Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner recorded this first-half sack on Savannah State quarterback Antonio Bostick. It was FSU's only sack of the weather-shortened 55-0 rout. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)
As we like to do every Sunday following a Saturday Florida State game, we take a behind-the-numbers look down below at the stats and figures that helped contribute to the No. 6 Seminoles’ weather-shortened, 55-0 third-quarter win.
Check ‘em out:
19: Yards on redshirt freshman Jacob Coker’s first career touchdown pass (thrown to fellow redshirt freshman Kelvin Benjamin)
30: Percent chance at kickoff of rain. Game had two lightning delays of nearly an hour each.
5: FSU scoring drives that lasted less than 2:00. A sixth lasted just 2:05.
275,000: The amount of money Savannah State took home after scheduling FSU game and canceling a previously scheduled game in the Sept. 8 slot. Tigers lost $200,000 to make the game fit.
28: Yards of total offense amassed by Savannah State.
413: Yards of total offense amassed by FSU.
0: As in the score Tigers coach Steve Davenport was hoping to see following the second weather delay. His vote, he said, was to resolve the game by having it finish as a 0-0 tie.
32: Average yards per FSU punt return (two returns)
6: Number of touchbacks out of nine kickoff opportunities by kicker Dustin Hopkins
145: Hopkins’ streak of successful PATs ended at 145 after a miss following a second-quarter score.
1: Number of sacks FSU had. It came on the first Savannah State drive by defensive end Bjoern Werner.
8: FSU touchdowns.
10 percent: Savannah State’s third down conversion percentage (1-for-10).
4: FSU touchdown receptions. (Kelvin Benjamin had two).
52: Number of Seminoles who played in Saturday’s game.
71,126: Number of “tickets distributed” to the game. (Last week’s attendance was slightly better than 70,000. There appeared to be many more at Doak Campbell Stadium during the season opener than at Saturday’s game)
2: and-0. As in the Seminoles’ record (2-0).
