Just 4 quarters separate Florida State and Auburn from a possible National Championship.  Let’s see how each team has done in those 4 quarters.

1st Quarter

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
FSU	162	1003 / 10.03	553 / 5.64
Opponent	35	555 / 5.72	434 / 3.29

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
Auburn	142	704 / 10.05	1024 / 5.05
Opponent	66	845 / 7.48	652 / 3.29

2nd Quarter

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
FSU	207	1576 / 10.64	474 / 4.05
Opponent	25	386 / 4.10	280 / 2.50

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
Auburn	152	403 / 6.10	1223 / 8.38
Opponent	113	904 / 7.40	528 / 3.83

3rd Quarter

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
FSU	200	1175 / 10.98	1,029 / 7.40
Opponent	29	463 / 4.87	349 / 3.14

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
Auburn	121	620 / 9.11	1044 / 6.07
Opponent	75	911 / 7.72	570 / 5.88

4th Quarter

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
FSU	120	432 / 8.30	640 / 5.33
Opponent	48	572 / 5.01	452 / 3.53

	Scoring	Passing/YPA	Rush/YPC
Auburn	107	478 / 8.85	1013 / 5.19
Opponent	58	711 / 6.70	384 / 3.80

Florida State hasn’t had to play a full four quarters very often this season.  In fact, Jameis Winston has only taken a snap in the 4th quarter in seven games this season and has only thrown 25 total passes in the final quarter.  Similarly, starting running back Devonta Freeman has only played 4 games this season in the 4th quarter and has only 17 carries.  By comparison, Tre Mason has played in eleven 4th quarters this season and has 69 carries in the final quarter – nearly 25% of his carries.

The 2nd quarter looks to be key as it’s the quarter that FSU has really had a lot of success offensively and Auburn has given up a lot of points.