2004 Florida State Seminoles football team The 2004 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I - A football season . The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They played their homes games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee , Florida . The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden . Game notes . Miami , FL . Originally scheduled for September 6 , 2004 , the game between Miami and Florida State was postponed due to Hurricane Frances . On September 10 , both teams met at the Orange Bowl in Miami , FL . The Seminoles took the upper hand in the first half with a 45 yard field goal by Xavier Beitia and a 61 yard defensive fumble return by Antonio Cromartie . In the fourth quarter the Miami Hurricanes tied the score with a 18 yard field goal Jon Peattie and a 30 yard pass from Brock Berlin to Sinorice Moss with 30 seconds remaining . In overtime , Frank Gore broke an 18 yard run for the Hurricanes to seal the victory . UAB . Returning to Tallahassee after a road loss to Miami , Florida State opened the game with a 17 point lead over the Blazers with two short runs from Chris Rix and James Coleman in addition to a 30 yard kick from Xavier Beitia . In the second half , two more short runs by BJ Dean and Leon Washington in addition to a Xavier Beitia kick sealed the score at 34 – 7 . Clemson . Entering the game as the # 8 team in the nation , the Seminoles allowed a 97 yard kickoff return by Clemson ' s Justin Miller and a 3rd quarter return by Miller that went 86 yards for six points . Florida State responded with a final 17 unanswered points that began with a 35 yard rushing touchdown from Leon Washington . North Carolina . Florida State balanced offense choose to go to the air against North Carolina as Wyatt Sexton threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns . It was Sexton ' s first start for the Seminoles . On the ground , Leon Washington rushed for 153 yards on 10 carries , the longest being a 53 yard run . @ Syracuse . In their first road game in a month , Florida State scrapped out a win against the Syracuse Orange . Going into the half , Florida State trailed 3 – 10 , but provided an explosion of offense with two rushing touchdowns from Leon Washington . The second of two Washington touchdowns came on the second play of a late drive in which Washington ran for 45 yards . Virginia . The most lop - sided victory of the 2004 year , the Seminole defense dominated Virginia ' s running game by allowing only 20 rushing yards on 29 plays . # 6 Virginia gave up a safety and seventeen points to follow before kicking a field goal as time expired in the 1st half , their only points of the game . The Seminoles than put the Cavs away with 2 unanswered touchdowns in the final quarter . Wyatt Sexton played an instrumental part in the Seminole victory achieving 20 completions on 26 attempts for 275 yards . @ Wake Forest . In one of the closest games of the year , three turnovers by Wyatt Sexton kept the Demon Deacons ahead of the Seminoles until the final minutes of the game . A 48 yard punt return by Willie Reid put the Seminoles in place for a 20 yard pass from Sexton to Greg Reid . In the fourth quarter , a 46 yard run by Lorenzo Booker led to the game - winning field goal . @ Maryland . Florida State ' s 14 game win streak against Maryland was snapped . Maryland aggressively defended the Seminole ' s running game to 50 yards . Moreover , Wyatt Sexton threw 14 completions for 30 attempts and allowed two interceptions . Duke . The # 13 Seminoles handled the Blue Devils in a lop - sided victory driven by Wyatt Sexton ' s 220 yard second - half . Florida State ' s two touchdowns came off a 45 yard pass from Wyatt Sexton to Chris Davis and a 4 yard run by Lamar Davis . @ N . C . State . With the exception of a 44 yard Gary Cisemsia kick , the Seminoles scored only on the ground with rushing touchdowns by Lorenzo Booker and James Coleman . N . C . State was limited to a paltry 23 rushing yards and 1 for 16 on third down attempts . Florida . Florida won for the first time in Tallahassee since 1986 under Coach Ron Zook . The Florida State offense was limited to 1 for 15 on third down conversions although Sexton and Rix threw for a combined 314 yards .