ORLANDO, Fla. — Jordan Travis threw for 418 yards and two touchdowns and No. 13 Florida State beat Oklahoma 35-32 on Thursday evening within the Cheez-It Bowl.
Johnny Wilson made a one-handed seize for a 58-yard acquire to arrange Ryan Fitzgerald’s 32-yard area aim with 55 seconds left. The Seminoles (10-3) held on, sacking quarterback Dillon Gabriel on the Sooners’ comeback bid.
Jovante Barnes tied it at 32 for Oklahoma (6-7) with 3:37 left on a 12-yard run. That was after Travis fired a 17-yard go to tight finish Markeston Douglas ultimately zone to place the Seminoles up 32-25 halfway by the fourth. The Seminoles had gotten the ball off an Oklahoma fumble.
Treshaun Ward’s 1-yard dashing landing late within the third quarter gave the Seminoles an 18-17 lead — their first benefit since main 3-0 within the opening quarter. Travis transformed two third downs to information Florida State 94 yards on the 15-play drive.
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The Sooners went up 25-18 with 13:22 left on 25-yard run by freshman Gavin Sawchuk and a profitable 2-point conversion.
Florida State wanted simply two minutes to go 75 yards to tie it at 25, with Ward taking the ball 38 yards into the top zone for his second landing of the sport.
Florida State gained its first bowl for the reason that 2017 season, and its first underneath coach Mike Norvell.
Travis, who has already introduced his intention to return to the staff for the 2023 season, turned the eleventh participant in program historical past to go for 3,000-plus yards in a season.
Treshaun Ward had 81 yards on 10 carries for Florida State, and Wilson had a season-high 202 yards on eight catches.
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The Seminoles gained their remaining 5 video games of the common season, scoring at the very least 38 factors in all of them. Florida State was 5-3 in convention play with its first profitable season since 2017, which additionally was Jimbo Fisher’s final yr teaching the staff earlier than taking the top teaching job at Texas A&M.
Oklahoma, making its twenty fourth straight bowl look, misplaced its first bowl recreation for the reason that 2019 season.
It was a disappointing finish to a disappointing season for the storied program that’s trying to set up its post-Lincoln Riley identification after he took Southern California’s teaching job after final season.
Oklahoma gained its first three video games however misplaced three of its remaining 4, lacking the Massive 12 title recreation for the second straight season.
Gabriel, a switch from UCF, accomplished 14 of 24 passes for 243 yards and one TD. He additionally had a dashing rating within the second quarter.