Regular season ·
Florida State beat Southern Miss
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 4 Florida State beat Southern Miss by 53 points.
How the game turned
Q1 11:29 Florida State 7, Southern Miss 0
Florida State 98% to win
Travis 10-yd TD pass to Williamson, Florida State goes ahead 7-0
Big moments
Florida State was never below a 97 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
Florida State led after every score.
The 53-point margin is the largest in this series since 1970 in our games data, 14 meetings in all.
What happened next
Florida State's next game: W 31-29 at Boston College, Sep 16
7 days laterSouthern Miss's next game: L 3-21 vs Tulane, Sep 16
7 days later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

