CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL
DECEMBER 29, 2011 • ESPN @ 5:30 p.m.
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THIS YEARS MATCHUP
YOU PICK THE WINNER
vs
Who Will Win the Champs Sports Bowl?
Florida St
Notre Dame
FLORIDA ST  
NOTRE DAME
Click On the Above Teams to Access their Past Bowl Game Results!
FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL QUICK FACTS

Orlando, Florida
Capacity: 70,188
Year Built: 1936
Operated: 1990-present
Payout: $2,250,000
PAST CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL RESULTS
2010 NC State 23 West Virginia 7
MVP: QB Russell Wilson, NC State
2009 Wisconsin 20 Miami 14
MVP: RB John Clay, Wisconsin
2008 Florida St 42 Wisconsin 13
Offensive MVP: K/P Graham Gano, Florida St
2007 Boston College 24 Michigan St 21
Defensive MVP: FS Jamie Silva, Boston College
2006 Maryland 24 Purdue 7
Offensive MVP: QB Sam Hollenbach, Maryland
2005 Clemson 19 Colorado 10
Offensive MVP: RB James Davis, Clemson
2004 Georgia Tech 51 Syracuse 14
Offensive MVP: QB Reggie Ball, Georgia Tech
2003 NC State 56 Kansas 26
Offensive MVP: QB Phillip Rivers, NC State
2002 Texas Tech 55 Clemson 15
Offensive MVP: QB Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
2001 Pittsburgh 34 NC State 19
Offensive MVP: WR Antonio Bryant, Pittsburgh
2000 NC State 38 Minnesota 30
Offensive MVP: QB Philip Rivers, NC State
1999 Illinois 63 Virginia 21
Offensive MVP: QB Kurt Kittner, Illinois
1998 Miami, FL 46 NC State 23
Offensive MVP: QB Scott Covington, Miami
1997 Georiga Tech 35 West Virginia 21
Offensive MVP: QB Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech
1996 Miami, FL  31 Virginia 13
Defensive MVP: SS Termain Mack, Miami
1995 North Carolina 20 Arkansas 10
Offensive MVP: RB Leon Jackson, North Carolina
1994 South Carolina 24 West Virginia 21
Offensive MVP: QB Steve Taneyhill, S Carolina
1993 Boston College 31 Virginia 13
Offensive MVP: QB Glenn Foley, Boston College
1992 Stanford 24 Penn St 3
Defensive MVP: CB Darrien Gordon, Stanford
1991 Alabama 30 Colorado 25
Offensive MVP: WR David Palmer, Alabama
1990 Florida State 24 Penn State 17
Offensive MVP:  RB Amp Lee
FLORIDA ST Game By Game Stats
    Tot   Rush       Sks Tot   Rush       Sks Net Net Gm
Foe Score Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By Yds TO's Pts FD Grade
    ULM 34-0 372 21 28-92 3.3 23-35 280 2 191 12 39-99 2.5 12-22 92 4 181 0 34 9 91.9
    CHARLESTON SO 62-10 647 29 37-170 4.6 30-42 477 2 84 3 28-21 0.8 9-17 63 3 563 -1 52 26 96.5
    Oklahoma 13-23 246 16 26-27 1.0 20-34 219 6 310 20 39-111 2.8 18-27 199 1 -64 -1 -10 -4 87.2
AT Clemson 30-35 365 19 15-29 1.9 24-38 336 2 443 26 50-99 2.0 22-35 344 2 -78 0 -5 -7 74.3
AT Wake Forest 30-35 425 25 27-110 4.1 25-46 315 2 391 19 38-128 3.4 22-36 263 4 34 -5 -5 6 71.8
AT Duke 41-16 481 19 45-242 5.4 9-14 239 2 289 15 27-63 2.3 26-43 226 5 192 0 25 4 92.1
    Maryland 41-16 482 25 44-218 5.0 18-26 264 5 331 18 37-59 1.6 20-38 272 6 151 -1 25 7 88.8
    NC State 34-0 444 23 37-123 3.3 25-34 321 3 166 12 28-36 1.3 19-34 130 4 278 2 34 11 104.5
AT Boston College 38-7 307 18 41-127 3.1 12-16 180 2 207 10 39-94 2.4 12-20 113 1 100 3 31 8 98.2
    Miami, Fl 23-19 259 13 29-63 2.2 17-23 196 3 383 24 36-140 3.9 22-34 243 1 -124 3 4 -11 74.3
    Virginia 13-14 386 18 33-186 5.6 18-31 200 3 316 16 28-78 2.8 22-31 238 3 70 -1 -1 2 75.9
AT Florida 21-7 95 7 46-30 0.7 6-13 65 4 184 11 33-54 1.6 14-29 130 2 -89 3 14 -4 84.7
TOTALS 380-182 4509 233 408-1417 3.5 227-352 3092 36 3295 186 422-982 2.3 218-366 2313 36 1214 2 198 47 86.7
AVERAGES 32-15 376 19.4 34-118 3.5 64.5% 258 10.2% 275 15.5 35-82 2.3 59.6% 193 9.8% 101 0.2 17 4 #21
HOME 31-12 405 20.7 33-126 3.6 67.1% 280 10.7% 254 15.0 34-78 2.2 60.1% 177 10.8% 151 1 20 6 #19
AWAY 32-20 335 17.6 35-108 3.0 59.8% 227 9.4% 303 16.2 37-88 2.3 58.9% 215 8.6% 32 1 12 1 #24
CONF 31-18 394 20.0 34-137 3.8 64.9% 256 9.6% 316 17.5 35-87 2.5 60.9% 229 9.6% 78 1 14 3 #24
NON-CONF 33-10 340 18.3 34-80 2.4 63.7% 260 11.3% 192 11.5 35-71 1.9 55.8% 121 10.5% 148 1 23 7 #13
NOTRE DAME Game By Game Stats
    Tot   Rush       Sks Tot   Rush       Sks Net Net Gm
Foe Score Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By Yds TO's Pts FD Grade
    USF 20-23 508 27 29-117 4.0 31-49 391 2 254 20 42-126 3.0 18-30 128 2 254 -5 -3 7 86.4
AT Michigan 31-35 513 28 33-198 6.0 27-39 315 0 452 16 26-114 4.4 11-24 338 1 61 -2 -4 12 93.0
    Michigan St 31-13 275 18 32-114 3.6 18-26 161 1 358 21 23-29 1.3 34-54 329 2 -83 -1 18 -3 86.9
AT Pittsburgh 15-12 398 23 32-182 5.7 24-41 216 2 268 19 38-103 2.7 22-32 165 6 130 -2 3 4 89.1
AT Purdue 38-10 551 34 40-287 7.2 25-41 264 0 276 17 27-84 3.1 19-38 192 3 275 1 28 17 108.4
    Air Force 59-33 560 28 29-266 9.2 27-36 294 0 565 32 60-363 6.1 16-28 202 1 -5 2 26 -4 91.3
    USC 17-31 267 17 14-41 2.9 27-43 226 0 443 29 44-219 5.0 24-35 224 0 -176 -3 -14 -12 80.0
    Navy 56-14 442 21 35-182 5.2 19-25 260 0 229 16 50-196 3.9 5-13 33 1 213 -1 42 5 98.2
AT Wake Forest 24-17 341 20 38-175 4.6 14-24 166 0 297 21 37-110 3.0 17-24 187 3 44 -1 7 -1 77.6
† Maryland 45-21 508 30 46-212 4.6 30-38 296 3 364 20 35-145 4.1 20-31 219 0 144 1 24 10 92.7
    Boston College 16-14 417 21 39-161 4.1 24-39 256 0 250 14 25-80 3.2 18-38 170 1 167 -1 2 7 83.6
AT Stanford 14-28 309 20 31-57 1.8 17-37 252 5 429 23 42-196 4.7 20-31 233 0 -120 -1 -14 -3 83.3
TOTALS 366-251 5089 287 398-1992 5.0 283-438 3097 13 4185 248 449-1765 3.9 224-378 2420 20 904 -13 115 39 89.2
AVERAGES 31-21 424 23.9 33-166 5.0 64.6% 258 3.0% 349 20.7 37-147 3.9 59.3% 202 5.3% 75 -1.1 10 3 #13
HOME 33-21 412 22.0 30-147 4.8 67.0% 265 1.4% 350 22.0 41-169 3.7 58.1% 181 3.5% 62 -9 12 0 #21
AWAY 28-21 437 25.8 37-185 5.0 62.3% 252 4.5% 348 19.3 34-125 3.7 60.6% 222 7.2% 89 -4 7 7 #12
PAST MEETINGS
Date Site Winner Score   Date Site Winner Score
11/1/03 Florida St at Notre Dame Florida St 37-0   11/12/94 Notre Dame at Florida St Florida St 23-16
10/26/02 Notre Dame at Florida St Notre Dame 34-24   11/13/93 Florida St at Notre Dame Notre Dame 31-24
1/1/96 Notre Dame at Florida St Florida St 31-26   10/10/81 Florida St at Notre Dame Florida St 19-13
RECAP OF 2011
FLORIDA ST 2011
NOTRE DAME 2011
FLORIDA ST 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3
ULM
3:30
ESPNU
17-0
206-93
34-0
BOX
9/10
Charleston So
6:00
34-0
371-8
62-10
BOX
9/17
Oklahoma
7:30
ESPN
3-13
115-167
13-23
9/24
at
 Clemson
10-21
168-227
30-35
10/1
 
 
10/8
at
 Wake Forest
14-16
201-167
30-35
10/15
at
 Duke
27-3
286-108
41-16
10/22
Maryland
17-3
256-146
41-16
10/29
NC State
24-0
249-106
34-0
11/3
at
 Boston College
Thur
8:00
ESPN
28-0
204-80
38-7
11/12
Miami
17-7
79-203
23-19
11/19
Virginia
10-7
212-146
13-14
11/26
at
 Florida
14-0
42-140
21-7
NOTRE DAME 2011
TIME
TV
 HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3
USF
3:30

0-16
191-144
20-23
9/10
at
 Michigan
8:00
ESPN
17-7
268-90
31-35
9/17
Michigan St
3:30
21-10
195-154
31-13
9/24
at
 Pittsburgh
ABC
7-6
258-143
15-12
10/1
at
 Purdue
ABC
21-3
314-122
38-10
10/8
Air Force
3:30
42-16
332-311
59-33
10/15
BYE
 
10/22
USC
7:30
10-17
127-253
17-31
10/29
Navy
3:30
35-7
258-100
56-14
11/5
at
 Wake Forest
10-17
145-197
24-17
11/12
†
 Maryland
(FedEx Field)
7:30
24-7
292-144
45-21
11/19
Boston College
4:00
13-7
231-130
16-14
11/26
at
 Stanford
8:00
ABC
0-21
75-287
14-28
12/3