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Bobby Bowden Seminoles Win Gator Bowl, Northwestern and Auburn Outback Bowl
Gator Bowl Final Score Seminoles 33, West Virginia 21
Source: SportingNews.com
Bobby Bowden watched the clock run down to :00, then took his last walk to midfield as his Florida State players jumped up and down, thrusting their helmets into the air.
There was a pregame video of Bowden highlights. He got a new car, a gift from Toyota and the Gator Bowl. And then came a rare treat even for Bowden, the right to take the flaming FSU spear from Chief Osceola and slam the point into the turf at midfield, one of Florida State’s most revered pregame traditions.
“I’m very excited. Ann and I are very excited to be here in front of the Seminoles and also the Mountaineers,” Bowden said from the field to a sold-out crowd moments before kickoff. “I couldn’t help but get nostalgic when I heard the West Virginia band play their fight song. And then also, to hear the Seminoles play ours.”
Bowden was head coach at Howard College (now known as Samford University, currently in the FCS football division) in Birmingham, Alabama from 1954–1955 Samford from 1959-62, led West Virginia from 1970-75 and took over at Florida State the next season.
The coach went out a winner, carried off by the Seminoles.
Jermaine Thomas ran for two touchdowns , Florida State scored 20 straight points to take control and the Seminoles knocked off No. 18 West Virginia 33-21 at the Gator Bowl in the final game of Bowden’s storied 44-year career as a head coach.
As of the 2009 season, Bowden was one of four active coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as coaches along with Chris Ault, Joe Paterno and John Gagliardi.
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“I will not forget it. I won’t forget the other ones we have here, too,” Bowden said, his hands wrapped around the silver Gator Bowl trophy. “Nothing like a win.”
Bowden finished with a 389-129-4 record, and most importantly to him, a 33rd consecutive winning season. Next week, Jimbo Fisher takes over at Florida State, which finished 7-6 for the third time in the last four years.
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That run of mediocrity was the 80-year-old Bowden’s downfall – he wanted to stay at least one more season – but on this day, none of that mattered to the Florida State faithful, which serenaded him with “Bob-by! Bob-by!” chants throughout the day, saving their loudest cries for the very end. Read fully story here
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Wes Byrum kicked a 21-yard field goal in overtime to give Auburn University a 38-35 victory over Northwestern University in college football’s Outback Bowl.
Northwestern (8-5), which fought back from a 14-point halftime deficit to take today’s game into overtime, was stopped when it faked a field goal on fourth down from the Auburn five- yard line and Zeke Markshausen was tackled two yards from the goal line.
Auburn’s Ben Tate, who rushed for 108 yards, scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to break a 21-21 tie before Northwestern’s quarterback Mike Kafka ran for a two-yard score and then completed an 18-yard pass to Sidney Stewart to end regulation time at 35-35 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Read full story here
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