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Fiesta Bowl

Monday, Jan. 4, 1999 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.

#2 Florida St. (ACC)	0	9	0	7	—16
#1 Tennessee (SEC)	0	14	0	9	—23

2nd; 14:05; Tennessee—Shawn Bryson 4-yd pass from Tee Martin (Jeff Hall kick). Drive: 6 plays, 88 yards, 2:02.

2nd; 13:40; Tennessee—Dwayne Goodrich 54-yd interception return (Hall kick).

2nd; 08:59; Florida St.—William McCray 1-yd run (Sebastian Janikowski kick failed). Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, 1:18.

2nd; 01:17; Florida St.—Janikowski 34-yd Field Goal. Drive: 10 plays, 10 yards, 4:33.

4th; 09:17; Tennessee—Peerless Price 79-yd pass from Martin (kick blocked). Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:24.

4th; 06:01; Tennessee—Hall 23-yd Field Goal. Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:55.

4th; 03:42; Florida St.—Marcus Outzen 7-yd run (Janikowski kick). Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 2:19.

Favorite: Florida St. by 5¹/2	Attendance: 84,470
Field: Grass	Time: 3:46
Weather: 61 degrees and clear

MVP: Peerless Price, UT, 4 receptions, 199 yards, 1 TD

Team Statistics

	FSU	UT
Touchdowns	2	3
Rushing	2	0
Passing	0	2
Kick returns	0	0
Interception returns	0	1
Safeties	0	0
Time of possession	28:50	31:10
First downs	13	16
Rushing	9	4
Passing	4	8
Penalties	0	4
3rd down efficiency	4 of 15	1 of 12
4th down efficiency	1 of 1	1 of 1
Total offense (net yards)	253	392
Plays	63	64
Average gain	4.0	6.1
Carries/yards (includ. sacks)	41/108	42/114
Passing yards	145	278
Completions/attempts	9/22	11/19
Times sacked/yards lost	4/31	1/3
Return yardage	172	151
Punt returns/yards	2/51	4/34
Kickoff returns/yards	4/52	3/43
Interceptions/yards	2/69	2/74
Fumbles/lost	4/1	3/2
Penalties/yards	12/110	9/55
Punts/average	9/39.8	5/38.0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Florida State Seminoles

Passing (5 Att)	Att	Cmp	Pct.	Yds	TD	Int
Marcus Outzen	22	9	40.9	145	0	2

Rushing	Car	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Travis Minor	15	83	5.5	23	0
Peter Warrick	1	11	11.0	11	0
William McCray	4	9	2.3	7	1
Laveranues Coles	2	4	2.0	10	0
Lamarr Glenn	1	2	2.0	2	0
Marcus Outzen	18	-1	-1.0	10	1
TOTAL	41	108	2.6	23	2

Receiving	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Ron Dugans	6	135	22.5	39
William McCray	1	11	11.0	11
Peter Warrick	1	7	7.0	7
Travis Minor	1	-8	-8.0	-8
TOTAL	9	145	16.1	39

Field Goals	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	Total
Sebastian Janikowski	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-1

Punting	No	Yds	Long	Blk	Avg
Keith Cottrell	9	358	60	0	39.8

Punt Returns	Ret	Yds	Lg
Peter Warrick	1	51	51
Reggie Durden	1	0	0
TOTAL	2	51	51

Kickoff Returns	No	Yds	Long	Avg
Reggie Durden	3	44	24	14.7
William McCray	1	8	8	8.0
TOTAL	4	52	24	13.0

Sacks
Brian Allen	1

Interceptions
Derrick Gibson	1
Dexter Jackson	1

Tennessee Volunteers

Passing (5 Att)	Att	Cmp	Pct.	Yds	TD	Int
Tee Martin	18	11	61.1	278	2	2
Travis Henry	1	0	0	0	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
Travis Stephens	13	60	4.6	18
Travis Henry	19	28	1.5	9
Tee Martin	10	19	1.9	20
Shawn Bryson	3	7	2.3	4
TOTAL	45	114	2.5	20

Receiving	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Peerless Price	4	199	49.8	79	1
Shawn Bryson	3	34	11.3	22	1
Jeremaine Copeland	1	15	15.0	15	0
John Finlayson	1	14	14.0	14	0
Travis Henry	1	9	9.0	9	0
Cedrick Wilson	1	7	7.0	7	0
TOTAL	11	278	25.3	79	2

Field Goals	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	Total
Jeff Hall	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-2

Punting	No	Yds	Long	Blk	Avg
David Leaverton	5	190	47	0	38.0

Punt Returns	FC	Ret	Yds	Lg	TD
Eric Parker	0	4	34	17	0

Kickoff Returns	No	Yds	Long	Avg	TD
Peerless Price	2	43	22	21.5	0

Sacks
Eric Westmoreland	1
Raynoch Thompson	1
Darwin Walker	1
Billy Ratliff	1

Interceptions
Dwayne Goodrich	1
Steve Johnson	1

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