Sunday, December 7, 2014

Florida State Downs Georgia Tech to Win Third Straight ACC Title

Chuck Burton (AP)
Florida State (13-0) extended its win streak to twenty-nine games as if captured its third straight ACC title on Saturday night at Charlotte's Bank of American Stadium. Led by freshman Dalvin Cook’s 177 rushing yards (most by a freshman in ACC Championship game history), the Atlantic Division champion Seminoles defeated Coastal Division champs Georgia Tech 37-35 in front of a crowd of 64,808.


Chuck Burton (AP)
Defending Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston became the first quarterback to have two three-hundred yard passing games in the ACC title game. Winston is still to lose a game as a college quarterback, leading the Seminoles to twenty-six consecutive wins.


Chuck Burton (AP)
Quarterback Justin Thomas led the Georgia Tech rushing attack with 104 yards, the most by a quarterback in ACC Championship game history. Synjyn Days of Georgia Tech scored three touchdowns for the Yellow Jackets in the game, doubling his scores for the year.

Score by Quarter


1
2
3
4
Total
Florida State
7
21
3
6
37
Georgia Tech
14
7
7
7
35

 Scoring Summary


Qtr

Time

Scoring Play

V-H

1st
09:50
GT - Days, S. 1 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 8-71 3:48
0 - 7

07:42
FSU - O'Leary, N. 46 yd pass from Winston, J. (Aguayo, R. kick), 5-74 2:03
7 - 7

01:45
GT - Days, S. 1 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 11-75 5:50
7 - 14
2nd
14:10
FSU - Cook, D. 1 yd run (Aguayo, R. kick), 7-75 2:30
14 - 14

08:02
GT - Laskey, Z. 4 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 11-75 6:08
14 - 21

05:40
FSU - Greene, R. 44 yd pass from Winston, J. (Aguayo, R. kick), 6-71 2:15
21 - 21

00:30
FSU - Greene, R. 9 yd pass from Winston, J. (Aguayo, R. kick), 10-75 1:56
28 - 21
3rd
08:01
GT - Days, S. 1 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 14-77 6:52
28 - 28

03:13
FSU - Aguayo, R. 33 yd field goal, 10-59 4:48
31 - 28
4th
10:25
FSU - Aguayo, R. 32 yd field goal, 12-75 4:46
34 - 28

04:28
FSU - Aguayo, R. 28 yd field goal, 6-36 2:55
37 - 28

01:47
GT - Waller, D. 25 yd pass from Thomas, J. (Butker, H. kick), 6-97 1:09
37 - 35

Game Statistics


FSU
GT
FIRST DOWNS
24
28
 Rushing
12
19
 Passing
11
8
 Penalty
1
1
NET YARDS RUSHING
179
331
 Rushing Attempts
33
59
 Average Per Rush
5.4
5.6
 Rushing Touchdowns
1
4
 Yards Gained Rushing
186
335
 Yards Lost Rushing
7
4
NET YARDS PASSING
309
134
 Completions - Attempts - Int
21-30-0
8-14-1
 Average Per Attempt
10.3
9.6
 Average Per Completion
14.7
16.8
 Passing Touchdowns
3
1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS
488
465
 Total offense plays
63
73
 Average Gain Per Play
7.7
6.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost
0-0
0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards
5-45
3-20
PUNTS-YARDS
2-84
2-69
 Average Yards Per Punt
42.0
34.5
 Net Yards Per Punt
41.5
34.5
 Inside 20
1
1
 50+ Yards
0
0
 Touchbacks
0
0
 Fair catch
0
1
KICKOFFS-YARDS
8-501
5-324
 Average Yards Per Kickoff
62.6
64.8
 Net Yards Per Kickoff
41.4
39.0
 Touchbacks
5
2
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD
0-0-0
1-1-0
 Average Per Return
0.0
1.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD
3-79-0
3-45-0
 Average Per Return
26.3
15.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD
1-4-0
0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD
0-0-0
0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards
0
0
Possession Time
25:05
34:55
 1st Quarter
5:15
9:45
 2nd Quarter
5:08
9:52
 3rd Quarter
4:59
10:01
 4th Quarter
9:43
5:17
Third-Down Conversions
7 of 12
5 of 10
Fourth-Down Conversions
0 of 0
1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances
5-5
4-4
 Touchdowns
2-5
4-4
 Field goals
3-5
0-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards
0-0
0-0
PAT Kicks
4-4
5-5
Field Goals
3-3
0-0
Points off turnovers
0
0