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The Florida State Seminoles football and Florida Gators football met once again on the night of November 26th 2016 in Tallahassee Florida. The game was played inside the famous Doak Campbell Stadium in front of 78,342 people. The contest was won by the Seminoles 31-13, marking the fourth straight year that Florida State has been victorious in this game. This was also the first game that Florida State had played since hearing the Jimbo Fisher rumors regarding him being offered 6.8 million for the LSU head coaching job and ultimatley turning it down to remain the head coach at Florida State.

The game was controlled by the Seminoles throughout, as they never trailed at any point. The Seminoles were lead by star Junior running back Dalvin Cook who ran for 153 yards and a touchdown, becoming the Seminoles all time leader in rushing touchdowns. Redshirt freshman quarterback Deondre Francois threw for 138 yards and a touchdown, and also ran for 63 yards with a rushing touchdown as well.

The Gator offense simply never got going in this game, which has been a constant struggle in many of their games in the past few seasons. The Gators failed to score an offensive touchdown vs the Noles for a second straight year. Austin Appleby posted a QBR of 5.4, and was sacked several times and lost two fumbles. DeMarcus Walker and Brian Burns combined for 3.5 sacks, as Florida Sate accounted for 6 in total. This win makes head coach Jimbo Fisher 6-1 against the Gators in his career, and 17-1 overall vs in state schools. This win resulted in Florida State finishing the regular season at 9-3, while the Gators with the loss finish 8-3.
 * http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400869069