Tennessee upsets FSU to claim first title since 1951
By Richard Rosenblatt
The Associated Press
TEMPE, Ariz. — Tennessee is
undefeated, and almost certainly
undisputed.
Quarterback Tee Martin and
the top-ranked Volunteers
claimed one piece of the national
championship Monday night,
capping a perfect season with a
very imperfect 23-16 victory over
No. 2 Florida State in the Fiesta
Bowl.
It was rusty and rocky, but un
der the new Bowl Championship
Series format, the Volunteers
were crowned national champi
ons in the USA Today/ESPN
coaches’ poll.
The Associated Press media
poll will be released early Tues
day, and although third-ranked
Ohio State may plead for consid
eration, the Vols pulled together
and held off the Seminoles.
Their last national champi
onship was in 1951.
But it wasn’t easy. Martin
threw two touchdown passes, in
cluding a 79-yarder to Peerless
Price with 9:17 to go to put the
Vols ahead 20-9. But the Semi
noles, despite their own turnover
and penalty problems, kept com
ing back.
Florida State cut the lead to 23
16 on Marcus Outzen’s 7-yard TD
run with 3:42 left. The play was
set up by his 39-yard pass to Ron
Dugans on a third-and-seven.
And just when it looked like
the Vols would score again to put
the game out of reach, linebacker
Brian Allen recovered Travis
Henry’s fumble at the 10 to give
Florida State one more chance.
Outzen, though, was over
matched in just his third start. On
Florida State’s first play after the
recovery, his long pass intended
for Peter Warrick was tipped by
Deon Grant and intercepted by
Steve Johnson, who returned it 20
yards to the Florida State 45.
The Vols ran out the clock and
the sideline emptied as coach
Phillip Fulmer ran to midfield
with his daughters in tow.
“It was not one or two guys,”
Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer
said. “It was a whole football
team believing they could get it
done, working hard and finally
getting it done.”
The Vols (13-0) completed their
best season in school history,
while the Seminoles (11-2) fell to
1-2 in national championship de
ciding games.
Martin made the most of his op
portunity to do what Peyton Man
ning couldn’t — get a national ti
tle. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder
from Mobile, Ala., was ll-of-18
for 278 and two TDs, while Price
caught four passes for 199 yards.
“We knew as a football team
that we had to come out and
prove we were the No. 1 team in
the nation,” Martin said.
Florida State clearly lacked of
fensive punch with Outzen at
quarterback. He may have been
able to beat Florida two months
ago, but he was no match for the
linebacker A1 Wilson and the
Vols’ defense. He was 9-of-22 for
145 yards with two interceptions
and was sacked four times. He
also ran 18 times for minus 1
yard.
Florida State was penalized 12
times for 110 yards, while Ten
nessee was penalized nine times
for 55 yards.
It took 15 minutes of sloppy
play by both teams before the Vol
unteers wanned up briefly in Sun
Devil Stadium.
After a scoreless first quarter
that featured two fumbles,
shanked punts, a missed field
goal by the Vols’ Jeff Hall and 59
yards in penalties, Tennessee
struck for two touchdowns in 25
seconds.
First, the Vols took three points
off the board after the Seminoles’
Dexter Jackson was penalized for
roughing the kicker on Hall's 24
yard field goal. That put the Vols
on the Florida State 4, and two
plays later Martin hit fullback
Shawn Bryson on a 4-yard touch
down pass.
On Florida State’s second play
after the kickoff, cornerback
Dwayne Goodrich stepped in
front of Outzen’s pass intended
for Warrick and ran 54 yards for a
touchdown with 13:40 left in the
half.
Outzen made his third start af
ter Chris Weinke was lost for the
season with a neck injury.
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