Florida State @ Florida

Network: ESPN
Announcers: Ron Franklin, Kevin Kiley
Format: DVD (3 disks)
Quality: 8.5
Notes: Halftime edited out... Includes some commercials... Some dead-ball edits.

Game Notes

#6 Seminoles escape with a 24-17 win over the Gators.

Peter Tom Willis goes 20-of-33 for 319 yards and 3 TDs, leading Florida State. Emmitt Smith's final home game ends in defeat despite his 30 carries for 153 yards and 1 TD.

After Willis gives FSU the initial lead with a 62-yard TD pass to Terry Anthony w/ 3:11 in the 1st quarter, the underdog Gators battle back. John David Francis' 46-yard FG w/ :20 left in the 1st, cuts it to 7-3, and then Stacey Simmons' 3-yard TD on a end-around gives Florida the lead w/ 8:11 left in the 2nd.

The Noles tie it on Richie Andrews' 25-yard FG late in the 2nd quarter, then take the lead when Willis hits Bruce LaSane on a slant, then he fights Richard Fain into the end zone for a 22-yard TD w/ 8:00 remaining in the 3rd quarter. Willis extends the lead to 24-10, hitting Dave Roberts for a 10-yard TD.

However, Smith's 2-yard dive w/ 4:08 left in the game, pulls the Gators back into the contest. However, after Andrews hooks a 41-yard FG wide right w/ :58 left, giving Florida one more chance, the hopes end on a series of incompletions.