Was last night's 4th quarter the worst quarter of offense we've ever played?

Do an analysis of our 4th quarter scoring all year. You might be surprised. Even in games like South Carolina we have had no 4th quarter scoring. Huge problem to fix next year

 

Might be one of the worst by anybody. Total yards -5 with the “biggest play” +1 yard???

It’s hardly possible to be more inept. Total yardage probably only “bested” by teams involving some fluke big negative play (like a snap over the QB’s head). But we earned our -5 the hard way…

 

Well, that's encouraging.

 

Choke at doke? But probably not as bad statistically.

 

Worst part about that stat is the "longest play went for 1 yard" part. Man, that is discouraging.

 

Ouch. Seemed bad in real-time last night, but man, that’s terrible

 

Yes!!!

 

Our weak OL was gassed

 

I thought it looked terrible watching, to find out it was even worse is agonizing.

 

That was becasue we have no depth...

 

Let's start by finding a coach that knows what he's doing.

 

Our longest play was for 1 Yard, but at least we were able to do that twice so that is a positive.

We had a total of 9 plays. 2 for 1 yard, 2 incomplete passes, 1 interception and 4 sacks for a loss.

 

Not to mention one of them was a long yard, almost a yard and a half.

 

And our starting RBs were hurt/out & we were playing with the guy who, in reality, was our 3rd string QB.

 

I was thinking this as well, but we did gain a few more yards. But back then, we didn't have a green QB, no RBs or an inept play caller, either...

 

All the more reason for an OL to play up. Last game of the year, 9 months to rest.

 

You expect George to somehow become a legit left tackle through effort? Hell I’ll give it my best.

 

The Choke and The Swindle were the two most painful games I ever watched. The Choke even has its own Wikipedia page:

The game

On a cool and overcast Saturday afternoon at Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State got on the board first with a 35-yard field goal from Dan Mowrey. Florida, however, came back with a vengeance and scored 24 unanswered first-half points, building a 21-point halftime lead behind three Danny Wuerffel touchdown passes, including two to receiver Jack Jackson. The Gators padded their lead in the third quarter when Wuerffel scored off a quarterback sneak from the goal line.

With the Gators up 31–3 entering the fourth quarter, many thought the rout was on. Thousands of Florida State fans had seen enough and started to pour out of the stadium in disgust. Big lead in hand, Florida coach Steve Spurrier uncharacteristically decided to play conservatively on offense, mostly calling running plays for Fred Taylor, and opted to utilize a prevent defense. Florida State, in turn, remained in the shotgun almost exclusively and went into its hurry-up offense for the final quarter.

Florida State began the fourth quarter at the Florida 46-yard line and went on a 9-play drive that included a fourth-and-10 conversion. The Seminoles scored their first touchdown of the day on first-and-goal from the 5 when Zack Crockett found the end zone on a fullback dive. The Florida State defense then forced a three-and-out, and after the punt, the Seminoles took over on their own 39. Kanell hit Kez McCorvey for a big gain, taking the Seminoles down to the Florida 25-yard line. Kanell then found a wide open Warrick Dunn on a swing pass for a 19-yard gain. On the next play, Kanell rolled right and connected with Andre Cooper in the front right corner of the end zone for a touchdown, making it a 31–17 game with 10:04 to play.

After the Seminoles again forced the Gators to punt, which was almost blocked after a bad snap, Florida State took over on its own 27. Kanell methodically drove the Seminoles down the field, completing 6 passes, mostly to receivers underneath Florida's zone coverage and running backs out of the backfield. Kanell completed the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run that cut the score to 31–24. Florida took possession at its 33 with 5:04 left to play, and the Gators appeared to steady themselves with a 15-yard completion from Wuerffel to Reidel Anthony. Two plays later, however, Wuerffel threw to an area of the field where there were no Gator receivers and was intercepted by James Colzie at the Seminole 40, sending the Doak Campbell crowd into a frenzy.

On the ensuing possession, Florida State promptly moved down to the Florida 23-yard line on a big 37-yard catch-and-run by Dunn. The drive was capped by a 4-yard touchdown run by Rock Preston with 1:45 left in the game, making it 31–30 Florida pending the extra point. Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden immediately made the decision to kick the extra point rather than attempt a 2-point conversion, overruling his entire coaching staff who unanimously pleaded with him to go for the win (there was no overtime in college football at the time). Bowden did not want to see the Seminoles come back from such a large deficit only to lose on a failed 2-point attempt. Mowrey came on and split the uprights, tying the game at 31 and completing Florida State's historic fourth quarter comeback.

Florida's offense was again unable to muster anything and punted the ball away. The Seminoles took over inside their own 30-yard line with 22 seconds left. Kanell completed a big pass to McCorvey at the Florida State 48 and McCorvey was able to get out of bounds and stop the clock with 17 seconds left. On the next play, Kanell scrambled down to the Florida 43-yard line but was unable to get out of bounds or pick up the first down, either of which would have stopped the clock. With 10 seconds left and the clock running (the Seminoles were out of timeouts), Kanell tried to hurry the offense to line up to spike the ball, but time ran out before he was able to get the snap off and the Seminoles had to settle for a moral victory.

Though the game ended in a 31–31 tie, Florida State players celebrated the result, while Florida players slowly walked off the field, stunned by what had happened.