#3AP/3 FLORIDA STATE 0-0,0-0 ACC 2016 10-3, 5-3 (T-2nd Atlantic) Champs) 2015 10-3, 6-2 (2nd)

2014 13-1, 8-0 (ACC Champs)

vs #1/#1 ALABAMA 0-0, 0-0 2016 14-1, 8-0 SEC Champs

Lost CFP Title Game to Clemson 34-31

SERIES Alabama Leads 2-1-1 71st Season of FSU Football

5th Meeting between FSU and Bama FSU HAS WON 15 ACC CROWNS IN 25 SEASONS(Thru 2016) 2nd to (CU)

27th ACC Season in 2017

FSU Returns 18 starters from the 2016 team----including Safety Derwin James who missed all but the first two games----(6 offense, 9 defense, and 2 Special)

FSU has 13 Scholarship seniors(9 have started at least 1 game) #1 Alabama v #3 FSU---First time 2 teams ranked in Top 3 will play opening Week Alabama has won 16 National Titles(5 since 2009) + 26 SEC Titles

2015 Stats 2016 STAT STORY vs ALABAMA 9/2/17 2016 2015 (69th) (8th) 168.2 (38th) (4th) 255.8 (51st) (4th) 424.0 (78th) (8th) 38.1%

91st 12th (44%) 4-9 (47th) (4th) 31.7p

(58th) 8th 26

6 fum, 9 int / 15 Total

(40th) (4th) 202.3 (33rd) (6th) 264.1

(25th) (3rd) 466.4 (34th) (4th) 43.8%

3-5 (31st) (4th) 35.1p

(106th) 10th 36

12 fum, 8 int / 20 Total

RUSH OFFENSE PASS OFFENSE

TOTAL OFFENSE 3rdDown% 4th Down%

SCORING

SACKS ALLOWED

TURNOVERS

245.0 (2nd) (12th) 210.3 (8th) (87tH) 455.3 (4th) (34th) 43.8% (1st) (35th) 10-17 58.8% 38.8p (TOPS) (16th)

24 5th 35th

10 fumb, 9 int / 19Total

199.9 (3rd ) (32nd) 227.1 (5th) (62nd) 427.1 (5th) (45th) 37.4% (9th) (86th) 12-24 50%) (66th) 35.1p (4th) (30th)

25 6th 45th 7 fumb, 10 int / 17 Total

(37th) (4th) 145.3

(21st) (5h) 191.6 (9th) (4th) 336.9 (65th) (11th ) 39.2% (9th) (2nd) 17.5p

(35th) (5th) 32

7 fum, 8 int / 15 TOTAL

66th (7th) +0

(21st) (5th) 128.0

(57th) (7th) 221.1 (22nd) (6th) 349.1 (17th) (5th ) 33.9% (44th) (9th) 25.0p

(TOPS) (TOPS) 51

8 fum, 15 int 23 TOTAL

42nd (5th) +3

RUSH DEFENSE PASS DEFENSE

TOTAL DEFENSE 3rd Down %

SCORING

SACKS

TURNOVERS FORCED

TURNOVER MARGIN

63.9 (TOPS) (TOPS) 197.9 (4TH) (24th) 261.8 (TOPS) (2nd) 30.7% (TOPS) (8th) 13.0p(TOPS) (TOPS 54 TOPS (6th) 13 fum,16 int/ 29 Total

+10 (1st )(17th)

75.7 (TOPS) (TOPS) 200.6 (6th ) (30th) 276.3 (TOPS) (3rd) 28.6% (3rd) (7th) 15.1p(TOPS) (3rd) 53 TOPS (3rd) 8 fum,19 int/ 27 Total

+10(1st ) (21st) HEAD COACH

Jimbo FISHER (8th Year) Elevated to FSU Head Coach on January 5, 2010, after serving under Bobby Bowden as “Head Coach in Waiting” for 3 seasons

(2007-09). Has taken FSU to four ACC Title Games in 5 seasons—won 3 in row Was Offensive Coordinator in 2003 for National Champs LSU

Set school record at Samford College with 34 Pass TD in a season Born October 9, 1965(51years Old) sons Trey(15) & Ethan(11)

@FSU 78-17(.819%) Best in ACC History 5-2 in Bowl Games

CAREER: 78-17(81.9%)5-2 in Bowls 48-12 ACC GAMES

11.0 Wins/Season TOPS Among Active Coaches with 5 or more seasons

Nick SABEN(11Year since 2007-Present-) 7X National Coach of Year Saben has won 5 National Champiosnships and 7 SEC Titles. His Crimson Tide teams have won 6 SEC -West Crowns and he won 3 more SEC-W titles at LSU.

He began his coaching career when Don James hired him as a GA @ his Alma Mater-Kent State. His first Head Coaching job was at Toledo(1989). He left to work for Cleveland Browns HC Bill Belichick(4 seasons), then was named HC @ Michigan State(1995-99—5 seasons). He became HC @ LSU in 2000-04). Miami Dolphins 2005-06. Named HC @ Bama 2007 Alabama’s 27th Head Coach

@ Alabama 114-19(10 seasons) 66-12 SEC CAREER: 205-61-1 22nd Year

15-17 in NFL 2 seasons with Dolphins NOTES

2007 FSU 21 Alabama 14

Jacksonville (Record Crowd 85,412) Xavier Lee threw two TDs to DeCody Fagg and FSU came from behind to defeat #22 Bama. Lee came off

the bench in the 2nd quarter to spark the Seminole offense. His first TD pass covered 7 yards, and then he launced a 70y bomb to Fagg to give FSU a 21-7 lead.

Lee completed 12 of 19 passes for 224 yards and ran

for a game high 59 yards.

Greg Carr had 5 catches for 107 yards. Fagg snagged 4 for 95y and the 2 TDs

2016 Orange Bowl FSU 33 Michigan 32

10th Ranked Florida State built a 20-6 lead by halftime, but had to overcome a strong second half by the Wolverines, and come from behind in the closing

minute to win 33-32. Freshman QB Deondre Francois threw a 12 yard TD pass to Nyquan Murray with :34” left in the game for the win.

Dalvin Cook was named thr O-Bowl MVP. He rushed for 145 yards and scored on a 2 yard TD run in the first quarter.

Nyquan Murray masde 2 receptions in the game, and both were for TDs, including an O-Bowl record 92y TD late in the first period.

Deondre Francois completed just 9 of 27 passes, but connected on big plays and accounted for 222 yards of passing offense. He also rushed for a 1y TD.

1974 Alabama 8, FSU 7

@ Tuscaloosa Alabama scored a safety and a FG in the closing 1:27

to beat FSU. FSU held Bama to just 229 yards, but back-up QB

Robert Fraley completed just 3 of 7 passes for 40y(Starter Richard Todd was injured and did not play.

FSU gained 345 yards of offense including 207 on the

ground. FSU went 78 yards on the opening drive of the game

to take a 7-0 lead. The loss was the 17th in a row

1965 Alabama 21, FSU 0

@ Tuscaloosa Kenny Stabler replaced an injured Steve Sloan, and

Bama rolled to the shut-out victory. QB Ed Prichett completed just 8 of 25 pass attempts, and was intercepted 3 times by Alabama All American

Bobby Johns.

1967 FSU 37 Alabama 37

@ Birmingham 71,299 fans—largest crowd to see FSU—saw Kim Hammond out-duel

Kenny Stabler. Hammond hit Bill Moreman with a 17y TD pass with 1:00 left. FSU went for the tie. Walt Sumner

had a 75y P-Return TD. FSU out-gained Bama 402y-287.

Ron Selers had a banner day. TK Weatherall was a SR on the team

FSU has never scored less than 34p in a season opener under Jimbo Fisher,

Alabama has never scored under 33p in a season opener under Nick Saben

Alabama is Ranked Pre Season #1 for the 6th Time—Ties FSU for 5th All Time

FSU received 4 1st Place Votes, 2nd to Bama(52)

Alabama has not lost a Neutral site Season Opener since 1958—v LSU in Mobile 13-3—Bear Bryant’s first

game(LSU won Nat Championship)

#2AP/3 FLORIDA STATE 0-0,0-0 ACC 2016 10-3, 5-3 (T-2nd Atlantic) Champs) 2015 10-3, 6-2 (2nd)

2014 13-1, 8-0 (ACC Champs)

vs #1/#1 ALABAMA 0-0, 0-0 2016 14-1, 8-0 SEC Champs

Lost CFP Title Game to Cllemson 34-31

GAME NOTES vs 2017 SEASON FSU joins Alabama as the only two teams in college

football that have gone to 5 straight BCS/New Years 6 Bowl games. Bama has been to six in a row

FSU is one of two teams to have ranked in the Final AP Top 25 poll for the last seven years(since 2007) joining Alabama

2016 Ole Miss Win the largest deficit (-22, Down 28-6) overcome in school history

All four first time starters under J. Fisher have thrown for

300+ In debut

Jimbo Fisher has the highest winning % of any coach in ACC history (.821) Bobby Bowden ranks 2nd (.765, 173- 53-1), while Clemson s Dabo Swenney is 3rd(.761, 89- 28)

FSU begins the 2017 season with a five game winning streak, including 33-32 win over #6 Michigan in the Orange Bowl. Deondre Francois threw a 12 yard TD to Nyquan Murray with 36 seconds left to win the game

FSU has won 4 Dr Pepper ACC Championship Games—Most in ACC

FSU has Won or Shared 15 ACC Titles in Football, 2nd to

Clemson(16)

FSU has reached “Double-Digit” win seasons 24 times(Thru 2016)

Deondre Fracois had the most passing yards of asny Freshman in the country in 2016----3,350. He was named ACC Rookie of the Year.

Jimbo Fishers 78 wins in his first seven seasons is the best all time in a coaches first seven seasons

Derrick NNadi returns for his senior season. The First Team All ACC D-Tacklehad 49 tackles, 11.5TFL and 6.0 sacks in 2016.

CB Tavarus McFadden tied fot the lead in the nation with 8

interceptions in 2016. He won the Jack Tatum Award (Top DB) and was named 1st Team All American.

FSU averaged 466.2 yards a game in total offense in 2016---

the most in the Jimbo Fisher era. 3rd best in the ACC and ranked 25th in the NCAA Division 1.

FSU returns 86.6% of its tackles(653 of 754) in 2017,

including 4 of its top 5 tacklesr(1st Matthews-77, 3rd Marshall-58, 4th Hoskins-53, and 5th Nnadi-49)

FSU led the nation in quarterback sacks with 51 in 2016

Soph Brian Burns led all Freshmen in the nation with 9.5

sacks. He was named Freshman All American. 2nd year starter Josh Sweat had 7.0 sacks—4.5 in the final 3 games of the season

Florida State is ranked #1 in the NFL with 44 alumni on NFL

rosters in the 2016 season---including 4 place kickers(Janikowski-Raiders, Hopkins-Redskins, Gano-Panthers, and Aguayo-Buccaneers)

FSU has the longest current streak in the NCAA without

losing back-back games. FSU has not had back-back losses since 2011---a 78 game streak(Clemson is 2nd with 71 games, and Bama is 3rd with 44. Ohio State is 4th at 41 games in a row without back-back losses.

Jimbo Fisher has averaged 11.14 wins a season as a Head

Cioach—The best average ever in NCAA D-1 football. His .821 winning % is tops all time in the ACC, and 2nd only to Urban Meyer.

2017 FSU Coaching Staff QB Randy Sanders 5th Year (Kentucky Off-Coord) OL/Assistant Head Coach Rick Trickett 11th Year TE Tim Brewster 5th Year (MissSt/ HC @ Minn ’07-10) Wide Receivers Lawrence Dawsey 11th Year RB Jay Graham 5th (Tenn 2012, SoCarolina 2009-11) Def Coord-DBs Charles Kelly 4th /5th Yr(GaTech-DefCord) LB Bill Miller 4th Year 2014(OklaSt, Miami, UF, Minn) Defensive Line Odell Haggins 24th Year Defensive Ends Brad Lawring 3rd Year (UF/USC-DE’s) Strength & Conditioning Vic Viloria 8th Year Director of Player Personnel Bob Lacivita 11th Year

FSU is 162-23-1 last 186 home games

(87.8% Thru UF’16)

FSU is 2-3 in Over Time(All Time) 2-0 @ Home, 0-2 Road, 0-1 Neutral

Beat Clemson 23-17 2014(Home Game) Beat NC State 50-44 ’03, lost @Louisville 26-20 ’02, @ v Penn State 26-23 in

Orange Bowl Miami 16-10 ’04,