On this day in Seminole history, the Bobby Bowden statue was dedicated in Tallahassee prior to playing Clemson and beating the Tigers 41-22 in what was known as Bowden Bowl VI.
Although it was the 3rd game of the season, the first TD pass of the season was finally thrown when Wyatt Sexton (filling in for an injured Chris Rix) connected with a 47-yard toss to Chancey Stovall.
Five Noles scored TD's in the winning effort. The defense picked off Charlie Whitehurst 3 times, forced 2 fumbles and held the Clemson offense to only 173 yards, helping Bobby gain a 5-1 record against his son, Tommy Bowden.
The 9 foot tall statue, located by the Les and Ruth Akers Plaza, was created by W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor and unveiled on September 25, 2004.
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Also on this date....
The last game the Noles played we shutout Boston College 14-0 on the road which was the 7th shutout victory of the Jimbo Fisher era.
On this date in 2010, the Noles recorded the very first shutout of the Jimbo Fisher era, defeating Wake Forest 31-0 in Tallahassee.
The game marked the first shutout win for the Noles since 2008 and the first scoreless conference game since 2003.
Christian Ponder and EJ Manuel both connected on TD passes. Ponder connected with Willie Haulstead twice while also adding a rushing TD and Manuel connected with Kenny Shaw for Shaw's first career TD.
Prior to the shutout victory over the Deacons, FSU had lost its previous 2 home meetings in 2008 and 2006 (and 3 of all the previous 4 meetings), including the 0-30 loss prior to the resignation of Jeff Bowden.
Wake Forest is the only team to date Jimbo Fisher has shutout twice since his debut, the win in 2010 and again the next time Wake made the trip to Tallahassee in 2012 with a 52-0 score.
Beating Wake last year 43-3 was the first time Wake has scored at all against the Noles inside Doak since Jimbo Fisher took over. In that time at the helm he has beaten Wake by an unbelievable combined score of 126-3 in the three times they have met in Tallahassee.
Although it was the 3rd game of the season, the first TD pass of the season was finally thrown when Wyatt Sexton (filling in for an injured Chris Rix) connected with a 47-yard toss to Chancey Stovall.
Five Noles scored TD's in the winning effort. The defense picked off Charlie Whitehurst 3 times, forced 2 fumbles and held the Clemson offense to only 173 yards, helping Bobby gain a 5-1 record against his son, Tommy Bowden.
The 9 foot tall statue, located by the Les and Ruth Akers Plaza, was created by W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor and unveiled on September 25, 2004.
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Also on this date....
The last game the Noles played we shutout Boston College 14-0 on the road which was the 7th shutout victory of the Jimbo Fisher era.
On this date in 2010, the Noles recorded the very first shutout of the Jimbo Fisher era, defeating Wake Forest 31-0 in Tallahassee.
The game marked the first shutout win for the Noles since 2008 and the first scoreless conference game since 2003.
Christian Ponder and EJ Manuel both connected on TD passes. Ponder connected with Willie Haulstead twice while also adding a rushing TD and Manuel connected with Kenny Shaw for Shaw's first career TD.
Prior to the shutout victory over the Deacons, FSU had lost its previous 2 home meetings in 2008 and 2006 (and 3 of all the previous 4 meetings), including the 0-30 loss prior to the resignation of Jeff Bowden.
Wake Forest is the only team to date Jimbo Fisher has shutout twice since his debut, the win in 2010 and again the next time Wake made the trip to Tallahassee in 2012 with a 52-0 score.
Beating Wake last year 43-3 was the first time Wake has scored at all against the Noles inside Doak since Jimbo Fisher took over. In that time at the helm he has beaten Wake by an unbelievable combined score of 126-3 in the three times they have met in Tallahassee.
