2009 Week 5

FSU gets yet another great defensive performance while quarterback Christian Ponder starts to really put whole games together. The day did not start out great however when Jermaine Thomas fumbled the opening kickoff after a nice return. The FSU defense would get the ball right back after a solid hit on the quarterback caused the ball to float in the air right to an FSU defender. CP then threw a nice 6 yard TD pass to Rod Owens. Later in the first Thomas would score from 17 yards out on a nice run. Ole Miss found a wrinkle in the second quarter when they scored on a 16 yard run by Eason out of their wild rebel package. The two teams would trade field goals before Dustin Hopkins would hit from 35 yards out to send FSU to the half with a 10 point lead. The only score of the 3rd quarter came on a 9 yard pass from Ponder to TE Caz Piurowski. FSU would add a field goal while the Rebels scored on an irrelevant 74 yard pass by the backup quarterback.