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2012 GAME NOTES 2012 GAME NOTES FLORIDA sTATE FOOTBALL FLORIDAFLORIDA sTATE STATE FOOTBALL FOOTBALL 2013 orange bowl NOTES 13 ACc championships • 1993 & 1999 national champions #13/12/12 #16/16/15 FLORIDA sTATE northern illinois seminoles huskies Record: 11-2 ACC: 7-1 Record: 12-1 MAC: 8-0 * - AP/USA Today/BCSvs BOWLIN’ POINTS • FSU has the nation’s longest active streak with 31 consecutive bowl appearances, which ranks second all-time among FBS programs. • The Noles are 25-14-2 in 41 bowl appearances and their 25* wins rank fifth all-time while the .634 winning percentage is the sixth-best nationally for any school with 15 or more bowl appearances. • Florida State (No. 13 AP/No. 12 USA Today Coaches/No. 12 BCS) captured its 13th ACC Championship by defeating Georgia Tech, 21-15, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The victory gave the Seminoles a berth in the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl on Jan. 1. game information • The Seminoles improved to 2-1 all-time in the ACC Championship game. FSU defeated Virginia Tech, 27-22, in the Date: Jan. 1 inaugural ACC title game in 2005 in Jacksonville and fell to the Hokies, 44-33, in the 2010 game in Charlotte. Time: 8:30 p.m. • FSU will face Mid-American Conference Champion Northern Illinois, who finished No. 15 in the final BCS standings, Location: Miami, Fla. in the Discover Orange Bowl. Venue: Sun Life Stadium • The Seminoles will be making their ninth appearance ever in the Orange Bowl. The Seminoles hold a 3-5 all-time Capacity: 76,100 record in the game. This is also FSU’s seventh BCS Bowl. The Noles are 1-5 all-time in BCS Bowls since playing in Playing Surface: Natural Grass the first-ever BCS National Championship Game (1999 Fiesta Bowl). The last BCS Bowl Florida State has competed FSU’s record in Orange Bowl: 3-5 in was the 2006 Orange Bowl, where the Noles lost to Penn State, 26-23 (3 OT). Live Stats: Seminoles.com • Senior Quarterback EJ Manuel will look to become just the second quarterback to capture four consecutive bowl victories, joining former West Virginia star Pat White (2005-08). Manuel has led FSU to wins in the 2009 Gator Bowl, FLORIDA STATE SCHEDULE 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl and the 2011 Champs Sports Bowl. He was named 2009 Gator Bowl MVP in a 33-21 win over West Virginia and came off the bench in the second quarter to lead the Noles past South Carolina, 26-17, in the 2010 Date Opponent Result/Time TV Sept. 1 Murray State W, 69-3 ESPN3 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Last season, Manuel captained the Noles to an 18-14 win over Notre Dame in the Champs Bowl. Sept. 8 Savannah State W, 55-0 ESPN3 It’s the last time the No. 1-ranked Fighting Irish has lost. Sept. 15 Wake Forest* W, 52-0 ESPN /ESPN3D • Sophomore running back James Wilder, Jr., was named MVP of the ACC Championship game. He led an FSU Sept. 22 Clemson* W, 49-37 ABC rushing unit that tallied 194 yards on the ground to gain more yards than Georgia Tech’s No. 3-ranked rushing Sept. 29 at USF W, 30-17 ESPN offense (183 yards). Wilder had 69 yards on 10 carries and scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. It was Oct. 6 at NC State* L, 16-17 ESPN2 Oct. 13 Boston College* W, 51-7 ESPN2 Wilder’s fourth two-score game of the season and he became just the eighth Seminole ever to rush for 10 or more Oct. 20 at Miami* W, 33-20 ABC touchdowns in a season. Oct. 27 Duke* W, 48-7 ESPNU • Senior kicker Dustin Hopkins added to his incredible list of career accomplishments by kicking three extra points Nov. 8 at Virginia Tech* W, 28-22 ESPN versus the Yellow Jackets. Those three points gave him 133 points this season, setting a new ACC record. The Nov. 17 at Maryland* W, 41-14 ESPNU previous mark was 132, set by former Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams in 2009. Hopkins already claimed Nov. 24 Florida L, 26-37 ABC Dec. 1 Georgia Tech^ W, 21-15 ESPN the NCAA FBS all-time kick scorer record to go along with all-time career scorer in ACC and FSU history. He is tied Jan. 1 Northern Illinois% 8:30 p.m. ESPN for the NCAA FBS career field goal mark. *Denotes ACC Game • Senior wideout Rodney Smith made it 38 consecutive games with a catch against Georgia Tech which ties the FSU ^Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game school record held by E.G. Green (1994-97). %Discover Orange Bowl • Since 2010, only nine DI programs have more total wins than Fisher’s Seminoles. FSU leads the ACC for most wins FSU Coaching Staff over the period. Only two teams from the SEC have compiled more wins over the same stretch (Alabama and LSU). Jimbo Fisher (f) ...............................................Head Coach James Coley (pb) ................................Off. Coordinator/TE Eddie Gran (f) ........................... Assoc. HC/ ST Coord./RB Rick Trickett (f) ..................................Asst. HC-Offense/OL Greg Hudson (f) ............................... Asst. HC-Defense/LB FSU In THE Bowls -- Year-By-Year Odell Haggins (f) ....................................Defensive Tackles Season Bowl Opponent Score Season Bowl Opponent Score Lawrence Dawsey (f) .....................Passing Game Coord./WR 1949 Cigar Wofford 19-6 1992 Orange Nebraska 27-14 Dameyune Craig (f) ......................... Recruiting Coord./QB 1954 Sun Texas Western 20-47 1993 Orange Nebraska 18-16 Graduate Assistants ...............................Dan Gayton (off.) (f) 1958 Bluegrass Oklahoma State 6-15 Joe Scola (def.) (pb); David Spurlock (off.) (pb); Addison 1994 Sugar Florida 23-17 Lynch (def.) (pb) 1964 Gator Oklahoma 36-19 1995 Orange Notre Dame 31-26 Game Location: (f) – field; (pb) – press box 1966 Sun Wyoming 20-28 1996 Sugar Florida 20-52 1967 Gator Penn State 17-17 1997 Sugar Ohio State 31-14 1968 Peach Louisiana State 27-31 1998 Fiesta Tennessee 16-23 Follow the Seminoles Online 1971 Fiesta Arizona State 38-45 1999 Sugar Virginia Tech 46-29 Online: Seminoles.com 1977 Tangerine Texas Tech 40-17 2000 Orange Oklahoma 2-13 Twitter: @FSU_Football 1979 Orange Oklahoma 7-24 2001 Gator Virginia Tech 30-17 @Seminoles_com 1980 Orange Oklahoma 17-18 2002 Sugar Georgia 13-26 Instagram: FSUFootball 1982 Gator West Virginia 31-12 2003 Orange Miami 14-16 Facebook: Facebook.com/FSUFootball 1983 Peach North Carolina 28-3 2004 Gator West Virginia 30-18 Facebook.com/FSUSeminoles 1984 Citrus Georgia 17-17 2005 Orange Penn State (3 OT) 23-26 Youtube: Youtube.com/flstateseminoles 1985 Gator Oklahoma State 34-23 2006 Emerald UCLA 44-27 Foursquare: Foursquare/venue/362338 1986 All-American Indiana 27-13 2007 Music City Kentucky 28-35 1987 Fiesta Nebraska 31-28 2008 Champs Wisconsin 42-13 1988 Sugar Auburn 13-7 2009 Gator West Virginia 33-21 1989 Fiesta Nebraska 41-17 2010 Chick-fil-A South Carolina 26-17 1990 Blockbuster Penn State 24-17 2011 Champs Notre Dame 18-14 1991 Cotton Texas A&M 10-2 2013 orange bowl notes • 1 2012 GAME NOTES FLORIDA sTATE FOOTBALL noting the huskies • The Northern Illinois Huskies’ bid to the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl is • The NIU defensive front has been a guiding force in the team’s success historic for the Mid-American Conference, being the league’s first BCS Bowl this season. Following its MAC championship game victory over Kent State representative. in which NIU racked up four sacks, the Huskies have now accumulated 10 multi-sack games this season. • NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch, a junior, has emerged as one of the nation’s top dual-threat players this season. The Chicago native is in the • Senior wideout Martel Moore has caught 12 touchdown passes in 2012, Top 25 nationally in total offense (3rd), rushing (4th) and passing efficiency including at least one scoring catch in each of the last four games. The San (25th). Antonio native has reached the end zone in six of his last seven games as well. • The Huskies have gone 1-1 this season against schools from automatic qualifying conferences. NIU began the season with an 18-17 loss versus • NIU has an opportunity to go after its sixth AP Top 25 victory in program Iowa at Soldier Field in Chicago, but defeated Kansas at home by a 30-23 history. Its last victory over a Top 25 school from an automatic qualifying score on Sept. 22. conference came on Sept. 20, 2003 when it defeated No. 21 Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The Huskies topped No. 18 Kent State on Nov. 30 in the MAC championship game. a fIrst-time matchup NON-aq success in the bcs The Florida State Seminoles and Northern Illinois NIU is looking to continue the success of non-au- Huskies will face off for the first time on Tuesday, tomatic qualifying conferences in BCS bowls when it Jan. 1 at 8:30 p.m. ET at the Discover Orange Bowl takes on Florida State in the Discover Orange Bowl. in Miami Gardens, Fla. Non-AQ schools hold a 5-2 record in BCS bowls, The Huskies of the Mid-American Conference will with the current format beginning in the 1998-99 mark the sixth different opponent Florida State faces season. In the last three years a non-AQ team has at the Orange Bowl. The MAC is also the fourth made a BCS Bowl (2009-11), they have come away 2012 SCHEDULE different conference the Seminoles have faced in the with a win.