A screen pass, with fullback Stanley Barre getting 20 out of it,
put Tulane at the 22. A screen over the middle, Jerry Ursin catching, got 14 to the 8.
On the next play, quarterback Smith was leveled by onrushing Anthony Moss, producing a fumble that Haggins
claimed at the 19.
Willis immediately threw 25 yards to LaSane at the 44, but his next pass was intercepted by linebacker Brad Guidry at the Green Wave 48 with 36 seconds left.
Nothing came of
that, and nothing came of the Seminoles getting the ball back at their 20 with 9 seconds left – except that Amp Lee appeared to come very close to breaking away as he ran up the middle for 9 yards.
At halftime, FSU led in yardage, 370 to 139, with Willis hitting 18 of 29 passes for 324 and two touchdowns. Oddly, Tulane had held the ball for 18:49 on the clock, FSU only 11:11.
An early
last-half opportunity came FSU’s way when Tulane, unable to move much from its 25 after the kickoff, punted for a mere 13 yards.
Willis, however, threw three incomplete. On the last one, FSU was
flagged for a personal foul and freshman lineman Robert Stevenson ejected from the game for throwing a punch.
Ward punted to the Tulane 16. On third down, freshman safety Brice Abbott intercepted a
Smith pass and placed FSU at Tulane’s 8.
Cart6er soon ran it in from there, Andrews adding an extra point for 38-0.
With Harold Dennis running well, getting 17 on one pop, Tulane gained the 50,
then FSU’s 36 on a Smith keeper. A Strickland run for 9 followed by a Barre scamper for 15 soon reached FSU’s 10. Two plays later Smith threw 7 yards to flanker James Toney for a touchdown.
Dedrick
Dodge blocked the point kick, and it stayed 38-6.
Casey Weldon replaced Willis at quarterback, and found himself backed to the 10 following an offensive pass-interference penalty.
On third down,
Weldon retreated into the end zone, threw a short pass to Amp Lee at about FSU’s 8, and the sudden freshman tore away from a tackler on an 88-yard scoring play.
Again Tulane moved the ball on the
ground, going from its 28 to FSU’s 48 before defenders threw the Greenies back. A 17-yard punt provided the Seminoles a shot from their 37.
Three plays later, Weldon het Dawsey with a pass over the
line and the wide receiver sprinted on for a touchdown on a 56-yard play, and it became 52-6 with 57 seconds left in the quarter.
On the opening play of the last quarter, Terrell Buckley ran a
Tulane punt back 49 yards to the foe 17.
This time Weldon needed just a single play for a touchdown – a 17-yard throw to Dawsey.
Not long after, FSU seemed to be set up again deep inside Tulane
territory following freshman David Stallworth’s interception – but it was rubbed out by a pass-interference call.
That boosted Tulane to midfield, and a second interference penalty gained FSU’s 38.
Backup quarterback Jerome Woods passed 20 yards to McIntosh at the 18. Soon the visitors settled for a 26-yard field goal that made it 59-9.
Ward replaced Weldon at quarterback, but couldn’t get
much going. Tulane moved late following an interception at midfield, but FSU held at its 7 with 50 seconds left.
And the happy Seminoles let things go at that.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Tulane |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
| Florida State |
17 |
14 |
21 |
7 |
59 |
1st 3- 0 Richie Andrews, 28, field goal, 7:27
10- 0 Lawrence Dawsey, 30, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:02
17- 0 Terry Anthony, 12, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:55
2nd 24- 0 Dexter Carter, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:55
31- 0 Amp Lee, 6, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:50
3rd 38- 0 Dexter Carter, 8, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 11:52
38- 6 Opp, 7, pass (kick blocked by Team), 7:20
45- 6 Amp Lee, 88, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:12
52- 6 Lawrence Dawsey, 56, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:57
4th 59- 6 Dave Roberts, 17, pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:33
59- 9 Opp, 26, field goal, 7:49
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 25
Rushes-yards 21-93 60-191
Passing 485 139
Att-Comp-Int 40-21-2 39-14-4
Total Yards 61-578 99-330
Punt Returns 1-49 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-48 9-187
Interception Ret. 4-34 2-20
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 4-35.8 8-31.1
Sacks By-Yds 4-27 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 11-117 6-50
3rd Down Conversions 3-8 11-24
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 17:46 42:14
Attendance 61,613
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 5 28 1 9
Dexter Carter 6 26 2 8t
Charlie Ward 2 21 0 13
Edgar Bennett 5 20 0 11
Maurice Pinckney 2 3 0 2
Shannon Baker 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 93 3 13
Opp 60 191 0 17
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 3 107 2 56t
Amp Lee 1 88 1 88t
Bruce LaSane 4 58 0 25
Terry Anthony 2 55 1 43
Dexter Carter 3 46 0 16
Reggie Johnson 2 41 0 24
Dave Roberts 2 28 1 17t
Shannon Baker 1 28 0 28
Ronald Lewis 1 23 0 23
Paul Moore 2 11 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 485 5 88t
Opp 14 139 1 21
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 18 33 1 324 2 43
Casey Weldon 3 4 0 161 3 88t
Charlie Ward 0 3 1 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 40 2 485 5 88t
Opp 14 39 4 139 1 21
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 1 49 0 49
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 49 0 49
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 2 48 0 25
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 48 0 25
Opp 9 187 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Charlie Ward 4 143 41
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 143 41
Opp 8 249 46
|---------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 5 3 8 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 4 3 7 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . 1 . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 4 2 6 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 3 3 6 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . 1- 0 . . .
Chris Hall 4 2 6 1.0- . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 5 . 5 . . 2- 17 . . 1- 0 . . .
Kevin Grant 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 1 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Deondri Clark 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
John Davis 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brad Lundstrom 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Grady Ross 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Oliver Strickland 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 . 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Sterling Palmer 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alan Stewart 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott . . . . . 1- 12 . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley . . . . . 1- 5 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 53 20 73 8.0- 27.0 4.0- 27.0 4- 34 3 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 25 14 39 1.0- . 2- 20 . . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 83 Dave Roberts
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
2 Grady Ross
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Alan Stewart
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
18 John Davis
23 Bryce Abbott
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Kelvin Smith
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
42 Amp Lee
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
55 Sterling Palmer
58 Nick Ekonomou
61 Eric Gibbs
62 Troy Sanders
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
80 Reggie Johnson
82 Brad Lundstrom
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
90 Maurice Pinckney
91 Deondri Clark
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 41, Syracuse 10
10/07/1989, Syracuse, N.Y.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 8, 1989, page 41, by Bill McGrotha. Orange Crushed.
Seminole defense paves 41-10 victory.
SYRACUSE, NY – Defense writes the check, but
the offense cashes them in.
It was an old coaching saw Bobby Bowden mentioned to his players during the week. After his Florida State football team cut up Syracuse 41-10 here Saturday afternoon,
the coach modified the words.
“Today the defense wrote the checks – and cashed ‘em in!” he declared.
The most dramatic cashing-in was perhaps not LeRoy Butler’s spectacular 87-yard scoring run
with an intercepted pass, nor freshman Terrell Buckley’s eye-popping 69-yard touchdown scamper with a punt.
The most dramatic, surely, was the 10 sacks of two Syracuse quarterbacks. And from a
coaching vantage point, tackle Eric Hayes’ work surely was something else. He had one sack, but all afternoon he appeared to be taking charge, heading off offenders one turn after another, playing
like the All-American that many had expected.
“I told him I thought he might have played his best game,” said Bowden.
“Our defense was great, especially on the line of scrimmage. I thought our
defense was not going to give our offense the ball in the second half.”
That offense may have thought likewise. In the third quarter FSU’s offense had the ball for just nine plays from scrimmage.
Meanwhile, the defense got touchdowns on Butler’s interception and Buckley’s return.
But statistics lied a lot in this game. For example, in the final accounting FSU led in yardage just 391-to-343.
And once again an opponent controlled the ball on the Seminoles. Syracuse led in total plays, 70-to-59, and in possession time, 35:34 to 24:16. What they did not reflect so well was FSU’s early
dominance and the Seminoles playing so many reserves in the stretch.
“I appreciate Bobby laying off us at the end,” said losing coach Dick McPherson.
For Syracuse, the loss terminated its
longest home winning streak in a 100-season history, 16 straight in the Carrier Dome. For FSU, it means a probable return to college football’s top 20, now that it is about as impressive as 3-2 teams
get. The Carrier Dome and the crowd of 49,832 offered, by the way, no noise that presented a problem to FSU. Indeed, the crowd’s loudest noise was the boos for coaching decisions and a hard-pressed
starting quarterback.
Florida State quickness, on both sides of the ball, seemed a broad difference.
“FSU has the best speed in the country,” said McPherson. “When they get prancing, they prance
– they can strut, they have pizzazz!”
They also had a little good fortune in the early going.
Florida State’s first punt – it punted only three times all day – was fumbled away as one would-be
returner bumped another. Grady Ross got it for FSU, and a clipping penalty on the same play gained the foe 32. After six plays, Richie Andrews kicked a 43-yard field goal.
Moments later, Florida
State again got the ball at the Syracuse 32, this time on Butler’s first of two interceptions.
Peter Tom Willis directed a touchdown in five plays, Dexter Carter running for the final seven yards.
And it was 10-0.
Once again, Willis was the smooth take-what-you-gimme quarterback. What the defense gave FSU this time was mainly shorter passes. For the day, he would hit 15 of 25 for 213 yards,
just one interception.
“They were dropping back on the corners, respecting our wide receivers’ speed,” said Willis. “We were going with the high-percentage passes.”
And he had the time to
deliver.
“Our offensive line played a great game,” he praised. “Syracuse linemen and linebackers are supposedly the strength of their team, and we just whipped them all day.”
It took a little
while though, as FSU blew opportunity.
First, Terry Anthony – FSU’s top receiver with four catches for 87 yards and a touchdown – lost a fumble after a 35-yard pickup to the Orange 41, then Edgar
Bennett lost one on the heels of an 18-yard gain to the foe 38. After which, freshman Charlie Ward shanked a punt – netting just 6 yards to the Syracuse 40.
FSU turned aside Syracuse after those
first two miscues. But Syracuse got a 44-yard field goal from John Biskup after the shank, paved by Bill Scharr’s 28-yard pass, his longest of a day that saw him go 9-for-18 while getting twice
intercepted and sacked seven times. Mark McDonald, who replaced him late to the cheers of the crowd, was intercepted once, sacked three times, but managed to complete 7 of the 8 throws he got off.
If Syracuse had thoughts of a rally, they were quickly subdued by a lightning 77-yard drive in 4 plays. Three were Willis passes, the last a 22-yarder to Anthony for the touchdown that made it 17-3 at
halftime.
Early in the third quarter, a blitzing John Wyche knocked Scharr loose from the ball, teammate Anthony Moss recovering for FSU at the Syracuse 26. Three plays later, Andrews kicked his
second field goal, a 39-yarder, for 20-3.
Syracuse moved, with the aid of a roughing-the-punter penalty as Alan Stewart got there too soon and leaped over the kicked ball. But successive sacks by
Shelton Thompson and Odell Haggins stymied the Orange.
Then came the punt, and a return by Buckley the likes of which old coaching hands like Bowden had never seen.
Buckley stood there
motionless after catching the ball, and many – Bowden included – thought he had signaled a fair catch. He hadn’t. Suddenly, Buckley took off and raced away from startled defenders – 69 yards to a
touchdown.
A designed play?
“Yeah,” said Bowden. “He designed it!
“Funny thing, I looked up, and I just assumed he had called the fair catch. Next thing, I looked up and there he was
running for a touchdown.”
Buckley said he had used that move – more like a non-move, perhaps – in high school a couple of times for touchdowns.
After the game Bowden couldn’t resist the
impulse.
“Deion who?” he asked.
Syracuse pounced to FSU’s 25 before Butler pounded on a Scharr pass and high-stepped it 87 yards for the TD that made it 34-3.
“Butler is probably one of the
best football players in the country,” said Bowden. “He was overshadowed by Deion, and then, in our first two games, he was over-anxious. Now he’s settled down, and he’s making some great plays.”
The Orangemen came back with a 91-yard scoring drive, taking just five plays behind newcomer McDonald. He got 49 yards on a pass to Rob Moore, then sent Michael Owens racing with a pitchout for the
touchdown on a 25-yard play shortly before the last quarter began. A senior, Owens had the best game of his career with his 120 yards on 22 runs.
But a Chris Hall interception soon had FSU’s
charging again. As Casey Weldon moved in at quarterback, he did a smart thing – giving the ball four times to hot-freshman Amp Lee. First he got 12 yards, then 11, got stopped once for a yard gain,
after which he scooted 14 yards for the final touchdown in the game’s last minute.
Pleased also with the quarterbacking of Willis (“excellent again”), Bowden said he would have liked to have thrown
a bit more but the circumstances did not permit.
McPherson would have preferred the home crowd booing a bit less, but said he was not surprised.
“We deserved to be booed,” he said. “The crowd
had a high expectancy level, and we gave them a shoddy performance.
“Thank God, Penn State is coming up. We shouldn’t have any trouble getting up for them. They’re the perfect team for us to be
playing next.”
For FSU, coming next is a trip to Blacksburg to meet Virginia Tech, which looks like a less perfect team to play following its 12-10 Saturday upset of West Virginia.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
10 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
41 |
| Syracuse |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
1st 3- 0 Richie Andrews, 43, field goal, 10:55
10- 0 Dexter Carter, 7, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:24
2nd 10- 3 Opp, 44, field goal, 3:13
17- 3 Terry Anthony, 22, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:53
3rd 20- 3 Richie Andrews, 39, field goal, 10:05
27- 3 Terrell Buckley, 69, punt return/blocked punt (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:02
34- 3 LeRoy Butler, 87, interception return (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:52
34-10 Opp, 26, run (kick), 0:08
4th 41-10 Amp Lee, 14, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:55
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 19
Rushes-yards 34-178 44-91
Passing 213 252
Att-Comp-Int 25-15-1 26-16-3
Total Yards 59-391 70-343
Punt Returns 3-88 1-0
Kickoff Returns 3-73 8-141
Interception Ret. 3-116 1-20
Fumble Returns 2-0 3-0
Punts 3-27.7 7-41.4
Sacks By-Yds 11-60 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 3-2
Penalties-Yds 6-55 7-55
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 4-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 24:16 35:34
Attendance 49,832
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 14 83 1 15
Amp Lee 4 38 1 14t
Edgar Bennett 6 38 0 18
Chris Parker 4 18 0 14
Paul Moore 4 11 0 6
Peter Tom Willis 2 -10 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 34 178 2 18
Opp 44 91 1 30
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 4 87 1 35
Lawrence Dawsey 2 33 0 18
Chris Parker 1 23 0 23
Paul Moore 1 18 0 18
Ronald Lewis 2 17 0 11
Reggie Johnson 1 13 0 13
Edgar Bennett 2 8 0 4
Bruce LaSane 1 7 0 7
Shannon Baker 1 7 0 7
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 213 1 35
Opp 16 252 0 48
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 15 25 1 213 1 35
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 25 1 213 1 35
Opp 16 26 3 252 0 48
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 3 88 1 69t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 88 1 69t
Opp 1 0 0 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 3 73 0 35
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 73 0 35
Opp 8 141 0 27
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Charlie Ward 3 83 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 83 39
Opp 7 290 55
|---------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 8 12 2.0- 8.5 1.5- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 5 6 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 5 1 6 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 2 3 5 1.5- 8.5 1.5- 8.5 . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 1 4 5 2.5- 15.5 2.5- 15.5 . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown . 5 5 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 4 . 4 . . 2-109 1 . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 3 1 4 1.5- 5.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
John Davis 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
David Stallworth 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 1 2 3 0.5- 2.5 0.5- 2.5 . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith . 3 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Grady Ross 2 . 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Anthony Moss . 2 2 0.5- 2.5 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Leon Fowler . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Oliver Strickland 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Chris Hall . 1 1 . . 1- 7 . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richie Andrews 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski . 1 1 0.5- 2.5 0.5- 2.5 . . . . . . .
John Wyche 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . 1 . .
Deondri Clark . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Troy Sanders . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alan Stewart . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 37 51 88 13.0- 67.0 11.0- 60.0 3-116 2 . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp 29 35 64 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 1- 20 3 . 3- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 83 Dave Roberts
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
2 Grady Ross
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Alan Stewart
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
18 John Davis
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Kelvin Smith
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Amp Lee
44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
58 Nick Ekonomou
61 Eric Gibbs
62 Troy Sanders
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
80 Reggie Johnson
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
91 Deondri Clark
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 41, Virginia Tech 7
10/14/1989, Blacksburg, Va.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 15, 1989, page 37, by Bill McGrotha. Solid State, low Tech.
FSU defense and air game whack Hokies.
BLACKSBURG, VA - Once again, defenders
threw quarterbacks around like rag dolls.
Once again, the astonishing arm of Peter Tom Willis threw the football around as if it had eyes.
And once again, Florida State, though a mere 4-2 now,
looked to be among the best of college teams as it swept past startled Virginia Tech 41-7 on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon.
Once again, too, it was as though Bobby Bowden owns Virginia Tech.
He's 10-0 against these proud mountain folks now, including 7-0 in his FSU time.
Nine sacks FSU defenders got - for the second game in a row. With tackle Eric Hayes getting a third of those sacks
here while again giving his superb imitation of the most mobile rock around, the Seminoles choked off Tech's running game and - well, the clock read 11:08 left to play when the home team managed to
complete its second pass. Additionally, FSU partially blocked two punts.
Willis? Unbelievable, really.
After passing for three touchdowns and running a yard for another, he retired to the bench
with 7:18 left in the third quarter, the score 31-0, his stat sheet showing also 18 completions of 27 passes for 338 yards. One interception. One sack.
"P.T. has surpassed anything I expected,"
said Bowden, weighing his words, striving perhaps not to overdo them. "He might have better accuracy than anybody I've seen in a long time."
No team ever threw for as many yards on Virginia Tech as
the Seminoles' 408.
Casey Weldon came in and got 61 on a 6-for-9 showing, and Brad Johnson tacked on 9 with his 1-for-3 effort. Among nine Seminoles catching 'em, five plucked three or more, led by
Lawrence Dawsey's five and Dexter Carter's four.
Bowden's exuberance was diminished by injuries.
In early action, Willis took a helmet to a forearm, and there was swelling. Bowden reflected
concern over whether his ace would be fully ready for Auburn, but Willis himself minimized it. In addition, Carter and receiver Ronnie Lewis have shoulder injuries that leave them doubtful for
Saturday-night action here against Auburn. Star cornerback LeRoy Butler has a shoulder injury, and fellow defensive back John Wyche seems questionable with a sprained ankle.
"We're beat up to a
stinking pulp," said a distressed Bowden not long after the end of the 3-hour, 11-minute game.
The blowout was something Bowden had not anticipated.
Fresh from a 12-10 upset over West Virginia,
Tech was ranked No. 14 overall in the New York Times Computer Poll and had gone in with the nation's third-ranked defense on an average yield of 193 yards per game. Not since FSU ran up 529 on them
last year had the Gobblers given up anything like the 534 the Seminoles got Saturday.
Concerned over Tech's defensive style noted for well-disguised blitzing off an 8-man front, Florida State
devised a little counter strategy that spread four receivers wide.
"Well, if they're gonna blitz when you spread 'em out, they are gonna show it," said Willis. "That way, we had a quick man to go
to with the ball."
Florida State simply did not mess around the run with Tech inviting it to pass. Still, it ran enough to help control the ball, 77 plays to 61.
It was cornerback Butler who
paved FSU's parade of touchdowns, presenting scoring opportunity from the Tech 20 with an interception on the game's third play.
Three plays later Willis hit Carter with a 14-yard pass for a
touchdown.
And it would be Carter he would go to for his next two completions, for 28 and 33 yards that again put FSU at Tech's 20.
"We just feel like he's a great receiver, and people are
trying to take away our wideouts," said Bowden.
The Gobblers' lone sack - by Jock Jones - produced a Willis fumble that blunted the bid at the 15. Tech, however, could move the ball not at all,
with FSU four times sacking quarterback Cam Young in the first quarter alone.
Tech punted, again and again. Freshman return ace Terrell Buckley was unable to do much with them - he got just 4 yards
on four returns - but rushing defenders did.
On an opening play of the second quarter, Chris Hall partially blocked one, giving FSU a shot from the Tech 41. Seven plays, after Dawsey got 27 on a
Willis pass in third-and-21 circumstances, Richie Andrews kicked a 23-yard field goal.
On Tech's next series, Allen Stewart partially blocked another punt, giving FSU opportunity at the same point
- the foe 42.
"They coached to stop returns - and we coached to block punts," said Bowden. Those two were the 64th and 65th blocked kicks of Bowden's FSU time.
A 13-yard Lewis catch followed by
a pass-interference call soon had FSU at the two. On third down, Willis scored from the 1.
With 10 seconds left in the half, it became 24-0 on an 82-yard, nine-play drive featuring six Willis
completions in seven throws, the last a 10-yarder to Lewis for the touchdown.
A Bill Ragans interception, early in the last half, stopped a Tech penetration inside FSU's 30.
Lewis hurt his
shoulder on a 50-yard bomb he caught - as TV replays indicated - but an official ruled incomplete. Officiating seemed shaky, sometimes confused. FSU drew 112 penalty yards, Tech 53.
Butler was one
not tolerant of reasons why.
"We can't do that against Auburn," said the cornerback. "We have to learn we can't do that. If we do that (against Auburn), we lose."
Three plays after the disputed
Lewis catch, Willis was winging his last pass - one that freshman Amp Lee converted into a 67-yard touchdown romp.
In came Weldon, and quickly FSU moved from Tech's 43 to the 16, helped along by an
unsportsman-like-conduct penalty. This time Andrews kicked a second field goal from 26 out.
The score jumped to 41-0 soon after the last quarter opened, Terry Anthony capping a 71-yard drive with a
13-yard touchdown pass from Weldon.
Tech's lone touchdown came with 6:04 left, wideout Kevin Bennett working a 32-yard pass play with tailback Lamar Smith.
With some late movement against
reserves, FSU turned its halftime yardage sum of 40 into a final 174, throwing for 129.
"I don't know if it was our coaching or the way we played," said losing coach Frank Beamer. "But we were in
the wrong sets and had the wrong reads all day. We didn't give ourselves a chance."
Neither did Florida State allow Tech's selves a chance, and Beamer had fully as many words of praise for the
Seminoles.
"But I still think we have an outstanding defense," he said.
Despite the yardage and the points, Bowden seemed to concur, saying that Tech's defense had concerned him more than that
of any prior for this year.
"Really, we felt they were about as tough as anybody we played," he said. "We caught 'em at a good time. It is hard to play two great games twice in a row, and they
played a great one the game before in beating West Virginia."
But Bowden's team, behind Willis, has strung a few good ones together now.
His third 300-yard passing game of the season put him in
a special category. Only two prior FSU quarterbacks - Kim Hammond, Gary Hiff - ever had that many such performances. None had more.
Bowden volunteered three notable reasons for his team's
improvement after an 0-2 start.
"The defense is playing better than they're supposed," he said. "The offensive line is better than it ever figured.
"And Peter Tom."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
17 |
10 |
7 |
41 |
| Virginia Tech |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
1st 7- 0 Dexter Carter, 14, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:21
2nd 10- 0 Richie Andrews, 23, field goal, 11:10
17- 0 Peter Tom Willis, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:05
24- 0 Ronald Lewis, 10, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:10
3rd 31- 0 Amp Lee, 67, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:18
34- 0 Richie Andrews, 26, field goal, 3:38
4th 41- 0 Terry Anthony, 13, pass from Casey Weldon (Bill Mason, kick), 12:09
41- 7 Opp, 32, pass (kick), 6:04
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 26 14
Rushes-yards 38-126 25-45
Passing 408 129
Att-Comp-Int 39-25-1 26-11-3
Total Yards 77-534 51-174
Punt Returns 5-4 2-11
Kickoff Returns 1-21 4-89
Interception Ret. 3-11 1-14
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 4-43.5 8-37.8
Sacks By-Yds 9-49 1-5
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yds 10-111 5-53
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 2-13
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-3
Time of Posession 33:39 26:21
Attendance 41,832
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 9 48 0 18
Amp Lee 11 46 0 18
Paul Moore 6 21 0 8
Edgar Bennett 6 10 0 6
Peter Tom Willis 3 1 1 5
Chris Parker 3 0 0 4
0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 126 1 18
Opp 25 45 0 17
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 5 89 0 27
Amp Lee 3 85 1 67t
Dexter Carter 4 72 1 33
Ronald Lewis 3 61 1 39
Terry Anthony 2 36 1 23
Reggie Johnson 3 28 0 11
Johnny Clower 3 19 0 9
Edgar Bennett 1 15 0 15
Chris Parker 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 25 408 4 67t
Opp 11 129 1 32t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 18 27 1 338 3 67t
Casey Weldon 6 9 0 61 1 23
Brad Johnson 1 3 0 9 0 9
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 25 39 1 408 4 67t
Opp 11 26 3 129 1 32t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 4 4 0 8
Anthony Moss 1 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 4 0 8
Opp 2 11 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 1 21 0 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 21 0 21
Opp 4 89 0 30
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Charlie Ward 4 174 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 174 49
Opp 8 302 62
|---------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 2.0- 17.0 2.0- 17.0 . 1 . . . . .
Keith Carter 3 3 6 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bill Ragans 3 1 4 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Kevin Grant 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 2 2 4 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Chris Hall 1 3 4 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . 1 .
LeRoy Butler 1 2 3 . . 1- 11 1 . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 . 3 3.0- 8.0 3.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 3 . 3 2.0- 17.0 2.0- 17.0 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Oliver Strickland . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alan Stewart 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ed Clark 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey . 1 1 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 1 . 1 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Edgar Bennett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 33 68 11.0- 53.0 9.0- 49.0 3- 11 6 . . . 1 .
Opp 61 30 91 9.0- 28.0 1.0- 5.0 1- 14 8 . 2- 0 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RC 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LC 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Alan Stewart
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
23 Bryce Abbott
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Kelvin Smith
39 Ed Clark
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Amp Lee
43 Bill Mason
44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
58 Nick Ekonomou
63 Jason Dillaberry
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
83 Dave Roberts
85 Johnny Clower
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 22, Auburn 14
10/21/1989, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 22, 1989, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. FSU win is sweet as Sugar.
Defense holds off Auburn 22-14.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Ahead 22-3 early in the
last half, Florida State fought off a frantic Auburn rally and won 22-14 here Saturday night.
With time running out, Auburn claimed an FSU fumble and drove to FSU's 16 with six seconds left. But on
the game's last play, quarterback Reggie Slack was tackled by Odell Haggins as he tried to run up the middle for the touchdown.
As FSU boosted its record to 5-2, it became the first time in history
ever to beat Auburn twice in one year.
This one followed a 13-6 Sugar Bowl victory over the Tigers on Jan. 2.
Florida State played this one without Richie Andrews, the kickoff specialist who was
also perfect this season on extra-point and field-goal attempts. Sidelined with a stubborn hip-joint inflammation, Andrews was replaced as a kickoff man by John Wimberly, and Bill Mason handled
placements.
Per its habit, Auburn chose to receive after winning the coin toss.
Wimberly booted the ball to the 2, but Herbert Casey sped 35 yards on the return, to a start at the 37.
Three
downs, including two incompletions, netted a yard, and a 31-yard punt placed FSU at its 31.
It was a poor FSU beginning - linebacker Craig Ogletree sacking Peter Tom Willis on FSU's first play,
back on the 22.
Amp Lee, starting for the injured Dexter Carter, ran for 11, then 6 before Charlie Ward punted to Auburn's 32.
On third down, James Joseph took a pitchout and got 7 to the 42.
Immediately, Slack passed to Casey for 16 at FSU's 42, then handed the ball to Stacy Danley for a 21-yard run to the 21. Victor Hall's 12-yard catch soon had Auburn at FSU's 6.
Danley, on two runs,
gained the 1. But tight end Victor Hall jumped offside, pushing Auburn back to the 6, and on third down Kirk Carruthers caught Greg Taylor for a 9-yard loss.
Auburn settled for a 32-yard field goal
by Win Lyle.
From its 31 again, FSU moved on the running of Lee.
On successive carries he got 24 yards, a dozen each time. On his third straight try, he hit the middle, cut wide, knocked off 22.
A face-mask tackle brought a 15-yard penalty that leap-frogged FSU from its 44 to Auburn's 20.
But a pass missed and Lee was stopped short on two runs. Mason kicked a 35-yard field goal that tied
it 3-3.
With Eric Hayes sacking Slack for minus-10 back on the 21, Auburn got nowhere. A 42-yard punt provided FSU with a start at its 37.
After an 11-yard pass to Lee, the quarter soon ended
with the Chipley freshman already having run 9 times for 55.
Passes of 10 and 18 yards to Lawrence Dawsey gained Auburn's 20.
Edgar Bennett, on a short pass sandwiched between two runs, reached
the 9. Bruce LaSane was tackled going for a Willis pass, and the resulting interference call had FSU at the 4. Lee pounded to the 1, and Bennett scored from there, making it 10-3.
With Mason
kicking off this time, the ball rolled into the end zone. Two plays later, Hayes' pressure on Slack resulted in a 5-yard sack by Odell Haggins and Henry Ostaszewski.
Throwing under an all-out
blitz, Slack got off a screen to Joseph for 10. Had not Hayes quickly recovered and run him down, it might have been 83 yards for a touchdown.
Short of a first down, however, Auburn punted under a
heavy FSU rush - and the ball went a mere 13 yards. FSU had it at Auburn's 40.
Dawsey caught a 15-yard pass, and soon Terry Anthony grabbed a 12-yarder at the 7. Breaking a tackle at the line of
scrimmage, Bennett scored on the next play. But the point-after snap seemed low, and Mason missed the kick, leaving it 16-3.
A 15-yard pass to Alexander Wright got Auburn going from its 23, and the
Tigers struggled on to a first down at FSU's 46.
Whereupon Haggins sacked Slack for minus-7.
Two plays later, Hayes again sacked Slack, knocking out the ball in the process, and Anthony Moss
covered the fumble for FSU at Auburn's 32.
After holding cost FSU 10, LaSane pulled in a 15-yard throw. Bennett fumbled on a run, but the ball was bouncing FSY's way, teammate Hayward Haynes
recovering at the 15.
There Auburn called a halt, David Rocker sacking Willis for minus-7 on third down.
Mason's 37-yard field goal put FSU up 19-3 with 1:02 left in the half.
At its 19,
Auburn lost 2 on a Hayes tackle of Danley, then 15 as Slack got sacked at the 2 by Shelton Thompson.
The clock showed a second left in the half after an Auburn punt trickled to its 41.
Willis
threw a hail-mary pass into a pack of players in the end zone. The ball fell harmlessly to the ground.
At this interesting point, Florida State led in yardage, 165 to 55. Auburn's running game
showed minus-8 yards, what with Slack's losses on five sacks credited to rushing.
Slack, however, was 7-for-10 on passes for 67 yards. Willis had gone 7-for-11 with 86 yards, Dawsey grabbing three
for 44.
And it was Dawsey on the second-half kickoff return streaking 33 yards to provide position at FSU's 43.
But after Lee got to Auburn's 45 on a pass, linebacker Eltin Billinslea
intercepted Willis at the 36.
But Slack twice threw incomplete, then got stopped short by Haggins as he tried to run on third down.
A punt placed FSU at its 38.
Lee ran to midfield and Dawsey
snared an 11-yard toss at the Auburn 39. Lee got 9, and Bennett ran to the first down at the 27.
Auburn stopped the runs at the 22, and Mason came on with a 39-yard field goal for 22-3.
On third
down at the Auburn 37, it was Haggins again tossing Slack for a small loss as he tried to run. And again a weak Auburn punt, 19 yards to the FSU 46.
Good Auburn tacking allowed FSU not much, and
Ward drilled FSU's second punt to the 16.
Hard running by Danley got Auburn out of the hole, up to the 35, and similar carries by Joseph gained midfield. Three plays later, Slack threw wide to
Joseph, who broke on a 23-yard pickup to the FSU 20.
On the last play of the quarter, a 7-yard Danley run brought a first down at the 9.
LeRoy Butler seemed to intercept - but his foot was on
the boundary line as he came down. Just an incompletion. It was followed by two more. On fourth down, Lyle's 27-yard field goal brought a 22-6 score.
On a reverse, Dawsey slipped away for 18 to
FSU's 43. Aroused Auburn allowed little more.
But when Ward punted, Shayne Wasden fumbled it, and Reggie Freeman recovered at the 17.
The Seminoles, after a pass missed a draw play was stuffed
for a loss, settled for a fourth-down try for three that Mason missed from 29-yard range after what appeared to be a faulty hold.
Dedrick Dodge dropped a Slack pass after seemingly intercepting it,
but the quarterback was not able to move his team beyond the 20.
Following a punt, however, a first-down Willis pass from the FSU 38 was intercepted by Live Oak's Frankie Stankunas at Auburn's 42,
the clock showing 10:43.
After a 16-yard pass to Dale Overton, Auburn came to fourth down at FSU's 42. Slack threw incomplete, but a roughing-the-passer penalty gave Auburn new life at FSU's 26.
Overton's 22-yard reception put Auburn at the 4.
On third down, Joseph swung wide to score on a 4-yard run, and a 2-point pass to Danley narrowed it to 22-14 with 7:10 to play.
From the 27,
Willis got 8 on a pass to Lee, and tough Bennett runs extracted a first down at the 37. Another Dawsey reception, this one for 21, reached Auburn's 43. Lee ran it to the 30, and Bennett to the 22.
Lee running led on to a first down at the 5.
Then, on his last run of the night, Lee fumbled, Auburn's Eric Ramsey recovering at the 14 with 1:22 left.
A pass to Joseph was nullified by a
clipping call, but Slack scrambled for 23 to his 36.
Another Slack run reached midfield on third down, and Taylor moved wide with a following pass to FSU's 34 with 12 seconds to go.
Overton
caught a pass and stepped out of bounds at the 28. Six seconds.
Unable to pass, Slack tried to dash up the middle and was pulled down by Haggins at the 11 on the game's last frantic play.
And
suddenly, Florida State was looking at next Saturday's heavy date with Miami.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Auburn |
3 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
14 |
| Florida State |
3 |
16 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 32, field goal, 5:16
3- 3 Bill Mason, 35, field goal, 2:41
2nd 10- 3 Edgar Bennett, 1, run (Bill Mason, kick), 11:12
16- 3 Edgar Bennett, 7, run (Bill Mason, kick failed), 7:57
19- 3 Bill Mason, 37, field goal, 1:02
3rd 22- 3 Bill Mason, 39, field goal, 8:43
4th 22- 6 Opp, 27, field goal, 14:42
22- 6 Bill Mason, 29, field goal failed, 11:46
22-14 Opp, 4, run (pass), 7:10
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 17
Rushes-yards 43-162 42-92
Passing 145 173
Att-Comp-Int 25-13-2 26-15-0
Total Yards 68-307 68-265
Punt Returns 1-10 1-2
Kickoff Returns 4-79 5-98
Interception Ret. 0-0 2-2
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 3-32.3 7-30.4
Sacks By-Yds 6-57 2-16
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 3-30 4-38
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 29:43 30:17
Attendance 62,711
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amp Lee 25 110 0 22
Edgar Bennett 14 48 2 8
Lawrence Dawsey 1 18 0 18
Chris Parker 1 2 0 2
Peter Tom Willis 2 -16 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 162 2 22
Opp 42 92 1 23
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 6 81 0 21
Amp Lee 3 28 0 11
Bruce LaSane 1 15 0 15
Terry Anthony 1 12 0 12
Reggie Johnson 1 5 0 5
Edgar Bennett 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 13 145 0 21
Opp 15 173 0 23
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 13 25 2 145 0 21
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 13 25 2 145 0 21
Opp 15 26 0 173 0 23
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 10 0 10
Opp 1 2 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 4 79 0 33
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 79 0 33
Opp 5 98 0 35
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Charlie Ward 3 97 36
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 97 36
Opp 7 213 42
|---------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 6 4 10 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Kelvin Smith 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 3 2 5 0.5- 2.5 0.5- 2.5 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 3 2 5 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 3 4 3.5- 32.5 3.5- 32.5 . . . . 1 . .
LeRoy Butler 3 1 4 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 2 1 3 2.0- 1.0- 15.0 . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Anthony Moss . 1 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
David Bassett . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lavon Brown 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 42 23 65 9.0- 42.0 6.0- 57.0 . 1 . 2- 0 1 . .
Opp 47 21 68 4.0- 2.0- 16.0 2- 2 3 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TB 42 Amp Lee
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
3 Leon Fowler
10 Corian Freeman
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
36 Kelvin Smith
38 David Bassett
39 Ed Clark
41 Chris Hall
43 Bill Mason
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
58 Nick Ekonomou
63 Jason Dillaberry
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
77 Eric Luallen
79 Gene Houpe
83 Dave Roberts
85 Johnny Clower
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 24, Miami 10
10/28/1989, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, October 29, 1989, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. Wire to Wired.
Seminoles lead the Hurricanes start to finish.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Twice denying Miami
at its 1-yard line, Florida State moved to a stirring 24-10 victory here Saturday night.
The victory, with South Carolina and Memphis State left before bowl-picking time, very probably propelled
the Seminoles into somebody's New Year's Day game.
Scouts of nine bowls - including the Fiesta, Sugar, Orange and Cotton - were among the 62,602 witnesses to one of Bobby Bowden's most satisfying
triumphs.
The Seminoles, now 6-2, never trailed. It was 7-0 after less than a minute, 14-10 at the half.
Upon winning the pre-game coin choice, Florida State chose to defer its option until the
last half, thereby leading with its defense.
Bingo!
After the kickoff, Miami got a start at its 22.
On the first play, quarterback Gino Torretta found himself under heavy pressure from
Sheldon Thompson and Kirk Carruthers, and his pass was intercepted at Miami's 37 by cornerback LeRoy Butler.
And on FSU's first play, tailback Dexter Carter cut wide, got a big block from Terry
Anthony and sprinted down the left sideline for the touchdown. Richie Andrews swung a foot, and it was 7-0.
A personal-foul after the kickoff return knocked Miami back to its 20.
Leonard Conley
ran the middle for 10. Two plays later a similar Conley run got 12, and a holding call against FSU lifted the visitors to midfield. Shannon Crowell's 11-yard reception gained the 34.
Two Conley
runs led to another first down at the 20, and an 11-yard pass to Randal Hill reached the 8.
Promptly, Torretta rolled wide and found Hill with an end-zone pass that tied it at 7-7.
A 14-yard
pass to Carter lifted FSU from its 18 to 32, after which Ronnie Lewis hauled in a Peter Tom Willis throw at FSU's 49. Two Carter runs reached the Miami 29. Breaking a tackle, Lawrence Dawsey got 21 on
a pass. Carter ran for 6, and a Miami offside placed the Seminoles at the 7.
After Reggie Johnson dropped a possible touchdown pass, a roughing-the-passer penalty put FSU at the 4. Edgar Bennett
ran three straight times, scoring from the 1, and it became 14-7.
Sandwiching a short pass between two runs, Miami moved quickly across midfield. It came to fourth-and-inches at the FSU 45, and a
dive over the middle got the first down.
A nifty Crowell catch got 19. But with Eric Hayes leading a stand, FSU called a halt at the 27.
A 43-yard Carlos Huerta field goal cut it to 14-10 with a
minute left in the quarter.
From its 21, FSU got 28 on first down, 13 with a pass to Dave Roberts, 15 more on a foul. An Amp Lee run for 9 keyed a first down at Miami's 36 as the quarter ended.
Two plays later, however, Willis was sacked for minus-11 by Willis Peguese, bringing a fumble that Miami's Maurice Crum recovered at the FSU 43.
Chris Hall came close to an interception for a
Florida State touchdown as he broke up a third-down pass at midfield.
The game's first punt, a 34-yarder, left FSU at its 18.
A reverse lost a yard as swift Miami defenders quickly recovered.
Carter got just 3, and a Willis pass was batted down. Charlie Ward's booming punt got a good roll, 52 yards to Miami's 26.
Once again it was three downs and out for Miami. A clip on the punt
return, however, again put FSU in poor position, at its 13.
As two passes missed, FSU got no further than its 18. This time Ward got off a 45-yard punt to Miami's 37.
Passes of 13 and 11 yards
to Randy Bethel and Carroll gained FSU's 37.
Three penalties, two for defensive holding, soon had Miami at the 8 - and Dale Dawkins was out of bounds at the 1 after a Torretta pass.
But when
Torretta threw again, outside linebacker Kevin Grant intercepted in the end zone.
After Carter got seven on two runs, Willis was again sacked by Peguese, back at the 15. Ward's punt was a mere
29-yarder this time, up to FSU's 44.
But a third-down Torretta pass was tipped by Terrell Buckley, paving a Kirk Carruthers interception at the 35.
Nothing came of that either, and after three
plays Ward punted to Miami's 30.
But Conley fumbled, and Howard Dinkins got it for FSU at the Miami 33.
Once more the Seminoles were unable to move. Fourth down, the ball at the 28, and FSU
lined up for a 45-yard try for a field goal. It was a fake, holder Brad Johnson rearing up and passing to Bennett - short of a first down at the 25 with 57 seconds left in the half.
Two plays
later, Carruthers came up with another FSU interception, this one at FSU's 47.
Lewis caught a 15-yarder at Miami's 38 for the Seminoles' lone first down of the quarter. Three times Willis threw
incomplete - and got flagged on the last for intentional grounding, knocking FSU back to its 40.
Ward punted 57 yards to the 3, and one play later time ran out.
At this point, Miami led in
yardage 192 to 145, with Torretta hitting on 15 of 28 passes for 122 yards despite those four interceptions. Bigger perhaps, Miami had run 15 more plays, 47 to 32.
Pressured so, Willis was just
6-for-18 throwing, for 78 yards. Carter had run eight times for 62.
FSU had drawn 77 penalty yards, Miami 44.
At its 22 after the second-half kickoff, FSU turned to the run, Carter getting 8 and
Bennett 13 in a quick push to the FSU 48.
But Roland Smith intercepted a Willis shot. After a confusing sequence of penalties, including clipping against Miami and a personal-foul call on Carter
for placing an officials' flag on the head of Miami's Bernard Clark, the Hurricanes got the ball at FSU's 40. The 15-yarder on Carter was the second of two such against FSU on the play.
An 18-yard
Dawkins catch placed Miami at the 12. Three plays later, Stephen McGuire scored from the 3 - but a holding call rubbed out the touchdown.
Back at the 13, Miami regained the two on an interference
call against Buckley. On second down, McGuire was close to scoring, but officials ruled the ball dead about a foot away.
Whereupon, fullback Crowell fumbled when Keith Carter hit him, Carruthers
recovering for FSU at the one.
Immediately, Willis went long, and found Lewis with a 51-yard pass at Miami's 48.
On a reverse, Dawsey soon got 16 to the 26. With Bennett and Lee alternating on
runs, FSU soon had a first down at the Miami 3.
A holding call against Miami's Kenny Berry soon made it first down at the 2. Three plays later, Lee scored - barely. And another Andrews point put
FSU up 21-10 with 2:20 left in the quarter.
From its 23, Miami got nothing, Carruthers and Odell Haggins spurring a stand. On the punt, Buckley called for a fair catch at FSU's 42.
A play later,
the Seminoles were at Miami's 26, Carter getting 17 on a run, 15 more on a late hit.
On the second play of the last quarter Andrews kicked a 41-yard field goal for 24-10.
From its 21, a draw
play got 13 for Miami, and Torretta on a keeper gained a dozen more, to his 46 as linebacker Kelvin Smith was carried off the field with shoulder injuries.
After Carroll caught a pass at FSU's 40,
Torretta threw three incomplete. A punt rolled into the end zone.
On third-and-6, Carter sped for 17 on a fake reverse. Next play, Carter broke for 12 more to Miami's 48. When it came to
third-and-2, Willis rolled out, got 6 to the 34 and a first down.
On third-and-3, Carter scampered for 6 to the 21 as the clock moved under 6 minutes.
It came to fourth down at the 20,
however.
When Andrews came in for a field-goal try, Miami's Darrell Williams blocked it, giving the Hurricanes the ball at their 20 with 3:32 to play.
Torretta hit Carroll with a 20-yarder.
After three misses, Torretta's fourth-down throw was intercepted by Errol McCorvey - but a holding penalty nullified the play, lifting Miami to the 50.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Miami |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| Florida State |
14 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
24 |
1st 7- 0 Dexter Carter, 37, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:37
7- 7 Opp, 8, pass (kick), 9:57
14- 7 Edgar Bennett, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 5:11
14-10 Opp, 44, field goal, 1:09
3rd 21-10 Amp Lee, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 2:20
4th 24-10 Richie Andrews, 41, field goal, 14:18
24-10 Richie Andrews, 37, field goal blocked, 3:32
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 26
Rushes-yards 51-220 33-129
Passing 134 208
Att-Comp-Int 21-8-1 48-23-4
Total Yards 72-354 81-337
Punt Returns 1--5 2--1
Kickoff Returns 3-35 4-29
Interception Ret. 4-3 1-6
Fumble Returns 2-0 1-0
Punts 5-44.0 4-36.5
Sacks By-Yds 1-6 2-23
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2
Penalties-Yds 14-143 11-94
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 5-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3
Time of Posession 34:34 25:26
Attendance 62,602
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 21 142 1 37t
Edgar Bennett 13 50 1 13
Amp Lee 7 24 1 9
Lawrence Dawsey 1 15 0 15
Paul Moore 2 1 0 3
Ronald Lewis 1 -1 0 -1
Peter Tom Willis 6 -11 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 51 220 3 37t
Opp 33 129 0 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ronald Lewis 3 77 0 51
Lawrence Dawsey 1 21 0 21
Dave Roberts 2 17 0 13
Dexter Carter 1 14 0 14
Edgar Bennett 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 8 134 0 51
Opp 23 208 1 20
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 7 20 1 129 0 51
Brad Johnson 1 1 0 5 0 5
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 8 21 1 134 0 51
Opp 23 48 4 208 1 20
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -5 0
Opp 2 -1 0 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 1 15 0 15
Lawrence Dawsey 1 10 0 10
Shannon Baker 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 35 0 15
Opp 4 29 0 10
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Charlie Ward 5 220 57
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 220 57
Opp 4 146 39
|---------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 11 5 16 . . 2- 3 . . 1- 0 . . .
Odell Haggins 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 6 1 7 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 1 4 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Kelvin Smith 1 3 4 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant . 1 1 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 1- 0 . . . . . .
Grady Ross 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hall 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 36 23 59 3.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 4- 3 3 . 2- 0 . . .
Opp 40 23 63 6.0- 2.0- 23.0 1- 6 2 . 1- 0 . 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
2 Grady Ross
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
23 Bryce Abbott
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
32 Paul Moore
36 Kelvin Smith
39 Ed Clark
41 Chris Hall
42 Amp Lee
44 John Wyche
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 Robbie Baker
58 Nick Ekonomou
63 Jason Dillaberry
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
79 Gene Houpe
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 35, South Carolina 10
11/04/1989, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 5, 1989, page 41, By Bill McGrotha. Happy New Year.
Willis and FSU burn South Carolina 35-10 and wow the bowls.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – With
visions of sugar plums dancing in at least some heads, Florida State’s football team continued its stirring roll here Saturday.
It is a roll that surely will gain a big-bowl bid, and a return date
in the Sugar Bowl is prominent in speculation. Both the Sugar and the Fiesta seem mighty anxious to land the surging Seminoles – and the probability of playing Alabama, which could finish unbeaten,
very likely makes the Sugar their best possible option on New Year’s Day.
Before 61,852 Homecoming fans in a packed Campbell Stadium on one of its golden autumn afternoons, the Seminoles brushed
aside South Carolina 35-10 as Peter Tom Willis brushed aside a passing record.
Throwing for more than 300 yards for the fourth time this season, the Morris, Ala., senior thereby accomplished
something no Seminole before him had. He got a 362 total on 25-for 38 figures that brought three touchdowns. Going in, Willis had shared with Kim Hammond and Gary Huff the record of three 300-yard
games in a season.
Among those particularly impressed Saturday with Willis and his mates were committeemen representing eight bowls, at least two of whom shrugged off FSU’s 7-2 record with Memphis
State and Florida still to play.
“They are probably the hottest team in the country right now,” Oliver Delery of the Sugar said of the sixth-ranked Seminoles.
“We really try to follow the
rankings, as most bowls do,” said the Fiesta’s Tom Odisho. “So the two losses are really immaterial.”
Not so immaterial, in the book of Bobby Bowden, was the extension of his Homecoming coaching
record here to 14-0. As FSU won its seventh straight game, Bowden also annexed his seventh victory over the Gamecocks in the last eight games between these two.
Bowden expressed pride in his team’s
recovery from an 0-2 start, and relief that an open date lies ahead.
“We had a grueling October,” he said. “I just hope we can survive November, and maybe good things will happen.
“I really
don’t have a (bowl) preference. I would like to get the best bowl we could for final national ranking.”
For the Seminoles’ first afternoon game in more than a year – since Louisiana Tech, Oct. 22,
1988 – South Carolina, now 5-3-1, might have been easy, but South Carolina wasn’t.
“We played a good team that just wouldn’t quit fighting and a team, I thought, that was very well coached,” said
Bowden.
Determined much of the way not to let Florida State run the ball, South Carolina was confronted with passing from the start.
On an opening series, Willis threw six straight times in a
drive from the FSU 13 to Carolina’s 15. He would complete each of his first nine throws. But, out of that, Florida State got just one touchdown.
The grudging Gamecocks repulsed that penetration to
the 15, forcing a field-goal attempt that Richie Andrews missed from 36 yards out.
But on the second FSU series, it was sudden lightning – Lawrence Dawsey taking a Willis pass 49 yards to the 13,
then Bruce LaSane on the next play latching onto a 13-yard touchdown throw.
Third time around, the game’s lone interception off Willis came when a throw popped out of the hands of Dave Roberts and
into those of defender Leon Harris.
That presented opportunity at FSU’s 29, but Eric Hayes got the first of a half-dozen FSU sacks, and Colin Mackie was wide with a long field-goal try (50
yards).
“Our defense played real well,” noted Bowden.
Indeed, South Carolina managed only 237 yards, just 105 passing, as linebacker Kirk Carruthers, noseguard Odell Haggins and cornerback LeRoy
Butler again played well, and Anthony Moss got two of those sacks. Butler checked in with his seventh interception of the season.
Going in, South Carolina had one of the nation’s lowest turnover
totals, just 10. The Seminoles managed to extract two – Butler’s late interception plus Henry Ostaszewsi’s last-half fumble recovery.
On its first two turns in the second quarter, FSU stretched
things to 21-0.
After a defense backed Carolina to its 6, a punt gave FSU a shot from the Gamecock 46. Seven plays later, Terry Anthony scored on an 18-yard pass play, breaking a tackle to get over
the goal.
Then the Seminoles moved 68 yards in a half-dozen plays, Dawsey getting 30 yards out of two grabs, Paul Moore scoring on a wide run from 13 yards out.
Abruptly, Carolina came alive,
cutting it to 21-7 on quarterback Dickie DeMasi’s 42-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Miller, as FSU blitzed and the receiver made a good move on cornerback Errol McCorvey.
“They made a great play,”
said Bowden.
As receivers dropped three straight Willis passes on a following possession, FSU settled for that 14-point lead.
Early in the third quarter, South Carolina lost just its fourth
fumble in nine games – Ostaszewski’s recovery setting up the Seminoles at Carolina’s 43. Nothing came of it, Andrews missing a 41-yard field goal.
“This was a great week to have a letdown, but I
didn’t see too much indication of that,” commented Bowden later. “But we might have lacked a little killer instinct, and we missed some tackles and field goals.
Part of that, suggested Bowden, was
due to sparse hitting in practice by a physically battered team.
Before the third quarter was over, however, Florida State put this one on ice.
Anthony got a second touchdown on a 6-yard Willis
pass, capping a 57-yard drive. A series later, the score became 35-7, Moore scoring on a 12-yard run after Amp Lee got loose on a 26-yarder.
As the Seminoles totaled 501 yards of offense for the
day, just 134 came on the ground, Dexter Carter leading with 52 on nine efforts. FSU’s rushing total was two more than the visitors managed as heralded tailback Harold Green got 79 on 16 runs.
Ronnie Lewis had six of the 26 receptions by 11 Seminoles, totaling 116 yards, that included a 56-yarder that took FSU to Carolina’s 32 early in the final quarter.
As Casey Weldon followed Willis
at quarterback, Carolina continued to play tough in the clutch, and FSU seemed fairly content with what it had.
Backed on their 1 after a sack of Weldon, the Seminoles punted out of the hole, and
Carolina got a chance from FSU’s 28. A pass gained the 13, but was repulsed as Carruthers and Bill Ragans teamed for a sack. With 4:43 remaining, Mackie kicked a 36-yard field goal.
“I thought we
played hard, and gave good effort,” said South Carolina coach Sparky Woods.
“Florida State is big, strong – just an excellent team.”
South Carolina lost Todd Ellis, its outstanding passer, to a
knee injury last week.
“I’m proud from the standpoint we battled after losing our quarterback,” said Woods. “I just told out team to concentrate on playing hard every down, and I thought they
did.”
Bowden considered the remainder of a dwindling schedule that finds open dates sandwiched around a Nov. 18 game here with Memphis State, the latter open date preceding a Dec. 2 final at
Florida.
“We badly need a week off to get healthy again,” said Bowden.
And maybe also to better check out its bowl options.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| South Carolina |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
| Florida State |
7 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
35 |
1st 0- 0 Richie Andrews, 38, field goal failed, 11:11
7- 0 Bruce LaSane, 13, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 9:47
7- 0 Opp, 49, field goal failed, 4:34
2nd 14- 0 Terry Anthony, 18, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:12
21- 0 Paul Moore, 13, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:58
21- 7 Opp, 42, pass (kick), 5:57
3rd 21- 7 Richie Andrews, 40, field goal failed, 11:54
28- 7 Terry Anthony, 6, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:16
35- 7 Paul Moore, 12, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 4:41
4th 35-10 Opp, 36, field goal, 4:34
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 12
Rushes-yards 31-134 43-132
Passing 367 105
Att-Comp-Int 44-26-2 26-12-1
Total Yards 75-501 69-237
Punt Returns 2-13 2-17
Kickoff Returns 2-32 6-96
Interception Ret. 1-3 2-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 4-35.3 9-38.0
Sacks By-Yds 6-45 2-15
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 5-35 4-49
3rd Down Conversions 3-13 3-15
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Time of Posession 27:32 32:28
Attendance 61,852
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 9 52 0 15
Amp Lee 7 42 0 26
Paul Moore 5 30 2 13t
Edgar Bennett 3 22 0 11
Casey Weldon 2 0 0 7
Chris Parker 3 -1 0 5
Peter Tom Willis 2 -11 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 31 134 2 26
Opp 43 132 0 25
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ronald Lewis 6 116 0 56
Lawrence Dawsey 3 78 0 49
Bruce LaSane 4 45 1 13t
Reggie Johnson 2 30 0 18
Terry Anthony 3 29 2 18t
Edgar Bennett 3 27 0 26
Amp Lee 1 14 0 14
Dave Roberts 1 9 0 9
Dexter Carter 1 8 0 8
Paul Moore 1 6 0 6
Chris Parker 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 26 367 3 56
Opp 12 105 1 42t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 25 38 1 362 3 56
Casey Weldon 1 6 1 5 0 5
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 26 44 2 367 3 56
Opp 12 26 1 105 1 42t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 13 0 15
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 13 0 15
Opp 2 17 0 10
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Shannon Baker 1 19 0 19
Lawrence Dawsey 1 13 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 32 0 19
Opp 6 96 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Charlie Ward 4 141 39
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 141 39
Opp 9 342 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 6 3 9 1.5- 0.5- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 5 3 8 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Bill Ragans 5 2 7 0.5- 6.0 0.5- 6.0 . 1 . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 2 3 5 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 4 . 4 . . 1- 3 . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 2 2 4 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 2 . 2 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski . 2 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Joe Ostaszewski . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Brown 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss . 2 2 2.0- 8.0 2.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Oliver Strickland . 1 1 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Stallworth 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Chris Hall . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 38 29 67 8.0- 39.0 6.0- 45.0 1- 3 3 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 43 19 62 8.0- 2.0- 15.0 2- 0 6 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TB 42 Amp Lee
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
11 Casey Weldon
13 Dexter Carter
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
39 Ed Clark
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
58 Nick Ekonomou
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
77 Eric Luallen
79 Gene Houpe
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 57, Memphis State 20
11/18/1989, Tallahassee
From the Tallahassee Democrat, November 19, 1989, page 25, by Bill McGrotha. Peter the Great.
Willis conquers all in FSU’s 57-20 victory.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – In a game not
otherwise destined to be etched in anybody’s memory, Peter Terrific threw the football Saturday like none who saw will ever forget.
For a magical time there, he not only threw like no Florida State
player ever, but just maybe like no one anywhere ever!
As the Seminoles sprinted to a 51-13 halftime lead, then sort of duck-walked the remainder of the way by Memphis State 57-20 here, Peter
Terrific – alias Peter Tom Willis – passed for a school-record six touchdowns. And for the bigger part of the show, he was about as perfect as passers get.
Consider that in the second quarter,
Florida State ran just 12 plays from scrimmage. All passes – and five for touchdowns!
Consider that on FSU’s first five plays of the quarter, Willis hit four passes for touchdowns – including
touchdowns on each of the last three of that sequence!
“Boy, he threw some good passes today!” praised Coach Bobby Bowden.
By halftime on this rather wintery afternoon, this hot senior had
thrown for six touchdowns, surpassing two legends of FSU history, Gary Huff and Bill Cappleman, each of whom threw for five in single games. As he finished with 23 completions in 31 passes – no
interceptions – for 482 yards, Willis just missed the school-record 508 hung up by Cappleman against this same Memphis State here almost exactly 20 years ago (Nov. 15, 1969) in a game that FSU lost
28-26.
Aware of the yardage record, and Willis’ 423 halftime total, Bowden decided to leave him in for the first series of the last half, and then went with him for two plays of another.
“We had
wanted him to get all he could get,” Bowden said. “When he had 200 we wanted him to get 300, and when he had 300 we wanted him to get 400 …
“Then, when we did pull him out, we just felt like it
would not be right to put him back in there.”
It was the fifth time this season Willis has thrown for more than 300 yards – and that breaks a school single-season record that he set two weeks
ago.
With sophomore Brad Johnson hitting 5 og 8 for 53 yards as his rest-of-the-way replacement, the scoring machine sputtered under a load of substitutions.
But Johnson had a share in a team
single-game passing record of 535 yards.
“He played pretty well,” said Bowden of Johnson, then the coach alluded to reserves manning the offensive line. “Whatever he did, he had to do quick.”
Quick was the way Fiesta Bowl bound Florida State won this one – the eighth straight for the No. 5-ranked Seminoles following an 0-2 beginning, and their 31st victory in the last 35 games.
Memphis
State, hard hit by injuries in a now-completed disappointing season of 2-9, made it interesting for much of the first quarter.
With Lawrence Dawsey providing FSU’s best kickoff returns of the
season, running back four for 113 yards, FSU got splendid early position at the Tigers’ 34 following his 49-yard return of the game opening one. When Memphis State stopped its running game, FSU
settled for Richie Andrews’ 21-yard field goal.
For the day, the Seminoles ran just 25 times, netting a mere 20 yards. “We didn’t need it,” said Bowden of the running game. “The passing game was
going so good. Then, in the second half, we couldn’t run very well with our second-team line in there.”
Memphis State tied it 3-3 on John Butler’s 29-yard field goal, quarterback Tim Jones passing
well in a drive to the FSU 3, helped along by an interference call. For the Seminoles, it was a day of heavy penalties – 11 for 144 yards. One 15-yarder came following a brief free-for-all after an
FSU defender (Grady Ross) rather emphatically bounced a Tiger out of bounds.
“I was a little disappointed in those shenanigans,” said Bowden.
But, surely, he loved what he saw the second time
FSU got the football.
Two plays saw Willis move the Seminoles 71 yards, a 45-yarder to Bruce LaSane followed by a 26-yard touchdown strike to Dawsey. As a dozen FSU receivers caught passes, LaSane
led with six for 111, with Dawsey among five others pulling in three.
“They’ve got the Fab Four, and they put in two other kids – and you might call ‘em the Fab Six,” said losing coach Chuck
Stobart.
“Today Florida State did nore things against us than anybody did all year. We couldn’t hold up against their passing game.”
It became 10-6 early after Willis fumbled under a blitz,
presenting Memphis opportunity from the FSU 9, Butler getting a 25-yard field goal this time.
Then Memphis State’s own errors helped open the floodgates. For the day, FSU would grab seven turnovers
– two interceptions by Terrell Buckley, singles by Anthony Moss and John Davis, plus fumble recoveries by Davis, Odell Haggins and David Bassett.
A short kickoff precipitated a 56-yard drive capped
by Dexter Carter’s 1-yard touchdown run.
That 17-6 lead set the stage for the second-quarter Willis show.
On the opening play of that period, Willis threw 12 yards to a wide-open Ronnie Lewis
for a touchdown. Following a fumbled kickoff, Willis hit Dawsey for 15 then LaSane – who bounced up after falling down – for 15 more and the touchdown.
And then two one-play “drives” for
touchdowns!
First it was Willis to Lewis for 59 yards – and then Willis to Amp Lee for 51.
The quarterback’s fifth touchdown pass in that 12-play quarter was a bit less sudden, coming on a
12-yard toss to Anthony – the seventh play of an 84-yard drive.
In the last half, Memphis State ignored the scoreboard and kept coming, a considerable reason why FSU was denied a team scoring
record.
“I think you have to hand it to Memphis State – they fought the whole ball game,” said Bowden. “They never quit. It was a good sign for them after the very tough year they’ve had.”
The
Tigers ran up an unsettling total of 357 yards, 290 of it passing as Jones went 13 of 24 for 205, and freshman receiver Russell Copeland caught seven for 113, all in the first half. They also whacked
out 28 first downs, same total as FSU.
Stobart thought speed accounted for a big part of Saturday’s difference.
“They have speed and showed what they can do with it,” said the coach. “We must
recruit speed to compete with these guys.
“I thought our guys hung in there in a tough situation.”
His guys got a second-quarter touchdown on a well-executed drive of 74 yards sparked by Jones
passes, Marvin Cox scoring from the 2. A fourth-quarter touchdown came on quarterback Gary Bouldin’s 28-yard pass to fellow-freshman John Bush.
Two last-quarter field goals of 44 and 21 yards by
Bill Mason wrapped up FSU scoring. Earlier, penalties had rubbed out two FSU touchdowns, including a nifty 81-yard interception return by Buckley.
A Florida State crowd of 57,511 said farewell to a
retiring Blue Moon Rises, the horse they’ve known as Renegade the past 10 years, and to 17 seniors playing their final Campbell Stadium game.
No departing senior may ever say goodbye with such a
flourish as Peter Terrific did on this day.
Now Bowden’s team says “hello” again to a game many of its fans consider the biggest of any year – the one with rival Florida, in Gainesville on Dec.
2.
Each has an open date, the netter to implement extra planning, this Thanksgiving weekend. Not that plans always work out.
That second-quarter passing production was hardly by design, Bowden
conceded.
“I just thought y’all would like it that way,” Bowden jested.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Memphis State |
6 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
20 |
| Florida State |
17 |
34 |
0 |
6 |
57 |
1st 3- 0 Richie Andrews, 21, field goal, 11:50
3- 3 Opp, 29, field goal, 7:34
10- 3 Lawrence Dawsey, 26, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:11
10- 6 Opp, 25, field goal, 2:47
17- 6 Dexter Carter, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:23
2nd 24- 6 Ronald Lewis, 12, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:55
31- 6 Bruce LaSane, 15, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 14:15
31-13 Opp, 2, run (kick), 9:40
37-13 Ronald Lewis, 59, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick blocked), 9:08
44-13 Amp Lee, 51, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 7:52
51-13 Terry Anthony, 12, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 1:55
3rd 51-13 Richie Andrews, 48, field goal failed, 5:50
4th 54-13 Bill Mason, 44, field goal, 12:53
54-20 Opp, 28, pass (kick), 11:47
57-20 Bill Mason, 21, field goal, 7:13
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 28 28
Rushes-yards 25-20 42-67
Passing 535 290
Att-Comp-Int 39-28-0 33-18-4
Total Yards 64-555 75-357
Punt Returns 2--9 1--1
Kickoff Returns 5-119 10-156
Interception Ret. 4-43 0-0
Fumble Returns 3-0 1-0
Punts 2-30.0 3-38.0
Sacks By-Yds 2-23 3-44
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 6-3
Penalties-Yds 11-144 6-57
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Time of Posession 25:07 34:53
Attendance 57,511
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Paul Moore 3 18 0 13
Chris Parker 5 13 0 11
Edgar Bennett 2 11 0 8
Casey Weldon 1 9 0 9
Dexter Carter 6 8 1 5
Amp Lee 2 2 0 3
Maurice Pinckney 1 0 0
Brad Johnson 3 -11 0 4
Peter Tom Willis 2 -30 0 -9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 25 20 1 13
Opp 42 67 1 13
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bruce LaSane 6 111 1 45
Ronald Lewis 3 87 2 59t
Edgar Bennett 3 64 0 31
Amp Lee 2 57 1 51t
Lawrence Dawsey 3 56 1 26t
Terry Anthony 3 55 1 36
Dexter Carter 3 39 0 17
Dave Roberts 1 23 0 23
Shannon Baker 1 18 0 18
Chris Parker 1 16 0 16
Johnny Clower 1 8 0 8
Paul Moore 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 28 535 6 59t
Opp 18 290 1 36
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 23 31 0 482 6 59t
Brad Johnson 5 8 0 53 0 18
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 28 39 0 535 6 59t
Opp 18 33 4 290 1 36
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 2 -9 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 -9 0
Opp 1 -1 0 -1
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Dawsey 4 113 0 49
Corian Freeman 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 119 0 49
Opp 10 156 0 35
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 1 33 33
Charlie Ward 1 27 27
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 60 33
Opp 3 114 45
|---------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 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 3 2 5 1.0- . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Bill Ragans 3 1 4 0.5- 4.5 0.5- 4.5 . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 2 2 4 0.5- 4.5 0.5- 4.5 . 1 . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hall 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 2 1 3 1.0- . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 2 1 3 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 2 . 2 . . 2- 39 . . . . . .
Anthony Moss . 2 2 1.0- 14.0 1.0- 14.0 1- 4 . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 1 1 2 1.0- . . 1 . . . . .
Joe Ostaszewski 2 . 2 2.0- . . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Stallworth 1 . 1 1.0- . . . . . . . .
John Davis . . . . . 1- 0 . . 1- 0 . . .
David Bassett . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 36 21 57 11.0- 23.0 2.0- 23.0 4- 43 2 . 3- 0 . . .
Opp 35 20 55 7.0- 3.0- 44.0 . 3 . 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
TT 67 Kevin Mancini
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
32 Paul Moore
35 Chris Parker
38 David Bassett
39 Ed Clark
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
42 Amp Lee
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Bill Mason
44 John Wyche
50 John Brown
51 Robbie Baker
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
77 Eric Luallen
79 Gene Houpe
83 Dave Roberts
85 Johnny Clower
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
90 Maurice Pinckney
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 24, Florida 17
12/02/1989, Gainesville
From the Tallahassee Democrat, December 3, 1989, page 39, by Bill McGrotha. Deliverance.
It gets a little ugly, but the Seminoles escape Gainesville 24-17.
GAINESVILLE, FL –
Hamstrung by an aggravating bunch of penalties, and a battling opponent, Florida State’s football team struggled here Saturday night.
But the Seminoles got cranked up on the record-breaking passing
arm of Peter Tom Willis and whacked out a 24-17 victory over rival Florida.
Willis broke three single-season records set by Gary Huff in 1972 – for passing yardage, total yardage, total
completions.
As things often seemed on the border of getting out of control, Florida State was penalized a dozen times for 134 yards, 83 in the first quarter alone. Florida, too, was flagged
heavily, 12 times for 124 yards.
Just before the kickoff, Florida, wearing blue jerseys for the first time since the Kentucky game in 1979, won the coin toss and reserved its option until the
second half. It was a virtually windless but chilly (61 degrees) evening.
Huey Richardson, the tough defensive end, introduced himself on the first play from scrimmage at the 20, pulling FSU
tailback Dexter Carter down for a loss of 3. But on third down Peter Tom Willis passed 11 yards to Edgar Bennett at the 32.
A procedure penalty helped check FSU, and Charlie Ward punted to the
Florida 30.
After Emmitt Smith struck the middle for 8, quarterback Donald Douglas got 13 on a keeper, to the FSU 49. On third down, Douglas kept it going with an 11-yard pass to Stacey Simmons at
the 36.
Three runs got nothing, with Eric Hayes stopping cold a reverse by Tony Lomack. A punt rolled into the end zone as defensive back Dedrick Dodge briefly tangled with a Gator, precipitating
offsetting penalties after the kick.
Carter ran for 12, and Lawrence Dawsey caught a pass and dug for 9 to the 42.
Again a penalty – this one a personal foul – stymied a movement. Three plays
later, Ward punted – shanking it 16 yards to Florida’s 48.
FSU defenders allowed nothing, tossing Douglas for a loss, stopping Smith for a yard gain.
On the punt to the 20, clipping was called
on FSU and two dead-ball personal fouls on Florida. Officials placed the ball at FSU’s 42. Then, on second thought, officials decided on just one personal-foul penalty. Result: FSU started at its
27.
Ronald Lewis streaked deep, but Kerry Watkins defended well and a Willis bomb was incomplete. Next play saw Carter thrown for a loss – but a personal-foul penalty on Florida lifted FSU to its
38.
Whereupon, Willis went deep again, throwing to a wide-open Terry Anthony for a touchdown on a 62-yard play, and it became 7-0 late in the opening quarter.
Tony Lomack broke away on the
kickoff return to FSU’s 22, but a holding call brought it back to Florida’s 27.
On third down from the 31, a pass fell incomplete – but FSU was flagged for roughing the passer.
Soon, as Smith
got 7 to FSU’s 43, another personal-foul penalty vaulted Florida to the 28.
But Moss sacked Douglas for a loss of 5. Two plays later saw another sequence of penalties, and it came to fourth down at
the 29.
John David Francis kicked a 46-yard field goal for 7-3.
As Carter was tackled at the 13 on the kickoff runback, FSU was again flagged, bringing a start at the 7.
Eventually, as the
second quarter opened, it came to fourth down at the 21. John Wimberly punted poorly, but a holding call on Florida kept FSU’s bid going, at its 31.
Anthony caught a 21-yard pass at midfield. But
on second and third downs, Willis was sacked by Gerald Odom for minus-18 and by Mark Murray for minus-7. On the Odom sack, an ensuing fumble was claimed by FSU’s Tony Yeomans.
Wimberly’s 36-yard
punt gave Florida position at its 39.
And quickly Smith broke wide for 39 to FSU’s 22, John Wyche finally bringing him down.
Two plays later, Smith got 17 to the 4. On third down from the 3,
Stacey Simmons scored on a reverse, and Florida went up 10-7.
On a draw from the 26, Bennett popped for 15. Passes of 9 and 12 yards to Lewis and Carter, coupled with an interference call on
Florida gained the Florida 22.
Two passes to Reggie Johnson keyed a first down at the 6. Two runs got 4, but a third-down reverse by Dawsey had no chance – Florida defenders tossing him for a
6-yard loss.
A 24-yard Richie Andrews field goal tied it 10-10 with 2:38 left in the half.
Florida worked the ball up to its 41.
But Willie McClendon fumbled as he struck up the middle for
11, and Terrell Buckley recovered. And a foul penalty placed FSU at Florida’s 37 with 31 seconds left.
But FSU got knocked back to its 48 on a first-play penalty. Then with 14 seconds left in the
half, Richard Fain intercepted at Florida’s 46.
Smith ran wide for a dozen. On the half’s last play Terence Barber pulled in a 35-yard Douglas throw at the 6, but immediately went down.
At the
start of the second half, Florida had outgained the Seminoles 177 yards to 173. Of those totals, Florida had 123 on runs – 92 by Smith on 14 endeavors – and FSU 140 on passes as Willis completed 8 of
14.
After a first-half that saw Florida start series no deeper than its own 30, a Leon Fowler tackle of Lomack on the third-quarter kickoff put the Gators in a hole at their 12.
Three plays
later Florida was still at its 12, as Keith Carter grabbed Smith for a third-down loss of 3.
A punt gave FSU fine position at Florida’s 49 – but not for long.
A run lost 2, a holding penalty
lost 10, a pass and fumble lost 3, and another run lost 4 to push it all the way back to FSU’s 32. Wimberly’s punt was a 32-yarder to Florida’s 36.
Two Smith runs got nothing, and neither did a
pass. Bad punting got contagious as a Florida 27-yarder died at FSU’s 37.
Two plays found the Seminoles at their 21 – another unusual penalty for an offensive player grabbing a face mask. But, on a
screen pass, Bennett slipped past an early tackler and raced for 38 to Florida’s 41.
Johnson caught a 15-yard throw at the 22.
Next play Bruce LaSane pulled in a Willis shot across the middle,
and powered into the end zone, dragging a couple of defenders with him, and FSU regained the lead 17-10.
A 17-yard Smith run, with a face-mask penalty, quickly got Florida to midfield. Smith got 8
more, McClendon 16 on two runs, to the 25.
A delay penalty gave Florida pause, just before Errol McCorvey intercepted a Douglas pass about 6 inches from the end zone.
Third down at the 5, and
Anthony was held as he went wide for a pass – the penalty on Ephesians Bartley provided a first down at the 15. Carter snared a 15-yard pass, then a 12-yarder.
But on the last play of the quarter,
Tallahasseean Brad Culpepper knocked the ball out of Bennett’s hand and Godfrey Myles recovered for Florida at FSU’s 30.
Florida moved in Lex Smith at quarterback, who simply dealt the ball to
Emmitt Smith four straight times – down to the 15.
After a pass failed, it came to fourth down, with Francis missing a 23-yard attempt.
Right away, Carter cut left for 15 yards. Next play, he
cut right for 15 more. Two plays later, he caught an 18-yard pass at the Florida 25. Carter soon ran for 6 and a first down at the 14.
It came to third and six at the 10, with Dave Roberts grabbing
a pass over the middle and scoring, dragging defender Pat Moorer with him in the process. With 8:05 to go, FSU led 24-10.
Smith went to work with passes, hitting Ernie Mills for 15 and 24 to
midfield, then Barber at the FSU 25, and Emmitt’s running led on to a first down at the 13. On a keeper, Lex scrambled to the 5, and Emmitt took it the rest of the way, scoring from the 2. With 4:08
to play FSU’s lead was down to 24-17.
From his 20, Willis threw to Anthony for 8 before Carter ran for 11. On third-and-eight, Anthony got 36 yards out of a Willis throw to the Florida 24.
But a
procedure penalty rubbed out a pass to Johnson at the 7. On fourth down, Andrews missed a 41-yard try for a field goal.
Fifty-eight seconds remained. Florida had time for a half-dozen plays before
Smith ran out of downs at the 35.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
| Florida |
3 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
1st 7- 0 Terry Anthony, 62, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:22
7- 3 Opp, 46, field goal, 0:20
2nd 7-10 Opp, 3, run (kick), 8:21
10-10 Richie Andrews, 24, field goal, 2:50
3rd 17-10 Bruce LaSane, 22, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:00
4th 17-10 Opp, 33, field goal failed, 12:20
24-10 Dave Roberts, 10, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 8:05
24-17 Opp, 2, run (kick), 4:08
24-17 Richie Andrews, 41, field goal failed, 0:58
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 20
Rushes-yards 37-76 45-209
Passing 319 129
Att-Comp-Int 32-20-1 22-9-1
Total Yards 69-395 67-338
Punt Returns 1-4 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-36 5-78
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-3
Fumble Returns 1-0 1-0
Punts 4-28.8 4-34.8
Sacks By-Yds 1-6 3-26
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-Yds 12-134 12-124
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 7-15
Time of Posession 31:26 28:34
Attendance 75,154
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 21 97 0 15
Edgar Bennett 10 11 0 15
Lawrence Dawsey 1 -6 0 -6
Peter Tom Willis 5 -26 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 37 76 0 15
Opp 45 209 2 39
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terry Anthony 4 126 1 62t
Dexter Carter 6 59 0 18
Edgar Bennett 2 49 0 38
Reggie Johnson 3 29 0 15
Bruce LaSane 2 27 1 22t
Dave Roberts 1 10 1 10t
Lawrence Dawsey 1 10 0 10
Ronald Lewis 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 319 3 62t
Opp 9 129 0 35
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Peter Tom Willis 20 32 1 319 3 62t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 32 1 319 3 62t
Opp 9 22 1 129 0 35
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Terrell Buckley 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 4 0 4
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dexter Carter 2 36 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 36 0 23
Opp 5 78 0 27
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
John Wimberly 2 68 36
Charlie Ward 2 47 31
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 115 36
Opp 4 139 38
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Ragans 6 2 8 . . . . . . . . .
Kirk Carruthers 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 5 . 5 2.0- 7.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 4 . 4 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 4 . 4 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey 2 . 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson 2 . 2 2.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin Grant . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Chris Keen 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bryce Abbott 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Richie Andrews 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hall 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Corian Freeman . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alan Stewart . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 48 10 58 7.0- 15.0 1.0- 6.0 1- 0 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 48 12 60 12.0- 64.0 3.0- 26.0 1- 3 4 . 1- 0 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Shannon Baker
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
12 Alan Stewart
14 Brad Johnson
17 Charlie Ward
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
32 Paul Moore
38 David Bassett
39 Ed Clark
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
42 Amp Lee
44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
57 Chris Keen
63 Jason Dillaberry
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
77 Eric Luallen
79 Gene Houpe
83 Dave Roberts
88 Bruce LaSane
89 Howard Dinkins
96 James Chaney
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
|
Florida State 41, Nebraska 17
01/01/1990, Tempe, Ariz.
From the Tallahassee Democrat, January 2, 1990, page 27, by Bill McGrotha. That’s Fab, 4!
Willis wings it over the Huskers in a 41-17 Fiesta.
TEMPE, AR – If in fact Florida
State is not the best college-football team in this land, please don’t tell Nebraska.
The pain of one of the nation’s proudest teams was severe aplenty Monday after a 41-17 embarrassment Saturday
in the Fiesta Bowl before a national-television audience.
Bobby Bowden said defense would make the difference, and FSU’s coach was probably right. Led by noseguard Odell Haggins, FSU defenders
seemed to play as though their souls were about to be possessed.
But, ah, was there ever a passer like Peter Tom Willis.
Putting a brilliant shine on a remarkable season in his last college
game, Willis stung Nebraska with five touchdown passes, completing 25 of 40 for 422 yards.
Not only was it the best day of any passer in the 19-game history of the Fiesta Bowl, it topped the best
of any ever against storied Nebraska. Both accomplishments were previously claimed by Danny McManus in FSU’s 31-28 victory in this bowl two years ago.
McManus, most valuable offensive player in
that Fiesta Bowl as Willis was in this one, was among 75,953 spectators in Sun Devil Stadium, a guest of his alma mater.
For a happy Bowden, who had beaten off a virus assault that pestered him
Sunday, it was a special moment.
As his team won its 10th straight, he registered the sixth 10-victory season of his 14 seasons. And who would have believed that a bunch that started 0-2 could
finish 10-2?
Ranked No. 5 going in, Florida State is expected to finish among the nation’s top three for the third straight year, pending the outcome of final polls today.
Essentially, FSU
defenders took everything away from high-scoring Nebraska, restricting the Cornhuskers to 322 yards, and only 115 of that from a running game that was acclaimed the nation’s most effective.
An
opponent that prided itself in few turnovers counted only three in its previous five games. FSU had that many by halftime as it presented the offense with abundant opportunity throughout.
At the
end, FSU had covered three Nebraska fumbles and grabbed two interceptions. In contrast to those five turnovers, FSU had none.
The Seminoles ran up 494 yards, averaging 7.6 yards per play. Of some
aid to Nebraska were FSU’s stumbling start and 13 penalties for 135 yards.
“The biggest problem we had was those turnovers,” said Tom Osborne, a sorely disappointed coach who now finds himself
trailing 4-2 in his series with FSU.
Osborne was wrong about his biggest problem. Very simply, his biggest problem was Florida State.
To hear Willis tell it, Nebraska’s biggest problem was not
him.
“We’re just fortunate enough to have some great receivers,” he said. “I don’t really think this was my best game.”
“We played real good,” assesses Bowden of the overall effort. “I think
this was just about as well as we could play – better than I thought we would play.
“It was a season in which we just kept going up, up, up – and Willis just kept getting better, better and
better.
“Wait until he sees the films, he’s going to see how good he was.”
In the early going, Florida State seemed a team that was going up, up, up on nobody.
Nebraska took a 7-0 lead off
the game-opening series. It had gotten just 5 yards in three opening runs.
Then, on fourth down, the Cornhuskers startled the Seminoles with a fake punt, kicker Mike Stigge passing 41 yards to
wingback Mark Dowse at the FSU 23, a roughing-the-passer penalty moving the Huskers on to the 12. On third down, quarterback Gerry Gdowski threw 9 yards to Morgan Gregory for the touchdown.
After
which, Florida State sputtered through the remainder of the quarter.
After a 38-yard Lawrence Dawsey kickoff return, off a Shannon Baker lateral, FSU moved on passes to the Nebraska 25, but four
plays later Bill Mason badly missed on a 37-yard try for a field goal.
Then, after a 34-yard Dexter Carter run on a draw, FSU pushed to a first down at the Nebraska 13. But, after Carter got 9 to
the 4, Nebraska stopped three runs short of the first down, Paul Moore coming up an inch or so short on fourth down.
Soon Kevin Grant’s interception placed FSU at the Nebraska 18. Nothing came of
that either, Richie Andrews missing a field goal from 39 yards on the first play of the second quarter.
But when John Wyche clobbered Gdowski on a safety blitz, bringing a fumble that Odell Haggins
claimed at the foe 31, FSU started its parade of points.
Two passes, one to Dawsey for 17 and a scoring one to Anthony for 14, tied it 7-7.
Anthony had quite a day, grabbing 6 throws for 88
yards. Ronald Lewis caught 5 for 106.
A 62-yard kickoff runback by freshman Tyrone Hughes put the Huskers in prompt position for a 39-yard Chris Drennan field goal as they regained the lead
10-7.
FSU seemed to be pressing when, on fourth and one at the Nebraska 38, it called a pass that fell incomplete. Nebraska moved, but Drennan missed a 49-yard try for a field goal.
Three
straight Willis passes, the second to Baker for 44, put FSU up 14-10, tight end Reggie Johnson capping the quick 68-yard movement with a 5-yard catch.
Willis passed for his third touchdown of the
quarter on a gem of a drive. It started at the Seminole 49 following the game’s first punt, a 30-yarder. After FSU attained the Husker 32, the holding penalties started. Three straight on the
offensive line, pushing FSU back to its 35.
It came to first-down-and-40-to-go. On third down, Willis hit Bennet with a 30-yarder to the 17. Three times the ball went to Carter, and a touchdown
came on a 10-yard pass to the quick tailback.
It became 27-10 on FSU’s second series of the last half. After the defense backed Nebraska to its 12, a 29-yard punt gave FSU a shot from the foe 44.
Eight plays were enough, Paul Moore scoring from the 1. Nebraska blocked the point-after.
The score jumped to 34-10 when freshman John Davis ripped through to block a punt at the Nebraska 9. One
play was enough this time, a 9-yard pass to tight-end Johnson, and with 3:37 left in the quarter, the thousands of Nebraska fans started leaving the stadium.
A final FSU touchdown came on the last
play of the third quarter after Shelton Thompson jumped on a fumble at the FSU 38. A 37-yard pass to Lewis was soon followed by a 24-yard scoring one to Anthony, who made a sensational catch.
Surely, the score might well have climbed higher, but FSU was rushing in substitutes.
Nebraska scored in the last minute after blocking a punt and gaining the ball at FSU’s 2, Mickey Joseph running
for the touchdown.
The Cornhuskers covered an onside kick, but nothing came of it.
In addition to Willis being acclaimed offensive MVP, Haggins won defensive MVP honors in a vote of pressboxers.
But it was a game that saw magnificent defensive efforts by many, including linebacker Kirk Carruthers, credited with 11 unassisted tackles.
So it was that Bowden boosted his bowl record to 9-3-1,
continuing to reign with the best winning percentage of any coach ever for these post-season affairs.
FSU is now 7-0-1 for its last eight, its last bowl loss to Oklahoma 18-17 on Jan. 1, 1981.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Nebraska |
7 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
0 |
21 |
20 |
0 |
41 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 9, pass (kick), 11:19
0- 7 Bill Mason, 37, field goal failed, 8:52
2nd 0- 7 Richie Andrews, 39, field goal failed, 14:56
7- 7 Terry Anthony, 14, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 13:42
7-10 Opp, 39, field goal, 12:15
7-10 Opp, 49, field goal failed, 7:57
14-10 Reggie Johnson, 5, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 6:55
21-10 Dexter Carter, 10, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:24
3rd 27-10 Paul Moore, 1, run (Richie Andrews, kick blocked), 5:59
34-10 Reggie Johnson, 8, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 3:37
41-10 Terry Anthony, 24, pass from Peter Tom Willis (Richie Andrews, kick), 0:02
4th 41-17 Opp, 2, run (kick), 1:16
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 18
Rushes-yards 24-72 46-115
Passing 422 207
Att-Comp-Int 41-25-0 26-15-2
Total Yards 65-494 72-322
Punt Returns 0-0 2-5
Kickoff Returns 3-69 7-149
Interception Ret. 2-42 0-0
Fumble Returns 3-0 0-0
Punts 3-35.7 3-34.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-14 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-3
Penalties-Yds 13-135 6-48
3rd Down Conversions 7-16 7-18
4th Down Conversions 1-3 1-2
Time of Posession 27:30 32:30
Attendance 73,953
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
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Dexter Carter 13 72 0 34
Amp Lee 2 6 0 4
Paul Moore 4 3 1 2
Edgar Bennett 3 3 0 6
Lawrence Dawsey 1 -4 0 -4
Peter Tom Willis 1 -8 0 -8
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FSU 24 72 1 34
Opp 46 115 1 34
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
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Ronald Lewis 5 106 0 37
Terry Anthony 6 88 2 24t
Lawrence Dawsey 4 66 0 19
Shannon Baker 2 49 0 44
Dexter Carter 3 47 1 27
Edgar Bennett 1 30 0 30
Reggie Johnson 3 27 2 14
Amp Lee 1 9 0 9
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FSU 25 422 5 44
Opp 15 207 1 41
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
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Peter Tom Willis 25 40 0 422 5 44
Casey Weldon 0 1 0 0 0
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FSU 25 41 0 422 5 44
Opp 15 26 2 207 1 41
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
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FSU 0 0 0
Opp 2 5 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
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Lawrence Dawsey 3 69 0 38
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FSU 3 69 0 38
Opp 7 149 0
Punting No Yds Lng
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John Wimberly 3 107 41
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FSU 3 107 41
Opp 3 103 44
|---------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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Kirk Carruthers 11 1 12 2.0- 6.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Dedrick Dodge 8 . 8 . . . . . . . . .
Terrell Buckley 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . .
Howard Dinkins 5 . 5 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Odell Haggins 4 1 5 . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
Henry Ostaszewski 4 1 5 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Eric Hayes 3 1 4 2.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Grady Ross 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
John Wyche 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
LeRoy Butler 3 . 3 . . 1- 23 1 . . . . .
Bill Ragans 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
David Bassett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
James Chaney 1 . 1 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Leon Fowler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reggie Freeman . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Hall . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Bill Mason 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Moss 1 . 1 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
David Stallworth . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Shelton Thompson . 1 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
John Davis . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Kevin Grant . . . . . 1- 19 . . . . . .
Errol McCorvey . . . . . . 1 . 1- 0 . . .
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FSU 61 8 69 8.0- 27.0 2.0- 14.0 2- 42 3 . 3- 0 . 1 .
Opp 40 8 48 8.0- 22.0 1.0- 8.0 . 7 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
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QB 4 Peter Tom Willis
FL 7 Ronald Lewis
SE 8 Terry Anthony
TB 13 Dexter Carter
FB 22 Edgar Bennett
TT 50 John Brown
ST 52 Robert Stevenson
SG 65 Hayward Haynes
C 68 Michael Tanks
TG 70 Tony Yeomans
TE 80 Reggie Johnson
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Pos ## DEFENSE
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RCB 6 LeRoy Butler
SS 15 Bill Ragans
LCB 26 Errol McCorvey
FS 28 Dedrick Dodge
WLB 45 Kirk Carruthers
OLB 47 Kevin Grant
NG 53 Odell Haggins
SLB 59 Keith Carter
RT 74 Henry Ostaszewski
LT 78 Eric Hayes
OLB 93 Shelton Thompson
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PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
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1 Shannon Baker
2 Grady Ross
3 Leon Fowler
9 Richie Andrews
10 Corian Freeman
11 Casey Weldon
12 Alan Stewart
14 Brad Johnson
18 John Davis
19 John Wimberly
23 Bryce Abbott
27 Terrell Buckley
29 Lawrence Dawsey
31 Lavon Brown
32 Paul Moore
38 David Bassett
40 David Stallworth
41 Chris Hall
42 Amp Lee
43 Bill Mason
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## NAME
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44 John Wyche
51 Robbie Baker
58 Nick Ekonomou
60 Mike Morris
63 Jason Dillaberry
67 Kevin Mancini
73 Reggie Dixon
75 Joe Ostaszewski
76 Eric McGill
77 Eric Luallen
79 Gene Houpe
82 Brad Lundstrom
83 Dave Roberts
85 Johnny Clower
89 Howard Dinkins
91 Deondri Clark
96 James Chaney
97 Reggie Freeman
98 Oliver Strickland
99 Anthony Moss
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