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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida State took out its frustration
on winless Duke.
|  | | Florida State's Atrews Bell grabs one of Chris Weinke's five TD passes on Saturday. |
Chris Weinke threw for a school-record 536 yards and five
touchdowns as No. 7 Florida State bounced back from last week's
loss at Miami with a 63-14 victory over Duke on Saturday night.
"The good thing is that we probably won't play a team quite
like them any more this year," Duke coach Carl Franks said. "With
the athletes they put on the field, they gave us a very tough
time."
And, the Seminoles were hitting on all cylinders.
"Everybody was on the same page," Weinke said.
"As much as they blitzed, we took advantage of the short routes
and they turned into big plays for us," Weinke said. "Our best
choice was to spread them out and match up with our receivers."
Weinke, who has passed for 1,032 yards in the last two games,
picked apart Duke's defense, throwing to 10 receivers for 446 yards
and four touchdowns by halftime as the Seminoles built a 42-0 lead.
"It's never one guy," receiver Anquan Boldin said. "He's
spreading the ball real good."
Weinke has now thrown for 2,510 yards and 20 touchdowns with
Virginia, North Carolina State, Clemson, Wake Forest and Florida
remaining on the Florida State schedule.
Florida State (6-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) ran the ball
just five times while throwing 41 passes in the first half.
"We had every advantage," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden
said. "But I was pleased our kids played like they did. Sometimes
you slop around in a game that your favored big."
Duke (0-6, 0-3 ACC) scored twice in the third quarter on Ronnie
Hamilton's 84-yard punt return and Chris Douglas' 44-yard TD run.
"We just played a team that had too much," Franks said. "We
had enough problems just trying to contain them."
Florida State, which fell out of the No. 1 ranking after last
week's 27-24 loss, scored on third play of the game when Robert
Morgan grabbed a sideline pass from Weinke in full stride and ran
71 yards for the touchdown.
"All I saw was grass," Morgan said. "I didn't want to get
caught from behind."
Weinke also found Boldin, Atrews Bell and Snoop Minnis for
touchdowns while Travis Minor and William McCray scored on short
runs and freshman Rufus Brown scored the final touchdown on a
28-yard interception return.
Bell, who caught a 21-yard scoring pass in the second quarter,
caught his ninth scoring pass of the season in the third quarter --
a 48-yarder from Weinke.
Weinke also became the ACC career leader in touchdown passes.
His 66 TD passes surpassed the mark held by Georgia Tech's Joe
Hamilton.
Florida State's former passing yardage mark was held by Bill
Cappleman, who threw for 508 yards against Memphis State in 1969.
Freshman walk-on Stephen de la Motte of San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
relieved Weinke in the fourth quarter in the absence of backup
Marcus Outzen, who was suspended for his involvement in an early
Friday off-campus fight.
"Tonight was a dream come true," said the 5-foot-8, 180-pound
de la Motte, who had written Bowden years ago hoping he could some
play with the Seminoles. He threw long twice, but both were
incomplete.
Bowden's 310th career coaching victory and 66th in the ACC moved
him into a second place tie with Clemson's Frank Howard in career
conference wins. Florida State, bidding for a ninth straight ACC
title, has lost just two conference games since joining the league
in 1992.
Chance Gwaltney handled the extra point kicking duties,
converting nine straight although he missed a 37-yard field goal
try. He replaced Matt Munyon, who missed two field goals last week
against Miami.
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