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0 -- Times Oklahoma has been 13-0 in its history. In fact, this is the first time the Sooners have won 12 games in a season. |
Chris Weinke accounted for 61.7 percent of FSU's total offense. Chris Stanford/Allsport
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.761 -- Bobby Bowden's career winning percentage in bowl games, the best in college football history. The Seminoles' head coach is 17-5-1 in bowls in his 25 seasons at FSU.
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2 -- Oklahoma coaches to lead their first two squads to bowl games -- Bob Stoops (1999-00) and Chuck Fairbanks (1967-68). |
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2-2 -- Stoops' record against Florida State while serving as the defensive coordinator at Florida. One of those victories against the Seminoles was for a national championship. |
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3 -- Times the top two finishers in the Heisman Trophy balloting have met in bowl games. FSU quarterback and Heisman winner Chris Weinke and Oklahoma quarterback Josh Heupel join '74 Heisman winner Archie Griffin (Ohio State) and Anthony Davis (Southern California) and '80 Heisman winner George Rogers (South Carolina) and Hugh Green (Pittsburgh). |
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4 -- Previous meetings between Florida State and Oklahoma, with the Sooners winning three times. The Seminoles' only win came in the 1965 Gator Bowl. |
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5 -- Times in the past eight seasons the Seminoles have played for a shot at the national title. The Seminoles beat Nebraska in the 1994 Orange and Virginia Tech in the 2000 Sugar, and lost to Florida in the 1997 Sugar and Tennessee in the 1999 Fiesta. |
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6 -- Times Florida State has played in the Orange Bowl, the most of any bowl game. The Seminoles are 3-2 in their previous five Orange Bowls, including a 24-7 loss to Oklahoma in the 1979 Orange Bowl. |
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7 -- FSU opponents this season who are playing in bowl games. Oklahoma only faced six bowl teams in 2000. |
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8 -- Division I-A schools that had three receivers with 500 or more receiving yards, including both Oklahoma (Antwone Savage, Curtis Fagan and Andre Woolfolk) and Florida State (Snoop Minnis, Atrews Bell and Anquan Boldin). |
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9 -- Touchdown passes thrown by Weinke in four games against ranked teams this season, including three each against Miami and Florida. |
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13 -- Years since Oklahoma's last trip to the Orange Bowl. This will be the Sooners' 17th Orange Bowl, matching Nebraska for the most appearances. |
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16 -- Rushing touchdowns by OU tailback Quentin Griffin this season, the most by a Sooner since Heisman winner Billy Sims (22) in 1979. |
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19 -- Consecutive bowl appearances by the Seminoles. |
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20 -- All-time bowl victories by Oklahoma, one of five schools to reach the plateau. The Sooners trail only Alabama (28), Southern Cal (25), Penn State (23) and Tennessee (22) in bowl wins. |
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29.2 -- Percentage of Florida State's receiving yards accounted for by Minnis, who is ineligible for the Orange Bowl. |
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57-5 -- Oklahoma's all-time record when it has been ranked No. 1 in the country, including a 14-5 mark against ranked teams. |
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128 -- Yards passing by J.C. Watts in the '81 Orange Bowl, the most by an Oklahoma quarterback against Florida State. Watts also rushed for 127 yards in the same game -- an 18-17 OU victory. |
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221.3 -- Average passing yards by OU quarterback Josh Heupel in his past four games. Heupel averaged 313.3 in the season's first eight games. |
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549.0 -- Average yards per game gained by the Florida State offense, tops in the nation. Oklahoma was 18th, averaging 429.2 per game. |
