2013 ACC Championship Game

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2013 Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
Duke00077
Florida State01721745
DateDecember 7, 2013
Season 2013
Stadium Bank of America Stadium
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
MVP Jameis Winston (QB, Florida State)
Favorite Florida State by 30
Referee David Epperley
Attendance67,694
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
ESPN Radio
Announcers Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox (ABC)
Bill Rosinski, Bill Polian & Joe Schad (ESPN Radio)
ACC Championship Game
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2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Florida State x$#  8 0   14 0  
No. 8 Clemson  %  7 1   11 2  
Boston College  4 4   7 6  
Syracuse  4 4   7 6  
Maryland  3 5   7 6  
Wake Forest  2 6   4 8  
NC State  0 8   3 9  
Coastal Division
No. 23 Duke x  6 2   10 4  
Miami (FL)  5 3   9 4  
Virginia Tech  5 3   8 5  
Georgia Tech  5 3   7 6  
North Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Pittsburgh  3 5   7 6  
Virginia  0 8   2 10  
Championship: Florida State 45, Duke 7
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 ACC Championship Game was the eighth football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It featured the Florida State Seminoles, winners of the ACC's Atlantic Division, and the Duke Blue Devils, winners of the ACC's Coastal Division. Duke was the first team other than Georgia Tech or Virginia Tech to represent the Coastal in the ACC Championship Game.

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This was the game's fourth consecutive year at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A 45-7 Florida State win cemented a position for the Seminoles in the national championship game while Duke settled for the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Jameis Winston, quarterback of the Florida State Seminoles, accounted for four total touchdowns (3 passing, 1 rushing) and Devonta Freeman paced the rushing attack with 91 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown in the dominating victory. [1]

Florida State defeated Auburn in the national championship game on January 6, 2014. [2]

Teams

Atlantic Division champions

Coastal Division champions

Scoring summary

1st quarter scoring: There were no points scored in the 1st quarter.

2nd quarter scoring:

3rd quarter scoring:

4th quarter scoring:

[3]

Statistics

StatisticsDukeFSU
First Downs1531
Total yards239569
Rushes-yards (net)31–9943–239
Passing yards (net)140330
Passes, Comp-Att-Int21–42–219–32–2
Time of Possession30:4429:16

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