florida state played notre dame in the 2013 national championship.
florida state played notre dame in the 2013 national championship.
who did florida state play in the 2013 national championship?
notre dame
the bcs national title game featured the auburn tigers, and the florida state seminoles. despite florida state taking a 3-0 lead early, auburn was dominant most of the first half. with the help of a well-executed play action pass game, auburn was able to throw against florida state's top-ranked defense in the first half. a screen to tre mason, a deep pass to melvin ray and a nick marshall run put the tigers up 21-3.however, the seminoles scored on their last drive of the half, after a fake punt and jameis winston scramble. devonta freeman ran it in for a 1-yard touchdown. florida state also scored the only points of the third quarter, a roberto aguayo field goal. early in the fourth, a nick marshall pass was intercepted, resulting in a ten-yard touchdown pass from winston to chad abram. auburn responded however, taking a 4-point lead after a cody parkey field goal. then. in a shocking turn of events, levonte whitfield ran the following kickoff back 100 yards to give the seminoles a 27-24 lead. three minutes later, auburn's tre mason broke away on stretch play making it 31-27 with 1:19 left on the clock. florida state went 57 yards on two plays, both winston passes to rashad greene. after moving the ball closer to the endzone, florida state found themselves at a 3rd and 8. winston's pass was incomplete, but a penalty was called on chris davis that gave florida state a 1st and goal. the following play, jameis winston completed a 2-yard pass to kelvin benjamin for a touchdown. auburn was unable to score on the next drive and florida state won, ending auburn's dream season as well as the sec's streak of seven consecutive bcs titles.
2013 auburn tigers football team
on january 5, 2010, jimbo fisher officially became the ninth head football coach in florida state history. fisher had been a member of the florida state staff for three years, serving as offensive coordinator. he was named head coach-in waiting during the 2008 season. fisher's ascension helped lead florida state to a top-10 recruiting class in 2010 and the #1 and #2 recruiting class in the country, according to espn and rivals. in his first season as head coach, florida state went 10–4 with a 6–2 record in acc conference play. the seminoles went to their first acc championship game since 2005, losing to virginia tech 44–33, and had their first ten win season since 2003. fisher's first florida state team notably beat both of its in-state rivals, the miami hurricanes 45–17 and the florida gators 31–7, for the first time since 1999. florida state would go on to the chick-fil-a bowl, where they would beat steve spurrier's south carolina team, 26–17. in his second season, florida state went 9–4 with a 5–3 record in acc conference play. for the second year in a row, the seminoles defeated both of their in-state rivals. fisher's second florida state team also defeated notre dame in the champs sports bowl. fisher brought in another top-ranked recruiting class in 2012. in his third season, he led the seminoles to their first conference title in seven years and defeated northern illinois to win the orange bowl. in the 2013 season, jimbo fisher guided his team to a perfect 14–0 record and a national championship with a comeback win against auburn. in fisher's fifth season with the seminoles, he guided florida state to another undefeated regular season and a playoff berth. florida state had victories over both in-state rivals, florida and miami, in six of jimbo fisher's first seven seasons as head coach and won ten or more games in six of his eight seasons.
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