Florida State 30, Maryland 16
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Where: Byrd Stadium, College Park, Maryland
Temperature:
49°
Head Official:
J Magallanes
Attendance:
48115
By SportsDirect Inc.
Nick Moody returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown with 54 seconds left to seal Florida State's 30-16 victory over host Maryland in the Atlantic Coast Conference on Saturday night.
Maryland had a 4th-and-7 from the Florida State 19 when Moody picked off freshman Danny O'Brien's pass.
Chris Thompson scored on a 70-yard touchdown run for the Seminoles (8-3, 6-2 ACC), who moved into first place in the ACC's Atlantic Division.
Florida State took a 20-16 lead late in the third
quarter when quarterback Christian Ponder hit Bert Reed down the middle
with a 44-yard pass. Dustin Hopkins' third field goal of the game with 4:40 left in the fourth quarter gave the Seminoles a 23-16 lead.
Reed had six catches for 92 yards, while Thompson finished with 94 yards rushing.
Travis Baltz' third field goal of the game had put Maryland ahead 16-13.
O'Brien finished 25 of 45 for 269 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Will Yeatman.
Maryland (7-4, 4-3 ACC Atlantic) outgained Florida State 434-353, but had four turnovers.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Florida State |
|
Maryland |
|
Bert Reed
| Player |
Torrey Smith
|
|
6 |
Receptions |
7 |
|
93 |
Yards |
69 |
|
15.5 |
Avg Yards |
9.9 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Florida State
|
354 |
151 |
203 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2.0 |
1 |
| Maryland
|
432 |
163 |
269 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3.0 |
2 |
