It’s a ‘W’ for Florida State as Weinke and Warrick Star

Chris Weinke threw five touchdown passes, three to Peter Warrick, for No. 1-ranked Florida State in a 51-23 victory Saturday over Duke at Jacksonville, Fla.--the 297th in the major college coaching career of the Seminoles’ Bobby Bowden.

Florida State (5-0 overall, 4-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) scored on all eight of its first half possessions en route to a 44-0 lead.

Warrick made all three of his touchdown receptions in the first quarter and threw for a 35-yard touchdown to Laveranues Coles in the second quarter.

Florida State, who needed only seven minutes last week to take a 28-0 lead at North Carolina, took a 24-0 lead 10 seconds into the second quarter on Sebastian Janikowski’s 46-yard field goal.

Weinke didn’t play in the third quarter, but was put back into the game after backups Marcus Outzen and Jared Jones were ineffective.

Weinke, who completed 19 of 27 passes for 290 yards, immediately hooked up with Ron Dugans for an 84-yard touchdown to give Florida State a 51-13 lead.

Duke is 0-4 and 0-1.

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Shyrone Stith had 115 yards rushing--his fourth consecutive 100-yard game--and three touchdowns to lead No. 8 Virginia Tech (4-0) to a 31-7 victory over Virginia (3-2) at Charlottesville, Va. Hokie freshman quarterback Michael Vick needed to attempt only nine passes, completing seven for 222 yards and a touchdown. . . . Woody Dantzler, playing for injured starting quarterback Brandon Streeter, passed for a touchdown and had a game-deciding 56-yard touchdown run for Clemson (2-2, 2-0 in the ACC) in a 31-20 victory over visiting North Carolina (1-3, 0-3). . . . Morgan Kane rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns in 34 carries to lead Wake Forest (3-1) to a 17-10 victory over Rutgers (0-4) at Winston-Salem, N.C. . . . Frank Moreau ran for had 129 yards and three touchdowns for Louisville (3-2) in a 45-10 victory over Eastern Michigan (1-3).

EAST

No. 22 Syracuse (4-1) had 507 total yards in a 47-17 victory over Tulane (2-2) at Syracuse, N.Y. . . . No. 19 East Carolina (5-0), with a 33-14 victory over Army (1-3) at West Point, N.Y., is off to its best start since 1976. Quarterback David Garrard accounted for 325 of the Pirates’ 380 total yards, completing 24 of 34 passes for 300 yards and a touchdown. . . . John Turman threw four touchdown passes in less than three quarters for Pittsburgh (3-1, 1-0 in the Big East) in a 55-24 victory over Temple (0-5, 0-1) at Pittsburgh. . . . Boston College (4-0) scored three touchdowns off turnovers in a 33-22 victory over Northeastern (1-3) at Boston, the first game in 61 years between schools located a short distance of each other. . . . Quarterback Brian Broadwater rushed 110 yards and three touchdowns in 23 carries and Tim Shubzda kicked a 29-yard field goal with 2:53 left to give Navy (2-3) a 31-28 victory over West Virginia (1-4) at Morgantown, W.Va. . . . Brian Ulbricht ran for a seven-yard touchdown with 1:03 remaining as Cornell (3-0, 2-0 in the Ivy League) rallied from a 21-point third-quarter deficit in a 33-28 victory over Brown (2-1, 1-1) at Providence, R.I.

MIDWEST

Marshall (5-0, 2-0) dominated the game between the Mid-American Conference’s best teams, scoring the first 32 points en route to a 32-14 victory over Miami of Ohio (3-2, 2-1) at Oxford, Ohio. The Thundering Herd has won nine games in a row.

SOUTHWEST

Visiting Rice (2-3, 1-0 in the Western Athletic Conference) rushed for 309 yards--118 above its season average--in a 20-10 victory over Tulsa (1-4, 0-1).

WEST

Mike Thiessen, replacing injured starting quarterback Cale Bonds in the second quarter, ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns in 31 carries to lead visiting Air Force (3-1, 1-1 in the Mountain West Conference) to a 23-22 victory over San Diego State (2-2, 0-1). . . . Nick Calaycay kicked four second-half field goals as Boise State (3-2) defeated Utah (3-1) for the second consecutive season in a 26-20 victory at Boise, Idaho. . . . Matt Newton passed for two touchdowns and Greg Pollard had three sacks, including one for a safety, as Colorado State (3-1) was a 46-7 winner over New Mexico State (3-2) at Fort Collins, Colo. New Mexico State, averaging 428 total yards and 41.5 points a game, had only 193 yards and didn’t score a touchdown on offense. . . . Kofi Shuck caught a personal-best seven passes for 139 yards and three touchdowns for Wyoming (3-1) in a 28-13 victory over Idaho (2-2) at Laramie, Wyo. . . . David Neill threw two touchdown passes to Trevor Insley and ran for a third as Nevada (1-4) ended its longest losing streak in 35 years with a 26-12 victory over Nevada Las Vegas (2-3) at Reno.