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2017 FSU FOOTBALL | VS. ALABAMA Game 4 - Louisville FLORIDA STATE LOUISVILLE Sept. 21, 2019 | Tallahassee, Fla. Doak Campbell Stadium (79,560) ESPN | 3:30 p.m. 1-2 VS 2-1 0-1 ACC 0-0 ACC TEAM COMPARISON (NCAA Ranking) Head Coach Head Coach Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky '98) Scott Satterfield (Appalachian St. '96) FSU UL Career Record: 53-59 (.437) | 10th Year Career Record: 53-25 (.679) | 7th Year 33.3 (53) Scoring Offense 32.3 (57) Record at FSU: 6-9 (.400) | 2nd Year Record at UL: 2-1 (.667) | 1st Year 137.7 (94) Rushing Offense 260.3 (17)* 281.5 (32) Passing Offense 186.3 (100) TELEVISION | ESPN RADIO | Sirius: 134 | XM: 193 | Internet: 955 PBP: Mark Jones PBP: Gene Deckerhoff 67.6 (36) Completion Pct. 54.7 (111) MEDIA COVERAGE 154.52 (42) Pass Efficiency 161.03 (36) Analyst: Dusty Dvoracek Analyst: William Floyd Sideline: Olivia Dekker Sideline: Tom Block 418.7 (65) Total Offense 446.7 (49) .917 (28) Red Zone Offense .800 (82) FSU RETURNS TO TALLAHASSEE FOR ACC CLASH 37.0 (120) Scoring Defense 18.7 (41) 170.7 (85) Rushing Defense 125.0 (51) » After playing its first road game last week, Florida State returns home for the start of its second two-game 314.3 (123) Passing Defense 160.0 (19) homestand in the first five weeks of the season as the Seminoles host Louisville this week. 485.0 (120) Total Defense 285.0 (29) .895 (95) Red Zone Defense .857 (85) » Florida State has scored at least 24 points in every game this season, only the fifth time in the last 20 seasons and 3.0 (25) Sacks 3.0 (25) first time since 2013 FSU has reached the 24-point mark in each of its first three games. 3 (19)* Fumbles Recovered 3 (19)* 6 (20) Turnovers Gained 3 (79) » FSU is 11-for-12 on red zone opportunities this season, scoring nine touchdowns with two field goals, and has 18.00 (14)* Punt Returns 9.83 (42) scored on 35 of 40 chances (.875) dating back to week two of last season. In that span, the Seminoles are 0.50 (14) Punt Return Defense -1.00 (3)* averaging 6.2 points per red zone conversion. 25.33 (28) Kickoff Returns 17.20 (99) *-Leads ACC » The Seminoles rank 5th in the ACC in red zone touchdown percentage defense, keeping opponents out of the end zone on eight of 19 trips inside the 20-yard line for a touchdown percentage of .579. 2019 SCHEDULE » FSU has scored 35 points in the first quarter through three games this season, tied for the 2nd-highest total in the Date Opponent Time/Result ACC and for 13th in the nation. Florida State scored 42 points in the first quarter in 2018 and 69 first-quarter points Aug. 31 BOISE STATE L, 31-36 in 2017. Sept. 7 ULM W, 45-44 (OT) Sept. 14 at No. 25 Virginia* L, 24-31 » Florida State is outscoring its opponents 69-36 in the first half, a scoring margin of +33 in the first 30 minutes. Last Sept. 21 LOUISVILLE* 3:30 p.m. season, FSU was -73 in the first half Sept. 28 NORTH CAROLINA STATE* 7:30 p.m. (ACCN) Oct. 12 at No. 1 Clemson* TBD » The Seminoles have recovered three fumbles of six fumbles forced and grabbed three interceptions this year. Last Oct. 19 at Wake Forest* TBD season, FSU recovered only three fumbles, forced 10, and had 12 interceptions. After three games in 2019, Florida Oct. 26 SYRACUSE* TBD State is 40 percent of the way to its turnovers total from 2018. Nov. 2 MIAMI* TBD Nov. 9 at Boston College* TBD » FSU is the only ACC team and one of only 11 teams in the country to have not given up a play of 40+ yards this Nov. 16 ALABAMA STATE TBD season. The longest play given up by the Noles is a 36-yard completion vs. Boise State. FSU is also tied for 1st in the Nov. 30 at No. 9 Florida TBD nation and one of three ACC teams that has not given up a 30-yard rush this season. The longest rush allowed by *-ACC Game; HOME GAME the Noles defense is a 24-yarder vs. Boise State. AP Rankings Listed Media Information .................................2 Depth Chart ...........................................12 FSU Records ..........................................20 Head Coach Willie Taggart ....................3 Rosters ...................................................13 Atlantic Coast Conference ................. 23 Game Notes ............................................ 6 Player Stats ...........................................15 Game Recap .......................................... 24 Noles in the Pros/Doak ........................11 Last Time It Happened ....................... 18 Statistics .............................................. 25 SEMINOLES.COM 1 2019 FSU FOOTBALL | GM. 4 | LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH: WILLIE TAGGART 2nd season at Florida State | 10th season as Head Coach | 21st overall Hometown: Palmetto, Florida // Alma Mater: Western Kentucky, 1998 // Wife: Taneshia; sons Willie Jr. and Jackson; daughter Morgan Florida State hired Florida native Willie Taggart to Taggart returned home to the Tampa Bay area to be its 10th full-time head football coach on Dec. 5, take over a South Florida team that won three 2017. Taggart is considered one of the best offensive games in 2012 and turned the Bulls into one of the minds in the country and has already proven to be a most exciting programs in the country by 2016. In relentless and effective recruiter. his final year at the helm, Taggart led USF to a 10-2 record and No. 25 ranking in the final regular season Hired less than three weeks before the first Early poll, the team’s first ranking since 2011 and only Signing Period, Taggart secured the 11th-ranked the second time in program history the Bulls were recruiting class in the nation in 2018. That season, ranked at the end of the regular season. he began a rebuild of the culture that included 25 COACHING HISTORY student-athletes making their collegiate debut With Taggart serving as the primary play caller, his Year School Position and 19 starting as a Seminole for the first time. offense broke 33 program records in 2016, including 1999 Western Kentucky Receivers Freshman All-American Jaiden Lars-Woodbey, who scoring, total touchdowns, total yards, rushing 2000 Western Kentucky Quarterbacks became only the ninth true freshman in the last yards, yards per play, yards per rush and points per 20 years to start a season opener at FSU, led a game. Quarterback Quinton Flowers was named the 2001-02 Western Kentucky Co-OC/Quarterbacks group of 15 true freshmen that earned playing American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of 2003-06 Western Kentucky Asst. HC/Quarterbacks time in 2018. Wide receiver Tamorrion Terry broke the Year after becoming the first USF player to post 2007-09 Stanford Running Backs the FSU freshman record with 744 receiving yards, 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in the 2010-12 Western Kentucky Head Coach topping a record that had stood since 1976, and tied same season, highlighting a program-record 10 all- the program freshman record with two 100-yard conference selections. 2013-16 USF Head Coach receiving games. His eight receiving touchdowns 2017 Oregon Head Coach ranked third in the ACC and were one shy of FSU’s Taggart helped build the offensive juggernaut with 2018-PR Florida State Head Coach freshman record. the top-ranked recruiting classes in the AAC in both 2014 and 2015. He also oversaw a vast improvement Five Seminoles earned All-ACC acclaim, led by first- in the classroom while at USF, which improved its HEAD COACHING CAREER team selection and Bednarik Award semifinalist Graduation Success Rate in each of his four seasons Year Team Record Conf. Brian Burns. Burns was taken 16th overall during the and boasted a program-record 38 academic all- 2010 Western Kentucky 2-10 2-6 first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, leading a group conference honorees in 2015. 2011 Western Kentucky 7-5 7-1 of six former Taggart pupils selected and marking 2012 Western Kentucky 7-5 4-4 the fifth straight year at least three former Taggart His first head coaching job was one of the most players were drafted. difficult reclamation projects in the country, taking 2013 USF 2-10 2-6 over his alma mater that had lost 20 games in a 2014 USF 4-8 3-5 The Seminoles passed for 3,241 yards, the most by row. He quickly led Western Kentucky to its first 2015 USF 8-5 6-2 an offense under a first-year head coach in program two winning seasons since transitioning from FCS 2016 USF 10-2 7-1 history. FSU produced two different 350-yard to FBS and in 2012 saw the program reach its first 2017 Oregon 7-5 4-5 passers in the same regular season for the first bowl game. The Hilltoppers had a 12-2 stretch from time in program history after Deondre Francois Oct. 2011 through Oct. 2012 with their only two 2018 Florida State 5-7 3-5 topped the 350-yard mark in wins vs. Wake Forest losses coming to No.1-ranked LSU and top-ranked 2019 Florida State 1-2 0-1 and Northern Illinois and James Blackman, starting Alabama. Taggart again made a splash in recruiting 10 seasons 4 schools 53-59 38-36 for an injured Francois, threw for 421 yards, the as he signed the top class in the Sun Belt in 2010 most ever by a Willie Taggart-coached team, at and 2011. North Carolina State. POSTSEASON Taggart transitioned to coaching after authoring Year Team Bowl/Playoffs Taggart has led remarkable turnarounds at each a playing career that ranks among the best 2000 Western Kentucky NCAA I-AA First Round of his three previous head coaching positions.