STANFORD, Calif. — The Florida State Seminoles face the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium (50,424) in Stanford, California on Saturday, October 18 at 10:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN. To learn more about how to watch, stream or listen to the game, click here.
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FSU enters the game with a 3-3 record, including an 0-3 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The Seminoles have lost three straight, all conference games, and haven’t won a game since September 20. FSU is also 0-1 this season, as they lost their only road game so far at Virginia46-38 in 2OT. Seminoles are guided by head coach Mike Norvell who is in his 10th season as head coach and sixth season with the Seminoles. Norvell is 74-45 in his career, including 36-30 at FSU.
Stanford is 2-4 this season, including 1-2 in ACC play. The Cardinal are 2-0 at home, with their only league victory coming at Stanford Stadium against Boston College. The Cardinals are led by an interim head coach Frank Reichwho is 2-4 in his first season as a college head coach. Reich already has head coaching experience in the NFL.
They opened the season with a 23-20 loss in Hawai’i and followed with a 27-3 loss in Hawai’i. BYU two weeks later. They earned their first win of the season in their first ACC competition, defeating Boston College30-20, on the farm. They followed that up with a 48-20 loss at Virginia. Their second win of the season came on the last weekend of September when they beat San Jose State30-29 years old, at home. Last weekend they lost 34-10 at SMU.
They are 2-0 at home this season. The Cardinal are trying to start a season 3-0 at home for the first time since 2018. A win would extend Stanford’s winning streak to four games, dating back to last season.
To learn more about Stanford, read our 2-4-7 here.
Saturday night’s meeting between FSU and Stanford marks the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
The Seminoles play a regular season game at California for the first time since a 14-7 victory at U.S.C. to open the 1997 season.
The 10:30 p.m. ET kickoff will tie FSU’s last scheduled start, matching games at San Diego State in 1973 and 1977.
After facing Stanford, FSU will enjoy its second bye of the season before returning to action by hosting Waking up forest at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, November 1. Kick-off time and television will be announced, probably Monday next week.
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