1988 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Chuck Amato, Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Line
Mickey Andrews, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Wally Burnham, Inside Linebackers
John Eason, Receivers
Jim Gladden, Outside Linebackers
Jimmy Heggins, Recruiting Specialist, Noseguards
Skip Holtz, Graduate Assistant, Receivers
Max Howell, Graduate Assistant, Defensive Backs
Clint Ledbetter, Graduate Assistant, Offensive Line
Wayne McDuffie, Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Pat Milligan, Graduate Assistant, Defensive Backs
Mark Richt, Volunteer Assistant, Quarterbacks
Brad Scott, Recruiting Coordinator, Tight Ends
Billy Sexton, Running Backs
Dave Van Halanger, Strength and Conditioning
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1988 FSU Football Media Guide
Sammie Smith and Deion Sanders
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1988 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
From the 1988 FSU Football Media Guide, page 62.
Bryce Abbott, 6-1, 195, DB, Tifton, Ga.
- Hails from the same high school as FSU senior Stan Shiver and has been described as "faster Shiver"...chose FSU over Georgia...first team 4A all-state as picked by the Atlanta Constitution...had 80
tackles and four interceptions as a senior...played in the Florida-Georgia all-star game...born on the same day as fellow freshman Tommy Henry.
Robbie Baker, 6-5, 235, OL, Fort Myers
- Probably will be a center at FSU...benches 325 pounds...a member of the Florida all-stars who played the Georgia all-stars during the summer...Ft. Myers News Press Athlete of the Year...plans to
major in business...high school teammate of fellow FSU fresh Leon Fowler.
Tyrone Barber, 6-4, 260, OL, Thomasville, Ga.
- Considered by many to be the best offensive lineman in the state of Georgia...3A all-state first team...was the first lineman chosen on the Georgia all-star team...bench presses 385 pounds...picked
up nickname "Interstate 78" after the number he wore...high school team finished 11-1...named to the All-Dixie team by Super Prep Magazine and to the All-South team by the Orlando Sentinel...Lindy's
Recruiting Magazine named him to its All-Georgia defensive team and the Atlanta Constitution picked him as one of the top 25 players in the state.
Lavon Brown, 5-11, 190, CB, Moore Haven
- He'll probably be playing at cornerback...was first team Class A all-state as a utility back...attended the FSU football camp...played option quarterback in high school...his basketball team made it
to the final four in the state playoffs...wants to major in computer science.
Kirk Carruthers, 6-2, 205, ILB, East Lansing, Mich.
- Grew up in the shadows of Michigan State...his father coached five years with MSU head coach George Perles under the legendary Duffy Daugherty...Perles was also best man in Kirk's father's
wedding...an honorable mention USA Today All-American...had 115 tackles and seven interceptions as a senior and also caught 44 passes for 670 yards...made two all-state teams as a tight end and three
as a linebacker...named to Michigan's 22-member "Dream Team" and was Defensive Player of the Year in his league...member of his high school debate club and also performed in two musicals...wants to
major in business and minor in communication and carried better than a 3.2 grade point average in high school...has two brothers who played football for Central Michigan.
James Chaney, 6-0, 250, DL, North Fort Myers
- Could play on either line at FSU but is most prominently known as a noseguard...also played fullback and punted in high school...outstanding student whose mother is the dean of students at his
former high school...owns a 430 pound bench press...was starting guard on 1984 high school team when FSU's Deion Sanders starred at quarterback...runs a 4.8 40-yard dash...first team 4A all-state as a
senior...83 tackles, four fumble recoveries and four sacks.
Deondri Clark, 6-4, 250, OLB, Winter Garden
- Chosen as one of the top 100 players in the nation by USA Today...also named to the Orlando Sentinel's All-South team and honored by the Orlando Touchdown Club as its Defensive Player of the
Year...played in the Florida-Georgia all-star game...many considered him the top-ranked defensive player in the state...first team 4A all-state and Super 24...plans to major in criminal justice.
Ed Clark, 6-3, 210, OLB, Melbourne
- First team 4A all-state selection who was recruited by everybody...could play inside or outside linebacker for FSU...had 144 tackles in 1987, including 95 solo...president of the Melbourne student
body as a senior...cousin of just-graduated tight end Pat Carter....plans to major in electrical engineering.
Jason Crain, 6-2, 215, ILB, Port Charlotte
- Defensive Player of the Year in his area...had two interceptions, one that went for a touchdown...rushed for 600 yards in six games at fullback...nephew of former FSU linebacker Paul
Piurowski...first freshman to ever play on his high school's varsity team.
Jason Dillaberry, 6-5, 275, OL, Orange Park
- Named to USA Today's national top 100 list...also picked to the Dixie squad of Super Prep Magazine, to Lindy's All-Florida team and to the Orlando Sentinel's Florida Super 24 team...played in the
Florida-Georgia all-star game...one of the state's top heavyweight wrestlers, Dillaberry lost in the state finals to fellow recruit Kevin Mancini...3.4 GPA in high school...plans to major in hotel
management...first name is Mark, but goes by his middle name of Jason.
John Flath, 6-4, 250, DL, Casselberry
- Attended FSU's summer football camp...played four sports and was the Class A champion as a junior in the discus...played both offensive and defensive lines...first team Class A all-state as a junior
and third team as a senior...good speed - 4.95 in the 40...plans to major in business.
Leon Fowler, 6-2, 190, DB, Fort Myers
- Member of the Florida Super 24 team and played in the Florida-Georgia all-star game...was an option quarterback and defensive back at Ft. Myers...completed 38 of 78 passes for 524 yards and as a
defensive back intercepted five passes...also plans to play baseball at FSU...high school teammate of Robbie Baker.
Reggie Freeman, 6-3, 220, OLB, Clewiston
- Second team Class 3A all-state...plans to major in criminology...played both defensive end and tight end in high school...was hurt late in his senior season...his track team was the state 2A champs
in '86 and '87 track.
Eric Gibbs, 6-6, 310, OL, Atlanta, Ga.
- Gibbs will rank as the biggest player FSU has on its roster...2A allstate first team as picked by Atlanta Constitution...an alternate for the Florida-Georgia all-star game...plans to major in
industrial management.
Felix Harris, 6-1, 175, CB, Lake Placid
- One of four former option quarterbacks that FSU recruited who will play defensive back...this young man is a jack of all trades...played noseguard three years in high school and then played
quarterback and running back as a senior...he played wide receiver in the '88 Georgia-Florida all-star game...has been timed at 4.34 In the 40...made the first team of the 2A all-state squad...rushed
for 366 yards and nine TDs as a running back...his basketball team made it to the 2A final four in the state playoffs...nicknamed "The Cat", of course.
Tommy Henry, 6-1, 175, CB, DeSoto
- Former option quarterback...probably will play cornerback at FSU...first team 3A all-state...had 1,078 yards of total offense and was sacked just once...played in the Georgia-Florida all-star
game...athletic ability has been likened to that of Deion Sanders also played basketball...born on the same day as fellow freshman Bryce Abbott.
Brad Lundstrom, 6-5, 225, OLB, Naples
- Played in the Florida-Georgia all-star game...could be targeted for a linebacking position or may end up on the defensive line if he gains weight...first team 3A all-state at linebacker where he had
a school record of 143 tackles...had 15 catches and two touchdowns as a tight end...participated in state shot put competition last three years...attended the FSU football camp...brother Jay was a
member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team.
Kevin Mancini, 6-4, 255, OT, Brandon
- One of FSU's most acclaimed recruits...named to the USA Today and United Press International Top 100 high school seniors' lists...also made the Orlando Sentinel's All-South team and Super Prep
Magazine's All-Dixie squad...Lindy's Recruiting Magazine named him second team All-South...member of the Super 24 Senior team in Florida that competed against the Georgia all-stars in the
summer...first team 5A all-state...selected FSU over Ohio State, Michigan, Florida and Auburn...father played offensive guard for the Chicago Bears from 1967 to 1979...has snapping experience where
FSU could have a void...participated in summer camps at FSU, Florida and Michigan...picked as the top offensive lineman in Michigan's camp...also went to Michigan's wrestling camp...born in
Detroit...was FSU's first 1988 commitment, making that decision at Thanksgiving ('87) and taking no other visits although he was recruited by every major school...won the 4A state heavyweight
wrestling title in 1988 on Brandon's nationally-ranked team.
Eric McGill, 6-6, 235, TE, Walterboro, S.C.
- Although he grew up a Bulldog fan, signed with Florida State because of the role of the tight end in the FSU offense...attended a private school and was named the top player in South Carolina among
those schools...46 catches for 781 yards and seven touchdowns...all-conference for three years in football, basketball and baseball...plans to major in interior design.
Pete Prinzi, 6-0, 185, QB-DB, Tampa
- An "athlete", Prinzi may be looked at first as a safety...played quarterback in high school, throwing for 2,281 yards and 13 TDs in his junior and senior seasons combined...broke his leg in the last
game of his senior season...finished first in his county in the President's Physical Fitness Program competition...father Vic was a former FSU quarterback and serves as the current Seminole Sports
Network color analyst...Pete plans to major in business.
Troy Sanders, 6-2, 270, DL-OL, Elba, Ala.
- Named to the Montgomery Advertiser's Dynamite Dozen and first team 3A all-state by the Birmingham News and the Alabama Sportswriters Association...his team made it to the quarterfinals of the state
playoffs in 1987...Elba was the 4A state runnerup his sophomore year and the 3A runnerup his junior season...played both lines at Elba...had 79 tackles as a noseguard...played in the
Alabama-Mississippi all-star game on the defensive line...had a 3.0 GPA in high school.
Carl Simpson, 6-3, 230, TE, Baxley, Ga.
- Hails from the same high school that produced FSU tailback Dexter Carter...played defensive tackle and tight end...19 receptions for 254 yards...honorable mention all-state...broke his high school's
record in the shot put.
David Stallworth, 6-2, 230, ILB, Summerdale, Ala.
- A member of the Orlando Sentinel's All-South team, Stallworth had 103 tackles and 49 assists as a senior...5A all-state...originally committed to LSU...president of his high school class and also
the National Honor Society...had a 3.8 GPA.
Robert Stevenson, 6-3, 250, OL, Pensacola
- He really signed with the Class of 1987, but did not enroll when he didn't get the ACT score needed under Proposition 48...re-tested and passed the exam last fall and spent two terms attending
Pensacola Junior College on a part-time basis...he will be a full-fledged freshman in 1988...a second team All-South selection his senior year in high school after blocking for the nations number one
runner, Emmitt Smith...Stevenson made the first team of the 4A all-state squad...high school offensive coordinator Max is now a graduate assistant on the FSU coaching staff.
Oliver Strickland, 6-3, 285, DT, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Named to the Super Prep Magazine All-American team on offense...his coach says he's the best offensive lineman he's coached in 25 years...FSU recruited him to play on its defensive line...father
lives in Callahan, just north of Jacksonville, and Oliver attended West Nassau High School there until his senior year when he moved to Philadelphia...ran 4.83 in the 40 at Penn State's football
camp...picked FSU over Florida, Pitt, UCLA and Penn State...has thrown the shot put 59 feet.
John Wimberly, 6-3, 195, P, Tampa
- FSU coaches first spotted him in the Bobby Bowden summer football camp...punted in six games as a senior and averaged 36.6 yards...without blocks, his average was 40.2...underwent knee surgery to
repair an anterior cruciate ligament he damaged in an off-the-field accident while rehearsing for a play...some liken him to former FSU great Rohn Stark, now the NFL's all-time leading punter.
1988 Roster - By Name
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R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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23 Bryce Abbott DB 6-1 195 Fr Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
* 9 Richie Andrews KS 5-11 163 So * Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 8 Terry Anthony WR 6-0 198 Jr ** Daytona Beach (Mainland)
51 Robbie Baker OL 6-5 235 Fr Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
71 Tyrone Barber OL 6-4 260 Fr Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
* 40 David Bassett SS 5-10 194 So Roswell, Ga. (Lassiter)
61 Jim Bekas C 6-4 279 Fr-R Seminole (Northeast)
22 Edgar Bennett FB 6-1 210 So * Jacksonville (Lee)
50 John Brown OG 6-4 279 Jr-R ** DeLand (Deland)
18 Lavon Brown CB 5-11 190 Fr Moore Haven (Moore Haven)
* 6 LeRoy Butler FS 6-0 193 Jr * Jacksonville (Lee)
* 31 Marion Butts FB 6-1 248 Jr * Sylvester, Ga. (Worth County/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC)
56 Ronnie Byrom OG 6-4 243 So-R Pierson (Taylor)
* 81 Phil Carollo OLB 6-2 232 Sr-R ** Melville, N.Y. (Newfield)
* 45 Kirk Carruthers ILB 6-2 205 Fr East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing)
* 13 Dexter Carter TB 5-9 174 Jr ** Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 59 Keith Carter ILB 6-3 236 Jr-R ** Miami (South Miami)
* 96 James Chaney DL 6-0 250 Fr North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
91 Deondri Clark OLB 6-4 250 Fr Winter Garden (West Orange)
39 Ed Clark OLB 6-3 210 Fr Melbourne (Melbourne)
Ed Clark OLB 6-2 219 Sr * Miami (American)
85 Johnny Clower TE 6-4 243 So Dade City (Pasco Comprehensive)
87 Felton Cook WR 6-1 180 So-R Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 17 Tim Corlew P 5-10 178 So Inverness (Citrus)
38 Jason Crain ILB 6-2 215 Fr Port Charlotte (Charlotte)
* 39 Brian Davis ILB 6-1 205 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 29 Lawrence Dawsey WR 6-0 195 So-R * Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
63 Jason Dillaberry OL 6-5 275 Fr Orange Park (Orange Park)
* 1 Scott DiMare WR 6-0 180 Jr-R * Miami (Columbus)
* 89 Howard Dinkins OLB 6-1 208 Fr-R Jacksonville (Ribault)
73 Reggie Dixon OG 6-2 263 Fr-R Jacksonville (Ribault)
* 28 Dedrick Dodge FS 6-2 179 Jr-R ** Mulberry (Mulberry)
52 John Eaford ILB 6-0 232 Sr-R ** Miami (Norland)
* 58 Nick Ekonomou C-OG 6-2 262 Jr Melbourne (Melbourne)
* 64 Magdi El Shahawy NG 6-1 249 So-R * Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 5 Chip Ferguson QB 6-1 194 Sr *** Charlotte, N.C. (Spartanburg)
54 Phil Ferrell ILB 6-3 227 Fr Pell City, Ala. (Pell City)
94 John Flath DL 6-4 250 Fr Casselberry (Lake Highland Prep)
* 27 Victor Floyd TB 6-1 205 Sr-R *** Pensacola (Pensacola)
3 Leon Fowler DB 6-2 190 Fr Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
* 10 Corian Freeman CB 6-4 221 So-R * Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
97 Reggie Freeman OLB 6-3 220 Fr Clewiston (Clewiston)
* 76 Steve Gabbard DT 6-4 269 Sr-R *** Concord, N.C. (Independence)
69 Eric Gibbs OL 6-6 310 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Lovett School)
12 Ray Gibson CB 6-2 190 So-R Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
84 Bruce Gooch WR 6-2 180 So Fayetteville, N.C.
47 Kevin Grant OLB 6-3 217 Jr-R ** Ocala (Forest)
* 21 John Hadley OLB 6-4 230 Sr-R *** Orlando (Evans)
* 53 Odell Haggins NG 6-2 252 Jr-R ** Bartow (Bartow)
41 Chris Hall CB 6-1 194 Fr Cocoa (Cocoa Beach)
24 Felix Harris CB 6-1 175 Fr Lake Placid (Lake Placid)
* 78 Eric Hayes DT 6-3 279 Jr-R ** Tampa (King)
* 46 Felton Hayes ILB 6-0 240 Sr-R *** Brandon (Brandon)
* 65 Hayward Haynes OG 6-3 278 So-R Bartow (Bartow)
30 Tommy Henry CB 6-1 175 Fr DeSoto (DeSoto)
* 79 Gene Houpe DT 6-3 260 Fr-R Statesville, N.C. (Statesville)
* 69 Joey Ionata OT 6-3 262 Sr-R ** Dunedin (Dunedin)
* 14 Brad Johnson QB 6-6 205 Fr-R Black Mountain, N.C. (Owen)
* 80 Reggie Johnson TE 6-2 247 So-R * Pensacola (Escambia)
23 Brady Jones TB 5-9 190 Jr Millersville, Md. (Old Mill)
* 62 Jason Kuipers OG 6-3 260 Sr-R ** Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 88 Bruce LaSane WR 6-4 210 Jr * Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 7 Ronald Lewis WR 6-0 179 Jr ** Jacksonville (Raines)
24 Sam Lopez DB 5-9 165 Sr Bronx, N.Y.
77 Eric Luallen OT 6-4 271 So-R Tampa (Jesuit)
82 Brad Lundstrom OLB 6-5 225 Fr Naples (Lely)
* 67 Kevin Mancini OT 6-4 255 Fr Brandon (Brandon)
* 43 Bill Mason KS 5-11 155 So-R Tallahassee (Lincoln)
90 Eric McGill TE 6-6 235 Fr Walterboro, S.C. (Calhoun)
* 42 John Merna ILB 5-9 211 Sr-R Lanham, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
* 32 Paul Moore FB 6-1 238 Fr-R Miami (Killian)
* 60 Mike Morris OG 6-2 261 Fr-R Miami (Miami Beach)
* 99 Anthony Moss OLB 6-4 238 So-R * Miami (Southridge)
55 Chris Nicolas C-SN 6-3 229 So-R Clearwater (Clearwater)
* 92 Tom O'Malley TE 6-3 245 Sr-R *** Darien, Conn. (Darien)
* 74 Henry Ostaszewski DT 6-3 255 Fr-R Boynton Beach (Santaluces Community)
* 75 Joe Ostaszewski DT 6-3 262 Fr-R Boynton Beach (Santaluces Community)
* 35 Chris Parker TB 6-2 205 Fr-R Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
5 Pete Prinzi QB-DB 6-0 185 Fr Tampa (Plant)
* 15 Bill Ragans SS-FS 6-2 200 So-R * Live Oak (Suwannee)
95 Greg Rinehart DT-NG 6-4 290 So-R Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
* 83 Dave Roberts TE 6-4 240 So-R * Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
48 Frank Romeo NG 6-2 250 Fr-R Wauchula (Hardee)
* 20 Keith Ross TB 5-10 188 Sr *** Newberry (Newberry)
* 2 Deion Sanders CB 6-0 195 Sr *** Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
* 16 Tracy Sanders CB 6-0 176 Sr-R *** Bradenton (Manatee)
68 Troy Sanders DL-OL 6-2 270 Fr Elba, Ala. (Elba)
* 66 Scott Schilbrack OT 6-8 285 So-R Lauderhill (Boyd Anderson)
* 57 Corey Senior DT 6-3 265 Fr-R Jacksonville (Ribault)
* 37 Stan Shiver SS 6-2 209 Sr-R *** Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
6 Carl Simpson TE 6-3 230 Fr Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 36 Kelvin Smith LB 6-0 230 So * Jacksonville (Ribault)
* 33 Sammie Smith TB 6-2 220 Jr-R ** Zellwood (Apopka)
40 David Stallworth ILB 6-2 230 Fr Summerdale, Ala. (Robertsdale)
52 Robert Stevenson OL 6-3 250 Fr Pensacola (Escambia)
* 12 Alan Stewart CB 5-11 184 Jr-R * Brooksville (Hernando)
98 Oliver Strickland DT 6-3 285 Fr Philadelphia, Pa. (West Philadelphia)
* 68 Michael Tanks C 6-1 254 Jr-R ** Decatur, Ga. (Southwest Dekalb)
* 93 Shelton Thompson OLB 6-3 248 Jr-R ** Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
* 72 Pat Tomberlin OT 6-4 303 Sr *** Middleburg (Middleburg)
* 11 Casey Weldon QB 6-1 192 Fr-R Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 71 David Whittington DS 6-1 245 Fr Chipley (Chipley)
* 26 Alphonso Williams SS 6-0 205 Sr *** Lloyd (Jefferson County)
* 49 Dayne Williams FB 6-1 222 Sr-R ** Leesburg (Leesburg/Florida CC)
* 4 Peter Tom Willis QB 6-3 207 Jr-R * Morris, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan)
19 John Wimberly P 6-3 195 Fr Tampa (King)
44 John Wyche SS 6-2 207 So-R * Thomasville, Ga. (Central)
* 70 Tony Yeomans OG 6-2 245 Jr-R ** Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
1988 Roster - By Number
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Ed Clark OLB 6-2 219 Sr * Miami (American)
* 1 Scott DiMare WR 6-0 180 Jr-R * Miami (Columbus)
* 2 Deion Sanders CB 6-0 195 Sr *** Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
3 Leon Fowler DB 6-2 190 Fr Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
* 4 Peter Tom Willis QB 6-3 207 Jr-R * Morris, Ala. (Mortimer Jordan)
* 5 Chip Ferguson QB 6-1 194 Sr *** Charlotte, N.C. (Spartanburg)
5 Pete Prinzi QB-DB 6-0 185 Fr Tampa (Plant)
* 6 LeRoy Butler FS 6-0 193 Jr * Jacksonville (Lee)
6 Carl Simpson TE 6-3 230 Fr Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 7 Ronald Lewis WR 6-0 179 Jr ** Jacksonville (Raines)
* 8 Terry Anthony WR 6-0 198 Jr ** Daytona Beach (Mainland)
* 9 Richie Andrews KS 5-11 163 So * Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 10 Corian Freeman CB 6-4 221 So-R * Jacksonville (Terry Parker)
* 11 Casey Weldon QB 6-1 192 Fr-R Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
12 Ray Gibson CB 6-2 190 So-R Dothan, Ala. (Dothan)
* 12 Alan Stewart CB 5-11 184 Jr-R * Brooksville (Hernando)
* 13 Dexter Carter TB 5-9 174 Jr ** Baxley, Ga. (Appling County)
* 14 Brad Johnson QB 6-6 205 Fr-R Black Mountain, N.C. (Owen)
* 15 Bill Ragans SS-FS 6-2 200 So-R * Live Oak (Suwannee)
* 16 Tracy Sanders CB 6-0 176 Sr-R *** Bradenton (Manatee)
* 17 Tim Corlew P 5-10 178 So Inverness (Citrus)
18 Lavon Brown CB 5-11 190 Fr Moore Haven (Moore Haven)
19 John Wimberly P 6-3 195 Fr Tampa (King)
* 20 Keith Ross TB 5-10 188 Sr *** Newberry (Newberry)
* 21 John Hadley OLB 6-4 230 Sr-R *** Orlando (Evans)
22 Edgar Bennett FB 6-1 210 So * Jacksonville (Lee)
23 Bryce Abbott DB 6-1 195 Fr Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
23 Brady Jones TB 5-9 190 Jr Millersville, Md. (Old Mill)
24 Felix Harris CB 6-1 175 Fr Lake Placid (Lake Placid)
24 Sam Lopez DB 5-9 165 Sr Bronx, N.Y.
* 26 Alphonso Williams SS 6-0 205 Sr *** Lloyd (Jefferson County)
* 27 Victor Floyd TB 6-1 205 Sr-R *** Pensacola (Pensacola)
* 28 Dedrick Dodge FS 6-2 179 Jr-R ** Mulberry (Mulberry)
* 29 Lawrence Dawsey WR 6-0 195 So-R * Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
30 Tommy Henry CB 6-1 175 Fr DeSoto (DeSoto)
* 31 Marion Butts FB 6-1 248 Jr * Sylvester, Ga. (Worth County/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC)
* 32 Paul Moore FB 6-1 238 Fr-R Miami (Killian)
* 33 Sammie Smith TB 6-2 220 Jr-R ** Zellwood (Apopka)
* 35 Chris Parker TB 6-2 205 Fr-R Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
* 36 Kelvin Smith LB 6-0 230 So * Jacksonville (Ribault)
* 37 Stan Shiver SS 6-2 209 Sr-R *** Tifton, Ga. (Tift County)
38 Jason Crain ILB 6-2 215 Fr Port Charlotte (Charlotte)
39 Ed Clark OLB 6-3 210 Fr Melbourne (Melbourne)
* 39 Brian Davis ILB 6-1 205 Sr-R ** Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 40 David Bassett SS 5-10 194 So Roswell, Ga. (Lassiter)
40 David Stallworth ILB 6-2 230 Fr Summerdale, Ala. (Robertsdale)
41 Chris Hall CB 6-1 194 Fr Cocoa (Cocoa Beach)
* 42 John Merna ILB 5-9 211 Sr-R Lanham, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
* 43 Bill Mason KS 5-11 155 So-R Tallahassee (Lincoln)
44 John Wyche SS 6-2 207 So-R * Thomasville, Ga. (Central)
* 45 Kirk Carruthers ILB 6-2 205 Fr East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing)
* 46 Felton Hayes ILB 6-0 240 Sr-R *** Brandon (Brandon)
47 Kevin Grant OLB 6-3 217 Jr-R ** Ocala (Forest)
48 Frank Romeo NG 6-2 250 Fr-R Wauchula (Hardee)
* 49 Dayne Williams FB 6-1 222 Sr-R ** Leesburg (Leesburg/Florida CC)
50 John Brown OG 6-4 279 Jr-R ** DeLand (Deland)
51 Robbie Baker OL 6-5 235 Fr Fort Myers (Fort Myers)
52 John Eaford ILB 6-0 232 Sr-R ** Miami (Norland)
52 Robert Stevenson OL 6-3 250 Fr Pensacola (Escambia)
* 53 Odell Haggins NG 6-2 252 Jr-R ** Bartow (Bartow)
54 Phil Ferrell ILB 6-3 227 Fr Pell City, Ala. (Pell City)
55 Chris Nicolas C-SN 6-3 229 So-R Clearwater (Clearwater)
56 Ronnie Byrom OG 6-4 243 So-R Pierson (Taylor)
* 57 Corey Senior DT 6-3 265 Fr-R Jacksonville (Ribault)
* 58 Nick Ekonomou C-OG 6-2 262 Jr Melbourne (Melbourne)
* 59 Keith Carter ILB 6-3 236 Jr-R ** Miami (South Miami)
* 60 Mike Morris OG 6-2 261 Fr-R Miami (Miami Beach)
61 Jim Bekas C 6-4 279 Fr-R Seminole (Northeast)
* 62 Jason Kuipers OG 6-3 260 Sr-R ** Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
63 Jason Dillaberry OL 6-5 275 Fr Orange Park (Orange Park)
* 64 Magdi El Shahawy NG 6-1 249 So-R * Sarasota (Sarasota)
* 65 Hayward Haynes OG 6-3 278 So-R Bartow (Bartow)
* 66 Scott Schilbrack OT 6-8 285 So-R Lauderhill (Boyd Anderson)
* 67 Kevin Mancini OT 6-4 255 Fr Brandon (Brandon)
68 Troy Sanders DL-OL 6-2 270 Fr Elba, Ala. (Elba)
* 68 Michael Tanks C 6-1 254 Jr-R ** Decatur, Ga. (Southwest Dekalb)
69 Eric Gibbs OL 6-6 310 Fr Atlanta, Ga. (Lovett School)
* 69 Joey Ionata OT 6-3 262 Sr-R ** Dunedin (Dunedin)
* 70 Tony Yeomans OG 6-2 245 Jr-R ** Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
71 Tyrone Barber OL 6-4 260 Fr Thomasville, Ga. (Thomasville)
* 71 David Whittington DS 6-1 245 Fr Chipley (Chipley)
* 72 Pat Tomberlin OT 6-4 303 Sr *** Middleburg (Middleburg)
73 Reggie Dixon OG 6-2 263 Fr-R Jacksonville (Ribault)
* 74 Henry Ostaszewski DT 6-3 255 Fr-R Boynton Beach (Santaluces Community)
* 75 Joe Ostaszewski DT 6-3 262 Fr-R Boynton Beach (Santaluces Community)
* 76 Steve Gabbard DT 6-4 269 Sr-R *** Concord, N.C. (Independence)
77 Eric Luallen OT 6-4 271 So-R Tampa (Jesuit)
* 78 Eric Hayes DT 6-3 279 Jr-R ** Tampa (King)
* 79 Gene Houpe DT 6-3 260 Fr-R Statesville, N.C. (Statesville)
* 80 Reggie Johnson TE 6-2 247 So-R * Pensacola (Escambia)
* 81 Phil Carollo OLB 6-2 232 Sr-R ** Melville, N.Y. (Newfield)
82 Brad Lundstrom OLB 6-5 225 Fr Naples (Lely)
* 83 Dave Roberts TE 6-4 240 So-R * Griffin, Ga. (Griffin)
84 Bruce Gooch WR 6-2 180 So Fayetteville, N.C.
85 Johnny Clower TE 6-4 243 So Dade City (Pasco Comprehensive)
87 Felton Cook WR 6-1 180 So-R Palmetto, Ga. (Palmetto)
* 88 Bruce LaSane WR 6-4 210 Jr * Wildwood (Wildwood)
* 89 Howard Dinkins OLB 6-1 208 Fr-R Jacksonville (Ribault)
90 Eric McGill TE 6-6 235 Fr Walterboro, S.C. (Calhoun)
91 Deondri Clark OLB 6-4 250 Fr Winter Garden (West Orange)
* 92 Tom O'Malley TE 6-3 245 Sr-R *** Darien, Conn. (Darien)
* 93 Shelton Thompson OLB 6-3 248 Jr-R ** Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
94 John Flath DL 6-4 250 Fr Casselberry (Lake Highland Prep)
95 Greg Rinehart DT-NG 6-4 290 So-R Norristown, Pa. (Norristown)
* 96 James Chaney DL 6-0 250 Fr North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
97 Reggie Freeman OLB 6-3 220 Fr Clewiston (Clewiston)
98 Oliver Strickland DT 6-3 285 Fr Philadelphia, Pa. (West Philadelphia)
* 99 Anthony Moss OLB 6-4 238 So-R * Miami (Southridge)
Lettermen listed in 1989 FSU Football Media Guide, page 17.
1988 Conference Awards
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Terry Anthony All-South Independent - 1st Team
Chip Ferguson All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Steve Gabbard All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Odell Haggins All-South Independent - 1st Team
Joey Ionata All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Jason Kuipers All-South Independent - 1st Team
Ronald Lewis All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Deion Sanders All-South Independent - 1st Team
Stan Shiver All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Kelvin Smith All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Sammie Smith All-South Independent - 2nd Team
Pat Tomberlin All-South Independent - 1st Team
All-Conference - 12
1988 All-Americans
Name Organization
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony Associated Press - Honorable Mention
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Chip Ferguson Associated Press - Honorable Mention
United Press International - Honorable Mention
Steve Gabbard Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Odell Haggins Associated Press - 2nd Team
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Joey Ionata Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Jason Kuipers Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Bruce LaSane The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Ronald Lewis Associated Press - Honorable Mention
The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
Deion Sanders American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team
Associated Press - 1st Team
Walter Camp - 1st Team
Football News - 1st Team
Football Writers Association of America - 1st Team
Kodak - 1st Team
The Sporting News - 1st Team
United Press International - 1st Team
NCAA - Unanimous
Stan Shiver Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Kelvin Smith Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Sammie Smith Associated Press - Honorable Mention
Pat Tomberlin Walter Camp - 1st Team
Associated Press - 2nd Team
Football News - 2nd Team
Kodak - 2nd Team
The Sporting News - 2nd Team
United Press International - 2nd Team
Dayne Williams The Sporting News - Honorable Mention
All-Americans - 14
1988 Award Winners
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Fred Biletnikoff Pro Football Hall of Fame
Deion Sanders Jim Thorpe Award
Ron Sellers College Football Hall of Fame
Award Winners - 3
1988 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bobby Butler 23 CB Atlanta Falcons
Alphonso Carreker 76 DE Green Bay Packers
Pat Carter 87 TE Detroit Lions
Jamie Dukes 64 C Atlanta Falcons
Jessie Hester 89 WR Atlanta Falcons
Garth Jax 53 LB Dallas Cowboys
Hassan Jones 84 WR Minnesota Vikings
Ken Lanier 76 OT Denver Broncos
Dennis McKinnon 85 WR Chicago Bears
Danny McManus QB Kansas City Chiefs
Orson Mobley 89 TE Denver Broncos
Zeke Mowatt 84 TE New York Giants
Gerald Nichols 77 DE New York Jets
Jesse Solomon 54 LB Minnesota Vikings
Rohn Stark 3 P Indianapolis Colts
Weegie Thompson 87 WR Pittsburgh Steelers
Noles in the Pros - 16
1988 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Overall Home Away Neutral
------------------------------------------------
FSU record is 11- 1 7-0 3-1 1-0
Against Top 25 3- 1 0-0 2-1 1-0
Final AP - 3
Final UPI - 3
1988 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 10/01/1988 Tulane 24 212 8.83 2
Chris Parker 10/15/1988 East Carolina 25 158 6.32 2
Chris Parker 10/22/1988 Louisiana Tech 25 127 5.08 1
Dexter Carter 11/12/1988 Virginia Tech 16 119 7.44 0
Sammie Smith 01/02/1989 Auburn 24 115 4.79 0
Sammie Smith 11/26/1988 Florida 20 109 5.45 0
1988 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ronald Lewis 10/08/1988 Georgia Southern 7 140 20.00 1
Bruce LaSane 11/05/1988 South Carolina 6 114 19.00 0
Lawrence Dawsey 09/10/1988 Southern Mississippi 2 109 54.50 2
Terry Anthony 10/22/1988 Louisiana Tech 6 106 17.67 2
1988 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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None
1988 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 442 165
Points Per Game............. 40.2 15.0
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 58 21
TDs Rushing................. 20 11
TDs Passing................. 29 10
TDs Fumble Return........... 1 0
TDs Punt Return............. 2 0
TDs Interception............ 6 0
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Blocked FG Return....... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 57-58 21-21
Kick........................ 57-58 21-21
Pass........................ 0- 0 0- 0
Run......................... 0- 0 0- 0
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 11-21 6-
SAFETY........................ 2 0
FIRST DOWNS................... 251 176
Rushing..................... 114 97
Passing..................... 122 58
Penalty..................... 15 21
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2195 1662
Yards gained rushing........ 2431 1978
Yards lost rushing.......... 236 316
Rushing Attempts............ 443 481
Average Per Rush............ 5.0 3.5
Average Per Game............ 199.5 151.1
PASSING YARDAGE............... 2676 1443
Att-Comp-Int................ 319-188-18 278-110-18
Efficiency.................. 148.11 82.09
Average Per Pass............ 8.4 5.2
Average Per Catch........... 14.2 13.1
Average Per Game............ 243.3 131.2
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4871 3105
Total Plays................. 762 759
Average Per Play............ 6.4 4.1
Average Per Game............ 442.8 282.3
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 32- 668 62-1105
Average Per Return.......... 20.9 17.8
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 42-649 15- 66
Average Per Return.......... 15.5 4.4
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 18-327 18-114
Average Per Return.......... 18.2 6.3
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 16- 7 29- 9
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 93- 838 83- 682
Average Per Game............ 76.2 62.0
PUNTS-YARDS................... 35-1246 -
Average Per Punt............ 35.6 0.0
Net punt average............ 33.7 0.0
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 68-136 58-173
3rd-Down Pct................ .500 .335
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 23- 12-
ATTENDANCE.................... 395,692 269,700
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 7-56,527 4-67,425
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 115 | 103 |
103 | 121 |
442 |
| Opponents | 17 | 72 |
24 | 52 |
165 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Sammie Smith 10 108 621 44 577 5.3 4 48 57.7
Chris Parker 8 71 416 25 391 5.5 4 22 48.9
Dexter Carter 10 58 347 17 330 5.7 1 40 33.0
Dayne Williams 11 64 251 5 246 3.8 4 23t 22.4
Keith Ross 11 30 239 7 232 7.7 0 53 21.1
Marion Butts 11 29 137 4 133 4.6 3 44 12.1
Lawrence Dawsey 11 7 97 9 88 12.6 1 40 8.0
LeRoy Butler 11 1 78 0 78 78.0 0 78 7.1
Victor Floyd 9 17 72 1 71 4.2 0 19 7.9
Paul Moore 6 14 60 1 59 4.2 2 8 9.8
Ronald Lewis 11 7 35 17 18 2.6 0 20 1.6
Casey Weldon 4 2 15 0 15 7.5 1 13 3.8
Brad Johnson 11 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 0.6
Edgar Bennett 3 6 9 2 7 1.2 0 3 2.3
John Merna 4 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 1.0
Scott DiMare 4 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 -6 -1.5
Chip Ferguson 10 18 42 50 -8 -0.4 0 13 -0.8
Peter Tom Willis 8 8 1 48 -47 -5.9 0 1 -5.9
Total......... 11 443 2431 236 2195 5.0 20 78 199.5
Opponents..... 11 481 1978 316 1662 3.5 11 151.1
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Chip Ferguson 10 152.98 194-122-11 .629 1714 16 93t 171.4
Peter Tom Willis 8 147.30 85- 48- 3 .565 637 9 44t 79.6
Casey Weldon 4 139.98 26- 10- 2 .385 244 3 52t 61.0
Brad Johnson 11 123.88 13- 8- 1 .615 81 1 15t 7.4
Marion Butts 11 ****** 1- 0- 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0
Total......... 11 148.11 319-188-18 .589 2676 29 93t 243.3
Opponents..... 11 82.09 278-110-18 .396 1443 10 131.2
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Terry Anthony 11 32 550 17.2 8 44t 50.0
Ronald Lewis 11 27 484 17.9 2 39 44.0
Bruce LaSane 11 22 406 18.5 3 52t 36.9
Lawrence Dawsey 11 18 365 20.3 9 93t 33.2
Dexter Carter 10 19 195 10.3 2 40t 19.5
Tom O'Malley 11 17 179 10.5 2 23 16.3
Reggie Johnson 11 15 145 9.7 0 17 13.2
Victor Floyd 9 7 61 8.7 0 34 6.8
Sammie Smith 10 8 59 7.4 1 21 5.9
Chris Parker 8 7 52 7.4 0 26 6.5
Scott DiMare 4 3 45 15.0 0 19 11.3
Dayne Williams 11 4 42 10.5 0 16 3.8
Dave Roberts 6 6 38 6.3 2 12 6.3
Edgar Bennett 3 1 29 29.0 0 29 9.7
Keith Ross 11 1 17 17.0 0 17 1.5
Paul Moore 6 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.5
Total......... 11 188 2676 14.2 29 93t 243.3
Opponents..... 11 110 1443 13.1 10 131.2
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Deion Sanders 33 503 15.2 1 76t
LeRoy Butler 4 52 13.0 0 20
Phil Carollo 1 38 38.0 0 38
Howard Dinkins 1 19 19.0 0 19
Stan Shiver 1 17 17.0 0 17
Dedrick Dodge 2 12 6.0 0 6
Anthony Moss 0 8 1 8t
Total......... 42 649 15.5 2 76t
Opponent...... 15 66 4.4 0
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 5 116 23.2 2 39t
Dedrick Dodge 5 82 16.4 1 33t
LeRoy Butler 2 63 31.5 1 37
Stan Shiver 2 18 9.0 0 13
Tracy Sanders 1 34 34.0 1 34t
Odell Haggins 1 11 11.0 1 11t
Kelvin Smith 1 3 3.0 0 3
John Hadley 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 18 327 18.2 6 39t
Opponent...... 18 114 6.3 0
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Keith Ross 20 425 21.3 0 35
Dexter Carter 6 167 27.8 0 43
Victor Floyd 1 28 28.0 0 28t
Lawrence Dawsey 1 19 19.0 0 19
John Merna 1 13 13.0 0 13
Bruce LaSane 1 12 12.0 0 12
Chris Parker 1 3 3.0 0 3
Paul Moore 1 1 1.0 0 1
Total......... 32 668 20.9 0 43
Opponent...... 62 1105 17.8 0
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
-----------------------------------------------
Marion Butts 1 0 0.0 1 . 0
Eric Hayes 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Anthony Moss 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Steve Gabbard 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
David Bassett 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
James Chaney 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Joe Ostaszewski 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Kelvin Smith 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Alphonso Williams 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
LeRoy Butler 0 0 . 0 . 2
Odell Haggins 0 0 . 0 . 2
Tracy Sanders 0 0 . 0 . 2
Deion Sanders 0 0 . 0 . 1
Stan Shiver 0 0 . 0 . 1
Kirk Carruthers 0 0 . 0 . 1
Reggie Johnson 0 0 . 0 . 1
Shelton Thompson 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 9 0.0 1 12
Opponent...... 7 0.0 0
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Richie Andrews 0 5-13 57-58 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72
Lawrence Dawsey 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60
Terry Anthony 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48
Sammie Smith 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Marion Butts 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Chris Parker 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Dayne Williams 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Deion Sanders 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Dexter Carter 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Bruce LaSane 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Bill Mason 0 6-9 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
Ronald Lewis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Paul Moore 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Tom O'Malley 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Dave Roberts 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
LeRoy Butler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Odell Haggins 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
Anthony Moss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Tracy Sanders 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Casey Weldon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Howard Dinkins 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Stan Shiver 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
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FSU 58 11-22 57-58 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 442
Opponent 21 6-9 21-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 165
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | BFG |
|---|
| Lawrence Dawsey |
1 |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Terry Anthony |
. |
8 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sammie Smith |
4 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Marion Butts |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| Chris Parker |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dayne Williams |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Deion Sanders |
. |
. |
. |
2 |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Dexter Carter |
1 |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Bruce LaSane |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Ronald Lewis |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Paul Moore |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Tom O'Malley |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dave Roberts |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| LeRoy Butler |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Odell Haggins |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Dedrick Dodge |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Anthony Moss |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
| Tracy Sanders |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Casey Weldon |
1 |
. |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Brad Johnson |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Chip Ferguson |
. |
. |
16 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Peter Tom Willis |
. |
. |
9 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
20 |
29 |
29 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
11 |
10 |
10 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
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
--------------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 10 212 -8 1714 1706 170.6
Peter Tom Willis 8 93 -47 637 590 73.8
Sammie Smith 10 108 577 0 577 57.7
Chris Parker 8 71 391 0 391 48.9
Dexter Carter 10 58 330 0 330 33.0
Casey Weldon 4 28 15 244 259 64.8
Dayne Williams 11 64 246 0 246 22.4
Keith Ross 11 30 232 0 232 21.1
Marion Butts 11 30 133 0 133 12.1
Brad Johnson 11 14 7 81 88 8.0
Lawrence Dawsey 11 7 88 0 88 8.0
LeRoy Butler 11 1 78 0 78 7.1
Victor Floyd 9 17 71 0 71 7.9
Paul Moore 6 14 59 0 59 9.8
Ronald Lewis 11 7 18 0 18 1.6
Edgar Bennett 3 6 7 0 7 2.3
John Merna 4 1 4 0 4 1.0
Scott DiMare 4 1 -6 0 -6 -1.5
Total......... 11 762 2195 2676 4871 442.8
Opponent...... 11 759 1662 1443 3105 282.3
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
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Bill Mason 6- 9 .667 1- 1 2- 3 3- 5 0- 0 0- 0 35
Richie Andrews 5-13 .385 2- 2 0- 2 2- 4 1- 5 0- 0 48
| FG SEQUENCE |
Bill Mason |
Richie Andrews |
|---|
| Miami |
None |
47 |
| Southern Mississippi |
None |
46 |
| Clemson |
None |
24, (19) |
| Michigan State |
(21), 31 |
21, (48), (39) |
| Tulane |
None |
43, (33), (19) |
| Georgia Southern |
None |
31 |
| East Carolina |
(20) |
None |
| Louisiana Tech |
(34), 26, (35) |
None |
| South Carolina |
(31) |
37 |
| Virginia Tech |
33 |
41 |
| Florida |
(19) |
None |
| Auburn |
(35), (31) |
None |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 35 1246 35.6 53 0
Total......... 35 1246 35.6 53 0
Opponent...... 0.0
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Dexter Carter 10 330 195 0 167 0 0 692 69.2
Keith Ross 11 232 17 0 425 0 0 674 61.3
Sammie Smith 10 577 59 0 0 0 0 636 63.6
Deion Sanders 9 0 0 503 0 116 0 619 68.8
Terry Anthony 11 0 550 0 0 0 0 550 50.0
Ronald Lewis 11 18 484 0 0 0 0 502 45.6
Lawrence Dawsey 11 88 365 0 19 0 0 472 42.9
Chris Parker 8 391 52 0 3 0 0 446 55.8
Bruce LaSane 11 0 406 0 12 0 0 418 38.0
Dayne Williams 11 246 42 0 0 0 0 288 26.2
LeRoy Butler 11 78 0 52 0 63 0 193 17.5
Tom O'Malley 11 0 179 0 0 0 0 179 16.3
Victor Floyd 9 71 61 0 28 0 0 160 17.8
Reggie Johnson 11 0 145 0 0 0 0 145 13.2
Marion Butts 11 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 12.1
Dedrick Dodge 11 0 0 12 0 82 0 94 8.5
Paul Moore 6 59 9 0 1 0 0 69 11.5
Scott DiMare 4 -6 45 0 0 0 0 39 9.8
Dave Roberts 6 0 38 0 0 0 0 38 6.3
Phil Carollo 9 0 0 38 0 0 0 38 4.2
Edgar Bennett 3 7 29 0 0 0 0 36 12.0
Stan Shiver 11 0 0 17 0 18 0 35 3.2
Tracy Sanders 11 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 3.1
Howard Dinkins 11 0 0 19 0 0 0 19 1.7
John Merna 4 4 0 0 13 0 0 17 4.3
Casey Weldon 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.8
Odell Haggins 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 1.0
Anthony Moss 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.7
Brad Johnson 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.6
Kelvin Smith 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.3
Chip Ferguson 10 -8 0 0 0 0 0 -8 -0.8
Peter Tom Willis 8 -47 0 0 0 0 0 -47 -5.9
Total......... 11 2195 2676 649 668 327 0 6515 592.3
Opponent...... 11 1662 1443 66 1105 114 0 4390 399.1
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Kelvin Smith 11 57 37 94 2.0- 1.0- 1- 3 8 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Felton Hayes 11 38 33 71 1.0- 1.0- . 6 . . . . .
Odell Haggins 11 29 39 68 1.0- 3.0- 1- 11 3 . . 2 . .
LeRoy Butler 11 42 17 59 1.0- . 2- 63 5 . . 2 . .
Kirk Carruthers 10 27 23 50 1.0- . . 2 . . 1 . .
Eric Hayes 11 21 28 49 4.0- 1.0- . 1 . 1- 0 1 . .
John Hadley 11 20 26 46 . 1.0- 1- 0 7 . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 11 35 9 44 . . 1- 34 7 . . 2 . .
Brian Davis 8 21 19 40 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Keith Carter 11 24 15 39 4.0- 2.0- . 2 . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 10 20 19 39 3.0- 2.0- . 4 . . 1 . .
Deion Sanders 9 25 12 37 1.0- . 5-116 6 . . 1 . .
Alphonso Williams 11 22 14 36 1.0- 1.0- . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Steve Gabbard 11 10 26 36 4.0- 1.5- . 5 . 1- 0 . . .
Stan Shiver 11 25 7 32 3.0- 3.0- 2- 18 5 . . 1 1 1
Dedrick Dodge 11 18 13 31 . . 5- 82 2 . . . 1 .
Phil Carollo 9 14 15 29 2.0- 1.0- . . . . . 2 .
Howard Dinkins 11 18 9 27 1.0- 4.0- . 6 . . . 1 1
Anthony Moss 11 18 8 26 4.0- 4.5- . 5 . 1- 0 . . .
Corian Freeman 11 14 9 23 . . . 4 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 11 10 13 23 1.0- 1.0- . 3 . . . . .
Bill Ragans 9 7 13 20 . . . 2 . . . . .
James Chaney 4 5 8 13 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Corey Senior 8 5 5 10 . . . 2 . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 5 4 4 8 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Frank Romeo 3 1 7 8 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Marion Butts 11 6 1 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Kevin Grant 1 3 3 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Magdi El Shahawy 7 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 5 1 3 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Alan Stewart 3 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Johnson 11 2 1 3 . . . . . . 1 . .
Keith Ross 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Gene Houpe 4 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Dawsey 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chip Ferguson 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Merna 4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edgar Bennett 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brad Johnson 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Richie Andrews 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Terry Anthony 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joey Ionata 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bruce LaSane 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ronald Lewis 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tim Corlew 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hayward Haynes 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tom O'Malley 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Whittington 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dayne Williams 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tony Yeomans 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dexter Carter 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jason Kuipers 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Mancini 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Morris 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scott Schilbrack 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sammie Smith 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pat Tomberlin 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill Mason 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Victor Floyd 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nick Ekonomou 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Peter Tom Willis 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chris Parker 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dave Roberts 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paul Moore 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Tanks 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scott DiMare 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Casey Weldon 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jim Bekas 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Brown 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chris Nicolas 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Totals 553 441 994 38.0- 0.0 27.0- 0.0 18-327 87 . 9- 0 12 6 2
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS UM USM CU MSU TU GSU ECU LTU SC VT UF Aub
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Ed Clark 0- 0
1 Scott DiMare 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
2 Deion Sanders 10-10 D-LC D-LCB D-LCB D-LC D-LC D-LC D-LCB D-LC D-LC D-LCB
3 Leon Fowler 1- 0 xx
4 Peter Tom Willis 8- 1 xx xx xx xx xx O-QB xx xx
5 Chip Ferguson 11-11 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB
5 Pete Prinzi 0- 0
6 LeRoy Butler 12-10 D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS xx xx D-FS D-FS D-FS
6 Carl Simpson 0- 0
7 Ronald Lewis 12-12 O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FL O-FLK O-FLK
8 Terry Anthony 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
9 Richie Andrews 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
10 Corian Freeman 12- 1 xx xx xx xx D-LCB xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
11 Casey Weldon 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
12 Ray Gibson 0- 0
12 Alan Stewart 3- 0 xx xx xx
13 Dexter Carter 11- 3 xx xx O-TB O-TB O-TB xx xx xx xx xx xx
14 Brad Johnson 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
15 Bill Ragans 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
16 Tracy Sanders 12-12 D-RC D-RCB D-RCB D-RC D-RCB D-RC D-RC D-RC D-RCB D-RC D-RCB D-RCB
17 Tim Corlew 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
18 Lavon Brown 0- 0
19 John Wimberly 0- 0
20 Keith Ross 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
21 John Hadley 12- 8 xx D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB xx D-OLB xx xx D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB
22 Edgar Bennett 3- 0 xx xx xx
23 Bryce Abbott 0- 0
23 Brady Jones 0- 0
24 Felix Harris 0- 0
24 Sam Lopez 0- 0
26 Alphonso Williams 12- 1 xx D-SS xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
27 Victor Floyd 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
28 Dedrick Dodge 12- 2 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-FS D-FS xx xx xx
29 Lawrence Dawsey 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
30 Tommy Henry 9- 1 xx xx D-LC xx xx xx xx xx xx
31 Marion Butts 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
32 Paul Moore 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
33 Sammie Smith 11- 6 O-TB O-TB xx xx xx O-TB xx O-TB xx O-TB O-TB
35 Chris Parker 9- 3 xx xx xx O-TB O-TB xx O-TB xx xx
36 Kelvin Smith 12- 7 xx xx xx xx D-ILB xx D-SLB D-SAM D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB
37 Stan Shiver 12-11 D-SS xx D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS D-SS
38 Jason Crain 0- 0
39 Ed Clark 0- 0
39 Brian Davis 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
40 David Bassett 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
40 David Stallworth 0- 0
41 Chris Hall 0- 0
42 John Merna 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
43 Bill Mason 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
44 John Wyche 0- 0
45 Kirk Carruthers 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
46 Felton Hayes 12-12 D-ILB D-WILL D-WLB D-WILL D-ILB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB
47 Kevin Grant 1- 1 D-OLB
48 Frank Romeo 3- 0 xx xx xx
49 Dayne Williams 12-12 O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
50 John Brown 2- 1 O-SG xx
51 Robbie Baker 0- 0
52 John Eaford 0- 0
52 Robert Stevenson 0- 0
53 Odell Haggins 12-11 D-NG D-NG xx D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
54 Phil Ferrell 0- 0
55 Chris Nicolas 1- 0 xx
56 Ronnie Byrom 0- 0
57 Corey Senior 9- 2 D-LT D-LT xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
58 Nick Ekonomou 10- 2 xx xx xx xx xx O-C O-C xx xx xx
59 Keith Carter 12- 5 D-ILB D-SAM D-SLB D-SAM xx D-SLB xx xx xx xx xx xx
60 Mike Morris 11-10 xx O-SG O-SG O-SG O-LG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG O-SG
61 Jim Bekas 4- 2 O-C O-C xx xx
62 Jason Kuipers 11-11 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG O-TG
63 Jason Dillaberry 0- 0
64 Magdi El Shahawy 7- 1 D-NG xx xx xx xx xx xx
65 Hayward Haynes 12- 4 xx xx O-TG O-TG O-RG O-TG xx xx xx xx xx xx
66 Scott Schilbrack 11- 1 xx xx xx O-RT xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
67 Kevin Mancini 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
68 Troy Sanders 0- 0
68 Michael Tanks 6- 3 xx xx xx O-C O-C O-C
69 Eric Gibbs 0- 0
69 Joey Ionata 12-12 O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-LT O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST O-ST
70 Tony Yeomans 12- 3 O-TG O-TG xx xx xx O-SG xx xx xx xx xx xx
71 Tyrone Barber 0- 0
71 David Whittington 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
72 Pat Tomberlin 11-11 O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT O-TT
73 Reggie Dixon 0- 0
74 Henry Ostaszewski 12- 3 xx xx D-RT xx xx xx D-LT D-LT xx xx xx xx
75 Joe Ostaszewski 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
76 Steve Gabbard 12-11 D-RT D-RT xx D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT D-RT
77 Eric Luallen 0- 0
78 Eric Hayes 12- 8 xx xx D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT xx xx D-LT D-LT D-LT D-LT
79 Gene Houpe 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
80 Reggie Johnson 12- 4 xx xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE xx xx xx xx xx xx
81 Phil Carollo 10- 1 xx xx xx xx D-OLB xx xx xx xx xx
82 Brad Lundstrom 0- 0
83 Dave Roberts 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
84 Bruce Gooch 0- 0
85 Johnny Clower 0- 0
87 Felton Cook 0- 0
88 Bruce LaSane 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
89 Howard Dinkins 12- 2 xx xx xx xx xx xx D-OLB D-OLB xx xx xx xx
90 Eric McGill 0- 0
91 Deondri Clark 0- 0
92 Tom O'Malley 12- 8 O-TE O-TE xx xx xx xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
93 Shelton Thompson 11- 7 D-OLB xx xx xx xx D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB
94 John Flath 0- 0
95 Greg Rinehart 0- 0
96 James Chaney 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
97 Reggie Freeman 0- 0
98 Oliver Strickland 0- 0
99 Anthony Moss 12- 5 xx D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB D-OLB xx xx xx xx xx xx
Miami 31, Florida State 0
09/03/1988, Miami
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 4, 1988, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. Horrorcanes.
Miami raps FSU 31-0.
MIAMI, FL - Thirteen was a bum number for Florida State here
Saturday night. But then, all others numbers were, too.
Most particularly 31-0. Which, some will note, is 13 backwards.
Embarking on Bobby Bowden's 13th season as their head coach, the Seminoles
got humiliated in this opening game of the heralded - and quickly derailed - run for a national championship.
It was Miami, all the way, playing like the national champion it was in 1983 and 1987,
and nearly was in 1986 as well.
Essentially, it was a matter of too much Miami defense. In astonishing manner, the Hurricanes shut down what many considered Florida State's best-ever offense. Much
of the way, that offense was a helpless force, also a burdensome one.
With the offense unable to hold its own, Miami controlled the football. Florida State's defense got overloaded. The offense
managed just 243 yards, only 91 in the first half.
Steve Walsh, cool leader, quarterbacked the Hurricanes smoothly, hitting key passes throughout. For the night, he completed 17 of 37 for 235
yards.
If Bowden had no lucky number, Jimmy Johnson did. In his 50th game as Miami's coach, he won one of his most satisfying games - also his 42nd. He has lost just eight in his four-plus seasons
at Miami.
It was only the second time a Florida State team of Bowden's had ever been shut out. The first came in the third game of 1976, his first year. And it came in this same Orange Bowl, Miami
winning 47-0.
On the morning of the game, Bowden had indicated concern about just two things: (1) mistakes by his team, (2) Miami's defense.
Mistakes by his team were multiple. And many were
wrought by a Miami defense that may, in fact, be better than ever before.
The Seminoles could not run. Nor could they pass.
Amazing.
A national-television audience never saw anything
resembling a match of No. 1 vs No. 2, the spots where these two teams finished last year. In relation to Miami, Florida State did not appear to be top 20.
Florida State had won 11 straight opening
games under Bowden, but his Seminoles were absolutely no match for a team that had gone 33-3 over the last three seasons.
Statistically, Chip Ferguson was not that bad as he opened and went most of
the way at quarterback, hitting 10 of 16 passes for 121 yards. Realistically, the whole of the offense was a crushing disappointment.
Miami rolled to 450 yards, running 86 plays to FSU's 58. The
Hurricanes had just one turnover, a fumble, while Florida State had five. Four times Miami intercepted FSU quarterbacks, including Ferguson twice.
"I'm proud of how we approached this game in a
business-like manner," said Johnson. "And then the players went out and took care of business."
Did Miami ever!
But Walsh thought it was sort of odd, the Hurricanes scoring 31 points. "The
offense really didn't play that well," he said.
One thing for sure. The Miami defense played that well.
Florida State was trailing 17-0 at halftime.
In the beginning on this 84-degree
evening, FSU won the coin toss, deferred its option to the last half, and kicked off to Miami.
From the 17, Walsh connected on a first-play pass of 21 yards to Cleveland Gary. The big fullback ran
for 4. Two more runs got a first down at the 50.
Abruptly, on a trap, tailback Leonard Conley broke for 25 to the 25.
On fourth down at the 23, following two incomplete passes, redshirt freshman
Carlos Huerta kicked a 39-yard field goal for 3-0.
On an opening-play reverse from the 20, Ronald Lewis sped for 14. But a faulty handoff on another reverse resulted in a fumble that Sammie Smith
covered for a loss of 9 at the 25. After a pass missed, a screen to Smith picked up 15 - well short of the first down.
Tim Corlew's fist punt was a 41-yarder, following a good bounce, dead at
Miami's 19.
A 17-yard throw to Gary soon gained the 41. Conley's running, paired with a couple of short passes to Rod Chudzinski, quickly moved Miami to FSU's 35. Then Randall Hill snared a short
pass, and a facemask penalty on the play gained the 22.
But as Conley dashed through on a run, Tracy Sanders knocked the ball out of his hands and Steve Gabbard recovered for FSU at the 15.
Hard
running by Smith, coupled with a swing pass to Victor Floyd, reached the 27. Three more runs got the 38.
But when Chip Ferguson overthrew Lewis, Bobby Harden intercepted and returned the ball 37
yards to FSU's 20. And as the quarter ended, Miami was at the 11 following a short pass to Dale Dawkins.
On a wide ramble, Gary slipped to the 2. Then, going wide the other way, Gary scored on a
stubborn run. Huerta's point made it 10-0.
Positioned poorly after Keith Ross got nailed at the 16 on the kickoff return, the Seminoles got just 7, on three runs, to the 23. Corlew's punt put Miami
on its 44 following a penalty for illegal use of hands against FSU.
On two runs, fullback Shannon Corwell pounded to FSU's 42. But a hard-rushing defense precipitated three Walsh incompletions.
On a questionable decision, Miami opted for a 59-yard try by Huerta for a field goal. The ball was short, and FSU took over at its 42 - easily its best starting position.
Promptly, Ferguson hit
Dexter Carter with a 24-yard toss to Miami's 34. The next play saw Ferguson sacked for 8 by Maurice Crum. FSU got 12 on a pass to Lewis plus an offside penalty.
On fourth down, Richie Andrews tried
for a 47-yard field goal - a poor kick that went wide.
Crowell's reception attained the 40. After Walsh failed on more passes, Miami, with 8:03 left in the half, punted for the first time,
providing FSU with the ball at its 36.
But Terry Anthony fumbled a pass, Bernard Clark knocking it out of his hands and Bubba McDowell recovering for Miami at its 48.
Chudzinski gathered a pass
for 22 to the 30. Conley, on two runs, whacked out a first down at the 19.
Once again Walsh could not connect on passes. Huerta's fourth-down kick in a try for a field goal, a 37-yard effort, was
wide.
Carter lost 5, and Reggie Johnson 2 on a tight-end screen. Smith got just two on a pass. Corlew punted, 29 yards to FSU's 45.
Helped by an offside, Miami struggled to the 37. Fourth down
coming up, and FSU called a timeout as Miami brought its punter in with 1:15 left. Whereupon, Miami followed with a timeout of its own, bringing its full offense back in.
Whereupon, Dawkins caught
a 6-yard pass for a first down at the 31. Then Chudzinski grabbed one at the 23.
On a draw, Gary ran out of bounds for a first down at the 19 with 15 seconds left.
And then Chudzinski was wide
open for the touchdown that made it 17-0 at intermission.
At this point, Miami, controlling the football, had run exactly twice as many plays as Florida State, 46 to 23. Miami had 239 yards of
offense, FSU just 91.
From their 20, following the second-half kickoff, the Seminoles whipped to the Miami 40 on Ferguson's third-down pass to Lewis for 34.
Next play, Ferguson, under pressure,
threw his second interception, Donald Ellis coming up with the ball for Miami.
Three Miami plays netted nothing. But Tim Kalal got off a 59-yard punt that placed FSU on its 21.
Three downs found
FSU back on its 11 following a faulty series that included an offside and Crum's tackle of Smith for a 7-yard loss. Corlew punted out, to midfield.
Second down at the 47, and Walsh passed over the
middle to Hill, who fumbled when racked by Deion Sanders. But all was going Miami's way, as the ball rolled forward for a Dawkins recovery at the FSU 5.
Conley got the touchdown on a 5-yard Walsh
pass and it was 24-0.
FSU scrambled out of a hole at its 16 on Ferguson's third-down shot over the middle to Smith for 20. Again Miami defenders brought a halt. The Hurricanes started at their 33
following a punt.
Soon Miami was replying with a punt, to FSU's 30, and in came Peter Tom Willis at quarterback.
Johnson caught a short pass, and Anthony another, to the 42. On fourth-and-three
at the 50, Corlew punted to the 12. Fifty-eight seconds remained in the quarter. Soon after the last quarter opened, Walsh hit Andrew Brown with a pass at midfield. On fourth down, Kalal faked the
punt, passing to Randy Bethel for a first down at the FSU 41.
With 12:27 remaining in the tedious struggle, Miami punted for real, to FSU's 12.
Carter ran for 9, and Dayne Williams, on fourth
and one, got 6 to the 27. Carter caught a Willis pass at the 40.
Then, linebacker Randy Shannon intercepted a Willis throw and weaved to FSU's 24, but a clipping on the return knocked Miami back to
its 36.
With 8:05 remaining, Miami blew a long field-goal attempt, failing to get the kick off, and Florida State was presented with an opportunity at its 46.
But that culminated in still
another Miami interception, this one by Kenny Berry.
In the final two minutes Craig Erickson hit Peewee Smith with a 17-yard touchdown pass that made it 31-0.
Casey Weldon finished up at
quarterback for the Seminoles, completing his first pass for a nice gain.
But the rest was not much. But then, as far as Florida State was concerned, the foregoing was not much either.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Miami |
3 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 39, field goal, 11:46
2nd 0-10 Opp, 2, run (kick), 14:27
0-10 Opp, 59, field goal failed, 11:16
0-10 Richie Andrews, 47, field goal failed, 9:27
0-10 Opp, 37, field goal failed, 5:23
0-17 Opp, 19, pass (kick), 0:11
3rd 0-24 Opp, 5, pass (kick), 8:54
4th 0-31 Opp, 17, pass (kick), 1:30
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 12 25
Rushes-yards 22-42 45-184
Passing 200 266
Att-Comp-Int 36-18-5 41-22-0
Total Yards 58-242 86-450
Punt Returns 3-23 1--1
Kickoff Returns 6-91 1-14
Interception Ret. 0-0 5-70
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 6-34.5 4-41.5
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 3-1
Penalties-Yds 5-40 9-60
3rd Down Conversions 2-8 8-18
4th Down Conversions 2-2 2-3
Time of Posession 24:21 35:39
Attendance 77,836
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dayne Williams 3 20 0 9
Ronald Lewis 1 14 0 14
Sammie Smith 10 6 0 8
Edgar Bennett 3 6 0 3
Dexter Carter 2 4 0 9
Chip Ferguson 3 -8 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 42 0 14
Opp 45 184 1 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 4 44 0 24
Ronald Lewis 2 41 0 34
Sammie Smith 4 38 0 21
Edgar Bennett 1 29 0 29
Terry Anthony 2 23 0 16
Reggie Johnson 3 20 0 16
Victor Floyd 1 4 0 4
Dave Roberts 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 200 0 34
Opp 22 266 3 48
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 10 16 2 121 0 34
Peter Tom Willis 6 17 2 49 0 16
Casey Weldon 2 3 1 30 0 29
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FSU 18 36 5 200 0 34
Opp 22 41 0 266 3 48
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 3 23 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 23 0 8
Opp 1 -1 0 -1
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 4 58 0 18
Dexter Carter 1 20 0 20
John Merna 1 13 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 91 0 20
Opp 1 14 0 14
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 6 207 40
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 207 40
Opp 4 166 59
|---------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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Felton Hayes 7 1 8 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 4 2 6 0.5- . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 4 1 5 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Deion Sanders 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Anthony Moss 2 3 5 2.5- . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 3 1 4 0.5- . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 2 3 0.5- . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 3 . 3 . . . 2 . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 2 1 3 0.5- . . 1 . . . . .
Steve Gabbard . 2 2 0.5- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Corey Senior 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marion Butts . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Frank Romeo . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chip Ferguson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edgar Bennett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
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FSU 49 25 74 6.0- 0.0 . . 5 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 21 45 66 5.0- 1.0- 8.0 5- 70 5 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 50 John Brown
C 62 Jason Kuipers
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RC 16 Tracy Sanders
SS 37 Stan Shiver
ILB 46 Felton Hayes
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
LT 57 Corey Senior
ILB 59 Keith Carter
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
22 Edgar Bennett
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Marion Butts
36 Kelvin Smith
39 Brian Davis
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
40 David Bassett
42 John Merna
48 Frank Romeo
51 David Whittington
55 Chris Nicolas
60 Mike Morris
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
68 Michael Tanks
74 Henry Ostaszewski
78 Eric Hayes
79 Gene Houpe
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Phil Carollo
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 49, Southern Mississippi 13
09/10/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 11, 1988, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Airball.
Seminoles' big plays crunch Southern Miss.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - With a crowd of 53,129
barely settled in Campbell Stadium seats, Deion Sanders sent a message. Special delivery.
And spurred by his 39-yard interception run for a touchdown in the first 20 seconds, Florida State's
football team romped 49-13 victory over Southern Mississippi here Saturday night.
The gifted Sanders, breathtaking on punt returns and a hot defender on the rare occasion ball-carriers came his
way, put on a determined show.
So did Chip Ferguson.
Retiring early in the third quarter, with the Seminoles up 35-10, the senior quarterback completed 12 of 17 passes for 239 yards and three
touchdowns.
And his 93-yarder to Lawrence Dawsey went in the books as the third-longest touchdown pass in FSU history, topped only by the 95-yarder Jimmy Black worked with Rudy Thomas in November
1976, and Jimmy Jordan's 96-yarder to fellow Tallahasseean Kurt Unglaub against Virginia Tech just two weeks later.
Ferguson also collaborated with Dawsey for the 16-yarder that made it 35-10. His
first TD pass, for the night's second touchdown, was a 22-yarder to Dexter Carter.
But Bobby Bowden was not turning somersaults.
"… I don't think we looked crisp enough - not enough to win next
week," said the coach. "The defense was sharper than the offense.
"We won the ball game, and we're thankful for that."
Bowden was turning a quick eye, of course, toward Saturday's heavy date at
Clemson that CBS will televise nationally (2:30 kickoff).
But if the Seminoles were not crisp enough, this was hardly a soggy reflection of that 31-0 loss at Miami. And there were most interesting
moments on this warm, humid - but fair - evening. Moments when the Seminoles were indeed crackling, in all facets of the game.
Turnovers - FSU again had five - were part of Bowden's reservations.
An inconsistent running game was another part.
"The defense was sharper than the offense - but they just blitzed, blitzed, blitzed!" said Bowden.
"Deion set the pace for us. When you have
big-time players, they're supposed to do that - or we'll quit calling them big-time players.
"But we're not playing well enough to beat a Miami or a Clemson. We've got to get a lot better."
With
Southern defenders apparently geared up to stop the run, passing was a primary FSU weapon throughout.
Sammie Smith left the game, not to return, with a second-quarter injury (bruised back,
seemingly minor) after running 8 times for 42 yards. With Smith having averaged more than 10 yards per carry on 20 runs against it over the last two years, Southern seemed determined to put a rein on
the big, swift tailback.
Before he departed, Smith checked in as only the fourth 2,000-yard rusher in FSU annals. Greg Allen, Larry Key and Mark Lyles got there ahead of him.
Though he saw not
so much of Smith, Southern coach Curley Hallman saw enough of the Seminoles to impress him.
"They made the plays when they had to," he said, "and that is the sign of a good football team."
After
Sanders ignited the Seminoles, FSU got a second first-quarter touchdown as Ferguson fired his shot to Carter.
Swiftly FSU added two touchdowns in the second period. Ferguson's dramatic 93-yarder to
Dawsey - he caught it behind a beaten defender at midfield - was followed by an impressive 18-play drive capped by Carter's scoring run from the 2.
Then Southern showed a little something, and that
28-0 lead became 28-10 in the last minutes of the first half.
The Golden Eagles got a start at FSU's 31 on the heels of a Kerry Williams interception - one of two off Ferguson. Brett Favre
immediately hit Ricky Bradley with a 33-yard scoring pass. An over-the-middle shot that, Hallman said, his team had worked hard on throughout the week.
Moments later, a 31-yard James Henry punt
return had Southern at the FSU 34 for a 46-yard Chris Seroca field goal on the last play of the first half. And on the last play of the final half Seroca kicked another 3-pointer, this one a chip shot
after a penalty assisted the visitors to FSU's 12.
Quarterback Favre, who last year completed just 5 of 31 passes against the Seminoles, did a bit better this time - 13 of 36. Southern managed 182
of its 276-yard offensive sum on 16 completions of 41 attempts.
"We had a lot of silly mistakes in the game," said Hallman.
Bowden may be saying the same after viewing film, but surely he'll see
some praiseworthy doing, too.
One thing and another, FSU conceded Southern dangerous opportunity. Four times the visitors had starts in FSU territory - at the 43 and 46, as well as the 34 and
33.
But the Seminoles averaged 6.42 yards per offensive play as they rolled to 495 yards, 310 passing.
Tim Corlew, the walk-on punter, did very well again, averaging 39.7 on four efforts, with
two downed inside the Southern 5 - first at the 1, then at the 2.
Offensively, the Seminoles looked crisp aplenty as they started the second half. Inconsistency was the problem.
Ferguson guided
a lightning-like march of 72 yards to Dawsey's second touchdown catch - only the fourth play of that boom-boom series.
Then Casey Weldon came on at quarterback.
"Chip did a good job for us,"
said Bowden. "We played Casey then because we had seen Peter Tom (Willis) more against Miami, and were determined to put Casey in a pressure situation."
Soon the score was 42-10, on Weldon's TD
pass of 7 yards to Tom O'Malley.
The final touchdown came early in the last quarter, a 17-yard Weldon pass to Terry Anthony.
Perhaps one of the more pleasing aspects for the Florida State coach
was an opportunity to play so many. Several starting-caliber Seminoles were out of action with injuries much or all of the way. Among an assortment of reserves contributing was Kirk Carruthers, a
freshman linebacker who may find a quick niche. He caused a late fumble. Anthony Moss, making his first start at outside linebacker, had a sack, as did tackle Henry Ostaszewski. Linebacker Kelvin
Smith blocked a late punt.
"We played a lot of young players, and as hot as it was, it was a good thing," said Bowden.
On four punt returns, Sanders got 82 yards, slightly more than 20 per.
This, in the face of kick coverage that seemed quite good.
For Bowden, it was an eighth victory in nine outings against an opponent that often has given FSU fits. The 49-13 score was a duplicate of
the one against Southern here two years ago.
It was also Bowden's 11th consecutive victory in a home opener.
And it may have been one of the most welcome, considering what happened a week prior
and what's coming in the weeks ahead.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Southern Mississippi |
0 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
| Florida State |
14 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
49 |
1st 7- 0 Deion Sanders, 39, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:40
14- 0 Dexter Carter, 22, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:21
2nd 21- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 93, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:50
28- 0 Dexter Carter, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:56
28- 7 Opp, 33, pass (kick), 1:11
28-10 Opp, 45, field goal, 0:00
3rd 35-10 Lawrence Dawsey, 16, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:36
42-10 Tom O'Malley, 7, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:26
42-10 Richie Andrews, 46, field goal failed, 2:16
4th 49-10 Terry Anthony, 17, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:20
49-13 Opp, 29, field goal, 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 14
Rushes-yards 43-185 34-94
Passing 310 182
Att-Comp-Int 34-17-4 41-16-1
Total Yards 77-495 75-276
Punt Returns 4-82 2-39
Kickoff Returns 2-38 5-100
Interception Ret. 1-39 4-17
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 4-39.8 11-40.5
Sacks By-Yds 2-15 2-14
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-Yds 6-45 9-74
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 2-16
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-2
Time of Posession 29:49 30:11
Attendance 53,129
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 9 44 1 24
Sammie Smith 8 42 0 17
Chris Parker 7 40 0 12
Dayne Williams 8 31 0 10
Keith Ross 4 22 0 11
Victor Floyd 1 14 0 14
Lawrence Dawsey 1 5 0 5
Edgar Bennett 3 1 0 2
Peter Tom Willis 2 -14 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 185 1 24
Opp 34 94 0 14
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 2 109 2 93t
Ronald Lewis 4 86 0 39
Dexter Carter 2 34 1 22t
Terry Anthony 2 29 1 17t
Bruce LaSane 1 20 0 20
Tom O'Malley 2 15 1 8
Chris Parker 1 12 0 12
Dave Roberts 1 10 0 10
Sammie Smith 1 -1 0 -1
Victor Floyd 1 -4 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 17 310 5 93t
Opp 16 182 1 33t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 12 17 2 239 3 93t
Casey Weldon 3 13 1 63 2 39
Peter Tom Willis 2 4 1 8 0 12
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 17 34 4 310 5 93t
Opp 16 41 1 182 1 33t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 4 82 0 25
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 82 0 25
Opp 2 39 0 31
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Carter 2 38 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 38 0 19
Opp 5 100 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 4 159 45
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 159 45
Opp 11 446 64
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tracy Sanders 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Corian Freeman 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 4 2 6 . . . . . . . 1 .
Felton Hayes 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 2 2 4 1.0- . 1- 39 . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 2 2 4 2.0- 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Corey Senior 1 2 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 3 . 3 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 2 1 3 . . . 3 . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 1 2 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Keith Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gene Houpe 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Tommy Henry 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Frank Romeo . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 22 62 7.0- 12.0 2.0- 15.0 1- 39 6 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 47 15 62 7.0- 2.0- 14.0 4- 17 1 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
C 62 Jason Kuipers
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RCB 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
SS 26 Alphonso Williams
WILL 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
LT 57 Corey Senior
SAM 59 Keith Carter
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Peter Tom Willis
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
22 Edgar Bennett
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
35 Chris Parker
36 Kelvin Smith
37 Stan Shiver
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
39 Brian Davis
40 David Bassett
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
48 Frank Romeo
50 John Brown
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
78 Eric Hayes
79 Gene Houpe
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Phil Carollo
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
|
Florida State 24, Clemson 21
09/17/1988, Clemson, S.C.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 18, 1988, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. LeROYAL SCAM
Death-defying act lifts FSU past Clemson
CLEMSON, SC - You can call it the
"Bowden-rooski," or you can call it the "punt-rooski," or you can call it simply the "rooski."
Just don't call it gutless.
On perhaps one of the most daring and surprising plays in the recent
history of college football, a fake-punt run of 78 yards to the 1 by LeRoy Butler, Florida State whipped Clemson 24-21 before 82,300 startled people in the stadium the call Death Valley.
In the
last moments, Richie Andrews kicked a 19-yard field goal, the first of his college life, for the winning difference.
Behind 14-7 at halftime, and looking pretty miserable on this rainy day, the
Seminoles rallied to go ahead 21-14 only to have Clemson deadlock it 21-21 with 2:32 to go.
On what seemed to be the conclusion of its last series, Florida State went in punt formation,
fourth-and-four at its 21.
And then came the shot that surely will be heard around the college-football world.
The punt snap went directly to fullback Dayne Williams, who slipped the ball
between the legs of Butler - a defensive back but a regular member of the punt team. Bent over in blocking stance, Butler remained motionless, concealing the football as Clemson defenders chased
Williams as he ran to his right.
Butler then took off to his left, and had spectacular sailing until Donnell Woolford ran him down at the 1.
That set up Andrews' winning kick on second down
after Williams' apparent touchdown run was erased by a penalty, apparently because the 25-second clock had not started.
Coach Bobby Bowden, who had called the stunning punt fake, elected to kick
the field goal on second down, rather than risk an interception or possible fumble.
The "rooski" had been on Bowden's mind for some time.
"I had been thinking of it through the last three series
we ran," he said. "But it hadn't worked out just right to set it up. Actually, I had thought about it the whole game."
But this golden production was one that would never have found the right time
in this game, except for the spectacular work of cornerback Deion Sanders, who sometimes does look like the best player FSU has ever known.
It was Sanders' 76-yard punt return for a touchdown that
brought FSU from behind to a 14-14 tie. Bigger, it ignited the Seminoles, who at that third-quarter point had run only 25 plays from scrimmage and been limited to well under 100 yards.
"That turned
it," said Bowden.
Clemson, with its stout running game, had exercised remarkable ball control, running twice the number of plays. After cranking up, FSU narrowed that ball-control margin to a final
79-to-57 in play total. And the Seminoles, with the help of the "rooski" that counted as 78 yards rushing, had outgained the Tigers at the end by 4 yards, 368 to 364. FSU averaged a fine 6.5 per
offensive play, Clemson 4.6.
Much of the yardage came on Chip Ferguson's passing as he completed 18 of 28 for 241 yards.
"I think those figures would have been mighty impressive at home on a dry
field," said Bowden. "Up here on this wet field, with a home crowd hollering its head off in Death Valley, it was doubly impressive."
Impressive, really, was the work of both teams. Neither had a
turnover on this slushy field. Both teams just kept coming.
Light, steady rain that had fallen Friday continued through halftime. Then it stopped. "I never knew when it was raining and it wasn't,"
said Bowden.
Clemson came out in its special orange pants, in which it had won 14 of 15 previous big games. Florida State was dressed in new white pants presented by actor Burt Reynolds. And it was
the first time Florida State had worn such pants since Reynolds' playing days in the late '50s.
"They shore are pretty," said Frank Howard, the legendary former Clemson coach, of the look of the
two teams.
Bowden said that Reynolds had sent the pants late last year but they had not been worn. It seemed to him, and his coaches, that this might be the right time. When he told his players,
they seemed particularly elated. "We thought we'd just use our white ones to trump 'em," said Bowden, grinning.
From the start, Clemson ran the ball, just as it has under Danny Ford for the past
nine seasons. But there were wrinkles, like unbalanced lines and motion that confounded FSU for awhile, particularly on pitchouts.
Too, the team was short healthy key defenders. "Until Saturday
morning we didn't think four of our starters would play," said defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews. Of primary concern were noseguard Odell Haggins, plus tackles Eric Hayes and Steve Gabbard.
But
they played. "The guys that were hurt are still hurting - and they will really hurt Sunday," said trainer Randy Oravetz of players like Haggins, Hayes and Gabbard. "But the sucked it up."
There at
the start, Clemson ran right down to FSU's 33, then punted for the first of eight times.
Soon Victor Floyd got good yardage on a draw, but flags were falling early and often. This one called back
for holding. Florida State drew 85 penalty yards - 72 in the last half - and Clemson 70.
Tim Corlew's 45-yard punt helped knock Clemson to its 26. For the day, Corlew averaged 35.4 on seven, but
the Tigers managed only 13 on runbacks, compared to Sanders' 95 on three returns.
Big on third-down plays most of the way, quarterback Rod Williams got the Tigers going.
On a wide-receiver
reverse, Chip Davis passed deep to Gary Cooper 61 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 Clemson lead.
Cooper was well covered by Dedrick Dodge until Dodge fell as he bumped into Cooper just before the
catch. Some thought Dodge might have been pushed.
Just before the quarter ended, Florida State moved from its 41 following a punt exchange.
Third down, less than a yard, and Dexter Carter took a
Ferguson pass to the Clemson 35, the last 5 coming on a face-mask penalty, as the quarter ended.
Three plays later, Carter got behind a defender and pulled in a Ferguson pass for a touchdown on a
40-yard play, and it was tied 7-7.
FSU, from midfield following a punt, threatened again.
On a bootleg, Ferguson slipped wide to the 40. Then Johnson grabbed a pass at the 34. But the movement
bogged, and Corlew punted - a beaut, downed at the 1 by Mr. Butler.
Two runs were stopped cold. Whereupon, Williams passed low and perfectly to Johnson at the 15. Another third-down pitchout led to
the 27. It was the start of a drive that came close to breaking FSU backs.
Cooper got behind a defender, and only an overthrow by Williams prevented a touchdown. Moving now to the other side,
Cooper caught Williams' throw and spun downfield to the FSU 35, where Deion Sanders was flagged for grabbing his face mask on the tackle, giving Clemson the ball at the 30.
It came to
fourth-and-inches at the 8 following a short pass to Ricardo Hooper. Johnson popped outside, to the 7. Quarterback Williams kept, and scored easily on a wide ramble. With 2:45 left in the half,
Clemson led 14-7.
At intermission FSU trailed in yardage 232 to 71, in first downs 10 to five.
"That was a gutsy drive," said Bowden of Clemson's 99-yard march to a touchdown. "When we had 'em
at their 1, we should have won the game right there."
Bowden challenged his players in the dressing room. They responded.
"They showed me something," he said. "They told me they would fight in a
crisis, and keep on fighting."
But, surely, it was Sanders who showed the most when FSU most needed it.
They swapped punts, starting the last half.
And with just 4 ½ minutes gone, Sanders
snared that long boot to FSU's 36, found good blocking and was off to the races for the touchdown that tied it 14-14.
"It was a big hole, and I figured, you know, I could hit the seam," said
Sanders, and did he ever!
"It was getting late," said Sanders.
But it was not so much later that FSU got 34 yards in a hurry, on a Ferguson pass to Floyd, who caught four for the afternoon, as
did Carter.
Terry Anthony grabbed a toss over the middle for 10 - fumbling but recovering. Apparently, Anthony wrestled the ball away from Clemson's Raymond Chavous. Big play.
Following a
holding call, Ferguson went over the middle with a pass to a leaping Bruce LaSane, 36 yards to the 1. On the play, the 6-foot-4 LaSane out-did Clemson's vaunted cornerback Donnell Woolford.
Williams that scored to make it 21-14.
Again FSU drove, on Ferguson passes, to a first down at the Clemson 14. But the action played out at the 8.
Whereupon, James Lott deflected Richie Andrews'
field-goal attempt.
On the opening play of the last quarter, Florida State got its initial first down rushing, Floyd skipping 8 to the FSU 41. LaSane snared a 23-yarder at the Clemson 35. But, ah,
it was flag time again. Holding, plus an offensive-interference call on LaSane, slapped the Seminoles back to their 40, where Corlew soon punted.
And on FSU's next possession, still another holding
call.
As Corlew punted to the Clemson 34, the clock showed 7:28 to go.
A run got 11, and a pass 19. But for the day, Williams was only 7-for-24 passing, for 96 yards. By an inch, on a
fourth-and-one run, Clemson got the first down at the 31.
Tracy Sanders extracted a fumble from Henderson on a tackle, but the ball rolled forward and Jennings claimed the ball for Clemson for a
first down at the 17.
A couple of plays later, 230-pound fullback Tracy Johnson burst off tackle, cut wide and raced 19 yards to a touchdown. A kick tied it 21-21 with 2:32 left and Florida State
owning no timeouts.
Clipping on the kickoff return put FSU on its 15. Carter got 6, but LaSane dropped a pass. Quickly, it came down to fourth-and-four.
Whereupon, Bowden, Butler & Co. uncorked
the unbelievable play that few in the stadium - and almost no one in the pressbox - really saw.
And it all left Florida State 2-1 following a struggling start, with another key game coming up in
Campbell Stadium on Saturday against Michigan State.
But Bowden was taking a little time to relish this one.
"I don't know if we ever won a game against most difficult odds."
He recalled a
theme he repeatedly cited to his players.
"I preached to 'em one of the things Bob Harbison used to say," said Bowden, referring to FSU's long-tim former assistant coach. "He would say, 'great
players make great plays.'"
Perhaps, also, great coaches call great plays.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
24 |
| Clemson |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 61, pass (kick), 5:10
2nd 7- 7 Dexter Carter, 40, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:46
7-14 Opp, 7, run (kick), 2:45
3rd 14-14 Deion Sanders, 76, punt return/blocked punt (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:30
21-14 Dayne Williams, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:27
21-14 Richie Andrews, 24, field goal blocked, 1:52
4th 21-21 Opp, 19, run (kick), 2:32
24-21 Richie Andrews, 19, field goal, 0:32
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 17
Rushes-yards 29-127 54-207
Passing 241 157
Att-Comp-Int 28-18-0 25-8-0
Total Yards 57-368 79-364
Punt Returns 3-95 3-14
Kickoff Returns 4-85 5-77
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 7-35.4 8-39.6
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 2-11
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-0
Penalties-Yds 9-86 7-70
3rd Down Conversions 5-13 10-22
Time of Posession 26:22 33:38
Attendance 82,500
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
LeRoy Butler 1 78 0 78
Sammie Smith 10 28 0 6
Victor Floyd 5 12 0 8
Dexter Carter 5 11 0 8
Dayne Williams 4 9 1 5
Chip Ferguson 3 -4 0 7
Ronald Lewis 1 -7 0 -7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 29 127 1 78
Opp 54 207 2 19t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bruce LaSane 3 65 0 36
Dexter Carter 4 60 1 40t
Victor Floyd 4 47 0 34
Reggie Johnson 3 29 0 12
Tom O'Malley 2 15 0 10
Ronald Lewis 1 15 0 15
Terry Anthony 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 241 1 40t
Opp 8 157 1 61t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 18 28 0 241 1 40t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 28 0 241 1 40t
Opp 8 25 0 157 1 61t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 3 95 1 76t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 95 1 76t
Opp 3 14 0 9
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 4 85 0 30
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 85 0 30
Opp 5 77 0 27
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 7 248 45
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 248 45
Opp 8 317 52
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Felton Hayes 11 4 15 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 9 5 14 . . . 2 . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 8 4 12 . . . 2 . . . . .
Keith Carter 4 4 8 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 4 3 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 2 1 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Magdi El Shahawy 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 67 39 106 3.0- 5.0 . . 6 . . . . .
Opp 45 44 89 7.0- 33.0 2.0- 11.0 . 1 5 . . 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
C 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 65 Hayward Haynes
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RCB 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
SLB 59 Keith Carter
NG 64 Magdi El Shahawy
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
22 Edgar Bennett
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Marion Butts
32 Paul Moore
33 Sammie Smith
36 Kelvin Smith
39 Brian Davis
40 David Bassett
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 John Merna
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
51 David Whittington
53 Odell Haggins
57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
70 Tony Yeomans
76 Steve Gabbard
79 Gene Houpe
81 Phil Carollo
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
|
Florida State 30, Michigan State 7
09/24/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, September 25, 1988, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. Spartans hit the wall.
Seminoles put them away 30-7.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Fifty seconds.
In the
first minute of the last quarter, 50 seconds is precisely what it required on the playing clock to send Florida State's hard-pressed football team home free.
A precarious 13-7 lead abruptly became
23-7, and the Seminoles cruised on to a 30-7 victory over tough Michigan State late Saturday afternoon.
On the first play of that final period, Richie Andrews kicked a 39-yard field goal. The clock
read 14:56. And at 14:06, LeRoy Butler administrated the coup de grace, somewhat as he had at Clemson the week prior on that 78-yard run to the 1 off a fake punt. This time the junior cornerback
steamed into the end zone for a touchdown following a 26-yard runback of an interception.
"Boy, we're glad to get out of that one!" said Coach Bobby Bowden.
And so were sweat-soaked fans packed
into muggy Campbell Stadium, where it was 96 degrees at the start. The third-largest football crowd in Tallahassee history - 61,757 - witnessed the first-ever appearance of a Big Ten team here.
Michigan State, now 0-3, was glad to get out of it, too.
"That's an awfully good football team," said George Perles, the losing coach. "I don't think you'll see us hanging our heads."
No reason
for that. The nation's toughest team against the run last year, Michigan State seemed little different as it repeatedly repulsed Florida State thrusts, choking off runs virtually throughout.
With
his ninth-ranked team now 3-1, Bowden was in a gracious mood.
"We had every advantage," he said.
Well, not quite. Florida State did not have such a defense against the run.
"Man, we just got
through celebrating," said Bowden. "We got 125 yards (running) on them! Last year the averaged giving up only 61.5.
"That's the toughest combination to block in the world, and anybody that's played
against them will tell you that. It is the best I've gone against. Ever."
Throughout, Chip Ferguson passed superbly to a superb corps of receivers - 18 of 31 for 215 yards and a touchdown. And
that, along with tenacious Florida State defense, was the difference.
Deion Sanders was again Deion Sanders - which is to say like no other! The senior cornerback made a dazzling touchdown-averting
pass interception at the Florida State 1 at the close of the first half. Had he not, the outcome could have been a whole lot stickier than and Seminole cares to think upon. He wheeled 75 yards with
three punt returns.
In the late going, Sanders hurt a knee, and joined a roster of several banged-up teammates that included Pat Tomberlin (first-quarter shoulder injury). None of the injuries
appear terribly binding, however.
"We could have used a finesse game," said Bowden. "What we got was a very physical one."
Early on, the Seminoles were pretty physical themselves. On the game's
first play, David Bassett claimed a kickoff-return fumble for FSU at the Michigan State 23.
A Ferguson pass to Dexter Carter and a penalty helped FSU to a first down at the 3. But, after other
passes missed, Andrews was wide on a 19-yard try for a field goal.
Michigan State's often spectacular defense was a primary reason for the lack of success - holding, then forcing the field-goal
attempts that went awry.
Offensively, the Spartans' primary weapon was tailback Blake Ezor, who ran on the visitors' first 6 plays from scrimmage - then 13 more times for a 90-yard total. But on
his seven last-half carries, Ezor managed just 15.
Florida State cranked up on its second possession, driving 68 yards in 11 plays, Ferguson running once for 11, then going four for four on passes.
A 20-yard Ronnie Lewis reverse gained the 7, then a penalty reached the 2. From the 1, Ferguson whipped a pass to Lawrence Dawsey for a 7-0 lead.
The score got to 10-0 an FSU's next try. Sanders
raced 40 yards with a punt, to the Spartan 43. Victor Floyd ran for 17 with a pass. More passes, to Tom O'Malley and Bruce LaSane (interference ruling for 8 yards), led to that first down at the 2.
Finding itself back at the 5 after three running plays, FSU called on Mason for a 21-yard field goal.
From its 32, shortly before halftime, FSU marched to a 13-0 lead, getting to the Spartan 25 on
a 17-yard pass to LaSane. Andrews, who had missed the earlier 19-yarder, put through a 48-yard field goal like it was nothing.
In the fading moments, quarterback Bobby McAllister lofted a bomb to
hot wide receiver Andre Rison - and Sanders picked it off at the goal line.
A swift senior from Pompano Beach, McAllister was a running threat - 44 yards gross - but not much of a passer on this
day.
Out of seven attempts, he completed just one shot - a 25-yarder to Rison for Michigan State's lone touchdown.
That one came on the Spartans' first movement of the last half, a 69-yard
production assisted by a pass-interference call. From the 25, McAllister went over the middle to Rison - a fellow who needs just five more catches to check in as the Spartans's all-time top receiver -
and he slipped wide for the touchdown.
Penalties hobbled Florida State on its first two series of the final half - holding, an intentional-grounding call. Then Mason missed the field goal.
But
on the next opportunity, FSU successfully moved from its 30, the biggie a 24-yard Ferguson pass to O'Malley, and on that opening play of the fourth quarter Andrews made it 16-7 with his 39-yard field
goal.
As McAllister got heavily pressured by Felton Hayes, McAllister threw - into the arms of Butler, who skipped into the end zone with the interception.
With 4:30 left, Dedrick Dodge blocked
a punt that presented Florida State with the ball at the Spartan 20.
Sammie Smith - 48 yards on 11 runs - got his longest gain of the day, an 11-yarder. After Keith Ross spun to the 5, freshman
Paul Moore scored from there, making it 30-7 with 3:38 left.
Florida State finished with 345 yards of offense - 215 passing - to the 226 for Michigan State, with 201 of that running.
Florida
State controlled the ball, 71 plays to 53. The Seminoles had just one turnover (an interception), while Michigan State yielded three, two of them interceptions.
For the happy Bowden, it was victory
No. 5 in six starts against Big ten opposition - breaking down to 2-0 vs. Michigan State, 2-0 vs. Ohio State, 1-0 vs. Indiana, and 0-1 against Michigan.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Michigan State |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
7 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
30 |
1st 0- 0 Richie Andrews, 21, field goal failed, 12:36
7- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 1, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:43
2nd 10- 0 Bill Mason, 21, field goal, 11:05
13- 0 Richie Andrews, 48, field goal, 0:40
3rd 13- 7 Opp, 25, pass (kick), 9:18
13- 7 Bill Mason, 31, field goal failed, 6:22
4th 16- 7 Richie Andrews, 39, field goal, 14:56
23- 7 LeRoy Butler, 26, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:06
30- 7 Paul Moore, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:38
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 13
Rushes-yards 40-130 44-201
Passing 215 25
Att-Comp-Int 31-18-1 9-1-2
Total Yards 71-345 53-226
Punt Returns 5-99 2-13
Kickoff Returns 1-28 7-143
Interception Ret. 2-26 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 2-36.5 8-32.1
Sacks By-Yds 2-19 3-12
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 5-51 8-54
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 4-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 30:14 29:46
Attendance 61,757
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 11 48 0 11
Dexter Carter 10 41 0 17
Paul Moore 3 15 1 8
Ronald Lewis 2 11 0 20
Keith Ross 3 11 0 5
Victor Floyd 2 4 0 2
Marion Butts 1 4 0 4
Chip Ferguson 5 -1 0 11
Dayne Williams 3 -3 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 130 1 20
Opp 44 201 0 23
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 4 63 0 23
Bruce LaSane 3 50 0 21
Tom O'Malley 3 35 0 23
Dexter Carter 4 34 0 15
Ronald Lewis 1 16 0 16
Victor Floyd 1 14 0 14
Dayne Williams 1 2 0 2
Lawrence Dawsey 1 1 1 1t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 215 1 23
Opp 1 25 1 25t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 18 31 1 215 1 23
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 31 1 215 1 23
Opp 1 9 2 25 1 25t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 3 75 0 43
LeRoy Butler 1 18 0 18
Dedrick Dodge 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 99 0 43
Opp 2 13 0 10
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 1 28 0 28
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 28 0 28
Opp 7 143 0 32
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 2 73 37
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 73 37
Opp 8 257 54
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirk Carruthers 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 2 3 5 . . 1- 26 . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 3 2 5 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 3 1 4 2.0- 19.0 2.0- 19.0 . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 2 1 3 2.0- . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Dedrick Dodge 2 . 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Alphonso Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 . 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marion Butts 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Frank Romeo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 33 74 6.0- 19.0 2.0- 19.0 2- 26 1 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 43 27 70 5.0- 3.0- 12.0 1- 0 3 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
C 62 Jason Kuipers
TG 65 Hayward Haynes
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RC 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WILL 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SAM 59 Keith Carter
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
32 Paul Moore
33 Sammie Smith
36 Kelvin Smith
40 David Bassett
43 Bill Mason
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Kirk Carruthers
48 Frank Romeo
57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
64 Magdi El Shahawy
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
68 Michael Tanks
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
81 Phil Carollo
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
|
Florida State 48, Tulane 28
10/01/1988, New Orleans, La.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 2, 1988, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. Sammie does the Wave.
Smith breaks loose for 212 in Seminoles' 48-28 victory.
NEW ORLEANS, LA -
Nothing wrong with Florida State's running game - nothing wrong with Sammie Smith - that playing Tulane won't cure.
But, oh, the cure was a gut-wrenching one a team could do without.
And only in
the final minutes were the Seminoles home free with a 48-28 victory over battling Tulane here Saturday night.
A Superdome crowd of 34,364 saw a pulsating production. As late as 10:48 on the clock,
Tulane was striking for an upset, the score 34-28.
"We had to fight 60 minutes again tonight," said FSU head coach Bobby Bowden. "We were just trying to wrap it up and play a lot of kids, but
Tulane fought us the whole way."
Going in, the Seminoles were hurting - badly. Cornerback Deion Sanders saw no action, and neither did offensive tackle Pat Tomberlin. "We're missing three-fourths
of our defense," lamented one FSU assistant late Friday, "and three-fourths of our offense." An exaggeration, surely, but seldom has FSU gone into any game with so many key people hurt of
half-hurt.
"We are a very beat-up football club," said Bowden afterward.
Tulane was fired by Terrence Jones, one of this nation's more dangerous quarterbacks, and a squad that included 19
Floridians - among them Niceville's Jerome McIntosh, who caught nine passes for 155 yards; Jones completed 17 of 30 for 214 and three touchdowns.
But what a horse tailback Smith was on 24 romps, so
many in clutch circumstances, as he knocked off 212 and twice scored.
Bowden had predicted Smith - hobbled earlier by injury and a troubled offensive line - would bust loose here, and he did.
As
the Seminoles outgained Tulane, 575 yards to 411, running produced 434 of the FSU sum. Still Chip Ferguson whipped home key passes, completing nine of 14 for 141 yards and two touchdowns. No
interceptions. No sacks.
Say quickly, however, that defense was much the story of FSU's success. Heaven knows what this score might have been had Jones not been sacked six times and four times
intercepted. Stan Shiver and Howard Dinkins each had two sacks, and Dedrick Dodge two interceptions.
But in the end, after playing three of its first five games on the road, Florida State was 4-1
and looking at home contests in five of the final six.
"It looks like a circus down there at times," Bowden said. "I'm just glad to get home to play three big games at Campbell Stadium."
Out
front 10-0 after a quarter on Tracy Sanders' 34-yard scoring runback of an interception and Richie Andrews' 34-yard field goal, Florida State found itself confronted with a foe that wouldn't quit. But
then, neither did Bowden's boys.
Tulane narrowed it to 10-7, and FSU promptly made it 17-7 on a 6-yard Smith run, then 24-7 on an 8-yard Smith touchdown. But the Green Wave sliced it to 24-14. FSU
retaliated with a Terry Anthony touchdown on a 26-yard Ferguson pass for 31-14 at halftime.
"At the half, I thought we could put them away," said Bowden. "Then I was afraid we would find a way to
lose it."
It was Ferguson to Anthony again on a 17-yard play with 6:28 left that really iced it after Tulane had come within six points. On the play, Anthony broke two tackles and twice stumbled
before falling into the end zone.
At the start, Tulane seemed momentarily shaky. On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Jones was sacked for a loss of 5 by Phil Carollo at the Tulane 19.
On a third-down keeper, Jones whipped to the 35. Fullback Melvin Adams led on to the 50. But again Jones was sacked, by Carollo and Stan Shiver for minus-6.
With Sanders out, LeRoy Butler fielded a
punt - and fumbled. Teammate Anthony Moss covered it at the FSU 14.
Immediately, Dexter Carter hit off tackle, and broke for 40 yards to the Tulane 45. A Ferguson keeper soon followed by a Carter
run for 9 gained a first down at the 27. Tulane stiffened, and Richie Andrews' 42-yard field-goal attempt was wide.
But quickly FSU was in front 7-0 as Tracy Sanders intercepted a wide Jones throw
and sped 34 yards to a touchdown.
Tulane soon threatened as McIntosh slipped behind Corian Freeman to grab a 49-yard pass from Jones at the FSU 29.
But fullback Rodney Hunter promptly fumbled,
and Alphonso Williams got it for FSU at the 33.
Marion Butts whammed for 12. Then, on successive runs, Smith got 14 and 25 to the 17. But at the 10, Smith was tossed for a 6-yard loss. On fourth
down, Andrews made a 33-yard field goal for 10-0.
With the help of a McIntosh catch for 15, Tulane was at its 43 as the quarter ended.
Back to punt, Tulane faked it, with the snap going to
upback Danny Michael, who slipped wide to his left for 29 yards to FSU's 29.
A late-hit penalty assisted Tulane to the 12. The running of Butts and Smith spurred FSU from its 34 to Tulane's 37. Bruce LaSane grabbed a Ferguson pass at the 20, fumbled as he fell, but FSU retained possession on a
ruling the ball came loose after he hit the turf. On the next play Ronald Lewis caught one at the 7. Two plays later, Smith scored from the 6, making it 17-7.
Keith Carter's sack of Jones at the
16 brought a punt and a new FSU beginning at its 42.
On a fake reverse, Smith slipped to his right and sped 48 yards to the 8. Faking out a tackler who seemed to have him hemmed up, Smith scored
easily on the next play.
From its 30, Tulane punted - the ball bounced off the helmet of FSU's Dedrick Dodge, and Tulane recovered at FSU's 42.
Jones got 7. Then Hunter bounced up the middle,
cut wide and scored easily on a 35-yard run, and Tulane narrowed it to 24-14.
In a hole at the 16 following a penalty on the kickoff return, FSU got to the 33 on a key 15-yard Smith scamper on
third down. A play later, FSU slipped back in the hole on a personal-foul assessment.
Third-and-24 at the 29, and Smith struck up the middle for 16 to the 45.
LaSane's 14-yard catch lifted FSU
to the Tulane 41. Pass interference soon got FSU to the 26.
Anthony moved free and snared Ferguson's pass at the goal line for the touchdown on a 26-yard play, and it was 31-14 with 28 seconds left
in the half.
Tulane moved quickly to the 50. Time for one hail-mary pass, with Dodge falling into the end zone with an interception as the half ended.
Halfway through, FSU led in yardage, 328 to
209, with Smith accounting for 156 in just 14 runs. Ferguson had thrown just nine times, completing five for 76 yards.
FSU's first punt came in the early moments of the fourth quarter after Tulane
defenders stopped cold two runs up the middle.
From the Tulane 40, Jones connected with Maurice Nelson on a 35-yard pass to FSU's 25. On third down at the 23, Butler intercepted a Jones shot and
raced 90 yards for an apparent touchdown - but a flag had fallen, and interference was ruled on an FSU defender, giving Tulane a first down at the 9.
Immediately, Jones went to McIntyre in the end
zone for a TD that cut it to 31-21.
From the 15, Smith skipped for 26, then 18. Lawrence Dawsey caught a 15-yard Ferguson throw. Clipping stymied the movement. Tim Corlew punted nicely, to the
6.
Tulane struggled to the 17 before Kelvin Smith's interception provided FSU with opportunity at the Green Wave 28.
Keith Ross and Dayne Williams led to the 9. Three more runs brought a first
down at the 2.
A procedure penalty knocked FSU back to the 7. Smith, on a brilliant move, slipped away from tacklers to the 2. But Williams fumbled when he hit the line, Tulane's Michael Price
recovering at the 2.
Third down at the 3, and Dodge intercepted a Jones throw and ran it down to the Tulane 7.
Smith slammed to the 2, and then picked up his 200th yard on 21 carries - down to
within a foot of the goal. But, on the last play of the quarter, a fumble resulted in a loss back to the 2.
Fourth down, and Andrews kicked a 19-yard field goal for 34-21.
From the 15, Jones
passed for 13, ran for 17, keyed a first down at FSU's 44 with another run, then passed to McIntire at the FSU 28.
Adams popped up the middle for 12. Two plays later, Jones threw a 15-yard
touchdown pass to McIntosh, and with 10:48 to play the score was a sticky 34-28.
It was Jones' 40th touchdown pass in his Tulane time.
From the 33, Tom O'Malley got to the 47 on a pass. Then
Terry Anthony caught a 19-yarder at the Tulane 34. On three tough carries, Smith reached the 22. Butts pounded to the 17.
Then Terry Anthony took a Ferguson pass at about the 10, broke two tackles,
twice stumbled and scored on a brilliant 17-yard scoring effort. With 6:28 left, it was 41-28. On runs of 43 and 35 yards by Ross, FSU drove to the 4, and Ross scored from there to make it 48-28.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
10 |
21 |
0 |
17 |
48 |
| Tulane |
0 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
1st 0- 0 Richie Andrews, 43, field goal failed, 6:50
7- 0 Tracy Sanders, 34, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:40
10- 0 Richie Andrews, 33, field goal, 1:09
2nd 10- 7 Opp, 13, pass (kick), 13:27
17- 7 Sammie Smith, 6, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 9:13
24- 7 Sammie Smith, 8, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:39
24-14 Opp, 35, run (kick), 3:37
31-14 Terry Anthony, 26, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:28
3rd 31-21 Opp, 9, pass (kick), 10:53
4th 34-21 Richie Andrews, 19, field goal, 14:58
34-28 Opp, 15, pass (kick), 10:48
41-28 Terry Anthony, 17, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:28
48-28 Lawrence Dawsey, 4, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:34
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 26 21
Rushes-yards 58-434 37-170
Passing 141 241
Att-Comp-Int 14-9-0 30-17-4
Total Yards 72-575 67-411
Punt Returns 2-8 1-2
Kickoff Returns 5-91 8-179
Interception Ret. 4-58 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 2-38.0 4-42.0
Sacks By-Yds 6-34 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-1
Penalties-Yds 10-95 4-35
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 8-14
4th Down Conversions 2-2 1-1
Time of Posession 35:17 24:43
Attendance 34,364
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 24 212 2 48
Keith Ross 4 86 0 43
Dexter Carter 6 58 0 40
Marion Butts 13 41 0 13
Dayne Williams 8 25 0 9
Chip Ferguson 1 7 0 7
Lawrence Dawsey 1 4 1 4t
Ronald Lewis 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 58 434 3 48
Opp 37 170 1 35t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 3 62 2 26t
Bruce LaSane 2 31 0 17
Lawrence Dawsey 1 15 0 15
Tom O'Malley 1 14 0 14
Ronald Lewis 1 13 0 13
Dexter Carter 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 141 2 26t
Opp 17 241 3 49
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 9 14 0 141 2 26t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 14 0 141 2 26t
Opp 17 30 4 241 3 49
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dedrick Dodge 1 6 0 6
LeRoy Butler 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 8 0 6
Opp 1 2 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 4 88 0 29
Chris Parker 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 91 0 29
Opp 8 179 0 31
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 2 76 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 76 39
Opp 4 168 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LeRoy Butler 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 5 . 5 1.0- 1.0 . 1- 3 1 . . . . .
Stan Shiver 5 . 5 3.0- 12.0 2.0- 10.0 . 1 . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 4 . 4 . . 1- 34 1 . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 3 1 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Carter 4 . 4 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 3 . 3 2.0- 8.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
James Chaney 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Johnson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 2 . 2 2.0- 12.0 2.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corey Senior . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Whittington 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge . . . . . 2- 21 3 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 50 7 57 10.0- 41.0 6.0- 34.0 4- 58 7 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 65 17 82 4.0- 9.0 . . 3 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 49 Dayne Williams
LG 60 Mike Morris
C 62 Jason Kuipers
RG 65 Hayward Haynes
RT 66 Scott Schilbrack
LT 69 Joey Ionata
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
LCB 10 Corian Freeman
RCB 16 Tracy Sanders
ILB 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
ILB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 81 Phil Carollo
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Leon Fowler
4 Peter Tom Willis
9 Richie Andrews
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Marion Butts
33 Sammie Smith
35 Chris Parker
39 Brian Davis
40 David Bassett
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
59 Keith Carter
64 Magdi El Shahawy
67 Kevin Mancini
68 Michael Tanks
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
96 James Chaney
|
Florida State 28, Georgia Southern 10
10/08/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 9, 1988, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Erksome 'til the end.
FSU shakes off the Eagles 28-10.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - As he scored a Florida State
touchdown on that 9-yard pass late in the first quarter, Lawrence Dawsey immediately went to his knees with a prayer of thanks.
It was a Saturday afternoon when prayers and thanks seemed somewhat
in order for Seminole faithful as their team escaped Georgia Southern's surprising grasp 28-10.
With seconds gone in the final quarter Florida State trailed 10-7.
The biggest Homecoming crowd in
Campbell Stadium history - 59,109 - sat there in broad daylight, shocked silent.
But if all's well that ends well, then everything's OK in Seminole-land - until next Saturday, at least. It had
ended very well for Florida State, with a 21-point explosion on three successive last-quarter possessions.
But how hard it had been. Only there in those fading minutes, the way things were going,
had big-underdog Southern seemed at all vulnerable.
"All the credit goes to them," said a joyful Bobby Bowden minutes after it was over. "They played a great game.
"We got whipped on the line of
scrimmage. Again."
Florida State also took a beating from its own untimely errors - penalties (9 for 65 yards), turnovers (2 interceptions). An unfortunate pattern seemed set when the Seminoles
roughed the punter on Southern's first series, then saw their own first series blunted by freshman cornerback Rodney Oglesby's interception - the first of his two, each deflected by a would-be
receiver.
Still, Florida State receivers made a telling difference.
Ronald Lewis pulled in seven passes for 140 yards, and most in binding circumstances.
Chip Ferguson completed 16 of his 24
tosses - eight receivers caught them - for 247 yards and two touchdowns. It was his ninth TD strike of the season, this 27th of his FSU time.
And now only four FSU quarterbacks of history have
thrown more touchdown passes than Ferguson. (Gary Huff has 52 in his time, Bill Cappleman and Jimmy Jordan 39 each, Steve Tensi 28.)
"Our receivers looked good again, and so did Chip," said
Bowden.
It was expedient for Florida State to make good use of the opportunities it got, for Georgia Southern did not permit that many. The Eagles, now 3-2 for the season, controlled the ball,
34:06 to 25:54 in playing time and 72 to 57 in total plays. FSU came out of the first half with a 7-0 lead, but Southern at that point had run 15 more plays (39 to 24).
Southern's option running
game, so well manipulated by quarterback Raymond Gross, was an enormous factor. The Eagles piled up 207 of their final 271 yards on the ground.
Before the game, Southern coach Erskine Russell had
told well-wishers to "pray a little."
Whatever else, Southern clearly had planned a lot. And well.
"We felt like, you know, we could move the ball (running) against them - felt like we'd do
better offensively than defensively," said Russell. "But their defense is so quick, recovers so well, and we were never able to get the big play that we might have."
A considerable reason why
Southern did not was the play of Kelvin Smith. A pressbox accounting gave the sophomore linebacker 16 tackles, including 11 outright, and two for losses.
Florida State's own big-play inclinations
were choked off by Southern's ball control and no-mistakes philosophy. Though the Georgians fumbles six times, they lost none, and their lone turnover of record was a late interception by Stan
Shiver.
Surely, Florida State's endeavor was hindered, too, by a multitude of key injuries that have precipitated out-of-synch play on both offense and defense. In this sixth game of the season,
the 5-1 Seminoles had their sixth different offensive-line alignment. All-American cornerback Deion Sanders remained sidelined on defense. "The challenge for us against Georgia Southern is
surviving," Bowden had said during the week, speaking perhaps more truth than he himself had visualized.
"We're still looking for the right combination," Bowden said of the offensive line. "I don't
think we're close to finding it."
Finding anything goo took some doing Saturday.
Things had started well, Southern stopped at its 22 on a game-opening series before punter Terry Harvin got
roughed by the hard-charging Smith, providing new life.
The Seminoles soon had good position, however, at their 42, but at the Southern 32 a pass bounced off Terry Anthony into Oglesby's eager
hands.
Southern's second punt, a 51-yarder, backed FSU to its 5. Whereupon, Ferguson called on Sammie Smith for a couple of out-of-the-hole runs, found Lewis with passes of 19 and 38 yards, and on
the eighth play of the 95-yard movement found Dawsey for the touchdown.
More penalties helped Southern control the ball, but mostly it was that option running.
FSU gained Southern's 16 on a
30-yard pass to Lewis. But tailback Keith Ross was twice tossed for losses, and Richie Andrews missed a 31-yard field goal.
Running came tough for the Seminoles all afternoon. They netted just 115
rushing yards, led by fullback Dayne Williams; 47 in five carries. Smith, who hurt a shoulder early, ran just eight times for 30 yards, Ross nine for 28.
The last half began much as the first -
Oglesby stopping FSU's first thrust with an interception of a deflected pass, this time at the FSU 30. That brought a 28-yard Mike Dowis field goal, narrowing things to 7-3.
Unable to move out of
the hole at its 6, FSU punted, and Southern got position at its 43 late in the third quarter. A 22-yard pass over the middle to Frank Johnson keyed a quick push to FSU's 22.
And on the first play
of the closing quarter, fullback Garry Miller popped up the middle on a determined effort, broke two or three tackles, and slammed into the end zone for a 10-7 Southern lead.
On a stirring 13-play
drive that covered 90 yards, following a penalty back to their 10, the Seminoles got back on top.
Anthony caught two passes, including a 22-yarder, and Lewis two, this first for 18. On
third-and-eight at the Southern 25, Lewis took a pass for 10 and the first down. But soon it was penalty time again, FSU looking at second-and-11 from its 16.
Ferguson whipped a pass to Lewis in
the end zone for the touchdown that made it 14-10.
Along about that time, defensive tackle Eric Hayes showed how to handle the option - scooping up quarterback Gross and a back he might have
optioned to in one big hug, a 5-yard loss. It was as though Hayes suddenly got riled, and he was a force in following plays.
LeRoy Butler's 20-yard punt return placed FSU at Southern's 48. Four
plays later, from 23 yards out, Williams hit the middle, spun wide and scored easily.
At 21-10, that provided breathing room. Chris Parker's plunge from the one, capping a 37-yard push, iced it
with a bit over a minute left.
So it was that FSU moved its record for 41 Homecoming games to 32-8-1. That includes a bright 13-0 in the time of Bowden. In an even 70 Campbell Stadium games, Bowden
is now 56-13-1.
This one, however, was one of the more stressful, something few had reckoned on. At halftime, Bowden had spoken to his players of "physical superiority" indicated by Southern in a
game where his Seminoles were expected to display that quality.
"I thought we might get beat," said Bowden. "I was pretty darned worried."
Someone mentioned to Bowden that it became pretty quiet
on FSU's sideline when Southern took that 10-7 lead.
"Really?" retorted Bowden in mock surprise. And, suddenly, he was able to laugh again.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Georgia Southern |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| Florida State |
7 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
28 |
1st 7- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 9, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:42
2nd 7- 0 Opp, 55, field goal failed, 5:16
7- 0 Richie Andrews, 31, field goal failed, 2:16
3rd 7- 3 Opp, 28, field goal, 10:09
4th 7-10 Opp, 22, run (kick), 14:52
14-10 Ronald Lewis, 16, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:28
21-10 Dayne Williams, 23, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:51
28-10 Chris Parker, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:13
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 17 17
Rushes-yards 33-115 57-171
Passing 247 100
Att-Comp-Int 24-16-2 15-8-1
Total Yards 57-362 72-271
Punt Returns 2-32 2--3
Kickoff Returns 2-49 3-37
Interception Ret. 1-5 2-23
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 4-37.5 7-35.1
Sacks By-Yds 1-4 1-2
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 6-0
Penalties-Yds 9-65 6-55
3rd Down Conversions 5-11 8-19
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 25:54 34:06
Attendance 59,109
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dayne Williams 5 47 1 23t
Sammie Smith 8 30 0 7
Chris Parker 6 22 1 9
Keith Ross 9 21 0 8
Paul Moore 2 9 0 6
Chip Ferguson 2 -5 0
Lawrence Dawsey 1 -9 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 33 115 2 23t
Opp 57 171 1 22t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ronald Lewis 7 140 1 39
Terry Anthony 3 34 0 22
Keith Ross 1 17 0 17
Reggie Johnson 1 16 0 16
Dayne Williams 1 16 0 16
Lawrence Dawsey 1 9 1 9t
Sammie Smith 1 8 0 8
Tom O'Malley 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 247 2 39
Opp 8 100 0 22
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 16 24 2 247 2 39
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 24 2 247 2 39
Opp 8 15 1 100 0 22
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
LeRoy Butler 2 32 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 32 0 20
Opp 2 -3 0 9
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 2 49 0 32
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 49 0 32
Opp 3 37 0 17
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 4 150 47
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 150 47
Opp 7 246 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kelvin Smith 11 5 16 2.0- . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 5 1 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 3 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 1 3 . . 1- 5 1 . . . . .
Phil Carollo 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marion Butts 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Gene Houpe 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams . 1 1 1.0- 4.0 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 49 30 79 5.0- 4.0 1.0- 4.0 1- 5 2 . . . . .
Opp 38 16 54 4.0- 1.0- 2.0 2- 23 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
C 61 Jim Bekas
TG 65 Hayward Haynes
ST 69 Joey Ionata
SG 70 Tony Yeomans
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RC 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
LC 30 Tommy Henry
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 99 Anthony Moss
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
14 Brad Johnson
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Marion Butts
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Kelvin Smith
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
64 Magdi El Shahawy
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
81 Phil Carollo
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
92 Tom O'Malley
93 Shelton Thompson
|
Florida State 45, East Carolina 21
10/15/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 16, 1988, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Sub script.
Parker sparkles in FSU’s 45-21 victory over East Carolina.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – In charge
early, late – and really whenever it had to be – Florida State’s football team skipped past East Carolina 45-21 here Saturday.
If it was not as easy as the score suggests, it was maybe about what
it figured to be under player-ailing circumstances.
There was a time, you remember, when the Seminoles’ cup runneth over with quality tailbacks. But by halftime Saturday, they were pretty well down
to one.
One was aplenty. The Seminoles turned loose redshirt freshman Chris Parker, who said how-do-you-do to a Campbell Stadium crowd of 56,391 by romping for 158 yards on 25 runs.
“He’s a
player – we never doubted his athletic ability,” said Coach Bobby Bowden of the new kid on the block. “Today we were depending on him.
“Missing class, missing breakfast – oh yeah, that’s held him
down some.”
What Parker did not miss on this sunny afternoon was many holes.
Among the tailbacks, neither Sammie Smith (shoulder) nor Keith Ross (knee) dressed for the game. Victor Floyd (ankle)
and Dexter Carter (ankle) did dress, but the former still seemed slowed and Carter, after a fine showing, limped to the bench before the half and could not return.
Bowden was happy with everything,
except an assortment of mistakes and, of course, the injuries.
“I think probably we played our best game in a while,” said the coach.
“The offensive line played real well – except for some
mistakes. Our offensive-line blocking was the best we’ve had. If it jells – that’s what I’m hoping, buddy! Our running games was so good today, it was pretty high-percentage when we started to
pass.”
Similarly, the defense, with cornerback Deion Sanders playing again, performed well, though it, too, had its share of mistakes induced by East Carolina’s dangerous option game. Linebacker
Kelvin Smith was in on 14 tackles, free safety LeRoy Butler in on a dozen. On third down plays, East Carolina was just 5-for-15.
Again, Chip Ferguson operated well at quarterback, completing 11 of
22 passes for 150 yards, two for touchdowns. “He had some very timely completions,” said Bowden.
He referred, mainly, to the two touchdown strikes Ferguson threw in the second quarter – a 17-yarder
to Ronnie Lewis, a 23-yarder to Terry Anthony – that came on successive movements after the visiting Pirates had tied it 14-14.
On those vital third-down plays, FSU made good on an impressive nine
of 12 with Ferguson in there.
East Carolina was little inclined to give Florida State a whole lot – one interception just before half-time, one late fumble (only its fourth lost fumble in seven
games). Meanwhile, a hustling defense grabbed five FSU turnovers – three interceptions, two fumbles.
FSU was running from the start, getting good first position on Carter’s 38-yard runback of the
opening kickoff to midfield. In eight plays – it was Parker handling the ball on all save one – the Seminoles jumped in front 7-0, the tailback scoring from the 7.
“They broke a lot of tackles,”
said Art Baker, the East Carolina coach, of FSU’s Parker-led running, “and we missed some.”
Deion’s 20-yard return of Carolina’s first punt soon had FSU at midfield again. When Richie Andrews lined
up for a 49-yard try for a field goal, it turned into a first down on an unusual penalty – an East Carolina defender was slapping at the ball before it was snapped. From the 27, Parker got to the 2 in
four carries, and Marion Butts slammed it over from there.
The Pirates drove to a touchdown in the opening moments of the second quarter, with a 40-yard pass, quarterback Travis Hunter to Dennell
Harper, gaining the FSU 14. Tim James, big and impressive fullback, scored from the 1.
One of 15 Floridians on the Carolina roster, Hunter kept FSU defenders loose most of the way with his
scrambling keepers and pitchouts, but he was only 3 for 11 on passes, and the 40-yarder accounted for nearly half of a total 88. Often unstoppable up the middle, James ripped away for 97 yards on his
21 runs.
“I thought we gave a good account of ourselves,” said Baker. “Florida State has a good football team.”
A first interception off Ferguson, by Bryan Haywood at midfield, helped produce
Carolina’s touchdown that tied it 14-14. A pitchout to Willie Lewis – a Valdosta, Ga., product – got 18 before James took over. From the 23, James whammed right, found nothing but running room and
scored easily.
Promptly, FSU went back up by 14.
Carter raced 43 yards with the kickoff, to FSU’s 46. A Parker run, coupled with a penalty, gained the 32. A Butts run, plus another penalty,
reached the 12. On third down from the 17, Ferguson hit Lewis in a corner of the end zone for a TD that made it 21-14.
Good kickoff coverage had the visitors in a hole, and good defense kept them
there. A punt from the 13 was returned 15 by Deion to the Carolina 35. On a third-down play from the 23, Ferguson passed to Anthony for all of it, and it became 28-14.
It might have been somewhat
bigger at halftime. Defense again checked Carolina deep, and a poor punt provided opportunity from the foe 33 – but Lawrence Dawsey lost the ball after grabbing a pass for 23 yards, and Carolina
recovered at its 10.
Deion’s interception provided a last-minute chance at the FSU 43. On a “Butts-rooskie,” strong-armed fullback Butts moved wide and threw far downfield toward Lewis, but
Carolina’s Junior Robinson – who shortly before had claimed the fumble – intercepted at the 4.
East Carolina drove from the third-quarter kickoff to FSU’s 22. On fourth down at the 17, a field-goal
endeavor went awry with a fumbled snap.
Then FSU pretty well put it away, moving quickly inside the foe 10, settling for Bill Mason’s 20-yard field goal that boosted the score to 31-14.
Good
thing – it was the only time FSU had the ball in the whole of that third quarter!
Defense brought FSU a scoring opportunity when Phil Carollo partially blocked a fourth-quarter punt, at the
Carolina 44 – but Ferguson’s overthrown pass was intercepted by Donald Porch.
Never mind. The defense got the ball right back. A poor pitchout brought a fumble that freshman noseguard James Chaney
covered at the Pirate 18. From the 10, Parker whipped wide for his second touchdown.
In the late going, FSU stopped Carolina on four downs – five counting a penalty – inside the Seminole 10. But
the visitors regained the ball on a first-down fumble by Paul Moore at the 8. After five plays – counting another penalty – the Pirates managed a touchdown on Hunter’s keeper.
FSU recovered an
onside kick at the foe 35. Two runs by Parker led to the 5. And with three seconds left, Peter Tom Willis passed to Dave Roberts for the touchdown that wrought a final 45-21.
“When I was down that
close, I was going to try to score,” said Bowden of the late pass for the touchdown. “And I expect the other team to do the same.
“If it’s my sister, I’m going to try to score.”
And now, after
seven games, the Seminoles have scored enough to stand 6-1, with a national No. 5 rank, and Louisiana Tech, South Carolina and Virginia Tech remaining before the finale with Florida on Nov. 26.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| East Carolina |
0 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
| Florida State |
14 |
14 |
3 |
14 |
45 |
1st 7- 0 Chris Parker, 7, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:53
14- 0 Marion Butts, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:01
2nd 14- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 12:50
14-14 Opp, 23, run (kick), 8:42
21-14 Ronald Lewis, 17, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:38
28-14 Terry Anthony, 23, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:06
3rd 31-14 Bill Mason, 20, field goal, 2:37
4th 38-14 Chris Parker, 10, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:18
38-21 Opp, 2, run (kick), 2:07
45-21 Dave Roberts, 6, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:03
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 19
Rushes-yards 42-218 58-219
Passing 156 88
Att-Comp-Int 24-12-3 14-3-1
Total Yards 66-374 72-307
Punt Returns 3-41 1-8
Kickoff Returns 2-81 7-112
Interception Ret. 1-8 3-4
Fumble Returns 1-0 2-0
Punts 1-39.0 5-31.2
Sacks By-Yds 2-20 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-1
Penalties-Yds 7-61 9-72
3rd Down Conversions 9-12 5-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Time of Posession 27:44 32:16
Attendance 56,391
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Parker 25 158 2 16
Dayne Williams 8 36 0 11
Marion Butts 4 19 1 8
Victor Floyd 3 3 0 2
Dexter Carter 1 3 0 3
Paul Moore 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 42 218 3 16
Opp 58 219 3 23t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 3 63 1 24
Lawrence Dawsey 1 23 0 23
Ronald Lewis 1 17 1 17t
Tom O'Malley 1 16 0 16
Chris Parker 2 15 0 11
Reggie Johnson 1 9 0 9
Bruce LaSane 1 7 0 7
Dave Roberts 1 6 1 6t
Dexter Carter 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 12 156 3 24
Opp 3 88 0 40
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 11 22 2 150 2 24
Peter Tom Willis 1 1 0 6 1 6t
Marion Butts 0 1 1 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 12 24 3 156 3 24
Opp 3 14 1 88 0 40
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 3 41 0 20
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 41 0 20
Opp 1 8 0 8
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 2 81 0 43
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 81 0 43
Opp 7 112 0 31
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 1 39 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 39 39
Opp 5 156 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kelvin Smith 8 5 13 2.0- 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 8 4 12 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 3 3 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Reggie Johnson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 1 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Steve Gabbard . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 . 1 . . 1- 8 . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
John Hadley 1 . 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 20 60 5.0- 10.0 2.0- 20.0 1- 8 1 . 1- 0 . 1 .
Opp 39 22 61 1.0- . 3- 4 2 . 2- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 35 Chris Parker
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
C 61 Jim Bekas
TG 62 Jason Kuipers
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RC 16 Tracy Sanders
SLB 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Peter Tom Willis
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
32 Paul Moore
33 Sammie Smith
43 Bill Mason
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Kirk Carruthers
58 Nick Ekonomou
59 Keith Carter
64 Magdi El Shahawy
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
75 Joe Ostaszewski
78 Eric Hayes
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Phil Carollo
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
96 James Chaney
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 66, Louisiana Tech 3
10/22/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 23, 1988, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. FSU gets its kicks.
Out of the blocks, it's a 66-3 rout.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - After 14 Florida State
plays from scrimmage, the score was 28-0.
But one's own plays from scrimmage do not reflect defense, and for Florida State's football team, that was the bigger part of the story as it slammed
Louisiana Tech 66-3 here Saturday afternoon.
Defense was also the bigger part of Louisiana Tech's story. Heaven knows what this score might have been save for the heroics of Glen Sanders, a bigtime
linebacker in on 20 tackles.
Whatever bark the Bulldogs had offensively was very firmly throttled. They managed just 137 yards. Not allowed to run (3 net yards), neither could they throw much. Out
of 37 passes, they completed a dozen. More than one-third of all yardage came on a single play, a 50-yard pass.
"A great football team, and they proved it again," said Tech coach Joe Peace of the
Seminoles. "You try to keep from giving up the big plays. But we weren't able to - just like some others haven't been able to do."
Whatever else, the Seminoles remained an injury-troubled football
team. But they are now 7-1 and looking at an open date before playing at South Carolina.
Quarterback Chip Ferguson, who became FSU's fourth-ranked passer of all time after completing 6 of 10 for 73
yards, hurt a shoulder and did not play after the first moments of that second quarter. Though Coach Bobby Bowden and Ferguson are optimistic, his status for South Carolina is questionable.
Ferguson now has passed for 3,359 career yards, and only Gary Huff, Bill Cappleman and Jimmy Jordan threw for more in their FSU time.
But perhaps never have four FSU quarterbacks passed for
touchdowns in a single game. Following Ferguson, Peter Tom Willis (13 for 25, 151 yards) tossed for two, Brad Johnson (6 for 10, 58 yards) and Casey Weldon (2 for 5, 64 yards), one each.
From the
four's 50 passes there came 346 yards for five touchdowns, with nary an interception. Matter of fact, Florida State had no turnovers. (Tech had three, including two interceptions run back for
touchdowns.)
En route to eight touchdowns among the 66 points, the Seminoles stacked 531 yards as freshman tailback Chris Parker ran for more than 100 yards in his second straight start, his 127 in
25 carries accounting for the bulk of FSU's 185 rushing net.
FSU's kicking game had some notable highlights. Among other things, Richie Andrews made his 37th extra point in as many attempts this
season while continuing to kick off superbly. Bill Mason had a pair of field goals. Howard Dinkins and Stan Shiver blocked opposition punts - and Shiver had a second blocked punt rubbed out by
penalty.
Penalties rubbed often - eight for 80 yards against Florida State, seven for 67 against Tech - and it would have been more, but FSU benevolently declined a clipping penalty after the score
got to 28-0.
In the second quarter, fighting broke out, culminating in offsetting penalties against each team, but only FSU linebacker Felton Hayes getting thumbed out the game by officials.
"They were a scrappy team, and our kids didn't like getting pushed around." Said Bowden. "The first half was very rough, and that disappointed me. They have a fine university, and we do, too - and
that shouldn't happen."
Peace suggested his players thought FSU had physically intimidated some teams in the past, and that was part of the problem. "We got whipped, but we didn't get intimidated,"
he said.
If the visitors, 3-3 coming in after three straight victories, were not intimidated by FSU's defensive work in an opening series, it surely merits applause.
On the first play, Deion
Sanders missed an interception that he might have run back for a touchdown when a teammate went for the ball in front of him, perhaps blunting his vision or concentration. Two futile plays later, the
ball at the Tech 19, Dinkins blocked a punt - blocked it right through the goalposts and into the end-zone stands.
On the following free kick, FSU got position at the Tech 41. Seven plays later,
Mason kicked a 34-yard field goal.
Three more Tech plays precipitated another punt - this one blocked by Shiver, it rolled out of the end zone as John Hadley hit it among scrambling Seminoles
trying to cover it for a touchdown.
It was 7-0 on a rare combination of two safeties, one field goal.
Another free kick, and FSU had the ball at its 39. Capping a 5-play movement, Terry Anthony
caught successive Ferguson passes for 21 and 26 yards, the latter for a TD that made it 14-0.
Three more Tech plays, then Dodge runs 33 yards with an interception to make it 21-0. Whereupon, Tech
got backed inside its 15 by FSU pressure, and the punter kicked the ball straight up, losing a yard in the process, presenting FSU the ball at the 11.
Two plays saw Parker score on a 5-yard run,
and it was 28-0 with nearly four minutes left in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, FSU drove to a first down at the Tech 4, mainly on Parker runs, but a personal-foul assessment cost the
Seminoles 15. Ferguson was injured as he tried to get yardage back with passes. On fourth down at the 9, Mason's field goal try was blocked by cornerback Warren Seay, and Tech got the rolling ball at
its 43.
A holding call helped gain FSU's 36, and from there Matt Stover booted a 52-yard field goal for Tech's only points.
In came Willis. On his second series, he took the Seminoles 72 yards
on 8 plays - and in good 1:09 time - for a touchdown that made it 35-3 with 22 seconds left in the half. A 21-yard pass to Anthony and a 21-yarder to Lawrence Dawsey were keys. Anthony got the
touchdown on a 13-yarder.
From the third-quarter kickoff, FSU drove 69 yards to 42-2, Anthony's 26-yard catch most instrumental. Dawsey hauled in a 5-yard toss for the touchdown.
Soon, Deion
Sanders raced 30 yards with an interception, highlighting a fine day for the All-America cornerback. On five punt returns, Sanders collected 72 yards.
Out two games with a knee injury, Sanders
reckons he's about 90 percent recovered.
"But 90 percent of me is better than 115 percent of anybody else," he said lightly after the game.
There are some, including pro scouts, who would
perhaps think the gifted cornerback about 90 percent correct on that statement. At least.
Mason's 35-yard field goal made it 52-3 late in the quarter.
Then Willis retired, and Johnson moved in
brightly. He had fine position at Tech's 32 after Anthony Moss forced a fumble that Eric Hayes recovered for FSU.
On four of five plays, Johnson threw to tall Bruce LaSane, completing the last
three - the closing one for a 15-yard touchdown.
A bit later, Johnson quarterbacked a drive that expired inside the Tech 2 when a fourth-down pass was well-defended.
Weldon came on for FSU's
last two series.
On a play completed with 44 seconds left, Weldon scrambled under heavy pressure, then threw far downfield to LaSane for the final touchdown on a 52-yard play.
"It was supposed
to have been a square-in pass for about 15 yards," said Bowden. "He got trapped and saw the flanker (LaSane) down there - a good play by the quarterback."
Johnson had gone in before Weldon, the
coach explained, because Johnson had not previously seen game time at quarterback. He had been restricted to holding for points placements.
"I was glad all of 'em were able to get some work," said
Bowden of the supporting quarterbacks.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Louisiana Tech |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Florida State |
28 |
7 |
17 |
14 |
66 |
1st 2- 0 Howard Dinkins, safety, 14:09
Note: Dinkins blocked the punt out of the end zone.
5- 0 Bill Mason, 34, field goal, 11:25
7- 0 Stan Shiver, safety, 9:33
Note: Shiver blocked the punt out of the end zone.
14- 0 Terry Anthony, 26, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:04
21- 0 Dedrick Dodge, 33, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:31
28- 0 Chris Parker, 5, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:47
2nd 28- 0 Bill Mason, 26, field goal blocked, 10:08
28- 3 Opp, 52, field goal, 7:49
35- 3 Terry Anthony, 13, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:22
3rd 42- 3 Lawrence Dawsey, 5, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:55
49- 3 Deion Sanders, 30, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:39
52- 3 Bill Mason, 35, field goal, 0:55
4th 59- 3 Bruce LaSane, 15, pass from Brad Johnson (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:53
66- 3 Bruce LaSane, 52, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:44
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 27 9
Rushes-yards 41-185 27-3
Passing 346 133
Att-Comp-Int 50-27-0 37-12-2
Total Yards 91-531 64-136
Punt Returns 7-108 0-0
Kickoff Returns 4-60 5-89
Interception Ret. 2-63 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 3-27.0 10-24.0
Sacks By-Yds 3-25 1-4
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 8-80 7-67
3rd Down Conversions 10-20 4-18
4th Down Conversions 2-3 0-0
Time of Posession 33:59 26:01
Attendance 51,703
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Parker 25 127 1 22
Dayne Williams 5 19 0 6
Paul Moore 4 18 0 6
Lawrence Dawsey 1 14 0 14
Marion Butts 2 9 0 6
Brad Johnson 1 7 0 7
Peter Tom Willis 2 -3 0 1
Scott DiMare 1 -6 0 -6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 41 185 1 22
Opp 27 3 0 7
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 6 106 2 26t
Bruce LaSane 4 81 2 52t
Ronald Lewis 3 44 0 19
Reggie Johnson 4 34 0 11
Lawrence Dawsey 3 28 1 21
Chris Parker 4 25 0 26
Dave Roberts 2 19 0 12
Paul Moore 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 27 346 5 52t
Opp 12 133 0 50
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 13 25 0 151 2 26
Chip Ferguson 6 10 0 73 1 26t
Casey Weldon 2 5 0 64 1 52t
Brad Johnson 6 10 0 58 1 15t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 27 50 0 346 5 52t
Opp 12 37 2 133 0 50
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 5 72 0 26
Howard Dinkins 1 19 0 19
Stan Shiver 1 17 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 7 108 0 26
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Victor Floyd 1 28 0 28
Lawrence Dawsey 1 19 0 19
Bruce LaSane 1 12 0 12
Paul Moore 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 60 0 28
Opp 5 89 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 3 81 33
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 81 33
Opp 10 240 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stan Shiver 4 3 7 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . 1 1
Odell Haggins 3 4 7 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 4 2 6 . . 1- 30 . . . . . .
Brian Davis 2 3 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 2 2 4 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 2 3 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
John Hadley 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 1 1 2 . . . . . . . 1 1
Shelton Thompson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alan Stewart 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge . 1 1 . . 1- 33 . . . . . .
John Merna 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bill Ragans . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 27 22 49 5.0- 25.0 3.0- 25.0 2- 63 5 . 1- 0 . 2 2
Opp 41 27 68 5.0- 1.0- 4.0 . 6 . . . 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 35 Chris Parker
FB 49 Dayne Williams
C 58 Nick Ekonomou
SG 60 Mike Morris
TG 62 Jason Kuipers
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 2 Deion Sanders
RC 16 Tracy Sanders
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
SAM 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
LT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
OLB 89 Howard Dinkins
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
6 LeRoy Butler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Alan Stewart
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
21 John Hadley
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
32 Paul Moore
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
39 Brian Davis
42 John Merna
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
59 Keith Carter
61 Jim Bekas
64 Magdi El Shahawy
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
75 Joe Ostaszewski
78 Eric Hayes
80 Reggie Johnson
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 59, South Carolina 0
11/05/1988, Columbia, S.C.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 6, 1988, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. P.T. Pops Carolina.
Seminoles rout Gamecocks 59-0.
COLUMBIA, SC – Probably the Cotton Bowl, maybe
the Sugar Bowl.
That was the quick projection for Florida State’s 8-1 Seminoles after they romped by South Carolina 59-0 before 75,000 here Saturday night.
Peter Tom Willis, stepping in at
quarterback for the injured Chip Ferguson, completed every pass he threw for the first 20 minutes.
By Halftime, the score was 31-0 with aggressive FSU defenders zeroing-in all the way on an attack
led by the vaunted passer Todd Ellis.
Pressured hard, Ellis & Co. misfired on their first four possessions. First a fumble. Then an interception, a blocked punt, and another interception. And
before halftime, still another interception.
With scouts from 10 bowls watching, Florida State had the sort of game fervently hoped for by Coach Bobby Bowden and followers – if not necessarily by
ESPN, which televised the action nationally, and the sounds of sets being clicked off could be heard all over the land.
At the start, after FSU won the coin toss and deferred its option until the
last half, South Carolina came out throwing after returning the kickoff to its 31.
Soon, however, Ellis turned to the running of Harold Green, who led to the 50 on two dashes.
But, on his third
carry, Green fumbled, and Kelvin Smith claimed it for FSU at the 50 as the noise died a bit in partisan grandstands on this fair but chilly evening.
Two plays later, with Florida State picking up a
blitz quite well, Willis threw to a streaking Terry Anthony just short of the goal for a touchdown on a 44-yard play. It became 7-0 with barely 2 ½ minutes gone.
Green was checked a yard short of a
first down after three runs, but an FSU offside on the following punt brought a first down at the Carolina 38.
A pass got 13, and another FSU offside 5 more, to the Seminole 43.
But soon Stan
Shiver intercepted an Ellis shot and ran it up 13 yards to the 30.
Ronnie Lewis pulled in Willis throws of 17 and 11 yards to stake FSU to the Carolina 42. Anthony caught one for 15, but holding
soon cost FSU 10.
David Taylor slipped through to sack Willis, forcing a fumble that the home team claimed at the 40.
Two runs sandwiched around a busted play got just 7. When Rodney Price tried
to punt, Phil Carollo bounded through to block it. Anthony Moss picked up the rolling ball at about the 5, and carefully stepped into the end zone for a touchdown that made it 14-0.
Not long after,
free safety LeRoy Butler – playing with a broken hand – made a leaping interception of a deep Ellis pass, and wheeled 47 yards to the Carolina 21 just before the quarter ended.
After Sammie Smith
ran wide for 7, Willis threw wide to Dayne Williams for 11 to the 3.
At the 2, Willis pivoted and whirled for a sudden end-zone pass to tight end Dave Roberts, and it became 21-0.
After two
interceptions, a fumble and a blocked punt on its first four possessions, the Gamecocks finally gave FSU a turn in normal fashion – a punt to the Seminoles’ 35.
A trick play – fake reverse, with
Lewis planning to throw deep to quarterback Willis – went awry, gained nothing.
Promptly, the Seminoles replied with another – a real reverse, Lawrence Dawsey taking the handoff from Smith and
skipping 40 yards to the Carolina 25.
Whereupon, the Seminoles went to their well of surprises a couple of times too often. On second-and-one at the 16, a pass failed. Then, on a pitchout, Smith
found no place to run and lost 4. And then Richie Andrews missed a 37-yard field goal attempt.
A third-down toss, 21 yards to Green, got Carolina to its 46. Pass interference on Tracy Sanders
gained FSU’s 43.
A surprise pass from fullback Mike Dingle brought pressure and an interception by Dedrick Dodge, who returned it 17 to his 25.
An 18-yard pass to Anthony keyed an advance.
On
the draw, Marion Butts raced 44 yards to the 1. Butts scored on the next play, and it became 28-0 with 4:23 left in the half.
Runs led the Gamecocks to their 45, but when Ellis tried to throw, he
got sacked by Keith Carter at the 38, soon forcing a punt.
From its 21 with less than a minute showing on the clock, FSU got 16 on a pass to Bruce LaSane and 10 on a Dexter Carter run. With 8
seconds left, Carter scampered to the Carolina 39 on a sprint draw. Then LaSane was fouled as he caught a pass and went out of bounds, and the penalty helped FSU to the 15 with 3 seconds showing.
Bill Mason’s 31-yard field goal made it 31-0.
At the half, FSU led in yardage, 273-133, and Willis had completed 9 of 12 passes for 146 and two touchdowns. From the second-half kickoff, the Seminoles chipped away, with two passes to Dawsey setting the pace. A personal foul assisted FSU to the foe 15. Two plays later, Willis tossed a look-n
pass to Dawsey for 13 yards and a touchdown that jumped it to 38-0. Everything was going right for the Seminoles. A bit later Willis, under heavy pressure, threw an ill-advised pass. Never mind.
LaSane caught it for 11 yards.
On that series, the Seminoles overcame two clipping penalties in a drive capped by a dazzling 37-yard Dawsey catch for a touchdown.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
14 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
59 |
| South Carolina |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st 7- 0 Terry Anthony, 44, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:26
14- 0 Anthony Moss, 8, punt return/blocked punt (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:18
Note: Punt blocked by Phil Carollo, picked up by Moss at the
eight and scored.
2nd 21- 0 Dave Roberts, 2, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:06
21- 0 Richie Andrews, 37, field goal failed, 9:19
28- 0 Marion Butts, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 4:23
31- 0 Bill Mason, 31, field goal, 0:00
3rd 38- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 12, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:23
45- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 37, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:18
4th 52- 0 Casey Weldon, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:46
59- 0 Paul Moore, 4, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 4:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 30 13
Rushes-yards 41-257 42-126
Passing 381 79
Att-Comp-Int 28-22-1 23-9-3
Total Yards 69-638 65-205
Punt Returns 5-58 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-14 8-143
Interception Ret. 3-67 1-0
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 0- 0.0 8-34.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-17 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-Yds 10-102 8-74
3rd Down Conversions 4-7 5-14
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Time of Posession 29:31 30:29
Attendance 75,000
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 2 65 0
Marion Butts 3 50 1
Dexter Carter 4 38 0
Keith Ross 7 31 0
Chris Parker 4 20 0
Paul Moore 4 18 1
Casey Weldon 2 15 1
Sammie Smith 6 15 0
Dayne Williams 4 11 0
John Merna 1 4 0
Victor Floyd 1 1 0
Ronald Lewis 1 0 0
Peter Tom Willis 2 -11 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 41 257 3
Opp 42 126 0 10
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bruce LaSane 6 114 0
Lawrence Dawsey 5 99 2
Terry Anthony 3 76 1
Scott DiMare 2 33 0
Ronald Lewis 2 28 0
Dayne Williams 1 11 0
Tom O'Malley 1 9 0
Reggie Johnson 1 9 0
Dave Roberts 1 2 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 381 4
Opp 9 79 0 21
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 17 20 0 271 4
Casey Weldon 3 5 0 87 0
Brad Johnson 2 3 1 23 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 28 1 381 4
Opp 9 23 3 79 0 21
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Phil Carollo 1 38 0
Deion Sanders 4 12 0
Anthony Moss 0 8 1 8t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 58 1 8t
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 1 14 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 14 0
Opp 8 143 0
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
FSU 0 0
Opp 8 274 50
|---------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 9 2 11 0.5- 4.5 0.5- 4.5 . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 4 . 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
LeRoy Butler 4 . 4 . . 1- 37 . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes . 3 3 0.5- 4.5 0.5- 4.5 . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 2 . 2 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 2 . 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Dedrick Dodge 2 . 2 . . 1- 17 . . . . . .
Marion Butts 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alan Stewart 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
David Whittington 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 1 . 1 . . 1- 13 . . . . . .
Dave Roberts 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 52 8 60 2.0- 17.0 2.0- 17.0 3- 67 . . 2- 0 . 1 .
Opp 49 26 75 1.0- 4.0 . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
C 58 Nick Ekonomou
SG 60 Mike Morris
TG 62 Jason Kuipers
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
RCB 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
SLB 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
6 LeRoy Butler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Alan Stewart
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
39 Brian Davis
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 John Merna
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
59 Keith Carter
61 Jim Bekas
64 Magdi El Shahawy
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
75 Joe Ostaszewski
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Phil Carollo
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 41, Virginia Tech 14
11/12/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 13, 1988, page 41, by Bill McGrotha. Seminoles KO Hokies.
Bowl-bound FSU lays back, then rolls.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – For quite a while
there, Virginia Tech was the pesky Virginia Tech so well remembered by Florida State in a tight 25-game series.
FSU led by an uncomfortable 14-7 going into the last half.
Whereupon, the
Seminoles scored touchdowns on their next three possessions and rambled on – roughly at times – to a 41-14 victory here Saturday night.
Penalties, and assorted little errors, plagued Bobby Bowden’s
bowl-bound team throughout. In the last quarter, more than 60 penalty yards in one series gifted Tech a second touchdown.
But, then, strange things are a dominant pattern of meetings between these
two, and the renewal of a series following a seven-year lapse brought an immediate reminder.
One Tech player, cornerback Roger Brown, blocked two FSU field-goal attempts, and the Seminoles’ Richie
Andrews missed his first extra point in 50 tries – a fair sampling, along with penalties, of the unusual.
A Campbell Stadium crowd of 50,910 saw a Florida State performance light years away from
the dramatic, almost flawless work in a 59-0 romp past South Carolina a week prior.
But nothing that happened Saturday appeared to alter Florida State’s big-bowl projection.
It is still the
Cotton, the Sugar or just maybe the Fiesta come Jan. 2.
Bowden was pleased with the look of Chip Ferguson, who in his return to quarterbacking action following injury completed 12 of 16 passes for
156 yards before turning things over to Peter Tom Willis in the closing quarter.
Troubled offensively going in, Virginia Tech seemed in the beginning to have found some solutions.
Big tailback
Ralph Brown, on two runs, took the Gobblers 20 yards to their 45. Fifteen more, to the FSU 40, came on a 10-yard scamper by Jeff Roberts and a face-mask penalty. With Roberts losing 6 on a second-down
maneuver, FSU forced a punt.
From the 20, the Seminoles moved gingerly, to the 36 on a short pass and three Dexter Carter runs before putting Tech back on its 10 with a Tim Corlew punt.
Freshman
quarterback Will Furrer, a lefthander, got Tech out of the hole with a pair of short passes.
Fourth down at the 40, and Tech faked a punt, with Chris Baucia, the kicker, passing – but to no
avail.
On a pitchout, Carter sailed wide for 25. But two more runs got just four before Scott Hill sacked Chip Ferguson at the 16.
When Bill Mason tried a field goal, cornerback Roger Brown
blocked it.
Myron Richardson pulled in two Furrer passes, the last a 12-yarder, to spur a push to FSU’s 41. Once again, FSU defenders rather abruptly stiffened, and a second Tech punt trickled into
the end zone.
Lawrence Dawsey got 23 yards out of a Ferguson pass, and Reggie Johnson followed with a 17-yard reception to the Tech 40. Soon Terry Anthony caught a 12-yarder at the 23.
On the
last play of the quarter, following a procedure penalty, FSU gained the 11 on a 12-yard toss to Johnson.
On the second run of the night, Sammie Smith popped off the right side and scored on an
11-yard romp, breaking two tackles en route.
Addicted to little mistakes, FSU was offsides with its kickoff, and on the second effort Tech got position at its 36.
On third and 11, Tech surprised
by sending Bryant on a determined run up the middle – 16 to the FSU 49. Whereupon, the Seminoles granted 5 more on an offsides.
Promptly, Furrer went deep to tailback Jon Jeffries, who beat
defender John Hadley and scored on a 44-yard play that tied it 7-7.
A 10-yard pass to Tom O’Malley placed FSU at its 46 following a pair of runs for 7.
As Carter caught a pass for 9, a flag
fell, signaling a personal foul that led to the Tech 26.
Smith got just 3. A pass was tipped awry, and another lost yardage, leaving FSU at the 25 on fourth down.
When Andrews tried a field
goal, in came Brown to register his second blocked kick.
Two penalties left the visitors third and 18 at their 18. A draw play got 12 before a short punt staked FSU at its 45. Promptly, on a play
fake, Ferguson went deep with a pass to Anthony who made an over-the-head catch at the 13, a 43-yard gain.
Smith swept to the 6. A pass got 3.
Dayne Williams whammed over from the 3, and it was
14-7 with 4:36 left in the half. Fine coverage had Tech at its 10 following the kickoff, but hard running got it to the 29 after six plays.
When punting time came, Deion Sanders wheeled a 29-yard
effort back 28 to the 30.
In vain.
On first down, Dawsey apparently ran wrong on a route, resulting in an easy end-zone interception by John Granby.
Four plays later, from the 32, Furrer’s
deep pass was stolen by Sanders, who raced 39 to the Tech 25 with 42 seconds in the half.
Again all in vain.
First-down holding erased a completion. Whereupon, Ferguson got 13 on a keeper, and
holding against Tech reached the 12. Pass interference as Carter went for a pass had FSU at the 2 with five seconds on the clock.
FSU disdained a field-goal try as Ferguson, under heavy pressure,
scrambled and threw incomplete.
At this point, Florida State had outgained Tech by a bare 20 yards, 224 to 204, despite Ferguson’s 10 completions of 14 passes for 131.
Surprisingly, Tech had
controlled the ball, 40 plays to 33.
A 25-yard Keith Ross kickoff runback put FSU at its 34 at the start of the last half.
After two runs got little, Ferguson found Ronnie Lewis with an 18-yard
shot at the Tech 43.
Carter spun to the 34, but it took him two more carries to get the additional yard and the first down.
On a fake reverse, Carter got 13, to the 20. His fifth straight run
got 9 more.
Marion Butts whacked to a first down at the 3, scoring two plays later from the one, and it becaome 21-7.
A late-hit call soon had Tech knocking at midfield.
Then a pass bounced
off the hands of Nick Cullen, with Dedrick Dodge intercepting and running the ball back 11 to FSU’s 49.
Carter whipped up the middle, 20 to the 31. Following with a draw, Carter exploited the
middle for 23 more, to the 8.
Third down at the 7 saw Ferguson pass to Bruce LaSane for the touchdown and 28-7.
After three plays, Tech punted, giving FSU a new start at its 47.
In came Peter
Tom Willis at quarterback, turning Smith loose on two runs for 16. Then, on his first pass, Willis went long to Dawsey in the end zone for a 36-yard touchdown play.
Andrews misfired on the
extra-point attempt, his first failure after 49 straight, leaving it 34-7.
When Tech punted again after just three plays, FSU began at its 32 following a clipping call on a second straight punt
return.
On the last play of the quarter, tackle Hill got his second sack of the evening, and FSU was obliged to punt from its 37.
Struggling to its 45, Tech gambled on fourth-and-one, and a run
was stopped cold by Alphonso Williams and Corey Senior.
Lewis caught a 20-yard Willis pass at the 25. Tearing up the middle, suddenly spinning away from defenders, Smith scored on a quick 25-yard
jaunt.
Once more Tech was restricted to just three offensive plays. Sanders danced 21 yards with a punt to the Tech 34.
Anthony caught a Willis pass at the 21, and Smith ran to the 13.
But a
pass missed, and Butts got just a yard. On fourth-and-one, Butts got nothing.
A penalty assisted Tech to a first down at the 26. And another penalty got another. Whereupon, a third consecutive
personal-foul penalty vaulted the Gobblers to FSU’s 39.
Unbelievably, FSU got still another 15-yarder on the heels of Roberts’ 22-yard gain on a fake reverse. That brought a first down at the 8.
Three runs got just 3 yards.
But there was one more penalty. As Cris Kinzer kicked a field goal, LeRoy Butler was judged to have run into him.
Fourth down now at the two, and Lamar Smith ran
wide for the touchdown that cut it to 41-14.
FSU covered an onside kick at its 45.
A second-down penalty for offensive pass interference knocked the Seminoles back to their 40.
LaSane,
however, kept it going, getting 31 to the 29 on a Willis pass.
But after two incompletions, Willis was sacked and Corlew punted to the 15.
With a new quarterback, Cam Young, Tech got nothing,
and a punt left FSU at its 40 for a final drive.
A 12-yard pass to Scott Dimare coupled with a 14-yard Parker run led to the 28. But a Parker loss and a delay penalty knocked the Seminoles back,
and Florida State left it at that.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Virginia Tech |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
20 |
7 |
41 |
1st 0- 0 Bill Mason, 33, field goal blocked, 4:20
2nd 7- 0 Sammie Smith, 11, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:54
7- 7 Opp, 44, pass (kick), 12:47
7- 7 Richie Andrews, 41, field goal blocked, 8:56
14- 7 Dayne Williams, 3, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 4:36
3rd 21- 7 Marion Butts, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 9:17
28- 7 Bruce LaSane, 7, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:46
34- 7 Lawrence Dawsey, 36, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick failed), 3:05
4th 41- 7 Sammie Smith, 25, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 12:28
41-14 Opp, 2, run (kick), 5:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 29 15
Rushes-yards 47-245 45-177
Passing 275 99
Att-Comp-Int 30-18-1 23-8-2
Total Yards 77-520 68-276
Punt Returns 4-69 1--1
Kickoff Returns 2-53 7-88
Interception Ret. 2-50 1-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 3-31.7 8-33.8
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 3-24
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yds 16-152 7-56
3rd Down Conversions 10-16 2-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 1-3
Time of Posession 30:59 29:01
Attendance 50,910
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 16 119 0 23
Sammie Smith 11 87 2 25
Chris Parker 4 24 0 14
Dayne Williams 6 19 1 6
Marion Butts 5 8 1 8
Chip Ferguson 2 8 0 13
Ronald Lewis 1 -1 0 -1
Peter Tom Willis 2 -19 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 47 245 4 25
Opp 45 177 1 13
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 4 74 0 43
Lawrence Dawsey 2 59 1 36t
Bruce LaSane 2 38 1 31
Ronald Lewis 2 38 0 20
Reggie Johnson 2 28 0 17
Tom O'Malley 3 20 0 10
Scott DiMare 1 12 0 12
Dexter Carter 2 6 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 275 2 43
Opp 8 99 1 44t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 12 16 1 156 1 43
Peter Tom Willis 6 14 0 119 1 36t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 30 1 275 2 43
Opp 8 23 2 99 1 44t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 4 69 0 28
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 69 0 28
Opp 1 -1 0 -1
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 2 53 0 28
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 53 0 28
Opp 7 88 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 3 95 42
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 95 42
Opp 8 270 41
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kelvin Smith 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis 3 3 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Corey Senior 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 2 . 2 . . 1- 39 . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 1 2 . . 1- 11 . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 34 25 59 1.0- 0.0 . 2- 50 3 . . . . .
Opp 41 26 67 6.0- 3.0- 24.0 1- 0 3 . . . 2 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 35 Chris Parker
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
TG 62 Jason Kuipers
C 68 Michael Tanks
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RC 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
SLB 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Scott DiMare
4 Peter Tom Willis
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
33 Sammie Smith
39 Brian Davis
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
59 Keith Carter
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
80 Reggie Johnson
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 52, Florida 17
11/26/1988, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 27, 1988, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. Lights Out.
FSU hits Florida a 52-17 lick.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Just call it a 10.
Maybe not a
perfect 10, but for Florida State, this one will do very nicely.
As Florida State here Saturday night won its 10th straight, it also registered its second consecutive 10-victory season, and the
fifth 10-victory run during the 13 years of Bobby Bowden.
And now the Seminoles are headed for their 10th bowl under Bowden – a Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl date against an Auburn team that also stands
10-1.
Before a Campbell Stadium record crowd of 62,693, rival Florida fell 52-17. And it might have been more. Easily.
Not only did FSU gain its biggest margin of victory ever over Florida, but
it totaled more points on the Gators than any team since Auburn (63-14) in 1970, the first coaching year of Doug Dickey.
On this brightest of Seminole nights, Chip Ferguson ignited a quick fire.
And if he is not a 10 when one gets around to rating quarterbacks, Ferguson, too, will do very nicely indeed.
Of his first nine passes, he completed seven, three for touchdowns – and all of that
with nearly three minutes to go in the first quarter.
Against the nation’s second-ranked defense, Ferguson and friends – he was one of 18 scholarship seniors playing a last home game – had a
party.
With the third quarter little more than half gone, a 24-10 halftime lead became 45-10. It was over.
The Seminoles stacked up 414 yards, 250 of it running, while controlling the ball, 68
plays to 59. Retiring early to the bench, Ferguson finished 10 for 16, with 131 passing yards and the trio of early touchdowns.
Sammie Smith continued a party of the sort that few runners have ever
enjoyed against Gators.
For the third straight year, he ran for more than 100 yards against the Gators – this time for 109 on 20 carries.
Opponents do not run up such scores against teams like
Florida without assistance. Offensively and defensively, Florida made the shattering errors, and particularly early.
He parade of scoring started with a game-opening series that saw Florida draw 20
of its 65 penalty yards for the evening on the first two plays. Given position thereby at midfield, Ferguson struck on his first four passes, the last a dazzling 18-yard touchdown play that saw
Lawrence Dawsey out-maneuvering three – maybe four defenders – as he somehow retained his balance before crossing the goal line.
Staked to midfield on a 46-yard kickoff return by Tallahasseean Tony
Lomack, Florida tied it after Kyle Morris hit Mark McGriff with a first-play pass of 27 yards. It became 7-7 on Emmitt Smith’s scoring run from the 1.
It was not a good night for the sophomore
star. In 15 carries, he managed 56 of Florida’s 110 rushing yards.
And that early Morris completion was just one of six Florida connected on all night, out of 20 attempts for 73 yards.
Two
Florida throws were intercepted, both leading to FSU touchdowns – as did Florida’s lone lost fumble.
“We played good – better than I thought we would,” said a happy Bowden. “After an open week, you
never know.
“Our kids played about as good as they can play, if you take out the mistakes.
“Chip plays so well. The defense played super.”
Among top defensive contributions was that of
linebacker Kelvin Smith, credited with a dozen tackles, eight outright.
“This loss really hurts,” said another Smith – Florida’s Emmitt. “It was a very big game for us, and I’ll remember this one
quite a while.”
Scoring on its first three possessions, Florida State stretched its lead to 21-7 with 2:56 to go in the opening quarter.
A 35-yard Keith Ross kickoff return led to FSU’s 42. Nine
plays gained the end zone, the final one Ferguson’s 15-yard toss to tight end Tom O’Malley.
John Hadley’s interception of Morris soon had FSU at Florida’s 24. Five plays did it, Sammie Smith
scoring from the 8 with a pass as the Gators blitzed.
FSU drove from its 25 to a 19-yard Bill Mason field goal and a 24-7 lead early in the second quarter. Florida replied late in the half with
Richard Fain’s interception of a Ferguson shot at the FSU 35. John David Francis kicked a 24-yard field goal.
The beginning of the end came as Kerry Watkins tried futilely to field a Tim Corlew
punt shortly after the start of the last half.
The ball slipped through his hands at the 10 and he fumbled it at the 2. As it rolled into the end zne, Marion Butts raced in to cover it for a
touchdown.
Soon FSU moved 60 yards in nine plays, one a 26-yard Smith run. Dayne Williams scored from the 1.
Moments later, outside linebacker Anthony Moss tipped a Morris pass that inside
linebacker Odell Haggins cuddled at the Florida 8, dancing into the end zone for the touchdown that made it 45-10.
A final Florida State touchdown came early in the closing quarter, Peter Tom
Willis passing to Terry Anthony for 10 yards.
Florida got one with 7:01 left, Willie McClendon scoring from the 2 after a 71-yard drive.
Florida’s Morris and Emmitt Smith seemed to feel they
should have moved the ball on FSU like that throughout.
“I don’t think they ever stopped us,” said Morris.
Something did.
“I was surprised their offense moved the ball like they did,” said
all-star safety Louis Oliver. “This wasn’t a real typical day for our defense.”
Florida coach Galen Hall called Florida State a fine football team.
“They played a balanced game,” he said. “Their
offense was outstanding, as well as their defense.
“Our guys didn’t give up though. They played well the entire game. This will be a good incentive for next year.”
Balance was what Bowden had in
mind.
“We thought we had to run and pass to win,” he said.
It seemed to Bowden that Sammie Smith had been getting ready for two weeks to shoulder the running load.
“He had a determined look,”
said Bowden, “and I knew on a couple of carries when he broke tackles that he meant business.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
7 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
21 |
3 |
21 |
7 |
52 |
1st 7- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 18, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:31
7- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 8:26
14- 7 Tom O'Malley, 15, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 4:56
21- 7 Sammie Smith, 8, pass from Chip Ferguson (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:56
2nd 24- 7 Bill Mason, 19, field goal, 5:58
24-10 Opp, 24, field goal, 1:17
3rd 31-10 Marion Butts, 0, fumble recovery/return (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:25
Note: The punter fumbled the snap and Butts recovered the
ball in the end zone.
38-10 Dayne Williams, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:49
45-10 Odell Haggins, 11, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:40
4th 52-10 Terry Anthony, 10, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 10:08
52-17 Opp, 2, run (kick), 3:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 26 13
Rushes-yards 48-250 39-110
Passing 164 73
Att-Comp-Int 20-13-1 20-6-2
Total Yards 68-414 59-183
Punt Returns 4-34 2--5
Kickoff Returns 3-78 6-123
Interception Ret. 2-11 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 3-39.3 7-37.1
Sacks By-Yds 2-16 2-13
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties-Yds 8-61 9-65
3rd Down Conversions 6-11 2-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 2-2
Time of Posession 32:38 27:22
Attendance 62,693
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 20 109 0 26
Keith Ross 3 61 0 53
Victor Floyd 5 37 0 19
Dayne Williams 10 32 1 7
Dexter Carter 5 12 0 7
Lawrence Dawsey 1 9 0 9
Marion Butts 1 2 0 2
Chip Ferguson 2 -5 0 1
Peter Tom Willis 1 -7 0 -7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 48 250 1 53
Opp 39 110 2 14
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Tom O'Malley 3 48 1 17
Ronald Lewis 3 46 0 17
Lawrence Dawsey 2 22 1 18t
Sammie Smith 2 14 1 8t
Dayne Williams 1 13 0 13
Dexter Carter 1 11 0 11
Terry Anthony 1 10 1 10t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 13 164 4 18t
Opp 6 73 0 27
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 10 16 1 131 3 18t
Peter Tom Willis 3 4 0 33 1 12
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 13 20 1 164 4 18t
Opp 6 20 2 73 0 27
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Deion Sanders 4 34 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 34 0 16
Opp 2 -5 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Keith Ross 3 78 0 35
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 78 0 35
Opp 6 123 0 46
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 3 118 53
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 118 53
Opp 7 260 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kelvin Smith 8 4 12 . . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 4 3 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
Odell Haggins 1 4 5 1.0- 4.0 1.0- 4.0 1- 11 . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Stan Shiver 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Phil Carollo 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 2 1 3 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Brian Davis 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Deion Sanders 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marion Butts 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Alan Stewart 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 1 . 1 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 24 65 4.0- 16.0 2.0- 16.0 2- 11 3 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 49 34 83 5.0- 2.0- 13.0 1- 0 2 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FLK 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
TG 62 Jason Kuipers
C 68 Michael Tanks
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LC 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RCB 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
SLB 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Peter Tom Willis
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Alan Stewart
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
15 Bill Ragans
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
35 Chris Parker
39 Brian Davis
43 Bill Mason
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Kirk Carruthers
57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
59 Keith Carter
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
75 Joe Ostaszewski
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Phil Carollo
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 13, Auburn 7
01/02/1989, New Orleans, La.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, January 3, 1989, page 23, by Bill McGrotha. Prime Timing.
Sanders ends Auburn threat with a pickoff.
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The time was prime, and
Deion did it.
With five seconds left, one of the more celebrated cornerbacks in college-football history celebrated one more time - and Florida State fans everywhere joined in.
His end-zone
interception of a Reggie Slack pass preserved a 13-7 victory over Auburn here Monday night in the Sugar Bowl.
Up until then, it was mainly a matter of Sammie Smith, and his 115 yards in 24 carries,
and a Florida State defense that would not quit.
Despite some shaky play-calling and execution in clutch circumstances, Florida State never trailed, leading early 10-0, then holding on.
One big
difference was Chip Ferguson, and the 84-yard scoring drive he directed from the opening kickoff.
With the victory, Bobby Bowden checked in as the winningest bowl coach of all times, in term of
percentage. An 8-3-1 record for .708 makes him tops among all who have coached at least 10 bowls.
At the start, Auburn chose to lead with its defense after winning the coin toss. Dexter Carter, on
the kickoff return, was brought up short at the 16.
Three straight Sammie Smith whacks at the middle gained the 30. As Smith hit the middle again, Chip Ferguson got 8 on a keeper. Smith got a
second first down at the 43.
Terry Anthony caught a pass for 12, and Smith explored the middle once again, for 12 more to the Auburn 33.
After a timeout, Smith cut back for 16 to the 17. Then
Tom O'Malley grabbed a pass at the 6.
Smith got 2, and an Auburn offside netted 2 more. From the 2, Dayne Williams scored off the left side, and Richie Andrews' kick provided a 7-0 lead.
It was
only the second time all season Auburn yielded points on an opening drive, the other time coming against Georgia.
On second down, linebacker Kelvin Smith stopped Stacy Danly for a loss. When
quarterback Reggie Slack tried to throw, Stan Shiver intercepted.
A personal foul, following Shiver's 11-yard run-back, staked FSU at the Auburn 18.
Promptly, Ferguson passed to Reggie Johnson
at the 3, but a holding call rubbed it out. A pass to Dawsey reached the 20, but Smith got just a yard on third down. Whereupon, Bill Mason kicked a 35-yard field goal. FSU led 10-0.
Shayne Waden's
34-yard kickoff return quickly got Auburn in business at the 42.
A run and a pass left Auburn 2 feet short of a first down. Gambling, Auburn got the first down at the FSU 47 on a Vincent Harris run
up the middle.
Offensive pass interference cost Auburn 15, back to its 38.
But Danly could not retain an errant Slack pitchout as Shelton Thompson hit him, and Odell Haggins claimed the fumble
for FSU at the 29.
Anthony pulled in a 20-yard pass at the 9. On a fake reverse, Smith ripped to the 4, but it came to fourth down at the 2. On a fake field goal, holder Brad Johnson tried to pass,
but pressure from cornerback Doug Huntley forced a bad throw. Tight end Dave Roberts was open on the play.
Hard running by James Joseph got a pair of first downs, but a personal foul slammed the
Tigers back to the 12.
And then Dedrick Dodge intercepted a Slack pass at the Auburn 38 moments before the first quarter ended. At this point FSU led in yardage, 121 to 30.
Ferguson passes of 10
and 8 yards to Carter reached the 18. Then, Carter ran up the middle to the 10.
But an illegal shift cost FSU 5 yards, and on third down Tracy Rocker sacked Ferguson at the 13.
Mason's 32-yard
field goal then put FSU up 13-0.
Two strong Joseph runs got Auburn to its 38 before FSU defenders forced the Tigers' first punt - well away from Deion Sanders, out of bounds at the FSU 28.
Three
runs netted just 5, followed by FSU's first punt. Wasden, a freshman, wheeled it back 17 yards to the Auburn 49.
Danley slammed to FSU's 42 - Auburn's deepest penetration.
Danley got 10 more,
and Joseph led on to a first down at the 21.
On a fake pitchout, Slack rolled and passed to tight end Walter Reeves for a touchdown on a 20-yard play, and Auburn was within 13-7 range.
From the
25, FSU could not move. Ferguson's pass on third down was intercepted by linebacker Smokey Hodge and returned to FSU's 25.
With the help of a face-mask penalty, Auburn probed to a first down at the
13.
But when Slack tried to pass, a teammate caused a fumble that FSU's Steve Gabbard covered at the 19 with 2:10 remaining in the half.
Williams got 8 on a Ferguson pass, and Smith 10 on a pair
of runs to the 37. After a reverse got nothing, Smith ran one more time, to the 40, as the clock ran out on the half.
By halftime, FSU's yardage dominance had slipped, 175 to 106.
On 17 carries,
Smith had gained 73 of FSU's even 100 rushing yards. Ferguson had hit seven of 11 passes for 75.
Auburn had 73 of its yards running, Joseph leading with 47 on seven runs.
FSU had controlled the
football, 38 plays to 30.
Wasden's 29-yard kickoff return had Auburn at its 32 for the start of the last half.
On third down, Eric Hayes and Howard Dinkins sacked Slack for minus-11 at the 26. A
punt left FSU at its 31.
On a swing pass, Smith raced 69 yards to an apparent touchdown - but a holding call canceled the play and pushed FSU back to its 21.
Unable to get out of the hole, FSU
punted for the second time, Tim Corlew's 40-yarder returned 8 by Wasden to the Auburn 45.
FSU defenders permitted a short pass completion. That was all. But Brian Shulman's punt left FSU at its
13.
Johnson grabbed a first-down pass at the 29. Soon, Marion Butts caught one at the FSU 40. Another completion, to Carter, reached the 48 before Corlew punted, giving Auburn the ball at its 26
following a fair-catch-interference penalty on a Seminole.
Danley, on two runs to his right, gained the 42. Again FSU defenders called a halt, and there was another good punt - this one to the
14.
Smith swung wide, to the 21, then rammed the middle for 3 before Ferguson found O'Malley with a 20-yard shot at the FSU 44.
Smith got 9, Butts 6 to the Auburn 41.
Soon, Anthony snared a
15-yarder at the 26. When Smith whammed to the 19, running his total to 102, it became the first time in 25 games Auburn had yielded a hundred to any runner.
Carter got enough for a first down at
the 14. On third down, a bootleg-option run by Ferguson for 8 got another first down, at the 4.
Williams dug to the 2 as the quarter ended.
Williams got a yard to the 1.
On third down,
Ferguson threw low and wide toward Smith, who could not handle the ball. The lateral was recovered by Auburn as the ball bounced back to the 18.
A 17-yard pass to Lewis Tillman was followed by a
16-yarder to Weygand at the FSU 49.
Runs by Danley and Slack attained the 26. Tillman then grabbed a first-down pass at the 16.
But Danley netted not an inch on two runs, then got just a yard
out of a third-down pass.
Following its first timeout of the game, Auburn, on third and nine with 8:04 left, went for it.
Dinkins applied intense pressure to Slack, giving him no time.
Intentional grounding called on the fourth-down play presented FSU the ball at its 36.
Apparently stopped on a run, Smith suddenly popped free for 9-yards-plus.
Williams and Smith were stopped a
bit short on following runs, but on third-and-six Williams got 12 yards out of a pass, to the Auburn 36.
Carter on two runs was a yard short at the 27. Again Florida State called a pass on third
and one. And Ferguson got sacked at the 36.
FSU punted. Dead on the 4. The clock showed 3:28 to go.
Reeves caught an 18-yarder and Tillman a 16-yarder, up to the 37.
Three more passes picked
up just 1 yard.
Another timeout. Another fourth and nine, this one with 1:52 left.
Pivoting, Slack threw to Freddie Weygand, 17 yards to FSU's 46.
Danley lost 5 on a pass. Taylor caught one
at the 40.
On fourth and five, Tillman kept it going with a first-down reception at the 33.
Three more passes, and it came to fourth and six at the 29, with Auburn calling its last timeout, the
clock showing 31 seconds.
And lo, Taylor caught a first-down pass at the 22.
Dedrick Dodge tipped away a pass intended for Tillman at the goal line.
Then, on third down with 5 seconds left,
astonishing Mr. Sanders moved in front of Tillman in the end zone to intercept the ball, and wrap up the game for Florida State.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Auburn |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1st 7- 0 Dayne Williams, 2, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 9:48
10- 0 Bill Mason, 35, field goal, 5:57
2nd 13- 0 Bill Mason, 31, field goal, 11:00
13- 7 Opp, 20, pass (kick), 4:09
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 18
Rushes-yards 47-148 36-108
Passing 157 162
Att-Comp-Int 27-14-1 33-19-3
Total Yards 74-305 69-270
Punt Returns 0-0 2-25
Kickoff Returns 2-30 4-103
Interception Ret. 3-11 1-13
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 4-35.0 4-35.8
Sacks By-Yds 2-18 2-14
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 6-45 5-65
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 1-12
4th Down Conversions 0-1 4-5
Time of Posession 33:35 26:25
Attendance 61,934
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Sammie Smith 24 115 0 16
Dexter Carter 7 25 0 8
Dayne Williams 7 16 1 4
Marion Butts 1 6 0 6
Victor Floyd 1 5 0 5
Lawrence Dawsey 1 0 0
Chip Ferguson 6 -19 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 47 148 1 16
Opp 36 108 0 10
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 3 47 0 20
Tom O'Malley 2 31 0 20
Dexter Carter 3 25 0 10
Dayne Williams 2 20 0 12
Reggie Johnson 1 16 0 16
Lawrence Dawsey 2 10 0 7
Marion Butts 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 157 0 20
Opp 19 162 1 20t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Chip Ferguson 14 26 1 157 0 20
Brad Johnson 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 27 1 157 0 20
Opp 19 33 3 162 1 20t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 2 25 0 17
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 2 30 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 30 0 16
Opp 4 103 0 34
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Tim Corlew 4 140 40
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 140 40
Opp 4 143 43
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kelvin Smith 9 3 12 2.0- 6.0 . . . . . . . .
Felton Hayes 8 2 10 . . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 5 2 7 1.0- 3.0 . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Stan Shiver 4 1 5 . . 1- 11 2 . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 3 1 4 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Deion Sanders 2 1 3 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Tracy Sanders 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 2 . . . . .
Alphonso Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Corey Senior 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Davis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richie Andrews 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Steve Gabbard . 1 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Lawrence Dawsey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marion Butts . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chip Ferguson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Hadley 1 . 1 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 1 . 1 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Phil Carollo 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 55 16 71 6.0- 31.0 2.0- 18.0 3- 11 7 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 60 17 77 3.0- 15.0 2.0- 14.0 1- 13 4 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 5 Chip Ferguson
FLK 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 33 Sammie Smith
FB 49 Dayne Williams
SG 60 Mike Morris
TG 62 Jason Kuipers
C 68 Michael Tanks
ST 69 Joey Ionata
TT 72 Pat Tomberlin
TE 92 Tom O'Malley
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
LCB 2 Deion Sanders
FS 6 LeRoy Butler
RCB 16 Tracy Sanders
OLB 21 John Hadley
SLB 36 Kelvin Smith
SS 37 Stan Shiver
WLB 46 Felton Hayes
NG 53 Odell Haggins
RT 76 Steve Gabbard
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
17 Tim Corlew
20 Keith Ross
26 Alphonso Williams
27 Victor Floyd
28 Dedrick Dodge
29 Lawrence Dawsey
30 Tommy Henry
31 Marion Butts
35 Chris Parker
39 Brian Davis
43 Bill Mason
45 Kirk Carruthers
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57 Corey Senior
58 Nick Ekonomou
59 Keith Carter
65 Hayward Haynes
66 Scott Schilbrack
67 Kevin Mancini
70 Tony Yeomans
71 David Whittington
74 Henry Ostaszewski
80 Reggie Johnson
81 Phil Carollo
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
99 Anthony Moss
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