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Florida State Seminoles © |
South Carolina Gamecocks |
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Played November 5, 1988 at Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina |
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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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PCT |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Florida State © | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Florida State |
14 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
59 |
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South Carolina |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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The 5th ranked, 7-1 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden traveled to Columbia to meet the 15th ranked, 7-1 South Carolina Gamecocks of coach Joe Morrison. Florida State's back-up QB Peter Tom Willis threw 4 touchdown passes filling in for injured starter Chip Ferguson as the Seminoles routed the Gamecocks 59-0 to retain The Belt. After South Carolina lost a fumble on their opening possession, Willis connected with WR Terry Anthony for a 44-yard touchdown on the Seminoles’ second play from scrimmage. Florida State’s next touchdown came when LB Phil Carollo blocked a South Carolina punt & LB Tony Moss recovered before running 8 yards for the touchdown. On the third play of the 2nd quarter Florida State's S LeRoy Butler intercepted Gamecocks’ QB Todd Ellis & returned it 37 yards to the South Carolina 2-yard line. Willis found TE Dave Roberts for the 2-yard touchdown pass giving the Seminoles a 21-0 lead. Even when South Carolina tried a trick-play it backfired as Seminoles' S Dedrick Dodge intercepted a halfback option-pass from South Carolina’s RB Mike Dingle. The turnover set-up a 1-yard touchdown run by RB Marion Butts. When PK Bill Mason hit a 31-yard field goal, Florida State had a 31-0 halftime lead. The Seminoles first possession of the 2nd half was more of the same as Willis hit WR Lawrence Dawsey for a 12-yard touchdown pass. Willis finished his day when he found Dawsey open for a 37-yard touchdown pass pushing the lead to 45-0 heading into the final quarter. Two more touchdowns for the Seminoles finished the scoring with QB Casey Weldon scoring on a 2-yard run & RB Paul Moore scoring on a 4-yard run. Willis finished with 271 yards passing completing 17 of 20 pass attempts while WR Bruce LaSane had 6 catches for 114 yards. Ellis threw for just 79 yards with 2 interceptions in the loss. Florida State finished the season 11-1; ranked 3rd nationally while the Gamecocks finished 8-4. South Carolina would play for The Belt again in 1989.
