FSU Football: Top 5 wins during Jimbo Fisher era
By Jason Parker
No. 2 – October 18, 2014 vs. Notre Dame (W 31-27)
For FSU football, the 2014 season was an exercise in how the other half lives. After basically walking their way through most of the 2013 season en route to a national title, the following year had seen close wins all setting up for a top five showdown with the Fighting Irish as both teams had hopes of making the inaugural College Football Playoff.
In the first half, it looked like Notre Dame might get the best as they had more than double FSU’s yard output and nearly doubled he amount of time they held onto the ball in the first 30 minutes. Even with a touchdown pass from Jameis Winston to Travis Rudolph and a Roberto Aguayo field goal, the Noles trailed by seven and had many people wondering if this was the end of what was the school’s longest win streak.
In the second half, the Seminoles came alive and tied the game when Winston found Rashad Greene. Notre Dame would take the lead right back, but Karlos Williams would return from an injury to get into the end zone to tie the game back at 24 and scored again to give FSU football the lead.
Notre Dame would have a final chance, scoring a touchdown with 13 seconds to go on the same play they scored their first touchdown – only to have it called back due to offensive pass interference. Jacob Pugh would intercept the next play and the Seminoles would hold on.
The rest of the season would prove to be just as tough. Nonetheless, the Seminoles would go on to win 29 straight games during a streak that spanned three seasons and brought home a conference title each year and a national title in 2013.