2008 Florida State Seminoles football | |||
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ACC Atlantic Division Co-Champions | |||
Champs Sports Bowl, W (42-13) | |||
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic | ||
2008 record | 9-4 (5-3 ACC) | ||
Head coach | Bobby Bowden | ||
Offensive coordinator | Jimbo Fisher | ||
Offensive scheme | Pro Style | ||
Defensive coordinator | Mickey Andrews | ||
Base defense | 4-3 | ||
Home stadium |
Doak Campbell Stadium | ||
Seasons
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The 2008 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football season. It was Florida State's 17th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
The previous season, the Seminoles compiled a 7-6 record. When the Seminoles also went 7-6 in 2006, that season was head coach Bobby Bowden's worst since going 6-5 in 1981. The Seminoles were without as many as 12 scholarship players for the first three games of the season because of suspensions carrying over from the previous season for violating team rules, although it has not been disclosed how many of those were involved with an academic cheating scandal at the school.[1][2] Junior wide receiver Preston Parker was suspended for the first two games of the season, after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges.[3]
2008 ACC football standings | ||||||||
Conf | Overall | |||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||
Atlantic | ||||||||
Boston College* | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | ||
#21 Florida State* | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||
Maryland | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||
Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||
NC State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||
Coastal | ||||||||
#15 Virginia Tech* † | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 4 | ||
#22 Georgia Tech* | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||
Miami (FL) | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||
Virginia | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||
Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||
Championship: Virginia Tech
30, Boston College 12 |
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* – Division Co-Champion † – Conference Champion Final Rankings: AP Top 25 Poll |
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6* | 6:00 pm | Western Carolina | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | Sun Sports PPV / ESPN Gameplan | W 69-0 | 73,024 | |
September 13* | 3:45 pm | Chattanooga | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ESPNU | W 46-7 | 71,596 | |
September 20 | 7:00 pm | #18 Wake Forest | #25 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ESPN2 | L 3-12 | 79,235 |
September 27* | 3:30 pm | vs. Colorado | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (River City Showdown) | ABC | W 39-21 | 46,716 | |
October 4 | 3:30 pm | at Miami | Dolphin Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL | ABC / ESPN2 | W 41-39 | 65,786 | |
October 16 | 7:30 pm | at NC State | Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC | ESPN | W 26-17 | 56,643 | |
October 25 | 3:30 pm | Virginia Tech | #23 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 30-20 | 81,876 |
November 1 | 3:30 pm | at Georgia Tech | #16 | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA | ABC | L 28-31 | 53,528 |
November 8 | 3:30 pm | Clemson | #24 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 41-27 | 77,013 |
November 15† | 8:00 pm | Boston College | #19 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Blackout Game) | ABC | L 17-27 | 79,792 |
November 22 | 7:45 pm | at #23 Maryland | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | ESPN | W 37-3 | 51,620 | |
November 29* | 3:30 pm | #4 Florida | #24 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Florida-Florida State rivalry) | ABC / ESPN2 | L 15-45 | 83,237 |
December 27* | 4:30 pm | vs. Wisconsin | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Champs Sports Bowl) | ESPN | W 42-13 | 52,692 | |
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Pregame Line: Lines are not released when an FCS team plays an FBS team.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Western Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida State | 7 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 69 |
The start of the game was delayed almost an hour and a half due
to lightning in the area, and then almost another hour during the
1st quarter. The first player to touch the ball for FSU, to start
the 2008 season, was Tony Carter who promptly returned a punt 68
yards for a touchdown and the game's first score. Sophomore Christian
Ponder started his first game at quarterback. Ponder completed
11 of 17 passes for 196 yards and 3 touchdowns. At the start of the
second drive in the second half (when FSU was up 35-0), sophomore
D'vontrey Richardson came into the game. Richardson went 5 for 6
through the air with one touchdown and also had two rushing
touchdowns, one for over 50 yards. With several players serving
suspensions due to the school wide "academic scandal" (several
students and athletes were caught sharing answers in an online
music class), the Seminoles had 28 freshman play in the game. Two
of those freshman had touchdowns in the victory over the
Catamounts.[4]
Pregame Line: Lines are not released when an FCS team plays an FBS team.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tennessee-Ch | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Florida State | 21 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 46 |
In his second start as a collegiate athlete, Christian Ponder
threw for 183 yards and three first-half touchdowns before being
relieved by D'vontrey Richardson in the 3rd quarter. Richardson
threw for 117 yards with one touchdown. Richardson also had a
55-yard rushing touchdown, the longest scoring run for a
quarterback in the school's history. The previous record was held
by Richardson himself, set in the previous week with a 52-yard
touchdown run. Junior Wide Receiver, Corey Surrency, led Florida
State in receiving with 87 yards and two touchdowns on just three
receptions. Florida State's defense allowed their first score of
the season after a 62-yard passing touchdown thrown by Chattanooga
quarterback Tony Pastore. This was also the first score by
Chattanooga against Florida State all-time, dating back to 1984,
the only previous meeting between the two schools in which the
Seminoles won in a shutout by 37 points.[5]
Pregame Line: Florida State -4
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#18 Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
#25 Florida State | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Defense, kicking game help No.
18 Wake Forest clip No. 24 (AP Poll) Florida State
Pregame Line: Florida State -6
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Colorado | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Florida State | 7 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 39 |
This game was played in Jacksonville, Florida with Florida State as the home team. This was Bobby Bowden's 500th Career Game.
Bowden gets Florida State past
Colorado in 500th game
Pregame Line: Miami -2.5
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Florida State | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
Miami | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 39 |
FSU dumps Miami behind Smith's
career-best four TDs
Pregame Line: Pick 'em
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Florida State | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
N.C. State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Florida State rides Ponder,
Smith past N.C. State
Pregame Line: Florida State -6
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Virginia Tech | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
#25 Florida State | 0 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
Carr sets up two TDs in third
quarter as No. 25 FSU rallies
Pregame Line: Georgia Tech -1.5
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#15 Florida State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
Georgia Tech | 3 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Georgia Tech snaps 0-12 skid
against Florida State
Pregame Line: Florida State -7
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Clemson | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
#22 Florida State | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
FSU bowl eligible for 27th
straight season on Bowden's birthday
Pregame Line: Florida State -7
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Boston College | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
#19 Florida State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
One day prior to the game, Florida State suspended Wide Receivers Taiwan Easterling, Bert Reed, Corey Surrency, Cameron Wade and Richard Goodman for their roles in an on-campus altercation with members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity at Florida State's student union.[6][7]
Boston College upends No. 19
Florida State day after five wideouts suspended
Pregame Line: Maryland -1
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Florida State | 0 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 37 |
#25 Maryland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Myron Rolle, Florida State's starting safety, was interviewed in Birmingham, Alabama at noon for the Rhodes Scholarship. At 5:00, he received the call that he was accepted. He flew in a private jet to Washington, D.C. and had a police escort take him to the game in College Park, Maryland. He arrived at the stadium around 8:30pm (with 11:55 left in the 2nd quarter). He dressed out in the locker room and walked onto the field to the roar of the Florida State visitor section with 6:23 left in the 2nd quarter. After stretching out, he made his game debut with 1:30 left in the 1st half. At the end of the game, his teammates showered him with a bucket of ice water in 26 degree weather, an act usually reserved for the head coach. He is the first Florida State player to ever have the "ice water shower".
Maryland picked apart by
unranked Florida State
Pregame Line: Florida -16.5
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#4 Florida | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 45 |
#20 Florida State | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
Florida wins 8th straight
while continuing dominance in intrastate rivalry
Pregame Line:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wisconsin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Florida State | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Ponder powers Seminoles'
offense, defense routs Badgers
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
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AP | 31 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 41 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 21 |
Coaches | 30 | 31 | 28 | 25 | NR | 32 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 29 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 23 |
Harris | Not released | 30 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 28 | |||||
BCS | Not released | 25 | 15 | 22 | 19 | NR | 20 | 24 | NR |
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Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Name | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Interceptions | Fumbles | Blkd Kick |
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Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rcv-Yds | FF | |||
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No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
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