- Final0
1HAW
USC10
4910
49 - Final18
2MICH
ALA14
4114
41 - Final2
3UNT
LSU14
4114
41 - Final34OKLA
UTEP24
724
7 - Final4
5ARST
ORE34
5734
57 - Final5
6BUFF
UGA23
4523
45 - Final6
7MURR
FSU3
693
69 - Final7
10JVST
ARK24
4924
49 - Final8
11MRSH
WVU34
6934
69 - Final9
12UNI
WIS21
2621
26 - Final1014CLEM
AUB26
1926
19 - Final11
15WYO
TEX17
3717
37 - Final12
17USM
NEB20
4920
49 - Final13
18M-OH
OSU10
5610
56 - Final14
19SAV
OKST0
840
84 - Final15
22MOSU
KSU9
519
51 - Final16
23BGSU
FLA14
2714
27 - Final179SCAR
VAN17
1317
13 - Final1824
13BSU
MSU13
1713
17 - Final19
21SJSU
STAN17
2017
20 - Final20
25UK
LOU14
3214
32 - Final OTOT21
16GT
VT17
2017
20
Final

Murray St 3
(0-1, 0-1 away)

(7) Florida St 69
(1-0, 1-0 home)
6:00 PM ET, September 1, 2012
Doak Campbell Stadium, TALLAHASSEE, FL
Top Performers
Passing: E. Manuel (FSU) - 188 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: J. Wilder Jr. (FSU) - 12 CAR, 106 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving: K. Shaw (FSU) - 4 REC, 82 YDS, 1 TD
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Lonnie Pryor, James Wilder Jr., and Debrale Smiley combined for seven rushing touchdowns Saturday to lead No. 7 Florida State to a 69-3 win over Murray State.
Pryor ran for three TDs, and Smiley and Wilder added two apiece. Wilder finished with 106 yards rushing.
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Florida State (1-0) scored on their first touch of the new season on Rashad Greene's 47-yard punt return just 89 seconds into the game.
EJ Manuel passed for 188 yards and a touchdown before retiring midway in the third quarter.
Murray State's Casey Brockman passed for 117 yards, but was intercepted once and sacked six times, including four by Bjoern Werner.
The Seminoles totaled 606 yards while holding Murray State (0-1), a Football Championship Subdivision school, to 156 yards.
Murray State managed 39 yards rushing against the Seminoles, who return most of the defensive unit that finished last season ranked fourth nationally in total defense.
Pryor sandwiched a pair of 1-yard scoring runs around an 18-yard TD and Wilder scored on runs of 1 and 9 yards. Smiley scored twice on 1-yard runs.
Murray State failed to capitalize on its first scoring threat when Jordan Benton's 35-yard field goal try sailed wide left. Benton did connect later in the second quarter on a 28 yard kick to pull the Racers to within 21-3. And that was it.
It was Florida State's third win over a FCS school in any many seasons under coach Jimbo Fisher. The combined margin: 190-19. The Seminoles play another FCS team next Saturday when Savannah State visits.
Manuel had a streak of 128 consecutive passes without an interception snapped when Murray State's Josh Manning snatched a ball bobbled by Florida State receiver Kenny Shaw.
Dustin Hopkins, who is on pace to shatter both the school and Atlantic Coast Conference scoring records, added field goals of 28 and 30 yards and extended his string of successful consecutive point after kicks to 139. Hopkins now has 341 career points, 53 shy of the league and school records.
Senior defensive end Brandon Jenkins, who had a first quarter sack, suffered a bruised left foot in the opening half and did not return as a precaution.
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Top 25 Overview
It was over when... The game started? Murray State was down 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Gameball goes to... DE Bjoern Werner. He had four sacks, five tackles for loss and forced a fumble that set up a TD.
Stat of the game... 7. That's the number of rushing touchdowns for Florida State's offense Saturday.
Team Stat Comparison
| MURR | FSU | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 9 | 28 |
| Total Yards | 156 | 606 |
| Passing | 117 | 321 |
| Rushing | 39 | 285 |
| Penalties | 5-36 | 3-40 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 3-18 | 5-10 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Possession | 29:24 | 30:36 |
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | MURR | FSU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | TD | 13:31 | Rashad Greene 47 Yd Punt Return (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 0 | 7 |
![]() | TD | 05:05 | Lonnie Pryor 1 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 0 | 14 |
| SECOND QUARTER | MURR | FSU | |||
![]() | TD | 06:47 | Lonnie Pryor 18 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 0 | 21 |
![]() | FG | 04:36 | Jordan Benton 28 Yd | 3 | 21 |
![]() | TD | 00:29 | Kenny Shaw 6 Yd Pass From EJ Manuel (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 3 | 28 |
| THIRD QUARTER | MURR | FSU | |||
![]() | TD | 12:57 | James Wilder Jr. 9 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 3 | 35 |
![]() | FG | 09:27 | Dustin Hopkins 23 Yd | 3 | 38 |
![]() | TD | 07:53 | Lonnie Pryor 1 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 3 | 45 |
![]() | FG | 01:37 | Dustin Hopkins 30 Yd | 3 | 48 |
| FOURTH QUARTER | MURR | FSU | |||
![]() | TD | 10:24 | Debrale Smiley 1 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 3 | 55 |
![]() | TD | 06:01 | James Wilder Jr. 7 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 3 | 62 |
![]() | TD | 01:51 | Debrale Smiley 1 Yd Run (Dustin Hopkins Kick) | 3 | 69 |



