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2017 FSU FOOTBALL | VS. ALABAMA Game 3 - Virginia FLORIDA STATE #25 VIRGINIA Sept. 14, 2019 | Charlottesville, Va. Scott Stadium (61,500) ACC Network | 7:30 p.m. 1-1 AT 2-0 0-0 ACC 1-0 ACC TEAM COMPARISON Head Coach Head Coach (NCAA Ranking) Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky '98) Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon St. '88) Career Record: 53-58 (.477) | 10th Year Career Record: 117-65 (.643) | 15th Year FSU UVA Record at FSU: 6-8 (.429) | 2nd Year Record at UVA: 18-22 (.450) | 4th Year 38.0 (38) Scoring Offense 41.0 (30) 159.0 (69) Rushing Offense 172.5 (60) TELEVISION | ACC Network RADIO | Sirius: 98 | XM: 207 | Internet: 967 304.5 (26) Passing Offense 238.0 (62) PBP: Dave O'Brien PBP: Gene Deckerhoff 71.6 (21) Completion Pct. 64.3 (57) MEDIA COVERAGE Analyst: Tim Hasselbeck Analyst: William Floyd 162.10 (39) Pass Efficiency 131.69 (82) Sideline: Katie George Sideline: Tom Block 463.5 (43) Total Offense 410.5 (68) 1.000 (1) Red Zone Offense .833 (68) NOLES OPEN ACC PLAY ON THE ROAD 40.0 (121) Scoring Defense 15.5 (28) » Florida State hits the road for the first time this season as it opens ACC play at Virginia. The Seminoles and 196.0 (108) Rushing Defense 70.5 (15) Cavaliers are meeting for the first time since 2014 and playing in Charlottesville for the first time since 2010. 324.0 (119) Passing Defense 157.5 (27) 520.0 (124) Total Defense 228.0 (14) » Since 1976, the Seminoles are 32-11 (.744) in their first road game of the season. .929 (89) Red Zone Defense .800 (56) 3.5 (17) Sacks 5.5 (3) » FSU is 18-9 (.667) all-time in its first ACC game of the season, including 7-5 (.583) when opening ACC play on the 3 (6) Fumbles Recovered 0 (--) road. This week marks the first time FSU has played at Virginia for its first conference game of the year, following 4 (26) Turnovers Gained 3 (49) 1994 and 2002 matchups in Tallahassee that opened conference play for both teams. 18.00 (14) Punt Returns 8.57 (52) 1.00 (30) Punt Return Defense 0.00 (10) » Since the ACC split into divisions for the 2005 season, Florida State is 27-14 (.659) against the Coastal Division, 25.33 (27) Kickoff Returns 33.17 (5) including a 4-1 mark in the ACC Championship Game. 2019 SCHEDULE » FSU is a perfect 8-for-8 on red zone opportunities this season, scoring six touchdowns with two field goals, and has scored on 32 of 36 chances (.889) dating back to week two of last season. In that span, the Seminoles are Date Opponent Time/Result averaging 6.1 points per red zone conversion. Aug. 31 Boise State L, 31-36 Sept. 7 ULM W, 45-44 (OT) » Florida State has scored more than 30 points in each of its first two games this season, only the seventh time in Sept. 14 at No. 25 Virginia* 7:30 p.m. (ACCN) the last 20 seasons FSU has topped the 30-point mark in its first two games against FBS opponents. Sept. 21 LOUISVILLE* 3:30 PM Sept. 28 NORTH CAROLINA STATE* TBD » FSU has scored 35 points in the first quarter through two games this season, tied for the 2nd-highest total in the Oct. 12 at No. 1 Clemson* TBD nation. Florida State scored 42 points in the first quarter in 2018 and 69 first-quarter points in 2017. Oct. 19 at Wake Forest* TBD Oct. 26 SYRACUSE* TBD » The Seminoles have recovered three of six fumbles and grabbed one interception. Last season, FSU recovered only Nov. 2 MIAMI* TBD three fumbles, forced 10, and had 12 interceptions. After two games in 2019, Florida State is more than one-quarter Nov. 9 at Boston College* TBD of the way to its turnovers total from 2018. Nov. 16 ALABAMA STATE TBD Florida State scored 21 points in the first quarter against Boise State, marking its first 21-point quarter since Nov. Nov. 30 at No. 9 Florida TBD » 18, 2017, when the Seminoles scored 21 in the first and 35 in the second against Delaware State. It was the first *-ACC Game; HOME GAME 21-point quarter against an FBS opponent since Nov. 19, 2016, when they scored 21 in the third quarter at Syracuse, AP Rankings Listed and was the first 21-point first quarter against an FBS opponent since Sept. 24, 2016, when FSU put 28 on the board at South Florida. 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 Recaps ........................................ 24 Noles in the Pros/Doak ........................11 Last Time It Happened ....................... 18 Statistics .............................................. 25 SEMINOLES.COM 1 2019 FSU FOOTBALL | GM. 3 | VIRGINIA 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 1-1 0-0 and Northern Illinois and James Blackman, starting Alabama. Taggart again made a splash in recruiting 10 seasons 4 schools 53-58 38-35 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.