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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
Florida State Seminoles © |
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Played October 22, 1988 at Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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L |
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PCT |
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L |
T |
PCT |
W |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Florida State © | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Louisiana Tech |
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3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Florida State |
28 |
7 |
17 |
14 |
66 |
First-year coach Joe Peace brought his 3-3 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from Division 1-AA to Tallahassee to meet the 7th ranked, 6-1 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden. Florida State's All-American CB Deion Sanders & S Dedrick Dodge each returned an interception for a touchdown while the Seminoles’ defense recorded 2 safeties on blocked punts & held the Bulldogs to just 3 yards rushing in a 66-3 rout to retain The Belt. Florida State scored their first points when LB Howard Dinkins blocked a Louisiana Tech punt out of the end zone for a safety. Seminoles' PK Bill Mason made the score 5-0 when he kicked a 34-yard field goal before Florida State's S Stan Shiver blocked another Bulldogs’ punt out of the end zone giving the Seminoles a 7-0 lead. Florida State got a more conventional 7 points when QB Chip Ferguson found WR Terry Anthony on a 26-yard touchdown pass for a 14-0 lead. When Dodge returned an interception from Louisiana State's QB Conroy Hines 33 yards for a touchdown, the lead was 21-0 still in the 1st quarter. Seminoles' RB Chris Parker finished the 1st quarter onslaught when he scored on a 5-yard touchdown run giving Florida State a 28-0 lead. Louisiana Tech's PK Matt Stover accounted for the only points the Bulldogs scored when he connected on a 52-yard field goal early in the 2nd quarter. The only down note of the 2nd quarter for Florida State was an injury to Ferguson, a separated left shoulder, but back-up QB Peter Tom Willis completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Anthony as the Seminoles took a 35-3 halftime lead. The 2nd half was no different as Willis threw to WR Lawrence Dawsey for a 5-yard touchdown pass before Sanders returned an interception from Bulldogs’ back-up QB Gene Johnson 30 yards for another touchdown. Mason’s 35-yard field goal finished the 3rd quarter scoring for Florida State making the score 52-3. In the 4th quarter, Florida State's WR Bruce LaSane caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from QB Brad Johnson & a 52-yard touchdown pass from QB Casey Weldon for the final points of the game. Willis finished with 151 yards passing with 2 touchdowns, Parker rushed for 127 yards with his score, & Anthony had 6 catches for 106 yards with his 2 touchdowns. Hines threw for 133 yards with an interception in the loss. Florida State finished the season 11-1; ranked 3rd nationally while the Bulldogs finished 4-7. Louisiana Tech moved to Division 1 in 1989 & would play for The Belt again in 2000.
