No. 7 Florida State (3-0) logged a second-straight 700-plus yard game, blowing out the Kent State Golden Flashes 66-10 on Saturday.
Outside of a first-quarter blown coverage for a Kent State touchdown and a Tommy Castellanos interception, it was as routine a performance as you could ask from the Seminoles. The Seminoles dominated the Golden Flashes on the ground, racking up a program-record 498 yards and averaging 9.2 yards per carry.
Florida State put up 35 points in the first quarter, taking its
foot off the gas a bit following a weather delay and the departure of Castellanos from the game — the quarterback got rolled up on in the closing minutes of the second quarter, ending his day early even on a day where he wasn’t likely to see the second half.
Micahi Danzy, following in the footsteps of Duce Robinson last game, put up ridiculous stats in the first quarter — 174 all-purpose yards (112 receiving on 2 catches, 64 on 1 rush).
Kevin Sperry, Brock Glenn and Jaylen King all led scoring drives as the Seminoles recorded a school-record eight rushing touchdowns.
The Seminoles return to action next Friday against Virginia, with kickoff set for 7 p.m. for the Seminoles’ first road and conference game of the season.
FSU 66, Kent State 10: Final stats
- Total Yards: FSU 772, Kent State 206
- Passing Yards: FSU 277, Kent State 163
- Rushing Yards: FSU 495, Kent State 43
- Penalties: FSU 5-59, Kent State 5-32
- First Downs: FSU 37, Kent State 12
- 3rd Downs: FSU 9-10, Kent State 3-14
- 4th Downs: FSU 0-0, Kent State 1-2
- Total Plays: FSU 77, Kent State 54
- Avg Yds/Play: FSU 10.0, Kent State 3.7
- Avg Yds/Completion: FSU 17.3, Kent State 12.5
- Avg Yds/Rush: FSU 9.3, Kent State 1.3
- Sack-Adj Rush Yds (Avg): FSU 500 (9.6), Kent State 44 (1.8)
- Red Zone: FSU 8-8, Kent State 0-0
- Time of Poss: FSU 33:50, Kent State 25:03
- Turnovers (Def Pts Off): FSU 1 (0), Kent State 1 (3)
- Fumbles-Lost: FSU 0-0, Kent State 0-0
- Sacks (Def Yds): FSU 2 (9), Kent State 1 (5)
- TFL (Def Yds): FSU 6 (22), Kent State 3 (9)
