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Florida State Seminoles © |
Florida Gators |
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Played November 20, 1999 at Florida Field Gainesville, Florida |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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| Florida State © | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Florida | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | ||||
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Florida State |
7 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
30 |
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Florida |
0 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
23 |
The top-ranked, 10-0 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden met the 3rd ranked, 9-1 Florida Gators & coach Steve Spurrier at “The Swamp” in Gainesville. Florida’s only loss had been at home to Alabama 40-39 & both teams were playing for a probable shot in the BCS national championship game. Florida State held off a strong rally from the Gators to retain The Belt with a 30-23 win. The Seminoles got a 4-yard touchdown run from All-American WR Peter Warrick on their opening drive for the only 1st quarter score. The drive covered 80 yards in 18 plays & took 7:02 of the quarter. Kickers took over in the 2nd quarter as Florida State’s All-American PK Sebastian Janikowski hit from 22 & 27-yards & Florida’s All-SEC PK Jeff Chandler hit from 50 & 45-yards giving the Seminoles a 13-6 lead at the intermission. In the 3rd quarter, the Gators drove to the Florida State 1-yard line before penalties forced Florida to settle for a 22-yard field goal from Chandler got the Gators within 4 points at 13-9. Later in the quarter, Florida's CB Bennie Alexander returned an interception from Florida State's QB Chris Weinke 43 yards for a touchdown to give the Gators their only lead at 16-13. Janikowski connected on a field goal from 54 yards to tie the game 16-16 after his 49-yard kick was nullified by a delay-of-game penalty against the Seminoles. Florida State got a big break when All-ACC LB Tommy Polley blocked a punt by Florida's P Alan Rhine that was recovered by Seminoles’ S Jean Jeune at the Gators’ 21-yard line. Florida State's RB Jeff Chaney scored from 2 yards to give the Seminoles a 23-16 lead with 0:34 left in the 3rd quarter. Florida’s attempt to tie the game was stopped when Florida State's S Chris Hope intercepted Gators’ QB Doug Johnson's pass at the Seminoles’ 2-yard line. Weinke then threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to WR Marvin “Snoop” Minnis for a 30-16 Florida State lead with 6:03 to play. Florida rallied for a 3-yard touchdown pass from Johnson to WR Brian Haugabrook with 3:33 left. Florida’s last chance ended when QB Jesse Palmer’s “Hail Mary” pass from the Florida State 40-yard line fell to the turf among several players. The incomplete pass preserved a the win for the Seminoles. Weinke finished with 263 yards passing to go with his touchdown & Warrick finished with 9 catches for 90 yards. Florida’s Johnson threw for 214 yards with a touchdown while Palmer threw for 166 yards in the Gator’s two-quarterback system. Florida State finished the season 12-0; ACC Champions, & National Champions while the Gators finished 9-4 & ranked 12th nationally. Florida would play for The Belt again in 2001.
