1986 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Chuck Amato, Defensive Line
Mickey Andrews, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Jeff Bowden, Graduate Assistant, Running Backs
Wally Burnham, Inside Linebackers
John Eason, Receivers
Jim Gladden, Outside Linebackers
Jack Hines, Graduate Assistant, Defensive Backs
Wayne McDuffie, Offensive Coordinator
Jay Perkins, Graduate Assistant, Offensive Line
Mark Richt, Graduate Assistant, Quarterbacks
Brad Scott, Recruiting Coordinator, Tight Ends
Billy Sexton, Running Backs
Bob Stinchcomb, Graduate Assistant, Outside Linebackers
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1986 FSU Football Media Guide
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1986 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
From the 1986 FSU Football Media Guide, page 47.
Jack Allen, 6-6, 265, OL, Stuart
- Has the size that FSU is looking for on its offensive line...earned first team class 4A all-state honors...rated by Lindy's Recruiting Guide as one of the top potential players in the South...was
picked to that magazine's 2nd team All-South list...enjoys weightlifting and has a 450 squat and 325 bench press...his family is originally from Syracuse where he grew up playing hockey...will play in
the Florida-Georgia all-star game held in June...plans to major in business.
Terry Anthony, 6-0, 190, WR, Daytona Beach
- Rated as one of the top three wide receivers in the state...earned first team all-state honors as a senior when he played free safety, tight end and wide receiver...also named to the all-Central
Florida team and was named that list's Offensive Player of the Year...had 43 catches for 647 yards and 10 touchdowns...2nd team all-county and conference as a junior...has a 36-inch vertical
jump...played basketball at Mainland with FSU basketball player George McCloud.
LeRoy Butler, 6-0, 185, DB, Jacksonville
- Could be the most honored player the Seminoles signed...named to the Bally and Adidas All-American teams...also named to Joe Terranova's Top 100 list and chosen to the four member Florida team on
the All-South list...was all-state and a member of the Florida Super 24 as well as the Jacksonville Super 24...played both defense and offense...had 139 tackles as a linebacker and also intercepted
five passes...on the offensive side, he carried the ball 31 times for a 15.3 average, caught two passes for 78 yards and a TD and rushed for 388 yards on 18 carries as a wingback...has 4.4
speed...played against and covered Jacksonville Raines receiver Ronald Lewis, who also signed with FSU...plans to major in hotel and restaurant management...is projected to play the safety position at
FSU.
Dexter Carter, 5-9, 164, RB, Baxley, Ga.
- Class AAA all-state performer after rushing for 1,400 yards as a senior...rushed for 1,800 as a junior and a total of 4,050 in his career...one of only three players in his school's history to make
the all-state tam three times...also named to the Florida Times-Union Super 11 list...competes in track and has run the 100 yards in 9.8 and the 110 high hurdles in 14.0...has long jumped 22
feet...it's his quickness that is his greatest asset...attended the Bobby Bowden Camp last summer and FSU was his choice of colleges since that time.
Felton Cook, 6-1, 175, WR, Palmetto, Ga.
- Named to the four member Georgia roster of the All-South team...also was honorable mention USA Today and made Joe Terranova's and The Sporting News' Top 100 lists...an all-state player and will play
for Georgia in the annual Florida-Georgia all-star game this summer...as a senior he totaled 36 catches for 780 yards and six TDs...those passes came from the arm of fellow FSU recruit Wes
Hardin...Cook also ran two interceptions back for TDs and scored two more on returns...he also picked p 325 yards on 57 rushes...as a junior Cook had 34 catches for 673 yards and eight TDs...he caught
11 passes (289 yards) as a sophomore and 20 passes in 1982 as a freshman...he has played on two state championship teams...played for Thurston Taylor, a former FSU player, and was also a teammate of
FSU junior Gaylon White...has been timed at 4.35 in the 40...can dunk a basketball from a flat-foot start.
Lawrence Dawsey, 6-2, 195, RB-WR, Dothan, Ala.
- Could end up playing anywhere for the Seminoles, as he played wide receiver, quarterback, runningback, defensive end and inside linebacker for his state championship team...was first team 6A
all-state...Lindy's Recruiting Magazine labeled him as the top receiver in the state of Alabama...was one of 134 players named to the All-South team...rushed for 925 yards as a senior and also played
wide receiver although he played with a broken arm after the third game of the season...as a junior, led his team in rushing, passing and receiving.
Magdi El Shahawy, 6-1, 252, OL, Sarasota
- Played both on the offensive and defensive lines at Sarasota but FSU coaches will probably try him out on the offense first...finished 3rd in the class 4A heavyweight weightlifting championships,
bench pressing 370 pounds...considered to have excellent foot speed...has several nicknames, including "Madge" and "Fous", the latter one coming from his middle name of Malfouz...father is a
cardiologist and of Egyptian descent while his mother is Yugoslavian.
Corian Freeman, 6-3, 200, DB, Jacksonville
- Made the first team all-city in Jacksonville and all-conference also...picked to the 2nd team of the all-state honorees...had 55 tackles and three interceptions in 1985...a preseason Florida
Times-Union Super 11 choice...was the first recruit to commit to FSU...also runs on the track team and was one of the finest high hurdlers in the state...good student with above a 3.0 in high school.
Ray Gibson, 6-3, 185, DB, Dothan, Ala.
- Is one of the least publicized of FSU's incoming freshman class...made all-area...reputed to be an excellent athlete with much quickness.
Mike Goodman, 6-4, 245, OL, Miami
- Played both ways on the lines in high school...didn't make any post-season honors lists after injuring his knee during his senior year...plans to major in criminology.
Stanley Hall, 5-9, 218, RB, Ocilla, Ga.
- Earned class 2A all-state honors in Georgia after a senior year where he rushed for 1,598 yards...also chosen as the Tift Area Player of the Year totaled 4,740 yards as a high schooler in three
years...will represent the Georgia squad on the Florida-Georgia all-star game during the summer...only official visit was to FSU.
Wes Hardin, 6-4, 170, QB-DB, Palmetto, Ga.
- A three year starter, Hardin passed for 5,007 yards during his career...passed for 2,197 yards and 25 TDs as a senior, becoming the first QB in class A to throw for over 2,000 yards...as a
sophomore, threw for 1,331 yards and 13 TDs as his school won the state championship...many of Hardin's passes were completed to fellow FSU freshman Felton Cook...his junior year he passed for 1,479
yards and 15 TDs...was all-state first team the last two years and Class A Offensive Player of the year in 1985...also punted for a 42-yard average...played basketball and averaged nearly 20 points as
a point guard...has plenty of room to fill out his 6-3 frame...only quarterback signed in 1986...played under FSU grad Thurston Taylor and with FSU junior tight end Gaylon White.
Hayward Haynes, 6-2, 295, OL, Bartow
- A leader on the class 3A state champions...named to the Super 24 team in Florida as well as the Tampa Tribune's blue chip list...will play in the Florida-Georgia all-star game this summer...could
contribute right away...high school coach lists him as his second best offensive lineman in 30 years of coaching...quick...former teammate of FSU redshirt freshman Odell Haggins.
Reggie Johnson, 6-2, 228, TE, Pensacola
- One of three tight ends recruited to FSU in 1986...Pensaeola News-Journal first team all-Northwest as a utility player...played every position on offense but quarterback...nickname is
"Thunder"...reputed to have the necessary ingredients for a tight end...good hands and excellent blocking...one of 11 seniors from his high school who signed with colleges to play football...plans to
major in athletic administration...Lamar Williams, one of the 11, also signed with FSU.
Joe Jordan, 6-2, 245, OG, Sarasota
- Like FSU junior Pat Carter, Jordan is a tight end candidate from Riverview High School...will be battling for the 4th tight end spot on the FSU travel roster...also a former teammate of FSU kicker
Derek Schmidt...3A all-state 2nd team...because Riverview ran the wishbone, Jordan had just five receptions for 45 yards and two TDs.
Bruce LaSane, 6-3, 200, WR, Wildwood
- With his signing, FSU completed a sweep of the state's top wide receivers...a member of the Super 24 team that will play the state of Georgia in an all-star game this summer...named to the Bally
All-American list and was honorable mention on the Florida squad of the All-South team...also made USA Today's honorable mention All-American list...in addition to wide receiver, played defensive back
in high school but was recruited as a wide receiver.
Ronald Lewis, 6-1, 170, WR, Jacksonville
- Considered one of the top three wide receivers in the state...named first team class 4A all-state and 3rd team All-South...also a member of the Florida Times-Union Super 11...caught 33 passes for
641 yards and six TDs...in final game of the season against Lee, Lewis caught 10 passes for 140 yards...Lee's head coach Corky Rogers proclaimed that Lewis was "the best I've ever seen...played three
games at quarterback when Parade All-American Vince Robinson was injured...rushed for 105 yards in one of those contests...may also play baseball at FSU after being drafted by the pros.
Eric Luallen, 6-4, 285, OL, Tampa
- A Super 24 performer after playing both the offensive and defensive lines...class 3A all-state...named to the Dallas Morning News' Top 95 list...quick feet...also a pitcher on his school's baseball
team...plans to major in business with law school a possibility...father owns a bakery.
Rick McIntire, 6-1, 212, OLB, Sarasota
- Although he played tight end in high school, coaches will probably put him at one of the linebacker positions, most likely at outside linebacker...teammate of FSU incoming freshman Magdi El Shahawy
at Sarasota...had 13 receptions and five TDs as a senior...benches 375 lbs. and has 4.65 speed in the 40...also plays baseball.
Anthony Moss, 6-3, 215, OLB, Miami
- 2nd team all-county after playing tight end...FSU coaches project him as an outside linebacker...an outstanding track athlete also as he was his school's MVP as a junior in that sport and as a
senior recorded a 57-6 throw in the shot put...brother Winston plays for the University of Miami.
Chris Nicolas, 6-2, 220, LB, Clearwater
- Played in only seven games as a senior since he was sidelined after suffering a cracked sternum in an automobile accident...still, he earned 2nd team class 5A all-state honors as well as first team
all-Suncoast...will play in the Florida-Georgia all-star game...brother Scott played linebacker for the Miami Hurricanes and is now with the Cleveland Browns...good student, with a GPA above 3.0.
Bill Ragans, 6-3, 188, DB, Live Oak
- Hails from just an hour east of Tallahassee...2nd team all-state on the 3A level at strong safety...considered a hard-hitting safety somewhat in the mold of FSU's Stan Shiver...recruited by smaller
schools, the Seminoles are counting him as a sleeper.
Greg Rinehart, 6-3, 305, DL, Norristown, Pa.
- An all-state pick as well as Montgomery County Defensive Player of the Year...had 130 tackles and seven quarterback sacks as a senior...also played on the offensive line...played in Pennsylvania Big
33 Classic...brothers Jeff and Jerome played for Arizona and had been signed by FSU coach Chuck Amato when he coached the Wildcats...a teammate of former FSU runningback Dwayne Denson...his high
school coach notes that he is the best lineman he's ever coached.
Dave Roberts, 6-5, 222, TE, Griffin, Ga.
- Will be a freshman candidate for the one remaining tight end slots on the travel squad...2nd team All-South on the Emfinger list and 3rd team on Lindy's list...a member of the Macon Telegraph "Sweet
16" team...named All-Georgia by the Greenville News and will play in the Georgia North-South all-star game...had 34 career receptions for 393 yards and five TDs...also played on high school varsity
basketball and tennis teams...a good student, Roberts plans to major in international relations with a possibility of law school in the future.
Scott Schilbrack, 6-9, 255, DT, Lauderhill
- The tallest player ever under Bowden at FSU...did not make any of the all-state lists but was a late selection to most school's recruiting lists...is strong (360 bench press) and runs a 5.1 40
yards...could be a sleeper for the Seminoles.
Lamar Williams, 6-2, 280, DL, Pensacola
- Led his team to the state championship in football two years in a row and joins teammate Reggie Johnson at FSU...a member of the Florida Super 24 team and a USA Today honorable mention
All-American...has won the state heavyweight weightlifting championship the last two years...won this year with a 425 lb. bench press...also throws the shot put and discus...will certainly get a look
at noseguard at FSU.
John Wyche, 6-1, 200, SS, Thomasville, Ga.
- Not highly recruited, Wyche signed late with FSU...he made the all-region team at Central.
1986 Roster - By Name
From the 1986 FSU Football Media Guide, page 49.
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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71 Jack Allen OL 6-6 265 Fr Stuart (Martin County)
* 8 Terry Anthony WR 6-0 190 Fr Daytona Beach (Mainland)
67 Mark Barron OL 6-2 273 Fr-R Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
* 66 Parrish Barwick OG 6-0 280 Sr-R *** Crawfordville (Wakulla)
* 6 Louis Berry P 6-0 193 Sr *** Panama City (John F. Kennedy)
81 Hoffman Brown WR 6-0 179 So Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy)
* 50 John Brown NG 6-3 273 Fr-R DeLand (Deland)
9 Phillip Bryant WR 5-10 180 So-R * Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
43 LeRoy Butler DB 6-0 185 Fr Jacksonville (Lee)
57 Ronnie Byrom OL 6-5 240 Fr Pierson (Taylor)
* 57 Phil Carollo OLB 6-3 220 Jr Melville, N.Y. (Newfield)
60 Ken Carr OT 6-3 270 Fr-R Apopka (Apopka)
* 13 Dexter Carter RB 5-9 164 Fr Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 59 Keith Carter ILB 6-3 238 Fr-R Miami (South Miami)
* 85 Pat Carter TE 6-4 251 Jr ** Sarasota (Riverview)
41 Ed Clark OLB 6-3 219 So * Miami (American)
12 J.P. Connolly QB 6-0 195 Jr-R Oakdale, N.Y. (Connetquot/Choate Rosemary Hall)
10 Felton Cook WR 6-1 175 Fr Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 39 Brian Davis OLB 6-0 200 So-R * Tallahassee (Lincoln)
29 Lawrence Dawsey RB-WR 6-2 195 Fr Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
* 1 Scott DiMare WR 6-0 177 Fr-R Miami (Columbus)
* 28 Dedrick Dodge FS 6-2 168 Fr-R Mulberry (Mulberry)
* 52 John Eaford ILB 6-2 223 So-R * Miami (Norland)
64 Magdi El Shahawy OL 6-1 252 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
42 Reno Fells FB 6-1 197 Fr-R Palatka (Palatka)
* 5 Chip Ferguson QB 6-1 202 So * Charlotte, N.C. (Spartanburg)
* 27 Victor Floyd TB 5-11 195 So-R * Pensacola (Pensacola)
10 Corian Freeman DB 6-3 200 Fr Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 76 Steve Gabbard DT 6-5 265 So-R * Concord, N.C. (Independence)
* 3 Herb Gainer WR 6-2 194 Jr-R ** Sarasota (Sarasota)
23 Ray Gibson DB 6-3 185 Fr Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
97 Mike Goodman OL 6-4 245 Fr Miami (Palmetto)
* 47 Kevin Grant OLB 6-3 228 Fr-R Ocala (Forest)
* 21 John Hadley FS 6-5 212 So-R * Orlando (Evans)
* 53 Odell Haggins ILB 6-1 240 Fr-R Bartow (Bartow)
31 Stanley Hall RB 5-9 218 Fr Ocilla, Ga. (Irwin County)
11 Wes Hardin QB-DB 6-4 170 Fr Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 58 Thomas Harp NG 6-1 287 Jr-R Winter Garden (West Orange/Pratt CC)
* 54 Wes Harris ILB 6-0 218 Fr Brooksville (Hernando)
* 78 Eric Hayes DT 6-3 283 Fr-R Tampa (King)
* 46 Felton Hayes OLB 6-1 217 So-R * Brandon (Brandon)
65 Hayward Haynes OL 6-2 295 Fr Bartow (Bartow)
* 75 Tim Hebron OT 6-5 275 Sr-R * Saint Louis, Mo. (Vianney)
* 99 Bruce Heggie OLB 6-4 243 Sr *** Saint Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)
Todd Helmick DL 5-11 220 Fr Cumberland, Md. (Fort Hill)
* 61 Jim Hendley C 6-3 258 Sr-R ** Nashville, Ga. (Berrien)
* 24 Darrin Holloman WR 5-7 169 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 30 Tanner Holloman FB 5-11 207 Sr-R * Tallahassee (Leon/Tennessee)
57 Jimmy Holton OG 6-2 281 Jr Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
* 69 Joey Ionata OT 6-2 245 So-R Dunedin (Dunedin)
91 Anthony Johnson DT 6-4 262 So-R Jacksonville (Raines)
45 Reggie Johnson TE 6-2 228 Fr Pensacola (Escambia)
Brady Jones RB 5-10 180 Fr Baltimore, Md. (Old Mill)
* 55 Fred Jones ILB 6-3 241 Sr *** Miami (South Miami)
67 Joe Jordan OG 6-2 245 Fr Sarasota (Riverview)
94 Eric Krohn DT 6-3 255 Fr-R Paoli, Pa. (Conestoga)
* 62 Jason Kuipers OG 6-2 252 So-R Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
84 Bruce LaSane WR 6-3 200 Fr Wildwood (Wildwood)
54 Bryan Law C 6-2 257 Fr-R Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 7 Ronald Lewis WR 6-1 170 Fr Jacksonville (Raines)
74 Pablo Lopez OT 6-4 281 Jr-R ** Miami (South Miami)
77 Eric Luallen OL 6-4 285 Fr Tampa (Jesuit)
15 Bill Mason KS 5-9 160 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 32 Martin Mayhew CB 5-8 172 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Florida)
* 38 Paul McGowan ILB 6-1 226 Jr ** Winter Park (Winter Park)
Rick McIntire OLB 6-1 212 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 14 Danny McManus QB 6-1 191 Jr-R * Dania (South Broward)
John Merna FB 5-9 211 So-R Lanham, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
88 Anthony Moss OLB 6-3 215 Fr Miami (Southridge)
* 40 Greg Newell FS 5-11 195 Jr-R ** Panama City (Mosley)
* 79 Gerald Nichols DT 6-2 260 Sr-R *** Saint Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East)
58 Chris Nicolas LB 6-2 220 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 92 Tom O'Malley TE 6-3 240 So-R * Darien, Conn. (Darien)
* 48 David Palmer FB 6-2 225 Jr ** Tallahassee (Florida)
* 19 John Parks FS 6-4 187 So * Ormond Beach (Seabreeze)
Aubrey Parrish DB 6-0 189 Fr Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
Thomas Pruitt OL 6-0 255 Fr Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Central)
15 Bill Ragans DB 6-3 188 Fr Live Oak (Suwannee)
Milton Revell TB 508 165 Fr Palatka (Palatka)
* 51 Marty Riggs OG 6-2 236 Jr-R * Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier)
95 Greg Rinehart DL 6-3 305 Fr Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
83 Dave Roberts TE 6-5 222 Fr Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
* 20 Keith Ross TB 5-10 187 So * Newberry (Newberry)
* 63 Mark Salva OG 6-2 244 Jr ** Winter Park (Winter Park)
* 2 Deion Sanders CB 6-1 180 So * Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
* 16 Tracy Sanders FS 6-1 176 So-R * Bradenton (Manatee)
93 Scott Schilbrack DT 6-9 255 Fr Lauderhill (Boyd Anderson)
* 18 Derek Schmidt KS 5-11 179 Jr ** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 56 Dave Schrenker C 6-3 243 Jr-R * Panama City (Mosley)
* 98 Bart Schucts DT 6-4 228 Jr-R Jacksonville (Bishop Kenny/Georgia Southern)
71 Steve Sellers C 6-5 265 Jr Tallahassee (Florida)
* 37 Stan Shiver SS 6-2 197 So-R * Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
Jason Simmons LB 6-2 205 Fr Jacksonville (Wolfson)
Ricky Slate DB 5-10 185 So Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
* 33 Sammie Smith TB 6-1 219 Fr-R Apopka (Apopka)
15 Gary Snells CB 5-11 176 Jr Flushing, N.Y. (Brooklyn Tech)
11 Alan Stewart QB 5-11 183 Fr-R Brooksville (Hernando)
* 36 Eric Stiehl OLB 6-5 228 Jr-R ** Neptune Beach (Fletcher)
* 35 Lenny Sutton SS 6-0 213 Sr Sanford (Seminole)
* 68 Michael Tanks OG 6-3 237 Fr-R Decatur, Ga. (Southwest Dekalb)
* 22 Curtis Thomas CB 5-11 175 Jr * Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
10 Ben Thompson WR 6-3 189 Sr Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
* 93 Shelton Thompson OLB 6-3 235 Fr-R Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
* 72 Pat Tomberlin OT 6-3 298 So * Middleburg (Middleburg)
* 3 Rick Tuten P 6-2 200 Jr-R Ocala (Forest/Miami)
Joie Ward DB 5-9 185 So Queens, N.Y. (Marianna)
* 80 Terry Warren OLB 6-1 226 Jr-R ** Titusville (Leon)
44 Chuck Wells FB 6-1 209 Jr-R * Jacksonville (Orange Park)
* 87 Gaylon White TE 6-1 229 Jr-R ** Atlanta, Ga. (Palmetto)
23 Pat White WR 6-2 192 Fr-R Tampa (Hillsborough)
* 82 Randy White WR 6-0 176 Jr-R * Marianna (Marianna)
* 26 Alphonso Williams SS 6-0 195 So * Lloyd (Jefferson County)
* 73 Anthony Williams DT 6-3 276 Fr-R Apopka (Apopka)
* 49 Dayne Williams FB 6-1 222 So-R Fruitland Park (Leesburg/Florida CC)
* 17 Eric Williams CB 5-9 178 Jr-R ** Safety Harbor (Countryside)
90 Lamar Williams DL 6-2 280 Fr Pensacola (Escambia)
* 4 Peter Tom Willis QB 6-3 193 Fr-R Morris, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan)
43 John Wyche SS 6-1 200 Fr Thomasville, Ga. (Central)
* 70 Tony Yeomans NG 6-2 265 Fr-R Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
1986 Roster - By Number
From the 1986 FSU Football Media Guide, page 49.
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Todd Helmick DL 5-11 220 Fr Cumberland, Md. (Fort Hill)
Brady Jones RB 5-10 180 Fr Baltimore, Md. (Old Mill)
Rick McIntire OLB 6-1 212 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
John Merna FB 5-9 211 So-R Lanham, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Aubrey Parrish DB 6-0 189 Fr Belle Glade (Belle Glade Central)
Thomas Pruitt OL 6-0 255 Fr Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Central)
Milton Revell TB 508 165 Fr Palatka (Palatka)
Jason Simmons LB 6-2 205 Fr Jacksonville (Wolfson)
Ricky Slate DB 5-10 185 So Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
Joie Ward DB 5-9 185 So Queens, N.Y. (Marianna)
* 1 Scott DiMare WR 6-0 177 Fr-R Miami (Columbus)
* 2 Deion Sanders CB 6-1 180 So * Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
* 3 Herb Gainer WR 6-2 194 Jr-R ** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 3 Rick Tuten P 6-2 200 Jr-R Ocala (Forest/Miami)
* 4 Peter Tom Willis QB 6-3 193 Fr-R Morris, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan)
* 5 Chip Ferguson QB 6-1 202 So * Charlotte, N.C. (Spartanburg)
* 6 Louis Berry P 6-0 193 Sr *** Panama City (John F. Kennedy)
* 7 Ronald Lewis WR 6-1 170 Fr Jacksonville (Raines)
* 8 Terry Anthony WR 6-0 190 Fr Daytona Beach (Mainland)
9 Phillip Bryant WR 5-10 180 So-R * Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
10 Felton Cook WR 6-1 175 Fr Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
10 Corian Freeman DB 6-3 200 Fr Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
10 Ben Thompson WR 6-3 189 Sr Midlothian, Va. (Midlothian)
11 Wes Hardin QB-DB 6-4 170 Fr Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
11 Alan Stewart QB 5-11 183 Fr-R Brooksville (Hernando)
12 J.P. Connolly QB 6-0 195 Jr-R Oakdale, N.Y. (Connetquot/Choate Rosemary Hall)
* 13 Dexter Carter RB 5-9 164 Fr Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 14 Danny McManus QB 6-1 191 Jr-R * Dania (South Broward)
15 Bill Mason KS 5-9 160 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
15 Bill Ragans DB 6-3 188 Fr Live Oak (Suwannee)
15 Gary Snells CB 5-11 176 Jr Flushing, N.Y. (Brooklyn Tech)
* 16 Tracy Sanders FS 6-1 176 So-R * Bradenton (Manatee)
* 17 Eric Williams CB 5-9 178 Jr-R ** Safety Harbor (Countryside)
* 18 Derek Schmidt KS 5-11 179 Jr ** Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 19 John Parks FS 6-4 187 So * Ormond Beach (Seabreeze)
* 20 Keith Ross TB 5-10 187 So * Newberry (Newberry)
* 21 John Hadley FS 6-5 212 So-R * Orlando (Evans)
* 22 Curtis Thomas CB 5-11 175 Jr * Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
23 Ray Gibson DB 6-3 185 Fr Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
23 Pat White WR 6-2 192 Fr-R Tampa (Hillsborough)
* 24 Darrin Holloman WR 5-7 169 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 26 Alphonso Williams SS 6-0 195 So * Lloyd (Jefferson County)
* 27 Victor Floyd TB 5-11 195 So-R * Pensacola (Pensacola)
* 28 Dedrick Dodge FS 6-2 168 Fr-R Mulberry (Mulberry)
29 Lawrence Dawsey RB-WR 6-2 195 Fr Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
* 30 Tanner Holloman FB 5-11 207 Sr-R * Tallahassee (Leon/Tennessee)
31 Stanley Hall RB 5-9 218 Fr Ocilla, Ga. (Irwin County)
* 32 Martin Mayhew CB 5-8 172 Jr-R ** Tallahassee (Florida)
* 33 Sammie Smith TB 6-1 219 Fr-R Apopka (Apopka)
* 35 Lenny Sutton SS 6-0 213 Sr Sanford (Seminole)
* 36 Eric Stiehl OLB 6-5 228 Jr-R ** Neptune Beach (Fletcher)
* 37 Stan Shiver SS 6-2 197 So-R * Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
* 38 Paul McGowan ILB 6-1 226 Jr ** Winter Park (Winter Park)
* 39 Brian Davis OLB 6-0 200 So-R * Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 40 Greg Newell FS 5-11 195 Jr-R ** Panama City (Mosley)
41 Ed Clark OLB 6-3 219 So * Miami (American)
42 Reno Fells FB 6-1 197 Fr-R Palatka (Palatka)
43 LeRoy Butler DB 6-0 185 Fr Jacksonville (Lee)
43 John Wyche SS 6-1 200 Fr Thomasville, Ga. (Central)
44 Chuck Wells FB 6-1 209 Jr-R * Jacksonville (Orange Park)
45 Reggie Johnson TE 6-2 228 Fr Pensacola (Escambia)
* 46 Felton Hayes OLB 6-1 217 So-R * Brandon (Brandon)
* 47 Kevin Grant OLB 6-3 228 Fr-R Ocala (Forest)
* 48 David Palmer FB 6-2 225 Jr ** Tallahassee (Florida)
* 49 Dayne Williams FB 6-1 222 So-R Fruitland Park (Leesburg/Florida CC)
* 50 John Brown NG 6-3 273 Fr-R DeLand (Deland)
* 51 Marty Riggs OG 6-2 236 Jr-R * Louisville, Ky. (Saint Xavier)
* 52 John Eaford ILB 6-2 223 So-R * Miami (Norland)
* 53 Odell Haggins ILB 6-1 240 Fr-R Bartow (Bartow)
* 54 Wes Harris ILB 6-0 218 Fr Brooksville (Hernando)
54 Bryan Law C 6-2 257 Fr-R Lake Wales (Lake Wales)
* 55 Fred Jones ILB 6-3 241 Sr *** Miami (South Miami)
* 56 Dave Schrenker C 6-3 243 Jr-R * Panama City (Mosley)
57 Ronnie Byrom OL 6-5 240 Fr Pierson (Taylor)
* 57 Phil Carollo OLB 6-3 220 Jr Melville, N.Y. (Newfield)
57 Jimmy Holton OG 6-2 281 Jr Bainbridge, Ga. (Bainbridge)
* 58 Thomas Harp NG 6-1 287 Jr-R Winter Garden (West Orange/Pratt CC)
58 Chris Nicolas LB 6-2 220 Fr Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 59 Keith Carter ILB 6-3 238 Fr-R Miami (South Miami)
60 Ken Carr OT 6-3 270 Fr-R Apopka (Apopka)
* 61 Jim Hendley C 6-3 258 Sr-R ** Nashville, Ga. (Berrien)
* 62 Jason Kuipers OG 6-2 252 So-R Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 63 Mark Salva OG 6-2 244 Jr ** Winter Park (Winter Park)
64 Magdi El Shahawy OL 6-1 252 Fr Sarasota (Sarasota)
65 Hayward Haynes OL 6-2 295 Fr Bartow (Bartow)
* 66 Parrish Barwick OG 6-0 280 Sr-R *** Crawfordville (Wakulla)
67 Mark Barron OL 6-2 273 Fr-R Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
67 Joe Jordan OG 6-2 245 Fr Sarasota (Riverview)
* 68 Michael Tanks OG 6-3 237 Fr-R Decatur, Ga. (Southwest Dekalb)
* 69 Joey Ionata OT 6-2 245 So-R Dunedin (Dunedin)
* 70 Tony Yeomans NG 6-2 265 Fr-R Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
71 Jack Allen OL 6-6 265 Fr Stuart (Martin County)
71 Steve Sellers C 6-5 265 Jr Tallahassee (Florida)
* 72 Pat Tomberlin OT 6-3 298 So * Middleburg (Middleburg)
* 73 Anthony Williams DT 6-3 276 Fr-R Apopka (Apopka)
74 Pablo Lopez OT 6-4 281 Jr-R ** Miami (South Miami)
* 75 Tim Hebron OT 6-5 275 Sr-R * Saint Louis, Mo. (Vianney)
* 76 Steve Gabbard DT 6-5 265 So-R * Concord, N.C. (Independence)
77 Eric Luallen OL 6-4 285 Fr Tampa (Jesuit)
* 78 Eric Hayes DT 6-3 283 Fr-R Tampa (King)
* 79 Gerald Nichols DT 6-2 260 Sr-R *** Saint Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East)
* 80 Terry Warren OLB 6-1 226 Jr-R ** Titusville (Leon)
81 Hoffman Brown WR 6-0 179 So Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy)
* 82 Randy White WR 6-0 176 Jr-R * Marianna (Marianna)
83 Dave Roberts TE 6-5 222 Fr Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
84 Bruce LaSane WR 6-3 200 Fr Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 85 Pat Carter TE 6-4 251 Jr ** Sarasota (Riverview)
* 87 Gaylon White TE 6-1 229 Jr-R ** Atlanta, Ga. (Palmetto)
88 Anthony Moss OLB 6-3 215 Fr Miami (Southridge)
90 Lamar Williams DL 6-2 280 Fr Pensacola (Escambia)
91 Anthony Johnson DT 6-4 262 So-R Jacksonville (Raines)
* 92 Tom O'Malley TE 6-3 240 So-R * Darien, Conn. (Darien)
93 Scott Schilbrack DT 6-9 255 Fr Lauderhill (Boyd Anderson)
* 93 Shelton Thompson OLB 6-3 235 Fr-R Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
94 Eric Krohn DT 6-3 255 Fr-R Paoli, Pa. (Conestoga)
95 Greg Rinehart DL 6-3 305 Fr Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
97 Mike Goodman OL 6-4 245 Fr Miami (Palmetto)
* 98 Bart Schucts DT 6-4 228 Jr-R Jacksonville (Bishop Kenny/Georgia Southern)
* 99 Bruce Heggie OLB 6-4 243 Sr *** Saint Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)
1986 Conference Awards
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Louis Berry All-South Independent - 1st Team
Pat Carter All-South Independent - 1st Team
Herb Gainer All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Fred Jones All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Paul McGowan All-South Independent - 1st Team
Gerald Nichols All-South Independent - 1st Team
Deion Sanders All-South Independent - 1st Team
Derek Schmidt All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Pat Tomberlin All-South Independent - 1st Team
All-Conference - 9
1986 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Louis Berry Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Pat Carter Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Steve Gabbard Football News - 2nd Team Sophomore
Fred Jones Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Jason Kuipers Football News - 3rd Team Sophomore
Paul McGowan Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Gerald Nichols Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Deion Sanders The Sporting News - 1st Team
Football News - 1st Team Sophomore
Associated Press - 3rd Team
United Press International - Honorable Mention
Derek Schmidt Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Sammie Smith Football News - 1st Team Freshman
Pat Tomberlin Football News - 2nd Team Sophomore
Associated Press - Honorable Mention
All-Americans - 11
1986 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Greg Allen 28 RB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bobby Butler 23 CB Atlanta Falcons
Alphonso Carreker 76 DE Green Bay Packers
Harvey Clayton 33 CB Pittsburgh Steelers
Jamie Dukes 73 C Atlanta Falcons
Jessie Hester 84 WR Los Angeles Raiders
Garth Jax 53 LB Dallas Cowboys
Hassan Jones 84 WR Minnesota Vikings
Ken Lanier 76 OT Denver Broncos
Orson Mobley 89 TE Denver Broncos
Zeke Mowatt 84 TE New York Giants
Jesse Solomon 54 LB Minnesota Vikings
Rohn Stark 3 P Indianapolis Colts
Weegie Thompson 87 WR Pittsburgh Steelers
Noles in the Pros - 14
1986 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 7- 4-1 4-1-1 2-3 1-0
Against Top 25 0- 3 0-0 0-3 0-0
Final UPI - 20
1986 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Sammie Smith 12/31/1986 Indiana 25 205 8.20 2
Sammie Smith 11/29/1986 Florida 24 116 4.83 1
Victor Floyd 11/08/1986 South Carolina 24 115 4.79 2
Victor Floyd 10/25/1986 Louisville 18 110 6.11 1
1986 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Herb Gainer 10/18/1986 Wichita State 4 102 25.50 1
1986 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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None
1986 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 366 205
Points Per Game............. 33.3 18.6
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 45 26
TDs Rushing................. 26 14
TDs Passing................. 14 12
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 0
TDs Punt Return............. 0 0
TDs Interception............ 3 0
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 1 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 44-45 23-26
Kick........................ 41-42 21-22
Pass........................ 3- 3 0- 1
Run......................... 0- 0 2- 3
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 15-24 8-17
SAFETY........................ 2 0
FIRST DOWNS................... 222 189
Rushing..................... 108 94
Passing..................... 100 75
Penalty..................... 14 20
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2055 1432
Yards gained rushing........ 2373 1800
Yards lost rushing.......... 318 368
Rushing Attempts............ 464 466
Average Per Rush............ 4.4 3.1
Average Per Game............ 186.8 130.2
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2142 1845
Att-Comp-Int................ 301-164-14 290-141-15
Efficiency.................. 120.31 105.37
Average Per Pass............ 7.1 6.4
Average Per Catch........... 13.1 13.1
Average Per Game............ 194.7 167.7
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4197 3277
Total Plays................. 765 756
Average Per Play............ 5.5 4.3
Average Per Game............ 381.5 297.9
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 41- 994 60-1158
Average Per Return.......... 24.2 19.3
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 39-345 19- 84
Average Per Return.......... 8.8 4.4
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 15-188 14-152
Average Per Return.......... 12.5 10.9
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 29-12 34-14
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 81- 724 65- 479
Average Per Game............ 65.8 43.5
PUNTS-YARDS................... 46-1932 63-2190
Average Per Punt............ 42.0 34.8
Net punt average............ 40.2 29.3
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:50 30:10
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 60-154 52-157
3rd-Down Pct................ .390 .331
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 26-195 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 343,835 338,788
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-57,306 5-67,758
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 61 | 140 |
100 | 65 |
366 |
| Opponents | 52 | 44 |
45 | 64 |
205 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Victor Floyd 11 129 681 27 654 5.1 6 33 59.5
Sammie Smith 10 103 649 38 611 5.9 4 62t 61.1
Keith Ross 11 39 205 13 192 4.9 1 29 17.5
Tanner Holloman 11 45 190 5 185 4.1 2 22 16.8
Dayne Williams 9 38 163 15 148 3.9 5 36 16.4
Darrin Holloman 11 9 101 0 101 11.2 0 19 9.2
Dexter Carter 9 22 116 21 95 4.3 2 30 10.6
Reno Fells 5 11 66 0 66 6.0 0 14 13.2
David Palmer 8 13 47 0 47 3.6 3 12 5.9
Alan Stewart 2 2 35 0 35 17.5 1 27t 17.5
Danny McManus 9 14 51 20 31 2.2 2 21 3.4
Ronald Lewis 8 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 1.5
John Merna 1 3 3 1 2 0.7 0 2 2.0
Randy White 6 1 0 11 -11 -11.0 0 -11 -1.8
Louis Berry 11 1 0 14 -14 -14.0 0 -14 -1.3
Peter Tom Willis 8 6 10 45 -35 -5.8 0 10 -4.4
Chip Ferguson 10 27 44 108 -64 -2.4 0 10 -6.4
Total......... 11 464 2373 318 2055 4.4 26 62t 186.8
Opponents..... 11 466 1800 368 1432 3.1 14 35 130.2
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Danny McManus 9 140.49 112- 65- 2 .580 872 7 48 96.9
Chip Ferguson 10 101.55 128- 63- 7 .492 807 4 43 80.7
Peter Tom Willis 8 130.16 59- 36- 4 .610 463 3 38 57.9
Sammie Smith 10 0.00 1- 0- 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Louis Berry 11 ****** 1- 0- 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Total......... 11 120.31 301-164-14 .545 2142 14 48 194.7
Opponents..... 11 105.37 290-141-15 .486 1845 12 65 167.7
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Herb Gainer 11 27 441 16.3 5 47 40.1
Darrin Holloman 11 14 242 17.3 1 44t 22.0
Victor Floyd 11 21 231 11.0 2 30t 21.0
Tom O'Malley 10 16 187 11.7 1 22 18.7
Pat Carter 11 16 174 10.9 0 21 15.8
Ronald Lewis 8 8 145 18.1 3 40t 18.1
Terry Anthony 6 7 119 17.0 0 23 19.8
Tanner Holloman 11 14 116 8.3 1 31 10.5
Scott DiMare 9 8 96 12.0 1 22 10.7
Randy White 6 3 94 31.3 0 48 15.7
Team 0 3 51 17.0 0 25
Sammie Smith 10 4 39 9.8 0 20 3.9
Dayne Williams 9 4 38 9.5 0 12 4.2
Pat White 2 2 38 19.0 0 22 19.0
Reno Fells 5 3 34 11.3 0 20 6.8
Dexter Carter 9 1 32 32.0 0 32 3.6
Gaylon White 5 3 28 9.3 0 12 5.6
David Palmer 8 3 23 7.7 0 10 2.9
Keith Ross 11 7 14 2.0 0 5 1.3
Total......... 11 164 2142 13.1 14 48 194.7
Opponents..... 11 141 1845 13.1 12 65 167.7
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Deion Sanders 31 290 9.4 0 32
Alphonso Williams 1 39 39.0 0 39
Curtis Thomas 4 9 2.3 0 11
Terry Warren 1 8 8.0 0 8
Felton Hayes 1 2 2.0 0 2
Keith Ross 1 -4 -4.0 1 -4
Total......... 39 345 8.8 0 39
Opponent...... 19 84 4.4 0 26
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Deion Sanders 4 29 7.3 0 29
Eric Williams 2 51 25.5 1 51t
Dedrick Dodge 2 47 23.5 1 47t
Tracy Sanders 2 33 16.5 0 20
Felton Hayes 1 20 20.0 1 20t
Bart Schucts 1 6 6.0 0 6
John Eaford 1 2 2.0 0 2
Greg Newell 1 0 0.0 0 0
Stan Shiver 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 15 188 12.5 3 51t
Opponent...... 14 152 10.9 0 36
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Keith Ross 22 583 26.5 0 77t
Dexter Carter 8 247 30.9 1 90t
Darrin Holloman 4 69 17.3 0 21
Lenny Sutton 2 36 18.0 0 12
John Parks 2 32 16.0 0 22
Deion Sanders 1 26 26.0 0 26
Curtis Thomas 1 6 6.0 0 6
Paul McGowan 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5
Total......... 41 994 24.2 0 90t
Opponent...... 60 1158 19.3 0 41
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
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Paul McGowan 3 0 0.0 0 . 3
Fred Jones 1 0 0.0 0 . 3
Deion Sanders 1 0 0.0 0 0 2
Stan Shiver 1 0 0.0 0 . 2
Eric Williams 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Eric Hayes 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Brian Davis 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Odell Haggins 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Bruce Heggie 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Martin Mayhew 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Gerald Nichols 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Rick Tuten 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Alphonso Williams 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Eric Krohn 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
John Parks 0 0 . 0 . 1
Louis Berry 0 0 . 0 . 1
Greg Newell 0 0 . 0 . 1
Curtis Thomas 0 0 . 0 . 1
Terry Warren 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 14 0.0 0 18
Opponent...... 12 0.0 0
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
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Derek Schmidt 0 15-24 41-42 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 86
Victor Floyd 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48
Herb Gainer 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32
Dayne Williams 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Sammie Smith 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Dexter Carter 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Ronald Lewis 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Tanner Holloman 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
David Palmer 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Danny McManus 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 12
Keith Ross 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Felton Hayes 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 8
Scott DiMare 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Dedrick Dodge 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Darrin Holloman 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Tom O'Malley 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Alan Stewart 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Eric Williams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Pat Carter 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 4
John Parks 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Chip Ferguson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 0
Peter Tom Willis 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 0
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FSU 45 15-24 41-42 0-0 3 3-3 0 2 366
Opponent 26 8-17 21-22 1-2 1 1-2 0 0 205
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Victor Floyd |
6 |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Herb Gainer |
. |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dayne Williams |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sammie Smith |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dexter Carter |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
| Ronald Lewis |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Tanner Holloman |
2 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| David Palmer |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Danny McManus |
2 |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Keith Ross |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Felton Hayes |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Scott DiMare |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dedrick Dodge |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Darrin Holloman |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Tom O'Malley |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Alan Stewart |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Eric Williams |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Chip Ferguson |
. |
. |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Peter Tom Willis |
. |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
26 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
. |
1 |
1 |
. |
| Opponents |
14 |
12 |
12 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
BFG = Blocked FG Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
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Danny McManus 9 126 31 872 903 100.3
Chip Ferguson 10 155 -64 807 743 74.3
Victor Floyd 11 129 654 0 654 59.5
Sammie Smith 10 104 611 0 611 61.1
Peter Tom Willis 8 65 -35 463 428 53.5
Keith Ross 11 39 192 0 192 17.5
Tanner Holloman 11 45 185 0 185 16.8
Dayne Williams 9 38 148 0 148 16.4
Darrin Holloman 11 9 101 0 101 9.2
Dexter Carter 9 22 95 0 95 10.6
Reno Fells 5 11 66 0 66 13.2
David Palmer 8 13 47 0 47 5.9
Alan Stewart 2 2 35 0 35 17.5
Ronald Lewis 8 1 12 0 12 1.5
John Merna 1 3 2 0 2 2.0
Randy White 6 1 -11 0 -11 -1.8
Louis Berry 11 2 -14 0 -14 -1.3
Total......... 11 765 2055 2142 4197 381.5
Opponent...... 11 756 1432 1845 3277 297.9
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
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Derek Schmidt 15-24 .625 0- 1 2- 2 9-10 3- 9 1- 2 53
| FG SEQUENCE |
Derek Schmidt |
|---|
| Toledo |
(24), 54 |
| Nebraska |
(46) |
| North Carolina |
45, 44, 37 |
| Michigan |
49, (31) |
| Tulane |
(36) |
| Wichita State |
47, (41) |
| Louisville |
(53), (36) |
| Miami |
(36), (38), (45) |
| South Carolina |
(33), (33), 19, (34) |
| Southern Mississippi |
None |
| Florida |
46, (36), (21), 46 |
| Indiana |
None |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Louis Berry 46 1932 42.0 60 0
Total......... 46 1932 42.0 60 0
Opponent...... 63 2190 34.8 63 4
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Victor Floyd 11 654 231 0 0 0 0 885 80.5
Keith Ross 11 192 14 -4 583 0 0 785 71.4
Sammie Smith 10 611 39 0 0 0 0 650 65.0
Herb Gainer 11 0 441 0 0 0 0 441 40.1
Darrin Holloman 11 101 242 0 69 0 0 412 37.5
Dexter Carter 9 95 32 0 247 0 0 374 41.6
Deion Sanders 11 0 0 290 26 29 0 345 31.4
Tanner Holloman 11 185 116 0 0 0 0 301 27.4
Tom O'Malley 10 0 187 0 0 0 0 187 18.7
Dayne Williams 9 148 38 0 0 0 0 186 20.7
Pat Carter 11 0 174 0 0 0 0 174 15.8
Ronald Lewis 8 12 145 0 0 0 0 157 19.6
Terry Anthony 6 0 119 0 0 0 0 119 19.8
Reno Fells 5 66 34 0 0 0 0 100 20.0
Scott DiMare 9 0 96 0 0 0 0 96 10.7
Randy White 6 -11 94 0 0 0 0 83 13.8
David Palmer 8 47 23 0 0 0 0 70 8.8
Eric Williams 11 0 0 0 0 51 0 51 4.6
Team 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 51
Dedrick Dodge 11 0 0 0 0 47 0 47 4.3
Alphonso Williams 9 0 0 39 0 0 0 39 4.3
Pat White 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 38 19.0
Lenny Sutton 7 0 0 0 36 0 0 36 5.1
Alan Stewart 2 35 0 0 0 0 0 35 17.5
Tracy Sanders 10 0 0 0 0 33 0 33 3.3
John Parks 7 0 0 0 32 0 0 32 4.6
Danny McManus 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 3.4
Gaylon White 5 0 28 0 0 0 0 28 5.6
Felton Hayes 11 0 0 2 0 20 0 22 2.0
Curtis Thomas 7 0 0 9 6 0 0 15 2.1
Terry Warren 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.7
Bart Schucts 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 1.0
John Eaford 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.2
John Merna 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
Paul McGowan 11 0 0 0 -5 0 0 -5 -0.5
Louis Berry 11 -14 0 0 0 0 0 -14 -1.3
Peter Tom Willis 8 -35 0 0 0 0 0 -35 -4.4
Chip Ferguson 10 -64 0 0 0 0 0 -64 -6.4
Total......... 11 2055 2142 345 994 188 0 5724 520.4
Opponent...... 11 1432 1845 84 1158 152 0 4671 424.6
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Paul McGowan 11 85 44 129 8.0- . . 3 1 3- 0 3 . .
Greg Newell 11 50 51 101 . . 1- 0 1 . . 1 . .
Fred Jones 11 50 48 98 5.0- 3.0- 14.0 . 4 5 1- 0 3 . .
Stan Shiver 11 42 30 72 3.0- 3.0- 30.0 1- 0 3 3 1- 0 2 . .
Thomas Harp 11 37 33 70 4.0- 4.0- 12.0 . . 1 . . . .
Deion Sanders 11 34 27 61 1.0- . 4- 29 8 2 1- 0 2 . .
Gerald Nichols 11 26 33 59 3.0- 1.0- 8.0 . . 19 1- 0 . . .
Terry Warren 11 29 29 58 3.0- 5.0- 31.0 . 1 7 . 1 . .
Felton Hayes 11 30 20 50 . 0.5- 7.0 1- 20 3 1 . . 1 1
Martin Mayhew 11 21 18 39 . . . 3 . 1- 0 . . .
Odell Haggins 11 24 13 37 3.0- . . 4 1 1- 0 . . .
Steve Gabbard 11 16 19 35 1.0- . . 1 5 . . . .
Eric Hayes 11 13 20 33 3.0- 1.0- 11.0 . 1 5 1- 0 1 . .
Eric Williams 11 17 14 31 . . 2- 51 4 . 1- 0 1 1 .
Dedrick Dodge 11 16 14 30 . . 2- 47 2 . . . . .
John Eaford 11 13 11 24 4.0- . 1- 2 . 3 . . . .
Kevin Grant 8 9 15 24 2.0- 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 9 13 9 22 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . 1 .
Shelton Thompson 11 11 9 20 2.0- 3.0- 30.0 . . 2 . . . .
John Parks 7 14 6 20 . 0.5- 7.0 . . . . 1 1 1
Tracy Sanders 10 17 1 18 . . 2- 33 2 . . . . .
Brian Davis 7 9 7 16 1.0- 1.0- 14.0 . . 2 1- 0 1 . .
John Hadley 7 10 6 16 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 10 6 5 11 . . . . 1 . . . .
Bart Schucts 6 5 5 10 . 1.0- 6.0 1- 6 1 8 . . . .
Wes Harris 3 5 5 10 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Krohn 6 5 3 8 2.0- 1.0- 8.0 . . 7 1- 0 . . .
Lenny Sutton 7 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 4 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Curtis Thomas 7 3 1 4 . . . . . . 1 . .
Bruce Heggie 6 2 2 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
John Brown 9 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 4 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 2 2 . 2 . 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Louis Berry 11 . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Derek Schmidt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Victor Floyd 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat Carter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Herb Gainer 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joey Ionata 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jason Kuipers 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jim Hendley 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Darrin Holloman 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tanner Holloman 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Keith Ross 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mark Salva 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat Tomberlin 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chip Ferguson 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tim Hebron 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom O'Malley 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dave Schrenker 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sammie Smith 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scott DiMare 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danny McManus 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dayne Williams 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dexter Carter 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ronald Lewis 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parrish Barwick 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Palmer 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Peter Tom Willis 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Randy White 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Terry Anthony 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gaylon White 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reno Fells 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Tanks 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tony Yeomans 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marty Riggs 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rick Tuten 2 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Pablo Lopez 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat White 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phillip Bryant 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alan Stewart 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Carr 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ed Clark 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Jordan 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hayward Haynes 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Merna 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brian Ross 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Totals 625 503 1128 47.0- 0.0 26.0-195.0 15-188 41 73 16- 0 18 4 2
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS UT UN UNC Mich TU WSU UL UM SC USM UF InU
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Todd Helmick 0- 0
Brady Jones 0- 0
Rick McIntire 0- 0
John Merna 1- 0 xx
Aubrey Parrish 0- 0
Thomas Pruitt 0- 0
Milton Revell 0- 0
Jason Simmons 0- 0
Ricky Slate 0- 0
Joie Ward 0- 0
1 Scott DiMare 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
2 Deion Sanders 12-11 xx D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB D-LCB
3 Herb Gainer 12-12 O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE O-SE
3 Rick Tuten 2- 0 xx xx
4 Peter Tom Willis 8- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx O-QB xx
5 Chip Ferguson 10- 4 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx xx xx xx xx xx
6 Louis Berry 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
7 Ronald Lewis 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
8 Terry Anthony 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
9 Phillip Bryant 2- 0 xx xx
10 Felton Cook 0- 0
10 Corian Freeman 0- 0
10 Ben Thompson 0- 0
11 Wes Hardin 0- 0
11 Alan Stewart 2- 0 xx xx
12 J.P. Connolly 0- 0
13 Dexter Carter 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
14 Danny McManus 10- 7 xx xx xx O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB
15 Bill Mason 0- 0
15 Bill Ragans 0- 0
15 Gary Snells 0- 0
16 Tracy Sanders 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
17 Eric Williams 12-10 D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB xx xx D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB D-RCB
18 Derek Schmidt 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
19 John Parks 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
20 Keith Ross 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
21 John Hadley 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
22 Curtis Thomas 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
23 Ray Gibson 0- 0
23 Pat White 2- 0 xx xx
24 Darrin Holloman 12-12 O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL
26 Alphonso Williams 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
27 Victor Floyd 12- 9 O-TB O-TB xx xx O-TB O-TB O-TB xx O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB
28 Dedrick Dodge 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
29 Lawrence Dawsey 0- 0
30 Tanner Holloman 12- 9 O-RB O-FB xx O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB xx xx
31 Stanley Hall 0- 0
32 Martin Mayhew 12- 3 D-LCB xx xx D-RCB D-RCB xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
33 Sammie Smith 11- 3 xx xx O-TB O-TB xx xx O-TB xx xx xx xx
35 Lenny Sutton 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
36 Eric Stiehl 2- 0 xx xx
37 Stan Shiver 12-12 D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS
38 Paul McGowan 12-12 D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB
39 Brian Davis 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
40 Greg Newell 12-12 D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS
41 Ed Clark 1- 0 xx
42 Reno Fells 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
43 LeRoy Butler 0- 0
43 John Wyche 0- 0
44 Chuck Wells 0- 0
45 Reggie Johnson 0- 0
46 Felton Hayes 12-12 D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB
47 Kevin Grant 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
48 David Palmer 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
49 Dayne Williams 10- 3 xx xx O-FB xx xx xx xx xx O-FB O-FB
50 John Brown 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
51 Marty Riggs 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
52 John Eaford 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
53 Odell Haggins 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
54 Wes Harris 3- 0 xx xx xx
54 Bryan Law 0- 0
55 Fred Jones 12-12 D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB
56 Dave Schrenker 11- 1 xx xx O-C xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
57 Ronnie Byrom 0- 0
57 Phil Carollo 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
57 Jimmy Holton 0- 0
58 Thomas Harp 12-11 D-NG D-NG D-NG xx D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
58 Chris Nicolas 0- 0
59 Keith Carter 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
60 Ken Carr 3- 0 xx xx xx
61 Jim Hendley 12-12 O-C O-C O-ST O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
62 Jason Kuipers 12-10 xx xx O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG
63 Mark Salva 12-11 O-TG O-TG O-TG xx O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG
64 Magdi El Shahawy 0- 0
65 Hayward Haynes 1- 0 xx
66 Parrish Barwick 9- 3 O-SG O-SG xx O-TG xx xx xx xx xx
67 Mark Barron 0- 0
67 Joe Jordan 1- 0 xx
68 Michael Tanks 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
69 Joey Ionata 12- 7 xx xx xx xx O-ST xx O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST
70 Tony Yeomans 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
71 Jack Allen 0- 0
71 Steve Sellers 0- 0
72 Pat Tomberlin 12-12 O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT
73 Anthony Williams 11- 1 xx xx D-NG xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
74 Pablo Lopez 2- 2 O-ST O-ST
75 Tim Hebron 11- 2 xx xx xx O-ST O-ST xx xx xx xx xx xx
76 Steve Gabbard 12- 9 xx D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT xx D-LT D-LT xx D-LT D-LT D-LT
77 Eric Luallen 0- 0
78 Eric Hayes 12- 3 D-LT xx xx xx xx D-LT xx xx D-LT xx xx xx
79 Gerald Nichols 12-12 D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT
80 Terry Warren 12-12 D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB
81 Hoffman Brown 0- 0
82 Randy White 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
83 Dave Roberts 0- 0
84 Bruce LaSane 0- 0
85 Pat Carter 12-12 O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
87 Gaylon White 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
88 Anthony Moss 0- 0
90 Lamar Williams 0- 0
91 Anthony Johnson 0- 0
92 Tom O'Malley 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
93 Scott Schilbrack 0- 0
93 Shelton Thompson 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
94 Eric Krohn 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
95 Greg Rinehart 0- 0
97 Mike Goodman 0- 0
98 Bart Schucts 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
99 Bruce Heggie 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
Florida State 24, Toledo 0
08/30/1986, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, August 31, 1986, page 48, by Bill McGrotha. Winning e-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
FSU blanks Toledo 24-0 in opener.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Clinging tenaciously
to the shirttails of it defense, Florida State hung on and settled for a 24-0 victory over Toledo here Saturday night.
It was not pretty on this wet Campbell Stadium evening as the Seminoles
committed six turnovers.
Still, it was not really close as the crowd of 53,891 saw the Seminoles carve out a 17-0 halftime lead.
With FSU errors, Toledo was in Seminole territory much of the
evening – consecutively penetrating to the 13, 25, 48, 29, 44, 30, 29 and 38.
But a tough defense granted nothing.
For Coach Bobby Bowden, it was his 10th consecutive first-game victory at sites
ranging from Syracuse to LSU.
In a steady rain, Toledo got the good start in this one.
Renza Hughie tucked in an opening kickoff at his 5 and sped 41 yards to his 46 before Derek Schmidt, the
kicker, tackled him.
Two passes were futile, and a run got little. Toledo’s first punt stopped at the FSU 19.
Tanner Holloman got 21 out of an opening Chip Ferguson pass. Third down at the 48,
and Victor Floyd fumbled on FSU’s first run of the game. Dexter Clark covered it for the Rockets at the 49.
An 18-yard pass, Bill Bergan to Jeff Burns, soon gained FSU’s 28.
After a first down
at the 18 on a short throw, Toledo came up short at the 13. On fourth down, a 30-yard attempt for a field goal went awry on a bad snap. FSU took over at the 22.
Darrin Holloman sped 33 yards to the
44 with a pass, and soon Tanner caught a 12-yarder at the 30. Herb Gainer pulled in another Ferguson shot at the 22.
But Clark tipped a pass and teammate Harold McGuire intercepted, getting a
13-yard runback to the 19.
When, three plays later, Toledo punted, Deion Sanders fumbled and Burns got it for the visitors at FSU’s 42.
Three straight passes missed, and a punt went into the end
zone.
A 20-yard pass to Gainer and a 10-yarder to Carter reached Toledo’s 48.
On fourth and 2 at the 40, FSU went for it – springing Darrin Holloman on a reverse as Parrish Barwick threw a
powerful block that keyed a 10-yard gain.
On a pitchout, Keith Ross sailed to the 1. But Ferguson was stopped on a sneak, and Ross nailed by Clark at the 8 on another pitchout. After a pass failed,
Derek Schmidt kicked a 24-yard field goal for 3-0.
A pair of Bergan passes got the Rockets just over midfield. On a Kelvin Famer run, Fred Jones caused a fumble on his tackle – and teammate Paul
McGowan recovered at FSU’s 49.
Ross dug for 9. From the 36, fullback Dayne Williams hit the middle, appeared stopped, but put one hand on the ground and spun out of trouble. Suddenly, he was free
on an all-the-way scamper that put Florida State up 10-0.
Offside on the kickoff, the Seminoles had to boot again – and got into difficulty. Brent Jones fumbled after a 21-yard runback to the 37,
Hughley picking up the ball and moving on to FSU’s 45.
A pass gained FSU’s 32. The Seminoles held, with tackle Eric Krohn stopping a run for a 3-yard loss. Bruce Nichols’ try for a 46-yard field
goal missed.
Carter’s 10-yard catch started a movement. Strong running by Sammie Smith led on to the Toledo 34.
Darrin Holloman grabbed a 14-yard toss.
From the 13, David Palmer got 2 on a
run, 4 on a pass, then a touchdown on a 7-yard romp up the middle to extend it to 17-0.
With 6-foot-3 A.J. Sager moving in at quarterback, the Rockets got going on passes, including a 19-yarder to
John Perry that reached FSU’s 48. FSU stiffened, forced a punt – to its 13.
Three Smith runs attained the 43 before time ran out.
At this point, Florida State led 310-112 in yardage. FSU had
split it almost evenly, 160 rushing as Smith got 63 in 10 carries, and 150 passing. Ferguson had hit 14 of 21 and Carter had caught four for 42.
Stout running from the 35 stamped early FSU action
of the last half.
Floyd figured five straight gains – a screen pass for 5 to midfield, then runs for 4, 7, 6, and 10.
That led to a first down at the 17. But on third down at the 13, Randy White
fumbled on a reverse and Keith Dunbar recovered for the Rockets at the 24.
Spurred by a Terry Warren sack, FSU defenders forced a punt and FSU started anew at its 41.
Three plays later Jim
Marquard intercepted a Ferguson pass at the Toledo 39.
With short passes, Bergan moved Toledo across midfield to a first down at the 38. But Florida State checked a running game, and took over on
downs at the 28.
Three runs left FSU perhaps a half-yard short, and the Seminoles took a surprising gamble.
On the fourth-down pitchout, Ross failed to make it and Toledo had another opportunity
inside FSU territory.
On first down, receiver Bob Wasczenski was racked by Stan Shiver as he pulled in a pass, bringing a fumble that Martin Mayhew claimed for FSU at the 38.
Nothing came of
that either – except Louis Berry ended up punting for the first time in the game.
It was a beauty and well covered. Toledo was stuck at its 14 after a 49-yarder.
Soon came a punt that Sanders
returned 32 yards to the Toledo 36.
In came Peter Tom Willis at quarterback, as Ferguson went to the bench with 17 completions of 28 throws for 176 yards, with two interceptions.
The redshirt
freshman hit his first pass, a 9-yarder to Gainer. Toledo granted no more.
On fourth down, following a holding call, Schmidt tried a 54-yard field goal. He missed.
When the Rockets again punted,
FSU moved, behind Willis, from its 32.
Darrin Holloman got 20 on a reverse, to the Toledo 49. Clipping, on another Holloman reverse, knocked FSU back to its 41.
But Darrin Holloman tucked in a
20-yard pass at the 38.
Pass interference brought a first down at the 23.
Gainer caught a Willis pass at the 12, and on the following play made a nifty one-handed grab for a touchdown. The score
became 24-0 with 8:33 to play.
Another Toledo punt, and a 21-yard runback by Sanders to the Rockets’ 42.
Three straight Willis completions – the last a 21-yarder to Tanner Holloman – gained the
15.
Clipping cost the Seminoles, but Willis got back to the 15 on a pass to Pat White.
It came to fourth down, with Schmidt entering for a field-goal snap. But the snap was errant. When holder
Louis Berry tried to pass under heavy pressure, he was intercepted at the 17.
With two minutes left, another punt gave FSU the ball at its 44 and a chance for Danny McManus to quarterback for the
first time since last year’s Auburn game.
Three times he handed off to Floyd for runs, once passing to Scott DiMare for nine before the clock caught FSU at the 25.
It was the Seminoles’ first
shutout since Tennessee-Chattanooga 37-0 in 1984.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Toledo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida State |
3 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
1st 3- 0 Derek Schmidt, 24, field goal, 0:24
2nd 10- 0 Dayne Williams, 36, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:36
10- 0 Opp, 47, field goal failed, 10:22
17- 0 David Palmer, 7, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:01
4th 17- 0 Derek Schmidt, 54, field goal failed, 13:04
24- 0 Herb Gainer, 12, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Derek Schmidt, kick), 8:33
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 13
Rushes-yards 43-248 29-42
Passing 281 157
Att-Comp-Int 41-26-3 36-19-0
Total Yards 84-529 65-199
Punt Returns 6-72 1--2
Kickoff Returns 1-23 4-117
Interception Ret. 0-0 3-28
Fumble Returns 3-0 3-0
Punts 1-49.0 8-34.0
Sacks By-Yds 2-14 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 4-3
Penalties-Yds 5-55 5-40
3rd Down Conversions 11-17 3-14
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Time of Posession 33:29 26:31
Attendance 53,891
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 12 69 0 17
Victor Floyd 9 58 0 11
Dayne Williams 4 46 1 36t
Keith Ross 6 35 0 24
Darrin Holloman 2 29 0 19
David Palmer 4 14 1 7t
Tanner Holloman 3 6 0 4
Chip Ferguson 2 2 0 2
Randy White 1 -11 0 -11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 248 2 36t
Opp 29 42 0 12
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 4 81 0 33
Tanner Holloman 4 61 0 21
Herb Gainer 5 60 1 20
Pat Carter 4 32 0 14
Pat White 1 16 0 16
Victor Floyd 3 13 0 5
Scott DiMare 1 9 0 9
David Palmer 1 4 0 4
Keith Ross 2 3 0 5
Ronald Lewis 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 26 281 1 33
Opp 19 157 0 19
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 17 28 2 176 0 33
Peter Tom Willis 8 11 0 96 1 21
Danny McManus 1 1 0 9 0 9
Louis Berry 0 1 1 0 0
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FSU 26 41 3 281 1 33
Opp 19 36 0 157 0 19
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 6 72 0 32
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 72 0 32
Opp 1 -2 0 -2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 1 23 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 23 0 23
Opp 4 117 0 41
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 1 49 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 49 49
Opp 8 272 41
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Paul McGowan 2 4 6 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Fred Jones 3 3 6 . . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
Thomas Harp 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 4 1 5 . . . 2 . . . . .
Felton Hayes 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Krohn 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Stan Shiver 1 1 2 . . . 2 . . 1 . .
Martin Mayhew 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Greg Newell 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren . 1 1 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Derek Schmidt 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Stiehl 1 . 1 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
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FSU 29 24 53 3.0- 14.0 2.0- 14.0 . 5 . 3- 0 2 . .
Opp 46 12 58 3.0- . 3- 28 2 . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
RB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
TG 63 Mark Salva
SG 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
ST 74 Pablo Lopez
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 17 Eric Williams
LCB 32 Martin Mayhew
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 78 Eric Hayes
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
2 Deion Sanders
4 Peter Tom Willis
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
14 Danny McManus
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Keith Ross
22 Curtis Thomas
23 Pat White
28 Dedrick Dodge
33 Sammie Smith
35 Lenny Sutton
36 Eric Stiehl
41 Ed Clark
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 David Palmer
49 Dayne Williams
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
62 Jason Kuipers
69 Joey Ionata
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
76 Steve Gabbard
82 Randy White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
94 Eric Krohn
|
Nebraska 34, Florida State 17
09/06/1986, Lincoln, Neb.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 7, 1986, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. A Taylor-made defeat.
Husker QB shreds FSU.
LINCOLN, NE – Controlling the football all the way,
Nebraska finally wore Florida State’s football team down here Saturday 34-17.
In its first night game ever, Nebraska struck behind the gifted quarterbacking of sophomore Steve Taylor.
Florida
State had plenty going for it – including a dazzling 57-yard scoring run on a fake reverse by Sammie Smith – but could not handle Taylor.
At halftime, on Smith’s run, Florida State led 14-10. Soon,
on Derek Schmidt’s 46-yard field goal, it became 17-10.
That was it. Nebraska choked off FSU’s offense, and opened its attack full-throttle.
Ten minutes before the kickoff, the rain – which had
suddenly ceased around 3 p.m. – returned and drenched a bundled-up crowd in Memorial Stadium. The temperature stood at 55, and the wind seemed relatively mild at 10 miles per hour.
Starting at its
26 after the kickoff, Florida State got stopped cold on two runs.
Third down, needing 12, and the Seminoles crossed-up defenders with a draw, Victor Floyd went to the 40, then fumbled. The ball
rolled forward on the artificial turf and Mark Salva claimed it for Florida State at the Nebraska 43. It was, officially, a 33-yard Floyd run.
A Chip Ferguson pass to Darrin Holloman got 13.
Two
plays later, Ferguson hit Floyd over the middle for six points on a 30-yard play. Derek Schmidt’s kick provided a 7-0 lead.
On a keeper, quarterback Steve Taylor got Nebraska off and running with a
15-yard scamper to his 48. Three more runs left it 4th-and-1 at the FSU 43.
As Nebraska gambled, linebacker Paul McGowan caught Keith Jones a yard short on the run, but the tailback broke free and
struggled to a first down at the 41.
A couple of plays later, Jason Gamble caught a Taylor pass, but fumbled when racked by Fred Jones, and Deion Sanders recovered for Florida State at the 29.
Herb Gainer caught passes for 13 and 10 yards, sandwiched around a running loss of two. Nebraska stiffened, and Louis Berry punted to the 29.
With Taylor running three times out of five, the
Cornhuskers moved methodically to a first down at Florida State’s 41. A pass to Von Sheppard got 12 more.
Nebraska drew a 5-yard motion penalty on a play where players stopped, and Taylor passed to
Ray Nelson in the end zone in meaningless action.
On a particularly big third-down play, Sanders put pressure on a sweeping Jones, bringing a 4-yard loss.
Dale Klein was short on his 49-yard try
for a field goal.
The Seminoles got just five, on a Floyd run, in three downs. Berry’s 44-yard punt left Nebraska at its 23 shortly before the quarter ran out.
Running lifted the home team to
its 37 before a clipping call knocked it back to the 23.
On a bomb, Taylor seemed on target to a streaking Rod Smith, and the crowd bellowed for an interference call on defender Martin Mayhew who
seemed responsible for failure to connect. No flag fell, and it was just an incompletion.
Soon a punt gave FSU good position at its 45. But it was to bring trouble.
A swing pass to Williams got
good yardage. But it came to fourth down and a foot to go at Nebraska’s 47.
Gambling, Florida State dealt the ball to Ross on a pitchout – and he got nothing.
After three downs, however,
Nebraska was at its 46 following an incompletion, a run for just three, and a penalty against Taylor for throwing after running past the line of scrimmage.
A punt placed Florida State in a hole at
its 11.
One pass failed, and another lost two. A draw got just one.
Following Berry’s 41-yard punt, and a 3-yard loss on an attempt to return, Nebraska was again at its 46.
Twice Taylor
missed on passes.
Dropping to pass again, he stood there for a moment – then tore away on a run. After 34 yards, Taylor was stopped by Sanders’ shoestring tackle at the 20.
On the following
play, Taylor scored easily with a keeper off the left side. Klein’s kick tied it 7-7.
From its 28 after the kickoff, FSU got nine on a pass to Pat Carter. On his first run of the night, Sammie
Smith crunched out two for a first down.
The Seminoles appeared stymied, however. One play, a Ferguson pass, found an official signaling a Nebraska interception after the ball had bounced on the
turf. Fortunately, the play was nullified by offsides against the Huskers.
When Berry went back to punt, he had trouble handling the snap and the effort was short, to the Nebraska 39.
The runs
of Jones led to midfield. Dana Brinson’s short reception keyed another first down at FSU’s 39.
On a third-down reverse, Sheppard was hemmed up for a loss that would have put the Huskers out of
field goal range. But when noseguard Tom Harp grabbed the runner’s facemask, it was ruled a flagrant violation – and a 15-yard penalty placed the Seminoles at their 21.
After two plays, FSU’s
grudging defenders had granted nothing to runs. On third down, Ken Kaelin scrambled to the 16.
Editor’s Note: Nebraska kicked a 33-yard field goal which was not included in this article. On the
kickoff return, Ross got a face-mask call and a 15-yard penalty that placed Florida State at its 43 with 46 seconds remaining.
Then Florida State sprung the play it had worked on so hard.
It was
a fake reverse by Darrin Holloman with the ball going to Sammie Smith on a pitch, keeping it, instead of handing off, and sweeping around end. Slashing brilliantly through the secondary, getting a big
block from Gainer, he turned on the burners and was gone on a 57-yard scoring run that put Florida State up 14-10.
A shocked Nebraska had time for little more before time ran out in the half.
At
this point, Nebraska had a small lead in total yardage, 194 to 175. On seven of 12 pass completions, FSU had 84, and on 34 runs Nebraska had 165. Taylor had accounted for 98 running on 13 keepers.
Nebraska had held the ball almost two thirds of the time with its ground game, 19 minutes to FSU’s 11.
On an opening last-half series, from its 24, Nebraska got no further than its 30. A punt put
Florida State in good position at its 38.
But first-down motion as Smith sped for good yardage with a pass cost FSU 5.
When Berry soon punted, Brinson got loose on a good return of the long boot
– but fumbled when hit by John Hadley. And Tallahasseean Brian Davis recovered for FSU at the 35.
A Ferguson keeper got 5, and a pass to Pat Carter was judged a foot short. On a fourth-down bid,
FSU was flagged for illegal procedure.
With the ball back at the 30, Schmidt kicked a 46-yard field goal for 17-10.
Sheppard’s 35-yard kickoff runback got Nebraska in business at its 37.
On
successive runs, Jones got 3, 9 and 12 yards to FSU’s 39.
McGowan’s big hit of Kelly for a yard loss had the Huskers at the 33.
But the gifted Taylor ripped loose on fourth-and-4 to a first down
at the 31.
This time it came to third-and-8 at the 19. On a Taylor pass, a late flag came and Eric Williams was judged interfering on a defensive play. That brought a first down at the 6.
Taylor
needed just one play – a keeper to the right – for the touchdown that tied it 17-17.
More trouble followed.
Two plays following the kickoff netted nothing from the 24. Clipping set the Seminoles
back to the 12, and a sack of Ferguson left them at the 3.
Berry’s punt from deep in the end zone was a beaut – 47 yards to the Huskers’ 49.
Kaelin quickly got the home team to FSU’s 34 on a
pair of runs. Jones led on to the 22. Pass interference on Martin Mayhew brought a first down at the 12.
Quickly, Taylor hit Todd Milligan for a touchdown – the first of his Nebraska time for the
sophomore quarterback.
As the quarter closed, FSU was in difficulty at its 28 following a second-down sack of Ferguson.
A personal-foul call on an out-of-bounds hit as Ferguson threw gave FSU
some room at its 44.
Smith ran for 5, but the rest was futility, as Smith lost 1 and Ferguson was again sacked.
Berry’s punt, partially blocked by Cleo Miller, went 25 yards to the 33.
Staying on the ground, with Jon Kelley leading the surge, the Huskers moved to midfield.
A 13-yard Taylor pass got Nebraska going again following a penalty.
Pretty soon Sheppard sprung open and
Taylor connected with him on a 46-yard pass play that brought a fourth Nebraska touchdown and made the score 31-17.
Now the Huskers were applying extraordinary pressure to Ferguson. Only a roughing
call off that pressure kept the Seminoles moving – the penalty bringing a first down at their 45.
When Berry punted, Nebraska nearly blocked it again. The boot stopped at the Husker 31.
Taylor
and Kelley, running on FSU’s weary defenders, soon had Nebraska at the Seminole 40.
Note: Article ends here but Nebraska made a 38-yard field goal with 1:23 to go in the game.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
10 |
14 |
10 |
34 |
1st 7- 0 Victor Floyd, 30, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:11
7- 0 Opp, 49, field goal failed, 1:50
2nd 7- 7 Opp, 20, run (kick), 9:11
7-10 Opp, 33, field goal, 0:51
14-10 Sammie Smith, 57, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:33
3rd 17-10 Derek Schmidt, 46, field goal, 10:12
17-17 Opp, 6, run (kick), 5:15
17-24 Opp, 12, pass (kick), 0:45
4th 17-31 Opp, 46, pass (kick), 10:09
17-34 Opp, 38, field goal, 1:23
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 8 24
Rushes-yards 31-76 63-297
Passing 97 130
Att-Comp-Int 17-9-0 16-10-0
Total Yards 48-173 79-427
Punt Returns 2--3 3-26
Kickoff Returns 7-122 3-71
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 0-0
Punts 9-34.8 3-34.3
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 7-44
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yds 7-66 10-101
3rd Down Conversions 1-12 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-2
Time of Posession 22:42 37:18
Attendance 75,865
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 9 72 1 57t
Victor Floyd 5 44 0 33
Tanner Holloman 1 2 0 2
Keith Ross 3 -1 0 1
Dayne Williams 5 -2 0 2
Chip Ferguson 8 -39 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 31 76 1 57t
Opp 63 297 2 34
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 1 30 1 30t
Herb Gainer 2 23 0 13
Darrin Holloman 1 13 0 13
Pat Carter 2 13 0 9
Dayne Williams 1 11 0 11
Gaylon White 1 9 0 9
Keith Ross 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 97 1 30t
Opp 10 130 2 46t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 9 17 0 97 1 30t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 17 0 97 1 30t
Opp 10 16 0 130 2 46t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 1 1 0 1
Keith Ross 1 -4 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 -3 0 1
Opp 3 26 0 26
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 4 69 0 21
Keith Ross 3 53 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 122 0 23
Opp 3 71 0 35
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 9 313 47
----------------------------------------
FSU 9 313 47
Opp 3 103 38
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan 14 1 15 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 12 2 14 . . . . . . 1 . .
Greg Newell 7 3 10 . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 5 2 7 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 5 1 6 4.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 3 1 4 4.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Felton Hayes 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 1 2 3.0- . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bart Schucts 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Brian Davis . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 66 16 82 15.0- 0.0 . . 3 . 2- 0 2 . .
Opp 37 11 48 7.0- 44.0 7.0- 44.0 . 4 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
TG 63 Mark Salva
SG 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
ST 74 Pablo Lopez
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
6 Louis Berry
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
28 Dedrick Dodge
32 Martin Mayhew
33 Sammie Smith
35 Lenny Sutton
39 Brian Davis
49 Dayne Williams
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
59 Keith Carter
62 Jason Kuipers
67 Joe Jordan
69 Joey Ionata
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
82 Randy White
87 Gaylon White
93 Shelton Thompson
94 Eric Krohn
98 Bart Schucts
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 10, North Carolina 10
09/20/1986, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 21, 1986, page 57, by Bill McGrotha. Tangled up in blue.
Seminoles get stuck in a 10-10 Tar Heel tie.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Dick Crum maybe
phrased it best.
"You don't like ties," said North Carolina's head coach, "but it was kind of a screwy ball game,"
Crum came out of Campbell Stadium's 90-degree heat on Saturday afternoon with
his knee torn up following a sideline collision with linebacker Fred Jones.
And Florida State emerged with its pride ripped by these underdog but unbeaten (2-0-1) Tar Heels in this 10-10
outcome.
The play on which Crum got hurt was indicative of a hatful that did not quite go Florida State's way - with Jones almost intercepting before crashing out of bounds. An interception would
have provided opportunity deep in Carolina territory shortly before the half.
"You don't know whether to be happy because you did not get beat, or disappointed because you did not win," said FSU
coach Bobby Bowden, who hardly seemed happy at all.
On the game's next-to-last play, a crowd announced at 57,611 - fourth largest in FSU history - was primed for celebration, as Derek Schmidt lined
up, the ball squarely in front of the uprights at the North Carolina 20, to kick the sort of 37-yard field goal that had always been almost automatic for him.
It was close - Schmidt thought he made
it for sure, and holder Danny McManus thought he might have - but officials said it missed.
Much of FSU's problem all afternoon was the North Carolina defense.
"From tackle to tackle there, they
may be as good as Nebraska," said Bowden. "They got some first-round draft choices on that defensive front."
Four times in the first half Carolina sacked quarterback Chip Ferguson - each time on
first down - in succession, at UNC's 31, FSU's 31, UNC's 33 and 37.
"Man, you ain't supposed to get sacked on first-and-10!" said Bowden. "You're doing something dumb."
He said lots of it was
the quarterback not getting the ball away soon enough. "Chip just had a rough time," said Bowden. "I don't know if it was playing against North Carolina - in his home state - or what."
Last year
Ferguson sparked the winning rally over the same foe.
FSU turned to redshirt freshman Peter Tom Willis for the final series of the first half - and the remainder of the game. Ferguson finished 6 of
13 for 86 yards and no interceptions. Willis was 8 of 12, 109 yards, one interception and was once sacked. Bowden said that he used Willis, rather that junior Danny McManus, because the latter had not
had a good week of practice and he felt he was not quite ready.
North Carolina jumped in front 7-0 the third time it got the ball.
Florida State had slammed quickly into UNC territory on Tanner
Holloman's surprising 20-yard burst. Immediately, Ferguson was sacked by tough safety Norris Davis for a loss of 13. Sammie Smith, who in his first start got 64 yards on 14 runs, rambled to the 30.
Two plays later Schmidt, who later said he had been bothered during the week by back spasms, was wide on a 45-yard try for a field goal.
When North Carolina punted, Deion Sanders seemed loose on a
70-yards-plus runback to the 10 - but a clipping call canceled it, placing FSU back at its 10.
Louis Berry's 43-yard punt - one of his shorter ones in a phenomenal game that saw him average 48.9 on
eight efforts - gave Carolina a shot at its 45.
A 35-yard Jonathan Hall pass to fullback James Thompson, as Sanders overshot him on an early tackle attempt, was the play that paved it. On third
down, Hall passed wide to split end Eric Streater for an easy touchdown.
Ferguson overcame his second sack with a pass to Darrin Holloman that netted 38 to Carolina's 29. A procedure penalty hurt.
On fourth down, Schmidt missed a 44-yarder.
Following a UNC punt ruled dead at the FSU 3, the Seminoles struggled. Defenders fought off North Carolina as the running of big Derrick Fenner led to
the FSU 29. After three futile passes, a fake field goal went awry, with holder Mark Maye - moving back to pass - getting mobbed by Felton Hayes and John Parks.
But when FSU moved, on a 25-yard
pass to Phillip Bryant, to Carolina's 33, Ferguson fumbled when again sacked - Davis recovering for Carolina at its 42.
When, after a Sanders interception, FSU got a shot at Carolina's 48, Ferguson
was once again sacked. It was deemed time for a change.
Sanders popped up with a second interception at FSU's 19 on the last half's opening series. Whereupon Carolina deemed it time for a change to
Maye at quarterback.
A 58-yard Berry punt backed Carolina to its 5.
After a Gerald Nichols third-down sack of Maye at the 2, a Ken Miller punt was blocked by Felton Hayes. The ball flew out of
the end zone for a safety - providing no chance for an FSU end-zone recovery that would have meant a touchdown - and Carolina's lead was cut to 7-2.
Sanders returned the ensuing free-kick punt 26
yards to the Carolina 42. T. Holloman banged for 9, then Smith for 12, and the Seminoles were quickly at the 18 - but Smith fumbled when hit hard by Mitch Wike, Carolina recovering.
Florida State
came right back. T. Holloman got 31 yards, to the Carolina 29, out of a screen pass. Next play, freshman Ronald Lewis out-leaped a defender in the end zone for FSU's lone touchdown on a 29-yard
play.
A two-point play, Willis passing to Herb Gainer, put FSU up 10-7 in the final three minutes of the third quarter.
Promptly, Carolina drove to a tie - going 67 yards on 12 running plays. A
15-yarder by Brad Lopp, and a reverse for 11 - that a Sanders tackle perhaps saved from all-the-way damage - led to the 28. Fenner soon got 10 more to the 15, before FSU called a halt as linebacker
Paul McGowan threw Lopp for a 2-yard loss on a vital third-down play.
Lee Gliarmis tied it with a 23-yard field goal with 12:14 to play.
That was the only time Carolina got into FSU territory in
an odd last half that saw the Tar Heels somewhat control the ball, 37 plays to 25.
On an 18-yard pass to Bryant, FSU dug to the Carolina 35, but on second down, Willis got sacked back at the 47.
Then FSU got to Carolina's 36 - but Derrick Donald intercepted at the 14 with 6:30 to go.
After a punting swap, Carolina maneuvered to its 46. But Maye got sacked trying to pass on third down, and
Nichols claimed the fumble at the 27.
As the fans whooped, Victor Floyd ran to the 20, but was stopped cold on its next carry.
Schmidt entered, and all seemed well. It was not.
FSU might have
tried another play before using its single remaining timeout. "It seemed right," said Bowden. "With the ball in the center there, and the sort of field goal we make all the time. If we had passed, and
there had been an interception, we would never have forgiven ourselves."
His team, now 1-1-1, on its own field barely outgained Carolina, 271 yards to 217. Next Saturday, for the first time, it
plays on mighty Michigan's field.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| North Carolina |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
1st 0- 0 Derek Schmidt, 45, field goal failed, 8:18
0- 7 Opp, 14, pass (kick), 1:43
2nd 0- 7 Derek Schmidt, 44, field goal failed, 13:34
3rd 2- 7 Felton Hayes, safety, 9:17
Note: Hayes blocked a punt out of the end zone.
10- 7 Ronald Lewis, 28, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Herb Gainer, pass from Peter Tom Willis), 2:32
4th 10-10 Opp, 22, field goal, 12:14
10-10 Derek Schmidt, 37, field goal failed, 0:08
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 12 13
Rushes-yards 34-77 53-122
Passing 195 95
Att-Comp-Int 25-14-1 18-7-2
Total Yards 59-272 71-217
Punt Returns 6-71 5-14
Kickoff Returns 4-102 1-26
Interception Ret. 2--2 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 8-48.9 8-40.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-21 5-50
Fumbles-Lost 5-2 4-1
Penalties-Yds 4-25 1-5
3rd Down Conversions 2-12 5-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 27:04 32:56
Attendance 57,611
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 14 64 0 12
Tanner Holloman 7 43 0 21
Reno Fells 2 13 0 8
Victor Floyd 4 12 0 6
David Palmer 1 1 0 1
Peter Tom Willis 2 -20 0
Chip Ferguson 4 -36 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 34 77 0 21
Opp 53 122 0 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Phillip Bryant 3 51 0 25
Darrin Holloman 2 48 0 38
Ronald Lewis 1 28 1 28t
Tanner Holloman 3 24 0 31
Victor Floyd 1 23 0 23
Sammie Smith 3 19 0 13
Keith Ross 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 195 1 38
Opp 7 95 1 35
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 8 12 1 109 1 31
Chip Ferguson 6 13 0 86 0 38
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 25 1 195 1 38
Opp 7 18 2 95 1 36
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 5 69 0 20
Felton Hayes 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 71 0 20
Opp 5 14 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 2 49 0 26
Dexter Carter 1 27 0 27
Deion Sanders 1 26 0 26
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 102 0 27
Opp 1 26 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 8 391 58
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 391 58
Opp 8 322 56
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan 5 4 9 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 5 4 9 0.5- 6.5 0.5- 6.5 . 1 . . . 1 1
Gerald Nichols 3 3 6 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . 1- 0 . . .
Greg Newell 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Brown 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Anthony Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Parks 1 . 1 0.5- 6.5 0.5- 6.5 . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 42 24 66 5.0- 21.0 2.0- 21.0 2- -2 3 . 1- 0 . 1 1
Opp 37 12 49 11.0- 5.0- 50.0 1- 0 3 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
C 56 Dave Schrenker
ST 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
9 Phillip Bryant
13 Dexter Carter
14 Danny McManus
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
22 Curtis Thomas
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
30 Tanner Holloman
32 Martin Mayhew
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Reno Fells
47 Kevin Grant
48 David Palmer
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
66 Parrish Barwick
68 Michael Tanks
69 Joey Ionata
70 Tony Yeomans
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
82 Randy White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
94 Eric Krohn
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Michigan 20, Florida State 18
09/27/1986, Ann Arbor, Mich.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 28, 1986, page 59, by Bill McGrotha. Err FSU.
Stout defense is wasted in 20-18 loss to Michigan.
ANN ARBOR, MI - Florida State
defenders dreamed of serving Michigan up on a tarnished silver platter at its own Homecoming.
And for oh-so-long there, that defense had the Wolverines right where they wanted them.
But Michigan
slipped away 20-18.
A crowd of 105,507 - biggest ever to see any State of Florida football team in action anywhere - left rather quietly on this gray Saturday afternoon, perhaps thankful to have
escaped such a trap.
It was a trap primarily constructed by Fred Jones, Paul McGowan and their defensive ilk.
It was as close as 20-18, and it was not. "We're about as good as they are," said
FSU Coach Bobby Bowden, "but they won. I'd like to play them in Tallahassee."
Trailing 13-10 with nine minutes left, Bowden's Seminoles stood poised at their 40 - but a third interception of a Chip
Ferguson pass, the second by alert Ivan Hicks, crushed the chance.
Taking advantage of a dog-tired FSU defense, Michigan did what it needed to win - taking full advantage of a turnover, just as it
had for its first touchdown.
The Wolverines killed 7:08 off the clock in striking for the score that made it 20-10, getting the 53 yards in 12 deliberate plays. The capper, with 1:18 left, was Tom
Wilcher's 7-yard scoring run.
Then came critically-needed offensive drama for the Seminoles in the form of junior quarterback Danny McManus, who looked hardly the worse for 18 pounds lost to the
flu earlier in the fall.
In six plays - all of the passes - FSU got the touchdown. That payoff came on a 20-yard toss to Herb Gainer. With a 2-point McManus pass to Herb Gainer, it became 20-18.
But that, with 16 seconds left, was it after an ensuing onside kick failed.
It had been 10-10 at halftime, staying that way until a 32-yard field goal by Pat Moons ate up the third quarter.
For
proud Michigan, it was the 18th straight homecoming victory in the coaching time of Bo Schembechler, who in 50 regular-season games against non-conference foes now owns a record of 40-8-2.
"We
played pretty well," said Schembechler. "It was a pleasing victory - beating Florida State - I have great respect for them."
For the Seminoles, it was somewhat of an echo - if a ringing one - of
earlier action when an often red-hot defense had been cooled as on frustration after another confronted the offense. In this game, Michigan had the ball for almost 12 more minutes: 35:52 to 24:08.
Also 12 more plays, 72 to 60.
Rain that threatened in the morning went away, leaving the teams to battle on damp artificial turf under cloudy skies. "The weather was excellent," said Bowden, "and
so was the field."
Both teams ran the ball better on the other than perhaps neither had expected. In the late going, Michigan effectively sprung a fresh runner in Tom Wilcher, who churned 53 yards
in 9 carries, well complementing the charges of Jamie Morris, who got 99 in 19.
Similarly, FSU surprised with 75 yards by Sammie Smith in 13 runs - almost all coming in the first half when for a
time it seemed he would break this game wide open. But Smith was checked first by the aggravation of a pulled groin he had received in practice on Wednesday, and when he tried to go again in the last
half a charleyhorse got him.
"Their cut-back hurt us badly in the first half," said Schembechler, "but once we stopped that, our defense was able to shut them down."
Bowden saw it a little
differently. "Our backs were cutting back a lot on their own," he said. "They were running to daylight. They're beginning to learn to do that."
Victor Floyd did some key pounding in picking up 58
of the Seminoles' 145 yards on the ground during a game that saw them total 285 yards, or 47 fewer than Michigan.
Jim Harbaugh, the Heisman-hopeful quarterback of the Wolverines, was not the
overpowering factor he has been so often. He got 122 yards passing on 9 completions of 16 throws.
Meanwhile, Ferguson, sacked only once all day, had some problems with receivers dropping passes.
The FSU quarterback finished with just six completions of 19 attempts for 73 yards. Plagued by sacks in other games, he was nailed just once in this one. "There must have been five drops in the first
half," said Bowden. "No telling what would have happened except for that."
Michigan made as though to run away from the Seminoles early, moving from the opening kickoff to the 16, where Pat Moons
missed a 35-yard try for a field goal.
Right away, a first-play-from-scrimmage fumble by Smith presented Michigan with a chance at the FSU 17. Gerald White, out of Titusville and one of 10
Floridians on Michigan's roster, put the home team up 7-0 with a 2-yard touchdown run with a pitchout.
FSU quickly retaliated with Derek Schmidt's 31-yard field goal after Smith's strong running
led to the 10. Later Schmidt would miss a 49-yarder, and Moons a 52-yarder.
On a time-consuming drive into the second quarter, Michigan made it 10-3 when Moons was good with a 26-yarder. On the
preceding play, safety Greg Newel had averted a sure touchdown by batting around a Harbaugh pass to an open receiver.
The Seminoles tied it 10-10 on a 70-yard push in 10 plays, highlighted by
Smith's early running and Floyd's late toting.
From the 7, Tanner Holloman got the touchdown on a screen pass from Ferguson as Mark Salva paved the route with a vital block.
"Florida State is a
talented team," said Schembechler. "Excellent defensively."
Bowden said he would have loved to run the football more.
"But we were forced into a passing game," he said.
He hinted that too
many holding penalties forced FSU to throw more often than it wanted.
Clearly unhappy over eight penalties for 84 yards, Bowden shook his head when questioned. "I won't even comment on that," he
said. "I'm too upset."
Michigan was also heavily penalized - 9 for 88 yards.
Schembechler thought Wilcher definitely a key to his team's second-half success.
"His fresh legs picked us up," he
said. "He came in and sparked us on that scoring drive in the fourth quarter.
"But we probably scored too soon. We scored on second down. We should have scored on fourth."
The coach, happy in
victory, was making jokes.
While McGowan led FSU's defense with 11 tackles, according to a pressbox accounting, several were intensely involved, notably including Jones in the late going. Terry
Warren twice sacked Harbaugh, and Shelton Thompson had a couple of tackles for losses.
One surprise move saw FSU start Anthony Williams, a freshman, at noseguard over Tom Harp, who had a pinched
nerve in his neck. Harp later came in, Williams playing perhaps a third of the game.
Summarizing his thoughts, Bowden's emotions were decidedly mixed.
"I really felt good about some things," he
said, "I couldn't have been more proud.
"But I sure hated to lose."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
18 |
| Michigan |
7 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
0- 0 Derek Schmidt, 49, field goal failed
0- 0 Opp, 35, field goal failed
0- 0 Opp, 52, field goal failed
1st 0- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 9:32
3- 7 Derek Schmidt, 31, field goal, 5:44
2nd 3-10 Opp, 26, field goal, 8:45
10-10 Tanner Holloman, 4, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:08
3rd 10-13 Opp, 32, field goal, 1:18
4th 10-20 Opp, 7, run (kick), 1:27
18-20 Herb Gainer, 20, pass from Danny McManus (Pat Carter, pass from Danny McManus), 0:16
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 17 18
Rushes-yards 35-145 56-210
Passing 140 122
Att-Comp-Int 25-10-3 16-9-0
Total Yards 60-285 72-332
Punt Returns 0-0 1-13
Kickoff Returns 5-113 2-45
Interception Ret. 0-0 3-12
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 3-41.0 2-40.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-9 1-6
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yds 8-84 9-88
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 7-15
Time of Posession 24:08 35:52
Attendance 105,578
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 13 75 0 16
Victor Floyd 14 58 0 12
Chip Ferguson 3 6 0 10
Tanner Holloman 5 6 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 145 0 16
Opp 56 210 2 16
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Herb Gainer 4 80 1 25
Victor Floyd 3 34 0 24
Darrin Holloman 1 16 0 16
Ronald Lewis 1 6 0 6
Tanner Holloman 1 4 1 4t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 10 140 2 25
Opp 9 122 0 32
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 6 19 3 73 1 25
Danny McManus 4 6 0 67 1 24
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 10 25 3 140 2 25
Opp 9 16 0 122 0 32
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 1 13 0 13
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 2 51 0 27
Keith Ross 2 50 0 28
Lenny Sutton 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 113 0 28
Opp 2 45 0 27
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 123 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 123 51
Opp 2 81 42
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan 9 2 11 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 7 1 8 . . . 1 . . . . .
Terry Warren 5 3 8 2.0- 9.0 2.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 7 . 7 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 4 2 6 2.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 4 . 4 1.0- 4.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Deion Sanders 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Parks . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darrin Holloman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sammie Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Palmer . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Krohn 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 63 14 77 5.0- 16.0 2.0- 9.0 . 2 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 47 14 61 5.0- 17.0 1.0- 6.0 3- 12 2 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
TB 33 Sammie Smith
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 66 Parrish Barwick
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
ST 75 Tim Hebron
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 32 Martin Mayhew
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 73 Anthony Williams
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
9 Phillip Bryant
13 Dexter Carter
14 Danny McManus
16 Tracy Sanders
17 Eric Williams
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
22 Curtis Thomas
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
35 Lenny Sutton
42 Reno Fells
47 Kevin Grant
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 David Palmer
50 John Brown
51 Marty Riggs
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
58 Thomas Harp
59 Keith Carter
63 Mark Salva
69 Joey Ionata
70 Tony Yeomans
78 Eric Hayes
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
94 Eric Krohn
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 54, Tulane 21
10/11/1986, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 12, 1986, page 63, by Bill McGrotha. Riding a Wave.
FSU surges in second half to win 54-21.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Rusty at the start, Florida
State raced away like a greased locomotive and ran over Tulane 54-21 here Saturday night.
A crowd of 53,701 saw the 2-2-1 Seminoles rip from a 14-6 halftime lead to a succession of last-half points
that seemed to come with almost ridiculous ease.
In contrast, the early going seemed ridiculously difficult.
In the beginning, Tulane moved downfield as though it were nothing.
A 17-yard
pass, Terrence Jones to Mario Ballestrasse, started it. Marvin Allen ripped off 12 yards with a pitchout, and Rodney Hunter followed with a 10-yard run. A 19-yard pass to Larry Route gained the FSU
17.
But tackle Eric Hayes - soon to exit the game with a pulled hamstring - stopped a run for no gain, and Terry Warren collared Jones for a loss of 2.
On fourth down, Dan Guirl missed a 36-yard
try for a field goal.
FSU got nothing going, and Tulane maneuvered from its 34. An FSU offside helped Tulane mount a drive, leading to a first down at the 42. But Tulane soon punted into the end
zone.
Floyd's 7-yard run on second down was all FSU could do. Louis Berry's punt was short, to the Tulane 41.
Once again FSU defenders held, forcing another punt.
Finally, the Seminoles
extracted a first down - on a 12-yard pass, Danny McManus to Darrin Holloman, at the FSU 32.
That was to be the only first down of an opening quarter that soon ended.
Sammie Smith had come in to
spell Floyd at tailback, but swarming Tulane defenders stopped him short as they had Floyd.
A 46-yard Berry Boot backed Tulane to its 22.
Short passes to Michael Pierce soon had the Green Wave
at its 34. It was the fourth straight series Tulane had moved the ball with at least some success.
From the FSU 24, following a Tulane punt, Pat Carter caught a 7-yard pass. But Smith slipped on a
run and lost 3.
Herb Gainer pulled in a first-down toss at the 37. But again Smith lost yardage - this time 2.
A 17-yard throw to tight end Tom O'Malley got the Seminoles into Tulane territory
for the first time, at the 48.
Smith went wide for 8. But Tanner Holloman got nothing on third down, and it came to fourth and two at the 40.
Coach Bobby Bowden made the decision to go for
it.
Smith got it, on a pitchout, with a determined off-tackle run for 5.
Soon freshman Ronnie Lewis snared a 14-yard pass at the 21.
Floyd got just 3 on a pass, Darrin Holloman only 2 on a
reverse. But Holloman caught a third-down pass to keep things goings at the 10.
A pass missed, but Floyd cracked up the middle to the 1.
With 5:03 left in the half, McManus sneaked the final
yard for the touchdown.
On the 76-yard drive, McManus had completed three vital passes on third down. Additionally, Smith had sun for a big 5 on fourth down.
Quickly, the iced was broken.
On
the kickoff return, Tulane got backed to its 8.
When Jones threw on first down, outside linebacker Felton Hayes intercepted, and raced into the end zone for a touchdown on a 20-yard play.
In 15
seconds of playing time, FSU had gone in front 14-0.
A roughing penalty against Florida State on the return provided Tulane with position at its 37. Three short gainers, including a 12-yard pass to
Marc Zeno, led to FSU's 40.
A poor pitchout lost 4, but soon a holding call again made it first down at the 40.
A pass to Hunter reached the 19 but a penalty moved the action back to the 24.
Then Jones found Zeno with a 24-yard scoring pattern as Florida State's secondary got mixed-up on coverage.
Mike Parker missed the point-after kick, leaving it 14-6 with 1:28 to go.
From the 34,
McManus hit Gaylon White with passes of 8 and 13 yards in a quick move to Tulane's 39. But when he threw deep, Kevin Tate intercepted at the 2.
Jones kept for one play before time ran out in the
half.
At this point, Tulane led in yardage, 154 to 133, in first downs, 13 to 8. Jones had completed 12 of 19 passes for 132 yards, McManus 11 of 17 for 91.
Remarkably, both teams had run an
equal number of plays, 33 each.
From its 33, following the second-half kickoff, Florida State came running.
On second down, Tanner Holloman burst up the middle for 22 to the Tulane 38.
Two
plays later, Lewis grabbed an 18-yard pass at the 18.
Soon, Victor Floyd moved wide on a run, 13 to the 3. Two plays later, Floyd scored on a 3-yard run, and it became 21-6.
For the first time
all evening, Tulane got stopped as Allen was racked by Fred Jones for a 2-yard loss on a first-down run. A couple of plays later, FSU had position at Tulane's 48 following a 26-yard punt.
A good
Floyd run was rubbed out by a holding assessment. From the FSU 42, Floyd ran for 8 and O'Malley caught a pass for 12. On fourth and one at the 39, Floyd struck for 14.
Then Floyd ran for 9, 5, 5
more and 3 to a first down at the 2.
T. Holloman scored from there, and it became 28-6.
Suddenly, Tulane was at FSU's 25 on a sensational one-handed Zeno reception of a Jones bomb that defender
Eric Williams had deflected.
The Jones took over, soon scampering 15 to the 3 on a quarterback draw, then keeping on the option for an easy touchdown. An interference call on Williams provided
another try after a futile pass for two. This time, Jones kept, again dancing across the goal. The two points narrowed the score to 28-14.
A 23-yard catch by Floyd moved Florida State quickly to
Tulane's 38. A 17-yarder to Herb Gainer reached the 16. Runs by Smith and David Palmer gained the 8, but a fumble lost 6.
On the second play of the fourth quarter, Schmidt kicked a 36-yard field
goal after his first effort - also good - was cancelled by a five-yard penalty against FSU.
Keyed by Warren's second sack of Jones - this time a 9-yard setback to the 9 - Florida State forced a
punt from the Tulane `13.
A punt presented a chance from the Green Wave 46.
Pretty soon Smith slid wide on a run and raced 32 yards to a touchdown that made it 38-14.
A 14-yard sack of Jones
by Tallahasseean Brian Davis, back to his 8, brought on another Tulane punt.
This one was blocked by John Parks, with Chris Scott - the punter - falling on the ball in the end zone for a safety.
On Tulane's ensuing free-kick punt by the luckless Scott, Keith Ross sped 73 yards on the runback for a touchdown. The score now was 47-14.
With 8:24 left, Peter Tom Willis got a quarterbacking
turn for Florida State. McManus bowed out with 16 completions of 25 passes for 171 yards.
After Willis was sacked for minus-15, Berry punted to Tulane's 34.
Jones was not through. He lofted a
bomb that tailback Allen hauled in for a 65-yard gain to the 1. Two plays later, Jones scored from there, and it was 47-21.
Willis hit Pat White with a 22-yard pass, and Scott DiMare with a
16-yarder, down to the Tulane 16 following a futile onside kick by the visitors.
Soon, freshman Dexter Carter scored on a 19-yard run.
With something over two minutes left, Chip Ferguson became
FSU's quarterback, starting after a punt at the Tulane 43.
With Ross contributing a 17-yard run, FSU drove inside the 15, staying on the ground, content with what it had as the clock ran out.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Tulane |
0 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
21 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
14 |
26 |
54 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 36, field goal failed, 12:02
2nd 7- 0 Danny McManus, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 5:03
14- 0 Felton Hayes, 20, interception return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:48
14- 6 Opp, 20, pass (kick failed), 1:28
3rd 21- 6 Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:37
28- 6 Tanner Holloman, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 6:36
28-14 Opp, 3, run (run), 3:40
4th 31-14 Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 14:19
38-14 Sammie Smith, 32, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:26
40-14 John Parks, safety, 10:34
Note: Parks blocked a punt through the end zone.
47-14 Keith Ross, 70, punt return/blocked punt (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:23
Note: After the safety, the ball was punted and Ross took
it in for a touchdown.
47-21 Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:27
54-21 Dexter Carter, 19, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 19
Rushes-yards 50-215 25-46
Passing 204 259
Att-Comp-Int 29-18-1 36-17-1
Total Yards 79-419 61-305
Punt Returns 3-14 3--7
Kickoff Returns 4-133 7-119
Interception Ret. 1-20 1-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 4-40.5 8-29.5
Sacks By-Yds 3-29 1-15
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-0
Penalties-Yds 4-35 5-29
3rd Down Conversions 9-17 3-13
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
Time of Posession 33:33 26:27
Attendance 53,701
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 16 93 1 14
Sammie Smith 13 60 1 32t
Keith Ross 5 32 0 17
Tanner Holloman 5 24 1 22
Dexter Carter 2 16 1 19t
David Palmer 1 5 0 5
Darrin Holloman 1 2 0 2
John Merna 3 2 0 2
Danny McManus 3 -4 1 1t
Peter Tom Willis 1 -15 0 -15
---------------------------------------------
FSU 50 215 5 32t
Opp 25 46 2 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Herb Gainer 3 36 0 17
Victor Floyd 3 33 0 23
Ronald Lewis 2 32 0 18
Tom O'Malley 2 29 0 17
Pat White 1 22 0 22
Gaylon White 2 19 0 12
Darrin Holloman 3 15 0 11
Scott DiMare 1 11 0 11
Pat Carter 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 204 0 23
Opp 17 259 1 65
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 16 25 1 171 0 23
Peter Tom Willis 2 3 0 33 0 22
Chip Ferguson 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 29 1 204 0 23
Opp 17 36 1 259 1 65
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Curtis Thomas 1 11 0 11
Deion Sanders 2 3 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 14 0 11
Opp 3 -7 0 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 3 123 0 77
John Parks 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 133 0 77
Opp 7 119 0 22
Keith Ross
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 4 162 46
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 162 46
Opp 8 236 37
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Jones 4 3 7 2.0- 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . . . . .
Stan Shiver 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 5 1 6 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 . 2 . . 1- 20 . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis . 2 2 . 1.0- 14.0 . . . . . . .
John Parks . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1
John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Lenny Sutton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 37 13 50 4.0- 9.0 3.0- 29.0 1- 20 2 . . . 1 1
Opp 45 17 62 5.0- 1.0- 15.0 1- 0 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 32 Martin Mayhew
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
5 Chip Ferguson
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
13 Dexter Carter
16 Tracy Sanders
17 Eric Williams
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
22 Curtis Thomas
23 Pat White
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
33 Sammie Smith
35 Lenny Sutton
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
39 Brian Davis
42 Reno Fells
43 John Merna
47 Kevin Grant
48 David Palmer
50 John Brown
51 Marty Riggs
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Parrish Barwick
73 Anthony Williams
78 Eric Hayes
87 Gaylon White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
94 Eric Krohn
|
Florida State 59, Wichita State 3
10/18/1986, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 19, 1986, page 57, by Bill McGrotha. Shock-proof.
FSU routs Wichita State 59-3.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Rolling to a 38-0 halftime lead,
Florida State cruised on to a 59-3 victory here Saturday night.
Wichita State was never close to being in it.
After Danny McManus had quarterbacked that huge halftime advantage, passing for
three of the touchdowns, he took a spot on the bench the remainder of the way.
Florida State cut loose defensively as well. In one early series, outside linebacker Terry Warren twice sacked Brian
McDonald. Just a little later, a hard Warren tackle put McDonald out of action for the evening.
As a crowd of 56,222 applauded, Florida State moved its record to 3-2-1. Rarely has victory come
easier.
It took all of one minute and 28 seconds for Florida State to get on the scoreboard in this one.
The first play - a surprising one - saw McManus roll on a bootleg for 22 yards to his 46.
Two short passes led to the 40.
On the fifth play, McManus, with all day to throw, hit Ronnie Lewis with a 40-yard scoring pass.
Derek Schmidt kicked his 100th consecutive extra point, and
Florida State led 7-0.
On a draw play, David Smith popped for 20 yards to the Wichita 40. The visitors got only five more, and soon punted.
In nine plays, the Seminoles covered 67 yards to grab
a 14-0 lead. A 14-yard pass to Herb Gainer was an early key. A pass-interference call, as McManus threw to Lewis at the goal line, soon had FSU in position at the Wichita 26. On a reverse, Lewis sped
for 14. Two plays later, Victor Floyd scored on a 13-yard run.
When, on the Shockers' next series, Dave Armagost tried to punt, cornerback Eric Williams whipped in to block it. Teammate Terry
Warren picked up the ball and ran for 8, but a clipping call on that run set FSU back to the Wichita 32.
Florida State got nothing out of that. Unable to move, the Seminoles called on Schmidt for a
48-yard try for three. The field goal was wide.
Warren caught quarterback Brian McDonald for a loss of 7. But, following a 10-yard pass to Stan Wahlmeier, Wichita got to its 40. Running on
fourth-and-one, Wichita got it. On second down, Warren came up with his second sack of the series - a loss of 6 for McDonald to the 32.
A 44-yard bunt backed FSU to its 28, Gainer's diving catch of
a McManus bomb placed FSU at the Wichita 28.
On the following play - last of the opening quarter - Gainer pulled in a 23-yarder at the 1.
David Palmer got the touchdown from there a couple of
plays later, and it was 21-0.
Hit hard by Warren as he threw incomplete, McDonald was helped off the field, and David Kruse replaced him at quarterback. A sack by Deion Sanders for a huge loss was
nullified by an FSU lineman offsides.
A couple of short Keith Ross runs, coupled with a face-mask penalty for 15, got FSU to the Wichita 44. Terry Anthony, a freshman, snared his first pass of the
season, an 18-yarder.
Three following passes found no one, and Schmidt kicked a 41-yard field goal for 24-0.
Backed to their 15 following the kickoff, the Shockers got out of the hole on six
straight runs by David Smith - the last for 13 yards to the Wichita 49.
But when Kruse pitched out to Smith, for a seventh straight run, the back fumbled. Odell Haggins recovered for FSU.
Floyd
slipped wide for 12, stumbling over a teammate. Offensive pass interference soon cost FSU 15, and soon Florida State punted for the first time.
Noseguard Tommy Harp caught Valasco Smith for a
7-yard loss at the 13. Stymied, then penalized two straight times as it tried to punt, Wichita eventually booted the ball after getting backed to its 5.
FSU got a start from the foe 30 following
Sanders' 9-yard return. After a couple of runs reached the 19, McManus threw to a streaking Gainer for an easy touchdown, and it became 31-0.
Valasco Smith was again slammed for a loss, this time
for 5 by Haggins. Next play, John Eaford intercepted a Kruse pass, providing FSU a shot from the Wichita 28.
McManus got the touchdown that made it 38-0 on a 22-yard pass to Scott Dimare.
With
17 seconds left in the half, Wichita got inside FSU territory for the first time, helped along by a Valasco Smith run for 13, then later a personal-foul assessment against FSU.
Four tries from
there got nothing. Brad Fleeman missed a 51-yard attempt for a field goal on the final play of the half.
The Seminoles, halfway through, had outgained the Shockers, 295 yards to 91, with McManus
passing for 201 of it on 11 completions of 19 efforts.
Immediately, FSU went to freshman Peter Tom Willis at quarterback in the third quarter.
In three plays, the Seminoles got a touchdown -
Tanner Holloman for 17, Pat Carter catching a 21-yard pass, then Lewis taking a 30-yard throw for the touchdown.
Hemmed up at its 13 after the kickoff return, Wichita four downs later was at its 8.
A punt gave FSU the ball at the Wichita 41.
A 12-yard pass to Tom O'Malley and a 12-yard run by Palmer led to the 2, where Palmer scored. It became 52-0.
On a delay run, Valasco Smith tore away
for 35 to FSU's 30. Four plays later Fleeman missed on a 42-yard shot at a field goal.
Chip Ferguson became FSU's quarterback with a bit over five minutes left in the third quarter.
A swing pass
from Ferguson to Dexter Carter got 32 yards to midfield. Carter's running spurred a first down at the 32 as the quarter ran out.
But Ferguson, playing behind reserve linemen, got sacked.
When
Louis Berry punted, he seemingly made no attempt to get the ball off after receiving the snap, and was buried by tacklers for a 14-yard loss. Wichita State took over at FSU's 49.
A 22-yard pass to
Anthony Hardy gained the 25.
David Smith's strong running spurred the visitors to a first down at the 1.
At this point, FSU had its first defensive unit back in action.
Paul McGowan and
Warren caught David Smith for a loss of 1. A halfback pass by David Smith failed. Then Kruse got sacked at the 11 by Stan Shiver.
On fourth down, Fleeman kicked a 29-yard field goal for 52-3 with
9:14 left.
With Willis back in at quarterback, a pass was fumbled by Lewis and Wichita claimed the ball at the FSU 19.
Valasco Smith, on three runs, got 9, 1 and 4 yards to reach the 5.
But a
poor pitchout lost 13.
A 35-yard Fleeman field goal was wide.
In the late going, a Smiley Elmore fumble was recovered by FSU's Bruce Heggie at the Wichita 27.
In came freshman Alan Stewart, a
freshman option operator at quarterback. On a slick keeper, Stewart moved wide and scored on a determined run that brought the score to 59-3 with 1:51 to go.
That, mercifully, wrapped it up.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Wichita State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Florida State |
14 |
24 |
14 |
7 |
59 |
1st 7- 0 Ronald Lewis, 40, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 13:32
14- 0 Victor Floyd, 13, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:20
14- 0 Derek Schmidt, 47, field goal failed, 5:02
2nd 21- 0 David Palmer, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 14:19
24- 0 Derek Schmidt, 41, field goal, 10:43
31- 0 Herb Gainer, 19, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:28
38- 0 Scott DiMare, 22, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:30
38- 0 Opp, 50, field goal failed, 0:00
3rd 45- 0 Ronald Lewis, 30, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:35
52- 0 David Palmer, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:57
52- 0 Opp, 42, field goal failed, 5:17
4th 52- 3 Opp, 29, field goal, 9:47
52- 3 Opp, 35, field goal failed, 6:43
59- 3 Alan Stewart, 27, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:51
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 15
Rushes-yards 35-155 48-151
Passing 338 61
Att-Comp-Int 32-19-0 25-5-1
Total Yards 67-493 73-212
Punt Returns 8-46 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-25 9-155
Interception Ret. 1-2 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 3-51.0 8-32.9
Sacks By-Yds 2-17 1-6
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 6-2
Penalties-Yds 9-80 11-97
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 4-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Time of Posession 26:12 33:48
Attendance 56,222
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 6 44 1 13t
Alan Stewart 1 27 1 27t
Tanner Holloman 5 24 0 17
Danny McManus 3 19 0 21
Dexter Carter 7 18 0 12
David Palmer 4 16 2 12
Ronald Lewis 1 12 0 12
Keith Ross 3 11 0 9
Chip Ferguson 3 0 0 8
Peter Tom Willis 1 -2 0 -2
Louis Berry 1 -14 0 -14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 155 4 27t
Opp 48 151 0 35
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Herb Gainer 4 102 1 47
Ronald Lewis 3 77 2 40t
Terry Anthony 2 41 0 23
Scott DiMare 2 32 1 22t
Dexter Carter 1 32 0 32
Tom O'Malley 3 21 0 10
Pat Carter 1 21 0 21
Tanner Holloman 2 10 0 7
Keith Ross 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 19 338 4 47
Opp 5 61 0 23
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 11 19 0 201 3 47
Peter Tom Willis 4 4 0 71 1 30t
Chip Ferguson 4 9 0 66 0 32
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 19 32 0 338 4 47
Opp 5 25 1 61 0 23
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 4 40 0 18
Terry Warren 1 8 0 8
Curtis Thomas 3 -2 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 8 46 0 18
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 1 19 0 19
Dexter Carter 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 25 0 19
Opp 9 155 0 23
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 153 55
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 153 55
Opp 8 263 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Odell Haggins 5 1 6 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Gerald Nichols 4 1 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 4 1 5 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Terry Warren 2 2 4 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
John Parks 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 2 . 2 . . 1- 2 . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Curtis Thomas 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Wes Harris 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Eric Williams . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 14 54 6.0- 17.0 2.0- 17.0 1- 2 2 . 2- 0 . 1 .
Opp 32 11 43 3.0- 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
ST 75 Tim Hebron
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 78 Eric Hayes
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
5 Chip Ferguson
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
8 Terry Anthony
11 Alan Stewart
13 Dexter Carter
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
22 Curtis Thomas
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
32 Martin Mayhew
39 Brian Davis
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 David Palmer
49 Dayne Williams
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
54 Wes Harris
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Phil Carollo
66 Parrish Barwick
69 Joey Ionata
70 Tony Yeomans
73 Anthony Williams
76 Steve Gabbard
87 Gaylon White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
94 Eric Krohn
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 54, Louisville 18
10/25/1986, Louisville, Ky.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 26, 1986, page 57, by Bill McGrotha. FSU runs away from Louisville 54-18.
LOUISVILLE, KY – Howard Schnellenberger had spoken of playing Florida
State “in our back alley.”
And a pretty dark alley it was for just a little while here Saturday night, but the Seminoles recovered quickly from a 7-0 deficit and raced past Louisville 54-18.
Danny McManus misfired on his first pass attempt of the evening, then connected on eight straight – including three for touchdowns – to spur the Seminoles to a 37-18 halftime advantage.
FSU quickly
extended it to 44-18 five plays into the second half on a 9-yard McManus run.
It was FSU’s ninth victory over Louisville in 10 tries, also its ninth straight.
The triumph, before a rain-soaked
crowd of 22,822, boosted FSU to 4-2-1 and left Louisville at 2-5.
For the first time all season, Louisville won a coin toss – and chose to reserve its option, going on defense at the start.
From
the 20, Victor Floyd reached the 32 in two runs.
Three more runs gained the 42, but Floyd then fumbled on the wet field. Calvert Cole recovered for Louisville at FSU’s 47.
Hard running by John
Adams, a 220-pound fullback, led to the 37.
Suddenly, Larry Stricklin struck left on a delay run – 33 to the 4.
On third down, Rodney Knighton, a 200-pound fullback, scored from the 1 and
Louisville led 7-0 after a point kick.
Keith Ross gave FSU good position with a kickoff return to FSU’s 39. Two plays later, Floyd got 15 on a draw, to the Louisville 46.
Herb Gainer caught a
10-yard pass at the 33.
On third and nine following an offside, Darrin Holloman made a diving first-down catch of a throw at the 21.
As the cornerback slipped and fell, Gainer two plays later
caught a touchdown pass on a 20-yard play to tie it 7-7.
Continuing to run well, Louisville cut out a first down at its 40.
Whereupon, Jay Gruden, the sophomore quarterback from Tamps, went deep
with a pass that James Howard, a 6-foot-1 freshman from Key West, plucked 53 yards downfield at the FSU 8.
But on third down, Deon Booker let a touchdown pass go through his hands, and Louisville
settled for a 21-yard Danny Cerione field goal for 10-7.
From the 23, Pat Carter started the Seminoles moving with an 11-yard reception, On two runs, Sammie Smith got 13 and 9, to the Louisville
39. Soon, Gainer grabbed an 18-yard pass at the 20.
On the first play of the second quarter, a late hit following a Smith run vaulted FSU to the 8.
Third down at the 6, and McManus passed to
Gainer on a slant for the touchdown.
But following 108 successful extra-point attempts during his Florida State time, Derek Schmidt kicked one low and it was blocked. The score stayed 13-10.
With linebacker Fred Jones making a key tackle on a screen pass, FSU defenders bottled up Louisville at its 22.
Deion Sanders wheeled the punt back 18 yards to the Louisville 43.
After gaining 5
on a run, Smith lost 6.
But McManus found Darrin Holloman wide open at about the 5 and hit him with a bomb for an easy touchdown, the play covering 44 yards.
In short order the score jumped from
20-10 to 27-10.
When Gruden passed to Booker at about the Louisville 35, the receiver was rocked by a Paul McGowan tackle, producing a fumble that safety Stan Shiver plucked out of the air. Shiver
ran 29 yards to the 6 before getting pulled down.
Dayne Williams scored on a 6-yard burst up the middle.
A sack of Gruden, with Gerald Nichols and Tom Harp leading the charge, discouraged the
Cardinals on the next effort.
Two 12-yard runs, by Floyd, then Reno Fells, spurred the Seminoles just inside Louisville territory.
On fourth down at the 42, Florida State faked a punt, with the
ball going to fullback Williams, who got the first down by inches at the 38.
Fells ran to the 14, and Tom O’Malley got 21 out of a pass to the 3.
On a pitchout, Floyd got the touchdown
easily.
Eric Vaughn’s 28-yard pickup with a pass got Louisville to FSU’s 37, but Fred Jones sacked Gruden back at the 44.
With 52 seconds left in the half, Louisville called a timeout, then went
for it on fourth and 17. A scrambling Gruden found Vaughn with a throw at the 18.
Howard pulled in an over-the-middle pass for a touchdown. Going for 2, the Cardinals got it following an FSU
offside on the first endeavor on a Gruden keeper, and it became 34-18.
John Parks claimed Louisville’s short kickoff, placing FSU in business at its 48. On a run, Smith spun for 16 to the
Louisville 36 with 14 seconds left.
After two futile passes, Florida State brought in Schmidt with the clock showing three seconds, and the junior put through a 53-yard field goal as time ran out
in the half to make it 37-18.
At this point, Florida State showed 299 yards of offense, with 156 of it running as Floyd led with 62 on 13 carries. McManus had thrown only 13 times, but hit eight
for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Gainer has pulled in four for 54 and two touchdowns.
Louisville had stacked up 184 yards, with 130 passing as Gruden connected on seven of 14.
But much of the
starch came out of Louisville with a fumble at the Cardinal 31 on the second-half kickoff, resulting in a recovery by the Seminoles’ Rick Tuten.
Williams slammed up the middle twice, to the 15. On
third down at the nine, McManus bootlegged to his left for an easy six points.
Three Louisville plays, and FSU got the ball back at its 30 after a punt.
Williams led to midfield, then Floyd took
over on a series of runs, capped by Floyd’s 16-yarder to the 17.
Following a holding penalty, FSU settled for a 36-yard field goal by Schmidt that boosted the count to 47-18.
A 13-yard pass to
Knighton and a 30-yarder to Danny Thomas quickly got Louisville to FSU’s 27. Two runs reached the 11. Third down at the 8, and Florida State ushered back its first-team defenders. A blitzing Deion
Sanders pressured Gruden into a hurried throw. Then Martin Mayhew broke up a fourth-down throw.
Backed up, Florida State brought in Peter Tom Willis. After an incompletion, Willis turned Smith
loose on a run for 11, then Palmer with a toss at the 29. A bit later Palmer caught another short pass at the FSU 48, but on a following run Smith fumbled, and Mike Minogue got it for the home
team.
A couple of plays, and FSU’s Dedrick Dodge got it back with an interception at the 23.
On a fake reverse, Smith shot through for 19 to midfield. Following a holding penalty, Florida State
punted for the first time – with 13:19 left in the game, and Louis Berry’s effort rolled 41 yards away into the end zone.
With a 16-yard pass to Calvin Davis, keying a drive, Louisville moved deep.
A Curtis Thomas interception was nullified by a roughing-the-passer call, but Shiver soon swiped another to give FSU the ball back at its 8.
Chip Ferguson took a turn at quarterback and moved the
team out of the hole with a pass.
The Seminoles got a final touchdown with 1:18 left when Dexter Carter tore away on a 30-yard scoring run, capping a 57-yard drive in seven plays.
But the rest
was mostly tit-and-tat.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
30 |
10 |
7 |
54 |
| Louisville |
10 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 9:06
7- 7 Herb Gainer, 20, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 5:06
7-10 Opp, 21, field goal, 3:21
2nd 13-10 Herb Gainer, 6, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick blocked), 13:43
20-10 Darrin Holloman, 44, pass from Danny McManus (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:59
27-10 Dayne Williams, 6, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:20
34-10 Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:54
34-18 Opp, 17, pass (pass), 0:37
37-18 Derek Schmidt, 53, field goal, 0:00
3rd 44-18 Danny McManus, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:39
47-18 Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 6:43
4th 54-18 Dexter Carter, 30, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:12
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 31 15
Rushes-yards 62-350 34-125
Passing 197 189
Att-Comp-Int 28-14-0 29-10-2
Total Yards 90-547 63-314
Punt Returns 2-19 2-23
Kickoff Returns 4-42 9-168
Interception Ret. 2-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-29 2-0
Punts 3-38.3 5-34.0
Sacks By-Yds 3-20 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 6-2 3-2
Penalties-Yds 5-42 5-38
3rd Down Conversions 7-15 3-13
Time of Posession 37:31 22:29
Attendance 22,822
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 18 110 1 16
Sammie Smith 14 81 0 19
Reno Fells 7 52 0 14
Dayne Williams 8 45 1 9
Dexter Carter 5 35 1 30t
Keith Ross 2 9 0 5
Danny McManus 3 7 1 9t
David Palmer 2 7 0 6
Tanner Holloman 2 4 0 3
Darrin Holloman 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 62 350 4 30t
Opp 34 125 1 33
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Darrin Holloman 2 55 1 44t
Herb Gainer 4 54 2 20t
Tom O'Malley 1 22 0 22
David Palmer 2 19 0 10
Terry Anthony 1 17 0 17
Pat Carter 1 12 0 12
Scott DiMare 1 12 0 12
Reno Fells 1 6 0 6
Victor Floyd 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 197 3 44t
Opp 10 189 1 53
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 9 15 0 143 3 44t
Peter Tom Willis 3 8 0 31 0 12
Chip Ferguson 2 5 0 23 0 17
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 28 0 197 3 44t
Opp 10 29 2 189 1 53
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 2 19 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 19 0 18
Opp 2 23 0 17
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 2 25 0 33
John Parks 1 22 0 22
Paul McGowan 1 -5 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 42 0 33
Opp 9 168 0 28
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 115 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 115 39
Opp 5 170 40
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Jones 6 1 7 2.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . . . . 1 . .
Felton Hayes 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
John Parks 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 1 3 . . 1- 0 . . 1- 29 . . .
Deion Sanders 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Greg Newell 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 2 1 3 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bruce Heggie 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 . 2 . . . 2 . . . . .
Odell Haggins 2 . 2 . . . 2 . . . . .
Eric Hayes 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bart Schucts 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Rick Tuten 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Curtis Thomas 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Sutton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marty Riggs 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
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FSU 52 14 66 4.0- 20.0 3.0- 20.0 2- 0 6 . 2- 29 1 . .
Opp 70 26 96 3.0- 10.0 . . 5 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
3 Rick Tuten
4 Peter Tom Willis
5 Chip Ferguson
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
8 Terry Anthony
13 Dexter Carter
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
22 Curtis Thomas
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
32 Martin Mayhew
33 Sammie Smith
35 Lenny Sutton
39 Brian Davis
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Reno Fells
47 Kevin Grant
48 David Palmer
49 Dayne Williams
51 Marty Riggs
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Phil Carollo
60 Ken Carr
66 Parrish Barwick
70 Tony Yeomans
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
87 Gaylon White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
98 Bart Schucts
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Miami 41, Florida State 23
11/01/1986, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 2, 1986, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. Testavertigo.
Hurricanes spoil FSU’s dream 41-23.
MIAMI, FL – Florida State had it going as few
thought it could. Then the improbable dream became a nightmare.
Ahead 17-14 with 7:49 left in the first half, the Seminoles lost their quarterback and a football game to No. 1 Miami 41-23.
With
Danny McManus abruptly sidelines, his throwing-hand thumb severely sprained, the magic was gone. Florida State struggled on, leading 20-14 at the half, hanging on by a 23-21 thread going into the
final quarter. But it was over.
Florida State could not move the football, and Vinny Testaverde was zeroing in on a tiring, overburdened defense.
Late in the third quarter, the Heisman Trophy
favorite guided an eight-play, 85-yard drive capped by a 20-yard touchdown strike to Brian Blades, and Miami was ahead for good, at 27-23 with 12:26 to play.
Then it became fun time for the 8-0
Hurricanes – a 20-point eruption in that fourth quarter as Testaverde finished the day with three TDs passing, and two running, completing en route 21 of 35 throws for 315 yards.
“You can talk
about O.J. (Simpson), and all of ‘em, and you take this guy here – he is unbelievable!” said FSU coach Bobby Bowden of Testaverde.
But as an Orange Bowl crowd of 62,834 – biggest ever to see
a game of this series – and a national CBS-TV audience watched, Testaverde ad seemed vulnerable enough in the early going.
What they saw in the first half, with McManus in there, was a Florida
State team pretty well running the show – leading Miami in yardage at intermission, 186 to 148, with Testaverde just 7-for-14 with 85 yards and sacked four times.
And what they saw in the last half
of this tingle was something else.
Florida State in that last half ran just 24 plays, holding the ball for a little more than 10 of the final 30 minutes. The Seminoles got 56 last half yards, 28 of
which came on a meaningless last series.
Meanwhile, as Miami ran 43 plays over the last two quarters, Testaverde was going 14-for-21 and 230 yards, suffering only one more sack.
“I was a little
frustrated because I wasn’t really on,” said Testaverde of his early going. He had sprained a foot in Miami’s last game two weeks ago, and was perhaps favoring it.
“I wasn’t pushing off well off my
back foot,” said Testaverde. “I was hurting. But there was no way I wouldn’t play if it was at all possible.”
And there had seemed no way on this hot, fair, breezy afternoon these teams would not
go toe-to-toe until the final gun.
McManus, who would hit eight of 15 throws for 85 yards, took Florida State to a 7-0 lead at the start, on a nine-play, 80-yard drive highlighted by three straight
opening completions. But after the latter one, a 20-yarder to the Miami 32, tailback Sammie Smith was helped off the field – never to return – with a battered shoulder after making the catch. Strong
running by Keith Ross and Tanner Holloman took FSU on down, with Holloman scoring from 6 yards out.
Back came Miami to tie 7-7, Alonzo Highsmith running hard, Warren Williams getting the TD on a
run from the 4. For the game, Miami would have Highsmith, Williams and Mel Bratton run for 51, 53 and 59 yards. The net rushing was 128, which was an upset. In all of the previous three games between
these two, Miami had netted just 58 yards on the ground.
Late in that first quarter, Rod Carter’s hard tackle of Ross precipitated a fumble that Miami’s Bain Tolbert covered at the FSU 23. On third
down, Testaverde worked around, and finally threw to an open Highsmith for a TD and a 14-7 lead on a 23-yard play.
Then came the dazzler of the day.
Ross fielded the kickoff 5 yards in the end
zone, then brought it out – as FSU fans shuddered – to about the 10, where he stopped short while Miami tacklers converged. Suddenly, Ross whipped the ball across field to freshman Dexter Carter, who
caught it after a perfect bounce and streaked down the left sideline for a touchdown that tied it 14-14. Officially, it was a 100-yard play.
“we had been working on that one about two weeks,”
Bowden said later.
A second quarter unfolded that might well have produced 21 points for Florida State, but did not.
Deion Sanders wheeled a punt 30 yards to the Miami 40. Short McManus passes
led to the 21. The Seminoles settled for the first of three Derek Schmidt field goals, a 36-yarder.
When Miami punted again, Alphonso Williams raced in to block it, the Monticello sophomore chasing
the ball toward the goal – finally, at about the 10 – an official ruled it the 6 – trying to flip it over the goal with a hand. That move brought a 15-yard penalty, providing FSU with a start at the
21 following the turnover.
Three plays got 2 yards. On fourth down McManus, down to hold on what was a fake field-goal play, reared up, looking for receivers, found non – and ran to the 11. He was
six inches short of the first down.
That was the play when he hurt his hand, he would say he had no idea how he hurt it.
“We were not going to sit on a lead,” said Bowden of the fake. “We were
going for the points. We felt we had to have them.”
It seemed to matter not so much when on Miami’s first scrimmage play, Deion Sanders made a flashy interception and ran it back 31 yards to
Miami’s 17.
That was the third straight opportunity inside Miami territory – a chance at the 40 followed by one at the 21, then the 17.
“Yeah, we squandered some opportunity,” said Bowden.
Miami, however, is one of the nation’s best defensive teams, as well as offensive teams.
Peter Tom Willis, in at quarterback, had a shaky start. A fumble that lost 5 was followed by a sack that
cost 8. Finally, Schmidt kicked a 36-yard field goal for 20-14.
“We would have won anyway, with McManus in there,” said Miami coach Jimmy Johnson. “I told our players at halftime to have fun.”
Miami did.
On an opening series, Testaverde was big on third-down plays as the Hurricanes drove 76 yards to a 21-20 lead. From the 8, Testaverde surprised with a bootleg run for the score.
“Penalties were one thing that hurt us,” defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews said later. “Those that were called, and those that were not. On that bootleg run, their man tackled Eric (cornerback
Williams).”
FSU was penalized seven times for 75 yards, Miami four for 37.
A personal-foul penalty on a following kickoff nullified a big return by Ross.
Florida State found opportunity at
the Miami 36 later in the quarter following a Tracy Sanders interception. FSU squeezed out a first down at the 25, but that was it. Schmidt’s 45-yard field goal gave the Seminoles a 23-21 lead, but it
was all too brief.
Miami promptly went 85 yards to a 20-yard touchdown pass to Blades.
A pass over the middle to Floyd for 19 got FSU to midfield, but that was the Seminoles’ last real shot as
the drive stalled and Louis Berry punted to the 7. In 10 plays, the gifted Testaverde brought the score to 34-23, scoring on another bootleg – from the 1 – after a 27-yard pass to Michael Irvin had
gained the 4. The dangerous Irvin pulled in seven passes for the day and got 95 yards out of them. Miami got a late score on Testaverde’s 24-yard pass to Brett Perlman after Berry had punted out of a hole, up to
his 40. Florida State appeared to have magnificent defensive contribution from several. Noseguard Tom Harp had three of the five sacks – Eric Hayes and Sheldon Thompson accounted for the other two.
A press-box accounting had linebacker Paul McGowan in on a game-leading 11 tackles, with eight outright. Free safety Greg Newell was credited with nine.
In the last four games of this series, FSU
has sacked great Miami quarterbacks – Bernie Kosar and Testaverde – a total of 24 times, but lost three of the four.
Now 4-3-1, Florida State faces its final road game Saturday at South Carolina.
McManus does not figure to be able to play.
“We’ve lost to the No. 1 team in the nation,” said Bowden, “and we’ve lost to the No. 2 (Michigan), as well as the one that was No. 3 (Nebraska).
“And
all on the road.”
Miami, too, faces its final road game, at Pittsburgh.
“Great teams don’t doubt they will win,” Testaverde was saying, “and we are a great team.”
No one was arguing.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
14 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
23 |
| Miami |
14 |
0 |
7 |
20 |
41 |
1st 7- 0 Tanner Holloman, 6, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:17
7- 7 Opp, 4, run (kick), 8:48
7-14 Opp, 23, pass (kick), 2:04
14-14 Dexter Carter, 105, kickoff return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:47
Note: Keith Ross fielded the kickoff five yards deep in the
end zone, ran to the 10 and threw a lateral pass to
Carter.
2nd 17-14 Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 11:03
3rd 20-14 Derek Schmidt, 38, field goal, 5:20
20-21 Opp, 8, run (kick), 10:18
23-21 Derek Schmidt, 45, field goal, 0:43
4th 23-27 Opp, 20, pass (pass failed), 12:24
23-34 Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:20
23-41 Opp, 24, pass (kick), 1:27
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 12 25
Rushes-yards 30-86 46-128
Passing 156 315
Att-Comp-Int 32-15-1 35-21-2
Total Yards 62-242 81-443
Punt Returns 3-88 2-7
Kickoff Returns 4-182 5-89
Interception Ret. 2-44 1-36
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 5-41.0 5-33.4
Sacks By-Yds 5-42 3-22
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yds 7-75 4-37
3rd Down Conversions 4-16 7-13
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-1
Time of Posession 25:50 34:10
Attendance 62,834
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 11 42 0 16
Keith Ross 5 25 0 10
Tanner Holloman 4 18 1 14
Dayne Williams 2 7 0 6
Danny McManus 1 7 0 7
Dexter Carter 3 0 0 5
Chip Ferguson 3 -5 0 9
Peter Tom Willis 1 -8 0 -8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 30 86 1 16
Opp 46 128 3 13
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Pat Carter 3 37 0 20
Victor Floyd 3 28 0 20
Tom O'Malley 2 21 0 17
Sammie Smith 1 20 0 20
Terry Anthony 1 18 0 18
Tanner Holloman 3 13 0 8
Dayne Williams 1 12 0 12
Scott DiMare 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 156 0 20
Opp 21 315 3 39
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 8 15 0 84 0 20
Peter Tom Willis 7 14 1 72 0 20
Chip Ferguson 0 3 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 32 1 156 0 20
Opp 21 35 2 315 3 39
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 2 49 0 30
Alphonso Williams 1 39 0 39
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 88 0 39
Opp 2 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 3 92 0 37
Dexter Carter 1 90 1 90t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 182 1 90t
Opp 5 89 0 30
Dexter Carter
Dexter Carter
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 5 205 60
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 205 60
Opp 5 167 56
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan 8 3 11 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 2 5 7 0.5- 1.5 . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 6 1 7 . . 1- 31 . . . . . .
Eric Williams 5 . 5 . . . 2 . . . . .
Felton Hayes . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 3 1 4 3.0- 13.0 3.0- 13.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 2 2 4 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams . 2 2 0.5- 1.5 . . . . . . 1 .
Keith Carter . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Parks 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 1.0- 18.0 1.0- 18.0 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Louis Berry 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lenny Sutton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Curtis Thomas 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders . . . . . 1- 13 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 51 33 84 6.0- 45.0 5.0- 42.0 2- 44 2 . . . 1 .
Opp 39 20 59 7.0- 3.0- 22.0 1- 36 8 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
TB 33 Sammie Smith
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
3 Rick Tuten
4 Peter Tom Willis
5 Chip Ferguson
6 Louis Berry
8 Terry Anthony
13 Dexter Carter
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
22 Curtis Thomas
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
32 Martin Mayhew
35 Lenny Sutton
36 Eric Stiehl
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
39 Brian Davis
47 Kevin Grant
48 David Palmer
49 Dayne Williams
50 John Brown
51 Marty Riggs
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
54 Wes Harris
57 Phil Carollo
59 Keith Carter
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
87 Gaylon White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
98 Bart Schucts
99 Bruce Heggie
|
Florida State 45, South Carolina 28
11/08/1986, Columbia, S.C.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 9, 1986, page 61, by Bill McGrotha. FSU: 29 for a quarter.
Third period is Gamecocks’ 45-28 undoing.
COLUMBIA, SC – Shaking down the
kind of thunder it had not known in awhile, Florida State stormed back here Saturday afternoon.
And so did Chip Ferguson.
Down 15 points in the second quarter, the Seminoles slammed home 29
third-quarter points and won 45-28. It was an outcome that makes some sort of bowl bid all but certain should Florida State, in a Homecoming game next Saturday afternoon, get past Southern
Mississippi. FSU is now 5-3-1.
“Chip was the key man,” said Coach Bobby Bowden, “and, boy, did he do the job! What we saw today was the Chip Ferguson I remembered.”
As he hit 15 of 22 passes for
228 yards, the sophomore indeed looked like the tough-and-dangerous quarterback of the Gator Bowl, and not at all like the vulnerable one of a particularly difficult early season. Ferguson had chafed
after being demoted to third string, behind Danny McManus and Peter Tom Willis. One thing, he had better offensive-line protection than earlier.
“Not too much os different,” insisted Ferguson in
the dressing room. “They (offensive linemen) are young like everybody else on our team, and they’re learning.
“I think our line blocked great today. When we got the run going, it opened up the
passes, and then the passes opened up the run.
“It feels good to get back. I worked my butt off.”
A mostly partisan crowd of 71,689 worked its enthusiasm off in the early going, and found little
to cheer about as Florida State dramatically reversed things on this warm (85 degrees) afternoon.
“It looked like,” said Gamecocks coach Joe Morrison, “We had the halves switched around on us.”
Precisely.
While seeming to score much as it pleased, Florida State simply would not let Carolina have the football after intermission. The run-and-shoot offense, so capably quarterbacked by gifted
freshman Todd Ellis, got just 96 last-half yards after totaling 231 in the first two quarters. For the day, Ellis hit 20 of 33 passes for 267 and two touchdowns, but was sacked twice and intercepted
three times.
“Don’t let ‘em on the field,” said FSU defensive assistant Chuck Amato slyly, “and the run-and-shoot becomes a walk-and-pop.”
Florida State let Carolina’s offense on the field for
just 20 last-half plays. Over-all, the Seminoles controlled the ball, 81 plays to 61, and held the ball almost 12 minutes more, 35:58 to 24:02.
Running themselves for 279 yards, as Victor Floyd got
115 in a workhouse 24 carries, the Seminoles totaled 546. Floyd had a superb day, catching four passes and scoring three touchdowns.
But, in truth, many Seminoles had superb days.
“I told them
at halftime that if we won,” said Bowden, “no play would be more important than Randy White’s 43-yard catch in the first half.”
Down 14-3, backed to their 7, the Seminoles got out of the hole on
White’s hot catch of a Ferguson strike at midfield. But there were so many big plays, including a 49-yard kickoff return by Keith Ross that ignited that second-half fire, and a 23-yard gain by Darrin
Holloman on a reverse when there was no way not to lose 5.
Willis had started for the Seminoles and, first opportunity, took the team smoothly downfield to the Carolina 14, where he got shaken up
trying to pass. Ferguson came on briefly for the first time, and FSU settled for Derek Schmidt’s 33-yard field goal.
Then a Doug Philpott interception off Willis started the Gamecocks crowing. A
38-yard Ellis pass to Sterling Sharpe followed an interference call – the Seminoles drew 11 penalties for 95 yards – paved an Ellis 3-yard run for the touchdown and 7-3. Soon after, Willis was
intercepted again, at the FSU 32, but naught came of it as Scott Hagler missed a 43-yard try for a field goal.
From that point on, Ferguson quarterbacked.
It became 14-3 on a 34-yard Ellis pass
to 6-foot-3 Ryan Bethea, who hurt his knee after he came down with the ball that had seemed well-defended by Martin Mayhew.
At that point, FSU got backed up following a penalty, and White caught
the long 43-yard pass. Floyd led on to the 17, and Schmidt booted a 33-yard field goal. “At that time,” said Bowden, “any points at all were very important for us.”
Back came Carolina on Ellis’
passing, a 10-yarder to Danny Smith bringing the TD and a 21-6 lead.
And the rest was all FSU, though no one would have believed at the moment.
A 25-yard Deion Sanders punt return staked FSU to
Carolina’s 45. A 29-yard Ferguson pass to Floyd cut it 21-13. With time running out in the half, tackle Gerald Nichols covered a fumble at the Carolina 21. Terry Anthony caught a pass at the 11.
Darrin Holloman slipped on a reverse, getting 8 to the 3, and a pass to an open man was too low. With four seconds left, Schmidt missed a 29-yard field goal shot. Bowden was hot, and is rumored to
have imparted the fact to the team at halftime.
“The consensus of all our coaches was that we were not hitting,” Bowden said. “Kids were standing around.
“I told them if they thought South
Carolina was out-hitting them now, just wait until the second half!”
All season long, South Carolina has had a reputation of being a strong second-half team. All season long, Florida State has had
something of a counter reputation.
And then the third-quarter explosion.
“I think the first drive of the third quarter set the tone for Florida State,” said Carolina linebacker Gus Robinson.
“They just tried to shove the ball down our throat. It seemed like everything they did worked, and then it was just the steamrolling effect.”
Floyd’s running, coupled with a 28-yard pass to Gainer,
got FSU close on that opening second-half drive, and Floyd got the touchdown from the seven. Whereupon, Pat Carter caught a Ferguson pass for two points that tied it 21-21.
Then FSU marched from
its 14, the Holloman reverse preventing a stall, the rest of it a chopping, sustained drive. Floyd scored from the 3 after Ferguson had got a first down there – by all of an inch – on a fourth-down
bid.
After which, tackle Bart Schucts intercepted Ellis as Fred Jones applied heavy pressure, providing FSU with a shot at the Carolina 25. Dayne Williams scored from the 1.
Then it was Ellis
fumbling, Jones recovering for FSU at the Carolina 28, with Williams soon after busting 14 yards up the gut for an easy touchdown that completed the four-touchdown third quarter.
South Carolina
made a little noise after Philpott pulled his second interception, getting a touchdown on Harold Green’s 1-yard run that capped a 64-yard drive. That made it 42-28, and the natives stirred when FSU
was obliged soon after to get off its only last-half punt.
But a Tracy Sanders interception of Ellis stilled remote hopes, clinching a 2-6-1 record for the home team.
Schmidt got another field
goal, from 34 yards out with 1:56 left.
“It’s been our trademark all year,” said Morrison, “but today it was Florida State that took it to us in the third quarter.”
FSU defensive coordinator
Mickey Andrews said a “little old bitty change” was made at halftime. Essentially, a blitzing strategy was adjusted.
“It was probably the best we’ve done this year – the offense and defense playing
together,” said Andrews.
Bowden seemed to agree.
“I don’t think I can remember a third quarter when our team turned it around so big so fast,” he said.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
10 |
29 |
3 |
45 |
| South Carolina |
7 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
1st 3- 0 Derek Schmidt, 33, field goal, 8:50
3- 7 Opp, 3, run (kick), 1:46
2nd 3- 7 Opp, 43, field goal failed, 14:56
3-14 Opp, 34, pass (kick), 10:13
6-14 Derek Schmidt, 33, field goal, 7:45
6-21 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 5:09
13-21 Victor Floyd, 24, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:48
13-21 Derek Schmidt, 19, field goal failed, 0:02
3rd 21-21 Victor Floyd, 7, run (Pat Carter, pass from Chip Ferguson), 12:36
28-21 Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:25
35-21 Dayne Williams, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 1:34
42-21 Dayne Williams, 14, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 0:20
4th 42-28 Opp, 1, run (kick), 9:39
45-28 Derek Schmidt, 34, field goal, 1:56
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 26 16
Rushes-yards 52-267 27-40
Passing 279 287
Att-Comp-Int 29-19-3 34-21-3
Total Yards 81-546 61-327
Punt Returns 2-50 1-4
Kickoff Returns 4-78 8-161
Interception Ret. 3-26 3-61
Fumble Returns 2-12 0-0
Punts 3-47.0 4-33.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-15 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2
Penalties-Yds 11-95 4-38
3rd Down Conversions 4-14 4-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 35:58 24:02
Attendance 71,689
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 24 115 2 14
Keith Ross 7 56 0 20
Darrin Holloman 2 30 0 23
Tanner Holloman 7 24 0 6
Dayne Williams 5 17 2 14t
Dexter Carter 3 17 0 13
Chip Ferguson 4 8 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 52 267 4 23
Opp 27 40 2 21
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 4 60 1 29t
Herb Gainer 3 56 0 28
Randy White 2 46 0 43
Terry Anthony 2 35 0 21
Tom O'Malley 3 24 0 9
Pat Carter 1 23 0 23
Darrin Holloman 1 14 0 14
Dayne Williams 1 11 0 11
Scott DiMare 1 6 0 6
Tanner Holloman 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 19 279 1 43
Opp 21 287 2 51
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 15 22 1 228 1 43
Peter Tom Willis 4 7 2 51 0 23
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 19 29 3 279 1 43
Opp 21 34 3 287 2 51
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 2 50 0 25
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 50 0 25
Opp 1 4 0 4
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 4 78 0 49
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 78 0 49
Opp 8 161 0 39
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 141 54
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 141 54
Opp 4 134 37
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Jones 7 3 10 . . . . . 1- 0 1 . .
John Parks 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 4 5 9 . . . 1 . . . . .
Stan Shiver 4 3 7 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 1 2 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bart Schucts 1 1 2 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 1- 6 . . . . . .
Eric Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Pat Carter 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Wes Harris 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
Alphonso Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 12 . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Martin Mayhew . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Schmidt 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Terry Warren . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
Tracy Sanders . . . . . 1- 20 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 51 32 83 3.0- 20.0 2.0- 15.0 3- 26 6 . 2- 12 2 . .
Opp 70 52 122 3.0- 5.0 . 3- 61 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 78 Eric Hayes
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
5 Chip Ferguson
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
8 Terry Anthony
13 Dexter Carter
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
19 John Parks
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
32 Martin Mayhew
33 Sammie Smith
39 Brian Davis
47 Kevin Grant
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Dayne Williams
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
54 Wes Harris
56 Dave Schrenker
57 Phil Carollo
59 Keith Carter
66 Parrish Barwick
68 Michael Tanks
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
76 Steve Gabbard
82 Randy White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
98 Bart Schucts
|
Florida State 49, Southern Mississippi 13
11/15/1986, Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat, November 16, 1986, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. Good ol' Southern Missmatch.
49-13 win assures FSU a bowl.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Rolling early, coasting late,
Florida State's football team flexed more late-season muscle here Saturday.
And with a 49-13 flattening of Southern Mississippi on a sunny Homecoming afternoon, the Seminoles virtually assured
themselves a fifth straight bowl game.
Best guess: the All-American in Birmingham at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve.
Scheduled for a WTBS telecast, the All-American will pay at least $800,000 - more
than FSU got from the Gator Bowl last year, more by $200,000 than the Hall of Fame in Tampa, more probably than 6-3-1 Florida State will be offered by any bowl.
"I'd be disappointed if we didn't
get them," said Bill Oakley, the bowl's representative here Saturday, "but life would go on."
FSU may not officially accept a bid until 6 p.m. Saturday, but prior negotiations are permitted and
most arrangements will be cut and dried well prior. Three other bowls - Peach, Hall of Fame, Florida Citrus - had sc outs here Saturday, and additional ones are known to have some interest in Florida
State, including the Sun and Liberty.
Bowls might want to check things out with Jim Carmody.
"We played perhaps the best team we played this year," said the Southern Mississippi coach,
"including Texas A&M and Alabama. They have a fine team, and it looks like they are getting better."
Bobby Bowden seemed to agree with the latter thought.
"We made strides in the Miami game,"
said the FSU coach, and in each game since. If we can just make strides one more game.
"This game today never was in doubt once we got rolling."
Behind the smooth quarterbacking of Danny
McManus, the Seminoles zoomed to a 28-0 halftime lead. Much of the rest was mop-up work, notably including Sammie Smith on a 62-yard run for the last touchdown of the day.
McManus was in for only
the first last-half series. He completed 11 of his 16 passes for 149 yards.
As FSU won its 30th of 39 Homecoming games, and its 11th straight during the Bowden years, a high-scoring tradition
before the Old Grads continued. Only once at Homecoming has a Bowden team scored fewer than 30 points - beating South Carolina 27-7 in '79.
The Seminoles have scored more than 40 points in five of
their last six starts.
In a sticky first quarter, McManus showed his merit.
Backed to the 6-yard line when Southern Miss punted out of its opening series, McManus hit Pat Carter with a telling
third-down pass for 20, then steadily directed a 13-play drive of 94 yards that Dayne Williams capped with a 9-yard run.
Next time FSU got the ball it was at its 13. Some good Victor Floyd running
- 12 carries, 65 yards for the day - led out of the hole, before McManus found Herb Gainer with an 18-yard pass. A punting swap put the Tribe in position at midfield. Following a 48-yard pass to Randy
White, FSU got the touchdown on a 3-yard Floyd run for 14-0 early in the second quarter.
"McManus did an excellent job," said Bowden. "If you know what he was trying to do, and what he actually
did, you would be amazed."
Carmody had some idea. "They executed extremely well on offense," he said.
McManus and Chip Ferguson hit 10 different receivers with passes. The Seminoles also used
Peter Tom Willis and Alan Stewart at quarterback in the late going, but neither threw a pass.
The game became 21-0 when Dedrick Dodge intercepted an Andrew Anderson pass, and zipped 47 yards for
the touchdown.
One of Southern's better plays came when punter Billy Knighten, fielded a low snap, dodged a rush by stepping to one side, and boomed a 42-yard kick.
But FSU replied with a
61-yard drive, McManus twice passing to Reno Fells to get it started, and Keith Ross scoring from the two.
Southern threatened with time running out in the half, penetrating to FSU's 23. But Eric
Williams intercepted an end-zone pass to abort the bid.
Southern got a touchdown following an odd kicking sequence in the third quarter.
FSU downed a Louis Berry punt on the Southern 2. Soon,
Knighten punted out of the hole - but Deion Sanders could not get a handle on the ball as he tried to field it, Southern recovered his muff at the FSU 13 in a 76-yard reversal of position.
Anderson
got the touchdown on a 7-yard run.
Behind Ferguson, the Seminoles quickly went back up by 28, at 35-7, an 11-play drive of 62 yards topped by a 14-yard scoring pass to Tom O'Malley.
Then quickly
it jumped to 42-7 as Williams flagged his second interception, steaming 52 yards on this one.
Southern surprised with a 52-yard scoring pass, Anderson to Lyneal Austin.
"I think other than
careless, we played pretty darn good," said Bowden. "That long pass, and messing up on that punting exchange - we can play better than that."
When Willis came in at quarterback for Florida State,
his first move was the day's most efficient.
He simply dealt the ball to Sammie Smith, who found running room to his left and outran everybody - 62 yards for the only scoring behind the closing
quarterbacks.
As the Seminoles stacked 443 yards of offense, 136 came running, Smith leading with 74 on just four carries. Southern was restricted to an even 300 total yards, with 165 passing.
"That might have been the best first half we played all year," said Bowden. "I hope we haven't peaked. We want to peak in two weeks.
"McManus, you know, might be pretty doggone good. He starts and
he finishes - we win! That's the way it's been."
At 7 p.m. here on the 29th, FSU closes against rival Florida. Both teams have open dates this week.
After four straight victories over Florida,
FSU has now lost five straight.
"Disregard anything I've said the last five years," said Bowden to writers. "It ain't come close to working.
"We've tried everything.
"I got a feeling you got
to be the better team to beat them."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Southern Mississippi |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
| Florida State |
7 |
21 |
14 |
7 |
49 |
1st 7- 0 Dayne Williams, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 4:56
2nd 14- 0 Victor Floyd, 3, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 10:07
21- 0 Dedrick Dodge, 47, interception return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 9:13
28- 0 Keith Ross, 2, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:49
3rd 28- 7 Opp, 7, run (kick), 7:46
35- 7 Tom O'Malley, 14, pass from Chip Ferguson (Derek Schmidt, kick), 3:38
42- 7 Eric Williams, 51, interception return (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:51
42-13 Opp, 52, pass (run failed), 0:20
4th 49-13 Sammie Smith, 62, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 7:22
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 17
Rushes-yards 38-236 43-135
Passing 207 165
Att-Comp-Int 27-15-1 28-14-3
Total Yards 65-443 71-300
Punt Returns 3--5 1-6
Kickoff Returns 3-70 8-146
Interception Ret. 3-98 1-13
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 3-42.0 6-40.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-18 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties-Yds 4-35 6-31
3rd Down Conversions 9-14 5-14
Time of Posession 28:12 31:48
Attendance 60,103
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 4 74 1 62t
Victor Floyd 12 65 1 17
Dayne Williams 8 30 1 9t
Darrin Holloman 2 26 0 14
Peter Tom Willis 1 10 0 10
Dexter Carter 2 9 0 6
Keith Ross 3 8 1 6
Alan Stewart 1 8 0 8
David Palmer 1 4 0 4
Danny McManus 2 1 0 9
Reno Fells 2 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 236 4 62t
Opp 43 135 1 14
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Randy White 1 48 0 48
Tom O'Malley 2 31 1 17
Herb Gainer 2 30 0 18
Reno Fells 2 28 0 20
Pat Carter 1 20 0 20
Scott DiMare 1 19 0 19
Victor Floyd 2 10 0 7
Keith Ross 2 9 0 6
Terry Anthony 1 8 0 8
Dayne Williams 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 207 1 48
Opp 14 165 1 52t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 11 16 0 149 0 48
Chip Ferguson 4 11 1 58 1 19
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 27 1 207 1 48
Opp 14 28 3 165 1 52t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 3 -5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 -5 0 5
Opp 1 6 0 6
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 2 46 0 35
Lenny Sutton 1 24 0 24
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 70 0 35
Opp 8 146 0 30
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 3 126 50
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 126 50
Opp 6 243 63
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Newell 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 4 1 5 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Paul McGowan 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Martin Mayhew 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Herbert Harp 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 3 1 4 2.0- 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . 1- 47 . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
John Parks 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 2 . 2 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams . 1 1 . . 2- 51 . . . . . .
Terry Warren 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver . 1 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Curtis Thomas 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Johnson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 21 62 6.0- 10.0 2.0- 18.0 3- 98 4 . . . . .
Opp 37 9 46 2.0- 1.0- 8.0 1- 13 . . 1- 0 5 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 30 Tanner Holloman
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
5 Chip Ferguson
6 Louis Berry
7 Ronald Lewis
8 Terry Anthony
11 Alan Stewart
13 Dexter Carter
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
32 Martin Mayhew
33 Sammie Smith
35 Lenny Sutton
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Reno Fells
47 Kevin Grant
48 David Palmer
49 Dayne Williams
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
68 Michael Tanks
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
82 Randy White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
98 Bart Schucts
|
Florida 17, Florida State 13
11/29/1986, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 30, 1986, page 53, by Bill McGrotha. Oh, that Florida reign.
Gators leave Seminoles mired in the 17-13 muck.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Impaled
by its own mistake, and the gritty endeavor of an old rival, Florida State's football team fell 17-13 here Saturday night.
As a record Campbell Stadium crowd of 61, 303 watched on a rainy, sloppy
evening, Florida took it away with 3:05 showing on the clock, the Gators' sixth straight victory in the series.
An 18-yard pass from Kerwin Bell to Ricky Nattiel was the decisive difference.
Florida had led 7-0, but Florida State fought back to a 10-10 halftime lead, then took the lead 13-10 on Derek Schmidt's short field goal.
Multiple FSU opportunities were gobbled up by penalties
and a rugged Florida defense.
In the beginning, on the mushy field, Florida got poor position on a kickoff return.
From the 15, three plays lost yardage. James Massey got just a yard. As big
Jeff Zimmerman jumped offside, Florida was penalized 5 - then 5 more when for delay as Kerwin Bell petitioned an official for relief from the crowd noise.
After Massey got just 2 on a run, Jamie
McAndrew punted.
As Deion Sanders tried to return the 35-yarder, roughing on the tackle cost Florida 15, and Florida State had a start at Florida's 27.
And pretty soon, in a stunning turnaround,
Florida State found itself at its own 9.
On first down at the 27, Keith Ross on a fake reverse lost 8. Victor Floyd got 5 to the 30 after a pass missed.
But Derek Schmidt appeared to get a bad
hold as he tried for a 46-yard field goal, and missed.
Unable to move beyond the 37, Florida punted again - to the FSU 32.
Floyd lost 2, then 2 more - and a clipping penalty knocked the
Seminoles back to their 14.
Whereupon illegal procedure cost 5 more, to the 9. Two runs reached the 14 before Louis Berry punted 43 yards to the Florida 43.
On first down, Deion Sanders
intercepted Bell's underthrown pass at the FSU 32.
But a Floyd run got just 3. One pass missed, and a second Danny McManus effort was overthrown - and Ricky Mulberry intercepted at the FSU 40.
Octavius Gould ran for 5. On a following run, Dwayne Ferguson fumbled but teammate Satcey Simmons covered the rolling ball for an 11-yard gain to the 24.
Whereupon, Gould got 5 more. Bell hit
Anthony Williams with a pass at the 8. On a run to his right, Gould scored the touchdown and Florida led 7-0.
On a striking runback of 71 yards with the kickoff, Keith Ross dodged and broke tackles
to stake the Seminoles to a shot from the Florida 20.
Dayne Williams pounded to 5, but Floyd was stopped short. Again, a procedure penalty cost FSU 5.
On fourth down, Schmidt's 36-yard field
goal narrowed it to 7-3.
Here came Florida again, marching through the rain from its 31.
An 18-yard Bell toss to Simmons started it. Offside against FSU as a pass fell incomplete on third down
kept it going. Massey runs led on to the FSU 35.
With rain falling heavily as the second quarter started, Frazier caught a 9-yard pass. Then Florida turned back to the ground - Massey carrying six
straight times, until it came to fourth down at the 3.
Jeff Dawson made an 18-yard field goal for 10-3.
In came Sammie Smith, running for 7 to the FSU 34 on his first try.
Then, with 8:50
left in the half, McManus fired a 16-yard pass over the middle to Tom O'Malley at the Florida 49. That was FSU's initial first down of the game, also its first completion.
Four straight Smith runs
reached the 31.
On third down, McManus again hit his tight end O'Malley, for 11 at the 20.
Third down at the 15, and Ross on a pitchout spun to the 8 to keep the drive moving.
But a delay
penalty, then a fumble lost a yard - before Smith, on a pitchout, sailed 13 yards to the 1. On third down, he scored easily off the right side. Schmidt's kick tied it 10-10.
FSU mistakes continued.
A personal-foul call, as Anthony Williams got stopped on a first-down run, lifted Florida to its 43.
Soon, FSU forced a punt that Sanders hustled back to midfield, but a flag had fallen - and
Florida State was penalized to the 10 on a clipping call.
With time fading in the half, McManus dealt the ball to Smith on three short runs. With three seconds left, Florida had time for a play
from its 49 following a Berry punt. Bell scrambled out of bounds on the last play of the half.
At this point, Florida led in yardage, 109 to 93, with the Gators owning 70 on the ground and Florida
State 66. On 11 runs, Smith had 51 yards. McManus had hit just two of six passes, Bell four of eight.
In the early going of the last half, Smith swept for 14 to the FSU 40. Then he got 6 more.
Two plays later, Smith tore wide and suddenly was free for what seemed a 52-yard scoring run - but holding was called on the play.
Runs by Keith Ross led to Florida's 39. But a fine defensive play
by Adrian White caught Ross for a loss.
On fourth down, needing 2, FSU faked the punt, with the snap going directly to fullback Dayne Williams, who fumbled the ball and was quickly swarmed by
tacklers for a 5-yard loss at the Florida 43.
The Gators got nothing. On third down, defensive back Dedrick Dodge had a full head of steam as he zeroed in on a Bell pass - but dropped an
interception that surely would have brought a touchdown had he held on.
After a punt, O'Malley pulled in a 12-yard pass at the FSU 41.
On a reverse, Darrin Holloman dug to the Florida 46. Smith
added 7, and a personal foul vaulted the Seminoles to the 24. Tanner Holloman ran for 8, and Smith got a first down at the 10.
Florida tightened. Fourth down at the 4, and Schmidt kicked a 21-yard
field goal for 13-10.
As Florida punted from its 35 after gaining just 6 yards on the heels of the kickoff, Florida State was offside - and the Gators got a first down at their 41.
Unable to
throw, Bell scrambled for 10 yards to FSU's 47.
A short pass to Ricky Nattiel left Florida just short of a first down. On fourth and inches, Bell tried a sneak over the top - and officials ruled he
got nothing.
Florida State took over, promptly got penalized back to its 23 for a clip as the quarter ended.
Smith got 9, then 9 more before Berry punted - 38 yards to Florida's 20.
A
second-down pass to Nattiel lost 5, and Florida soon had to punt from its 15. McAndrews got off a good one, 44 yards to the FSU 37.
T. Holloman got 12. Floyd, on two runs, reached the Florida 41.
Holloman got 8 more, and Smith 9 to the 24.
After Holloman got just 2, Smith lost 8 trying to find running room. Williams got only a yard.
Schmidt again tried a 46-yard field goal in the slop.
The ball got nowhere - never seemed to rise above the level of anyone's head.
Florida took over at the 40 - and drove.
Surprising running by Wayne Williams keyed it. First he got 11, and the 9
to the FSU 39. And soon it was Williams again, up the middle for 14 to the 22.
Third down at the 18, and Bell passed to Nattiel over the middle for a touchdown that put Florida up 17-13 with 3:50
left.
From the 20 after the kickoff, FSU could not move. Berry punted to Florida's 22 with 3:03 showing on the clock.
With the help of an offside on third and one, Florida State got a return
punt, conserving time by calling timeouts.
With 1:38 to go, Florida State had a last chance from its 42.
McManus threw four straight passes. All incomplete.
Florida happily killed the
clock.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
7 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
1st 0- 0 Derek Schmidt, 46, field goal failed, 11:07
0- 7 Opp, 8, run (kick), 4:06
3- 7 Derek Schmidt, 36, field goal, 2:09
2nd 3-10 Opp, 19, field goal, 10:18
10-10 Sammie Smith, 1, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 3:37
3rd 13-10 Derek Schmidt, 21, field goal, 3:06
4th 13-10 Derek Schmidt, 46, field goal blocked, 7:26
13-17 Opp, 18, pass (kick), 3:50
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 14 14
Rushes-yards 54-200 42-136
Passing 48 65
Att-Comp-Int 16-5-1 17-8-1
Total Yards 70-248 59-201
Punt Returns 4--7 0-0
Kickoff Returns 3-104 4-61
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 4-38.5 6-33.2
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 4-0
Penalties-Yds 15-116 7-65
3rd Down Conversions 5-16 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 33:32 26:28
Attendance 62,307
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 24 116 1 14
Tanner Holloman 6 34 0 12
Keith Ross 5 17 0 7
Darrin Holloman 1 14 0 14
Victor Floyd 10 13 0 9
Dayne Williams 6 5 0 5
Danny McManus 2 1 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 54 200 1 14
Opp 42 136 1 13
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Tom O'Malley 3 39 0 16
Pat Carter 2 9 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 48 0 16
Opp 8 65 1 18t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 5 15 1 48 0 16
Sammie Smith 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 5 16 1 48 0 16
Opp 8 17 1 65 1 18t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 4 -7 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 -7 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 1 71 0 71
Dexter Carter 2 33 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 104 0 71
Opp 4 61 0 29
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 4 154 43
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 154 43
Opp 6 199 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul McGowan 7 3 10 . . . . . . . . .
Fred Jones 5 3 8 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 3 1 4 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 26 15 41 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Opp . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 49 Dayne Williams
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
6 Louis Berry
8 Terry Anthony
13 Dexter Carter
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
30 Tanner Holloman
32 Martin Mayhew
33 Sammie Smith
39 Brian Davis
47 Kevin Grant
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
60 Ken Carr
68 Michael Tanks
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
82 Randy White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
98 Bart Schucts
|
Florida State 27, Indiana 13
12/31/1986, Birmingham, Ala.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, January 1, 1987, by Bill McGrotha. Ringing it in with a win.
Smith's running leads FSU 27-13.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Clinging to the shirttails of
swift Sammie Smith, Florida State toppled Indiana 27-13 here Wednesday night.
In somewhat of an uninspired farewell to the old year, FSU won the 10th All-American Bowl in rather routine fashion.
Except for Smith.
Gaining 205 yards in 25 carries, the second-year freshman scored twice, on runs of 4 and 9 yards.
Ahead 20-3 early in the last half, FSU withstood an Indiana challenge led by
scrambling quarterback Dave Kramme.
Amid colorful pageantry and fireworks that appeared to frighten Renegade, the Seminoles steed, the 10th All-American Bowl moved under way on a cold, 41-degree
evening.
Right away Indiana found itself in a hole, at its 10 following a penalty on return of the opening kickoff. Three running yards and two pass completions later, FSU got a splendid shot from
the Hoosier 45 following a punt.
FSU faltered, missing on an opening pass, then flagged for holding as Sammie Smith spun away for about 15 yards before fumbling - the ball rolling out of bounds.
Two futile passes, and Louis Berry's first punt left Indiana at its 22.
A personal-foul call as Anthony Thompson ran got Indiana to the 40. Ernie Jones' 11-yard pass catch got 11, and Andrew Powell
added 12 to the FSU 37 on a run. Clipping on a Thompson run knocked the Hoosiers back to the 49.
A 16-yard pass, Dave Kramme to Dane Lilja, soon had Indiana at the 28. On fourth-and-one, a Kramme
sneak got the first down at the 27.
Three more crunching runs reached the 18, where on fourth down Pete Stoyanovich kicked a 35-yard field goal for 3-0.
Keith Ross was a step away from going the
distance as he returned the kickoff 44 yards to the FSU 45.
Hard running by Smith, the last time after a short pass, led to the Indiana 41. Gainer got 18 on a pass, and Smith ran for 14 to the
4.
Next play, Smith slipped quickly left, scoring easily. But a poor snap contributed to a blocked extra point by linebacker Van Walters, leaving it 6-3.
Scrambling, Kramme on third down ran for
8 to start a movement for Indiana. Again on third down - this time from the shotgun formation - the quarterback again scrambled out of trouble, and passed 28 yards to Lilja, at the FSU 31. As a long
quarter ended, Indiana was looking at third-and-eight at the 29.
Kramme threw long, and errantly, into the end zone. On fourth down, Stoyanovich was short on a 47-yard try for a field goal.
Up
the middle went FSU's Smith for 25. Then he ripped for 10 to the Indiana 35. On to the 25, and a 16-yard Danny McManus pass to Tom O'Malley at the 9.
Once again Smith slashed up the middle, scoring
easily from 9 yards out. With a Derek Schmidt point, it became 13-3.
On the running of Thompson and the scrambling of Kramme, Indiana spun across midfield - but was slapped back by a holding call
to its 33, then a delay penalty. A third-down pass to Stacy Dawsey for 23 gained FSU's 49.
But successive sacks by Stan Shiver and Paul McGowan slammed Kramme at the 50, then his 40. A 12-yard
Deion Sanders punt return provided FSU opportunity at its 34. But on second down Smith, breaking free, fumbled and Alex Green claimed the ball at the FSU 49.
Thompson popped up the middle past
defenders - 26 yards to the 23. Still running strong, Thompson had the Hoosiers at the 5 a few plays later.
But a procedure penalty cost 5. Whereupon, Terry Warren sacked Kramme at the 25. And
Stoyanovich missed a 42-yard field goal.
FSU had time for little from its 25 before time ran out in the half.
At this point, Smith had run nine times for 85 yards, Thompson 15 for 71.
Interestingly, the Hoosiers led in total yardage, 178 to 136.
Very quickly, Smith was over 100.
From the 26, following the second-half kickoff, he hot 9. On a reverse, Darrin Holloman whipped
for 36 to the Indiana 27.
Smith, on two runs, reached the 15. In came Tanner Holloman, getting 7, then on the next play dashing off tackle for 8 and a TD that made it 20-3.
On a pair of passes
to Dawsey, Indiana moved 23 yards to midfield. Third down at the 39 following two hard runs, and Tony Buford caught a big pass at the 27.
But Shiver caught Thompson for a loss of five. Passes
failed, and Stoyanovich missed another field-goal attempt, this one from the 49-yard range.
FSU got nothing. Smith was caught for a 4-yard loss, then could not quite come up with a deep McManus
pass.
Once more on third down, Kramme connected - to Buford for 20 yards at FSU's 37. Sticking to the ground, Thompson in the fore, Indiana cut out successive first downs, to the 14.
It came to
fourth down and inches just short of the four, and Kramme got the inches on a quick sneak.
With 1:27 left in the quarter, Powell got the touchdown from the 2, and it became 20-10.
From the 22,
Smith ran four times, and FSU overcame a 5-yard penalty in pounding to the 50 in the early moments of the last quarter.
The Seminoles probed on to the Indiana 39, but Alex Green intercepted a
McManus shot at the 30.
Overcoming a penalty, Kramme hit Dawsey with a 12-yard pass at the 40, then scrambled 15 to FSU's 44.
Suddenly, Thompson broke free, Greg Newell finally bringing him down
after a 25-yard dash to the 19.
Three runs got just 6. Stoyanovich kicked a 30-yard field goal for 20-13 with 7:09 left.
Stymied after two plays from the 31, FSU got a key third-down catch from
Pat Carter for 11 at the 43. Smith sliced to the Indiana 46. After a procedure penalty, Smith on the draw popped for 13 and a first down at the 35.
Two plays later, Smith cut to his left for 21 to
the 10. T. Holloman then burst up the middle for his second TD for 27-13 with 2:56.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Indiana |
3 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
| Florida State |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
27 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 35, field goal, 7:38
6- 3 Sammie Smith, 4, run (Derek Schmidt, kick blocked), 4:12
2nd 6- 3 Opp, 47, field goal failed, 14:45
13- 3 Sammie Smith, 9, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 11:57
13- 3 Opp, 41, field goal failed, 0:37
3rd 20- 3 Tanner Holloman, 8, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 12:04
20- 3 Opp, 49, field goal failed, 8:08
20-10 Opp, 2, run (kick), 1:27
4th 20-13 Opp, 30, field goal, 7:09
27-13 Tanner Holloman, 10, run (Derek Schmidt, kick), 2:56
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 23
Rushes-yards 39-288 53-215
Passing 54 168
Att-Comp-Int 14-6-1 25-11-1
Total Yards 53-342 78-383
Punt Returns 1-12 1-7
Kickoff Returns 4-97 5-70
Interception Ret. 1-6 1-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 2-35.0 2-35.0
Sacks By-Yds 4-30 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yds 6-50 10-88
3rd Down Conversions 1-3 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Time of Posession 22:41 37:19
Attendance 30,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 25 205 2 25
Tanner Holloman 6 36 2 10t
Darrin Holloman 2 34 0 36
Victor Floyd 1 7 0 7
Dayne Williams 3 6 0 3
Reno Fells 2 0 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 288 4 36
Opp 53 215 1 26
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Tom O'Malley 2 20 0 16
Herb Gainer 1 19 0 19
Pat Carter 2 9 0 9
Sammie Smith 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 54 0 19
Opp 11 168 0 28
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Danny McManus 6 14 1 54 0 19
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 6 14 1 54 0 19
Opp 11 25 1 168 0 28
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 12 0 12
Opp 1 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 4 97 0 44
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 97 0 44
Opp 5 70 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Louis Berry 2 70 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 70 39
Opp 2 70 38
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred Jones 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . .
Greg Newell 6 4 10 . . . . . . . . .
Thomas Harp . 8 8 . . . . . . . . .
Paul McGowan 3 5 8 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 6 2 8 . . 1- 6 . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 4 6 0.5- 5.0 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Terry Warren 2 3 5 1.0- 14.0 1.0- 14.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Gerald Nichols 2 2 4 0.5- 5.0 0.5- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Williams 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 1 2 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Eaford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Palmer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 47 82 4.0- 30.0 4.0- 30.0 1- 6 2 . . . . .
Opp 25 36 61 1.0- . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 2 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
SE 3 Herb Gainer
QB 14 Danny McManus
FL 24 Darrin Holloman
TB 27 Victor Floyd
FB 49 Dayne Williams
C 61 Jim Hendley
SG 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 63 Mark Salva
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 85 Pat Carter
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 17 Eric Williams
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 38 Paul McGowan
FS 40 Greg Newell
OLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 55 Fred Jones
NG 58 Thomas Harp
LT 76 Steve Gabbard
RT 79 Gerald Nichols
OLB 80 Terry Warren
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
6 Louis Berry
8 Terry Anthony
16 Tracy Sanders
18 Derek Schmidt
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
30 Tanner Holloman
32 Martin Mayhew
33 Sammie Smith
39 Brian Davis
42 Reno Fells
47 Kevin Grant
48 David Palmer
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
50 John Brown
52 John Eaford
53 Odell Haggins
56 Dave Schrenker
60 Ken Carr
66 Parrish Barwick
68 Michael Tanks
73 Anthony Williams
75 Tim Hebron
78 Eric Hayes
82 Randy White
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
98 Bart Schucts
|
