2006 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Bobby Bowden, Head Coach
Jody Allen, Defensive Ends
Mickey Andrews, Associate Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary
Jeff Bowden, Offensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers
James Colzie, Graduate Assistant
Daryl Dickey, Quarterbacks
Ron Dugans, Graduate Assistant
Odell Haggins, Defensive Tackles
Jon Jost, Strength and Conditioning
John Lilly, Tight Ends, Recruiting Coordinator
Mark McHale, Offensive Line
Billy Sexton, Assistant Head Coach, Running Backs
Kevin Steele, Executive Head Coach, Linebackers
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2006 FSU Football Media Guide
Top Row: Chris Davis, Cory Niblock, Lozenzo Booker, Drew Weatherford
Bottom Row: Buster Davis, Darrell Burston, Lawrence Timmons, Andre Fluellen
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2006 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
Mister Alexander, 6-2, 183, ATH, Aldine, Tex.
- The No. 38-ranked safety in the nation according to Rivals.com...a three-star player and No. 43 overall recruit in the Rivals.com Postseason Texas Top 100 for 2006...despite missing time with an
injury in 2005, he amassed 137 tackles (65 solo) over the course of two seasons for Eisenhower...regarded as a three-star prospect and the No. 43-ranked safety nationally by Scout.com...a preseason
All-Region selection by PrepStar magazine prior to the 2005 season...chose Florida State over Arizona State, Arkansas and Washington State.
Marcus Ball, 6-0, 204, ATH, Stone Mountain, Ga.
- A four-star player and the No. 3 outside linebacker in the nation overall according to Rivals.com...the No. 37 overall prospect in the Rivals100 for 2006 and ranked as the No. 3 player in the state
on the Postseason Georgia Top 50 list...rated by Rivals.com as the No. 1 player in the state of Georgia prior to the 2005 season after recording 136 tackles and eight sacks as a junior in 2004...named
a second-team EA Sports All-American...chosen as a Parade All-American and participated in the 2006 U.S. Army All-American game...the No. 18 overall recruit on The ESPN 150...rated as the No. 4
linebacker in the nation in the PrepStar100 and was listed as the No. 11 overall prospect on PrepStar Magazine's Top 100 Dream Team...a first-team All-State selection by the Georgia Sports Writers
Association who also named him Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year after he recorded 150 tackles and three interceptions as a senior for Stephenson...a remarkable athlete, he ran a 4.49 in the
40-yard dash and notched a vertical leap of 33 inches in the Atlanta Nike Camp last May...chose Florida State over Florida, Miami and Virginia Tech.
Evan Bellamy, 6-4, 315, OL, Miami
- A three-star player by Rivals.com...ranked as the No. 53 guard in the nation by Rivals.com despite only playing football since the ninth grade...a three-star player according to Scout.com...named
first-team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald after his senior season...credited with 25 pancake blocks from the right tackle position in 2005...earned second-team All-State honors from the Florida
Sports Writers Association as a senior...part of a Gulliver team that had an 8-2 record in 2005...chose Florida State over Miami and Iowa.
Shannon Boatman, 6-7, 309, OL, Beaumont, Tex.
- Massive tackle who earned first-team All-American honors as a sophomore at Tyler Junior College...a four-star player by Rivals.com...the No. 17 junior college prospect in the nation and No. 4 ranked
offensive lineman according to Rivals.com...named first-team All-Conference both seasons in junior college...part of an offense that averaged close to 24 points a game in 2005...enrolled in January
and will compete for a starting position in spring practice...chose Florida State over LSU, Nebraska, South Carolina and Texas Tech.
Brandon Davis, 6-2, 290, OL, Miami
- A three-star prospect according to Rivals.com...listed as the No. 83 overall prospect on Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100 for 2006...member of the Miami Herald's All-Dade County first-team
for Class 4A-6A...led the way for the top-ranked rush offense in Dade County...named first-team All-State for Class 6A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after his senior season...represented
Team Florida in the CaliFlorida Bowl in Anaheim, CA...named to Rivals.com's Florida Hot 11 list after an impressive performance in the CaliFlorida Bowl all-star game and practices...chose Florida
State over Auburn and Kentucky.
Matt Dunham, 6-2, 257, FB, Columbus, Ga.
- Originally a member of Florida State's 2005 signing class, he enrolled in January 2006 and will join the team for spring practice...a four-star player and No. 1 ranked athlete on Rivals.com's
Georgia Postseason Top 40 for 2005...finished his senior season rated as the No. 14 athlete in the country according to Rivals.com...named to the annual Georgia Super 11 by the Atlanta Journal
Constitution, which ranks the top 11 high school prospects in the state...also regarded as a four-star player and 17th best linebacker in the nation by Scout.com...rushed for over 1,800 yards and
scored 29 touchdowns on offense and recorded 111 tackles on defense as a senior at Pacelli...career mark of 111 touchdowns broke a Georgia state record previously held by Herschel Walker...chose
Florida State over Auburn, Florida and Georgia Tech.
Tyler Graves, 6-6, 272, OL, Sumrall, Miss.
- A three-star player and No.1-ranked guard prospect in the state of Mississippi...rated as a two-star recruit by Scout.com...a PrepStar Magazine preseason All-Region selection in 2005 after an
outstanding junior season that saw him win his district's Most Valuable Player award...racked up an impressive 103 pancakes as a senior for Sumrall and never graded out below 85 percent in any of the
team's nine games...named to the Clarion-Ledger's Top 40, a list of the top 40 recruits in Mississippi for 2006...chose Florida State over Mississippi State and Southern Mississippi.
Paul Griffin, 6-1, 278, DL, Pensacola
- One of three junior college players in the 2006 signing class for the Seminoles...a four-star player by Rivals.com, ranked as the No. 2 defensive tackle in the nation among junior college
players...ranked 13th on the Rivals.com Junior College Top 100 for 2006...finished his sophomore season at Butler County with 45 tackles, four sacks, three forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries...
was a member of NJCAA's 2005 All-Region first-team and was also named first-team All-Conference by the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference... named a 2005 NJCAA preseason All-American after
posting 53 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, two sacks, and three fumble recoveries as a freshman...a teammate of fellow Florida State signee Toddrick Verdell on a Butler team that finished with a record
of 9-2, ranked No. 10 in the nation...chose Florida State over USC and Auburn.
Matt Hardrick, 6-5, 340, OL, Winter Park
- Originally part of Florida State's 2005 signing class, he will officially join the team for the 2006 season after a year at Hargrave Military Academy... a four-star prospect by Rivals.com, rated as
the No. 9 overall prospect on Rivals.com's Prep School Top 50 for 2006...the No. 5 offensive tackle in the nation as a high school senior in 2005 according to Rivals.com...listed as a four-star
prospect by Scout.com...played high school football at Edgewater HS in Orlando and is a former teammate of current Seminole Aaron Jones...part of a 2004 Edgewater team that finished with a 12-2 record
and a trip to the state championship game...chose Florida State over Florida, Miami and Oklahoma.
Seddrick Holloway, 5-10, 245, FB, Tallahassee
- A three-star prospect and 14th ranked fullback in the nation by Rivals.com...named to Rivals.com's Florida Postseason Top 100 list after representing Team Florida in the annual CaliFlorida Bowl...a
four-year starter and first-team All-Big Bend selection who gained 1,786 yards and scored 17 touchdowns during his career despite splitting time between fullback, linebacker and defensive tackle...his
signing will mark the sixth consecutive year that Florida State has signed a player from Lincoln...runs a reported 4.7 in the 40-yard dash...chose Florida State over Kansas State, Kentucky and
Michigan State.
Ochuko Jenije, 5-10, 177, CB, Tallahassee
- Local speedster brings coverage skills and playmaking ability to the defensive backfield...rated as a four-star player and the No. 11 cornerback in the nation by Rivals.com...the 3rd rated
cornerback in the state and the No. 15 overall prospect in the state on Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100 for 2006...received three out of a possible three stars from PrepStar Magazine and was
named the No. 12 overall defensive back in the magazine's annual PrepStar 100...named first-team All-State for Class 1A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after his senior campaign...recorded
40 tackles, three interceptions and nine bass break-ups on defense and had 25 catches for 375 yards and seven touchdowns on offense as a junior for NFC earning All-Little Big Bend honors...clocked a
4.39 in the 40-yard dash at last May's Tallahassee Nike Camp, third best among more than 300 participants...chose Florida State over Alabama, Arkansas, Clemson and NC State.
Anthony Leon, 6-4, 215, S, Miami
- A four-star player by Rivals.com and the No. 10 ranked safety in the nation...rated as the No. 2 safety in the state of Florida by Rivals.com...a four-star player by Scout.com and the No. 11 safety
in the country...received first-team All-State honors for Class 2A in 2005 as voted on by the Florida Sports Writers Association...joined Gulliver teammate and fellow Florida State signee Evan Bellamy
when he was named first-team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald...named the No. 10 overall recruit in the state of Florida by the Miami Herald in their state Top 25...finished his senior season with
64 tackles and four interceptions on defense while scoring four touchdowns on offense from the wide receiver position...chose Florida State over Miami, Florida and Georgia.
Damon McDaniel, 6-0, 192, WR, Virginia Beach, Va.
- One of the top prep receivers in the country, regarded by Rivals.com as a four-star player and No. 2 overall high school prospect in the state of Virginia...rated as the No. 6 wide receiver in the
nation and the No. 69-ranked overall player in the Rivals100 for 2006...named to the 2006 PrepStar100 and ranked as the No. 6 wide receiver prospect...a four-star player according to
Scout.com...finished his senior season with 80 catches for 1,700 yards and 24 touchdowns and was named to the VirginiaPreps.com All-Eastern Region Offense...ranked as the 35th overall prospect and the
No. 3 wide receiver on The ESPN 150 for 2006...a preseason All-American selection by PrepStar Magazine prior to his senior campaign after catching 68 passes for 1,106 yards and 15 touchdowns and
carrying 26 times for 238 yards and five touchdowns as a junior in 2004...chose Florida State over Florida, LSU, Miami, Ohio State and Virginia Tech.
Ryan McMahon, 6-3, 280, DL, Rome, Ga.
- A three-star prospect by Rivals.com...rated as the No. 30 defensive tackle in nation according to Rivals.com...ranked 29th on Rivals.com's preseason Georgia Top 75 list for 2006...recorded 40
tackles, 12 tackles for loss and five sacks as a senior...listed as the No. 42 defensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com...also played offensive guard for Darlington, leading them to an 8-2 record
and a playoff birth in 2005...named a PrepStar Magazine All-Region region player prior to the 2005 season after an impressive junior campaign that saw him compile 48 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five
sacks, three forced fumbles and two blocked punts...chose Florida State over Florida, Auburn and Kentucky.
Kevin McNeil, 6-3, 240, DE, Kingsland, Ga.
- A four-star recruit and No. 20 strong-side defensive end in the country according to Rivals.com...member of a Camden County team that has won 56 consecutive regular season games, a Georgia state
record...a three-star prospect and No. 48 defensive end in the country as rated by Scout.com...named the Region 3-5A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior...received All-State honors from the
Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2005 after recording 88 tackles and seven sacks... runs a reported 4.59 in the 40-yard dash and earned Camden's `Super Cat' Award for a power clean of 325 lbs...chose
Florida State over Georgia and Louisville.
Justin Mincey, 6-5, 275, DE, Folkston, Ga.
- A four-star prospect and the No. 7 ranked overall recruit on Rivals.com's Prep School Top 50... rated a four-star player and No. 10 defensive end in the nation by Scout.com...originally a member of
Florida State's 2005 signing class that ranked No. 2 in the nation according to Rivals.com...was the No. 65 ranked player in the country in 2005 and was named All-Area, All-Region, and All-State after
racking up 86 tackles and nine sacks as a senior for Charlton County... ran an impressive 4.7 in the 40-yard dash at this year's Hargrave Combine... chose Florida State over Florida and Georgia.
Preston Parker, 6-0, 175, WR, Delray Beach
- A first-team All-State selection for Class 5A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after catching 45 passes for 1,150 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior for Atlantic...a four-star prospect and
the No. 12 wide receiver in the country according to Rivals.com...listed as the No. 2 wide receiver and No. 18 overall recruit in the state on Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100 for 2006...rated
a three-star prospect by Scout.com...a postseason All-American selection by PrepStar Magazine after finishing his varsity career with 90 catches for 1,960 yards and 30 touchdowns...a versatile
athlete, he was named second-team All-State for Class 5A as a defensive back after his junior season...chose Florida State over Miami, Minnesota and NC State.
Caz Piurowski, 6-7, 260, TE, Land O' Lakes
- An athletic down field target that ranks as the No. 5 tight end in the nation according to Rivals.com...a four-star player and Rivals 250 member, he is the No. 1 ranked tight end in the state of
Florida for 2006 according to Rivals.com...named first-team All-State for Class 5A as a senior after hauling in 34 catches for 589 yards and five touchdowns...a member of the ESPN 150, voted as one of
the top 150 prep players in the nation for the 2006 signing class...received two out of three stars from PrepStar Magazine and was named an All-Region player prior to the 2005 season after catching 29
passes for 410 yards and scoring six touchdowns as a junior...ranked as the No. 5 tight end in the nation and was named to the PrepStar100...represented Team Florida in the annual CaliFlorida Bowl
all-star game...a former high school teammate of current Florida State quarterback Drew Weatherford, he had 37 catches for 350 yards and five touchdowns when the duo played together in 2003...father,
Paul, was an All-American linebacker at FSU from 1977-80...chose Florida State over LSU, Louisville and South Carolina.
Christian Ponder, 6-2, 206, QB, Colleyville, Tex.
- A three-star player by Rivals.com...ranked 14th in the nation among pro-style passers by Rivals.com and stands as the No. 50 overall prospect in the website's postseason Texas Top 100 list...listed
as 20th overall quarterback in the nation by Scout.com...rated as the No. 19 quarterback in the country on the postseason PrepStar200...threw for 2,214 yards and 20 touchdowns during his senior season
at Heritage, while also rushing for 911 yards and 12 scores...named first-team All-District 5-5A by the Dallas Morning News...threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns in a loss to eventual state
champion Southlake Carroll...gained 438 yards of total offense (252 passing, 186 rushing) and accounted for six touchdowns (5 pass, 1 rush) in a game against Richland...father, David, lettered at
linebacker for Florida State from 1980-83...an early enrollee at FSU, he began taking classes in January...chose Florida State over Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech.
Tim Rawlinson, 6-1, 215, LB, Prattville, Ala.
- A three-star player and No. 23 outside linebacker in the nation according to Rivals.com...the No. 19 overall player on Rivals.com's preseason Alabama Top 40 list after recording an impressive 159
tackles and 12 sacks as a junior for Prattville...a three-star recruit and No. 1 linebacker in the state of Alabama according to Scout.com...named MVP of the Alabama Junior All-Star game after
registering a game-high 12 tackles as a member of the South team...earned first-team All-State honors for Class 6A from the Alabama Sports Writers Association after a senior season where he tallied 90
tackles and six sacks...runs a reported 4.6 in the 40-yard dash...chose Florida State over Auburn and Alabama.
D'Vontrey Richardson, 6-1, 200, QB, Leesburg, Ga.
- A tremendous athlete and four-star prospect according to Rivals.com who is ranked as the No. 1 athlete in the state of Georgia...the No. 11 athlete in the nation according to Rivals.com who ranked
10th among all prospects in the Postseason Georgia Top 50 for 2006...a five-star prospect according to Scout.com...an All-American selection by PrepStar Magazine...named the Class 4A Offensive Player
of the Year and first-team All-State in 2005 by the Georgia Sports Writers Association...threw for over 2,200 yards and 27 touchdowns and rushed for 1,050 yards and 17 more scores, leading Lee County
to a 10-2 record in his final season in 2005...earned honorable mention All-State honors as a junior after passing for 1,758 yards and running for 1,130 yards, scoring a total of 29 touchdowns...named
the quarterback on GaSports.com's pre-season All-State Offense for Georgia seniors...ran a 4.58 in the 40-yard dash and recorded a 32-inch vertical leap at the Tallahassee Nike Camp last May, both
ranked as the second best numbers among quarterbacks in attendance...also an outstanding baseball player and is the No. 82 high school player nationally according to Baseball America...chose Florida
State over Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma.
Patrick Robinson, 5-11, 190, CB, Miami
- A four-star player and No. 16 cornerback in the nation according to Rivals.com...listed as the No. 37 overall prospect and No. 5 cornerback in the state on Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100
for 2006...also regarded as a four-star recruit and No. 16 cornerback in the country by Scout.com...named first-team All-State for Class 2A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after his senior
season...represented Team Florida in the annual CaliFlorida Bowl and was named to Rivals.com's Florida Hot 11 list after his performance the event's practices and ensuing game...an All-Region
selection by PrepStar Magazine prior to his senior season after recording 32 catches for 491 yards and six touchdowns on offense and intercepting eight passes on defense as a junior at
Gulliver...clocked at 4.45 in the 40-yard dash at last April's Miami Nike Camp...chose Florida State over Florida, Minnesota and Tennessee.
Myron Rolle, 6-2, 218, RV, Galloway, N.J.
- The No. 1 ranked player nationally on ESPN's 150 for 2006 after a senior season where he totaled 112 tackles including 14 tackles for loss...listed as the No. 1 athlete in the nation and No. 1
prospect in the state of New Jersey according to Rivals.com...rated as a five-star player and 11th overall prospect in the nation by Rivals.com... rated as the seventh overall recruit in the nation
and No. 1 defensive back by Scout.com...recently named to the 2006 EA Sports All-American first-team defense...a Parade All-American and one of 16 finalists for the 2006 Parade All-America High School
Football Player of the Year Award...received three out of a possible three stars from PrepStar Magazine and was named the No. 3 overall prospect on the magazine's Top 100 Dream Team...named the New
Jersey Prep Defensive Player of the Year by the Newark Star Ledger as a junior after registering 83 tackles (19 for loss), six sacks, and four interceptions...represented the East team in the U.S.
Army All-American Bowl...spoke on a Knight Commission panel in Washington, D.C. on January 30, 2006 to discuss early graduation and recruiting...named the National Defensive Player of the Year by the
Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio...a versatile athlete, he lined up at safety, cornerback, wide receiver and running back during his high school career...chose Florida State over Florida, Oklahoma,
Michigan, Penn State, Miami and Texas.
Daron Rose, 6-5, 310, OL, Tampa
- A four-star prospect regarded as the No. 2 offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com...listed as the No. 30 overall player on the Rivals100 for 2006 and ranks as the No. 4 recruit on Rivals.com's
Florida Postseason Top 100...is reported to have not surrendered a sack during his final two years of high school football...named first-team All-State for Class 4A by the Florida Sports Writers
Association after his senior season...the No. 6 offensive line prospect in the nation on the postseason PrepStar100...represented Team Florida in the annual CaliFlorida Bowl and was named the No. 1
player on the Rivals Florida Hot 11 list based on a week's worth of practices and his performance in the game...named to The ESPN 150 for 2006...a preseason All-American selection by PrepStar Magazine
after helping lead his Jefferson team to the state championship game as a junior in 2004...chose Florida State over Florida, Michigan and South Carolina.
Marcus Sims, 6-0, 211, RB, Tallahassee
- One of the top prospects in the state, looking to continue a long line of family tradition at Florida State...a four-star player and No. 4 inside linebacker in the nation according to
Rivals.com...named the No. 8 overall prospect on Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100 and is a member of the Rivals100 for 2006...ranked as the No. 54 overall player nationally in The ESPN 150 for
2006...a four-star player by Scout.com...rated the 11th best linebacker in the PrepStar100...a member of PrepStar Magazine's Pre-Season Top 100 Dream Team after running for 1,154 yards and 17
touchdowns on offense and making 84 stops on defense as a junior...a first-team All-State selection for Class 1A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after finishing his senior season with 175
carries for 1,626 yards and 23 touchdowns from the running back position...also starred on defense for NFC, recording 130 tackles, five sacks, four fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles at
linebacker...represented Team Florida in the annual CaliFlorida Bowl and was named to Rivals' Florida Hot 11 list based on his performance during the weeks' practices and ensuing game...older brother,
Ernie, was an All-ACC linebacker for FSU from 2003-05...father, Ernie Jr., also played for Bobby Bowden from 1977-78, 1980-81 and mother Alice ran track for the Lady Seminoles from 1980-83...chose
Florida State over Clemson and USC.
Budd Thacker, 6-2, 275, DL, Sanford
- A powerful interior defensive lineman and four-star prospect by Rivals.com...ranks as the No. 11 strong-side defensive end in the country...ranks as the 17th overall player on Rivals.com's
Postseason Florida Top 100...a preseason All-Region selection by PrepStar Magazine...named second-team All-State for Class 6A by the Florida Sports Writers Association after a senior season that saw
him rack up 120 tackles and six sacks...represented Team Florida in the CaliFlorida Bowl and was named the No. 8 player on Rivals.com's Florida Hot 11 list following the week of practices and
game...received high praise for a dominating performance in the CaliFlorida Bowl where he registered seven tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks against the California all-stars...appeared at
the Miami Nike Camp last April and placed second among more than 250 participants with a reported 45 reps on the bench press...chose Florida State over Virginia Tech, Maryland and West Virginia.
Toddrick Verdell, 6-3, 215, LB, Hartwell, Ga.
- A four-star player by Rivals.com...an instinctive athlete who played safety in junior college...rated the No. 23 overall player in the Junior College Top 100 for 2006 by Rivals.com...totaled 73
tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, and two tackles for loss in 10 games this season...was named a second-team All-American and first-team All-Region by the NJCAA...one of three Butler
defenders to be named first-team All-Conference in 2005...redshirted his first season at Butler and has three full years of eligibility remaining...enrolled in January and will join the team for
spring practice...chose Florida State over Nebraska, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Brandon Warren, 6-2, 230, TE, Alcoa, Tenn.
- A versatile and athletic playmaker that will begin his Florida State career at tight end....rated as a five-star player and the No. 1 overall prospect in the state of Tennessee by Rivals.com...also
played defense in high school and ranks as Rivals.com's No. 2 weak-side defensive end in the class of 2006...a four-star player and No. 7 tight end in the nation according to Scout.com...given a
three-star (out of a possible three) rating from PrepStar Magazine and was named to the publication's annual Top 100 Dream Team...a member of the 2006 PrepStar100...named the 20th overall prospect and
No. 1 tight end on The ESPN 150 for 2006...named the Knoxville News Sentinel PrepXtra Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 after tallying 83 tackles and 14 sacks from his defensive end position ...a
two-time first-team All-State selection by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association after helping lead his Alcoa team to back-to-back state championships...enjoyed an outstanding senior season that
saw him record 614 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns...chose Florida State over Tennessee, Miami, Ohio State and Oklahoma.
Dekoda Watson, 6-2, 225, LB, Aiken, S.C.
- A three-star player and No. 25 outside linebacker in the nation according to Rivals.com...named the No. 1 linebacker and No. 10 overall prospect on the Rivals.com postseason South Carolina Top 25
for 2006...a preseason All-Region selection by PrepStar Magazine after a junior season that saw him rack up 102 tackles, 29 tackles for loss and 18 sacks from the defensive end position...named
first-team All-State by SCVarsity.com as a senior after recording 123 tackles, 32 tackles for loss and 11 sacks for South Aiken...named Defensive MVP after recording nine tackles and a sack for the
South Carolina team in the annual North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl...runs a reported 4.6 in the 40-yard dash and boasts a 35-inch vertical leap...chose Florida State over South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia Tech.
Recardo Wright, 6-2, 215, LB, Orlando
- The No. 2 outside linebacker in the nation according to Rivals.com...a four-star player and the No. 32-ranked prospect on Rivals.com's Postseason Florida Top 100...the No. 16 ranked outside
linebacker in the nation despite only having played football for two full years...recorded 148 tackles, nine sacks and seven fumble recoveries as a senior at Dr. Phillips...named a preseason
All-American by PrepStar Magazine in 2005 after making a team-leading 134 tackles as a junior in 2004...runs a reported 4.5 in the 40-yard dash...chose Florida State over Alabama, Iowa, Maryland and
West Virginia.
2006 Roster - By Name
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R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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47 Mister Alexander ATH 6-2 183 Fr Aldine, Tex. (Eisenhower)
* 58 Dumaka Atkins C 6-4 310 So-R * Sarasota (Booker)
* 44 Marcus Ball ATH 6-0 204 Fr Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)
27 Russell Ball RB 5-7 176 Fr-R LaMarque, Tex. (LaMarque)
71 Evan Bellamy OL 6-4 315 Fr Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 74 Geoff Berniard OG 6-8 340 So-R * Lafayette, La. (Saint Thomas More)
* 73 Shannon Boatman OL 6-7 309 Jr Beaumont, Tex. (West Brook/Tyler JC)
* 28 Lorenzo Booker RB 5-11 193 Sr-R *** Ventura, Calif. (Saint Bonaventure)
* 98 Alex Boston DE 6-3 264 Jr-R ** Bartow (Bartow)
* 69 Cory Brookins C 6-3 290 Sr Panama City (Mosley)
* 99 Everette Brown DE 6-4 240 Fr-R Stantonsburg, N.C. (Beddingfield)
70 Philip Browning OL 6-5 280 Fr-R Atlanta, Ga. (Westminster/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 18 J.R. Bryant CB 6-1 172 Jr ** Miami (Killian)
* 92 Darrell Burston DE 6-2 240 Sr-R ** Fayetteville, Ga. (Starr's Mill)
* 89 Greg Carr WR 6-6 203 So * Reddick (North Marion)
* 15 Tony Carter CB 5-9 160 So-R * Jacksonville (Mandarin)
* 97 Eli Charles DE 6-2 225 Fr-R Green Cove Springs (Clay)
* 12 Gary Cismesia PK 5-11 214 Jr ** Bradenton (Lakewood Ranch)
* 68 Jacky Claude OG 6-4 308 Jr ** Miami (Edison)
* 38 Sean Compton FB 6-0 240 Jr Milton (Milton)
57 Brandon Davis OL 6-2 290 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 7 Buster Davis LB 5-10 240 Sr-R *** Daytona Beach (Mainland)
* 5 Chris Davis WR 6-0 180 Sr-R *** Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg Catholic)
* 30 Pat Davis RB 5-9 185 So-R Fort Lauderdale (Cardinal Gibbons)
91 Emmanuel Dunbar DT 6-5 292 So Deerfield Beach (Deerfield Beach)
* 40 Matt Dunham FB 6-2 257 Fr Columbus, Ga. (Pacelli)
33 Jamaal Edwards RB 6-0 215 So-R Greensboro, N.C. (Dudley)
* 81 De'Cody Fagg WR 6-3 221 Jr * Quincy (Shanks/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 96 Andre Fluellen DT 6-4 285 Jr-R ** Cartersville, Ga. (Cartersville)
* 64 Marcus Ford OL 6-1 280 Jr Brunswick, Ga. (Glynn Academy)
* 67 John Frady C-OG 6-4 306 Jr-R ** Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 52 Jeremy Franklin LB 6-2 210 Sr Tampa (Chamberlain)
6 Marcus Gadson S 6-1 185 Fr Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stone Mountain)
* 37 Rodney Gallon LB 6-0 200 So-R * Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 43 Graham Gano K/P 6-1 189 So * Cantonment (Tate)
* 29 Michael Ray Garvin DB 5-8 181 So * Upper Saddle River, N.J. (Dom Bosco Prep)
* 37 Chase Goggans PK 5-9 162 Sr Douglas, Ga. (Coffee County)
* 85 Richard Goodman WR 6-0 179 So * Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 45 Charlie Graham TE 6-3 230 Fr-R Madison (Madison County)
61 Tyler Graves OL 6-6 272 Fr Sumrall, Miss. (Sumrall)
54 Paul Griffin DL 6-1 278 Jr Pensacola (Pensacola/Butler County CC)
* 93 Letroy Guion DT 6-4 286 So * Starke (Bradford)
* 84 Robert Hallback WR 5-9 181 Sr ** Plant City (Plant City)
* 78 Matt Hardrick OL 6-5 340 Fr Winter Park (Edgewater/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 10 Geno Hayes LB 6-2 215 So * Greenville (Madison County)
* 75 Mario Henderson OL 6-7 308 Sr *** Lehigh Acres (Lehigh)
* 41 Seddrick Holloway FB 5-10 245 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 46 Anthony Houllis RV 6-0 210 Jr-R ** Tarpon Springs (Tarpon Springs)
39 Ochuko Jenije CB 5-10 177 Fr Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
90 Aaron Jones DT 6-3 285 So-R * Orlando (Edgewater)
* 15 Tommy Keane QB 6-2 205 Sr Miami (Archbishop Carroll)
49 Anthony Kelly DE 6-3 253 Jr-R Daytona Beach (Seabreeze/Jones County JC)
* 4 Mikhal Kornegay S 5-8 181 Jr-R ** Madison (Madison County/Tennessee Tech)
* 49 Benjamin Lampkin LB 6-0 218 So-R Panama City (Rutherford)
* 23 Roosevelt Lawson DB 5-11 187 So * Miami (Southridge)
* 9 Xavier Lee QB 6-4 228 So-R * Daytona Beach (Seabreeze)
26 Anthony Leon S 6-4 215 Fr Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 22 Korey Mangum DB 6-0 192 Fr-R LaMarque, Tex. (LaMarque)
77 Jared Martin OG 6-2 335 Sr * Fort Lauderdale (Nova)
* 24 Darius McClure S 5-11 198 So-R * Birmingham, Ala. (Minor)
* 12 Damon McDaniel WR 6-0 192 Fr Virginia Beach, Va. (Landstown)
27 John McKnight P 6-2 190 Fr Dade City (Zephyrhills)
60 Ryan McMahon DL 6-3 280 Fr Rome, Ga. (Darlington Prep)
95 Kevin McNeil DE 6-3 240 Fr Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County)
* 94 Justin Mincey DE 6-5 275 Fr Folkston, Ga. (Charlton County/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 59 Neefy Moffett ATH 6-1 245 So * Palm Bay (Palm Bay)
* 16 Brent Moody P 6-2 178 Jr Tallahassee (Lincoln/Louisville)
* 62 Cory Niblock OT 6-4 300 Sr-R *** Saint Augustine (Nease)
* 55 Derek Nicholson LB 6-2 232 So * Winston-Salem, N.C. (Mount Tabor)
* 82 D.J. Norris DE 6-3 252 Jr-R ** Pace (Pace)
27 Jesse Outlaw CB 5-9 170 So Starkville, Miss. (Starkville)
* 79 David Overmyer OT 6-5 303 Jr-R ** Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview)
86 Rod Owens WR 6-0 170 So * Jacksonville (Wolfson)
* 13 Preston Parker WR 6-0 175 Fr Delray Beach (Atlantic)
49 Jonathan Person TE 6-0 235 Fr Hialeah
* 88 Edwin Pierre-Pata TE 6-3 260 Sr North Miami (North Miami)
* 19 Caz Piurowski TE 6-7 260 Fr Land O' Lakes (Land O' Lakes)
14 Christian Ponder QB 6-2 206 Fr Colleyville, Tex. (Colleyville Heritage)
Tim Rawlinson LB 6-1 215 Fr Prattville, Ala. (Prattville)
16 D'Vontrey Richardson QB 6-1 200 Fr Leesburg, Ga. (Lee County)
* 20 Jamie Robinson CB 6-2 187 Fr-R Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern)
* 21 Patrick Robinson CB 5-11 190 Fr Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 3 Myron Rolle RV 6-2 218 Fr Galloway, N.J. (The Hun School)
76 Daron Rose OL 6-5 310 Fr Tampa (Jefferson)
* 65 Garrison Sanborn DS 6-1 221 Jr-R * Tampa (Jesuit)
* 80 Joslin Shaw WR 5-10 183 Jr-R * Plant City (Plant City)
* 35 Marcus Sims RB 6-0 211 Fr Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 6 Antone Smith RB 5-9 188 So * Pahokee (Pahokee)
* 56 Kendrick Stewart DT 6-2 271 Fr-R Lakeland (Lakeland)
* 32 Joe Surratt FB 6-1 254 Jr * Pace (Pace)
* 72 Budd Thacker DL 6-2 275 Fr Sanford (Seminole)
* 51 Jae Thaxton LB 6-3 246 So-R ** Hartwell, Ga. (Hart County)
* 83 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-3 230 Jr ** Florence, S.C. (Wilson)
* 31 Toddrick Verdell LB 6-3 215 So Hartwell, Ga. (Hart County/Butler County CC)
87 Chase Walker WR 6-2 200 So Panama City (Arnold)
Clarence Ward DB 6-0 175 Fr-R Pensacola (Pensacola)
* 1 Brandon Warren TE 6-2 230 Fr Alcoa, Tenn. (Alcoa)
* 36 Dekoda Watson LB 6-2 225 Fr Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken)
* 11 Drew Weatherford QB 6-3 220 So-R * Odessa (Land O' Lakes)
* 16 Jared Whipkey QB 6-3 211 Sr Robinson, Ill. (Robinson)
* 8 Roger Williams FS 6-0 200 Jr-R ** Warner Robins, Ga. (Northside)
* 48 Recardo Wright LB 6-2 215 Fr Orlando (Doctor Phillips)
2006 Roster - By Number
L
T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Tim Rawlinson LB 6-1 215 Fr Prattville, Ala. (Prattville)
Clarence Ward DB 6-0 175 Fr-R Pensacola (Pensacola)
* 1 Brandon Warren TE 6-2 230 Fr Alcoa, Tenn. (Alcoa)
* 3 Myron Rolle RV 6-2 218 Fr Galloway, N.J. (The Hun School)
* 4 Mikhal Kornegay S 5-8 181 Jr-R ** Madison (Madison County/Tennessee Tech)
* 5 Chris Davis WR 6-0 180 Sr-R *** Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg Catholic)
6 Marcus Gadson S 6-1 185 Fr Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stone Mountain)
* 6 Antone Smith RB 5-9 188 So * Pahokee (Pahokee)
* 7 Buster Davis LB 5-10 240 Sr-R *** Daytona Beach (Mainland)
* 8 Roger Williams FS 6-0 200 Jr-R ** Warner Robins, Ga. (Northside)
* 9 Xavier Lee QB 6-4 228 So-R * Daytona Beach (Seabreeze)
* 10 Geno Hayes LB 6-2 215 So * Greenville (Madison County)
* 11 Drew Weatherford QB 6-3 220 So-R * Odessa (Land O' Lakes)
* 12 Gary Cismesia PK 5-11 214 Jr ** Bradenton (Lakewood Ranch)
* 12 Damon McDaniel WR 6-0 192 Fr Virginia Beach, Va. (Landstown)
* 13 Preston Parker WR 6-0 175 Fr Delray Beach (Atlantic)
14 Christian Ponder QB 6-2 206 Fr Colleyville, Tex. (Colleyville Heritage)
* 15 Tony Carter CB 5-9 160 So-R * Jacksonville (Mandarin)
* 15 Tommy Keane QB 6-2 205 Sr Miami (Archbishop Carroll)
* 16 Brent Moody P 6-2 178 Jr Tallahassee (Lincoln/Louisville)
16 D'Vontrey Richardson QB 6-1 200 Fr Leesburg, Ga. (Lee County)
* 16 Jared Whipkey QB 6-3 211 Sr Robinson, Ill. (Robinson)
* 18 J.R. Bryant CB 6-1 172 Jr ** Miami (Killian)
* 19 Caz Piurowski TE 6-7 260 Fr Land O' Lakes (Land O' Lakes)
* 20 Jamie Robinson CB 6-2 187 Fr-R Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern)
* 21 Patrick Robinson CB 5-11 190 Fr Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 22 Korey Mangum DB 6-0 192 Fr-R LaMarque, Tex. (LaMarque)
* 23 Roosevelt Lawson DB 5-11 187 So * Miami (Southridge)
* 24 Darius McClure S 5-11 198 So-R * Birmingham, Ala. (Minor)
26 Anthony Leon S 6-4 215 Fr Miami (Gulliver Prep)
27 Russell Ball RB 5-7 176 Fr-R LaMarque, Tex. (LaMarque)
27 John McKnight P 6-2 190 Fr Dade City (Zephyrhills)
27 Jesse Outlaw CB 5-9 170 So Starkville, Miss. (Starkville)
* 28 Lorenzo Booker RB 5-11 193 Sr-R *** Ventura, Calif. (Saint Bonaventure)
* 29 Michael Ray Garvin DB 5-8 181 So * Upper Saddle River, N.J. (Dom Bosco Prep)
* 30 Pat Davis RB 5-9 185 So-R Fort Lauderdale (Cardinal Gibbons)
* 31 Toddrick Verdell LB 6-3 215 So Hartwell, Ga. (Hart County/Butler County CC)
* 32 Joe Surratt FB 6-1 254 Jr * Pace (Pace)
33 Jamaal Edwards RB 6-0 215 So-R Greensboro, N.C. (Dudley)
* 35 Marcus Sims RB 6-0 211 Fr Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 36 Dekoda Watson LB 6-2 225 Fr Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken)
* 37 Rodney Gallon LB 6-0 200 So-R * Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 37 Chase Goggans PK 5-9 162 Sr Douglas, Ga. (Coffee County)
* 38 Sean Compton FB 6-0 240 Jr Milton (Milton)
39 Ochuko Jenije CB 5-10 177 Fr Tallahassee (North Florida Christian)
* 40 Matt Dunham FB 6-2 257 Fr Columbus, Ga. (Pacelli)
* 41 Seddrick Holloway FB 5-10 245 Fr Tallahassee (Lincoln)
* 43 Graham Gano K/P 6-1 189 So * Cantonment (Tate)
* 44 Marcus Ball ATH 6-0 204 Fr Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)
* 45 Charlie Graham TE 6-3 230 Fr-R Madison (Madison County)
* 46 Anthony Houllis RV 6-0 210 Jr-R ** Tarpon Springs (Tarpon Springs)
47 Mister Alexander ATH 6-2 183 Fr Aldine, Tex. (Eisenhower)
* 48 Recardo Wright LB 6-2 215 Fr Orlando (Doctor Phillips)
49 Anthony Kelly DE 6-3 253 Jr-R Daytona Beach (Seabreeze/Jones County JC)
* 49 Benjamin Lampkin LB 6-0 218 So-R Panama City (Rutherford)
49 Jonathan Person TE 6-0 235 Fr Hialeah
* 51 Jae Thaxton LB 6-3 246 So-R ** Hartwell, Ga. (Hart County)
* 52 Jeremy Franklin LB 6-2 210 Sr Tampa (Chamberlain)
54 Paul Griffin DL 6-1 278 Jr Pensacola (Pensacola/Butler County CC)
* 55 Derek Nicholson LB 6-2 232 So * Winston-Salem, N.C. (Mount Tabor)
* 56 Kendrick Stewart DT 6-2 271 Fr-R Lakeland (Lakeland)
57 Brandon Davis OL 6-2 290 Fr Miami (South Miami)
* 58 Dumaka Atkins C 6-4 310 So-R * Sarasota (Booker)
* 59 Neefy Moffett ATH 6-1 245 So * Palm Bay (Palm Bay)
60 Ryan McMahon DL 6-3 280 Fr Rome, Ga. (Darlington Prep)
61 Tyler Graves OL 6-6 272 Fr Sumrall, Miss. (Sumrall)
* 62 Cory Niblock OT 6-4 300 Sr-R *** Saint Augustine (Nease)
* 64 Marcus Ford OL 6-1 280 Jr Brunswick, Ga. (Glynn Academy)
* 65 Garrison Sanborn DS 6-1 221 Jr-R * Tampa (Jesuit)
* 67 John Frady C-OG 6-4 306 Jr-R ** Jacksonville (Bolles)
* 68 Jacky Claude OG 6-4 308 Jr ** Miami (Edison)
* 69 Cory Brookins C 6-3 290 Sr Panama City (Mosley)
70 Philip Browning OL 6-5 280 Fr-R Atlanta, Ga. (Westminster/Hargrave Military Academy)
71 Evan Bellamy OL 6-4 315 Fr Miami (Gulliver Prep)
* 72 Budd Thacker DL 6-2 275 Fr Sanford (Seminole)
* 73 Shannon Boatman OL 6-7 309 Jr Beaumont, Tex. (West Brook/Tyler JC)
* 74 Geoff Berniard OG 6-8 340 So-R * Lafayette, La. (Saint Thomas More)
* 75 Mario Henderson OL 6-7 308 Sr *** Lehigh Acres (Lehigh)
76 Daron Rose OL 6-5 310 Fr Tampa (Jefferson)
77 Jared Martin OG 6-2 335 Sr * Fort Lauderdale (Nova)
* 78 Matt Hardrick OL 6-5 340 Fr Winter Park (Edgewater/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 79 David Overmyer OT 6-5 303 Jr-R ** Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview)
* 80 Joslin Shaw WR 5-10 183 Jr-R * Plant City (Plant City)
* 81 De'Cody Fagg WR 6-3 221 Jr * Quincy (Shanks/Hargrave Military Academy)
* 82 D.J. Norris DE 6-3 252 Jr-R ** Pace (Pace)
* 83 Lawrence Timmons LB 6-3 230 Jr ** Florence, S.C. (Wilson)
* 84 Robert Hallback WR 5-9 181 Sr ** Plant City (Plant City)
* 85 Richard Goodman WR 6-0 179 So * Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
86 Rod Owens WR 6-0 170 So * Jacksonville (Wolfson)
87 Chase Walker WR 6-2 200 So Panama City (Arnold)
* 88 Edwin Pierre-Pata TE 6-3 260 Sr North Miami (North Miami)
* 89 Greg Carr WR 6-6 203 So * Reddick (North Marion)
90 Aaron Jones DT 6-3 285 So-R * Orlando (Edgewater)
91 Emmanuel Dunbar DT 6-5 292 So Deerfield Beach (Deerfield Beach)
* 92 Darrell Burston DE 6-2 240 Sr-R ** Fayetteville, Ga. (Starr's Mill)
* 93 Letroy Guion DT 6-4 286 So * Starke (Bradford)
* 94 Justin Mincey DE 6-5 275 Fr Folkston, Ga. (Charlton County/Hargrave Military Academy)
95 Kevin McNeil DE 6-3 240 Fr Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County)
* 96 Andre Fluellen DT 6-4 285 Jr-R ** Cartersville, Ga. (Cartersville)
* 97 Eli Charles DE 6-2 225 Fr-R Green Cove Springs (Clay)
* 98 Alex Boston DE 6-3 264 Jr-R ** Bartow (Bartow)
* 99 Everette Brown DE 6-4 240 Fr-R Stantonsburg, N.C. (Beddingfield)
January 12, 2006 - Ernie Sims announced he will not return for his final season and will enter the NFL draft.
January 14, 2006 - Antonio Cromartie will enter the NFL draft.
January 15, 2006 - Wyatt Sexton gave up his football career to focus on recovering from Lyme disease and getting his MBA.
January 20, 2006 - Fred Rouse and Cornelius Lewis were dismissed from the team for conduct detrimental to the welfare of the team.
June 23, 2006 - Kenny O'Neal was dismissed from the team for conduct detrimental to the welfare of the team.
June 23, 2006 - Trevor Ford annonced his intention to transfer to another school for personal reasons.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Bobby Bowden And Charlie Ward Inducted Into 2006 Hall Of Fame.
Coach Bowden headlines the evening with Gold Medal address.
Dec. 5, 2006
NEW YORK, NY - If "In the Stairwell" Air Force Academy singing cadets' group with its rendition of the National Anthem was not enough to get the patriotic juices flowing in the audience, presentations
of the annual awards by the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame had a decided "honor America and its great game" message with inductions of the 14 members of the NFF & College
Football Hall of Fame Class of 2006.
Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden and Penn State head coach Joe Paterno (unable to attend due to rehabilitation of his injured leg) highlighted the evening as Co-Gold Medal winners - first awarded
to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the inaugural NFF Awards Dinner in 1958.
The Distinguished American Award also was presented posthumously to All-Pacific 10 Conference and summa cum laude graduate of Arizona State Pat Tillman. Tillman disrupted a promising professional
career in 2002 to enlist in the military and was later killed in Afghanistan while serving as an Army Ranger. Accepting for the Tillman family was Pat's brother Kevin Tillman of Los Angeles.
A father-son tandem received the NFF Official of the Year laurel for the first time as A.C. (Butch) Lambert, Sr. (posthumous) and Jr. (with Mrs. Lambert, Sr., also in attendance) of Tupelo, Miss.
(also the hometown of Elvis Presley) and the Southeastern Conference were accorded dual honors.
My dad is watching as we receive this award," said Butch Lambert, Jr., "and I want to thank the coaches, administration, coordinators, and many friends in the SEC for their support and kindness down
through the years."
The John L. Toner Award, for excellence in athletics administration, went to 20-plus year veteran DeLoss Dodds, who also served as AD and track coach at Kansas State after a stellar running career at
KSU.
"It is such an honor to receive an award named after John Toner (in attendance and presenting the trophy) at this wonderful event," Dodds said. "I have so many great head coaches and administrators
who make my job easier, and I am thankful to have many members of my family visiting New York with us this week."
Rutgers' Brian Leonard, one of 17 finalists out of a field of 148 semifinalists for the Vincent DePaul Draddy Trophy for scholastic, football and other areas of key leadership, was named as the
recipient of this prestigious honor - given in memory of longtime NFF leader and ultra-successful businessman Vin Draddy.
"I'm very honored to receive the Draddy Award," said Leonard. "This is the highlight of my college football career, and I have been very fortunate to play for head coach Greg Schiano and to be part of
the outstanding football program at Rutgers."
Penn State All-America LB and 2004 Dick Butkus Award recipient Paul Posluszny responded on behalf of the 17 finalists for this award - each of whom earned $18,000 postgraduate scholarships.
"On behalf of all these student-athletes," he said, "I want all of you to know these scholarships will be used for purposes even more important than football. It's an honor to be on the dais with
coach Bobby Bowden after Penn State played FSU in the 2006 (FedEx) Orange Bowl, and I know coach Paterno wishes he could be here to receive his award."
Bowden kept the crowd in stitches with several football-related stories and then closed the regular program on a serious note after Chad Hennings of Air Force spoke on behalf of the the Class of
2006.
"Football is the greatest leadership lab in which young men can learn," Hennings stated. "From the first time you put on the football pads and feel the excitement of any level of football, you can
give thanks to God, your parents, coaches, teammates, and your universities for their encouragement and support."
"I have been coaching for 54 years and married to (wife) Ann for 56 years," Bowden began. "Football offers you the greatest opportunity for a coach to succeed in any sport. Now, Joe Paterno's old
(79). I'm just 77! I'm looking out on this audience and seeing many people who haven't lived their lives. They have so much ahead of them, and, just as with all six of my football jobs in four
different states, I know that you have to have faith/belief - I'm not talking about Fate. I have been very fortunate in my profession, and this is just a wonderful award. I am truly honored."
2006 Conference Awards
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Greg Carr Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Buster Davis Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Chris Davis Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Andre Fluellen Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Cory Niblock Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Myron Rolle Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Lawrence Timmons Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
All-Conference - 7
2006 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Everette Brown College Football News - 2nd Team Freshman All-American
Scripps Howard - 2nd Team Freshman All-American
The Sporting News - 2nd Team Freshman All-American
Buster Davis American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American
Walter Camp - 2nd Team All-American
The Sporting News - 2nd Team All-American
College Football News - Honorable Mention All-American
College & Pro Football Weekly - Honorable Mention All-American
Sports Illustrated - Honorable Mention All-American
Geno Hayes College Football News - Honorable Mention Sophomore All-American
Jamie Robinson The Sporting News - Honorable Mention Freshman All-American
Myron Rolle College Football News - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Scripps Howard - 1st Team Freshman All-American
The Sporting News - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Lawrence Timmons College & Pro Football Weekly - Honorable Mention All-American
Brandon Warren Scripps Howard - 3rd Team Freshman All-American
The Sporting News - 3rd Team Freshman All-American
College Football News - Honorable Mention Freshman All-American
All-Americans - 7
2006 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Alex Barron 70 OT St. Louis Rams
Anquan Boldin 81 WR Arizona Cardinals
Michael Boulware 28 S Seattle Seahawks
Derrick Brooks 55 LB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Milford Brown 67 OG Arizona Cardinals
Tony Bryant 92 DE St. Louis Rams
Brodrick Bunkley 78 DT Philadelphia Eagles
Jerome Carter 42 DB St. Louis Rams
Laveranues Coles 87 WR New York Jets
Zack Crockett 32 RB Oakland Raiders
Antonio Cromartie 25 CB San Diego Chargers
Devard Darling 81 WR Baltimore Ravens
Chauncey Davis 92 DE Atlanta Falcons
Darnell Dockett 90 DT Arizona Cardinals
Warrick Dunn 28 RB Atlanta Falcons
Todd Fordham 78 OT Carolina Panthers
Derrick Gibson 36 S Oakland Raiders
Montrae Holland 61 OG New Orleans Saints
Chris Hope 24 S Tennessee Titans
Dexter Jackson 28 S Cincinnati Bengals
Sebastian Janikowski 11 K Oakland Raiders
Michael Jennings 15 WR New York Giants
Brad Johnson 14 QB Minnesota Vikings
Travis Johnson 99 DT Houston Texans
Greg Jones 33 RB Jacksonville Jaguars
Walter Jones 71 OT Seattle Seahawks
Bryant McFadden 20 CB Pittsburgh Steelers
Travis Minor 28 RB Miami Dolphins
Eric Moore 95 DE New Orleans Saints
Eric Moore 92 DE St. Louis Rams
A.J. Nicholson 52 LB Cincinnati Bengals
Claudius Osei 49 S New York Giants
Scott Player 10 P Arizona Cardinals
Tommy Polley 54 LB New Orleans Saints
Eric Powell 91 DE Buffalo Bills
Willie Reid 15 WR Pittsburgh Steelers
Samari Rolle 22 CB Baltimore Ravens
Gerard Ross 35 CB Seattle Seahawks
Orpheus Roye 99 DT Cleveland Browns
Eric Shelton 32 RB Carolina Panthers
Corey Simon 97 DT Indianapolis Colts
Ernie Sims 50 LB Detroit Lions
Greg Spires 94 DE Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tra Thomas 72 OT Philadelphia Eagles
Craphonso Thorpe 16 WR Detroit Lions
Craphonso Thorpe 16 WR Houston Texans
Javon Walker 84 WR Denver Broncos
B.J. Ward 46 S Baltimore Ravens
Leon Washington 29 RB New York Jets
Pat Watkins 25 S Dallas Cowboys
Chris Weinke 16 QB Carolina Panthers
Ray Willis 74 OT Seattle Seahawks
Kamerion Wimbley 95 DE Cleveland Browns
Noles in the Pros - 51
2006 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Conference games in bold
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 7- 6 4-4 2-2 1-0
vs ACC 3- 5 1-3 2-2 0-0
Against Top 25 1- 3 0-3 1-0 0-0
2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Results
ATLANTIC DIVISION
1 Wake Forest 6- 2 11- 3
2t Boston College 5- 3 10- 3
2t Maryland 5- 3 9- 4
2t Clemson 5- 3 8- 5
5 Florida State 3- 5 7- 6
6 North Carolina State 2- 6 3- 9
COASTAL DIVISION
1 Georgia Tech 7- 1 9- 5
2 Virginia Tech 6- 2 10- 3
3 Virginia 4- 4 5- 7
4 Miami 3- 5 7- 6
5 North Carolina 2- 6 3- 9
6 Duke 0- 8 0-12
2006 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, Jacksonville, Fla.
Date Score Comments
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12/02/2006 Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
ACC Championship, Jacksonville, Fl
December 2, 2006, Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6
2006 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Antone Smith 09/23/2006 Rice 12 137 11.42 2
Lorenzo Booker 09/23/2006 Rice 13 115 8.85 1
2006 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Chris Davis 10/28/2006 Maryland 8 132 16.50 1
Lorenzo Booker 12/27/2006 UCLA 5 117 23.40 0
Greg Carr 09/23/2006 Rice 5 107 21.40 2
Lorenzo Booker 10/05/2006 North Carolina State 4 105 26.25 0
Greg Carr 10/14/2006 Duke 4 100 25.00 3
Chris Davis 10/21/2006 Boston College 10 100 10.00 0
2006 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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Drew Weatherford 09/09/2006 Troy 43 30 336 1 7.81 2
Drew Weatherford 10/21/2006 Boston College 48 32 326 2 6.79 1
Drew Weatherford 12/27/2006 UCLA 43 21 325 1 7.56 1
2006 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 343 258
Points Per Game............. 26.4 19.8
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 42 31
TDs Rushing................. 17 11
TDs Passing................. 19 17
TDs Fumble Return........... 1 1
TDs Punt Return............. 2 0
TDs Interception............ 3 2
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Lateral................. 0 0
TDs Free Kick............... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 40-41 27-31
Kick........................ 39-40 26-29
Pass........................ 1- 1 1- 2
Run......................... 0- 0 0- 0
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 14-20 14-19
SAFETY........................ 2 1
DEFENSIVE EXTRA POINT......... 2 0
FIRST DOWNS................... 211 201
Rushing..................... 61 75
Passing..................... 134 107
Penalty..................... 16 19
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1255 1203
Yards gained rushing........ 1592 1686
Yards lost rushing.......... 337 483
Rushing Attempts............ 363 421
Average Per Rush............ 3.5 2.9
Average Per Game............ 96.5 92.5
PASSING YARDAGE............... 3039 2578
Att-Comp-Int................ 439-239-16 414-227-12
Efficiency.................. 119.58 114.89
Average Per Pass............ 6.9 6.2
Average Per Catch........... 12.7 11.4
Average Per Game............ 233.8 198.3
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 4294 3781
Total Plays................. 802 835
Average Per Play............ 5.4 4.5
Average Per Game............ 330.3 290.8
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 35- 653 43-1051
Average Per Return.......... 18.7 24.4
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 35-317 19-221
Average Per Return.......... 9.1 11.6
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 12-263 16-204
Average Per Return.......... 21.9 12.8
FUMBLE RETURNS: #-YARDS....... 7- 52 11- 18
Average Per Return.......... 7.4 1.6
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 26-11 19- 7
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 89- 697 82- 633
Average Per Game............ 53.6 48.7
PUNTS-YARDS................... 69-2772 87-3338
Average Per Punt............ 40.2 38.4
Net punt average............ 37.0 34.7
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:06 30:54
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 177- 60 191- 61
3rd-Down Pct................ .950 .131
4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS-4TH DOWN. 11- 5 14- 3
4th-Down Pct................ .200 .667
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 27-202 26-135
MISC YARDS.................... 79 0
ATTENDANCE.................... 644,256 196,960
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 8-80,532 4-49,240
ATTENDANCE-NEUTRAL FIELD...... 40,331
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 1-40,331
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 71 | 71 |
88 | 115 |
345 |
| Opponents | 46 | 109 |
61 | 42 |
258 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Lorenzo Booker 13 143 709 93 616 4.3 4 34 47.4
Antone Smith 11 88 482 26 456 5.2 5 80t 41.5
Xavier Lee 9 23 127 43 84 3.7 0 24 9.3
Joe Surratt 12 21 56 2 54 2.6 6 8 4.5
Chris Davis 13 5 36 8 28 5.6 1 16 2.2
Marcus Sims 7 8 27 11 16 2.0 0 8 2.3
Preston Parker 7 3 13 0 13 4.3 0 9 1.9
De'Cody Fagg 12 0 10 0 10 0 10 0.8
Matt Dunham 6 6 5 0 5 0.8 0 2 0.8
Joslin Shaw 12 2 8 4 4 2.0 0 8 0.3
Drew Weatherford 12 57 119 133 -14 -0.2 1 11 -1.2
Team 0 7 0 17 -17 -2.4 0
Total......... 13 363 1592 337 1255 3.5 17 80t 96.5
Opponents..... 13 421 1686 483 1203 2.9 11 47 92.5
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Drew Weatherford 12 118.09 318-177-11 .557 2154 12 73 179.5
Xavier Lee 9 123.50 121- 62- 5 .512 885 7 57t 98.3
Total......... 13 119.58 439-239-16 .544 3039 19 73 233.8
Opponents..... 13 114.89 414-227-12 .548 2578 17 78t 198.3
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Chris Davis 13 49 684 14.0 4 55 52.6
Greg Carr 12 34 619 18.2 12 57t 51.6
De'Cody Fagg 12 37 439 11.9 1 29 36.6
Lorenzo Booker 13 33 420 12.7 0 73 32.3
Brandon Warren 13 28 301 10.8 1 29 23.2
Antone Smith 11 21 174 8.3 0 21 15.8
Joslin Shaw 12 12 159 13.3 0 24 13.3
Caz Piurowski 10 7 55 7.9 0 13 5.5
Damon McDaniel 2 3 51 17.0 1 19 25.5
Charlie Graham 7 3 42 14.0 0 28 6.0
Richard Goodman 6 3 33 11.0 0 22 5.5
Preston Parker 7 2 26 13.0 0 20 3.7
Robert Hallback 7 2 14 7.0 0 7 2.0
Matt Dunham 6 2 10 5.0 0 6 1.7
Joe Surratt 12 2 7 3.5 0 6 0.6
Marcus Sims 7 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.7
Total......... 13 239 3039 12.7 19 73 233.8
Opponents..... 13 227 2578 11.4 17 78t 198.3
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Chris Davis 26 224 8.6 0 51
Tony Carter 1 88 88.0 1 69t
Lawrence Timmons 0 25 1 25t
Patrick Robinson 4 16 4.0 0 16
Dekoda Watson 1 16 16.0 0 16
Preston Parker 1 10 10.0 0 10
Eli Charles 1 8 8.0 0 8
Total......... 35 317 9.1 2 51
Opponent...... 19 221 11.6 0 50
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Roger Williams 4 45 11.3 0 38
Tony Carter 2 121 60.5 2 86t
Lawrence Timmons 1 22 22.0 1 22
Marcus Ball 1 54 54.0 0 54
Myron Rolle 1 21 21.0 0 21
Buster Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0
Michael Ray Garvin 1 0 0.0 0 0
Geno Hayes 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 12 263 21.9 3 86t
Opponent...... 16 204 12.8 2 50
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 16 362 22.6 0 47
Joslin Shaw 9 156 17.3 0 31
Lorenzo Booker 4 66 16.5 0 19
Seddrick Holloway 3 39 13.0 0 18
Preston Parker 1 21 21.0 0 21
Sean Compton 1 9 9.0 0 9
Charlie Graham 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total......... 35 653 18.7 0 47
Opponent...... 43 1051 24.4 0 67
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
-----------------------------------------------
Lawrence Timmons 1 36 36.0 1 36t 0
Michael Ray Garvin 1 13 13.0 0 13 0
Neefy Moffett 1 3 3.0 0 3 1
Buster Davis 1 0 0.0 0 0 2
Rodney Gallon 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
Kevin McNeil 1 0 0.0 0 0 1
Eli Charles 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Roger Williams 0 0 . 0 . 1
Letroy Guion 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 7 52 7.4 1 36t 7
Opponent...... 11 18 1.6 1 14
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gary Cismesia 0 14-20 39-40 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 81
Greg Carr 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72
Joe Surratt 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
Chris Davis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32
Antone Smith 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Lorenzo Booker 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Tony Carter 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0 20
Lawrence Timmons 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
De'Cody Fagg 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Drew Weatherford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 6
Damon McDaniel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Brandon Warren 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Buster Davis 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2
Caz Piurowski 0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 2
Patrick Robinson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0 2
====================================================================
FSU 42 14-20 39-40 1-1 1 1-1 2 2 345
Opponent 31 14-19 26-29 0-0 1 1-2 0 1 258
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | L | FK |
|---|
| Greg Carr |
. |
12 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Joe Surratt |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Chris Davis |
1 |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Antone Smith |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Lorenzo Booker |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Tony Carter |
. |
. |
. |
2 |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| Lawrence Timmons |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| De'Cody Fagg |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Drew Weatherford |
1 |
. |
12 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Damon McDaniel |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Brandon Warren |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Xavier Lee |
. |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
17 |
19 |
19 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
11 |
17 |
17 |
3 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
L = Lateral
FK = Free Kick Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 12 375 -14 2154 2140 178.3
Xavier Lee 9 144 84 885 969 107.7
Lorenzo Booker 13 143 616 0 616 47.4
Antone Smith 11 88 456 0 456 41.5
Joe Surratt 12 21 54 0 54 4.5
Chris Davis 13 5 28 0 28 2.2
Marcus Sims 7 8 16 0 16 2.3
Preston Parker 7 3 13 0 13 1.9
De'Cody Fagg 12 0 10 0 10 0.8
Matt Dunham 6 6 5 0 5 0.8
Joslin Shaw 12 2 4 0 4 0.3
Team 0 7 -17 0 -17
Total......... 13 802 1255 3039 4294 330.3
Opponent...... 13 835 1203 2578 3781 290.8
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Gary Cismesia 14-20 .700 1- 1 5- 5 5- 6 2- 7 1- 1 53
| FG SEQUENCE |
Gary Cismesia |
|---|
| Miami |
(37), (33) |
| Troy |
39, (44) |
| Clemson |
(25) |
| Rice |
(32), (53) |
| North Carolina State |
(25), (19) |
| Duke |
None |
| Boston College |
(28) |
| Maryland |
(24), 46 |
| Virginia |
(44) |
| Wake Forest |
46 |
| Western Michigan |
44, 41 |
| Florida |
40 |
| UCLA |
(39), (21), (36) |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Graham Gano 68 2736 40.2 63 6 1 17 1
John McKnight 1 36 36.0 36 0 1 1 0
Total......... 69 2772 40.2 63 6 19 18 1
Opponent...... 87 3338 38.4 68 7 18 26 2
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 13 616 420 0 66 0 0 1102 84.8
Chris Davis 13 28 684 224 0 0 0 936 72.0
Antone Smith 11 456 174 0 0 0 0 630 57.3
Greg Carr 12 0 619 0 0 0 0 619 51.6
De'Cody Fagg 12 10 439 0 0 0 0 449 37.4
Michael Ray Garvin 13 0 0 0 362 0 13 375 28.8
Joslin Shaw 12 4 159 0 156 0 0 319 26.6
Brandon Warren 13 0 301 0 0 0 0 301 23.2
Tony Carter 11 0 0 88 0 121 0 209 19.0
Xavier Lee 9 84 0 0 0 0 0 84 9.3
Lawrence Timmons 13 0 0 25 0 22 36 83 6.4
Preston Parker 7 13 26 10 21 0 0 70 10.0
Joe Surratt 12 54 7 0 0 0 0 61 5.1
Caz Piurowski 10 0 55 0 0 0 0 55 5.5
Marcus Ball 3 0 0 0 0 54 0 54 18.0
Damon McDaniel 2 0 51 0 0 0 0 51 25.5
Roger Williams 13 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 3.5
Charlie Graham 7 0 42 0 0 0 0 42 6.0
Seddrick Holloway 8 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 4.9
Richard Goodman 6 0 33 0 0 0 0 33 5.5
Myron Rolle 12 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 1.8
Marcus Sims 7 16 5 0 0 0 0 21 3.0
Patrick Robinson 10 0 0 16 0 0 0 16 1.6
Dekoda Watson 10 0 0 16 0 0 0 16 1.6
Matt Dunham 6 5 10 0 0 0 0 15 2.5
Robert Hallback 7 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 2.0
Sean Compton 6 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 1.5
Eli Charles 7 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 1.1
Neefy Moffett 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.4
Drew Weatherford 12 -14 0 0 0 0 0 -14 -1.2
Team 0 -17 0 0 0 0 0 -17
Total......... 13 1255 3039 317 653 263 52 5579 429.2
Opponent...... 13 1203 2578 221 1051 204 18 5275 405.8
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buster Davis 13 57 52 109 8.0- 60.0 5.0- 50.0 1- 0 2 . 1- 0 2 . 1
Lawrence Timmons 13 42 37 79 18.0- 71.0 5.0- 29.0 1- 22 6 2 1- 36 . 2 .
Myron Rolle 12 31 46 77 5.5- 22.0 1.0- 2.0 1- 21 5 . . . . .
Roger Williams 13 36 31 67 1.0- 2.0 . 4- 45 5 . . 1 . .
Geno Hayes 11 31 28 59 12.0- 62.0 3.0- 24.0 1- 0 3 1 . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 13 30 5 35 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 1- 0 3 . 1- 13 . . .
Andre Fluellen 13 16 12 28 8.0- 25.0 0.5- 3.0 . 1 . . . . .
Everette Brown 13 16 11 27 13.5- 45.0 3.0- 21.0 . . 3 . . 1 .
Tony Carter 11 14 13 27 2.5- 7.0 . 2-121 5 . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 10 16 10 26 1.0- 1.0 . . 4 . . . . .
Letroy Guion 12 10 15 25 4.0- 19.0 0.5- 4.0 . . 1 . 1 . .
Dekoda Watson 10 15 8 23 3.5- 18.0 2.0- 15.0 . . . . . 1 .
J.R. Bryant 9 17 6 23 2.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Kevin McNeil 10 9 7 16 5.0- 33.0 3.0- 28.0 . 1 . 1- 0 1 . .
Darius McClure 10 10 6 16 . . . 2 . . . . .
Darrell Burston 13 3 11 14 3.0- 12.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 9 6 8 14 2.5- 6.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 8 7 6 13 2.5- 6.0 . . 3 . 1- 3 1 . .
Marcus Ball 3 7 6 13 . . 1- 54 2 . . . . .
Rodney Gallon 7 7 5 12 1.5- 7.0 . . . 1 1- 0 1 . .
Anthony Houllis 3 6 6 12 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 10 6 5 11 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . 1 .
Recardo Wright 9 3 8 11 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 11 5 3 8 6.0- 21.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay 8 3 5 8 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Eli Charles 7 4 3 7 . . . . . 1- 0 . 1 .
Korey Mangum 8 4 2 6 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 5 2 4 6 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Jae Thaxton 4 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 6 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey 5 3 1 4 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Garrison Sanborn 8 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin 7 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell 6 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Emmanuel Dunbar 2 1 2 3 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Pat Davis 13 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Brandon Warren 13 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Graham Gano 13 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw 12 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Drew Weatherford 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart 2 . 2 2 . . . . 1 . . . .
Jesse Outlaw 2 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Team 0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . 1
Lorenzo Booker 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
David Overmyer 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Sims 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Robert Hallback 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
D.J. Norris 4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
John McKnight 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Gadson 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Chris Davis 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mario Henderson 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
John Frady 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gary Cismesia 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jacky Claude 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shannon Boatman 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
De'Cody Fagg 12 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greg Carr 12 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joe Surratt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cory Niblock 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Antone Smith 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caz Piurowski 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Xavier Lee 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seddrick Holloway 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Charlie Graham 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preston Parker 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Matt Hardrick 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Richard Goodman 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Franklin 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brent Moody 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ford 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Matt Dunham 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sean Compton 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dumaka Atkins 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cory Brookins 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Geoff Berniard 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Edwin Pierre-Pata 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chase Goggans 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Damon McDaniel 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aaron Jones 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tommy Keane 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jared Whipkey 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jonathan Person 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chase Walker 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ochuko Jenije 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Daron Rose 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jamaal Edwards 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 440 382 822 105.5-440.0 27.0-202.0 12-263 42 9 7- 52 7 6 2
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS UM Troy CU RU NCS Duke BC UMd UVa Wake WMU UF UCLA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
47 Mister Alexander 0- 0
58 Dumaka Atkins 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
44 Marcus Ball 3- 0 xx xx xx
27 Russell Ball 0- 0
71 Evan Bellamy 0- 0
74 Geoff Berniard 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
73 Shannon Boatman 13-13 O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT
28 Lorenzo Booker 13-12 O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB xx O-TB O-TB
98 Alex Boston 11- 8 D-LE D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT xx xx xx D-RE D-RE D-LE
69 Cory Brookins 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
99 Everette Brown 13- 3 xx xx xx D-RE D-LE D-LE xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
70 Philip Browning 0- 0
18 J.R. Bryant 9- 4 D-BC D-BC D-BC D-BC xx xx xx xx xx
92 Darrell Burston 13-13 D-RE D-RE D-LE D-LE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-RE D-LE D-LE D-RE
89 Greg Carr 12- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-WR
15 Tony Carter 11-11 D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-FC D-LC
97 Eli Charles 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
12 Gary Cismesia 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
68 Jacky Claude 13-13 O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG
38 Sean Compton 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
57 Brandon Davis 0- 0
7 Buster Davis 13-13 D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB D-MLB
5 Chris Davis 13-13 O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR
30 Pat Davis 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
91 Emmanuel Dunbar 2- 0 xx xx
40 Matt Dunham 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
33 Jamaal Edwards 1- 0 xx
81 De'Cody Fagg 12-10 O-WR O-WR O-WR xx O-WR O-WR O-WR xx O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR
96 Andre Fluellen 13-13 D-DT D-DT D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG
64 Marcus Ford 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
67 John Frady 13-13 O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
52 Jeremy Franklin 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
6 Marcus Gadson 1- 0 xx
37 Rodney Gallon 7- 1 xx xx xx xx xx D-WLB xx
43 Graham Gano 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
29 Michael Ray Garvin 13- 6 xx xx xx xx D-LC D-LCB xx xx D-BC D-BC D-BC D-BC xx
37 Chase Goggans 2- 0 xx xx
85 Richard Goodman 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
45 Charlie Graham 7- 2 O-TE O-TE xx xx xx xx xx
61 Tyler Graves 0- 0
54 Paul Griffin 2- 2 D-NG D-NG
93 Letroy Guion 12- 4 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT
84 Robert Hallback 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
78 Matt Hardrick 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
10 Geno Hayes 11-10 D-WLB D-WLB D-WLG D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB xx D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB
75 Mario Henderson 13-13 O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT
41 Seddrick Holloway 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
46 Anthony Houllis 3- 3 D-RV D-RV D-RV
39 Ochuko Jenije 1- 0 xx
90 Aaron Jones 1- 0 xx
15 Tommy Keane 1- 0 xx
49 Anthony Kelly 0- 0
4 Mikhal Kornegay 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
49 Benjamin Lampkin 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
23 Roosevelt Lawson 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
9 Xavier Lee 9- 3 xx xx xx xx O-QB O-QB O-QB xx xx
26 Anthony Leon 0- 0
22 Korey Mangum 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
77 Jared Martin 0- 0
24 Darius McClure 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
12 Damon McDaniel 2- 0 xx xx
27 John McKnight 2- 0 xx xx
60 Ryan McMahon 0- 0
95 Kevin McNeil 10- 2 xx xx xx D-LE xx xx D-LE xx xx xx
94 Justin Mincey 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
59 Neefy Moffett 8- 2 xx xx xx xx xx D-LE D-LE xx
16 Brent Moody 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
62 Cory Niblock 11- 9 xx O-RG xx O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG
55 Derek Nicholson 5- 0 xx xx xx xx xx
82 D.J. Norris 4- 2 xx D-LE D-RE xx
27 Jesse Outlaw 2- 0 xx xx
79 David Overmyer 8- 4 O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG xx xx xx xx
86 Rod Owens 0- 0
13 Preston Parker 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
49 Jonathan Person 1- 0 xx
88 Edwin Pierre-Pata 3- 0 xx xx xx
19 Caz Piurowski 10- 2 xx xx xx xx xx O-TE xx xx O-TE xx
14 Christian Ponder 0- 0
Tim Rawlinson 0- 0
16 D'Vontrey Richardson 0- 0
20 Jamie Robinson 10- 5 xx xx D-RC D-RCB D-BC D-BC xx xx xx D-RC
21 Patrick Robinson 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
3 Myron Rolle 12-10 xx xx D-RV D-ROV D-ROV D-RV D-RV D-RV D-RV D-RV D-RV D-RV
76 Daron Rose 1- 0 xx
65 Garrison Sanborn 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
80 Joslin Shaw 12- 2 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-WR O-WR xx xx xx
35 Marcus Sims 7- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx O-RB
6 Antone Smith 11- 1 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-TB
56 Kendrick Stewart 2- 0 xx xx
32 Joe Surratt 12-12 O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB O-FB
72 Budd Thacker 9- 3 xx xx D-DT D-DT D-DT xx xx xx xx
51 Jae Thaxton 4- 1 xx xx xx D-WLB
83 Lawrence Timmons 13-13 D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB D-SLB
31 Toddrick Verdell 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
87 Chase Walker 1- 0 xx
Clarence Ward 0- 0
1 Brandon Warren 13- 9 xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE xx O-TE O-TE O-TE xx O-TE xx
36 Dekoda Watson 10- 1 xx xx xx xx D-WLB xx xx xx xx xx
11 Drew Weatherford 12-10 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB xx xx O-QB O-QB O-QB
16 Jared Whipkey 1- 0 xx
8 Roger Williams 13-13 D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS
48 Recardo Wright 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
Florida State 13, Miami 10
09/04/2006, Miami, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Nip 'Canes In Defensive Struggle 13-10
Garvin's interception in final minute seals win for FSU.
MIAMI, FL - Gary Cismesia took his final warmup kick on the sideline, rubbed his head, fastened his helmet strap and jogged onto the field. He looked cool and calm, then did what so many Florida State
kickers over the years could not.
He beat Miami.
Cismesia's 33-yard field goal with 8:06 left lifted the 11th-ranked Seminoles to a 13-10 win over the No. 12 Hurricanes on Monday night.
Michael Ray Garvin intercepted Kyle Wright's final pass with 29 seconds left, sealing the victory.
It was the second straight win in the series for the Seminoles, who also eked out a three-point win over their Sunshine State rival in last season's opener.
Drew Weatherford, who struggled in the 2005 win, was solid this time - throwing for 175 yards, 62 of them on a pair of pivotal third-down conversions that set up the Seminoles' lone touchdown early in
the fourth quarter. And Florida State's hopes almost entirely hinged on the passing game, since Miami's defensive front held the Seminoles to 1 yard on 25 rushes.
Still, even a performance like that wasn't enough to carry the Hurricanes, who managed only 17 yards in the second half and wasted a 10-3 halftime lead.
"You don't know how hard it is to beat Miami," Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said. "I mean, I've been playing these guys for 31 years. They've probably got as good a defense as there is in the country,
unless it's us."
Charlie Jones had a 4-yard touchdown run for Miami, which hadn't lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl since 1998 - and has now lost three of its last four games overall dating back to last season.
The revamped Hurricane offense struggled mightily; Wright was 18-of-27 passing, but gained only 132 yards.
And the rushing game, like Florida State's, was nonexistent: Miami had 2 yards on 26 carries, the second-lowest total in school history.
"What you saw tonight was a typical Miami-Florida State game...I want to make sure our fans don't give up on this football team," Miami coach Larry Coker said. "This is going to be a very good
football team. It's a long season."
Joe Surratt had a 1-yard touchdown plunge for Florida State on the first play of the final quarter, and De'Cody Fagg had three catches for 60 yards for the Seminoles.
Darnell Jenkins and Lance Leggett each had four catches and combined for 93 yards for the Hurricanes, but the duo made only one catch in the second half.
With one swing of Cismesia's right leg, finally, Gerry Thomas, Dan Mowrey, Matt Munyon and Xavier Beitia could enjoy seeing a late-game kick against the Hurricanes. Each of Florida State's former
kickers had missed pivotal chances late in games against Miami in recent years, a trend that has long befuddled the Seminoles.
Thomas missed in 1991, Wide Right I.
Mowrey missed the next year, Wide Right II.
Munyon's miss was in 2000, Wide Right III.
And Beitia missed three in his career against Miami - wide left at the end of the 2002 game, another in the 2004 Orange Bowl loss to Miami, then a block in the Hurricanes' 16-10 win that opened the
2004 season.
But Cismesia - who missed an extra point and then two field goals in overtime against Penn State last season in the Orange Bowl - finally delivered a dagger.
Without Weatherford's clutch play in the third quarter, Cismesia may never have gotten his chance.
Weatherford - now 2-0 against Miami as a starter - had third-down passes of 28 and 34 yards to breathe life into a stagnant Florida State offense, setting up Surratt's score that pulled the Seminoles
into a 10-10 tie.
A close game shouldn't have surprised anyone at the Orange Bowl - this marked the seventh time in the last eight meetings between the schools that the outcome was decided by eight points or less.
Cismesia hit a 37-yard field goal 6:04 into the game, opening the scoring.
Miami's first scoring drive was highlighted by a 27-yard catch by Jenkins, who adjusted and spun to grab a slightly underthrown ball shortly before Jones' touchdown run with 13:02 left in the half.
Jon Peattie added a 20-yard field goal later in the half, pushing the margin to 10-3. Miami's Brandon Meriweather had an interception shortly before halftime, giving the Hurricanes the ball at Florida
State's 31 - but the offense couldn't extend the lead, and that missed opportunity proved costly.
"We made no plays. We made no plays in the second half," Coker said.
Notes: Bowden is now 1-8 against Miami when trailing at halftime...Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem and Dorell Wright of the NBA champion Miami Heat watched from the Miami sideline...Miami punter Brian
Monroe had a career-long 68-yard kick in the first quarter.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
13 |
| Miami |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1st 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 37, field goal, 8:56
2nd 3- 7 Opp, 4, run (kick), 13:02
3-10 Opp, 20, field goal, 4:51
4th 10-10 Joe Surratt, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 14:58
13-10 Gary Cismesia, 33, field goal, 8:01
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 9 8
Rushes-yards 25-1 26-2
Passing 175 132
Att-Comp-Int 32-16-1 27-18-1
Total Yards 57-176 53-134
Punt Returns 5-43 2-12
Kickoff Returns 1-14 4-79
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-6
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 7-34.9 9-40.1
Sacks By-Yds 3-31 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-0
Penalties-Yds 6-38 9-75
3rd Down Conversions 4-15 5-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 30:35 29:25
Attendance 71,481
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Antone Smith 9 5 0 3
Joe Surratt 3 3 1 2
Drew Weatherford 6 -1 0 5
Lorenzo Booker 6 -3 0 2
Team 1 -3 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 25 1 1 5
Opp 26 2 1 12
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
De'Cody Fagg 3 60 0 28
Lorenzo Booker 3 47 0 34
Antone Smith 3 24 0 10
Chris Davis 3 21 0 9
Greg Carr 1 11 0 11
Joe Surratt 1 6 0 6
Brandon Warren 1 3 0 3
Caz Piurowski 1 3 0 3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 175 0 34
Opp 18 132 0 27
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 16 32 1 175 0 34
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 32 1 175 0 34
Opp 18 27 1 132 0 27
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 5 43 0 19
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 43 0 19
Opp 2 12 0 15
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 1 14 0 14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 14 0 14
Opp 4 79 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 7 244 41
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 244 41
Opp 9 361 68
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buster Davis 9 3 12 3.5- 36.0 2.0- 29.0 . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 6 2 8 2.5- 14.0 . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 2 2 4 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 2 . 2 1.0- 2.0 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Paul Griffin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
D.J. Norris 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Sims 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Drew Weatherford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Emmanuel Dunbar 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jae Thaxton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darrell Burston . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 37 10 47 8.0- 53.0 3.0- 31.0 1- 0 . . . . . .
Opp 32 18 50 8.0- 18.0 . 1- 6 7 . . 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
TE 45 Charlie Graham
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
RG 79 David Overmyer
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 18 J.R. Bryant
RV 46 Anthony Houllis
NG 54 Paul Griffin
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
DT 96 Andre Fluellen
LE 98 Alex Boston
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Brandon Warren
3 Myron Rolle
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
12 Gary Cismesia
16 Brent Moody
19 Caz Piurowski
20 Jamie Robinson
21 Patrick Robinson
23 Roosevelt Lawson
24 Darius McClure
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
35 Marcus Sims
36 Dekoda Watson
37 Rodney Gallon
41 Seddrick Holloway
43 Graham Gano
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 Jae Thaxton
52 Jeremy Franklin
55 Derek Nicholson
58 Dumaka Atkins
62 Cory Niblock
64 Marcus Ford
65 Garrison Sanborn
69 Cory Brookins
78 Matt Hardrick
80 Joslin Shaw
82 D.J. Norris
84 Robert Hallback
85 Richard Goodman
89 Greg Carr
91 Emmanuel Dunbar
93 Letroy Guion
97 Eli Charles
99 Everette Brown
|
Florida State 24, Troy 17
09/09/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
No. 9 Seminoles Rally To Beat Trojans, 24-17.
Drew Weatherford throws for 336 yards.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Buster Davis' interception set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Joe Surratt with 1:56 left, and No. 9 Florida State rallied late to escape with a 24-17 victory over Troy on Saturday.
The Seminoles (2-0) scored two touchdowns in the final 6:12 to pull out the victory.
Davis, the 5-foot-10 linebacker, intercepted Omar Haugabook's third-down pass at the Troy 29 moments after Florida State had tied the game at 17-17.
Haugabook completed 28 of 46 passes for 219 yards, but was intercepted three times.
Drew Weatherford threw a 5-yard tying TD pass to Chris Davis, whose muffed punt minutes earlier led to Troy grabbing the lead.
Weatherford, who passed for 336 yards, also connected on a 17-yard scoring pass with Greg Carr that gave the Seminoles a 7-3 lead early in the second half.
After managing just 1 yard rushing against Miami in their season-opening victory, the Seminoles again were stalled on the ground. Florida State gained 45 yards on 28 carries, nearly all coming in the
fourth quarter.
Sophomore Antone Smith led Florida State with 25 yards rushing on a half dozen carries and Lorenzo Booker added 18, also on six tries.
Davis' muff with 12:54 left was recovered by Elbert Mack at Florida State's 31 and Haugabook scored on a 1-yard run to give Troy a 17-10 lead.
Gary Cismesia, who had earlier missed from 39 yards, tied the game at 10-10 with a 44-yard field goal with 4:04 left in the third quarter.
The Seminoles scored on their first drive of the second half on Carr's leaping catch in the end zone.
But Troy answered with an 80-yard scoring drive culminated by Haugabook's 3-yard touchdown strike to Toris Rutledge.
Troy had its chances to put more points on the board.
Despite moving inside Florida State's 20 on three occasions in the first half, the Trojans managed just one field goal - a 39-yard kick by Whibbs with 4:41 left in the second quarter that stood for a
3-0 halftime lead.
Troy made it to Florida State's 3 on the game's opening drive, but Roger Williams intercepted Haugabook's pass in the end zone after it was first tipped by cornerback Tony Carter.
The Trojans had a second scoring opportunity moments later in the first quarter, but Whibbs 31-yard field goal try was blocked by Florida State's Everette Brown.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Troy |
0 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
10 |
14 |
24 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 31, field goal blocked by Everette Brown, 4:22
2nd 0- 0 Gary Cismesia, 39, field goal failed, 11:21
0- 3 Opp, 39, field goal, 4:41
3rd 7- 3 Greg Carr, 17, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 11:23
7-10 Opp, 3, pass (kick), 7:43
10-10 Gary Cismesia, 44, field goal, 4:04
4th 10-17 Opp, 1, run (kick), 11:12
17-17 Chris Davis, 15, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 6:12
24-17 Joe Surratt, 4, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 1:56
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 13
Rushes-yards 28-45 14-24
Passing 336 271
Att-Comp-Int 43-30-1 48-31-3
Total Yards 71-381 62-295
Punt Returns 1--18 0-0
Kickoff Returns 3-55 4-74
Interception Ret. 3-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 3-0
Punts 3-37.7 5-29.6
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 3-12
Fumbles-Lost 7-3 0-0
Penalties-Yds 6-51 8-71
3rd Down Conversions 6-12 7-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 31:51 28:09
Attendance 77,217
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Antone Smith 6 25 0 9
Lorenzo Booker 6 18 0 6
Joe Surratt 5 16 1 4t
Drew Weatherford 8 -2 0 11
Team 2 -4 0 -1
Chris Davis 1 -8 0 -8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 28 45 1 11
Opp 14 24 1 6
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
De'Cody Fagg 7 93 0 23
Brandon Warren 3 56 0 25
Antone Smith 3 36 0 18
Chris Davis 2 34 1 19
Joslin Shaw 3 30 0 17
Greg Carr 3 27 1 17t
Richard Goodman 2 27 0 22
Lorenzo Booker 6 21 0 15
Caz Piurowski 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 30 336 2 25
Opp 31 271 1 42
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 30 43 1 336 2 25
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 30 43 1 336 2 25
Opp 31 48 3 271 1 42
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 1 -18 0 -18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -18 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 2 38 0 19
Michael Ray Garvin 1 17 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 55 0 19
Opp 4 74 0 34
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 3 113 43
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 113 43
Opp 5 148 32
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marcus Ball 6 4 10 . . . 2 . . . . .
Buster Davis 3 5 8 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 2 5 7 1.5- 3.0 . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 3 2 5 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 1 2 3 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 2 3 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Jae Thaxton 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 2 . 2 1.0- 3.0 . . 2 . . . . .
Emmanuel Dunbar . 2 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Robert Hallback 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Everette Brown 1 . 1 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . 1 .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter . 1 1 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 32 26 58 6.0- 11.0 . 3- 0 7 . . . 1 .
Opp 38 24 62 8.0- 24.0 3.0- 12.0 1- 0 5 . 3- 0 4 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
RG 79 David Overmyer
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 18 J.R. Bryant
RV 46 Anthony Houllis
NG 54 Paul Griffin
LE 82 D.J. Norris
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
DT 96 Andre Fluellen
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
6 Antone Smith
12 Gary Cismesia
19 Caz Piurowski
23 Roosevelt Lawson
24 Darius McClure
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
43 Graham Gano
44 Marcus Ball
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
51 Jae Thaxton
55 Derek Nicholson
59 Neefy Moffett
80 Joslin Shaw
84 Robert Hallback
85 Richard Goodman
89 Greg Carr
91 Emmanuel Dunbar
99 Everette Brown
|
Clemson 27, Florida State 20
09/16/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Suffer Rare Home Loss To Tigers, 27-20.
Florida State scores nine points off blocked kicks.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - After years of losing to Dad, Clemson's Tommy Bowden is getting the best of college football's most famous family feud.
James Davis plunged into the end zone from a yard out with 8 seconds left to give Clemson a 27-20 victory over No. 9 Florida State, Tommy's third win in the last four years over Bobby Bowden.
Clemson had not won in Tallahassee in 17 years.
"To come down here and win is awfully difficult," Tommy Bowden said. "Momentum changes are easier to overcome at home obviously."
And momentum changed dramatically at the end when replay officials overruled a field official's decision on a fumble that had awarded the ball to Florida State.
"He said it was a mutual recovery and that goes to the offense," Bobby Bowden said. "I guess they got a rule I ain't read yet."
Then Davis took over.
The sophomore tailback got 67 of his 87 yards on the final drive, including a 47-yard ramble that took the ball to Florida State's 4.
"We caught them a couple of times not getting lined up and broke some big plays," Tommy Bowden said.
"It was wide open," Davis said about the 47-yard gain. "No one was there."
Two plays later he was in from a yard out for his second touchdown of the game.
Clemson had not won at Florida State since 1989 when Terry Allen led the Tigers to a 34-23 victory, three years before the Seminoles joined the ACC.
"We played good enough to win the game up until the last drive," Bobby Bowden said.
Clemson (2-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won despite having two kicks blocked and returned for points by Florida State's Tony Carter. He ran back a blocked field-goal attempt for a touchdown and
another for two points on a blocked extra point - the first returned PAT for points in Florida State's football history.
"I was in the right place at the right time," Carter said. "I did the easy thing, just pick the ball up and run."
Florida State led just once, 9-6, after Carter's 69-yard run with a blocked field goal try. He'd raced 80 yards with the blocked extra point after Clemson opened the scoring on Davis' 8-yard run.
Florida State (2-1, 1-1) struggled again offensively. It's first offensive touchdown came on Joe Surratt's 1-yard run with 10:27 left the game and Drew Weatherford hit Chris Davis for the 2-point
conversion to tie the game 20-20.
Florida State didn't score in the first half for the third straight game, managing its first points late in the third quarter on Gary Cismesia's 25-yard field goal that trimmed Clemson 's lead to
20-12.
Will Proctor's 20-yard TD run put the Tigers up by 11.
Clemson grabbed a 14-9 lead with 23 seconds left in the half on Proctor's 19-yard scoring pass to Chansi Stuckey, who caught 11 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns in Clemson's 35-14 win over the
Seminoles last year. The Tigers were successful on a 2-point try when Proctor again hit Stuckey.
Florida State, seemingly confused on offense at the beginning of the game, was out of timeouts less than nine minutes into the game, although one came in advance of a Clemson punt. The Seminoles had
only 89 yards offense in the first half and finished with 204.
Weatherford was 11 of 19 passing for 102 yards and didn't once try wideout Greg Carr, who led the league a year ago in touchdown catches.
"I can't understand it," Bobby Bowden said. "We just couldn't throw tonight. That's a total mystery to me."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Clemson |
6 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
27 |
| Florida State |
2 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
20 |
1st 0- 6 Opp, 8, run (kick blocked by Lawrence Timmons), 3:42
2- 6 Tony Carter, defensive extra point, 3:42
2nd 2- 6 Opp, 32, field goal blocked by Patrick Robinson, 3:24
9- 6 Tony Carter, 69, punt return/blocked punt (Gary Cismesia, kick), 3:24
9-14 Opp, 19, pass (pass), 0:23
3rd 9-20 Opp, 20, run (pass failed), 12:14
12-20 Gary Cismesia, 25, field goal, 3:19
4th 20-20 Joe Surratt, 1, run (Chris Davis, pass from Drew Weatherford), 10:27
20-27 Opp, 1, run (kick), 0:08
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 11 15
Rushes-yards 38-102 28-151
Passing 102 194
Att-Comp-Int 20-11-0 30-16-0
Total Yards 58-204 58-345
Punt Returns 4-9 2-7
Kickoff Returns 2-28 1-25
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-4
Punts 6-39.7 7-39.4
Sacks By-Yds 0-0 4-11
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-0
Penalties-Yds 5-38 3-25
3rd Down Conversions 7-17 6-14
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Time of Posession 33:16 26:40
Attendance 83,510
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 10 45 0 14
Antone Smith 11 36 0 9
Joe Surratt 7 25 1 6
Drew Weatherford 10 -4 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 102 1 14
Opp 28 151 3 47
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
De'Cody Fagg 4 34 0 15
Chris Davis 1 26 0 26
Brandon Warren 3 25 0 13
Lorenzo Booker 1 7 0 7
Richard Goodman 1 6 0 6
Joslin Shaw 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 102 0 26
Opp 16 194 1 54
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 11 19 0 102 0 26
Xavier Lee 0 1 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 20 0 102 0 26
Opp 16 30 0 194 1 54
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 3 10 0 5
Marcus Ball 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 9 0 5
Opp 2 7 0 12
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 2 28 0 14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 28 0 14
Opp 1 25 0 25
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 6 238 59
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 238 59
Opp 7 276 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buster Davis 4 5 9 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Lawrence Timmons 5 1 6 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . 1 .
J.R. Bryant 4 2 6 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Anthony Houllis 3 3 6 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 3 4 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 2 1 3 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Derek Nicholson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Tony Carter 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Team 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Eli Charles 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Ball 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle . 1 1 0.5- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Jae Thaxton . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston . 1 1 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 29 25 54 5.0- 13.0 . . 4 . . 1 2 .
Opp 35 35 70 7.0- 24.0 4.0- 11.0 . 3 . 2- 4 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLG 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 18 J.R. Bryant
RV 46 Anthony Houllis
RE 82 D.J. Norris
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
LE 92 Darrell Burston
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
DT 98 Alex Boston
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Myron Rolle
6 Antone Smith
9 Xavier Lee
12 Gary Cismesia
21 Patrick Robinson
24 Darius McClure
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
35 Marcus Sims
43 Graham Gano
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
44 Marcus Ball
51 Jae Thaxton
55 Derek Nicholson
59 Neefy Moffett
80 Joslin Shaw
85 Richard Goodman
93 Letroy Guion
97 Eli Charles
99 Everette Brown
|
Florida State 55, Rice 7
09/23/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
No. 18 Florida State Dominates Rice 55-7.
Antone Smith ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Antone Smith ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns and Lorenzo Booker added 115 yards and a score as No. 18 Florida State beat winless Rice 55-7.
The Seminoles led 26-7 at halftime on Drew Weatherford's 18-yard touchdown pass to Greg Carr, who also caught a 57-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter from Xavier Lee.
Florida State (3-1) scored earlier in the half on short runs by Joe Surratt and Smith and a pair of field goals by Gary Cismesia, including a 53-yarder.
Florida State ran for 287 of its 500 total yards, nearly doubling the 148 yards it had in its first three games.
Carr, who was not thrown to during limited action in Florida State's 27-20 loss to Clemson a week ago, caught five passes for 107 yards and helped spring two other long gains with downfield blocks.
The Seminoles rolled up 280 yards offense by the half, exceeding their average from the first three games.
Rice (0-4) tied the game briefly, 7-7 midway through the first quarter, when Jarett Dillard ran past Florida State's secondary to haul in a 32-yard scoring pass from Joel Armstrong. It was the sixth
straight game Dillard has caught a TD pass.
Quinton Smith ran for 104 yards on 16 tries and Dillard caught seven passes for 113 yards for the Owls, who were beaten 52-7 by Texas last week and have now lost 20 of their last 21 games, leaving new
coach Todd Graham still looking for his first victory.
Florida State's 76-year-old coach, Bobby Bowden, improved his 41-year career mark to 362-108-4, the most in major college history and moving him six ahead of Penn State's Joe Paterno, 79.
Weatherford completed 8 of 12 passes for 102 yards and Lee completed 5 of 11 for 111 yards.
Cismesia's also had a 32-yard field goal that was set up by a 54-yard interception return by freshman linebacker Marcus Ball, who was carted off in the second half with an injury to his left knee.
Florida State's 82,000-seat stadium was about a third empty Saturday with the Seminoles coming off last week's loss to Clemson and playing their third straight home game. There were approximately
10,000 empty seats on Nov. 14, 1992 when Florida State routed Tulane 70-7, school officials said.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Rice |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Florida State |
14 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
55 |
1st 7- 0 Joe Surratt, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 11:27
7- 7 Opp, 32, pass (kick), 8:56
14- 7 Antone Smith, 3, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 4:35
2nd 17- 7 Gary Cismesia, 32, field goal, 11:21
20- 7 Gary Cismesia, 53, field goal, 7:46
26- 7 Greg Carr, 18, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick failed), 4:03
3rd 33- 7 Joe Surratt, 2, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 12:20
40- 7 Lorenzo Booker, 7, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 8:41
4th 47- 7 Antone Smith, 25, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:23
55- 7 Greg Carr, 57, pass from Xavier Lee (Caz Piurowski, run), 4:33
Note: PAT attempt was blocked, picked up by Piurowski for
a 2-pt conversion
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 16
Rushes-yards 38-287 37-113
Passing 213 128
Att-Comp-Int 23-13-0 27-9-1
Total Yards 61-500 64-241
Punt Returns 2-29 2-6
Kickoff Returns 2-32 4-81
Interception Ret. 1-54 0-0
Fumble Returns 2-3 1-0
Punts 3-28.0 8-36.3
Sacks By-Yds 4-31 2-6
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 8-58 7-45
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 1-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Time of Posession 28:18 31:42
Attendance 78,154
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Antone Smith 12 137 2 60
Lorenzo Booker 13 115 1 33
Marcus Sims 4 19 0 8
Xavier Lee 3 6 0 10
Preston Parker 1 4 0 4
Joe Surratt 2 3 2 2t
Matt Dunham 2 2 0 2
Drew Weatherford 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 287 5 60
Opp 37 113 0 17
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Carr 5 107 2 57t
Chris Davis 3 54 0 28
Brandon Warren 3 37 0 19
Caz Piurowski 1 13 0 13
De'Cody Fagg 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 13 213 2 57t
Opp 9 128 1 32t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Xavier Lee 5 11 0 111 1 57t
Drew Weatherford 8 12 0 102 1 19
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 13 23 0 213 2 57t
Opp 9 27 1 128 1 32t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Tony Carter 1 19 0 19
Preston Parker 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 29 0 19
Opp 2 6 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joslin Shaw 2 32 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 32 0 23
Opp 4 81 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 1 48 48
Brent Moody 1 36 36
Team 1 0
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 84 48
Opp 8 290 48
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Myron Rolle 3 5 8 . . . 1 . . . . .
Buster Davis 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Geno Hayes 3 2 5 2.0- 15.0 2.0- 15.0 . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 3 1 4 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 3 . 3 2.0- 11.0 1.0- 9.0 . 1 . . . . .
Roger Williams 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Darrell Burston 1 2 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 2 . 2 1.0- 3.0 . . 2 . 1- 3 1 . .
Kevin McNeil 2 . 2 . . . . . . 1 . .
Marcus Ball . 2 2 . . 1- 54 . . . . . .
Eli Charles 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jesse Outlaw 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Rodney Gallon 1 . 1 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson . . . . . . 2 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 33 28 61 7.0- 38.0 4.0- 31.0 1- 54 7 . 2- 3 2 . .
Opp 33 31 64 3.0- 10.0 2.0- 6.0 . 1 . 1- 0 1 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
TE 45 Charlie Graham
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
RG 79 David Overmyer
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 18 J.R. Bryant
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
LE 92 Darrell Burston
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
DT 98 Alex Boston
RE 99 Everette Brown
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
9 Xavier Lee
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
16 Brent Moody
19 Caz Piurowski
20 Jamie Robinson
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
24 Darius McClure
27 John McKnight
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
31 Toddrick Verdell
35 Marcus Sims
36 Dekoda Watson
37 Chase Goggans
37 Rodney Gallon
38 Sean Compton
40 Matt Dunham
41 Seddrick Holloway
43 Graham Gano
44 Marcus Ball
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 Recardo Wright
49 Jesse Outlaw
49 Jonathan Person
49 Benjamin Lampkin
52 Jeremy Franklin
55 Derek Nicholson
56 Kendrick Stewart
58 Dumaka Atkins
59 Neefy Moffett
64 Marcus Ford
65 Garrison Sanborn
69 Cory Brookins
72 Budd Thacker
74 Geoff Berniard
78 Matt Hardrick
80 Joslin Shaw
81 De'Cody Fagg
82 D.J. Norris
85 Richard Goodman
88 Edwin Pierre-Pata
89 Greg Carr
93 Letroy Guion
95 Kevin McNeil
97 Eli Charles
|
North Carolina State 24, Florida State 20
10/05/2006, Raleigh, N.C.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
N.C. State Tops Florida State, 24-20.
Weatherford throws for 249 yards and two touchdowns.
RALEIGH, NC - After one quarterback change and two wins against ranked opponents, North Carolina State suddenly looks like an entirely different team.
Daniel Evans threw three touchdown passes - including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter - to lead the Wolfpack to a 24-20 victory over No. 17 Florida State Thursday night, the second straight
Atlantic Coast Conference win for a team that appeared to be going nowhere just a few weeks ago.
Evans connected with John Dunlap on a 12-yard score with 10:36 left for the Wolfpack (3-2, 2-0 ACC), which rallied from a 10-point third-quarter deficit behind another poised performance from a
redshirt sophomore quarterback in his second career start.
It would have been hard to imagine the Wolfpack could manage this type of win only a few weeks ago. N.C. State was 1-2 after a last-play home loss to Akron and a humbling 37-17 loss at Southern
Mississippi, which prompted coach Chuck Amato to elevate Evans past Marcus Stone.
Now, with wins against Boston College and Florida State, the once-dark mood around Carter-Finley Stadium has been replaced by jubilant rowdy crowds and players spilling out onto the field to celebrate
as the clock expires.
"We're right where we want to be," Evans said. "We're excited. We're not going to get complacent on where we are."
Andre Brown added 113 yards rushing, marking the second straight year Brown cracked the 100-yard mark against the Seminoles (3-2, 1-2).
Brown ran for 179 yards last year in a 20-15 road win, marking the Wolfpack's third win in six tries against the Seminoles under Amato - an 18-year assistant at Florida State to Bobby Bowden before
taking over here in 2000. In fact, the Wolfpack came in as the only ACC team with four wins against Florida State since the Seminoles joined the league 14 years ago.
Now N.C. State has another big win to celebrate against Amato's former boss.
"It's not really surprising to us," said safety DaJuan Morgan, who intercepted a pass from Drew Weatherford in the final minutes to seal the win. "We came into those games (against Akron and Southern
Miss) and we didn't have the right mind-set that we have right now. We just believe that we can be No. 1, ACC champs."
Evans completed 13 of 22 passes for 190 yards. And his scoring pass to Dunlap was eerily similar to the TD toss he threw to Dunlap with 8.5 seconds left in a 17-15 win against then-No. 20 Boston
College two weeks ago.
With the Wolfpack facing a second down, Evans lobbed a perfectly thrown pass toward the back right corner of the end zone. Dunlap jumped over defender Patrick Robinson and came down with the football
and a 24-20 lead.
"We're going to call it 'Dunlap's Corner,"' Amato said.
The lead ultimately held up, but not by much. The Seminoles put together one last drive that started at their own 5 with 5:39 left, but the drive stalled at N.C. State's 39 when Morgan intercepted
Weatherford's pass with about 2 1/2 minutes left. The Seminoles had burned their last timeout early in the fourth, allowing Evans and the Wolfpack to kill the clock to end it.
Now the Seminoles find themselves slipping further down the ACC's Atlantic Division standings, creating a difficult road for them to return to the league championship game.
"We've got to win out," said Brandon Warren, who had a 12-yard touchdown catch for a 20-10 lead late in the third quarter. "We've just got to get it together and get our team chemistry back together,
and get moving."
The Seminoles seemed to have control of momentum midway through the third quarter after a goal-line stand that included stopping Toney Baker inside the 1 when he leapt for the end zone on fourth down.
The Seminoles then put together a 99-yard drive, ending when Weatherford connected with Warren with 3:02 left in the third quarter.
But the Wolfpack closed to 20-17 when Evans found Geron James for a 10-yard touchdown with 16 seconds left in the third. Then, after the Seminoles went three-and-out, Evans directed the 58-yard drive
that ended with his TD toss to Dunlap.
"You never think you've got 'em, and yet, you think you might have them," Bowden said. "But boy, you have to hand it to them. They just took the ball and drove it right on down for a score, then drove
it for another score."
Weatherford threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns for the Seminoles.
One of the biggest cheers of the night was reserved for several members of the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, who appeared on the field with the storied 114-year-old trophy after the first
quarter. The Hurricanes share the RBC Center, located across the street from Carter-Finley Stadium, with the N.C. State men's basketball team.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
20 |
| North Carolina State |
0 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
1st 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 25, field goal, 7:31
2nd 3- 7 Opp, 16, pass (kick), 11:57
6- 7 Gary Cismesia, 19, field goal, 9:27
13- 7 Chris Davis, 33, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 3:12
13-10 Opp, 22, field goal, 1:48
3rd 20-10 Brandon Warren, 12, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 3:02
20-17 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 0:16
4th 20-24 Opp, 12, pass (kick), 10:36
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 16 19
Rushes-yards 32-96 37-150
Passing 249 190
Att-Comp-Int 29-16-1 22-13-0
Total Yards 61-345 59-340
Punt Returns 4-40 1-14
Kickoff Returns 2-48 2-76
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 6-40.3 6-39.5
Sacks By-Yds 1-9 1-11
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 10-81 7-49
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 3-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 29:59 30:01
Attendance 57,437
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 14 58 0 19
Antone Smith 10 25 0 10
Chris Davis 1 10 0 10
De'Cody Fagg 0 10 0
Joe Surratt 1 0 0
Team 1 -2 0 -2
Drew Weatherford 5 -5 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 32 96 0 19
Opp 37 150 0 26
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 4 105 0 73
Brandon Warren 5 47 1 17
Chris Davis 2 40 1 33t
Greg Carr 1 23 0 23
De'Cody Fagg 2 17 0 10
Antone Smith 2 17 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 16 249 2 73
Opp 13 190 3 37
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 16 29 1 249 2 73
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 16 29 1 249 2 73
Opp 13 22 0 190 3 37
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 3 24 0 11
Patrick Robinson 1 16 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 40 0 16
Opp 1 14 0 14
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joslin Shaw 2 48 0 31
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 48 0 31
Opp 2 76 0 64
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 6 242 50
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 242 50
Opp 6 237 45
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buster Davis 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 3 3 6 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 2 2 4 2.0- 10.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 2 3 1.5- 6.0 . . . . . . . .
Darrell Burston 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 2 . 2 2.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Rodney Gallon 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Team 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Derek Nicholson . 1 1 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
John McKnight . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 28 30 58 8.0- 34.0 1.0- 9.0 . 1 . . . . .
Opp 33 34 67 4.0- 16.0 1.0- 11.0 1- 0 4 3 . 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
RG 79 David Overmyer
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
ROV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
RC 20 Jamie Robinson
LC 29 Michael Ray Garvin
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
DT 98 Alex Boston
LE 99 Everette Brown
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
16 Brent Moody
18 J.R. Bryant
19 Caz Piurowski
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
23 Roosevelt Lawson
24 Darius McClure
27 John McKnight
30 Pat Davis
31 Toddrick Verdell
36 Dekoda Watson
37 Rodney Gallon
38 Sean Compton
40 Matt Dunham
41 Seddrick Holloway
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Graham Gano
45 Charlie Graham
48 Recardo Wright
49 Jesse Outlaw
49 Benjamin Lampkin
52 Jeremy Franklin
55 Derek Nicholson
59 Neefy Moffett
62 Cory Niblock
64 Marcus Ford
65 Garrison Sanborn
74 Geoff Berniard
78 Matt Hardrick
80 Joslin Shaw
84 Robert Hallback
89 Greg Carr
90 Aaron Jones
93 Letroy Guion
95 Kevin McNeil
|
Florida State 51, Duke 24
10/14/2006, Durham, N.C.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Rebounds With 51-24 Win At Duke.
Drew Weatherford notches four touchdown passes.
DURHAM, NC - Drew Weatherford threw three of his four touchdown passes to Greg Carr, and Florida State continued its dominance over Duke with a 51-24 rout of the Blue Devils on Saturday.
Weatherford was 16-of-24 passing for 231 yards and completed 10 straight second-half attempts to help the Seminoles (4-2, 2-2 ACC) improve to 15-0 against the Blue Devils (0-6, 0-4).
The Seminoles successfully bounced back from their 24-20 loss at North Carolina State nine days earlier which knocked them from the national rankings.
Florida State entered the Duke game after a loss for the third straight season, and once again the Seminoles took out their frustrations on the hapless Blue Devils, this time gaining 478 total
yards.
Since the series started in 1992, Duke has held the Seminoles to fewer than 44 points only once (2004).
Carr finished with four receptions for 100 yards and caught touchdowns from Weatherford covering 33, 16 and 35 yards.
Weatherford also had a 9-yard scoring pass to De'Cody Fagg midway through the first quarter which was set up by Chris Davis' 51-yard punt return inside the 10.
Antone Smith ran 80 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the second half for Florida State.
Lawrence Timmons started the Seminoles' scoring by returning a fumble for a TD, and he later blocked an extra-point attempt.
Florida State used its defense to take control early. Duke's Thad Lewis fumbled on the fourth play from scrimmage, and Timmons scooped it up and rumbled 36 yards into the end zone to make it 7-0 just
1:17 into the game.
Weatherford had touchdown passes to Fagg and Carr on consecutive possessions later in the first quarter to extend the lead to 21-0.
Duke's offense continued to struggle, so twice the Blue Devils turned to their defense for points.
Cornerback John Talley returned a second-quarter interception 50 yards for a touchdown, but Florida State scored on the conversion attempt when Timmons blocked the extra-point try and Patrick Robinson
returned it for two points.
Duke later scored on a safety when Vince Oghobaase tackled running back Lorenzo Booker in the end zone early in the third quarter, making it 30-8. Joe Surgan kicked a 40-yard field goal on Duke's
following possession.
Justin Boyle ran 2 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter for the only points scored by Duke's offense.
Lewis finished 19-of-41 passing for 255 yards with a 41-yard touchdown pass to Eron Riley in the final minute. But the Blue Devils finished with just 52 yards rushing, and didn't cross the Seminoles
35 until the final minute of the first half.
Xavier Lee played the second quarter and part of the fourth in place of Weatherford and was 7-of-13 passing for 90 yards with a late touchdown and three second-quarter interceptions. He was picked off
twice by Talley.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
21 |
2 |
14 |
14 |
51 |
| Duke |
0 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
24 |
1st 7- 0 Lawrence Timmons, 36, fumble recovery/return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:43
14- 0 De'Cody Fagg, 9, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 6:09
21- 0 Greg Carr, 33, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 0:23
2nd 21- 6 Opp, 50, interception return (kick blocked by Lawrence Timmons), 13:31
23- 6 Patrick Robinson, defensive extra point, 13:31
3rd 30- 6 Antone Smith, 80, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 14:30
30- 8 Opp, safety, 10:50
Note: Running back tackled in the end zone.
30-11 Opp, 40, field goal, 8:52
37-11 Greg Carr, 16, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 5:00
37-17 Opp, 2, run (kick failed), 0:31
4th 44-17 Greg Carr, 35, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 12:57
51-17 Damon McDaniel, 14, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 6:18
51-24 Opp, 41, pass (kick), 0:07
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 19
Rushes-yards 21-157 40-52
Passing 321 255
Att-Comp-Int 40-23-3 41-19-0
Total Yards 61-478 81-307
Punt Returns 4-46 0-0
Kickoff Returns 1-16 6-144
Interception Ret. 0-0 3-85
Fumble Returns 2-36 1-0
Punts 3-44.3 7-35.4
Sacks By-Yds 2-14 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2
Penalties-Yds 11-101 8-60
3rd Down Conversions 6-11 7-19
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-3
Time of Posession 23:21 36:39
Attendance 17,525
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Antone Smith 4 81 1 80t
Lorenzo Booker 10 45 0 23
Chris Davis 1 16 0 16
Preston Parker 1 9 0 9
Joslin Shaw 1 8 0 8
Matt Dunham 1 0 0
Marcus Sims 3 -2 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 157 1 80t
Opp 40 52 1 11
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Greg Carr 4 100 3 35t
De'Cody Fagg 7 80 1 18
Damon McDaniel 3 51 1 19
Preston Parker 2 26 0 20
Joslin Shaw 1 22 0 22
Antone Smith 2 20 0 18
Chris Davis 2 14 0 9
Robert Hallback 1 7 0 7
Charlie Graham 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 23 321 5 35t
Opp 19 255 1 41t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 16 24 0 231 4 35t
Xavier Lee 7 16 3 90 1 22
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 23 40 3 321 5 35t
Opp 19 41 0 255 1 41t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 4 46 0 51
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 46 0 51
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joslin Shaw 1 16 0 16
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 16 0 16
Opp 6 144 0 67
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 3 133 56
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 133 56
Opp 7 248 47
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buster Davis 7 5 12 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 3 4 7 2.0- 7.0 . . . . 1- 36 . 1 .
Everette Brown 3 3 6 2.5- 8.0 0.5- 3.0 . . 1 . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 3 . 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Roosevelt Lawson 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 2 3 1.0- 4.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Rodney Gallon 1 1 2 1.0- 6.0 . . . 1 . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eli Charles 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Alex Boston 1 1 2 1.5- 10.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Kendrick Stewart . 2 2 . . . . 1 . . . .
Darrell Burston . 2 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Neefy Moffett . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Brandon Warren . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Kevin McNeil . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 38 42 80 10.0- 39.0 2.0- 14.0 . 2 4 2- 36 . 1 .
Opp 22 30 52 5.0- 25.0 . 3- 85 5 4 1- 0 . . 1
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
ROV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
RCB 20 Jamie Robinson
LCB 29 Michael Ray Garvin
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
DT 98 Alex Boston
LE 99 Everette Brown
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
9 Xavier Lee
12 Damon McDaniel
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
15 Tommy Keane
16 Jared Whipkey
16 Brent Moody
18 J.R. Bryant
19 Caz Piurowski
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
23 Roosevelt Lawson
24 Darius McClure
30 Pat Davis
31 Toddrick Verdell
35 Marcus Sims
36 Dekoda Watson
37 Rodney Gallon
38 Sean Compton
39 Ochuko Jenije
40 Matt Dunham
41 Seddrick Holloway
43 Graham Gano
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Charlie Graham
48 Recardo Wright
49 Benjamin Lampkin
52 Jeremy Franklin
56 Kendrick Stewart
58 Dumaka Atkins
59 Neefy Moffett
64 Marcus Ford
65 Garrison Sanborn
69 Cory Brookins
72 Budd Thacker
74 Geoff Berniard
76 Daron Rose
78 Matt Hardrick
79 David Overmyer
80 Joslin Shaw
84 Robert Hallback
85 Richard Goodman
87 Chase Walker
88 Edwin Pierre-Pata
89 Greg Carr
93 Letroy Guion
95 Kevin McNeil
97 Eli Charles
|
Boston College 24, Florida State 19
10/21/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
No. 22 Eagles Edge Seminoles, 24-19.
Florida State (4-3, 2-3) travels to face Maryland next Saturday.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Although he battled leg cramps for much of the game, Boston College's DeJuan Tribble was ready when it counted.
Tribble's 36-yard interception return for a touchdown capped a 21-point second quarter Saturday and the 22nd-ranked Eagles held off Florida State 24-19.
"I knew they were going to try to get to their big target, Greg Carr," said Tribble, who picked off Florida State's Drew Weatherford to give his team a 21-10 halftime lead. "It was sweet."
It was Tribble's third pick of the season and sixth of his career, but the first time he'd managed to pick up any yards, much less a score.
"He saw the ball thrown and made a great break," BC coach Tom O'Brien said.
Weatherford tried for the 6-foot-6 Carr again on the game's final play, but this time he was blanketed in the end zone by half the Boston College defense and the ball was picked off by Larry Anam.
That play was reviewed, but stood as called on the field.
"I know I had my hands on it pretty much, but at the same time it was tucked away in (Anam's) body," Carr said. "I had my hands on it until we hit the ground and everybody started to pull away."
The loss left Florida State alone at the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division.
"We've got to get it turned around and win some games," said Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who started five true freshmen.
The Seminoles (4-3, 2-3 ACC) had their chances late in the game, but couldn't capitalize as they lost a second home conference game in the same season for the first time since joining the ACC 15 years
ago.
The outcome was largely settled in the final minute of the first half when Boston College (6-1, 3-1) scored two touchdowns just 31 seconds apart to take a 21-10 lead.
"The game was lost right there," Bowden said. "We had too many errors to win."
BC's new placekicker, Steve Aponavicius, added a 26-yard field goal in the third quarter to make it 24-10.
Boston College's first touchdown, a 1-yard run by Brian Toal, came just two plays after Florida State's Caz Piurowski coughed up the ball after a catch at the Seminoles' 15.
Florida State had taken a 10-7 lead with 1:49 left in the half when Carr hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass from Weatherford on a crossing pattern. The score came one play after a pass he'd caught in
the end zone was negated by a penalty.
But then things fell apart.
With the lead and a chance to get the ball back in good field position, Florida State chose to go for a blocked punt, but ended up roughing BC's Johnny Ayers. Five plays later L.V. Whitworth scored on
a 6-yard run to give the Eagles a 14-10 lead.
"You had a 10-7 lead and could have come out of there with a 10-7 lead at the half," Bowden said. "We think we're supermen and we ain't."
And then Tribble stepped in with his big play to really put a damper on the halftime activities on a day Florida State wore black uniforms for the first time to honor the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Weatherford, whose 1-yard TD early in the fourth quarter pulled Florida State to within 24-17, completed 32 of 48 passes for 326 yards and two interceptions. Chris Davis had 10 catches for 100 yards,
while Carr was limited to 3 catches for 41 yards.
BC quarterback Matt Ryan completed 16 of 26 passes for 262 yards and the Eagles limited Florida State to 28 yards rushing.
"He's our offense," O'Brien said about his junior quarterback, whose availability was in doubt all week because of an injured left foot. "He's the focal point of everything."
Roger Williams' 38-yard interception return set up the game's first score, a 28-yard field goal by the Seminoles' Gary Cismesia early in the second quarter.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Boston College |
0 |
21 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
| Florida State |
0 |
10 |
0 |
9 |
19 |
2nd 3- 0 Gary Cismesia, 28, field goal, 13:28
3- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 6:07
10- 7 Greg Carr, 22, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 4:09
10-14 Opp, 6, run (kick), 0:51
10-21 Opp, 36, interception return (kick), 0:20
3rd 10-24 Opp, 26, field goal, 7:18
4th 17-24 Drew Weatherford, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:36
19-24 Team, safety, 0:27
Note: Punter ran out of the end zone.
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 19 16
Rushes-yards 21-28 32-60
Passing 326 262
Att-Comp-Int 48-32-2 26-16-1
Total Yards 69-354 58-322
Punt Returns 1-17 2-19
Kickoff Returns 6-91 1-27
Interception Ret. 1-38 2-36
Fumble Returns 1-13 1-14
Punts 4-47.5 4-41.8
Sacks By-Yds 2-13 3-9
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-Yds 5-35 6-26
3rd Down Conversions 9-17 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Time of Posession 31:31 28:29
Attendance 83,043
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 13 12 1 6
Lorenzo Booker 2 10 0 7
Joe Surratt 1 8 0 8
Antone Smith 4 2 0 2
Joslin Shaw 1 -4 0 -4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 28 1 8
Opp 32 60 2 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 10 100 0 19
Lorenzo Booker 8 75 0 43
Antone Smith 6 62 0 21
Greg Carr 3 41 1 22t
Caz Piurowski 3 23 0 13
Joslin Shaw 1 14 0 14
De'Cody Fagg 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 32 326 1 43
Opp 16 262 0 48
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 32 48 2 326 1 43
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 32 48 2 326 1 43
Opp 16 26 1 262 0 48
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 1 17 0 17
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 17 0 17
Opp 2 19 0 12
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Joslin Shaw 4 60 0 21
Preston Parker 1 21 0 21
Seddrick Holloway 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 91 0 21
Opp 1 27 0 27
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 4 190 57
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 190 57
Opp 4 167 53
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roger Williams 5 4 9 0.5- 2.0 . 1- 38 . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 4 4 8 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 6 . 6 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Buster Davis 2 4 6 . . . . . . 1 . .
Myron Rolle . 5 5 . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 3 1 4 1.5- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 3 . 3 . . . . . 1- 13 . . .
Tony Carter 2 1 3 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 2 . 2 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
David Overmyer 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darrell Burston . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Team . . . . . . . . . . . 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 32 25 57 6.0- 20.0 2.0- 13.0 1- 38 . . 1- 13 1 . 1
Opp 34 36 70 6.0- 19.0 3.0- 9.0 2- 36 3 . 1- 14 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TE 19 Caz Piurowski
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 20 Jamie Robinson
WLB 36 Dekoda Watson
DT 72 Budd Thacker
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
LE 95 Kevin McNeil
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Brandon Warren
6 Antone Smith
9 Xavier Lee
10 Geno Hayes
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
24 Darius McClure
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
31 Toddrick Verdell
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Seddrick Holloway
43 Graham Gano
48 Recardo Wright
79 David Overmyer
80 Joslin Shaw
89 Greg Carr
93 Letroy Guion
98 Alex Boston
99 Everette Brown
|
Maryland 27, Florida State 24
10/28/2006, College Park, Md.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Edged on the Road at Maryland.
Xavier Lee finishes 22-for-36 for 286 yards and two touchdowns.
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Sam Hollenbach threw three touchdown passes, and Maryland held off injury-depleted Florida State 27-24 Saturday night to keep the Seminoles in the Atlantic Coast Conference
cellar.
Maryland led 27-14 in the third quarter, but was not assured the victory until Jeremy Navarre blocked a 46-yard field goal try by Gary Cismesia with 42 seconds left. It was only the second time in 17
tries that the Terrapins (6-2, 3-1) beat the Seminoles (4-4, 2-4).
Maryland won despite making only three first downs in the second half.
After the game, thousands of fans rushed the field to celebrate the win, which made the Terrapins eligible to receive a bowl bid.
Florida State sophomore quarterback Drew Weatherford was a late scratch with tendinitis in his right foot, ending a run of 20 successive starts. He was replaced by sophomore Xavier Lee, who came in
with 55 career passes compared to 676 by Weatherford.
Making his first career start, Lee went 22-for-36 for 286 yards and two touchdowns.
The Seminoles also played without leading receiver De'Cody Fagg, who has a sprained ankle. His replacement,
Joslin Shaw, caught two passes for 35 yards but also dropped one.
Florida State has lost six of its last eight regular-season ACC games and is alone in last place in the league's Atlantic Division.
The short-handed Seminoles closed to 27-24 with 8:49 left when Cismesia kicked a 24-yard field goal after Lee completed a 55-yard pass to Chris Davis.
Florida State then forced a punt and took over
at its own 15 with 5:30 to go.
It was a daunting situation, but Lee showed plenty of poise by repeatedly finding the open receiver during the final drive. He also received some aid from the Terps, who jumped offside on a
fourth-and-1 from the FSU 46.
The Seminoles got to the Maryland 16, but a sack and an incomplete pass preceded the ill-fated field goal try by Cismesia.
A brisk wind with gusts of up to 40 mph played havoc with the kicking game - only one of the five punts in the first half traveled more than 38 yards.
On the opening drive of the third quarter, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden decided against punting into the wind on a fourth-and-1 at midfield.
Fullback Joe Surratt was stuffed by Navarre, and a personal foul against the Seminoles gave Maryland a first down on the FSU 33. On third down, Hollenbach threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Darrius
Heyward-Bey.
It turned out to be the Terrapins' final score. Lee then directed an 80-yard drive into the wind, capping the march with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Davis.
Hollenbach finished 9-for-16 for 113 yards. He threw two touchdown passes in the first half to stake the Terrapins to a 20-14 lead.
Maryland took advantage of a turnover to go up 7-0 in the first quarter. After FSU receiver Greg Carr lost a fumble, Hollenbach capped a 48-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Dan
Gronkowski.
After Antone Smith scored on a 9-yard run for FSU, Dan Ennis put Maryland back in front with a field goal. The Terrapins then forced a punt, and Danny Oquendo returned the kick 35 yards, setting up a
5-yard touchdown catch by Heyward-Bey for a 17-7 lead.
A 28-yard punt gave Maryland the ball at the Florida State 49, and the Terrapins converted the fine field position into another field goal.
The Seminoles then closed to 20-14 when Carr made a leaping catch in the end zone with 53 seconds left in the half.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
7 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
24 |
| Maryland |
10 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
27 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 2, pass (kick), 9:39
7- 7 Antone Smith, 9, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 6:12
7-10 Opp, 38, field goal, 0:26
2nd 7-17 Opp, 5, pass (kick), 11:16
7-20 Opp, 39, field goal, 2:19
14-20 Greg Carr, 15, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 0:53
3rd 14-27 Opp, 30, pass (kick), 9:24
21-27 Chris Davis, 17, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 3:42
4th 24-27 Gary Cismesia, 24, field goal, 8:49
24-27 Gary Cismesia, 46, field goal blocked, 0:38
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 15
Rushes-yards 34-172 32-92
Passing 286 131
Att-Comp-Int 36-22-0 20-12-0
Total Yards 70-458 52-223
Punt Returns 1-11 3-85
Kickoff Returns 2-11 2-26
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 4-32.0 5-44.8
Sacks By-Yds 2-17 3-9
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Penalties-Yds 13-100 10-75
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 3-10
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Time of Posession 32:20 27:40
Attendance 50,517
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Antone Smith 14 83 1 21
Xavier Lee 8 50 0 15
Lorenzo Booker 11 41 0 10
Joe Surratt 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 34 172 1 21
Opp 32 92 0 28
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 8 132 1 55
Greg Carr 5 84 1 37
Joslin Shaw 2 35 0 24
Brandon Warren 3 21 0 13
Antone Smith 2 9 0 12
Lorenzo Booker 1 4 0 4
Joe Surratt 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 286 2 55
Opp 12 131 3 30t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Xavier Lee 22 36 0 286 2 55
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 36 0 286 2 55
Opp 12 20 0 131 3 30t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 11 0 11
Opp 3 85 0 45
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Seddrick Holloway 1 11 0 11
Charlie Graham 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 11 0 11
Opp 2 26 0 14
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 4 128 45
----------------------------------------
FSU 4 128 45
Opp 5 224 62
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buster Davis 4 5 9 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 5 8 1.5- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 3 4 7 3.0- 9.0 1.0- 6.0 . . 1 . . . .
Roger Williams 3 3 6 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Rodney Gallon 3 2 5 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . 1 . .
Everette Brown 2 1 3 . . . . 1 . . . .
Tony Carter 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin McNeil 1 1 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Jae Thaxton 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion . 2 2 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Garrison Sanborn 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 27 30 57 8.0- 29.0 2.0- 17.0 . . 2 . 1 . .
Opp 39 28 67 7.0- 23.0 3.0- 9.0 . 4 . 1- 0 1 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 9 Xavier Lee
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 80 Joslin Shaw
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 20 Jamie Robinson
WLB 51 Jae Thaxton
LE 59 Neefy Moffett
DT 72 Budd Thacker
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
12 Damon McDaniel
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
16 Brent Moody
18 J.R. Bryant
19 Caz Piurowski
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
23 Roosevelt Lawson
24 Darius McClure
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
31 Toddrick Verdell
35 Marcus Sims
36 Dekoda Watson
37 Rodney Gallon
38 Sean Compton
41 Seddrick Holloway
43 Graham Gano
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
45 Charlie Graham
48 Recardo Wright
49 Benjamin Lampkin
52 Jeremy Franklin
58 Dumaka Atkins
64 Marcus Ford
65 Garrison Sanborn
74 Geoff Berniard
78 Matt Hardrick
79 David Overmyer
81 De'Cody Fagg
84 Robert Hallback
88 Edwin Pierre-Pata
89 Greg Carr
93 Letroy Guion
94 Justin Mincey
95 Kevin McNeil
97 Eli Charles
98 Alex Boston
99 Everette Brown
|
Florida State 33, Virginia 0
11/04/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Pounds Virginia, 33-0.
Seminoles hold Cavs to just 183 yards of total offense.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Tony Carter returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown 74 seconds into the game, and Florida State was on its way to snapping a two-game skid with a 33-0 victory over Virginia
on Saturday.
Coach Bobby Bowden's Seminoles (5-4, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) started the day in last place in the Atlantic Division, then dominated the Cavaliers (4-6, 3-3) from start to finish. Florida State
held Virginia to 12 first downs and 183 yards offense, and posted their first shutout since a 37-0 win at Notre Dame in 2003.
Florida State, a win away from being bowl eligible, had a 14-0 lead less than five minutes into the game.
After Carter picked off Jameel Sewell's pass and raced for a touchdown, freshman walk-on Eli Charles blocked a punt to set up Lorenzo Booker's 1-yard TD run.
Gary Cismesia's 44-yard field goal with 2:21 left in the second quarter gave the Seminoles a 17-0 lead at halftime. Florida State boosted its lead to 26-0 five minutes into the third quarter.
Buster Davis sacked Sewell in the end zone for a safety and the Seminoles needed just four plays on the ensuing possession to get into the end zone on Xavier Lee's 37-yard pass to Chris Davis.
Sewell as under duress all afternoon, throwing two interceptions and getting sacked six times. He completed 17 of 32 passes for 125 yards and Jason Snelling added 63 yards rushing.
Virginia needs wins over Miami and Virginia Tech to qualify for the postseason.
Florida State, which has not missed out on a bowl game since 1981, finishes the season with three straight home dates against Wake Forest, Western Michigan and Florida.
After a slow start Saturday, Lee completed 12 of 25 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown. Lee, making just his second start and first at home, also rushed for 49 yards on four carries. He left in the
fourth quarter after Antone Smith's 2-yard TD run made it 33-0.
In the last two games, Lee has produced 570 yards offense and thrown three touchdown passes without a turnover.
Drew Weatherford finished up for Bowden, who notched his 364th career win - best in NCAA Division I-A.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Virginia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida State |
14 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
33 |
1st 7- 0 Tony Carter, 35, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:46
14- 0 Lorenzo Booker, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 9:27
2nd 17- 0 Gary Cismesia, 44, field goal, 2:21
3rd 19- 0 Buster Davis, safety, 11:32
Note: Sacked quarterback in the end zone.
26- 0 Chris Davis, 37, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 10:24
4th 33- 0 Antone Smith, 2, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 13:47
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 13 12
Rushes-yards 27-117 32-58
Passing 226 125
Att-Comp-Int 31-14-0 32-17-2
Total Yards 58-343 64-183
Punt Returns 6-76 1-7
Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-136
Interception Ret. 2-35 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 8-40.6 10-33.2
Sacks By-Yds 6-42 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 4-35 2-6
3rd Down Conversions 4-14 4-16
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-2
Time of Posession 28:04 31:56
Attendance 82,804
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Xavier Lee 4 49 0 24
Lorenzo Booker 10 44 1 20
Antone Smith 11 23 1 9
Matt Dunham 1 2 0 2
Team 1 -1 0 -1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 27 117 2 24
Opp 32 58 0 15
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 4 77 1 37t
Brandon Warren 4 56 0 29
Charlie Graham 2 41 0 28
Greg Carr 1 29 0 29
Joslin Shaw 1 15 0 15
Antone Smith 1 4 0 4
Caz Piurowski 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 226 1 37t
Opp 17 125 0 30
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Xavier Lee 12 25 0 185 1 37t
Drew Weatherford 2 6 0 41 0 28
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 31 0 226 1 37t
Opp 17 32 2 125 0 30
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 5 68 0 21
Eli Charles 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 76 0 21
Opp 1 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 5 136 0 62
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 8 325 49
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 325 49
Opp 10 332 47
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 7 2 9 1.0- 9.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 3 6 9 2.0- 8.0 . . . . . . . .
Buster Davis 3 6 9 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . 1
Lawrence Timmons 2 7 9 1.5- 7.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 2 2 4 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Kevin McNeil 3 1 4 2.5- 16.0 2.0- 14.0 . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion . 4 4 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 2 1 3 . . 1- 35 1 . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Rodney Gallon 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Neefy Moffett 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 2 3 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Eli Charles . 2 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Korey Mangum 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Pat Davis . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Joslin Shaw . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 32 47 79 10.0- 55.0 6.0- 42.0 2- 35 1 . . . 1 1
Opp 27 22 49 3.0- 7.0 . . 7 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 9 Xavier Lee
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 80 Joslin Shaw
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 29 Michael Ray Garvin
WLB 37 Rodney Gallon
LE 59 Neefy Moffett
DT 72 Budd Thacker
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
11 Drew Weatherford
12 Gary Cismesia
19 Caz Piurowski
20 Jamie Robinson
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
30 Pat Davis
36 Dekoda Watson
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
40 Matt Dunham
43 Graham Gano
45 Charlie Graham
48 Recardo Wright
49 Benjamin Lampkin
89 Greg Carr
93 Letroy Guion
95 Kevin McNeil
97 Eli Charles
99 Everette Brown
|
Wake Forest 30, Florida State 0
11/11/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Seminoles Fall To Wake Forest At Home.
Florida State to face off against Western Michigan next Saturday at Doak Cambell Stadium.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Kevin Patterson scored on a 48-yard interception return and No. 18 Wake Forest beat Florida State 30-0 Saturday night to become the first team to shut out the Seminoles at Doak
Campbell Stadium in Bobby Bowden's 31 seasons as coach.
The resurgent Demon Deacons (5-1, Atlantic Coast Conference) improved to 9-1 for the first time in school history with their first win over Florida State in 23 years. Wake Forest last won in
Tallahassee in 1959.
The struggling Seminoles (5-5, 3-5), meanwhile, hit a new low. Florida State hadn't been shut out since in 232 games, dating back to the 1988 opener at Miami.
Wake Forest can earn a spot in next month's conference championship game with wins over Virginia Tech and Maryland in its final two games while Florida State needs a win over either Western Michigan
or Florida to be bowl eligible.
Things started poorly for the Seminoles and then got worse.
The Demon Deacons picked off Florida State's Xavier Lee on successive passes deep in Seminoles territory early in the second quarter and the turnovers led to 10 points.
Riley Skinner hit John Tereshinski on an 18-yard touchdown pass on the first play after Stanley Arnoux's interception for a 13-0 lead with 9:12 left in the half.
Wake Forest had a 6-0 lead on a pair of Sam Swank field goals, the second set up by Alphonso Smith's interception that gave them the ball at Florida State's 9.
Swank nailed his third field goal from 51 yards - his fifth of the season from 50 or more - to give Wake Forest a 23-0 lead with 3:31 left in the third quarter.
Wake dominated the opening half, rolling up 211 yards to just 77 for Florida State, which switched quarterbacks after Lee's second interception.
Drew Weatherford, who replaced Lee, was 4 of 15 for just 52 yards and two interceptions. Lee finished 5 of 13 for 61 yards. Both were picked twice and the Florida State offense produced just 139 yards
on 51 plays.
When Patterson grabbed a tipped pass thrown by Weatherford and raced down the left sideline to give the Demon Deacons a 30-0 lead in the final minute of the third quarter much of a disgruntled home
crowd of 77,785 bolted as well.
Florida State players wore the #95 on their helmets Saturday night in memory of Miami defensive end Bryan Pata, who was shot to death earlier this week. His brother, Edwin Pierre-Pata, is a senior
walk-on at Florida State.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Wake Forest |
3 |
17 |
10 |
0 |
30 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 20, field goal, 7:16
2nd 0- 3 Gary Cismesia, 46, field goal failed, 14:47
0- 6 Opp, 25, field goal, 10:16
0-13 Opp, 18, pass (kick), 9:12
0-20 Opp, 33, run (kick), 2:39
3rd 0-23 Opp, 51, field goal, 3:31
0-30 Opp, 48, interception return (kick), 2:29
4th 0-30 Opp, 38, field goal failed, 13:35
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 9 18
Rushes-yards 23-26 46-169
Passing 113 138
Att-Comp-Int 28-9-4 20-13-0
Total Yards 51-139 66-307
Punt Returns 0-0 1-12
Kickoff Returns 5-120 1-12
Interception Ret. 0-0 4-69
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 9-44.4 6-40.7
Sacks By-Yds 1-5 5-28
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 9-69 4-40
3rd Down Conversions 1-13 3-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 24:17 35:43
Attendance 77,785
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Antone Smith 6 39 0 14
Lorenzo Booker 8 11 0 5
Xavier Lee 4 -6 0 3
Drew Weatherford 5 -18 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 23 26 0 14
Opp 46 169 1 33t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 2 29 0 20
Joslin Shaw 2 28 0 14
Greg Carr 2 22 0 14
Brandon Warren 1 16 0 16
De'Cody Fagg 1 14 0 14
Antone Smith 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 113 0 20
Opp 13 138 1 28
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Xavier Lee 5 13 2 61 0 16
Drew Weatherford 4 15 2 52 0 20
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 28 4 113 0 20
Opp 13 20 0 138 1 28
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 1 12 0 12
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 4 102 0 39
Seddrick Holloway 1 18 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 120 0 39
Opp 1 12 0 12
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 9 400 63
----------------------------------------
FSU 9 400 63
Opp 6 244 48
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lawrence Timmons 5 7 12 3.5- 11.0 . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 4 5 9 . . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter 5 2 7 1.5- 6.0 . . . . . . . .
Buster Davis 3 3 6 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 3 2 5 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 3 2 5 3.5- 8.0 . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 4 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Roger Williams 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Geno Hayes 1 3 4 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 2 1 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum 2 1 3 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 2 . 2 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Kevin McNeil 1 1 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Darrell Burston . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 1 . 1 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey 1 . 1 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Garrison Sanborn 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Drew Weatherford 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay . 1 1 0.5- 0.0 . . . . . . . .
Alex Boston . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 35 76 17.0- 53.0 1.0- 5.0 . 2 . . . . .
Opp 28 10 38 8.0- 35.0 5.0- 28.0 4- 69 5 . . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 9 Xavier Lee
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 29 Michael Ray Garvin
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
DT 93 Letroy Guion
LE 95 Kevin McNeil
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Antone Smith
11 Drew Weatherford
12 Gary Cismesia
20 Jamie Robinson
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
30 Pat Davis
41 Seddrick Holloway
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
43 Graham Gano
65 Garrison Sanborn
72 Budd Thacker
80 Joslin Shaw
89 Greg Carr
94 Justin Mincey
98 Alex Boston
99 Everette Brown
|
Florida State 28, Western Michigan 20
11/18/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Takes Down Western Michigan, 28-20.
Seminoles become bowl eligible with the win.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Backup quarterback Xavier Lee tossed two touchdown passes to Greg Carr, Lawrence Timmons scored on a 22-yard interception return, and Florida State beat Western Michigan 28-20
Saturday to become bowl eligible.
Western Michigan's last-minute effort to tie it ended on the final play when Ryan Cubit's pass into the end zone was incomplete on a fourth-and-29 from the Florida State 30.
Florida State (6-5) has gone to bowls for 24 straight seasons and needed a win in one of its final two games to keep the streak alive. The Seminoles host archrival Florida next Saturday.
Lee, who replaced starter Drew Weatherford in the second quarter, completed nine of 13 passes for 144 yards. Weatherford finished 5-for-10 for 34 yards.
On his first play, Lee hit the 6-foot-6 Carr for a 26-yard touchdown throw that put Florida State ahead 14-3 in the second quarter.
Carr's 10th touchdown catch of the season - a 19-yard throw from Lee - gave the Seminoles a 28-13 lead early in the fourth quarter after Timmons scored with 1:20 left in the third. Timmons also broke
up three other passes and was putting heavy pressure on Cubit for much of the game.
Carr, a sophomore, moved into a tie with Talman Gardner for ninth on Florida State's career list with 19 TD receptions. Former Seminoles wideout Peter Warrick tops the list with 31 touchdown
receptions.
Western Michigan (7-4) pulled to 28-20 with 9:20 left on Cubit's 10-yard touchdown pass to Herb Martin.
But mistakes, and one gamble, were costly for the Broncos.
Trailing 21-13, Western Michigan failed to convert a fourth-and-1 on its own 29 on the final play of the third quarter and the Seminoles scored in six plays on Carr's second TD.
Cubit, who completed 27 of 49 passes for 229 yards and two scores, also was intercepted in the first half by Roger Williams, setting up Carr's first TD catch.
Cubit threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Jamarko Simmons midway through the second quarter to cut Florida State's lead to 14-10.
Chris Davis' 8-yard scoring run on a reverse gave the Seminoles a 7-3 lead with 10:38 left in the second, ending a scoreless drought of 87 minutes and 59 seconds dating to the final quarter of the
Virginia game two weeks ago.
Nate Meyer kicked field goals of 50 and 43 yards for Western Michigan.
Florida State lost its starting tailback, Antone Smith, for the rest of the season with a dislocated right elbow, coach Bobby Bowden said.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Western Michigan |
3 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 50, field goal, 10:58
2nd 7- 3 Chris Davis, 8, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 10:38
14- 3 Greg Carr, 26, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 9:00
14-10 Opp, 23, pass (kick), 7:03
3rd 14-10 Gary Cismesia, 44, field goal failed, 11:51
14-13 Opp, 43, field goal, 6:14
14-13 Gary Cismesia, 41, field goal failed, 1:42
21-13 Lawrence Timmons, 22, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 1:20
4th 28-13 Greg Carr, 19, pass from Xavier Lee (Gary Cismesia, kick), 12:44
28-20 Opp, 10, pass (kick), 9:20
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 12 17
Rushes-yards 28-73 30-33
Passing 178 229
Att-Comp-Int 23-14-0 50-27-2
Total Yards 51-251 80-262
Punt Returns 1-11 1-39
Kickoff Returns 3-43 4-158
Interception Ret. 2-29 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 2-0
Punts 5-44.4 6-42.2
Sacks By-Yds 3-30 2-21
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yds 3-20 7-62
3rd Down Conversions 1-11 7-19
4th Down Conversions 2-2 2-4
Time of Posession 28:10 31:50
Attendance 78,236
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 21 80 0 26
Chris Davis 1 8 1 8t
Antone Smith 1 0 0 0
Preston Parker 1 0 0 0
Xavier Lee 4 -15 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 28 73 1 26
Opp 30 33 0 13
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
De'Cody Fagg 3 46 0 25
Greg Carr 2 45 2 26t
Lorenzo Booker 3 39 0 19
Chris Davis 3 39 0 25
Robert Hallback 1 7 0 7
Matt Dunham 1 4 0 4
Antone Smith 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 14 178 2 26t
Opp 27 229 2 23t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Xavier Lee 9 13 0 144 2 26t
Drew Weatherford 5 10 0 34 0 10
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 14 23 0 178 2 26t
Opp 27 50 2 229 2 23t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 1 11 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 11 0 11
Opp 1 39 0 39
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 2 34 0 23
Sean Compton 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 43 0 23
Opp 4 158 0 65
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 5 222 53
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 222 53
Opp 6 253 59
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Myron Rolle 6 5 11 1.0- 6.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Buster Davis 6 3 9 . . . 1 . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 4 4 8 1.0- 4.0 . 1- 22 3 . . . . .
Letroy Guion 5 3 8 1.5- 13.0 0.5- 4.0 . . . . 1 . .
Roger Williams 4 2 6 . . 1- 7 1 . . . . .
Kevin McNeil 1 4 5 1.5- 15.0 1.0- 14.0 . . . . . . .
Geno Hayes 1 3 4 0.5- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Alex Boston 2 . 2 2.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Graham Gano 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Darrell Burston 1 1 2 1.0- 8.0 1.0- 8.0 . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen . 2 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Tony Carter . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Korey Mangum 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown . 1 1 0.5- 4.0 0.5- 4.0 . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mikhal Kornegay . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Gadson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 35 38 73 9.5- 58.0 3.0- 30.0 2- 29 7 . . 1 . .
Opp 30 24 54 4.0- 26.0 2.0- 21.0 . 1 . 2- 0 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 5 Chris Davis
TB 6 Antone Smith
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TE 19 Caz Piurowski
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 29 Michael Ray Garvin
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
LE 92 Darrell Burston
DT 93 Letroy Guion
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
RE 98 Alex Boston
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Brandon Warren
4 Mikhal Kornegay
6 Marcus Gadson
9 Xavier Lee
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
18 J.R. Bryant
22 Korey Mangum
28 Lorenzo Booker
30 Pat Davis
36 Dekoda Watson
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
38 Sean Compton
40 Matt Dunham
43 Graham Gano
48 Recardo Wright
72 Budd Thacker
84 Robert Hallback
89 Greg Carr
94 Justin Mincey
95 Kevin McNeil
99 Everette Brown
|
Florida 21, Florida State 14
11/25/2006, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Florida State Drops Home Contest to No. 4 Florida, 21-14.
Chris Davis catches six passes for 85 yards for the Seminoles.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Chris Leak threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns, Percy Harvin ran for a score and the fourth-ranked Gators beat Florida State 21-14 on Saturday to stay in the national title
hunt.
Florida (11-1) won its third straight against Florida State and improved to 6-0 against its three main rivals - Tennessee, Georgia and Florida State - in Meyer's two seasons.
The latest victory might not help much in the Bowl Championship Series standings. The Gators probably still need help to get to the title game.
But don't expect Florida to complain.
The Gators won consecutive games in Tallahassee for the first time since 1986 and won three in a row against their in-state rivals for the first time since a six-game streak between 1981 and 1986.
Leak had a lot to do with the current streak.
He completed 21 of 34 passes and directed several long drives Saturday. The most impressive came when Florida needed it most. Leak was 7-of-8 for 81 yards on the game-winning drive early in the fourth
quarter.
He called an audible on third down, recognizing a blitz and checking to a slant pass, and hooked up with Dallas Baker for a 25-yard gain. He connected with Baker again two plays later for a 25-yard
score.
The Seminoles (6-6) had two chances to even the score, but they failed to convert on fourth down twice - once in Florida territory and once deep in their own end.
The Gators led 14-0 at halftime - Andre Caldwell caught a screen pass and turned it into a 66-yard score and Harvin had a 41-yard TD run from the quarterback position. Florida's Chris Hetland missed
two short field goals, and is now 3-for-12, prompting many to question why Meyer has stuck with him.
The misses almost proved costly, too.
Joe Surratt scored from a yard out in the third quarter and the Seminoles tied the game in the fourth on Drew Weatherford's 25-yard TD pass to Greg Carr.
But Leak rallied the Gators on the ensuing drive.
He improved to 3-1 against Florida State, completing 59 percent of his passes for 1,098 yards, with seven touchdowns and two interceptions.
The Gators also overcame the loss of Harvin and running back DeShawn Wynn.
Harvin, the team's most dynamic player, was strapped to a backboard and carted off the field in the second quarter. He was hurt while trying to catch a pass across the middle. Harvin's head appeared
to hit linebacker Buster Davis' knee. He stayed on the ground for several minutes before team doctors decided to cart him to the locker room.
Harvin was moving his arms and legs while on the ground. He held up his left thumb while being driven to the locker room.
Team officials said he was walking around at halftime and should be OK.
Wynn injured his left shoulder on the second play of the third quarter and did not return.
Florida State's offense was woeful - again - for much of the game.
Weatherford started and played three series before getting benched in favor of Xavier Lee. Weatherford was 3-of-9 for 46 yards. Lee was even worse in the next three series, completing two of six
passes for 8 yards and fumbling a snap.
Weatherford returned and was roundly booed, especially after getting sacked and fumbling out of bounds on his first play back. Nonetheless, coach Bobby Bowden stuck with Weatherford in the second
half, a questionable decision after he threw interceptions on the first two series of the third quarter.
Weatherford was picked off for a third time following Surratt's touchdown, but he rebounded with consecutive passes to Carr to start the fourth. The second one was a jump ball in the end zone that
Carr caught over cornerback Reggie Lewis.
Weatherford finished 16-of-37 for 181 yards and couldn't complete the comeback.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
| Florida State |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
1st 0- 0 Opp, 38, field goal failed, 7:55
0- 0 Gary Cismesia, 40, field goal failed, 5:24
0- 7 Opp, 66, pass (kick), 3:15
2nd 0- 7 Opp, 35, field goal failed, 8:03
0-14 Opp, 41, run (kick), 5:52
3rd 7-14 Joe Surratt, 1, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 5:20
4th 14-14 Greg Carr, 25, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 14:27
14-21 Opp, 25, pass (kick), 10:22
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 11 16
Rushes-yards 18-46 32-105
Passing 189 283
Att-Comp-Int 43-18-3 35-21-0
Total Yards 61-235 67-388
Punt Returns 2-12 1-8
Kickoff Returns 3-94 3-47
Interception Ret. 0-0 3-1
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 5-44.0 8-41.5
Sacks By-Yds 1-1 2-20
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 4-27 7-65
3rd Down Conversions 3-15 6-16
4th Down Conversions 0-3 0-0
Time of Posession 26:17 33:43
Attendance 83,507
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 10 61 0 34
Joe Surratt 1 1 1 1t
Marcus Sims 1 -1 0 -1
Team 1 -4 0 -4
Drew Weatherford 5 -11 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 46 1 34
Opp 32 105 1 41t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 6 85 0 37
Greg Carr 3 42 1 25t
Brandon Warren 4 32 0 23
De'Cody Fagg 2 14 0 9
Joslin Shaw 1 11 0 11
Lorenzo Booker 2 5 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 18 189 1 37
Opp 21 283 2 66t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 16 37 3 181 0 37
Xavier Lee 2 6 0 8 0 6
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 18 43 3 189 0 37
Opp 21 35 0 283 2 66t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Chris Davis 2 12 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 12 0 13
Opp 1 8 0 8
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 3 94 0 47
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 94 0 47
Opp 3 47 0 24
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 5 220 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 220 51
Opp 8 332 64
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Geno Hayes 5 5 10 1.5- 11.0 . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Timmons 5 3 8 . . . . . . . . .
Roger Williams 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .
Buster Davis 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
Myron Rolle 1 3 4 0.5- 1.0 . . 2 . . . . .
Tony Carter 1 2 3 . . . 2 . . . . .
Darius McClure 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen 2 . 2 2.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Budd Thacker 2 . 2 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jamie Robinson 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Alex Boston 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Garrison Sanborn 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brandon Warren 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Patrick Robinson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Recardo Wright . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Benjamin Lampkin . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin McNeil . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 36 20 56 7.0- 20.0 1.0- 1.0 . 5 . 1- 0 . . .
Opp 24 18 42 6.0- 24.0 2.0- 20.0 3- 1 5 . . 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TE 1 Brandon Warren
WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
FB 32 Joe Surratt
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
RV 3 Myron Rolle
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
FC 15 Tony Carter
BC 29 Michael Ray Garvin
MLB 50 Buster Davis
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
LE 92 Darrell Burston
DT 93 Letroy Guion
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
RE 98 Alex Boston
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
9 Xavier Lee
12 Gary Cismesia
20 Jamie Robinson
21 Patrick Robinson
24 Darius McClure
30 Pat Davis
35 Marcus Sims
36 Dekoda Watson
43 Graham Gano
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
48 Recardo Wright
49 Benjamin Lampkin
65 Garrison Sanborn
72 Budd Thacker
80 Joslin Shaw
89 Greg Carr
94 Justin Mincey
95 Kevin McNeil
99 Everette Brown
|
Florida State 44, UCLA 27
12/27/2006, San Francisco, Calif.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com.
Furious Finish Propels FSU Past UCLA, 44-27, In Emerald Bowl.
Booker scores two TDs, rushes for 92 yards and catches five passes for 117 yards.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Although Bobby Bowden has led Florida State to much bigger victories in far grander bowls, a winning season is always sweet - even when it ends with Bowden raising the Emerald Bowl
trophy in a chilly baseball park 2,600 miles from Tallahassee.
Lorenzo Booker ran for 91 yards, caught five passes for 117 more and scored two touchdowns, leading the Seminoles to a 44-27 victory over UCLA on Wednesday night to put a happy ending on Bowden's 30th
straight winning season.
But the 77-year-old Bowden still hasn't coached a losing club since going 5-6 in his first season at Florida State - and with 21 points in the fourth quarter against the collapsing Bruins (7-6), the
Seminoles are headed into 2007 with more momentum than they've had all season.
"That's what Florida State used to do all the time," Bowden said. "I hope this is a good sign for us. I've been looking for that sign."
A 3-5 record in ACC play, including four losses in six games to close the regular season, forced Florida State to finish an ignominious year with the longest road trip in school history. The Seminoles
have played in 25 straight bowl games, but the last 15 were played in January, with considerably bigger stakes and payouts.
Don't tell that to Booker, a California native who got a chance to impress 130 friends and family members in the stands. This minor bowl was a major win.
"We have a 30-year streak, and we're proud of our history," said Drew Weatherford, who overcame a shaky start to pass for 325 yards, 126 in the fourth quarter. "We had to keep it going, and it gives
us a head start and a boost for next season."
Florida State's fourth quarter was dynamite. Greg Carr caught a go-ahead, 30-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-9, and Booker capped his final college game with a key third-down catch and a 3-yard TD
run with 6:17 left.
Tony Carter's 86-yard interception return for another score 37 seconds later was the finishing touch in Bowden's 20th bowl victory.
Patrick Cowan passed for 240 yards and Chris Markey ran for 144 for the inconsistent Bruins, who came in with a three-game winning streak, highlighted by a 13-9 victory over archrival USC 3 1/2 weeks
ago.
"When you look at the score the next day, I'm sure people are going to say, 'Wow, what happened?"' UCLA coach Karl Dorrell said. "But it was a lot different game than the score indicated. We played
three pretty good quarters, so from an effort standpoint, I don't have any questions we're heading in the right direction."
Yet the Seminoles rolled over the Bruins on offense, defense and special teams in the second half. Lawrence Timmons returned a blocked punt 25 yards for a score in the third quarter, and Carter's
return was just one of several big stops.
"This is one of those times that a lot of people were doubting if Florida State football was any good," Weatherford said. "It makes it sweeter that UCLA beat USC. It shows we're going to be back in
the national championship picture at some point in the near future, maybe even next year."
Most in the sellout crowd of 40,331 fans cheered for UCLA, but Florida State had a surprisingly solid rooting section for a game on the opposite coast.
Florida State took a 23-20 lead in the third quarter when Dekoda Watson blocked a punt and Timmons returned it for a score, but UCLA went back ahead on Chane Moline's 8-yard TD run moments later.
When a Florida State drive stalled early in the fourth quarter with the Seminoles trailing by four, Bowden and his son proved they had nothing to lose by boldly going for it on fourth and long. Carr
easily made his TD catch a step from the end zone when his defender fell down.
Brandon Breazell caught a 78-yard TD pass and Junior Taylor had a scoring catch in the first half for the Bruins, who finished a mediocre regular season playing some of their best football in
Dorrell's four seasons.
The Bruins led 20-13 at halftime, and a game expected to be dominated by defense featured 501 total yards in the first half alone.
"We have to use this to drive ourselves to getting better," UCLA linebacker Christian Taylor said. "We need to work even harder in the offseason, because we know we have some weaknesses. Someone had
to lose and it's disappointing it was us."
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| UCLA |
10 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
27 |
| Florida State |
7 |
6 |
10 |
21 |
44 |
1st 7- 0 Lorenzo Booker, 25, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 4:50
7- 7 Opp, 78, pass (kick), 4:16
7-10 Opp, 46, field goal, 0:20
2nd 10-10 Gary Cismesia, 39, field goal, 12:20
10-17 Opp, 7, pass (kick), 8:40
10-20 Opp, 19, field goal, 2:35
13-20 Gary Cismesia, 21, field goal, 0:25
3rd 16-20 Gary Cismesia, 36, field goal, 11:29
23-20 Lawrence Timmons, 25, punt return/blocked punt (Gary Cismesia, kick), 8:58
Note: Punt blocked by Dekoda Watson and returned for TD.
23-27 Opp, 8, run (kick), 5:49
4th 30-27 Greg Carr, 30, pass from Drew Weatherford (Gary Cismesia, kick), 9:46
37-27 Lorenzo Booker, 3, run (Gary Cismesia, kick), 6:17
44-27 Tony Carter, 86, interception return (Gary Cismesia, kick), 5:04
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 21 17
Rushes-yards 30-105 35-194
Passing 325 240
Att-Comp-Int 43-21-1 36-15-2
Total Yards 73-430 71-434
Punt Returns 4-41 3-12
Kickoff Returns 5-101 6-166
Interception Ret. 2-107 1-7
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 6-38.8 6-37.7
Sacks By-Yds 1-7 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 5-44 4-34
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 6-16
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-1
Time of Posession 30:12 29:48
Attendance 40,331
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 22 91 2 25t
Drew Weatherford 4 14 0 11
Chris Davis 1 2 0 2
Matt Dunham 2 1 0 1
Team 1 -3 0 -3
---------------------------------------------
FSU 30 105 2 25t
Opp 35 194 1 33
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lorenzo Booker 5 117 0 39
Greg Carr 4 88 1 30t
De'Cody Fagg 6 68 0 29
Chris Davis 3 33 0 12
Brandon Warren 1 8 0 8
Matt Dunham 1 6 0 6
Marcus Sims 1 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 325 1 39
Opp 15 240 2 78t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Drew Weatherford 21 43 1 325 1 39
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 43 1 325 1 39
Opp 15 36 2 240 2 78t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Lawrence Timmons 0 25 1 25t
Dekoda Watson 1 16 0 16
Patrick Robinson 3 0 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 41 1 25t
Opp 3 12 0 24
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Michael Ray Garvin 5 101 0 38
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 101 0 38
Opp 6 166 0 43
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Graham Gano 6 233 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 6 233 51
Opp 6 226 53
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DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Geno Hayes 9 3 12 1.5- 6.0 . . . 1 . . . .
Myron Rolle 4 5 9 . . 1- 21 . . . . . .
Buster Davis 5 2 7 1.0- 2.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Roger Williams 3 3 6 . . . 2 . . 1 . .
Lawrence Timmons 2 3 5 . . . . 1 . . . .
Jamie Robinson 4 . 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Patrick Robinson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Letroy Guion 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Everette Brown 1 2 3 1.5- 9.0 1.0- 7.0 . . 1 . . . .
Tony Carter 1 1 2 . . 1- 86 2 . . . . .
Michael Ray Garvin 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dekoda Watson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
Recardo Wright 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kevin McNeil 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Pat Davis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Lorenzo Booker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
J.R. Bryant 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Mincey 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Andre Fluellen . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Darius McClure . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Toddrick Verdell . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
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FSU 40 26 66 4.0- 17.0 1.0- 7.0 2-107 5 3 1- 0 1 1 .
Opp 43 22 65 7.0- 38.0 1.0- 8.0 1- 7 7 4 . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
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WR 5 Chris Davis
QB 11 Drew Weatherford
TB 28 Lorenzo Booker
RB 35 Marcus Sims
RG 62 Cory Niblock
C 67 John Frady
LG 68 Jacky Claude
RT 73 Shannon Boatman
LT 75 Mario Henderson
WR 81 De'Cody Fagg
WR 89 Greg Carr
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Pos ## DEFENSE
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RV 3 Myron Rolle
MLB 7 Buster Davis
FS 8 Roger Williams
WLB 10 Geno Hayes
LC 15 Tony Carter
RC 20 Jamie Robinson
SLB 83 Lawrence Timmons
RE 92 Darrell Burston
DT 93 Letroy Guion
NG 96 Andre Fluellen
LE 98 Alex Boston
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PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
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1 Brandon Warren
12 Gary Cismesia
13 Preston Parker
16 Brent Moody
18 J.R. Bryant
19 Caz Piurowski
21 Patrick Robinson
22 Korey Mangum
23 Roosevelt Lawson
24 Darius McClure
29 Michael Ray Garvin
30 Pat Davis
31 Toddrick Verdell
33 Jamaal Edwards
36 Dekoda Watson
37 Chase Goggans
37 Rodney Gallon
38 Sean Compton
40 Matt Dunham
41 Seddrick Holloway
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## NAME
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43 Graham Gano
45 Charlie Graham
48 Recardo Wright
49 Benjamin Lampkin
52 Jeremy Franklin
58 Dumaka Atkins
59 Neefy Moffett
64 Marcus Ford
65 Garrison Sanborn
69 Cory Brookins
72 Budd Thacker
78 Matt Hardrick
79 David Overmyer
80 Joslin Shaw
84 Robert Hallback
85 Richard Goodman
94 Justin Mincey
95 Kevin McNeil
97 Eli Charles
99 Everette Brown
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