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Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
Florida State Seminoles © |
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Played October 16, 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 |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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| Wake Forest | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Florida State © | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 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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Wake Forest |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
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Florida State |
6 |
3 |
14 |
10 |
33 |
The top-ranked, 6-0 Florida State Seminoles of coach Bobby Bowden welcomed the 3-2 Wake Forest Demon Deacons of coach Jim Caldwell to Tallahassee for the Seminoles Homecoming. Off their battle with Miami, the Seminoles were understandably passive early in their match-up with their ACC rival. Florida State again played without All-American WR Peter Warrick who had been suspended due to a felony theft charge stemming from a shoplifting incident. A slow 1st half was not enough to hold down the talented Seminoles as they retained the title with a 33-10 Homecoming victory over the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest took an early lead on a 24-yard field goal from PK Matt Burdick on the Demon Deacons' opening drive. Florida State’s All-American PK Sebastian Janikowski accounted for the Seminoles’ 1st half points with field goals from 31, 34, & 52 yards giving Florida State a closer than expected 9-3 halftime lead. In the 2nd half, Seminoles' QB Chris Weinke & WR Atrews Bell connected twice for touchdowns in the 3rd quarter to give Florida State a comfortable 23-3 lead. The first came 4:17 into the quarter on a 16-yard touchdown pass. Their second scoring connection came in the final minute of the quarter on a 9-yard pass. Early in the final quarter, Florida State's All-ACC LB Tommy Polley recovered a fumble that led to WR Anquan Boldin scoring on a 2-yard run. Janikowski added his 4th field goal of the day, this one from 32 yards, late in the quarter. Wake Forest’s only touchdown came on a 1-yard pass from QB C.J. Leak to WR Fabian Davis as time expired. The Seminoles’ defense held the Demon Deacons to 42 yards rushing & 178 total yards. Weinke finished with 354 yards passing to go with his 2 touchdowns throws. For Wake Forest, starting QB Ben Sankey threw for 102 yards while Leak threw for 34 yards with a touchdown in mop-up duty. Florida State finished the season 12-0; ACC Champions, & National Champions while the Demon Deacons finished 7-5. Wake Forest has not played for The Belt again.
