Daytona Beach (Seabreeze)
* 43 Brian McCrary WS 5-11 171 Sr ** Germantown, Tenn. (Germantown)
* 38 Paul McGowan LB 6-1 215 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
14 Danny McManus QB 6-1 188 Fr-R Hollywood (South Broward)
36 Cleveland McNabb S 6-1 179 Fr-R Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
54 Orlando Miles OLB 6-1 219 Fr-R Birmingham, Ala. (Banks)
39 Ron Moore FB 6-0 196 Jr-R * Tampa (Jesuit)
* 61 Dan Morris OG 6-1 243 Jr-R * Longwood (Lake Brantley)
33 Terry Nettles CB 5-10 187 Fr DeLand (Deland)
* 40 Greg Newell DB 5-11 194 Fr-R Panama City (Mosley)
* 79 Gerald Nichols DT 6-2 252 So-R * Saint Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East)
2 Steve Nicklaus WR 6-2 199 Jr-R * North Palm Beach (Benjamin)
92 Tom O'Malley TE 6-3 225 Fr Darien, Conn. (Darien)
81 Justin Owen WR 6-0 173 So Ocala (Eastland)
* 48 David Palmer LB 6-2 212 Fr Tallahassee (Florida)
* 96 Pete Panton TE 6-2 226 Jr-R * Laurel (Venice)
78 Brent Reedy OT 6-4 240 So-R Pittsburgh, Pa. (Peters Township)
9 John Ricciardi DB 6-3 169 Fr-R Jacksonville (Orange Park)
33 Bill Richardson CB 5-11 182 Jr Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach)
51 Marty Riggs C 6-2 241 So Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier)
* 8 Eric Riley CB 6-0 171 Sr-R ** Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
* 53 Jerry Riopelle C 6-1 252 Sr-R * Wyandotte, Mich. (Rossevelt)
* 67 Ulysses Roberson ILB 6-4 228 So * Auburndale (Auburndale)
Dave Roberts C 6-1 231 Sr Plantation (Plantation)
* 63 Mark Salva OG 6-2 244 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
16 Tracy Sanders QB 6-1 175 Fr Bradenton (Manatee)
* 18 Derek Schmidt KS 5-11 175 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
56 Dave Schrenker OG 6-3 228 Fr-R Panama City (Mosley)
* 86 Carlton Scott WR 5-7 165 Fr Chiefland (Chiefland)
* 83 Stanley Scott DT 6-3 231 Jr * Brandon (Brandon)
37 Stan Shiver DB 6-2 190 Fr Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
63 Brian Slack OL 6-3 238 Sr Edwardsburg, Mich. (Edwardsburg)
* 15 Anthony Smiley CB 5-10 195 Sr * Saint Augustine (Saint Augustine)
* 49 Tony Smith TB 5-10 179 Jr-R * Miami (Southridge)
* 20 Roosevelt Snipes TB 5-9 181 Jr * Sarasota (Sarasota/Coffeyville CC)
* 57 Jesse Solomon ILB 6-1 239 Jr Madison (Madison County/North Florida CC)
* 98 Keith Southwood NG 6-0 233 So Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 36 Eric Stiehl OLB 6-5 213 Fr-R Neptune Beach (Fletcher)
* 71 Todd Stroud NG 5-11 224 Jr * Saint Petersburg (Lakewood)
* 58 Henry Taylor ILB 6-0 228 Sr *** Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)
* 1 Eric Thomas QB 6-0 198 Jr-R * Lake Park, Ga. (Lowndes County)
94 Shawn Thomas DT 6-4 244 Fr-R Columbus, Ohio (Eastmoor Academy)
10 Ben Thompson QB 6-3 178 So Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
* 73 Jim Thompson OT 6-7 231 Sr-R ** Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
78 Willie Tilton OT 6-2 255 Jr Palatka (Palatka)
29 Barry Ward DB 5-11 171 Jr Mountain Grove, Mo. (Mountain Grove)
* 80 Terry Warren OLB 6-1 220 Fr-R Titusville (Leon)
44 Chuck Wells FB 6-1 205 So Jacksonville (Orange Park)
* 5 Joe Wessel S 5-11 187 Sr-R ** Miami (Pace)
* 87 Gaylon White TE 6-1 216 Fr-R Atlanta, Ga. (Palmetto)
82 Randy White WR 6-0 175 Fr-R Marianna (Marianna)
* 47 Brian Williams OLB 6-0 217 Sr-R *** Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 17 Eric Williams CB 5-9 177 Fr-R Clearwater (Countryside)
* 45 Isaac Williams DT 6-1 260 Jr ** Sanford (Seminole)
46 Stuart Wyatt ILB 6-0 215 So-R Columbus, Ohio (Eastmoor Academy)
19 Sam Zighelboim KS 6-1 190 Fr North Miami Beach (North Miami Beach)
1984 Roster - By Number
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Mike Hutto FB 6-2 225 Sr Marianna (Marianna)
Dave Roberts C 6-1 231 Sr Plantation (Plantation)
* 1 Eric Thomas QB 6-0 198 Jr-R * Lake Park, Ga. (Lowndes County)
2 Steve Nicklaus WR 6-2 199 Jr-R * North Palm Beach (Benjamin)
* 3 Herb Gainer WR 6-2 190 Fr-R Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 4 Jessie Hester WR 6-0 172 Sr *** Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
5 Mike Lively KS 5-10 180 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
* 5 Joe Wessel S 5-11 187 Sr-R ** Miami (Pace)
* 6 Louis Berry P 6-0 185 So * Panama City (John F. Kennedy)
* 7 Barry Barco KS 5-9 166 So * Orange Park (Bolles)
* 8 Eric Riley CB 6-0 171 Sr-R ** Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
9 John Ricciardi DB 6-3 169 Fr-R Jacksonville (Orange Park)
10 Bob Davis QB 6-4 191 Sr-R * Warner Robins, Ga. (Warner Robins)
10 Ben Thompson QB 6-3 178 So Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
* 11 Kirk Coker QB 6-0 178 Jr-R Perry (Taylor County/North Alabama)
12 J.P. Connolly QB 6-0 180 Fr-R Oakdale, N.Y. (Connetquot/Choate Rosemary Hall)
* 13 Kim Mack S 6-0 192 Sr-R ** Port Orange (Spruce Creek)
14 Danny McManus QB 6-1 188 Fr-R Hollywood (South Broward)
* 15 Anthony Smiley CB 5-10 195 Sr * Saint Augustine (Saint Augustine)
16 Tracy Sanders QB 6-1 175 Fr Bradenton (Manatee)
* 17 Eric Williams CB 5-9 177 Fr-R Clearwater (Countryside)
* 18 Derek Schmidt KS 5-11 175 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 19 Greg Jacobs S 5-10 180 Jr West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman)
19 Sam Zighelboim KS 6-1 190 Fr North Miami Beach (North Miami Beach)
* 20 Roosevelt Snipes TB 5-9 181 Jr * Sarasota (Sarasota/Coffeyville CC)
* 21 Dwayne Denson TB 6-1 220 Fr Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
22 Philip Hall KS 5-10 150 Sr ** Tallahassee (Republic)
* 23 Jerome McCoy S 6-0 200 Sr Daytona Beach (Seabreeze)
* 24 Darrin Holloman TB 5-7 169 Fr-R Tallahassee (Leon)
* 26 Greg Allen TB 6-0 201 Sr *** Milton (Milton)
27 Victor Floyd RB 5-11 180 Fr Pensacola (Pensacola)
* 28 Rocky Kinsey CB 5-9 176 Jr-R ** Greenville (Madison County)
29 Barry Ward DB 5-11 171 Jr Mountain Grove, Mo. (Mountain Grove)
* 30 Terry Griggley DB 5-11 180 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 31 Billy Allen S 6-1 208 Sr *** Cleveland, Ohio (Glenville)
* 32 Martin Mayhew CB 5-8 166 Fr-R Tallahassee (Florida)
33 Terry Nettles CB 5-10 187 Fr DeLand (Deland)
33 Bill Richardson CB 5-11 182 Jr Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach)
35 John Hadley DB 6-5 200 Fr Orlando (Evans)
36 Cleveland McNabb S 6-1 179 Fr-R Fort Walton Beach (Choctawhatchee)
* 36 Eric Stiehl OLB 6-5 213 Fr-R Neptune Beach (Fletcher)
37 Stan Shiver DB 6-2 190 Fr Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
* 38 Paul McGowan LB 6-1 215 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
39 Brian Davis LB 6-0 195 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
39 Ron Moore FB 6-0 196 Jr-R * Tampa (Jesuit)
* 40 Greg Newell DB 5-11 194 Fr-R Panama City (Mosley)
* 41 Cedric Jones FB 5-9 187 Sr *** Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes County)
* 42 Cletis Jones FB 6-0 218 Jr * Miami (Southridge)
* 43 Brian McCrary WS 5-11 171 Sr ** Germantown, Tenn. (Germantown)
44 Chuck Wells FB 6-1 205 So Jacksonville (Orange Park)
* 45 Isaac Williams DT 6-1 260 Jr ** Sanford (Seminole)
46 Felton Hayes LB 6-1 220 Fr Brandon (Brandon)
46 Stuart Wyatt ILB 6-0 215 So-R Columbus, Ohio (Eastmoor Academy)
* 47 Brian Williams OLB 6-0 217 Sr-R *** Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
48 Prince Matt S 5-10 188 Sr-R ** Bradenton (Manatee)
* 48 David Palmer LB 6-2 212 Fr Tallahassee (Florida)
* 49 Tony Smith TB 5-10 179 Jr-R * Miami (Southridge)
50 Don Desenso NG 6-1 277 So Miami (Killian)
51 Richard Cullifer DT 6-2 242 So-R Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
51 Marty Riggs C 6-2 241 So Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier)
* 52 John Eaford LB 6-2 204 Fr Miami (Norland)
* 53 Jerry Riopelle C 6-1 252 Sr-R * Wyandotte, Mich. (Rossevelt)
54 Mike Hittinger LB 6-2 220 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
54 Orlando Miles OLB 6-1 219 Fr-R Birmingham, Ala. (Banks)
* 55 Fred Jones ILB 6-3 227 So * Miami (South Miami)
56 Dave Schrenker OG 6-3 228 Fr-R Panama City (Mosley)
57 Doug Hill C 6-6 245 So-R Birmingham, Ala. (Banks)
* 57 Jesse Solomon ILB 6-1 239 Jr Madison (Madison County/North Florida CC)
* 58 Henry Taylor ILB 6-0 228 Sr *** Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)
* 59 Tim Flasher OG 6-6 233 Jr-R Hollywood (South Broward)
60 John Bamber OT 6-5 263 So-R Philadelphia, Pa. (Friends)
* 61 Dan Morris OG 6-1 243 Jr-R * Longwood (Lake Brantley)
62 Mike Izdebski OL 6-1 232 Sr Pompano Lakes, N.J.
63 Jason Kuipers OL 6-2 235 Fr Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 63 Mark Salva OG 6-2 244 Fr Winter Park (Winter Park)
63 Brian Slack OL 6-3 238 Sr Edwardsburg, Mich. (Edwardsburg)
* 64 Jamie Dukes OG 6-1 269 Jr ** Orlando (Evans)
* 65 Darryl Gray OLB 6-2 228 Jr-R * Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 66 Parrish Barwick OG 6-0 272 So-R * Crawfordville (Wakulla)
* 67 Ulysses Roberson ILB 6-4 228 So * Auburndale (Auburndale)
* 68 Lenny Chavers NG 6-0 245 Jr-R ** Osteen (Deland)
69 Joey Ionata OL 6-2 245 Fr Dunedin (Dunedin)
70 Roger Agne OT 6-4 263 So-R Jacksonville (Fletcher)
* 71 Todd Stroud NG 5-11 224 Jr * Saint Petersburg (Lakewood)
* 72 J.D. Dowell OL 6-2 207 Jr-R * Tampa (Plant)
* 73 Jim Thompson OT 6-7 231 Sr-R ** Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
74 Randy Carter OL 6-3 240 So-R Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 74 Pablo Lopez OT 6-4 257 Fr-R Miami (South Miami)
75 Ed Harden DT 6-2 268 Fr Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)
75 Tim Hebron OT 6-5 270 So-R Saint Louis, Mo. (Vianney)
76 Steve Gabbard DT 6-5 260 Fr Concord, N.C. (Independence)
* 77 John Ionata OT 6-3 272 Jr ** Dunedin (Dunedin)
78 Brent Reedy OT 6-4 240 So-R Pittsburgh, Pa. (Peters Township)
78 Willie Tilton OT 6-2 255 Jr Palatka (Palatka)
* 79 Gerald Nichols DT 6-2 252 So-R * Saint Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East)
* 80 Terry Warren OLB 6-1 220 Fr-R Titusville (Leon)
81 David Etheridge WR-P 6-2 170 Fr Auburndale (Winter Haven)
81 Justin Owen WR 6-0 173 So Ocala (Eastland)
82 Randy White WR 6-0 175 Fr-R Marianna (Marianna)
* 83 Stanley Scott DT 6-3 231 Jr * Brandon (Brandon)
* 84 Garth Jax OLB 6-2 209 Jr ** Houston, Tex. (Strake Jesuit College Prep)
85 Phillip Bryant WR-DB 5-10 175 Fr Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
* 85 Pat Carter TE 6-4 230 Fr Sarasota (Riverview)
86 Steve Cantwell TE 6-4 215 So Miami (Dade Christian)
* 86 Carlton Scott WR 5-7 165 Fr Chiefland (Chiefland)
* 87 Gaylon White TE 6-1 216 Fr-R Atlanta, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 88 Hassan Jones WR 6-1 200 Jr ** Clearwater (Clearwater)
90 Grady Martin DT 6-3 251 So Orlando (Colonial)
91 Anthony Johnson DT 6-4 290 Fr Jacksonville (Raines)
92 Tom O'Malley TE 6-3 225 Fr Darien, Conn. (Darien)
* 93 Jim Hendley DT 6-3 235 So-R Nashville, Ga. (Berrien)
94 Shawn Thomas DT 6-4 244 Fr-R Columbus, Ohio (Eastmoor Academy)
* 95 Pat Cicalese TE 6-3 220 So-R Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach)
* 96 Pete Panton TE 6-2 226 Jr-R * Laurel (Venice)
* 98 Keith Southwood NG 6-0 233 So Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 99 Bruce Heggie OLB 6-4 226 So * Saint Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)
1984 Conference Awards
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Greg Allen All-South Independent - 1st Team
Louis Berry All-South Independent - 1st Team
Jamie Dukes All-South Independent - 1st Team
Jessie Hester All-South Independent - 1st Team
John Ionata All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Derek Schmidt All-South Independent - 1st Team
Henry Taylor All-South Independent - 1st Team
Isaac Williams All-South Independent - 2nd Team
All-Conference - 8
1984 All-Americans
Name Organization
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Allen Walter Camp - 1st Team
Football News - 1st Team
United Press International - 2nd Team
Associated Press - 3rd Team
Louis Berry Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Jamie Dukes Football News - 2nd Team
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Jessie Hester Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Football News - Honorable Mention
Derek Schmidt Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Henry Taylor Associated Press - Honorable Mention
All-Americans - 6
1984 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ed Beckman 85 TE Kansas City Chiefs
Leon Bright 29 PR-KR Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bobby Butler 23 CB Atlanta Falcons
Alphonso Carreker 76 DE Green Bay Packers
Harvey Clayton 33 CB Pittsburgh Steelers
Bobby Jackson 40 CB New York Jets
Ken Lanier 76 OT Denver Broncos
Dennis McKinnon 85 WR Chicago Bears
Zeke Mowatt 84 TE New York Giants
Lee Nelson 38 CB St. Louis Cardinals
Rohn Stark 3 P Indianapolis Colts
Weegie Thompson 87 WR Pittsburgh Steelers
Noles in the Pros - 12
1984 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
------------------------------------------------
FSU record is 7- 3-2 4-2 3-1-1 0-0-1
Against Top 25 1- 3 0-2 1-1 0-0
Final AP - 17
Final UPI - 19
1984 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 11/03/1984 Arizona State 22 223 10.14 2
Roosevelt Snipes 11/10/1984 South Carolina 19 151 7.95 1
Roosevelt Snipes 11/17/1984 UT-Chattanooga 22 151 6.86 2
Greg Allen 10/06/1984 Memphis State 23 143 6.22 1
Greg Allen 09/29/1984 Temple 18 135 7.50 1
Greg Allen 09/15/1984 Kansas 16 133 8.31 2
Cletis Jones 09/15/1984 Kansas 16 114 7.13 2
Greg Allen 09/01/1984 East Carolina 17 113 6.65 1
Greg Allen 10/20/1984 Tulane 13 111 8.54 1
Cletis Jones 11/17/1984 UT-Chattanooga 14 111 7.93 0
Roosevelt Snipes 12/01/1984 Florida 20 108 5.40 0
Roosevelt Snipes 10/13/1984 Auburn 16 103 6.44 0
Jessie Hester 09/22/1984 Miami 2 102 51.00 1
1984 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Jessie Hester 11/10/1984 South Carolina 10 170 17.00 1
Jessie Hester 10/13/1984 Auburn 4 143 35.75 1
Jessie Hester 11/17/1984 UT-Chattanooga 7 117 16.71 1
Jessie Hester 09/22/1984 Miami 5 116 23.20 0
Jessie Hester 11/03/1984 Arizona State 3 104 34.67 2
Hassan Jones 10/13/1984 Auburn 7 101 14.43 2
1984 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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Eric Thomas 10/13/1984 Auburn 29 18 357 0 12.31 4
1984 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 389 237
Points Per Game............. 35.4 21.5
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 48 29
TDs Rushing................. 23 14
TDs Passing................. 19 13
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 1
TDs Punt Return............. 6 0
TDs Interception............ 0 0
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 1
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 45-48 22-29
Kick........................ 42-42 20-22
Pass........................ 3- 5 0- 5
Run......................... 0- 1 2- 2
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 17-24 13-17
SAFETY........................ 1 0
FIRST DOWNS................... 251 218
Rushing..................... 146 95
Passing..................... 90 102
Penalty..................... 15 21
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 3021 1719
Yards gained rushing........ 3348 2145
Yards lost rushing.......... 327 426
Rushing Attempts............ 571 452
Average Per Rush............ 5.3 3.8
Average Per Game............ 274.6 156.3
PASSING YARDAGE............... 1938 2390
Att-Comp-Int................ 236-119- 9 308-157-14
Efficiency.................. 138.34 120.99
Average Per Pass............ 8.2 7.8
Average Per Catch........... 16.3 15.2
Average Per Game............ 176.2 217.3
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4959 4109
Total Plays................. 807 760
Average Per Play............ 6.1 5.4
Average Per Game............ 450.8 373.5
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 35- 710 56-1141
Average Per Return.......... 20.3 20.4
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 33-250 -
Average Per Return.......... 7.6 0.0
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 14- 93 9- 64
Average Per Return.......... 6.6 7.1
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 34-15 27-11
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 89- 750 83- 710
Average Per Game............ 68.2 64.5
PUNTS-YARDS................... 49-2072 67-2346
Average Per Punt............ 42.3 35.0
Net punt average............ 42.3 31.3
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 30:23 29:37
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 71-165 43-140
3rd-Down Pct................ .430 .307
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 36-336 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 338,932 270,124
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-56,489 5-54,025
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 56 | 110 |
104 | 119 |
389 |
| Opponents | 56 | 62 |
58 | 61 |
237 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Greg Allen 9 133 1023 52 971 7.3 8 81t 107.9
Roosevelt Snipes 10 118 766 12 754 6.4 6 38 75.4
Cletis Jones 11 120 633 2 631 5.3 3 40t 57.4
Tony Smith 6 34 213 1 212 6.2 0 15 35.3
Cedric Jones 10 20 161 1 160 8.0 1 29 16.0
Darrin Holloman 11 14 87 3 84 6.0 4 16 7.6
Jessie Hester 11 5 103 19 84 16.8 1 77t 7.6
Dwayne Denson 4 13 64 2 62 4.8 0 17 15.5
Eric Thomas 10 78 223 164 59 0.8 0 15 5.9
Kirk Coker 11 34 71 54 17 0.5 0 15 1.5
David Palmer 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 2.0
Carlton Scott 8 1 0 17 -17 -17.0 0 -17 -2.1
Total......... 11 571 3348 327 3021 5.3 23 81t 274.6
Opponents..... 11 452 2145 426 1719 3.8 14 69t 156.3
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Eric Thomas 10 135.72 161- 78- 4 .484 1218 14 73t 121.8
Kirk Coker 11 152.33 63- 34- 3 .540 652 4 59.3
Hassan Jones 11 339.40 2- 2- 0 1.000 57 0 5.2
Danny McManus 2 77.44 10- 5- 2 .500 41 1 20.5
Total......... 11 138.34 236-119- 9 .504 1938 19 73t 176.2
Opponents..... 11 120.99 308-157-14 .510 2390 13 70t 217.3
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Jessie Hester 11 42 832 19.8 9 73t 75.6
Hassan Jones 11 28 501 17.9 7 50 45.5
Pat Carter 11 13 175 13.5 2 33 15.9
Herb Gainer 10 9 149 16.6 0 52 14.9
Pete Panton 8 7 87 12.4 1 22 10.9
Darrin Holloman 11 6 48 8.0 0 18 4.4
Carlton Scott 8 1 44 44.0 0 44 5.5
Cletis Jones 11 2 34 17.0 0 22 3.1
Roosevelt Snipes 10 3 28 9.3 0 13 2.8
Tony Smith 6 2 20 10.0 0 12 3.3
Kirk Coker 11 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.3
Greg Allen 9 2 12 6.0 0 10 1.3
Cedric Jones 10 3 -7 -2.3 0 5 -0.7
Total......... 11 119 1938 16.3 19 73t 176.2
Opponents..... 11 157 2390 15.2 13 70t 217.3
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Darrin Holloman 23 93 4.0 0
Joe Wessel 4 71 17.8 3
Lenny Chavers 3 49 16.3 0
Eric Riley 1 30 30.0 1 30t
Jesse Solomon 1 19 19.0 1 19t
Bruce Heggie 0 7 1 7t
Total......... 33 250 7.6 6
Opponent...... 0
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Eric Williams 4 6 1.5 0
Brian McCrary 3 24 8.0 0
Martin Mayhew 2 31 15.5 0
Darryl Gray 1 5 5.0 0
Jerome McCoy 1 2 2.0 0
Eric Riley 1 0 0.0 0
Jesse Solomon 1 0 0.0 0
Billy Allen 1 0 0.0 0
Total......... 14 93 6.6 0
Opponent...... 9 64 7.1 0
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Roosevelt Snipes 13 304 23.4 0
Carlton Scott 6 134 22.3 0
Darrin Holloman 6 133 22.2 0
Dwayne Denson 5 74 14.8 0
Jessie Hester 2 35 17.5 0
Tony Smith 1 15 15.0 0
Cedric Jones 2 11 5.5 0
Hassan Jones 1 8 8.0 0
Total......... 35 710 20.3 0
Opponent...... 56 1141 20.4 1 99t
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
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Henry Taylor 3 0 0.0 0 . 5
Stanley Scott 2 0 0.0 0 . 0
Jesse Solomon 1 0 0.0 0 . 2
Anthony Smiley 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Bruce Heggie 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Paul McGowan 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Todd Stroud 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Brian Williams 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Brian McCrary 0 0 . 0 . 2
Gerald Nichols 0 0 . 0 . 2
Eric Williams 0 0 . 0 . 2
Joe Wessel 0 0 . 0 . 1
Lenny Chavers 0 0 . 0 . 1
John Eaford 0 0 . 0 . 1
Jerome McCoy 0 0 . 0 . 1
Isaac Williams 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 11 0.0 0 19
Opponent...... 15 0.0 1
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
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Derek Schmidt 0 17-24 42-42 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 93
Jessie Hester 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 64
Greg Allen 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48
Hassan Jones 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44
Roosevelt Snipes 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
Darrin Holloman 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Cletis Jones 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Joe Wessel 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Pat Carter 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Bruce Heggie 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Cedric Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Pete Panton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Eric Riley 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Jesse Solomon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Henry Taylor 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Danny McManus 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0
Eric Thomas 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 3-4 0 0 0
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FSU 48 17-24 42-42 0-1 3 3-5 0 1 389
Opponent 29 13-16 20-22 2-2 0 0-5 0 0 237
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Jessie Hester |
1 |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Greg Allen |
8 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Hassan Jones |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Roosevelt Snipes |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Darrin Holloman |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Cletis Jones |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Joe Wessel |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
| Pat Carter |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Bruce Heggie |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Cedric Jones |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Pete Panton |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Eric Riley |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Jesse Solomon |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Kirk Coker |
. |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Danny McManus |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Eric Thomas |
. |
. |
14 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
23 |
19 |
19 |
. |
. |
6 |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
14 |
13 |
13 |
. |
1 |
. |
1 |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
BFG = Blocked FG Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 10 239 59 1218 1277 127.7
Greg Allen 9 133 971 0 971 107.9
Roosevelt Snipes 10 118 754 0 754 75.4
Kirk Coker 11 97 17 652 669 60.8
Cletis Jones 11 120 631 0 631 57.4
Tony Smith 6 34 212 0 212 35.3
Cedric Jones 10 20 160 0 160 16.0
Jessie Hester 11 5 84 0 84 7.6
Darrin Holloman 11 14 84 0 84 7.6
Dwayne Denson 4 13 62 0 62 15.5
Hassan Jones 11 2 0 57 57 5.2
Danny McManus 2 10 0 41 41 20.5
David Palmer 1 1 2 0 2 2.0
Carlton Scott 8 1 -17 0 -17 -2.1
Total......... 11 807 3021 1938 4959 450.8
Opponent...... 11 760 1719 2390 4109 373.5
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
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Derek Schmidt 17-24 .708 0- 0 4- 4 4- 7 7- 9 2- 4 54
| FG SEQUENCE |
Derek Schmidt |
|---|
| East Carolina |
(27), (44) |
| Kansas |
None |
| Miami |
(54), (40), (38) |
| Temple |
(49) |
| Memphis State |
(42) |
| Auburn |
(40), 57, 40, (34) |
| Tulane |
(32), (41), 42 |
| Arizona State |
(52) |
| South Carolina |
39, 39, 56, (26) |
| UT-Chattanooga |
(37), (43), 37, (22) |
| Florida |
(23) |
| Georgia |
(32) |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Louis Berry 49 2072 42.3 60
Total......... 49 2072 42.3 60
Opponent...... 67 2346 35.0 60
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Roosevelt Snipes 10 754 28 0 304 0 0 1086 108.6
Greg Allen 9 971 12 0 0 0 0 983 109.2
Jessie Hester 11 84 832 0 35 0 0 951 86.5
Cletis Jones 11 631 34 0 0 0 0 665 60.5
Hassan Jones 11 0 501 0 8 0 0 509 46.3
Darrin Holloman 11 84 48 93 133 0 0 358 32.5
Tony Smith 6 212 20 0 15 0 0 247 41.2
Pat Carter 11 0 175 0 0 0 0 175 15.9
Cedric Jones 10 160 -7 0 11 0 0 164 16.4
Carlton Scott 8 -17 44 0 134 0 0 161 20.1
Herb Gainer 10 0 149 0 0 0 0 149 14.9
Dwayne Denson 4 62 0 0 74 0 0 136 34.0
Pete Panton 8 0 87 0 0 0 0 87 10.9
Joe Wessel 11 0 0 71 0 0 0 71 6.5
Eric Thomas 10 59 0 0 0 0 0 59 5.9
Lenny Chavers 11 0 0 49 0 0 0 49 4.5
Kirk Coker 11 17 14 0 0 0 0 31 2.8
Martin Mayhew 11 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 2.8
Eric Riley 11 0 0 30 0 0 0 30 2.7
Brian McCrary 11 0 0 0 0 24 0 24 2.2
Jesse Solomon 11 0 0 19 0 0 0 19 1.7
Bruce Heggie 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 1.2
Eric Williams 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.5
Darryl Gray 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5
Jerome McCoy 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.2
David Palmer 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
Total......... 11 3021 1938 250 710 93 0 6012 546.5
Opponent...... 11 1719 2390 0 1141 64 0 5314 483.1
|---------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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Henry Taylor 11 80 79 159 5.0- 5.0- 44.0 . 5 . 3- 0 5 . 1
Fred Jones 11 65 40 105 1.0- 5.0- 46.0 . 3 . . . . .
Isaac Williams 11 42 38 80 9.0- 6.0- 72.0 . 1 . . 1 . .
Brian McCrary 11 49 24 73 . . 3- 24 5 . . 2 . .
Gerald Nichols 11 26 33 59 2.0- 8.0- 68.0 . . . . 2 . .
Jesse Solomon 11 29 29 58 2.0- . 1- 0 1 . 1- 0 2 1 .
Garth Jax 9 24 27 51 1.0- 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 11 35 13 48 3.0- 2.0- 18.0 1- 0 2 . . . . .
Darryl Gray 11 26 20 46 4.0- 3.0- 25.0 1- 5 1 . . . . .
Brian Williams 11 22 20 42 2.0- . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Lenny Chavers 11 16 16 32 2.0- 1.0- 6.0 . . . . 1 3 .
Todd Stroud 11 13 18 31 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Paul McGowan 10 14 17 31 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Eric Williams 11 17 13 30 . . 4- 6 3 . . 2 . .
Stanley Scott 10 18 12 30 1.0- 5.0- 50.0 . 6 . 2- 0 . . .
Eric Riley 11 22 5 27 . . 1- 0 7 . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 11 18 6 24 . . 2- 31 2 . . . . .
John Eaford 5 16 8 24 . . . . . . 1 . .
Jerome McCoy 10 12 10 22 6.0- . 1- 2 1 . . 1 . .
Joe Wessel 11 17 3 20 1.0- . . 1 . . 1 5 .
Ulysses Roberson 10 11 8 19 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 4 7 4 11 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 2 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Griggley 4 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie 6 4 1 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Anthony Smiley 6 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Keith Southwood 1 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Rocky Kinsey 8 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Greg Newell 1 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jim Hendley 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Schmidt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Louis Berry 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat Carter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Dukes 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jessie Hester 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Ionata 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hassan Jones 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Barry Barco 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parrish Barwick 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Coker 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
J.D. Dowell 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Darrin Holloman 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cletis Jones 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dan Morris 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jerry Riopelle 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Herb Gainer 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cedric Jones 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Snipes 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eric Thomas 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Allen 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pablo Lopez 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dave Schrenker 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pete Panton 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Scott 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mark Salva 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tim Flasher 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tony Smith 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jim Thompson 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dwayne Denson 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Roger Agne 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Bamber 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Jacobs 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kim Mack 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom O'Malley 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tim Hebron 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danny McManus 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marty Riggs 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat Cicalese 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prince Matt 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joey Ionata 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gaylon White 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Palmer 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Totals 603 452 1055 41.0- 0.0 36.0-336.0 14- 68 40 . 11- 0 19 9 1
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS ECU KU UM TU Mem Aub TU ASU SC UTC UF UGa
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Mike Hutto 0- 0
Dave Roberts 0- 0
1 Eric Thomas 11- 9 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx xx O-QB
2 Steve Nicklaus 0- 0
3 Herb Gainer 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
4 Jessie Hester 12-12 O-FL O-FL O-FL O-WR O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-WR O-FL
5 Mike Lively 0- 0
5 Joe Wessel 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
6 Louis Berry 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
7 Barry Barco 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
8 Eric Riley 12-10 D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-CB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB xx xx D-LCB D-LCB
9 John Ricciardi 0- 0
10 Bob Davis 0- 0
10 Ben Thompson 0- 0
11 Kirk Coker 11- 3 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-QB O-QB O-QB
12 J.P. Connolly 0- 0
13 Kim Mack 3- 0 xx xx xx
14 Danny McManus 2- 0 xx xx
15 Anthony Smiley 7- 2 xx xx xx xx xx D-SS D-SS
16 Tracy Sanders 0- 0
17 Eric Williams 12-12 D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-CB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB
18 Derek Schmidt 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
19 Greg Jacobs 3- 0 xx xx xx
19 Sam Zighelboim 0- 0
20 Roosevelt Snipes 11- 3 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-RB O-RB O-TB
21 Dwayne Denson 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
22 Philip Hall 0- 0
23 Jerome McCoy 10- 5 D-SS D-SS D-SS D-S D-SS xx xx xx xx xx
24 Darrin Holloman 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
26 Greg Allen 9- 9 O-TB O-TB O-TB O-RB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB
27 Victor Floyd 0- 0
28 Rocky Kinsey 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
29 Barry Ward 0- 0
30 Terry Griggley 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
31 Billy Allen 12- 5 xx xx xx xx xx D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS xx xx
32 Martin Mayhew 12- 2 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-LCB D-LCB xx xx
33 Terry Nettles 0- 0
33 Bill Richardson 0- 0
35 John Hadley 0- 0
36 Cleveland McNabb 0- 0
36 Eric Stiehl 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
37 Stan Shiver 0- 0
38 Paul McGowan 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
39 Brian Davis 1- 0 xx
39 Ron Moore 0- 0
40 Greg Newell 1- 0 xx
41 Cedric Jones 11- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx O-FB xx xx xx xx
42 Cletis Jones 12-11 O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB xx O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
43 Brian McCrary 12-12 D-FS D-FS D-FS D-S D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-WS
44 Chuck Wells 0- 0
45 Isaac Williams 12-12 D-LT D-LT D-LT D-T D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT
46 Felton Hayes 0- 0
46 Stuart Wyatt 0- 0
47 Brian Williams 12-12 D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB
48 Prince Matt 1- 0 xx
48 David Palmer 1- 0 xx
49 Tony Smith 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
50 Don Desenso 0- 0
51 Richard Cullifer 0- 0
51 Marty Riggs 1- 0 xx
52 John Eaford 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
53 Jerry Riopelle 12- 8 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C xx xx xx xx
54 Mike Hittinger 0- 0
54 Orlando Miles 0- 0
55 Fred Jones 12-12 D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB
56 Dave Schrenker 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
57 Doug Hill 0- 0
57 Jesse Solomon 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
58 Henry Taylor 12-12 D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB D-ILB
59 Tim Flasher 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
60 John Bamber 3- 0 xx xx xx
61 Dan Morris 12-12 O-SG O-SG O-SG O-LG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-LG O-SG
62 Mike Izdebski 0- 0
63 Jason Kuipers 0- 0
63 Mark Salva 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
63 Brian Slack 0- 0
64 Jamie Dukes 12-12 O-TG O-TG O-TG O-RG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-RG O-TG
65 Darryl Gray 12- 3 D-OLB xx xx xx D-OLB xx xx xx xx D-OLB xx xx
66 Parrish Barwick 12- 9 xx xx xx O-LT O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-C O-C O-C O-C
67 Ulysses Roberson 11- 2 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-OLB D-OLB
68 Lenny Chavers 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
69 Joey Ionata 1- 0 xx
70 Roger Agne 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
71 Todd Stroud 12-12 D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
72 J.D. Dowell 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
73 Jim Thompson 6- 6 O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-LT O-ST
74 Randy Carter 0- 0
74 Pablo Lopez 10- 1 xx xx O-ST xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
75 Ed Harden 0- 0
75 Tim Hebron 3- 0 xx xx xx
76 Steve Gabbard 0- 0
77 John Ionata 12-12 O-TT O-TT O-TT O-RT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-RT O-TT
78 Brent Reedy 0- 0
78 Willie Tilton 0- 0
79 Gerald Nichols 12-12 D-RT D-RT D-RT D-T D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT
80 Terry Warren 3- 0 xx xx xx
81 David Etheridge 0- 0
81 Justin Owen 0- 0
82 Randy White 0- 0
83 Stanley Scott 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
84 Garth Jax 9- 7 xx D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB xx D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB
85 Phillip Bryant 0- 0
85 Pat Carter 12- 8 xx O-TE O-TE O-TE xx xx xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
86 Steve Cantwell 0- 0
86 Carlton Scott 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
87 Gaylon White 1- 0 xx
88 Hassan Jones 12-12 O-SE O-SE O-SE O-WR O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-WR O-SE
90 Grady Martin 0- 0
91 Anthony Johnson 0- 0
92 Tom O'Malley 3- 0 xx xx xx
93 Jim Hendley 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
94 Shawn Thomas 0- 0
95 Pat Cicalese 1- 0 xx
96 Pete Panton 9- 4 O-TE xx O-TE O-TE O-TE xx xx xx xx
98 Keith Southwood 1- 0 xx
99 Bruce Heggie 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
Florida State 48, East Carolina 17
09/01/1984, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 2, 1984, page 29, by Bill McGrotha. Stunning.
Seminoles overwhelm Pirates with tough defense and offense.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Striking
swiftly and incredibly well, Florida State ripped out a stunning 48-17 success over East Carolina in its opening football game here Saturday night.
As 54,211 fans - fifth-largest turnout in
Campbell Stadium history - looked on, the Seminoles moved smoothly with new quarterback Eric Thomas at the helm.
Thomas completed 12 of 19 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Greg Allen ran 17
times for 113.
In Bobby Bowden's 45th game in this stadium, his Seminoles presented him with victory No. 36 at home. It was also the eighth straight opening-game victory for Florida State in
Bowden's time.
Tenacious in-the-clutch defense blunted East Carolina's attack, and also presented FSU's offense with golden opportunities. Among other things, Brian McCray and Eris Riley came up
with key early interceptions. Later, Joe Wessel blocked a Pirate punt.
On an opening drive from its 20, Florida State jumped in front 3-0 on freshman Derek Schmidt's 26-yard field goal.
Allen
sped wide for 9 yards on his first run of the season. Soon Thomas uncorked a 14-yard pass to Pete Panton. Pounding up the middle, Cletis Jones got 18 a couple of plays later, to the Pirate 28. Allen's
running led to a first down at the 17.
But Allen lost 3 trying to go wide. A pass missed. Thomas got 10 on a third-down keeper. Then Schmidt came in for his first college kick ever, making good.
On East Carolina's second play from scrimmage, 225-pound Reggie Branch hit the middle, the rambled toward the sidelines - 28 yards to FSU's 38.
The defense stiffened smartly, linebacker Fred Jones
grabbing the quarterback for a yard loss on third down, leaving the Pirates at the 35 following three runs. Whereupon, Jeff Heath put through a 52-yard field goal, tying it 3-3.
From their 17 after
the kickoff, the Seminoles got quickly to the 42 on runs of 8 and 14 yards by Allen, But no more.
Louis Berry punted 45 yards - and an illegal-block penalty backed the visitors to their 7.
At
the 13 on third, Darryl Gray sliced in to nab the quarterback for a loss of 5.
Florida State was positioned at East Carolina's 49 following a punt. In two carries, Tony Smith reached the 30. Jessie
Hester hauled in a Thomas pass at the 17. Two runs by Smith, another by Rosie Snipes got a first down at the 6. From the 5, Snipes ran wide and scored easily. Schmidt's point made it 10-3.
Once
again East Carolina had little trouble penetrating FSU territory, as Jimmy Walden sped 13 to the Seminole 46 on an option. But a personal foul set the Pirates back to their 39 on the last play of the
opening quarter.
When quarterback Ron Jones threw, safety McCrary moved in for an interception, placing the Seminoles at their 48.
In four plays FSU reached the 16, with Allen's 13-yard run and
an 11-yard pass to Darrin Holloman the biggies. Two plays later Holloman, on a reverse, scored easily from the 13.
FSU seemed in trouble when speedster Henry Williams fielded a kickoff, with an
avenue ahead of him, but he bumped into a teammate, fumbled - and the Seminoles' Bruce Heggie recovered at the 14.
An errant pitchout lost 6 yards. Smith got just 3 on a run. But Thomas sailed a
pass into the hands of Hassan Jones in the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown that, with Schmidt's point, brought it to 24-3.
From its 22, East Carolina crunched out a first down at its 33.
But
Riley timed a deep pass perfectly and intercepted at the Seminole 32.
It was easy now.
Cletis Jones, on a pass, rolled for 22. Two Allen runs netted 15 to the 31. Then Hester snared a Thomas
pass and scored on a 31-yard play.
The scored leaped to 31-3 with the second quarter not half over.
From its 23, East Carolina now moved methodically, getting the steady yardage on the ground
until it reached Florida State's 40. Then it turned to passes. Three incompletions - and a punt to Florida State's 8.
Snipes ran for 1, then 6, then 15 to the 30. Herb Gainer caught a pass for
12.
About two minutes before halftime the Seminoles drew a 5-yard penalty for illegal procedure - and the significance of that was it was the first yardage stepped off on the Seminoles all evening.
For an opener, they were playing a remarkably error-free game.
Berry soon got off his second punt, a nifty 55-yarder to the 7. The Pirates struggled up to their 40 before intermission caught
them.
At this point Florida State showed 317 yards of offense with 198 running, including 78 by Allen on 11 carries. Thomas had completed 7 of 12 passes for 119 yards and a pair of touchdowns. East
Carolina had completed one pass, out of 7 tries, and had had two intercepted.
East Carolina, in an opening third-quarter bid, needed about a foot on third down when it tried an option deep in the
backfield and got tossed for a loss.
A punt - plus a clip on the runback - had the Seminoles in a hole at their 7. Out popped Allen to the 21.
That effort played out at the 37, as the Pirates -
who often seemed to be keying on Allen - stopped the FSU star short. Berry punted 43 yards, to the 21.
On a busted play, quarterback Robbie Bartlett abruptly tore loose - 59 yards to FSU's 20.
It came to fourth down at the 16. On a fake field-goal try, holder Jeff Bolch reared up, rolled right and threw across the middle to a wide-open Jeff Patton at the goal line. Patton stepped happily
into the end zone for the touchdown. Heath booted an extra point, cutting the score to 31-10.
An onside kick - following a penalty against FSU on the first effort - did not go far enough, and the
Seminoles got a start from their 45.
A third-down pass for 12 to Hester gained the 37. Three chopping plays attained the 26. Third down at the 19, and Thomas passed to Panton at the 3. Sweeping
wide, Allen dived over tacklers when confronted and got the touchdown that made it 38-10.
East Carolina maneuvered around in its own territory until punting time came. In ripped Joe Wessel to block
the kick. And the Seminoles had another shot, from the Pirate 45.
A pass to Hassan Jones got 15. Two more runs reached the 9. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Holloman skipped away again on
the reverse, scoring his second touchdown of the evening, bringing the score to 45-10.
With 11:40 left in the game, Kirk Coker moved in for his first quarterbacking action with the Seminole
varsity. Allen got 12 - to go over 100 yards for the night. On his first carry, Cedric Jones broke away for 26 to the Pirate 43.
A few plays later, on fourth down at the 28, Schmidt kicked a
44-yard field goal, and it was 48-10.
Behind Ron Jones, the Pirates drove to the FSU 21. Garth Jax slipped through to sack the quarterback, but Jones came back with a 20-yard pass to Stefon Adams
at the 8. Two plays later Walden took a pitchout and scored easily from the 5. Heath's point kick left it 48-17 with 3:34 left.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| East Carolina |
3 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
10 |
21 |
7 |
10 |
48 |
1st 3- 0 Derek Schmidt, 27, field goal, 10:49
3- 3 Opp, 52, field goal, 8:00
10- 3 Roosevelt Snipes, 5, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:47
2nd 17- 3 Darrin Holloman, 13, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:11
24- 3 Hassan Jones, 17, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:00
31- 3 Jessie Hester, 31, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:55
3rd 31-10 Opp, 16, pass (kick), 8:36
38-10 Greg Allen, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:44
4th 45-10 Darrin Holloman, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 14:51
48-10 Derek Schmidt, 44, field goal, 8:54
48-17 Opp, 5, run (kick), 3:34
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 31 19
Rushes-yards 58-327 46-229
Passing 177 125
Att-Comp-Int 20-12-0 21-7-2
Total Yards 78-504 67-354
Punt Returns 2-2 2-0
Kickoff Returns 2-32 7-107
Interception Ret. 2-9 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 4-49.8 6-37.7
Sacks By-Yds 2-13 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 6-42 4-42
3rd Down Conversions 7-13 4-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Time of Posession 32:04 27:56
Attendance 54,211
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 17 113 1 14
Tony Smith 11 70 0 14
Roosevelt Snipes 8 37 1 15
Cedric Jones 4 37 0 26
Cletis Jones 5 34 0 18
Darrin Holloman 2 22 2 13t
Eric Thomas 7 10 0 9
Dwayne Denson 2 3 0 2
Kirk Coker 2 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 58 327 4 26
Opp 46 229 1 59
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 4 59 1 31t
Hassan Jones 2 35 1 18
Pete Panton 2 30 0 16
Cletis Jones 1 22 0 22
Herb Gainer 1 12 0 12
Darrin Holloman 1 11 0 11
Tony Smith 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 12 177 2 31t
Opp 7 125 1 33
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 12 19 0 177 2 31t
Kirk Coker 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 12 20 0 177 2 31t
Opp 7 21 2 125 1 33
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 2 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 2 0 2
Opp 2 0 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 1 17 0 17
Tony Smith 1 15 0 15
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 32 0 17
Opp 7 107 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 4 199 55
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 199 55
Opp 6 226 60
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 5 4 9 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 5 2 7 . . 1- 9 . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Isaac Williams 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome McCoy 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Garth Jax 3 . 3 2.0- 13.0 2.0- 13.0 . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ulysses Roberson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Stanley Scott 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Smiley 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Jacobs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rocky Kinsey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Joe Wessel . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 36 22 58 5.0- 13.0 2.0- 13.0 2- 9 1 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 40 25 65 2.0- . . 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 73 Jim Thompson
TT 77 John Ionata
SE 88 Hassan Jones
TE 96 Pete Panton
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 23 Jerome McCoy
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
OLB 65 Darryl Gray
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
13 Kim Mack
15 Anthony Smiley
18 Derek Schmidt
19 Greg Jacobs
20 Roosevelt Snipes
21 Dwayne Denson
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Tony Smith
52 John Eaford
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
59 Tim Flasher
60 John Bamber
66 Parrish Barwick
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
83 Stanley Scott
84 Garth Jax
85 Pat Carter
86 Carlton Scott
93 Jim Hendley
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 42, Kansas 16
09/15/1984, Lawrence, Kans.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 16, 1984, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. Jayhawks tomahawked.
LAWRENCE, KS - Before the kickoff Bobby Bowden had said this was a game in which Florida
State's football team needed to take care of its own knitting.
If his Seminoles played their game, the coach was implying, no great need to worry.
Despite some improbable and mildly scary
moments, Florida State attended to its knitting well enough here Saturday to throttle a poor University of Kansas team 42-16. It could have been worse. Easily.
And tailback Greg Allen, looking like
a bona fide Heisman candidate despite a cut hand that hindered him, did some uncommon knitting.
As he ran 16 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns, the Milton senior checked in as Florida State's
all-time leading rusher with a total of 3,044 yards, all-time leading scorer with 248 points, and all-time leader in all-purpose yardage with 4,271. (Dave Cappellen held the scoring record, while
Larry Key had owned both the other marks.)
Moreover, Allen registered his 12th 100-yard rushing game with the Seminoles.
Now 2-0 with 3-1 Miami ahead in the Orange Bowl next Saturday, the
Seminoles in the beginning were about as cool as the Kansas weather - 64 degrees at kickoff.
An estimated crowd of 38,600 sensed blood as their Jayhawks drove from the kickoff to a 3-0 lead on
Dodge Schwartzburg's 31-yard field goal.
But on offense Florida State played a patient game throughout. By the end of the quarter FSU had slashed out a 7-3 lead that it never yielded.
Soon after
it was 14-3.
But with Florida State poised - first down at the Kansas 4 - to make it 21-3, a fumble set the home team on fire. Behind tall, fast quarterback Mike Norseth - a splendid passer on
occasion - the Jayhawks drove from that point and were within 14-10 range at halftime.
From the start Kansas made its intentions clear - throwing on the first play from scrimmage.
Big was a
28-yard toss from Norseth to John Holloway at the FSU 39 on the fourth play of this sunny, cool afternoon.
A pair of 11-yard passes keyed a first down at the 10. There a pass missed, a run got just
4, and linebacker Henry Taylor on third down ripped through to sack Norseth on the 15.
Schwartzburg, a senior place kicker from Ocala, booted a 31-yard field goal to put Kansas up 3-0.
From its
27 Florida State got just across the 50 as Greg Allen popped for 15 and Hassan Jones snared an Eric Thomas pass for 9.
But a penalty cost 5 yards, and the Seminoles could not recover. On third down
Thomas could not find an open receiver and got sacked for a loss of 16 at his 30. A Louis Berry punt placed Kansas at its 24.
A pair of runs got the Jayhawks to their 48. Norseth, trying to pass,
decided to run instead and found uncommonly wide room as he knocked off 30 yards to the FSU 28.
The defense came alive. A run was stopped cold. A pass failed. When Norseth threw again, linebacker
Darryl Gray intercepted and returned 5 yards to the 30.
Chopping short runs by Cletis Jones and Rosie Snipes led to midfield. Jones carried twice more, to the Kansas 36. When things got sticky,
Thomas, on a keeper, ran on third down to the 29 for a first down. On another big third down play, needing 10, he pitched out to Snipes for 11.
From the 15 - again on third down - Thomas passed
into the end zone to Hassan Jones for an easy touchdown. Derek Schmidt kicked the point for a 7-3 Florida State lead.
A big run by Norseth - 22 yards - got Kansas to the 50 as the first quarter ran
out.
Norseth threw a bomb that tailback Robert Mimbs was all set to grab at about the 10 when linebacker Henry Taylor did the expedient thing under the circumstances and interfered - an action that
would have drawn a 15-yard penalty. But Kansas was holding on the play. Penalties offset each other.
Soon, however, Norseth popped a short pass over the middle for a first down. Then Holloway
caught one for 25 to FSU's 15 before Eric Riley pulled him down. Otherwise, it would have been a touchdown.
The Jayhawks got no farther than the 11, on a first-down run. Two passes were futile. The
Schwartzburg missed on a 28-yard try for a field goal, leaving it 7-3.
In six plays the Seminoles made it 14-3.
An 11-yard pass to Jessie Hester and an 18-yard delay run by Greg Allen reached
the 50. Three plays later Cletis Jones shot up the middle, cut right and outran the defense - 40 yards for a touchdown. Schmidt again kicked a point.
From its 19, the home team got just five yards
in three tries. A punt placed FSU at its 38.
Third down at the 45, and Thomas threw long to Hassan Jones - 51 yards to the Kansas 4.
On a pitchout, Snipes fumbled - and David Smith claimed the
ball for Kansas at the 3.
With some heady work by Norseth, the Jayhawks worked the ball patiently up to their 30. Then the quarterback threw wide to Holloway.
Suddenly, the receiver was loose
and rambling on a 70-yard scoring run. Billy Allen made a hard try but couldn't catch him. The clock showed 2:24 remaining in the half.
Florida State got a poor start, at its 15, following the
kickoff.
The running game gained the 27. A pass to Greg Allen reached the 37 with 23 seconds to go. But FSU got little more, and at halftime a lead that might have been 21-3 was a close 14-10.
Interestingly, Kansas, at this point led in yardage, 280 to 265 with Norseth hitting 11 of 19 passes for 184 yards. Florida State had 166 on the ground, including 82 by Jones in nine carries.
Quickly, in the third quarter, Greg Allen's running lifted FSU from its 20 to the 43. A 16-yard throw to tight end Pat Carter reached the Kansas 35.
Two penalties, coupled with a sack of Thomas,
blunted the bid. Berry's punt was a good one, placing the Jayhawks at their 10.
In four plays - two of them passes - Norseth had the Jayhawks at the 35. That effort played out at the 50.
When
the punt came, Darrin Holloman got clobbered trying to catch it - and Kansas was penalized 15 to the 30 for interference.
Allen ran wide, for 18 to the 48. One play later a personal foul vaulted
FSU to the Kansas 38. Thomas kept for 8, and Jones got a first down at the 26.
Third down at the 19, and Holloman, taking a pass at the 10, dodged tackling to scramble to the 1. Cletis Jones
pounded across for the touchdown. Schmidt kicked another point, and it stood 21-10.
A 10-yard Gerald Nichols sack of Norseth had Kansas in a hole at its 16.
A couple plays later it came to 3rd
and 16 at the 20. Norseth completed a short pass that was fumbled following the reception. The ball rolled forward, and Robert Mimbs recovered for Kansas at the 38.
There the passing game failed,
and a penalty cost 5 yards. When Tom Becker went back to punt, he could not get a grip on the ball, and was buried at the 15.
But as Holloman ran a reverse, a flag fell and an illegal block set the
Seminoles back to the 30. Two runs got FSU back to the 23 as the third quarter ended.
On a delay draw, Greg Allen hit off the left side toward the sidelines and scored easily on a 23-yard run.
Schmidt made it 28-10.
Kansas couldn't move from its 20, as Nichols again sacked Norseth.
When Becker went back to punt, Joe Wessel ripped through to block the ball. Bruce Heggie picked it up
and danced into the end zone on a 7-yard touchdown run.
Another Schmidt kick boosted it to 35-10.
A bit later Jerome McCoy's interception of a Norseth pass was rubbed out. Florida State had been
offsides on the play. Two more Seminole infractions - one a personal foul - helped Kansas to FSU's 43. Mimbs on a run, reached the 26. A pass to Lyn Williams got 12 to the 14. Then, on a pitchout,
Williams scored.
Norseth retreated deep, then threw into the end zone in a quest for two points. The ball fell harmlessly to the ground as the crowd screamed for an interference call that never
came. The score was 35-16 with 9:30 left.
FSU started at the Kansas 48 following a futile onside kick.
On third-and-16 Thomas passed to Carter for 27 at the 25. On two runs, Allen reached the
11. Jones smashed to the 5, and Allen went wide for the touchdown.
Schmidt's boot brought it to 42-16.
The embattled Jayhawks started from their 9 following a penalty on the kickoff runback.
On fourth0and02 at the 28, with five minutes left, Kansas tried a run for the first down - and got nothing. FSU got a shot from there.
Kirk Coker, on a quarterback keeper, rolled to the 12. A
face-mask penalty put the Seminoles on the 7. But a fumble on the following play was claimed by Jayhawk Jeff Anderson at the 9.
Kansas moved to midfield. With a bit over two minutes left, Billy
Allen intercepted a pass at the FSU 29. Coker stuck to the ground. With 34 seconds left, Berry punted to the Kansas 17.
The game's last play saw Martin Mayhew, the former Florida High star, wheel
19 yards into Kansas territory following an interception.
Then Florida State started celebrating another 2-0 beginning under Bowden.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
42 |
| Kansas |
3 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 31, field goal, 11:22
7- 3 Hassan Jones, 15, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:08
2nd 7- 3 Opp, 35, field goal failed, 12:41
14- 3 Cletis Jones, 40, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:09
14-10 Opp, 70, pass (kick), 2:24
3rd 21-10 Cletis Jones, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:07
4th 28-10 Greg Allen, 23, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 14:54
35-10 Bruce Heggie, 7, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:41
Note: Joe Wessel blocked the punt, Heggie picked the ball up
at the seven and scored.
35-16 Opp, 14, run (pass failed), 9:30
42-16 Greg Allen, 5, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:44
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 26 27
Rushes-yards 54-301 37-169
Passing 167 293
Att-Comp-Int 16-11-0 41-22-3
Total Yards 70-468 78-462
Punt Returns 1-20 2-7
Kickoff Returns 2-33 6-88
Interception Ret. 3-24 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 3-40.0 3-24.0
Sacks By-Yds 3-23 2-17
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-0
Penalties-Yds 8-65 9-69
3rd Down Conversions 11-13 6-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Time of Posession 29:11 30:49
Attendance 38,600
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 16 133 2 23t
Cletis Jones 16 114 2 40t
Roosevelt Snipes 9 27 0 11
Kirk Coker 3 13 0 15
Cedric Jones 1 12 0 12
Eric Thomas 9 2 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 54 301 4 40t
Opp 37 169 1 24
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hassan Jones 3 74 1 50
Pat Carter 2 43 0 27
Darrin Holloman 1 18 0 18
Jessie Hester 2 15 0 11
Greg Allen 2 12 0 10
Cedric Jones 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 167 1 50
Opp 22 293 1 70t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 11 16 0 167 1 50
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 16 0 167 1 50
Opp 22 41 3 293 1 70t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Wessel 1 13 0 13
Bruce Heggie 0 7 1 7t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 20 1 13
Opp 2 7 0 13
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 2 33 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 33 0 18
Opp 6 88 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 120 54
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 120 54
Opp 3 72 37
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Jones 7 . 7 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Taylor 6 1 7 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . 1 . . . . .
Brian McCrary 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Isaac Williams 4 . 4 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 4 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jerome McCoy 3 1 4 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 3 . 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 1 3 . . 1- 19 . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 3 . 3 3.0- 17.0 2.0- 14.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Griggley . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel 3 . 3 1.0- 18.0 . . . . . . 1 .
Paul McGowan 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ulysses Roberson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
J.D. Dowell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Smiley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray . . . . . 1- 5 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 49 12 61 7.0- 47.0 3.0- 23.0 3- 24 2 . . . 1 .
Opp 51 14 65 5.0- 20.0 2.0- 17.0 . . . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 73 Jim Thompson
TT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
SE 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 23 Jerome McCoy
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
15 Anthony Smiley
18 Derek Schmidt
19 Greg Jacobs
20 Roosevelt Snipes
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
30 Terry Griggley
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Tony Smith
51 Marty Riggs
52 John Eaford
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
59 Tim Flasher
65 Darryl Gray
66 Parrish Barwick
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
83 Stanley Scott
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Jim Hendley
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 38, Miami 3
09/22/1984, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 23, 1984, page 55, by Bill McGrotha. Stack, Sack & Sly.
Savage and clever, FSU rips Miami 38-3.
MIAMI, FL - Jimmy Johnson on Friday
declared his University of Miami team had enjoyed its best practice week of the year, and that he would be shocked if it did not play its best game of the year.
Johnson was shocked, and the whole
of the college football world along with him as Florida State took the defending national champions apart 38-3 here Saturday afternoon.
All the king's men could not begin to put those champions
together again. At least not for a while.
The rain came early, cutting a sellout crowd in the Orange Bowl from more than 75,000 to 62,210 as many with tickets stayed home and watched on
television.
That rain left just before the kickoff, but no manner of weather would have affected the outcome of this one. Florida State was better prepared for this football game, perhaps, than any
in a very long while.
"If they shut down our offense, they got one heck of a defense," FSU Coach Bobby Bowden had said quietly on Saturday morning.
Miami shut down nothing. The Seminoles did the
shutting down.
Running for 284 yards, employing the reverse maybe as effectively as any major team of recent times, Florida State rolled up 478 yards, Miami got just 247, only 10 of it running.
And the Seminoles - playing absolutely magnificent defense - sacked Bernie Kosar six times, sending him to the bench long before it was over. Additionally, his replacement, Vinnie Testaverde, was
sacked twice.
Kosar completed 11 of 19 passes for 154 yards, but few were damaging. His ace receiver, Eddie Brown, never caught one. Testaverde hit seven of his 15 throws after coming on late in
the third quarter with Florida State leading 24-0.
It was 9-0 at halftime.
Florida State scored the first two times it got the football in each half.
Derek Schmidt, the freshman kicker, gave
the Seminoles an enormous early lift with a school-record field goal of 54 yards. Later he kicked ones of 40 and 38 yards.
Eric Thomas executed well a Florida State game plan that called for Greg
Allen to be a decoy. The tailback ran just 10 times for 65 yards. Meanwhile, Thomas crossed Miami up with reverses and with passes - nine completions of 15 for 151 yards.
Jessie Hester pulled in
five passes for 116 yards and got 102 additional yards on reverse runs.
The Seminoles, who come home to play surprising Temple next Saturday night, now are 3-0 and apparently a team with which the
nation must reckon.
Once again, the Seminoles played a game free of major errors - no fumbles lost, no passes intercepted.
FSU's offense was simply devastating, averaging 8.1 yards per play.
Many would say the Seminole defense was in the same league as Miami, now 4-2, averaged just 3.7.
For Miami, coming home after four straight games on the road, it was only the third Orange Bowl loss
in more than five seasons. Bobby Bowden teams have administered two of those setbacks in that span, the last one 24-7 in '83.
On the game's first scrimmage play, Alonzo Highsmith seemed to fumble
on a run, and Florida State appeared to recover but officials ruled the ball dead when it got away from the back.
Two Kosar passes, for 8 and 19 yards to Stanley Shakespeare, overcame a holding
penalty and lifted Miami to its 42. Then the quarterback was frustrated - two misses plus a Billy Allen sack that cost him 10 yards. The first punt of the game left Florida State at its 33.
Faking
to Greg Allen, Eric Thomas threw a bootleg to Jessie Hester 25 yards to the Miami 42. Two runs got just three, however, and Thomas failed with a throw.
With the wind going for him, freshman Derek
Schmidt came on - the ball at the 38 - and kicked a 54-yard field goal that put the Seminoles up 3-0.
It was a school record, topping the 53-yarder Grant Guthrie kicked against Miami in '69.
A
draw play saw Warren Williams dash 24 yards for Miami to its 46. Under heavy pressure from Garth Jax, Kosar ran wide and got sacked by linebacker Fred Jones at the 34. Two plays later Miami punted to
the FSU 18.
Up the middle came Cletis Jones, getting 15 to the 33. Three more plays, including a short pass to herb Gainer, reached the 44.
On a reverse, Jessie Hester scampered for 25 to the
Miami 31. Three runs later Florida State was short, at the 23.
Fourth down, and back came Schmidt to boot a 40-yard field goal, making it 6-0.
A pass to Shakespeare got 10, but three plays later
Miami was back at its 20 following a sack of Kosar for a loss of 11. Offsides on a first punt cost FSU 5, but the Seminoles got the ball back at their 44 after the second.
On the final play of the
quarter Thomas got sacked as he faked and dropped back. That set the Seminoles back on their 39.
It came to third down at the 39, with Thomas faking brightly, then running the other way, finally
throwing to Hester for 19 yards and a first down at the Miami 42.
After a holding penalty, it came to third down at the Miami 39. Under pressure, Thomas missed with a pass. The punt of Louis Berry
trickled into the end zone when it might have been downed on the one.
From the 20, Kosar's third-down pass to Williams attained the 35. But two runs got little, and when Kosar tried to throw again
Stanley Scott swept in to sack him for a loss of 13 at the 27. Rick Tuten's fine punt placed FSU at its 21.
On the reverse, Hassan Jones suddenly pulled up and threw long - 43 yards to Hester at
the Miami 36.
On third down at the 27 came a fake to Allen up the middle as Thomas threw toward a streaking Hester in the end zone. Hester could not hang on to the throw. It mattered not. Florida
State was judged to have an illegal receiver downfield on the play. The penalty meant a loss of down. Taking a deliberate 5-yard delay penalty to give Berry more punting room on fourth down, the
Seminoles got the effort they wanted - a boot to the 9.
Runs by Darryl Oliver vaulted Miami to its 30. But when Highsmith swung wide, Len Chavers stripped him of the ball, and linebacker Henry
Taylor claimed it for the Seminoles at the 34.
On a pitchout, Allen ripped for 12 to the 22. But it came to fourth down at the 21 after Thomas got sacked.
Kicking into the wind now, Schmidt hit
the field goal from 38 yards out, and it was 9-0.
From the 26 after the kickoff Oliver moved wide for 11 to the 37. Two plays later a pass over the middle to Oliver picked up 31 to FSU's 25.
On
third down, a pass to Shakespeare got a first down at the 10. But Billy Allen decked Oliver for a loss of two on a run with 1:52 remaining and officials calling timeout because of a stadium clock that
was not working properly.
Highsmith got only a yard or so. Then when Kosar threw, Eric Williams made a diving interception for the Seminoles at the 5.
Killing the clock, Florida State ran three
times. Berry's punt and a clipping call against Miami left Miami with time for one play from the 50.
Kosar faded to pass - and was sacked for the fifth time in the half. Isaac Williams did the
honors here.
At halftime, Florida State had 178 yards, with 107 passing, and Miami 121. Kosar showed just 99 air yards on seven completions in 13 attempts. The reverse had accounted for a
significant part of FSU's yardage, with Hester getting 25 on a run off it and 43 on a pass from it.
With Miami's last-half kickoff going out of the end zone on the fly, Florida State, under a new
rule, got a start at its 30.
Allen got nothing, and Thomas lost 7.
Abruptly, Hester took a pitch from Thomas on a reverse, cut upfield and raced 77 yards to a touchdown. Going for two, Thomas
got them with a pass to Hassan Jones, and it was 17-0.
Shakespeare pulled in a 14-yard pass at his 35. Kosar got no further on that drive. A Tuten punt backed the Seminoles to their 18.
Tight
end Pete Panton snared a 22-yard pass at the 41. Swinging wide, Allen got loose on a 39-yard ramble to the Miami 21.
Jones pounded for 5. Thomas kept for 10, to the 7, then got 3 more to the 4. On
a pitchout, Rosie Snipes took a dive off the left side for the touchdown. Miami was offside as Florida State got a bad snap on a conversion attempt that sent holder Kirk Coker in a futile scramble.
Then Schmidt kicked the point and it was 24-0 with 9:08 left in the quarter.
On the second play of the final period, Greg Cox kicked a 36-yard field goal to cut the score to 24-3.
Editors note:
FSU scored two additional times in the fourth quarter: a 25-yard pass from Thomas to Hassan Jones and a 3-yard run by Rosie Snipes to make the final score 38-3.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
6 |
3 |
15 |
14 |
38 |
| Miami |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1st 3- 0 Derek Schmidt, 54, field goal, 10:16
6- 0 Derek Schmidt, 40, field goal, 3:47
2nd 9- 0 Derek Schmidt, 38, field goal, 4:10
3rd 17- 0 Jessie Hester, 77, run (Hassan Jones, pass from Eric Thomas), 13:21
24- 0 Roosevelt Snipes, 4, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:08
4th 24- 3 Opp, 36, field goal, 14:05
31- 3 Hassan Jones, 25, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:39
38- 3 Roosevelt Snipes, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:24
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 17
Rushes-yards 43-284 32-10
Passing 194 237
Att-Comp-Int 16-10-0 34-18-2
Total Yards 59-478 66-247
Punt Returns 2--8 2-10
Kickoff Returns 1-20 7-124
Interception Ret. 2-6 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 4-40.8 7-37.9
Sacks By-Yds 8- 4-
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-2
Penalties-Yds 10-71 8-79
Time of Posession 26:31 33:29
Attendance 60,210
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 2 102 1 77t
Greg Allen 10 65 0 39
Cletis Jones 10 47 0 15
Roosevelt Snipes 6 43 2 25
Eric Thomas 12 15 0 10
Dwayne Denson 2 10 0 5
Prince Matt 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 284 3 77t
Opp 32 10 0 24
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 5 116 0 43
Hassan Jones 1 25 1 25t
Pete Panton 1 22 0 22
Herb Gainer 2 19 0 13
Roosevelt Snipes 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 10 194 1 43
Opp 18 237 0 31
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 9 15 0 151 1 26
Hassan Jones 1 1 0 43 0 43
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 10 16 0 194 1 43
Opp 18 34 2 237 0 31
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 2 -8 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 -8 0
Opp 2 10 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 1 20 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 20 0 20
Opp 7 124 0 27
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 4 163 60
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 163 60
Opp 7 265 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jerome McCoy 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 4 1 5 . . 2- 6 . . 1- 0 . . .
Isaac Williams 4 1 5 2.0- 2.0- . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 5 . 5 1.0- 1.0- . 1 . . . . .
Stanley Scott 4 . 4 2.0- 2.0- . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 3 . 3 . . . . . . 1 . .
Gerald Nichols 3 . 3 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Henry Taylor 1 2 3 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Jesse Solomon 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Griggley 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 2 . 2 2.0- 2.0- . 1 . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Garth Jax 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 56 14 70 8.0- 0.0 8.0- 0.0 2- 6 3 . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp 43 20 63 6.0- 4.0- . 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 74 Pablo Lopez
TT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
SE 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 23 Jerome McCoy
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
15 Anthony Smiley
18 Derek Schmidt
19 Greg Jacobs
20 Roosevelt Snipes
21 Dwayne Denson
24 Darrin Holloman
30 Terry Griggley
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
36 Eric Stiehl
38 Paul McGowan
39 Brian Davis
41 Cedric Jones
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 Prince Matt
52 John Eaford
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
59 Tim Flasher
65 Darryl Gray
66 Parrish Barwick
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
83 Stanley Scott
86 Carlton Scott
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Jim Hendley
95 Pat Cicalese
96 Pete Panton
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 44, Temple 27
09/29/1984, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 30, 1984, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. Fast start.
Two quick scores enable FSU to trample Temple.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Again displaying
enormous versatility, Florida State hacked out a 44-27 victory here Saturday night over tough Temple.
And that provided the Seminoles with their first 4-0 start for a season since 1979 when they
went 11-0.
Florida State, playing before 56,892 on a hot and humid evening, did it with a little bit of everything.
Joe Wessel, the surprising backup defensive back, took considerable early
starch out of the Owls when he blocked two kicks - leading to a 14-0 lead.
Greg Allen, with another running night of more than 100 yards, got the first on a 43-yard draw play. Eric Riley scored the
second when he picked up the field goal Wessel had blocked and romped across the goal line.
Moving from its 23 after the opening kickoff, Temple got to the 38 on a 10-yard pass from quarterback Lee
Saltz to Greg Pronko. Three more plays gained not a yard, and a punt placed FSU at its 29.
Two Greg Allen runs got just 2, and a delay penalty cost the Seminoles 5. When a pass failed, Louis Berry
punted 37 yards to the Temple 38.
A 17-yard pass to Willie Marshall reached FSU's 46. On a run, Paul Palmer fumbled but recovered for a 16-yard gain to FSU's 30. But holding cost the Owls 10. Soon,
linebacker Fred Jones sacked Saltz.
A punt seemed to place FSU in a hole at its three, but an illegal-procedure call cancelled the big boot. And when Kip Shenefelt punted again, Joe Wessel ripped
through to block it at the Temple 44. It was Wessel's third blocked punt of the season.
An Eric Thomas keeper for 12 led to a first down at the 24. Next play Thomas was sacked for minus-8. Hassan
Jones scrambled to the 10 on a pass but holding nullified that move. Back at the 42 now, Allen lost a yard.
Then came Allen again, on a draw play, cutting right after about 15 yards, picking up a
block and going 43 yards for a touchdown. Derek Schmidt's point made it a sudden 7-0.
The Owls got close to the 50, following a good kickoff return to the 34 and solid running by Brian Slade. But
tackle Gerald Nichols sacked Saltz at the 39, and a punt soon followed, to FSU's 22.
Allen's runs reached the 40, but that was it.
After a Berry punt, Temple struck from its 26. In at
quarterback on the series, James Thompson, the former Leon High star, soon lofted a 43-yard strike to Willie Marshall at the FSU 31.
Three more plays, however, netted only a yard. When Jim Cooper
tried a field goal, from 46 yards out, Wessel shot through again to block the football. It rolled toward the Temple goal. On the run, cornerback Eric Riley picked it up at the Owl 34 and ran it in for
a touchdown. Schmidt's point-after brought it to 14-0 early in the second quarter.
When it reached fourth down for Temple at its 24, it punted - but FSU was offsides, and a penalty left the
visitors about a foot short of a first down. Temple gambled with a Slade run, and the 225-pounder got it at the 31.
A bit later the Owls punted again, from their 39. It was a good effort that
Darrin Holloman fielded at the 7. Apparently hemmed up, he somehow maintained his balance for 29 yards before finally falling.
Slashing to his right, Allen knocked off 25 yards to the Temple 36.
Promptly, Thomas found a streaking Jessie Hester open over the middle at the 10, and it was easy cruising into the end zone on a 39-yard scoring pass. Schmidt swung his leg for 21-0.
Temple's
offense could generate nothing. A penalty pushed the Owls from their 20 to the 10. A third-down punt for 52 yards gave Florida State a shot from its 39.
But it was opportunity time for the Owls
when Allen fumbled, Doug Davis recovering for the visitors at FSU's 41.
Slade slipped loose for 15, on third down, to FSU's 20. The next play saw Shelley Poole, a 220-pound sophomore from Norcross,
Ga., slam to the 1. Slade crossed from there. When Cooper missed the point kick, the score remained 21-6.
From the goal line, Holloman dashed to the 46 on the kickoff return.
A penalty rubbed
out a Cletis Jones run for 9. On second down, however, Hassan Jones snared a 27-yard Thomas pass at the Temple 29. Following another holding call, it came to third down at the 29. On a pitchout, Allen
rambled to the 14. That gave him 103 yards for the evening on 11 runs.
Third down at the 10, and Hassan Jones grabbed a Thomas pass in the end zone for the touchdown. William Wright, the defender,
seemed to latch onto the ball at about the same time. Ties in such circumstances go to the offense. Schmidt's boot brought the score to 28-6 with 47 seconds left in the half.
At this midway point,
Florida State did not show a whole lot more offense than Temple - just 212 yards to 155. But the four of nine passes that Thomas had hit for a mere 75 yards had been devastating, with two going for
touchdowns.
Bigger, of course, were the pair of blocked kicks from Wessel. On 19 of 28 plays from scrimmage, the Seminoles had run, for 137 yards.
Early in the last half, the Seminoles could not
move and Berry's 49-yard punt was returned 12 to the Temple 37. On a keeper, Saltz skipped for 22 to FSU's 41.
Isaac Williams blunted that charge with a 5-yard sack of Saltz. A hot punt left
Florida State in trouble, however, at its 2.
Hitting the middle twice, Cletis Jones got the first down at the 12. Temple's aggressive defense called a halt there.
This time Berry punted 56
yards, and again Temple got a start at its 37 after a short runback.
Slade could not handle a first-down pitchout, and nose guard Todd Stroud claimed the ball for FSU at Temple's 33.
Once more
Temple granted nothing worth mentioning. Thomas lost 3, Allen got just 4 and a pass missed.
But in came Schmidt, who has not missed. The freshman put a 49-yard field goal through, raising the score
to 31-6.
Florida State got into difficulty just a little later when the Owls punted from their 34.
Holloman fumbled at FSU's 35, and a Temple man fell on it. Immediately, Palmer threw a halfback
pass to a wide-open Russell Carter at the 2 for the score. A running try for two points was stopped by Eric Riley, leaving it 31-12.
A 20-yard pass on third down to Hassan Jones got FSU to Temple's
45. Two plays later Herb Gainer collared another 20-yarder, at the 27. Holloman, in at tailback for Allen, led with his running to a first down at the 15 as the quarter ran out.
Third down at the
11, and Thomas threw to Hester for a touchdown. A pass try for two failed, leaving it 37-12.
A 15-yard pass to Marshall gained Temple its 37. Whereupon, freshman Eric Williams intercepted a
following throw by Saltz at FSU's 23.
Editor's Note: Temple scored a touchdown on a 7-yard run and after the kick the score was 37-19.
A futile onside kick provided the Seminoles with a chance
from their 49. Three runs took it to the Owls 34. Hassan Jones grabbed a third-down toss for 19 at the 14. Allen slashed to the 2, and a late-hit penalty put the ball on the 1. Holloman scored on a
pitchout.
With 5:20 remaining, Martin Mayhew's interception of a Thompson bomb gave FSU the ball at its 32. Kirk Coker entered at quarterback. Three runs, and Berry's punt left Temple at its 29
after a penalty was assessed against FSU on the play.
A Thompson pass for 15, followed by another personal foul on FSU, got Temple to the Seminole 36. With 31 seconds to go, Thompson hit Palmer
with a 20-yard scoring pass. On a keeper, Thompson got two on a run, making it 44-27.
And Florida State was at the visitors' 30 when it ended.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Temple |
0 |
6 |
6 |
15 |
27 |
| Florida State |
7 |
21 |
3 |
13 |
44 |
1st 7- 0 Greg Allen, 43, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 3:15
2nd 7- 0 Opp, 47, field goal blocked by Joe Wessel, 12:44
14- 0 Eric Riley, 40, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:54
21- 0 Jessie Hester, 39, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:41
21- 6 Opp, 1, run (kick failed), 3:27
28- 6 Hassan Jones, 10, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:47
3rd 31- 6 Derek Schmidt, 49, field goal, 7:44
31-12 Opp, 2, run (pass failed), 5:15
4th 37-12 Jessie Hester, 11, pass from Eric Thomas (Eric Thomas, pass failed), 13:42
37-19 Opp, 7, run (kick), 9:07
44-19 Darrin Holloman, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:15
44-27 Opp, 19, pass (run), 0:31
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 21
Rushes-yards 52-243 41-120
Passing 144 264
Att-Comp-Int 17-8-0 30-15-2
Total Yards 69-387 71-384
Punt Returns 4-106 4-24
Kickoff Returns 3-81 7-129
Interception Ret. 2-12 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 6-44.7 7-35.1
Sacks By-Yds 3-21 2-11
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 5-1
Penalties-Yds 7-70 4-25
3rd Down Conversions 7-16 3-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Time of Posession 29:22 30:38
Attendance 56,892
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 18 135 1 43t
Cletis Jones 15 76 0 13
Darrin Holloman 9 24 1 7
Eric Thomas 9 8 0 12
Kirk Coker 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 52 243 2 43t
Opp 41 120 3 22
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hassan Jones 4 75 1 27
Jessie Hester 2 50 2 39t
Herb Gainer 1 20 0 20
Cedric Jones 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 8 144 3 39t
Opp 15 264 1 43
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 8 17 0 144 3 39t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 8 17 0 144 3 39t
Opp 15 30 2 264 1 43
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Eric Riley 0 40 1 40t
Darrin Holloman 3 36 0 29
Joe Wessel 1 30 0 30
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 106 1 40t
Opp 4 24 0 12
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 1 46 0 46
Jessie Hester 2 35 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 81 0 46
Opp 7 129 0 29
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 6 268 56
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 268 56
Opp 7 246 55
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaac Williams 4 3 7 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 3 2 5 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Eric Riley 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Taylor 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 4 . 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 3 1 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 3 . 3 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 1 1 2 2.0- 1.0- 7.0 . 1 . . . . .
Garth Jax 1 1 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Gerald Nichols 1 1 2 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Ulysses Roberson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 1 . 1 . . 1- 12 . . . . . .
Joe Wessel 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 2 .
Brian McCrary . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Smiley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome McCoy 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Paul McGowan 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Griggley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 43 16 59 10.0- 14.0 3.0- 21.0 2- 12 3 . 1- 0 . 2 .
Opp 39 12 51 8.0- 2.0- 11.0 . 3 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
WR 4 Jessie Hester
RB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
LG 61 Dan Morris
RG 64 Jamie Dukes
LT 66 Parrish Barwick
RT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
WR 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 8 Eric Riley
CB 17 Eric Williams
S 23 Jerome McCoy
S 43 Brian McCrary
T 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
T 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
15 Anthony Smiley
18 Derek Schmidt
24 Darrin Holloman
30 Terry Griggley
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
36 Eric Stiehl
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
52 John Eaford
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
60 John Bamber
63 Mark Salva
65 Darryl Gray
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
69 Joey Ionata
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
83 Stanley Scott
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Jim Hendley
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 17, Memphis State 17
10/06/1984, Memphis, Tenn.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 7, 1984, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. All tied up.
Late field goal salvages 17-17 tie for FSU.
MEMPHIS, TN – On the game’s last play, Derek
Schmidt kicked a 42-yard field goal that brought Florida State from behind to a 17-17 tie with Memphis State that it was lucky to get Saturday night.
And perhaps to settle with, under the
circumstances.
It was the first tie of Bobby Bowden’s long and successful coaching career. It was a most timely one.
From start to finish, little went right for the Seminoles on this rainy night
as they ran into a fired-up bunch of Tigers.
In the beginning, with a light rain falling, Florida State went on defense – after winning the coin toss and choosing to kick off.
Immediately,
Florida State found big trouble as Jerry Harris raced 74 yards with the kickoff to the FSU 26 before Billy Allen got him.
Offsides against FSU, coupled with two runs for 11 yards by Russ Clayton,
gained the 10. But a defense led by linebacker Fred Jones allowed Memphis to penetrate no further than the 5. On fourth down, Don Glossom booted a 22-yard field goal for 3-0.
A high bouncing
kickoff was too hot for the Seminoles to handle, and they ended with poor field position at their eight. Two runs and a futile pass netted just 2 yards. Louis Berry punted 50 yards and the Tigers
started at the 50 following a 10-yard return. A third down pass from the Tiger 49 found Punkin Williams for the first down at the 37. Clayton popped for 7 and Jeff Womack for 10 on a draw, to the
20.
Quarterback Denny Sparkman’s keepers led on to the 10. Second down there, and he threw to Enis Jackson in the end zone for the touchdown. A point kick by Glossom and the Seminoles trailed
10-0.
From the 20, Eric Thomas found Hassan Jones with a pass at the 34. Three runs left FSU two feet short at the 43. A fourth-down gamble saw Cletis Jones burst through for 5 and the first down.
Third down at the 50, needing eight, and Greg Allen rambled on the draw to the Tiger 40. Two carries by Cletis Jones reached the 28.
With the aid of two offside penalties against the home team,
Florida State moved to a first down at the 14 as the second quarter started. Two plays later, Allen scored on an option play covering 10 yards as Thomas pitched out at the last moment. Derek Schmidt’s
point cut it to 10-7.
From its 20, Memphis lost yardage on an offensive-interference penalty and Henry Taylor’s sack of Sparkman for minus-5 at the 12.
A punt out of that hole gave Florida State
a shot from the Tiger 44. But nothing came of it. Three plays later FSU replied with a Berry punt that rolled into the end zone.
Second down at the 20, and Jerome McCoy intercepted Sparkman’s pass,
giving FSU a nifty chance from the Memphis 28.
Allen, on a sweep, was out of bounds at the 10. Two plays later a poor pitchout lost three, to the 11. Rolling out, Thomas hit Hassan Jones with a
pass in the back of the end zone for the touchdown. Schmidt’s kick put FSU up 14-10.
On the first scrimmage play following the kickoff, Sparkman threw long over the middle to a streaking Harris.
When defender Eric Riley mistimed his jump at about the FSU 45, the receiver had an easy catch – and clear sailing – for a touchdown on a 79-yard play. A Gossom point kick had Memphis back in front
17-14.
A brisk wind appeared to assist that pass in its long flight.
Three runs from the 20 left FSU at its 29, and Berry booted a 53-yarder dead at the Memphis 18. Memphis moved not at all from
there as Stanley Scott got through to sack Sparkman for a loss of 3. A Tiger punt gave FSU the ball again, at its 47.
On three straight carries, Tony Smith got 8. 5 and 13 to the 27.
It came to
fourth down just short of the 17. Going for it, Thomas seemed never to get control of the snap, and the fumble was claimed at the 17 by the Tigers’ David Boothe with 54 seconds left in the half.
After a first-down pass was deflected, the Tiger were content to run out the clock and take a 17-14 lead into the dressing room.
From its 24, following the second-half kickoff, Florida State came
running. Two Allen runs got 15 in a push up to the 46. Third down, needing 8, and Thomas pitched out to Allen for 11 to the Memphis 42.
There the Seminoles stalled. Among other things, Jessie
Hester found Tigers’ Tim Harris waiting and ready as he swept on a reverse. The play lost eight. And Berry punted again.
A 20-yard run by Punkin Williams lifted Memphis to its 42. FSU defenders
tightened, forcing a punt that Darrin Holloman fielded at the 15.
On a delay run, Allen skipped for 22 to the 37. But on third down at the 42 Thomas tripped and fell for a loss of seven as he tried
to pass.
Again Florida State defenders limited the Tigers to three downs following a punt. And when Wally Hatfield punted, his short, 22-yarder gave FSU the ball at its 45.
Allen ran for 11. But
two following runs resulted in a net loss of 1 yard. Then Thomas overthrew Hester in the end zone.
Another Berry punt, and Sparkman’s 18-yard pass to Punkin Williams had Memphis at its 41 as the
quarter ended.
A 22-yard throw to Jackson vaulted the home team to FSU’s 37. But on third down Taylor sacked Sparkman at his 45, bringing another punt.
This one was a beaut, leaving the
Seminoles at their 1.
Cletis Jones ran twice, to the four. On a pitchout, Allen got the first down at the 12.
But there was no third-down magic at the 17 as Thomas stumbled again on the wet
field, eluded a charge, then threw incomplete.
An 8-yard return of a Berry punt set up Memphis at its 46.
Running right, Williams knocked off 10. On the same play, he dashed 23 to the FSU 19 on
the following play.
Womack’s running brought a first down at the seven.
Editor’s Note: Eric Williams intercepted a pass in the end zone. FSU eventually punted to Memphis State.
A punt left
Florida State at its 31 with 2:26 to play.
But on second down Thomas lost 13, back to the 21. On a surprise draw call, Allen gained little.
On a fourth-and-15 pass, interference was called as
cornerback Donnie Elder nailed Hester before the ball’s arrival. That provided a first down at the FSU 42 with 1:10 remaining.
A third-down pass to Hester reached the Memphis 40.
With 39 seconds
to go an interference call on Trell Hooper brought Florida State a first down at the 25. He was impeding Hassan Jones at the goal line.
Holding knocked FSU back to the 35 as Thomas threw out of the
end zone.
A short pass to Hester got FSU to the 25.
On the last play of the game Schmidt kicked a 42-yard field goal.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
| Memphis State |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 22, field goal, 11:31
0-10 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 4:43
2nd 7-10 Greg Allen, 10, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:41
14-10 Hassan Jones, 11, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:41
14-17 Opp, 79, pass (kick), 8:04
4th 17-17 Derek Schmidt, 42, field goal, 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 11
Rushes-yards 51-194 38-126
Passing 56 155
Att-Comp-Int 21-5-0 14-9-2
Total Yards 72-250 52-281
Punt Returns 2-11 3-22
Kickoff Returns 2-14 2-87
Interception Ret. 2-2 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 8-46.0 6-34.5
Sacks By-Yds 3-20 1-13
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yds 4-25 7-62
3rd Down Conversions 5-17 2-11
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Time of Posession 30:26 29:34
Attendance 27,740
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 23 143 1 22
Cletis Jones 14 46 0 9
Tony Smith 6 29 0 13
Jessie Hester 1 -8 0 -8
Eric Thomas 7 -16 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 51 194 1 22
Opp 38 126 0 24
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hassan Jones 2 25 1 16
Jessie Hester 2 25 0 16
Pete Panton 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 56 1 16
Opp 9 155 2 79t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 5 21 0 56 1 16
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 5 21 0 56 1 16
Opp 9 14 2 155 2 79t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 2 11 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 11 0 7
Opp 3 22 0 10
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 1 19 0 19
Darrin Holloman 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 14 0 19
Opp 2 87 0 74
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 8 368 53
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 368 53
Opp 6 207 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 9 4 13 4.0- 24.0 3.0- 20.0 . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 9 2 11 . . . 1 . . . . .
Billy Allen 7 3 10 . . . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 5 . 5 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Garth Jax 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Isaac Williams 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome McCoy 1 . 1 . . 1- 2 . . . . . .
Eric Williams 1 . 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ulysses Roberson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 50 25 75 5.0- 27.0 3.0- 20.0 2- 2 1 . . . . .
Opp 64 38 102 7.0- 36.0 1.0- 13.0 . 5 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 77 John Ionata
SE 88 Hassan Jones
TE 96 Pete Panton
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 23 Jerome McCoy
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
OLB 65 Darryl Gray
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Roosevelt Snipes
24 Darrin Holloman
30 Terry Griggley
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
49 Tony Smith
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
59 Tim Flasher
60 John Bamber
63 Mark Salva
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
84 Garth Jax
85 Pat Carter
86 Carlton Scott
93 Jim Hendley
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Auburn 42, Florida State 41
10/13/1984, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October, 14, 1984, page 63, by Bill McGrotha. Lost in the wild one.
Time runs out on FSU’s unbeaten record.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – As a record crowd
of 58,671 literally shook Campbell Stadium, Auburn rallied for a touchdown with 48 seconds left and took an unbelievable 42-41 football victory from Floida State here Saturday night.
Brent Fullwood
got the TD from 3 yards out. A 35-yard Pat Washington pass to freshman Freddie Weygand set the stage. And a fourth-and-four run for 6 by Washington at his own 30 made all that possible,
Seldom has
a Florida State football team played so poorly and played so well.
In the end, its own mistakes were much its undoing.
Apparently, Florida State made a big mistake in this one before the
start.
Auburn won the coin toss and declined the option. With the option, FSU chose to kick off. That meant Auburn could also receive the last-half kickoff, if it chose.
On the first play from
scrimmage, at the Auburn 29, Pat Washington rolled on a run to his 45. And on the second play Washington threw 51 yards to Freddie Weygand at the FSU 4, as the ball got deflected in flight by
cornerback Eric Riley.
Two runs gained the 1. A surprise pass missed. On fourth down, Brent Fullwood dove over the right side for an easy touchdown. Robert McGinty booted the point for 7-0.
Eric
Thomas hit his first two passes – short ones – to Hassan Jones and Darrin Holloman, spurring the Seminoles from a start at their 21, to the 38. Another Thomas toss – to Jones fro 11 – soon gained the
Auburn 47.
After Greg Allen tore loose on a pitchout for a pickup of 17 to the 30, the Seminoles were stopped at the 23. On fourth down, Derek Schmidt kicked a 40-yard field goal, narrowing the
score to 7-3.
FSU was kicking off short, trying to keep the ball away from the dangerous Fleetwood, and Auburn got good position at its 37 following a 10-yard runback.
Two runs gained the 49,
but when Washington turned to the pass he missed with a pair. A Lewis Colbert punt left FSU at its 12. Cletis Jones popped up the middle for 9. Thomas kept for the first down, with a penalty aiding
the Seminoles to the 30. Three plays later Thomas kept for 10 yards, to the 45.
Third down at the Auburn 47, and Auburn defenders charged the middle in anticipation of what came – an Allen run.
Slammed hard by that assault, Allen fumbled, and Jim Bone claimed the rolling ball for Auburn at FSU’s 40.
Two runs got stopped, but a personal-foul assessment moved the Tigers to the 23. Collis
Campbell promptly ripped to the 15. Whereupon, defenders Isaac Williams and Garth Jax teamed to sock Campbell for a short loss on the next play. On the next play Washington fumbled and fell on the
ball at the 19.
Fourth down, and McGinty booted a 36-yard field goal for 10-3.
Rosie Snipes’ 16-yard run lifted FSU to its 42. Hassan Jones nabbed a pass for 10 at the Tiger 39. Three runs
squeezed out a first down at the 29.
But on the first two plays of the second quarter, Thomas was sacked in succession for losses of 5 and 10 yards, the latter time by linebacker Gregg Carr. That
left the Seminoles at the 40 and Louis Berry’s punt was out of bounds at the 6.
Fullwood led to a first down at the 19, but the Tigers got no further than the 23 with three more runs.
When
Colbert punted, Lenny Chavers slashed through and blocked it. The ball rolled out of bounds at the 3.
Illegal procedure cost FSU 5. Cletis Jones pounded the middle for 1, to the 7.
Next play
Thomas hit Pete Panton with a low pass over the middle as the tight end slipped into the end zone. Schmidt’s point following the TD tied it 10-10.
A kickoff return to the 31 – and then sudden
lightning! On a pitchout, Collis Campbell sailed toward the sidelines, broke free as he got loose from tacklers and went 69 yards for a touchdown. But McGinty missed the point kick, and Auburn led
16-10.
Things worsened from that point.
On the kickoff, Hassan Jones suddenly stopped on his runback and threw across the field to Jessie Hester, who raced down the sidelines to Auburn’s 45 –
but Jones was flagged for passing forward on the play designed for a lateral. In the pressbox, it appeared that he had in fact thrown forward.
Now backed to the 4, FSU could not get out of the
trap. Eventually, Berry punted – the ball at the 3. A 7-yard Trey Gainous return gave Auburn a shot from the Seminole 39.
A pass to Weygand gained the 25. On third down at the 30, Gainous – from
nearby Cairo – came up with a superb catch of Washington’s throw at the 10. On the play, the ball was shifted to the 5 after Florida State drew a penalty for too many men on the field.
On a
pitchout, Fullwood scored easily. Trying for two points, Washington missed on a pass, leaving it 22-10.
More poor field position as Snipes got just to the 17 on a kickoff return. Hester caught a
10-yarder at the 27.
Then, on a fake option, Thomas threw deep to the streaking Hester, who cuddled the bomb and scored on a 73-yard play. Schmidt’s point narrowed it to 22-17 with 5:03 left in the
half.
Florida State’s aroused defenders checked the Tigers at their 20, bringing a punt that gave FSU the ball at its 40 with 2:21 to go.
Hester’s 16-yard catch attained the Auburn 41. On the
reverse, Holloman sped to the 25.
The Seminoles stalled. A pass interference call on the offense moved the ball back to the 40. On fourth down with 23 seconds in the half, Schmidt tried a 57-yard
field goal.
Gerald Robinson, the hot defensive end, blocked it. Auburn was at FSU’s 42, and had time for a last futile pass before the horn blew.
At this point, yardage was strikingly even, FSU
leading 242 to 240. But the Tigers had chocked off FSU’s tough running, and 156 of the FSU total came on nine completions of 13 Thomas passes. Auburn, meanwhile, had run for 142 of its sum.
Hester
had 99 yards on three receptions, but Allen only 21 on six runs.
There was more thunder on the last-half kickoff. Fullwood ripped out of the end zone to the 30 – and fumbled. The ball rolled
forward. Ed Graham picked it up at about the Auburn 40 and danced 60 yards to a touchdown on the odd, 100-yard play. McGinty added a point for a quick 29-17.
From the FSU 31, Panton got 11 on a
pass. Allen ran for 5, Thomas 9 to the Auburn 41. Allen slashed for 19 to the 22. More runs got a first down at the 10.
On a reverse, Holloman – behind a big Thomas block – scored on a 10-yard
scamper. Schmidt’s point cut the score again, to 29-24.
From its 20, Auburn’s offense got not a yard on three downs after the kickoff. A punt placed the Seminoles at their 41.
Pat Carter pulled
in an 18-yard pass at the Tiger 41. Three straight Tony Smith runs reached the 23. But a faulty exchange from center on third down found Thomas falling on a fumble for a yard loss.
On fourth down
Schmidt was wide left with a field goal try from 40 yards out.
Again the defense allowed Auburn nothing, forcing a punt. This time FSU got the ball at its 38.
Second down at the 42, and Thomas,
evading a hard rush, threw long to Hester, who pulled the ball in before falling at the 13 on the 45-yard play.
Promptly, Hassan Jones caught a 13-yard pass in a corner of the end zone for the
touchdown. Going for two, Thomas got it on a pass to Hester, and FSU led 32-29.
Auburn maneuvered from its 20 to the 30. On a first-down bomb, Washington hit Weygand with a 61-yarder at FSU’s
19.
A run got 3. On a rollout, Washington appeared to score – but a flag had fallen. It was for clipping.
But as a raging Pat Dye threw his cap at the feet of an official, another flag fell.
Auburn was penalized 15 for that unsportsmanlike conduct.
After all that, Auburn found itself abruptly back on its own 41.
And two futile plays later it punted to the 18.
Snipes came stepping
for 12. Hassan Jones caught a 20-yard throw at Auburn’s 44.
It came to fourth down at the 37, with FSU going for it. Suddenly, FSU shifted into shotgun formation – and Auburn was pulled offside by
the surprise move. That slick play got the first down at the 32.
Three plays later, third down at the 29, Thomas kept for 9 to the 20. Smith whipped to the 14 as the quarter ended.
Third down at
the 12, and Thomas was sacked at the 17. Schmidt entered, kicked a 34-yard field goal for 35-29.
On a pitchout, Kyle Collins got 17 to Auburn’s 40. Two plays later, Washington, on a keeper, slipped
away for 23 to FSU’s 33. Jesse got seven, and Campbell 12 to the 15. Taking a third-down pitchout, Collins swept wide for the touchdown from the 10. McGinty’s point gave Auburn a 36-35 lead with the
clock showing 10:47 to go.
Snipe dashed for 15, to the 39. Hassan Jones snared a pass at Auburn’s 44. Third down at the 39, ans Snipes took a handoff and sliced off tackle, 23 to the 16.
From
the 15, Thomas again passed to Hassan Jones in the end zone for a TD. A 2-point try failed as Thomas got sacked trying to pitch to Snipes, leaving it 41-36.
The clock showed 7:44.
Auburn
struggled to its 37, where passes failed. A punt gave FSU possession at its 24 with 5:56 remaining.
Snipes got just 2. Herb Gainer slipped and fell as Thomas threw – incomplete.
As Snipes ran to
the 37, holding was called and FSU set back on its 17.
But on third down, Snipes took off on the run, got 19 and the first down at the 35. It came to fourth and one, 3:28 to go as FSU called
timeout.
Making as though to go for it, the Seminoles tried the shotgun shift again – but Auburn was not fooled. FSU stalled until it drew the planned delay penalty when that failed, and Berry
punted to the 24.
It came to fourth ad four at the 30. Keeping, rolling, Washington got the first down at his 36.
On third down he found the irrepressible Weygand with the big one – a pass that
gained 22 to FSU’s 22. Four plays later Fullwood scored from the 3, rambling wide. A pass for two failed, leaving it 42-41 with 48 seconds.
A start at the FSU 37 was in vain. In rapid succession,
Robinson sacked Thomas for 12 and 15 yards.
And a last-play pass to Gainer around the Auburn 40 was too little, too late.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Auburn |
10 |
12 |
7 |
13 |
42 |
| Florida State |
3 |
14 |
15 |
9 |
41 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 13:01
3- 7 Derek Schmidt, 40, field goal, 7:59
3-10 Opp, 36, field goal, 2:41
2nd 10-10 Pete Panton, 7, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:24
10-16 Opp, 69, run (kick failed), 9:04
10-22 Opp, 5, run (pass failed), 5:43
17-22 Jessie Hester, 73, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 5:03
17-22 Derek Schmidt, 57, field goal blocked by Opp, 0:23
3rd 17-29 Opp, 60, fumble recovery/return (kick), 14:43
Note: On a kickoff, Auburn fumbled the ball after a 30-yard
runback. The ball rolled forward and a teammate picked
it up at the 40 and ran it in for a touchdown.
24-29 Darrin Holloman, 10, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:22
24-29 Derek Schmidt, 40, field goal failed
32-29 Hassan Jones, 13, pass from Eric Thomas (Jessie Hester, pass from Eric Thomas), 5:51
4th 35-29 Derek Schmidt, 34, field goal, 13:43
35-36 Opp, 10, run (kick), 10:47
41-36 Hassan Jones, 14, pass from Eric Thomas (Eric Thomas, run failed), 7:44
41-42 Opp, 4, run (pass failed), 0:48
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 32 20
Rushes-yards 57-234 50-273
Passing 357 199
Att-Comp-Int 29-18-0 23-8-0
Total Yards 86-591 73-472
Punt Returns 3-19 1-7
Kickoff Returns 7-149 7-192
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-60
Punts 3-38.7 7-33.6
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 5-46
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-0
Penalties-Yds 9-69 10-80
3rd Down Conversions 6-15 5-15
Attendance 58,671
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 16 103 0 23
Greg Allen 9 49 0 19
Tony Smith 10 41 0 12
Darrin Holloman 2 26 1 16
Cletis Jones 5 20 0 9
Eric Thomas 15 -5 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 57 234 1 23
Opp 50 273 5 69t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 4 143 1 73t
Hassan Jones 7 101 2 20
Herb Gainer 2 59 0 52
Pete Panton 3 29 1 11
Pat Carter 1 18 0 18
Darrin Holloman 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 357 4 73t
Opp 8 199 0 51
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 18 29 0 357 4 73t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 29 0 357 4 73t
Opp 8 23 0 199 0 51
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lenny Chavers 1 20 0 20
Darrin Holloman 2 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 19 0 20
Opp 1 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 4 83 0 31
Carlton Scott 1 38 0 38
Darrin Holloman 1 20 0 20
Hassan Jones 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 149 0 38
Opp 7 192 0 60
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 116 43
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 116 43
Opp 7 235 40
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaac Williams 9 5 14 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Henry Taylor 7 3 10 . . . 1 . . . . .
Fred Jones 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Garth Jax 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 4 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jerome McCoy 4 . 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Eric Williams 2 . 2 1.0- . . 2 . . . . .
Stanley Scott 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Rocky Kinsey 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kim Mack 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 49 11 60 3.0- 0.0 . . 4 . . . 1 .
Opp 57 22 79 9.0- 5.0- 46.0 . 3 . 1- 60 . 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 77 John Ionata
SE 88 Hassan Jones
TE 96 Pete Panton
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 31 Billy Allen
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
13 Kim Mack
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Roosevelt Snipes
23 Jerome McCoy
24 Darrin Holloman
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
28 Rocky Kinsey
32 Martin Mayhew
49 Tony Smith
57 Jesse Solomon
65 Darryl Gray
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
83 Stanley Scott
85 Pat Carter
86 Carlton Scott
|
Florida State 27, Tulane 6
10/20/1984, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 21, 1984, page 55, by Bill McGrotha. Wave crashes.
Two blocks too much for Tulane as FSU wins 27-6.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - It was as though
Florida State defensive forces got angry, and decided to bring an abrupt halt to the foolishness.
Tied 6-6 at halftime and impaled upon their own mistakes, the Seminoles blocked back-to-back punts
for touchdowns that quelled Tulane 27-6 here Saturday night.
Len Chavers blocked the first punt and Joe Wessel picked it up at the 10 to score.
Jesse Solomon blocked the next one, then fell on
the ball in the end zone for a TD that gave FSU a 20-6 lead.
Still it was tense - until Stanley Scott claimed a Tulane fumble at FSU's 2 with 7:24 to go.
And Quarterback Eric Thomas experienced
his first interception following 130 throws without one this season - a ball that bounced off teammate Pat Carter.
In the beginning, Tulane wasted no time putting the ball up. On the game's first
two scrimmage plays, from the Tulane 20, Ken Karcher hit Larry Routs and Mark Savini with passes of 21 and 9 yards to the 50.
On the draw, 232-pound fullback Joe Caravello pounded to the FSU 42.
But on the following play, a faulty exchange from center brought a fumble that Henry Taylor claimed for the Seminoles at the 44.
Greg Allen, on a draw, soon got 16 to Tulane's 36. A short Eric
Thomas pass and keeper got another first down, at the 26. Allen popped, on a run, to the 14.
After Allen was stopped on a following run, Thomas moved wide and threw to a wide-open Hassan Jones for
what seemed a touchdown - but the quarterback had gone out of bounds just before the throw, officials ruled.
Fourth down at the 15, and Derek Schmidt kicked a 32-yard field goal for 3-0.
A
26-yard pass, Karcher to Savini, lifted the visitors to their 46. On third down Craig Harrison caught an 18-yarder at FSU's 34.
Three runs led on to the 15. But Isaac Williams caught Lester
Lavalais for a loss of 3 on third down.
As Tony Wood missed a 34-yard field goal, a delay flag had fallen. That provided another chance, and Wood made good on a 40-yard shot, tying it 3-3.
Rosie
Snipes gathered the kickoff at the goal line, and scooted 52 yards on the return to Tulane's 48. Soon after, Snipes got 11 and Thomas 13 in a movement to the 17.
Three plays later the Seminoles
were back at the 24. Cedric Jones had gotten three, Thomas nothing. Then Jones had lost 10 on a screen pass.
Whereupon, Schmidt kicked a 41-yard field goal, making it 6-3.
As the second quarter
opened, Florida State defenders hemmed up Tulane inside its 30 following three futile plays that included a sack of Karcher by Gerald Nichols and Stanley Scott.
A punt traveled to midfield - but a
Florida State offside provided another opportunity. On this punt, a clipping flag fell as Darrin Holloman returned to midfield, and the Seminoles found themselves in a hole at their 14 after the
yardage was walked off.
Allen broke runs of 6 and 12, leading to the 35. Hassan Jones snared a pass at the FSU 49. Following a procedure penalty, Thomas kept for 11 to the Tulane 45.
Pass
interference by Tulane on Jessie Hester at the goal line got the Seminoles to the 30.
Two short runs and a pass that failed left FSU with a fourth down at the 24. Schmidt's 42-yard bid for a field
goal was wide left.
Caravello got 7, and Jones 10 - to the 41. Route pulled in a 19-yard pass at FSU's 42, and Caravello sprung on the next play for 15 to the 27.
The drive stalled at the 25. On
fourth down, Wood tied it 6-6 with a 42-yard field goal.
From the 23 after the kickoff, Florida State struggled to its 35 on the running of Rosie Snipes.
A Thomas run for 7 left the Seminoles a
foot short on fourth down. Going for it, the Seminoles got it by a couple of inches on a Thomas keeper. Third down, needing 8, and Herb Gainer caught a 10-yard pass at the Tulane 42. Two plays later,
Snipes sailed for 20 on a pitchout but a penalty moved the sticks back to the 33. On the next play Snipes took a pitchout the other way and got 20 to the 13.
Following timeouts by each side, Snipes
picked up 4. A pass failed. Thomas was short at the 7 on a run.
Ignoring a field-goal attempt, Florida State went for the 2 yards. Trying to throw, Thomas was pressured by strong safety Treg Songy
- who forced a fumble that Tulane covered.
Time for a single play before time ran out in an odd first half that had seen Florida State punt not once, but put only 6 points on the board.
At this
point, Florida State barely led in yardage, 195 to 156. But 170 of the Seminoles' yards came on the ground, with Snipes getting 64 in nine.
From their 32, the Seminoles moved little after Allen's
opening burst of 6 yards. After Cedric Jones was stopped and a pass missed, Louis Berry boomed his first punt - a 44-yarder that left Tulane at its 24.
Three downs, including a pass for 8, had
Tulane at the 33.
When Sammy Amarena punted, nose guard Len Chavers slammed through to block the ball. Safety Joe Wessel picked it up at the 10 and scooted on in for the touchdown. Schmidt added a
point and FSU led 13-6.
From its 22, Tulane got discouraged when Garth Jax struck Caravello for a loss of 3 on first down. Karcher could not connect on two passes.
When Amarena punted again,
here came linebacker Jesse Solomon - blocking the ball, then falling on it in the end zone for the touchdown. Another Schmidt conversion and FSU was ahead 20-6.
The running of Jones spurred the
Green Wave to its 35. Then Karcher was sacked by Nichols for 10. On the next play, pressured by Nichols, the quarterback was sacked by Darryl Gray for 10 more back to the 15.
But when Amarena
punted, it was a high beaut that Darrin Holloman fumbled. Eliapo Sala recovered for the visitors at the Seminole 40.
Runs by Caravello and Jones gained the 27. But again Karcher could not hit his
passes. On fourth down, Wood missed a 42-yard field-goal kick.
Snipes ran for 10, then Cletis Jones for 19 to the Tulane 47. Two plays later, clipping set FSU back to its 42. Thomas scrambled for
10 but Snipes was stopped cold.
Berry punted to the 16, and the Seminoles were penalized 5 for interference with the catch.
But shortly, Brian McCrary intercepted a Karcher bomb at FSU's 28.
On the reverse, Holloman sprinted to the 40.
Two plays later Allen was chased down trying to find running room, and lost 20 - back to the 25. On the opening play of the last quarter, Berry punted
to the 26.
As David McLaughlin moved in at quarterback, Tulane turned to the run. Lavalais and Jones quickly had Tulane at its 44 following three snaps. That was it as linebacker Paul McGowan led a
defensive stand.
A 43-yard punt placed Florida State in trouble at its 11.
Third down at the 19, and a Thomas pass bounced from Carter's hands and into those of Benny Burst for an interception
that gave Tulane a shot at its 35.
McLaughlin's third-down pass to Route for 9 gained the 19. Two Caravello slams and one by Jones reached the 8. Pass-interference against Martin Mayhew on a ball
that seemed uncatchable provided a first down at the 2.
But Jones fumbled when he hit the middle of the line, Stanley Scott recovering for FSU at that 2.
Allen carried four straight times - for
4, 5, 8 and 16, up to the 35.
There the Seminoles bogged down, as Thomas got racked on second down for a loss of 5. Eventually, Berry punted - backing Tulane to its 18 with 5:08 remaining.
Route
caught a 13-yarder at the 31. A following completion for 7 and run by Caravello had the Green Wave at its 47.
Joe Wessel's third-down interception of a McLaughlin shot was nullified by holding
again FSU, and Tulane vaulted to the Seminole 42.
After Gray sacked McLaughlin for 14, Tulane got just 6 yards on a fake-punt run b y Burnell Dent and yielded the ball to Florida State on that
fourth-down play at its 42.
Promptly, Allen took a pitchout, cut wide behind good blocking, and scored on a romp down the sidelines. Schmidt added a point that made it 27-6 with 1:34 to go.
McLaughlin moved Tulane to FSU's 46 on two passes before Gray again sacked him.
A fourth-down throw to Savini for 18 gained the 25, and holding put the ball on the 15 with 14 seconds left. And
there it ended.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Tulane |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Florida State |
6 |
0 |
14 |
7 |
27 |
1st 3- 0 Derek Schmidt, 32, field goal, 9:31
3- 3 Opp, 40, field goal, 4:01
6- 3 Derek Schmidt, 41, field goal, 0:03
2nd 6- 3 Derek Schmidt, 42, field goal failed, 9:10
6- 6 Opp, 42, field goal, 6:29
3rd 13- 6 Joe Wessel, 10, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:52
Note: Lenny Chavers blocked the punt; Wessell picked it up
on the 10 and scored.
20- 6 Jesse Solomon, 19, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:44
Note: Solomon blocked the punt, picked the ball up at the 19
and scored.
20- 6 Opp, 41, field goal failed, 5:43
4th 27- 6 Greg Allen, 42, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:34
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 21
Rushes-yards 51-303 42-101
Passing 25 187
Att-Comp-Int 15-5-1 29-15-1
Total Yards 66-328 71-288
Punt Returns 3-52 3-5
Kickoff Returns 2-59 4-67
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-7
Fumble Returns 2-0 2-0
Punts 4-41.3 5-25.8
Sacks By-Yds 6-45 1-5
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2
Penalties-Yds 10-85 3-25
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 3-13
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-2
Time of Posession 27:56 32:04
Attendance 54,785
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 13 111 1 42t
Roosevelt Snipes 12 81 0 20
Eric Thomas 12 37 0 13
Cletis Jones 5 37 0 19
Cedric Jones 8 25 0 7
Darrin Holloman 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 51 303 1 42t
Opp 42 101 0 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Hassan Jones 2 18 0 14
Herb Gainer 1 10 0 10
Pat Carter 1 7 0 7
Cedric Jones 1 -10 0 -10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 25 0 14
Opp 15 187 0 26
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 5 15 1 25 0 14
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 5 15 1 25 0 14
Opp 15 29 1 187 0 26
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lenny Chavers 1 23 0 23
Jesse Solomon 1 19 1 19t
Joe Wessel 0 10 1 10t
Darrin Holloman 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 52 2 23
Opp 3 5 0 6
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 1 52 0 52
Pat Carter 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 59 0 52
Opp 4 67 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 4 165 48
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 165 48
Opp 5 129 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 5 3 8 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Darryl Gray 6 1 7 3.0- 25.0 3.0- 25.0 . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 4 3 7 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 3 2 5 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Isaac Williams 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 2 2 4 . . . . . . . 1 .
Gerald Nichols 2 2 4 1.5- 7.0 1.5- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Garth Jax 3 . 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Joe Wessel 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Todd Stroud 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carlton Scott 1 1 2 1.5- 13.0 1.5- 13.0 . . . 1- 0 . . .
Martin Mayhew 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Southwood 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ulysses Roberson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jerome McCoy . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 49 23 72 10.0- 45.0 6.0- 45.0 1- 0 4 . 2- 0 . 2 .
Opp 38 16 54 2.0- 1.0- 5.0 1- 7 3 . 2- 0 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 77 John Ionata
SE 88 Hassan Jones
TE 96 Pete Panton
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 31 Billy Allen
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Roosevelt Snipes
23 Jerome McCoy
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
52 John Eaford
56 Dave Schrenker
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
57 Jesse Solomon
59 Tim Flasher
63 Mark Salva
65 Darryl Gray
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
70 Roger Agne
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
83 Stanley Scott
85 Pat Carter
86 Carlton Scott
93 Jim Hendley
98 Keith Southwood
|
Florida State 52, Arizona State 44
11/03/1984, Tempe, Ariz.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 4, 1984, other edition, page 5, by Bill McGrotha. FSU survives 52-44 shootout.
TEMPE, AZ - Behind 17-0 before 68,754 fans got comfortable in their
seats, Florida State rallied behind a superb kicking game and the stunning quarterback work of Kirk Coker to triumph 52-44 here Saturday night in an amazing football game.
With starter Eric Thomas
nursing a hip-pointer, Coker came in with the Seminoles trailing 20-10 shortly before halftime. In his first four series, Coker led the team to four touchdowns as he completed eight of his first 10
passes for 203 yards.
Tailback Greg Allen had one of his great nights, scoring on an 81-yard run and gaining 223 yards in 23 carries.
Allen scored on a pitchout from the one to cut the score to
20-17 with just seven seconds left in the half.
Then the Seminoles exploded for 21 points in the third quarter - a period that lasted 53 minutes.
A blocked kick by Lenny Chavers seemed to ignite
the Seminoles in the second quarter. Joe Wessel picked up that attempted punt and ran it in 8 yards for a touchdown. Later, Wessel blocked a punt himself. He ran that one in too, on a 34-yard play.
In a game of many key plays and more than 100 yards in penalties against Florida State, one of the big moments came when Jesse Solomon intercepted a pass after Arizona State got a first down at FSU's
11 with the Seminoles leading 38-30 in the early moments of the last quarter.
The 3,762 fans who watched the game on closed-circuit TV in the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center and those at the
stadium saw a contest marked by some amazing offensive statistics, Arizona State accounted for 651 yards total offense, the most ever against Florida State - the ols record, 606, was set by Houston in
1973. Florida State gained 568 yards, giving the two teams a total of 1219 yards, another FSU single-game record. That old record, 1063 yards, was set in the FSU-Auburn game on Oct. 13.
Arizona
State quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst completed 38 of 59 passes for 532 yards and four touchdowns. The yardage ranked him eighth on the NCAA all-time single-game list.
At the start, Arizona State
moved vigorously from its 21 following the opening kickoff.
After two Darryl Clack runs gained little, quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst found flanker Aaron Cox with a 38-yard pass to FSU's 37.
Clack's running led on to the 26. Then Cox pulled down a 21-yard pass at the 5 for a first and goal.
Florida State stiffened, stopping three runs off the right side. Fourth down at the 1, and Luis
Zendejas kicked an 18-yard field goal for 3-0.
A Greg Allen run for 4, and Jessie Hester's catch of an Eric Thomas toss for 7 got FSU from its 21 to the 32. But the bid played out short of the 40,
and Louis Berry punted to the Arizona State 25.
Up the middle came Clack for 12. Then Clack snared a pass for 22, and Cox grabbed another - this one for 15 at FSU's 27. Two Mike Crawford runs
attained the 16.
Third down at the 13, and Doug Allen hauled in another Van Raaphorst missile for the touchdown. The drive had consumed just eight plays and the home team led 10-0, after a point
kick, with five minutes remaining in the quarter.
As Allen twice got stopped short - netting a bare yard - the Seminoles did little from their 20, and Berry had to punt again. This time the Sun
Devils began at their 35.
On third down Allen collared a Van Raaphorst pass at FSU's 49. Clack banged for 7, and tight end Stein Koss caught a pass at the 33. Soon after, Clack turned receiver
again, taking one at the 20. And Koss tucked a throw in at the 10 as the quarter ran out.
Three more plays and it was Raaphorst to Doug Allen for another touchdown on a 4-yard play that moved the
score to 17-0.
Again the Seminoles were without good field position, starting at their 16 following a kickoff return from the 3 by Dwayne Denson.
On a sweep, Allen sailed to the 29.
Three
more plays gained to the 37 before Berry punted 49 yards, placing Arizona State at its 24. Clack got 9 on a first-down run, but Raaphorst failed with a long pass and Crawford got nothing with his
third-down run.
When Jim Meyer tried to punt, Len Chavers ripped through to block it - and Joe Wessel picked up the rolling ball at the 8 and scored. Derek Schmidt added a point, cutting the score
to 17-7.
It was Florida State's seventh blocked kick of the season - and the third by Chavers. Arizona State got little on a run and two passes from its 26.
But as Meyer punted, a flag fell.
Arizona State got new life at its 48 following a penalty. The Seminoles had too many men on the field.
On the following play, Van Raaphorst passed 23 yards to Allen at FSU's 29.
It came to
fourth down at the 21, and Zendejas kicked a 38-yard field goal to shift the score to 20-7.
From the 18, Cletis Jones got 5. Thomas kept to the 29, and a late-hit penalty on the play lifted the
Seminoles to their 44. Hit hard when he ran on a following play, Thomas fumbled but the ball rolled out of bounds at the Sun Devil 46. On a pitch, Allen rambled to the 39. Third-and-one at the 30, and
an offsides moved FSU back to its 36. Thomas, apparently shaken from man earlier hit, missed on a screen pass.
With 4:26 left in the half, Schmidt booted a 52-yard field goal, cutting it to
20-10. With Thomas
nursing a hip pointer, in came Kirk Coker. On a first-down play from the 20, Coker aired it out - throwing 45 yards to Hassan Jones at the Arizona State 35. After Allen got 5, Hassan caught a short
one at the 24. Then Pat Carter, the freshman tight end, caught one at the 3.
Cletis Jones slammed to the 1. Coker missed with a surprise wide pass. Allen was short as the Seminoles called a timeout
with 10 seconds remaining in the half.
On fourth down, Allen took a pitchout and scored on a sweep to his right. Schmidt's point cut the score to 20-17.
The clock showed just seven seconds.
Arizona State had time for one incomplete pass, following the kickoff, before time ran out.
Outgained in the first quarter, 206 yards to 25, Florida State trailed in this department 284 to 162 at
halftime on the strength of its rally.
Thomas, when he went out, had completed just one of six throws for 7 yards. Coker quickly connected on three of five for 72 in that one drive. Van Raaphorst,
at this point, showed 16 completions of 25 throws for 212 yards.
With Cletis Jones popping 19 yards on successive runs, Florida State quickly moved from its 20 to its 45 at the start of the second
half. Then Hassan Jones got a 23-yard pass at the Arizona State 31. Following an 8-yard grab by Hassan at the 23, Allen spun wide and got 17 to the 6.
Offsides cost the Seminoles 5. On a nifty
cutback up the middle, Allen seemed to score - but clipping was called, apparently against Carter, and the Seminoles were put back at their 29.
After Allen got a yard, Coker hit Jessie Hester in
the corner of the end zone for the touchdown on a 28-yard play, and Florida State was ahead for the first time 24-20.
Very quickly, a 28-yard pass to Cox vaulted Arizona State to midfield. Cox
caught a pass and got loose on an apparent scoring run - but was out of bounds at FSU's 20.
Another pass gained the 12, but outside linebacker Brian Williams racked Clack for a loss of 5 at the 17
on third down. In came Zendejas to kick a 34-yard field goal that narrowed it to 24-23.
After Coker lost a yard, Allen took a handoff at the Florida State 19 and quickly broke clear, with Hassan
Jones throwing a block at about the Arizona State 30 that helped spring him on an 81-yard scoring run. Schmidt swung his toe and FSU led 31-23.
After the Florida State defense checked the Sun
Devils at their 27, a 51-yard punt left FSU at its 24.
Third down at the 31, and Hester pulled in a Coker throw just over midfield as a defensive back fell down - and abruptly the senior speedster
was loose on a 69-scoring run. Another Schmidt point put the Seminoles up 38-23 with 3:51 left in the quarter.
Three lightning passes, the big one 19 to Allen, got Arizona State to FSU's 39.
Soon Allen caught a 21-yarder at the 14. Next play fullback Vince Amoia pulled in a 14-yard touchdown pass, narrowing it to 38-30.
Unable to move with runs from its 20, FSU punted. Under pressure,
Berry's effort was a 34-yarder to the Sun Devil 42.
Crawford ran for 5 as the quarter ended.
Allen's 20-yard reception moved the sticks to the 33. Crawford ran for 11 and a personal-foul call
against the Seminoles moved the home team to a first down at the 11.
But as Van Raaphorst threw under heavy pressure from Isaac Williams, he got intercepted by linebacker Jesse Solomon, who steamed
up to the 23.
Two runs left FSU a yard short at the 32, and Coker sneaked for it, up to the 35. Two more Allen runs left the Seminoles a foot short, and again Coker sneaked for the first down, to
the 46.
Soon Allen shot free on a 32-yard romp to the 18. The following play saw Allen hit the middle on a run to the 2. Whereupon, Cletis Jones literally walked in for the touchdown - the way it
looked. The middle was that wide open. It jumped to 45-30 with 10 minutes to go.
With a bit over nine minutes left, Arizona State punted from its 34. Wessel tore through to block the boot, then
picked up the ball and scored. That made it 52-30.
The clock showed 7:32 as the Sun Devils scored on a 4-yard pass to Cox. A try for two points failed, and it was 52-36.
Amoia got a touchdown
from the 1 with 2:43 left, and Crawford followed with a two-point run that brought the score to 52-44.
Arizona State followed with an onside kick, but Florida State recovered.
Behind the running
of Rosie Snipes, Florida State drove to the 2-yard line before yielding the ball with 11 seconds left as Coker was stopped at the 1 on fourth down.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
17 |
21 |
14 |
52 |
| Arizona State |
10 |
10 |
10 |
14 |
44 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 18, field goal, 9:32
0-10 Opp, 13, pass (kick), 4:57
2nd 0-17 Opp, 4, pass (kick), 13:58
7-17 Joe Wessel, 8, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:39
Note: Punt blocked by Lenny Chavers, Wessel picked up the
ball at the 8 and scored.
7-20 Opp, 38, field goal, 7:36
10-20 Derek Schmidt, 52, field goal, 4:26
17-20 Greg Allen, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:07
3rd 24-20 Jessie Hester, 28, pass from Kirk Coker (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:52
24-23 Opp, 34, field goal, 7:19
31-23 Greg Allen, 81, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:28
38-23 Jessie Hester, 69, pass from Kirk Coker (Derek Schmidt, kick), 3:51
38-30 Opp, 14, pass (kick), 2:09
4th 45-30 Cletis Jones, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:30
52-30 Joe Wessel, 34, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:00
Note: Wessel blocked the punt, picked the ball up at the 34
and scored.
52-36 Opp, 4, pass (pass failed), 7:32
52-44 Opp, 2, run (run), 2:43
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 36
Rushes-yards 53-358 31-119
Passing 210 532
Att-Comp-Int 17-9-0 59-38-1
Total Yards 70-568 90-651
Punt Returns 4-81 1-11
Kickoff Returns 3-53 8-142
Interception Ret. 1-15 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 5-42.2 2-48.5
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 1-1
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-0
Penalties-Yds 13-115 4-40
3rd Down Conversions 10-19 7-15
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-0
Time of Posession 30:12 29:48
Attendance 68,574
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Allen 22 223 2 81t
Cletis Jones 17 63 1
Roosevelt Snipes 6 53 0
Eric Thomas 3 15 0
Kirk Coker 5 4 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 53 358 3 81t
Opp 31 119 1
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 3 104 2 69t
Hassan Jones 4 82 0
Pat Carter 1 22 0
Darrin Holloman 1 2 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 210 2 69t
Opp 38 532 4
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Kirk Coker 8 11 0 203 2
Eric Thomas 1 6 0 7 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 17 0 210 2
Opp 38 59 1 532 4
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joe Wessel 1 42 2 34t
Lenny Chavers 1 26 0
Darrin Holloman 2 13 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 81 2 34t
Opp 1 11 0 11
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dwayne Denson 2 32 0
Carlton Scott 1 21 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 53 0
Opp 8 142 0 23
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 5 211
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 211
Opp 2 97 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian McCrary 9 8 17 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Taylor 4 10 14 1.0- 0.5 . . . . . 1 . .
Fred Jones 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 3 3 6 . . . 2 . . . . .
Eric Williams 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel 2 3 5 . . . . . . . 1 .
Billy Allen 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Eric Riley 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 2 2 4 . . 1- 15 1 . . . . .
Brian Williams 2 2 4 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Anthony Smiley 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
David Palmer . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Isaac Williams . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Southwood . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray . 2 2 1.0- 0.5 . . . . . . . .
Stanley Scott . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
John Eaford . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Ulysses Roberson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 45 55 100 3.0- 6.0 . 1- 15 5 . . 1 2 .
Opp 38 45 83 5.0- 5.0 1.0- 1.0 . 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 41 Cedric Jones
C 53 Jerry Riopelle
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
ST 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
SE 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 31 Billy Allen
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
11 Kirk Coker
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Roosevelt Snipes
23 Jerome McCoy
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
42 Cletis Jones
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
59 Tim Flasher
63 Mark Salva
65 Darryl Gray
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
70 Roger Agne
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
83 Stanley Scott
93 Jim Hendley
96 Pete Panton
|
South Carolina 38, Florida State 26
11/10/1984, Columbia, S.C.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 11, 1984, page 65, by Bill McGrotha. Slip up.
FSU slides to 38-26 defeat.
COLUMBIA, SC - In this gone-crazy city, they called it the
single most important football game in South Carolina history. One newspaper heralded it as the game of the century.
But what it was for Florida State was Frustration City.
The unbeaten
Gamecocks put a hurting on the Seminoles like they have not known in a while, winning 38-26.
It could have been - maybe should have been - worse for a Florida State team that offensively, was
nowhere near itself.
Final statistics will show you that FSU outgained South Carolina, 493 yards to 474. If ever figures lied, these do.
With Kirk Coker, the starter at quarterback, nursing a
hip pointer and, later, a cut chin, and with Eric Thomas, the regular at the position, nursing a more severe hip-pointer, Florida State could get little going when it really mattered.
South
Carolina's 17-7 halftime lead and 31-7 margin in the third quarter are more relevant numbers.
In addition to Coker and Thomas, the Seminoles called on red-shirt freshman Danny McManus at
quarterback. Between them, they were intercepted seven times - four by the pesky senior free safety Bryant Gilliard. Coker was 12-for-23 for 207 yards and was the victim of three thefts. Thomas was
5-for-16 for 86, with two interceptions, and McManus 5-for-9 for 41 yards with two of his tosses stolen.
FSU often seemed to be tentative on offense. South Carolina was able to apply great pressure
on Coker, who was making his first start. Greg Allen nursed a sore knee, and his circumstances scarcely helped. He ran five times for minus-1 yard.
Meanwhile, Rosie Snipes, going much of the way at
tailback, raced for 151 in 19 carries. Another busy fellow for the Seminoles was Jessie Hester, who snared 10 passes for 170 yards.
While South Carolina capitalized on a whopping nine FSU turnovers
- two fumbles plus the interceptions - the Seminoles collected just four, all on fumbles. None of 18 Carolina passes were intercepted.
Thomas Dendy, with 113 yards in 14 carries, became the first
back to run for as much as 100 yards against the Seminoles in this unusual season.
Florida State took an early 7-0 lead on a 3-yard scamper by Snipes. It lasted for less than two minutes. From its
20, the home team scored in four plays, Dendy breaking loose for the final 57.
Soon a 27-yard field goal by Scott Hagler had South Carolina in front for good at 10-7. It jumped to 17-7 by
intermission as Dendy's 2-yard run capped an 86-yard movement in just eight plays. Florida State, in that first half, had first downs at Carolina's 13, 26 and 33 but got nothing. Derek Schmidt, the
freshman kicker who had been so true in early season, missed a pair of 39-yard tries for field goals, as well as a 56-yarder later.
And then Raynard Brown broke it open with a 99-yard scoring
return of the second-half kickoff, after it seemed that Billy Allen had him stopped. That made it 24-7.
It climbed to 31-7 on an 8-yard pass, Allen Mitchell to Bill Bradshaw. This one had been
paved by an FSU fumble at its 44.
And it became 38-7 as Danny Smith took a 4-yard pass from Mitchell to polish off a 60-yard drive with 5:28 still left in the third quarter.
Only then was FSU
able to rally.
Hester scored on a 16-yard toss from Thomas with three minutes remaining in that wild quarter.
Later Schmidt got a 26-yard field goal, and Stanley Scott a safety as he tackled
quarterback Mike Hold in the Gamecock end zone. That made it 38-20.
It became 38-26 with 3:02 remaining as Pat Carter took a 3-yard pass from McManus.
"A great win," said Joe Morrison, a happy
winning coach. "It wasn't pretty. We played well in that first half - very well. Then we got the big kickoff return in the second half.
"That was probably the biggest play of the game."
Some
thought Brown's knee touched the ground on that pivotal play. "I got under it, and I caught it," said Brown. "The ref didn't say anything. So I ran."
Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden seemed
puzzled, disbelieving.
"I can't remember us playing like that," he said, 'in a long, long time."
Bowden alluded to the numerous slips of receivers and runners, as well as other obvious
mistakes.
"We were not quite ready," he said, "I might have had 'em too tight.
"It was just one of those nights."
While 9-0 South Carolina covets a berth in the Orange Bowl, the 6-2-1
Seminoles' best bet now may be the Dec. 22 Citrus in Orlando. There should be some options, but with this loss Florida State may expect no bowl as bug as the Gator.
On the other hand, it may still
be able to choose from among a few others.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
0 |
8 |
11 |
26 |
| South Carolina |
10 |
7 |
21 |
0 |
38 |
1st 7- 0 Roosevelt Snipes, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 8:38
7- 7 Opp, 57, run (kick), 7:12
7- 7 Derek Schmidt, 39, field goal failed, 3:30
7-10 Opp, 27, field goal, 0:16
2nd 7-17 Opp, 2, run (kick), 1:14
7-17 Derek Schmidt, 39, field goal failed, 0:07
3rd 7-24 Opp, 99, kickoff return (kick), 14:45
7-31 Opp, 8, pass (kick), 11:17
7-31 Derek Schmidt, 56, field goal failed, 8:30
7-38 Opp, 4, pass (kick), 5:28
15-38 Jessie Hester, 16, pass from Eric Thomas (Jessie Hester, pass from Eric Thomas), 3:00
4th 18-38 Derek Schmidt, 26, field goal, 13:27
20-38 Henry Taylor, safety, 4:42
Note: Taylor tackled the quarterback in the end zone.
26-38 Pat Carter, 3, pass from Danny McManus (Danny McManus, pass failed), 3:02
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 25 15
Rushes-yards 38-145 50-235
Passing 348 239
Att-Comp-Int 49-22-7 18-9-0
Total Yards 87-493 68-474
Punt Returns 3-15 1-12
Kickoff Returns 7-167 2-111
Interception Ret. 0-0 7-57
Fumble Returns 4-0 2-0
Punts 4-34.8 6-40.0
Sacks By-Yds 3-24 3-21
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-4
Penalties-Yds 7-65 14-120
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 2-12
4th Down Conversions 1-4 1-2
Time of Posession 31:44 28:16
Attendance 75,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 19 151 1 38
Cletis Jones 6 22 0 8
Greg Allen 5 -1 0 5
Kirk Coker 7 -10 0 7
Carlton Scott 1 -17 0 -17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 145 1 38
Opp 50 235 2 57t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 10 170 1 36
Pat Carter 4 48 1 33
Carlton Scott 1 44 0 44
Hassan Jones 2 44 0 24
Herb Gainer 2 29 0 20
Darrin Holloman 2 10 0 11
Roosevelt Snipes 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 348 2 44
Opp 9 239 2 58
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Kirk Coker 11 23 3 207 0 44
Eric Thomas 5 16 2 86 1 26
Danny McManus 5 9 2 41 1 12
Hassan Jones 1 1 0 14 0 14
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 49 7 348 2 44
Opp 9 18 0 239 2 58
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 3 15 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 15 0 9
Opp 1 12 0 12
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 3 80 0 45
Darrin Holloman 2 52 0 31
Carlton Scott 2 35 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 167 0 45
Opp 2 111 1 99t
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 4 139 44
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 139 44
Opp 6 240 53
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 15 5 20 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . 1
Fred Jones 9 4 13 . . . . . . . . .
Isaac Williams 7 2 9 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 5 3 8 . . . . . . . . .
Garth Jax 4 3 7 . . . . . . 1 . .
Brian McCrary 7 . 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 6 . 6 2.0- 15.0 2.0- 15.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 4 2 6 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Brian Williams 5 . 5 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Todd Stroud 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 3 1 4 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Jerome McCoy 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 4 . 4 . . . 2 . . . . .
Anthony Smiley 1 3 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Stanley Scott 2 . 2 1.0- 10.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
J.D. Dowell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Ionata 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Snipes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Cletis Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Pat Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jessie Hester 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 95 26 121 6.0- 38.0 3.0- 24.0 . 5 . 4- 0 1 . 1
Opp 67 45 112 6.0- 42.0 3.0- 21.0 7- 57 2 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
FL 4 Jessie Hester
QB 11 Kirk Coker
TB 26 Greg Allen
FB 42 Cletis Jones
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
C 66 Parrish Barwick
ST 73 Jim Thompson
TT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
SE 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 31 Billy Allen
LCB 32 Martin Mayhew
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 84 Garth Jax
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Eric Thomas
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
8 Eric Riley
14 Danny McManus
15 Anthony Smiley
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Roosevelt Snipes
23 Jerome McCoy
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
36 Eric Stiehl
38 Paul McGowan
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
40 Greg Newell
41 Cedric Jones
53 Jerry Riopelle
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
63 Mark Salva
65 Darryl Gray
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
70 Roger Agne
72 J.D. Dowell
75 Tim Hebron
83 Stanley Scott
86 Carlton Scott
87 Gaylon White
|
Florida State 37, UT-Chattanooga 0
11/17/1984, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 18, 1984, page 57, by Bill McGrotha. Chattanooga chewed 37-0.
FSU churns out homecoming win.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Running the ball 64 of 82
times, as it pretty well was determined to do, Florida State’s football team won 37-0 here Saturday night, as it pretty well figured to do.
And now 7-2-1, the Seminoles very probably nailed down a
berth for themselves in the Dec. 22 Citrus Bowl.
Tennessee-Chattanooga was not that bad, just out of its Division 1-AA league.
The 6-4 Moccasins, champions of the Southern Conference, have some
post-season action awaiting, too – in playoffs that start next Saturday.
“After playing these guys tonight,” said Coach Buddy Nix, “anybody that we should play will look like they’re in slow
motion.”
As Bobby Bowden moved his homecoming record to 9-0 for his Florida State head-coaching time, a crowd of 55,443 saw the Seminoles roll to 454 yards on the ground – not quite a school
record, but close to the 479 against Western Carolina in ’81.
The nation’s leading scoring team going in, FSU came as close as possible to matching it’s 37.2 average.
Two backs – Rosie Snipes
and Cletis Jones – gained more than 100 yards, and Cedric Jones almost made it. On 22 carries, Snipes got 151 yards and two touchdowns, Cletis 111 in 14 and Cedric 86 in just seven.
Apparently
having had his fill of high-scoring games on both sides, Bowden said his players – particularly the defense – needed a game like this.
“Somebody said it was our first shutout in 44 games,” said
Bowden.
Correct. Going back to a 17-0 opener against Louisville in ’81.
FSU’s defense restricted the Moccasins to 165 yards, seven times sacking the quarterback. Gerald Nichols and Isaac
Williams got him twice. Fred Jones, Billy Allen and Stanley Scott had one apiece.
It most likely was just the sort of effort Florida State wanted prior to its big Dec. 1 date with Florida –
including, perhaps, some rough spots that will better enable the coaches to get the players’ attention.
Eric Thomas (hip pointer) never played and Kirk Coker went most of the way at quarterback,
spelled by freshman Danny McManus on a final drive that netted a late touchdown.
“Coker did well, and we were glad that Eric did not have to play,” said Bowden. “It means extra time for Thomas to
heal.
“What we did tonight was just basic football.”
Most of the evening, Florida State moved methodically. But the yardage kept growing. With a total of 618, FSU averaged 7.5 per snap.
It
was 10-0 after a quarter as the Seminoles scored on Derek Schmidt’s 31-yard field goal and a 6-yard run by Snipes following a weak punt that provided field position at the Tennessee-Chattanooga 38.
FSU was obliged to punt only once – following the game’s opening series.
Twice Florida State fumbled – the only turnovers by either team all evening – deep in Moccasin territory, following first
downs at the 3 and the 24. Still, FSU put points on the board five of the first seven times it got the ball.
In the second quarter, 10 more points came on a 43-yard Schmidt field goal and a 3-yard
Snipes run following a 29-yard punt return by Darrin Holloman to the Tennessee-Chattanooga 28.
From 20-0 at halftime, the score jumped to 27-0 on a Coker pass of 47 yards to Jessie Hester. For the
night, Coker hit 10 of 17 tosses for 164 yards and Hester grabbed seven for 117.
The third quarter had one special saving grace. In contrast to the previous two the Seminoles had played, it lasted
only 30 minutes. The one at Arizona State had gone 53, and the one at South Carolina 56.
Ten last-quarter points finished it off. Schmidt popped through a 22-yarder for three, and Cedric Jones got
a touchdown from the 3 as freshman Danny McManus directed a smooth, 89-yard scoring drive in 13 plays that featured the running of Jones – a starter at fullback last season but hobbled for a very long
while by injuries.
“Florida State has a great football team,” said Nix. “I told our kids in the locker room we had better get used to playing teams like this because we are going to play a bunch of
them in the next few years.”
Nix said it may come as a surprise to the people back home, but he had actually felt his team could win.
Bowden probably need not worry about any fat-cat feeling by
his team from this game. There were some good moments, and some not-so-good ones.
On Saturday, with a victory over Kentucky as Mississippi State lost to LSU, the Gators were assured of a final
perch atop the Southeastern Conference standings – unless the league takes that away because of the school’s NCAA probation.
“I’m so happy they finally won that thing,” said Bowden. “They deserve
it.”
“They kept coming in here every time they lost it, and taking it out on us.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| UT-Chattanooga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida State |
10 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
37 |
1st 3- 0 Derek Schmidt, 37, field goal, 8:06
10- 0 Roosevelt Snipes, 6, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:50
2nd 17- 0 Roosevelt Snipes, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:35
20- 0 Derek Schmidt, 43, field goal, 0:07
3rd 27- 0 Jessie Hester, 47, pass from Kirk Coker (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:08
27- 0 Derek Schmidt, 37, field goal failed, 3:36
4th 30- 0 Derek Schmidt, 22, field goal, 13:49
37- 0 Cedric Jones, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:27
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 30 14
Rushes-yards 64-454 36-78
Passing 164 87
Att-Comp-Int 18-10-0 24-11-0
Total Yards 82-618 60-165
Punt Returns 5-23 1-5
Kickoff Returns 1-12 5-80
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 1-40.0 9-39.7
Sacks By-Yds 7-54 1-10
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yds 7-91 6-52
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 3-14
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-1
Time of Posession 32:52 27:08
Attendance 55,443
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 22 151 2 21
Cletis Jones 14 111 0 28
Cedric Jones 7 86 1 29
Dwayne Denson 7 49 0 17
Tony Smith 3 36 0 15
Kirk Coker 10 20 0 15
Jessie Hester 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 64 454 3 29
Opp 36 78 0 30
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 7 117 1 47t
Hassan Jones 1 22 0 22
Roosevelt Snipes 1 13 0 13
Cletis Jones 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 10 164 1 47t
Opp 11 87 0 18
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Kirk Coker 10 17 0 164 1 47t
Danny McManus 0 1 0 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 10 18 0 164 1 47t
Opp 11 24 0 87 0 18
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 5 23 0 29
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 23 0 29
Opp 1 5 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dwayne Denson 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 12 0 12
Opp 5 80 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 1 40 40
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 40 40
Opp 9 357 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 6 1 7 . . . 2 . . . . .
Isaac Williams 4 1 5 2.0- 19.0 2.0- 19.0 . . . . . . .
Stanley Scott 4 1 5 2.0- 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . . . . .
Fred Jones 2 2 4 2.0- 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 2 1 3 2.0- 16.0 2.0- 16.0 . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Kim Mack 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 2 . 2 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Palmer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Paul McGowan 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Rocky Kinsey . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 9 50 11.0- 43.0 7.0- 54.0 . 5 . . . . .
Opp 58 11 69 2.0- 1.0- 10.0 . 2 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
FL 4 Jessie Hester
QB 11 Kirk Coker
RB 20 Roosevelt Snipes
FB 42 Cletis Jones
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
C 66 Parrish Barwick
ST 73 Jim Thompson
TT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
SE 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 31 Billy Allen
LCB 32 Martin Mayhew
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
OLB 65 Darryl Gray
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Herb Gainer
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
8 Eric Riley
13 Kim Mack
14 Danny McManus
18 Derek Schmidt
21 Dwayne Denson
23 Jerome McCoy
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
36 Eric Stiehl
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 David Palmer
49 Tony Smith
53 Jerry Riopelle
57 Jesse Solomon
63 Mark Salva
67 Ulysses Roberson
68 Lenny Chavers
70 Roger Agne
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
80 Terry Warren
83 Stanley Scott
86 Carlton Scott
93 Jim Hendley
96 Pete Panton
|
Florida 27, Florida State 17
12/01/1984, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, December 2, 1984, page 63, by Bill McGrotha. Gators do the gigging.
Seminoles slosh to 27-17 defeat.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Going in, Bobby Bowden
considered three factors the stuff of nightmares.
And all three – heavy rain, turnovers, a trio pf slashing runners – hit his Florida State team where it hurt as the best football team University
of Florida has ever known prevailed 27-17 here Saturday.
Only in the first half was Florida State in it. Reaching deep, particularly on defense, the Seminoles repeatedly threatened to get back in
it – and in the second quarter came to within 7-3. Otherwise, about all they did was threaten.
“We were just not good enough,” Bowden summed up. Short. Simple.
That might have been so under
almost any circumstances, but when a severe thunderstorm burst two minutes into the first quarter, it transformed Campbell Stadium back into the swampland it once was – and perhaps sent what chances
the Seminoles had down swollen drains.
The first of four Florida State turnovers – a fumble that came ominously just as the rain started – paved a 7-0 Florida lead. And a second turnover – again a
fumble – ruptured a stunning 94-yard drive when it came on first down at the Gator 2.
“You’re not going to beat anybody – not anybody good – when you play like that,” said Bowden of the two costly
early fumbles.
Both teams found the ball hard to handle on the wet field – the rain tapered to a light sprinkle in the second half – but Florida lost only one of its fumbles, while the Seminoles
gave up three. Each team had a single pass intercepted.
Of 330 total yards, Florida got 259 running, and its three big-and-fierce backs got 254 of that. Lorenzo Hampton and Neal Anderson got 94
each – the latter getting 62 of his on one run – and John L. Williams 66.
“I have not seen anybody close to having backs as hard to bring down as Florida’s are,” said Bowden.
Yet the Seminoles
did a fine job of stopping Florida’s running game where it had been most effective – inside. Williams popped his 62-yarder outside.
In one sense, that running did not hurt all that much. Kerwin
Bell completed only five of 14 passes for 71 yards, but two completions were rippers. Frankie Neal caught a 33-yarder over the middle for the first touchdown, and Williams got the second on a 5-yard
pass play.
“It probably would have been a funner and a more emotional game except for the rain,” said Bell. “The rain made it a workman’s game.
“These were the worst conditions I ever played in.
It was an inch deep out there. It messes up your passing game a lot.”
Several Florida players, in the dressing room afterward, said they were not up for this game and saw the rain as a big
asset.
Whatever, Florida won its fourth straight over the Seminoles and took a 20-6-1 lead in this series before a crowd of 58,930 – biggest ever in Campbell. The Gators closed 9-1-1 for their
best-ever regular season, and left Florida State 7-3-1 for its Dec. 22 Citrus Bowl date with Georgia.
Galen Hall, the Gators’ pleased first-year coach, said he thought his team merited No. 1 rank
no matter happened in any of the bowls.
“I thought our defense played well all the way,” he said. “Anytime you hold Florida State to 17 points, it is a great defensive game.”
For a little while
there, it seemed this might be anything but a defensive struggle. And, for a little while there, it seemed Florida State had figured a way.
After they stopped the Gators on the game-opening series,
good field position came at the 50 following a punt. But on third down, quarterback Kirk Coker pitched out poorly under pressure, and Florida’s Mark Korff claimed that fumble at Florida State’s 48.
A couple of plays later Bell found Neal free over the middle for a 33-yard TD pass. Cornerback Eric Riley had slipped, and safety Brian McCrary missed a diving tackle.
After a punting exchange
backed FSU to its 6, the Seminoles drove on the ground against Florida in a way no one thought any team could, Rosie Snipes led that charge, culminating with a first down at Florida’s 2 – and a
fumbled exchange as Coker moved to hand off to Cletis Jones. Florida tackle Tommy Duhart recovered.
In that first quarter the Seminoles gained 100 yards rushing – most of it on that drive in the
rain. The rest of the way FSU netted only 78 on the ground. Snipes finished with 108 on 20 runs as the Seminoles totaled 274 yards on offense. Passing brought just 96 yards, with Coker 5-for-11 and
48, Eric Thomas 4-for-7 and 48.
In the second quarter FSU got a shot from the Florida 9 after Roger Sibbald, trying to field a punt, had the ball wrestled away from him by freshman linebacker Paul
McGowan. Unable to penetrate beyond the 6, the Seminoles settled for Derek Schmidt’s 23-yard field goal.
Florida retaliated immediately as Anderson went wide for 62 yards to the FSU 16. Three plays
later Williams took a 5-yard pass for a touchdown that made it 14-3.
It became 17-3 after a Ricky Easmon interception put Florida in business at FSU’s 30. Eventually, after a penalty rubbed out an
apparent touchdown, Bobby Raymond booted a 34-yard field goal. Just 48 seconds remained in the half.
Florida made it 24-3 on its first opportunity of the third quarter – an opportunity paved by
Ricky Nattiel’s 27-yard punt return to the FSU 37. Two Bell passes gained the 8, and Hampton took it in from there.
A McCrary interception gave FSU a shot from Florida’s 27. Coker’s 11-yard pass to
Hester brought the touchdown and a 24-10 score.
The defense backed Florida up and produced punts that gave FSU chances from its 47 and 41, but the Seminoles failed to get much going.
A Snipes
fumble at the FSY 32, with Sibbald recovering, led to a 26-yard Raymond field goal in the fourth quarter.
With 6:27 to go, Thomas took FSU on a drive from its 9 to a touchdown that came on his
8-yard pass to Hester.
Flags flew throughout, Florida drawing 116 yards on 14 penalties, FSU 52 on eight.
“The only way we could have won was to play errorless ball,” said Bowden. “Our effort
was excellent. Our execution was not.
“We got some big plays defensively. We could not get ‘em offensively.”
Florida’s Hall wished the Seminoles well in their bowl.
“It is a great tribute to
them,” he said, “that it was this tough of a football game. They fought hard all game.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
7 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
27 |
| Florida State |
0 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 33, pass (kick), 12:08
2nd 3- 7 Derek Schmidt, 23, field goal, 7:42
3-14 Opp, 5, pass (kick), 5:44
3-17 Opp, 33, field goal, 0:08
3rd 3-24 Opp, 8, run (kick), 11:29
10-24 Jessie Hester, 10, pass from Kirk Coker (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:33
4th 10-27 Opp, 26, field goal, 6:32
17-27 Pat Carter, 8, pass from Eric Thomas (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:14
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 17
Rushes-yards 50-178 49-259
Passing 96 71
Att-Comp-Int 18-9-1 15-5-1
Total Yards 68-274 64-330
Punt Returns 3-12 2-27
Kickoff Returns 5-90 1-14
Interception Ret. 1-15 1-8
Fumble Returns 1-0 3-0
Punts 7-40.4 7-38.9
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 3-13
Fumbles-Lost 8-3 5-1
Penalties-Yds 8-52 14-116
3rd Down Conversions 3-15 4-12
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
Time of Posession 30:10 29:50
Attendance 58,930
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Roosevelt Snipes 20 108 0 15
Cletis Jones 13 61 0 12
Tony Smith 4 36 0 15
Eric Thomas 6 -5 0 5
Kirk Coker 6 -11 0 2
Jessie Hester 1 -11 0 -11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 50 178 0 15
Opp 49 259 1 62
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 4 47 1 21
Pat Carter 4 37 1 16
Tony Smith 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 96 2 21
Opp 5 71 2 33t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Kirk Coker 5 11 0 48 1 21
Eric Thomas 4 7 1 48 1 21
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 18 1 96 2 21
Opp 5 15 1 71 2 33t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Cedric Jones 2 11 0 10
Darrin Holloman 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 12 0 10
Opp 2 27 0 27
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Carlton Scott 2 40 0 22
Dwayne Denson 2 30 0 21
Darrin Holloman 1 20 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 90 0 22
Opp 1 14 0 14
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 7 283 46
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 283 46
Opp 7 272 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 4 7 11 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 5 5 10 . . . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 3 1 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 2 1 3 . . 1- 15 . . . . . .
Billy Allen 3 . 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Isaac Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Darryl Gray . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Stanley Scott . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Terry Warren 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Riley 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Smiley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 27 24 51 2.0- 0.0 . 1- 15 2 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 36 25 61 4.0- 3.0- 13.0 1- 8 2 . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 4 Jessie Hester
QB 11 Kirk Coker
RB 20 Roosevelt Snipes
FB 42 Cletis Jones
LG 61 Dan Morris
RG 64 Jamie Dukes
C 66 Parrish Barwick
LT 73 Jim Thompson
RT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
WR 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
SS 15 Anthony Smiley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
FS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
OLB 67 Ulysses Roberson
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Eric Thomas
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
18 Derek Schmidt
21 Dwayne Denson
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
49 Tony Smith
53 Jerry Riopelle
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
63 Mark Salva
65 Darryl Gray
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
75 Tim Hebron
80 Terry Warren
83 Stanley Scott
86 Carlton Scott
93 Jim Hendley
96 Pete Panton
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 17, Georgia 17
12/22/1984, Orlando
From the Orlando Sentinel, December 23, 1984, page 31, by Tim Povtak. ’Noles block Bulldogs’ victory.
Big plays salvage 17-17 tie.
ORLANDO, FL – Lenny Chavers and Joe Wessel,
two special teams’ specialists, became the unlikely heroes in an even unlikelier finish Saturday, helping struggling Florida State salvage 17-17 tie with Georgia in the 39th annual Florida Citrus
Bowl.
Chavers rescued the Seminoles when he blocked a Georgia punt, allowing Wessel to scoop it up and run 14 yards for the touchdown that set up a tying two-point conversion with 3:58 to play.
A capacity crowd of 51,821 watched in Orlando Stadium, along with the bowl’s first national television audience, as the two Southern football powers failed to generate much offensive consistency.
Until Chavers’ heroics, stubborn Georgia basically had stuffed the vaunted FSU scoring machine. The big-gun offense that was third in the nation with a 35-point average had no pop.
“Somebody had to
step forward and make the big play. We couldn’t wait much longer,” Chavers said. “We’ve been doing it all year. I guess it was just my time again.”
Those kinds of plays are FSU’s trademark this
season. The Seminoles usually win – or lose – by the big play. This time they tied by it.
It was Florida State’s ninth blocked punt of the season and Chavers’ fourth. Six of those blocks resulted
in touchdowns. So did this one. Chavers, a nose guard from DeLand, blew through the middle of the line and had no problem batting away Chip Andrews’ kick.
The touchdown closed the gap to 17-15, and
FSU was ready with another gizmo play. On the two-point conversion, quarterback Eric Thomas pitched right toward tailback Tony Smith, but wide receiver Darrin Holloman intercepted the pitch on a
reverse and streaked around the left side for the tying score.
After Florida State tied the score, neither team could mount a serious threat, and with the scoreboard clock not functioning – it went
out early in the final period. – there was confusion on both sidelines.
Georgia lined up to go for a first down on a fourth-and-1 at the Bulldogs’ 29, and quarterback James Jackson bobbled the
snap. But a dead-ball foul negated the play, and the Bulldogs punted again. Florida State’s Jessie Hester was dropped for a 19-yard loss on an end around, forcing FSU to punt it right back.
With
less than two minutes remaining, Wessel made his first career interception during one of his relatively infrequent appearances as a defensive back. Jackson’s pass went through the hands of receiver
Jimmy Hockaday and right to Wessel.
The Seminoles, though, had run out of tricks and punted the ball back to Georgia again with 21 seconds left. After two deep incomplete passes, Georgia turned to
Kevin Butler, who fell agonizingly short – perhaps 3 or 4 yards – on a 71-yard field goal attempt.
“You have ties that you’re pleased with and ties you’re disappointed with,” Georgia Coach Vince
Dooley said. “This one was so disappointing because we really should have won.”
Georgia (7-4-1) played its best game since beating Kentucky, 37-7, Oct. 27. Its defense was solid, pressuring Thomas
all day, limiting FSU’s passing attack to 85 yards.
Georgia’s offense, anemic in the final three losses of the regular season, showed some spark under the guidance of Jackson, who replaced starter
Todd Williams midway in the first period and wound up the game’s most valuable player. Williams hyperextended his knee and didn’t return.
“I felt like we played well enough to win,” Dooley said.
“But we didn’t execute on the punt. It cost us the game. This was one of those losing ties.”
Florida State (7-3-2) showed some flashes of brilliance but no consistency. The Seminoles drove 83 yards
on their opening possession, but Smith fumbled a pitch by Thomas on the Georgia 8-yard line, and Georgia’s Andy Loy recovered.
Florida State tried a variety of plays in the first half – a pass by
receiver Hassan Jones, an end around, a couple of long passes – but trailed, 14-0 at halftime. It was the first time FSU had been shut out in a half since 1976.
“Our offense was like a nightmare
out there in the first half,” FSU Coach Bobby Bowden said. “We had no communication out there. I think we tried to outsmart ourselves.”
Georgia scored on touchdown runs of 4 and 1 yards by freshman
tailback Lars Tate, who was the game’s outstanding player. Jackson set up Tate’s first score with a 50-yard pass to Fred Lane.
Georgia cornerback Kevin Harris of Eustis set up the second touchdown
when he intercepted a pass by Thomas at the FSU 13 just 1:22 before halftime. Harris, named the game’s outstanding defensive player, also intercepted a pass in the first period.
FSU used a
different game plan in the second half, throwing passes under Georgia’s coverages and employing option running plays. With Roosevelt Snipes out with a sprained ankle, Smith started running more
effectively.
The Seminoles took the first second-half possession and drove 67 yards before Derek Schmidt kicked a 33-yard field goal. The drive was stopped by an ineligible receiver penalty, one of
eight penalties against FSU.
Smith atoned for his fumble by scoring from the 1 with 14:21 to play, capping a 9-play, 39-yard drive. Now trailing 14-9, FSU went for a two-point conversion, but
Thomas was stopped cold on an option play.
Butler kicked Georgia into an eight-point lead on the next possession with a 36-yard field goal. A penalty was called on the play when a diving Wessel
roughed Butler. Georgia decided to let the field goal stand rather than take the penalty and try for a touchdown.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Georgia |
0 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
17 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 46, field goal failed, 4:20
2nd 0- 7 Opp, 4, run (kick), 5:26
0-14 Opp, 2, run (kick), 1:08
3rd 3-14 Derek Schmidt, 32, field goal, 10:26
4th 9-14 Tony Smith, 1, run (Eric Thomas, run failed), 14:21
9-17 Opp, 36, field goal, 12:10
17-17 Joe Wessel, 14, punt return/blocked punt (Darrin Holloman, run), 3:58
Note: Punt blocked by Lenny Chavers, Wessel picked up the
ball at the 14 and scored.
17-17 Opp, 70, field goal failed, 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 15
Rushes-yards 42-161 49-189
Passing 85 178
Att-Comp-Int 27-10-2 18-9-1
Total Yards 69-246 67-367
Punt Returns 4-62 2-4
Kickoff Returns 4-60 0-0
Interception Ret. 1-0 2-18
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 8-38.6 8-37.1
Sacks By-Yds 4- 4-
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Penalties-Yds 8-65 6-42
3rd Down Conversions 2-12 2-14
Time of Posession 30:51 29:09
Attendance 51,821
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Tony Smith 10 65 1 37
Roosevelt Snipes 8 60 0 37
Cletis Jones 10 40 0 10
Jessie Hester 2 12 0 21
Cedric Jones 1 5 0 5
Eric Thomas 11 -21 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 42 161 1 37
Opp 49 189 2 49
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jessie Hester 3 26 0 10
Pat Carter 2 15 0 11
Pete Panton 1 13 0 13
Hassan Jones 2 11 0 7
Tony Smith 1 10 0 10
Cedric Jones 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 10 85 0 13
Opp 9 178 0 50
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Eric Thomas 10 26 2 85 0 13
Hassan Jones 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 10 27 2 85 0 13
Opp 9 18 1 178 0 50
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lenny Chavers 1 35 0 35
Joe Wessel 0 14 1 14t
Darrin Holloman 3 13 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 62 1 35
Opp 2 4 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 2 22 0
Carlton Scott 1 21 0 21
Dwayne Denson 1 17 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 60 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 8 309
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 309
Opp 8 297 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Taylor 7 4 11 . . . . . . . . .
Billy Allen 7 4 11 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 5 5 10 3.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Jesse Solomon 4 6 10 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 3 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Isaac Williams . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Brian McCrary 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Williams 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Todd Stroud 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 1 2 3 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Eric Riley 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darryl Gray 1 1 2 1.0- 1.0- . . . . . . .
Joe Wessel . 1 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Stanley Scott 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Chavers . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
J.D. Dowell . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 36 71 7.0- 0.0 4.0- 0.0 1- 0 1 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 26 51 77 10.0- 4.0- 2- 18 7 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 1 Eric Thomas
FL 4 Jessie Hester
TB 20 Roosevelt Snipes
FB 42 Cletis Jones
SG 61 Dan Morris
TG 64 Jamie Dukes
C 66 Parrish Barwick
ST 73 Jim Thompson
TT 77 John Ionata
TE 85 Pat Carter
SE 88 Hassan Jones
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 8 Eric Riley
SS 15 Anthony Smiley
RCB 17 Eric Williams
WS 43 Brian McCrary
LT 45 Isaac Williams
OLB 47 Brian Williams
ILB 55 Fred Jones
ILB 58 Henry Taylor
OLB 67 Ulysses Roberson
NG 71 Todd Stroud
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
5 Joe Wessel
6 Louis Berry
7 Barry Barco
18 Derek Schmidt
21 Dwayne Denson
24 Darrin Holloman
28 Rocky Kinsey
31 Billy Allen
32 Martin Mayhew
38 Paul McGowan
41 Cedric Jones
49 Tony Smith
53 Jerry Riopelle
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Jesse Solomon
63 Mark Salva
65 Darryl Gray
68 Lenny Chavers
72 J.D. Dowell
74 Pablo Lopez
75 Tim Hebron
80 Terry Warren
83 Stanley Scott
86 Carlton Scott
93 Jim Hendley
96 Pete Panton
|