Florida State steals win from lower-division Jacksonville State

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	15	15
Total Yards	310	402
Passing	213	324
Rushing	97	78
Penalties	11-60	6-51
3rd Down Conversions	6-18	5-14
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-1
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	32:39	27:21

Air/Ground Leaders
Jacksonville State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Perrilloux 12/27 213 1 0	Florida State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Ponder 22/35 324 0 0
Jacksonville State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Middleton 13 44 0 11 Perrilloux 18 39 0 17	Florida State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Jones 8 40 2 19 Givens 1 15 0 15
Jacksonville State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Wilkerson 2 75 0 59 Freeney 1 37 0 37	Florida State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Goodman 8 80 0 24 Piurowski 2 78 0 53

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				JVST	FSU
	TD	11:03	Jamal Young 28 Yd Pass From Ryan Perrilloux (Pat Failed)	6	0
	TD	01:25	Ty Jones 7 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick)	6	7
SECOND QUARTER				JVST	FSU
	FG	07:47	Patrick Tatum 37 Yd	9	7
FOURTH QUARTER				JVST	FSU
	TD	00:35	Ty Jones 1 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	9	13
	TD	00:21	Kevin McNeil 33 Yd Fumble Return (Pat Failed)	9	19

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State needed two scores in the final 35 seconds Saturday night to avoid arguably one of the most embarrassing upsets in school history.

Ty Jones' 1-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds left put the Seminoles ahead of lower-division Jacksonville (Ala.) State and teammate Kevin McNeil returned a fumble for a score 21 seconds later to seal the 19-9 victory.

Trailing 9-7, Jones' TD rallied the Seminoles and McNeil scooped up Ryan Perrilloux's fumble and ran 33 yards for his score. McNeil also blocked a field goal try by Jacksonville's Patrick Tatum in the third quarter that could have given the Gamecocks a 12-7 lead.

The visiting Gamecocks (0-2) took advantage of three Florida State turnovers to keep control of the contest until the final minute.

Florida State (1-1) hasn't lost to a school in the Football Championship Subdivision since a 9-0 defeat to William & Mary in 1969.

The Seminoles were listless for much of the game, coming just five days after a 38-34 loss to archrival Miami. Florida State makes its first road appearance next Saturday for a date with No. 9 Brigham Young.

Christian Ponder's 24-yard pass to Richard Goodman with 1:11 left in the game set up Jones' go-ahead score. Ponder threw for a career high 324 yards, completing 22 of 35 passes without a touchdown or interception -- teaming mostly with Goodman, who caught eight passes for 80 yards.

Perrilloux completed 12 of 27 passes for Jacksonville State for 213 yards and a first quarter touchdown that put the Gamecocks into a 6-0 lead.

Jacksonville State led 9-7 at the half on Tatum's 37-yard field goal late in the second quarter.

Dustin Hopkins extra point kick gave Florida State a 7-6 lead with 1:25 left in the first quarter. Jones scored the touchdown on a 7-yard run that tied the game after Ponder teamed up with tight end Caz Piurowski on a 53-yard pass on play.

Florida State's pass defense troubles were evident on Jacksonville's opening drive as Perrilloux connected on a 28-yard touchdown pass with a wide-open Jamal Young. The extra point failed when the snap was mishandled.