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Maryland Terrapins |
Florida State Seminoles © |
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Played November 13, 1999 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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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| Maryland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Florida State © | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Maryland |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
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Florida State |
7 |
21 |
14 |
7 |
49 |
The top-ranked, 9-0 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden welcomed the 5-4 Maryland Terrapins of coach Ron Vanderlinden. Florida State's QB Chris Weinke tied an ACC record with 6 touchdown passes as the Seminoles retained The Belt with an easy 49-10 win. Florida State had started slowly in the first half in each of their last three games & they were determined to make sure that didn’t happen in their final home game of the season. Four touchdowns in the 1st half & a suffocating defense helped settle the outcome of the game. Weinke connected WR Ron Dugans for a 6-yard touchdown pass late in the 1st quarter to open the scoring. Early in the 2nd quarter, Terrapins' PK Brian Kopka hit a field goal from 38 yards to make the score 7-3 but that was as close as Maryland would get. The Seminoles then unleashed the offense over the next 7 minutes as Weinke hit All-American WR Peter Warrick for a 5-yard touchdown pass, Dugans from 6 yards for a score & WR Atrews Bell from 30 yards for another to give Florida State a 28-3 halftime lead. The 3rd quarter belonged to Weinke & Warrick as they connected from 26 & 28 yards for 2 more scores. Florida State's back-up QB Marcus Outzen hit WR Greg Moore on a 35-yard touchdown pass in the 4th quarter to finish the Seminoles scoring. Maryland's back-up QB Trey Evans hit TE Eric James on a 1-yard touchdown pass after a 77-yard kickoff return by RB Jermaine Arrington but it was far too late for the Terrapins. Weinke finished with 304 yards passing to go with his 6 touchdown passes while Warrick had 134 yards receiving along with his 3 touchdown catches & the Seminoles' defense forced 5 turnovers as well as blocked 2 punts. Maryland's All-ACC RB LaMont Jordan had 169 yards rushing for the Terrapins while Evans threw for only 56 yards with a touchdown but 4 interceptions in the losing effort. Maryland's starting QB Latrez Harrison was injured in the 1st quarter & was unable to return. Florida State finished the season 12-0; ACC Champions, & National Champions while the Terrapins finished 5-6. Maryland would play for The Belt again in 2000.
