{"id":418197,"date":"2026-10-04T03:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418197\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T03:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T03:20:09","slug":"ashton-daniels-sets-fsu-qb-record-with-5-rushing-tds-in-38-7-rout-of-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418197\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashton Daniels sets FSU QB record with 5 rushing TDs in 38-7 rout of Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE \u2014 Ashton Daniels had five rushing touchdowns, setting a record for a Florida State quarterback, and the Seminoles had 10 sacks in a 38-7 rout of Virginia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

After losses to ranked opponents SMU and Alabama, the Seminoles (3-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) earned a resounding victory and their first over a Power 4 team in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery proud of our team, the team, coaches, everybody involved with the program,\u201d Florida State coach Mike Norvell said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just one week. It\u2019s been our process. Working to get better. We\u2019ve experienced some real challenges in the early part of our season. But also seen some incredible work from our players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniels ran 17 times for a career-best 136 yards and completed 12 of 19 passes for 183 yards with an interception. His skills as a passer have been questioned, but Daniels still completed 63 percent of his passes while averaging eight yards per carry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went out there and showed our capabilities tonight and who this team really is,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cComing into it, I didn\u2019t really think I was going to be running the ball like that. But it ended up happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Seminoles held Virginia (3-2, 1-1) to 37 yards on 40 carries. Virginia came into the game among the top 40 rushing teams in the FBS, averaging 192.8 yards rushing.<\/p>\n

Florida State also recorded 10 sacks after producing seven sacks in the first four games. Defensive end Rylan Kennedy (two sacks) and linebacker Chris Jones (1.5 sacks) led the Seminoles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncredible effort,\u201d Norvell said. \u201cIncredible application of technique and fundamentals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Da\u2019Shawn Martin caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Beau Pribula in the first quarter for Virginia. Pribula was under constant pressure and completed just 14 of 32 passes for 168 yards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed some opportunities and when we needed to fully flip the momentum we couldn\u2019t,\u201d Virginia coach Tony Elliott said. \u201cWe missed some tackles, missed some plays on offense, a couple of dropped balls. Before you know it the momentum had fully changed and we couldn\u2019t get it flipped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Virginia lost its first true road game of the fall. The Cavaliers are 1-10 in road games in the series.<\/p>\n

Ousmane Kromah had 17 carries for 80 yards rushing for the Seminoles. He has 80 or more yards in all five of Florida State\u2019s games this season.<\/p>\n

Sack party<\/p>\n

Florida State hasn\u2019t had a game with double-digit sacks this century, according to records by the school\u2019s sports information department. The Seminoles had 11 sacks in a 1997 rout of Wake Forest.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

\u2022 For Virginia, the Cavaliers punted seven times and went 0 for 4 on fourth downs in their worst offensive showing of 2026. Virginia had just 205 offensive yards.<\/p>\n

\u2022 For Florida State, after opening the game with three straight punts, the Seminoles finished with 464 offensive yards. Florida State has scored 30 or more points in four of five games.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

\u2022 Virginia plays host to Syracuse on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Florida State travels to Louisville on Friday.<\/p>\n

\"FloridaFlorida State defensive lineman Daniel Lyons (5) celebrates a sack by Florida State linebacker Mikai Gbayor (28) in the second half of FSU’s 38-7 win over Virginia in Tallahassee on Saturday. The Seminoles recorded 10 sacks on the day. (Peter Joneleit\/AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE \u2014 Ashton Daniels had five rushing touchdowns, setting a record for a Florida State quarterback, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[111,28,3731,76046,110,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-418197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-college-sports","tag-florida","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-social-sports","tag-sports","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}