Regular season ·

North Carolina beat Florida State

North Carolina4-137
No. 12 Florida State3-235Final
Sat, Oct 1 · Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla. · Crowd 77,584 · 85°

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

North Carolina beat No. 12 Florida State by 2 points.

Florida State was No. 12 in the AP poll before the game; North Carolina was not ranked.

How the lead changed

North Carolina took the lead for good with 0:00 left in the 4th quarter, North Carolina 37, Florida State 35.

Big moments

  1. 1st quarter, 7:57
    Touchdown pass of 22 yards

    North Carolina scored. North Carolina 7, Florida State 0.

  2. 4th quarter, 5:11
    Rushing touchdown of 3 yards

    Florida State scored. Florida State 28, North Carolina 28.

  3. 4th quarter, 2:31
    Touchdown pass of 34 yards

    North Carolina scored. North Carolina 34, Florida State 28.

  4. 4th quarter, 0:23
    Rushing touchdown of 2 yards

    Florida State scored. Florida State 35, North Carolina 34.

  5. 4th quarter, 0:00
    Field goal

    North Carolina scored. North Carolina 37, Florida State 35.

Scores that changed who was leading, from the play-by-play record.

What happened next

  1. Florida State went from No. 12 to No. 23 in the next AP poll.

  2. North Carolina's next game: L 3-34 vs Virginia Tech, Oct 8

    7 days later

  3. Florida State's next game: W 20-19 at Miami, Oct 8

    7 days later

  4. The teams' next meeting after Oct 1, 2016: Florida State 31, North Carolina 28, Oct 17, 2020

    about 4 years later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN.

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