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It was their third straight win in Gainesville. Florida’s offense sputtered again in the game, and the Seminoles won 31—13 for their fourth straight win overall in the series. Both programs suffered through sub-par seasons in and each came into their meeting at 4—6, marking the first time since that the rivals met while sporting a losing record. The Seminoles won 38—22 for their fifth consecutive victory in the series and their fourth straight win in Gainesville, their longest win streak at Florida Field.

In the first match-up between first year head coaches in series history, Mullen’s Gators routed the Seminoles 41—14 in Tallahassee, ending both Florida State’s five-game win streak in the series and their NCAA-record year streak of bowl appearances. Taggart was fired nine games into the season, and Odell Haggins was serving as the Seminoles’ interim coach during the Gators’ 40—17 victory in Gainesville.

The contest was held in Gainesville as previously planned, and both teams came into the game with losing records for just the third time in series history, with bowl eligibility on the line. With Dan Mullen having been fired days before the game, interim coach Greg Knox led the Gators to a «sloppy» 24—21 victory over Mike Norvell ‘s Seminoles.

Florida State’s upstart football program stunned the Gators on this day with a 3—3 tie. Even though many of the early games in the series were close and the contest ended in a 3—3 tie , Florida State had yet to beat their in-state rivals in six attempts. The game would be the first time that the Gators would journey to Doak Campbell Stadium , and the Seminoles under coach Bill Peterson were enjoying their best season since joining the ranks of major college football programs.

However, the Gators still felt confident that another victory was in the offing, coming out onto the playing field with the boast «Never, FSU, Never! Florida State quarterback Steve Tensi hit Fred Biletnikoff with a first-half touchdown, helping the Seminoles to a 13—0 lead at the half as the Gator offense fumbled four times, including once at the FSU one-yard line. Les Murdock kicked a yard field goal to secure the win for FSU, 16—7. After the win, the Seminoles accepted their first bid to a major bowl game, defeating Oklahoma in the Gator Bowl to finish the season 9—1—1.

In an otherwise unremarkable game coming into this eighth annual contest between the burgeoning rivals, this game established the rivalry in full due to the controversy that surrounded its outcome. In a tight contest, the Gators led the Seminoles late in the game, 22— FSU had the ball at the Gators’ yard-line with seventeen seconds left in the game. On first down, little used and previously injured wide receiver Lane Fenner entered the game in place of FSU’s star receiver Ron Sellers.

However, referee Doug Moseley signaled that Fenner did not have control of the ball before rolling out of bounds and ruled the pass incomplete. Florida held on for a 22—19 win, but the controversy heated up after the game when photos that apparently showed Fenner making the catch in the endzone were published in state newspapers. Debate over whether or not the play should have been ruled a touchdown continues to this day.

Both Florida and Florida State were 2—0 when the teams met in The Gators had defeated the number seven ranked University of Houston two weeks prior and FSU was off to a good start as well. The Gators won this matchup 21—6 on the back of a defensive surge that was unparalleled in Gator history.

The Gators defense, led by junior defensive lineman Jack Youngblood and sophomore defensive lineman Robert Harrell, sacked FSU quarterback Bill Cappleman eleven times for 91 yards leaving FSU with a total of negative 18 yards rushing in the game.

In addition to the pass rush, the FSU offense fumbled the ball eight times, losing five. The Gators went on to a 9—1—1 record including a victory over the Tennessee Volunteers in the Gator Bowl.

The Florida Gators dominated Florida State for the first fifty-three minutes of the game. FSU coach Peterson put sophomore Gary Huff into the game and he quickly completed two long passes, the second a yard touchdown pass. The FSU defense forced John Reaves and the Gator offense into a three and out, and on the next drive Huff used four plays to score a touchdown with left in the game.

With the score cut to 38—21 FSU tried an onside kick which failed but didn’t fail to cause a both bench-clearing brawl. The FSU defense again forced Florida to punt and as time expired, Huff led the Seminoles to another touchdown making the final score 38— Gators All-American Jack Youngblood was criticized by the press for doing a «disrespectful rear-end wagging dance» on a wall near the FSU student section. Both teams ended the season 7—4 but neither received a bowl bid.

Huff’s passing caused FSU to actually out gain the Gators in the game and it set, at the time, a record for most points scored by both teams in the rivalry. The Seminoles came into The Swamp with a 10—1 record and aspirations of playing for a national championship. The ‘Noles took an early 13—0 lead in front of what was a state record 85, fans at Florida Field. FSU would never relinquish that lead. The Gators finally answered just before halftime when freshman Quarterback Danny Wuerffel hit his receiver Willie Jackson for an yard touchdown pass to cut the Florida State lead to 13—7.

Florida State got back to work on their first drive of the second half. Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Charlie Ward completed 5 of 7 passes for 62 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown strike to Kez McCorvey , giving the Seminoles a 20—7 lead. From this point, FSU appeared to have the upper hand as they took an impressive 27—7 lead entering the final quarter. Florida answered with another touchdown pass to Willie Jackson, this time from Terry Dean.

FSU stormed right back and just when it appeared the ‘Noles would seal the victory, fullback William Floyd coughed up the football and the Florida defense recovered at its own 9-yard line, giving the Gators and its crowd new life. Florida would cut the lead to 27—21 when Dean hit his receiver Jack Jackson for a remarkable, juggling, yard touchdown pass which electrified the record crowd at The Swamp. With the crowd roaring louder than it had all day, Ward led the Seminoles back onto the field with just under 6 minutes left in the game.

The Seminoles faced third down at their own yard-line. Both teams entered the game with identical 9—1 records. Florida, ranked fourth, and Florida State, the defending national champions, ranked seventh.

Florida, under head coach Steve Spurrier , jumped out to an early lead. In the greatest fourth-quarter comeback of the series, the Seminoles rallied and scored four unanswered touchdowns. With left in the game, a 4-yard touchdown run by Rock Preston made the game 31— Coach Bowden had to make a decision—he chose to kick the extra point to tie rather than attempt a 2-point conversion to win the game, resulting in a final score of 31— Florida State scored 28 unanswered points in the final fifteen minutes to cap off the biggest fourth-quarter comeback of the series.

Both teams were selected to the Sugar Bowl for a rematch and the first bowl game between the two teams. The ‘Noles got off to a quick start when Peter Boulware blocked the Gators first punt of the game, resulting in a touchdown.

Florida’s eventual Heisman Trophy winner quarterback Danny Wuerffel threw three interceptions in the first half, and FSU had a 17—0 lead after one quarter of play. Wuerffel got on track after that, throwing for three touchdowns.

The ensuing onside kick went out of bounds, however, and the Seminoles held on for the 24—21 upset win. The stars of the game were FSU running back Warrick Dunn , who rushed for yards; Wuerffel, who threw for yards; and the FSU defense, which sacked Wuerffel six times and knocked him to the turf on many other occasions. That Seminole pass rush became a source of controversy after the game when Gators’ coach Steve Spurrier claimed that FSU players had deliberately tried to injure his star quarterback with late hits and «cheap shots».

Spurrier continued to complain to the press about the issue while FSU coach Bobby Bowden responded that he thought the hits in question were clean while admitting that «we just hit to the echo of the whistle instead of the whistle.

The Sugar Bowl match-up gained even more importance the night before the game when the second-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils lost to the fourth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl , making the contest between the No.

To counter FSU’s pass rush, Spurrier installed the shotgun formation in an attempt to give quarterback Danny Wuerffel more time to throw. Florida State entered the game ranked No. After a pregame fight, the Gators drove the ball 83 yards for a touchdown on the opening series. Spurrier implemented a two-quarterback system with Doug Johnson and senior walk-on Noah Brindise, and rotated the two nearly every play.

Florida State led 17—6 early in the second quarter after Seminoles quarterback Thad Busby found tight end Melvin Pearsall for a five-yard touchdown. The Gators fought back, however, as wide receiver Travis McGriff caught a touchdown from Johnson, and running back Fred Taylor scored from the 4-yard line to put Florida ahead 18—17 at halftime.

In the second half, kicker Sebastian Janikowski boomed his second of three field goals to put Florida State back on top, but Taylor responded with a yard touchdown run to retake the lead, 25— Seminoles running back Travis Minor scored on an yard touchdown run, to give Florida State a 26—25 lead.

The first twelve minutes of the fourth quarter were scoreless, but the Seminoles drove inside the Gators’ 5-yard line until the Gators defense, led by Jevon Kearse and Mike Peterson , stopped the ‘Noles on three consecutive running plays and the Seminoles settled for another Janikowski field goal after which Janikowski performed a mock Gator Chomp in celebration.

On first down from the Gators’ own yard line, Johnson hit receiver Jacquez Green for a yard pass play. Fred Taylor completed the drive with his fourth rushing touchdown of the night, and Florida took the lead after the three-play drive for good, 32— Florida State’s final comeback attempt ended when senior Florida linebacker Dwayne Thomas intercepted a third-down pass from Busby, sealing the victory for the Gators, and costing Florida State a chance to play for the national championship.

This battle between the in state rivals started before the whistle even blew. A pre-game fight caused Florida’s starting senior safety, Tony George , and a couple walk-on FSU players who were not dressed, to be ejected from the game. Johnson later apologized to Bowden for almost hitting him but said that he had thrown the ball into a group of FSU players during the scuffle with no particular target.

Florida State’s defense came in the ballgame rated No. Florida struck first with a yard Doug Johnson touchdown pass, but Seminoles Peter Warrick and Travis Minor put the Seminoles in scoring position twice and Placekicker Sebastian Janikowski kicked two field goals to make the game 7—6. After a Florida punt the Seminoles were at their own 5-yard-line and Florida forced a safety. And then Doug Johnson drove Florida deep into Florida State territory after the safety kick, but Florida State’s defense stiffened and forced Florida to settle for three points.

At halftime, the game was 12—6, Florida. In the second half, Florida State’s defense held Florida scoreless. Florida leads the rivalry overall, However, FSU has had its fair share of glory in the series, especially recently, winning a program-record seven consecutive games in the rivalry. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. American college basketball rivalry. Florida Gators. Florida State Seminoles. Bleacher Report.

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