TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was glad it ended before midnight. He was worrying about his top-ranked Seminoles hanging on Saturday night against 10th-ranked Georgia Tech.

"I don't want to play one more second of that game," Bowden said in the locker room at the bewitching hour moments after his Seminoles escaped their relentless visitors 41-35.

	Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton flies over the Florida State defensive line for first down yardage.

"I never thought I would see the day that an offense would score that many points on us," he said.

"I've learned to take wins," said Bowden, who now has 294. "I think Tech had a chance to win up to the very end."

Georgia Tech's Joe Hamilton threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Kelly Campbell with 1:35 left, but an onside kick was fielded by Florida State's Travis Minor and the Seminoles (2-0) ran out the clock to win the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.

The teams produced touchdowns on seven straight series, combining for five in the second quarter alone.

Georgia Tech had tied the game 21-21 when the Hamilton and Kelly Cambell hooked up on a 56-yard touchdown.

Minor's 18-yarder midway through the second quarter had given the Seminoles a 21-14 lead, just two minutes after Hamilton's 19-yard run had tied the game 14-14.

KEYS TO THE GAME
	Georgia Tech	Florida State
First downs	24	29
Rushing	114	182
Passing	387	262
Still standing: Georgia Tech QB Joe Hamilton had failed to finish his previous two games with Florida State. He was still standing when the final gun sounded, propped up by a collection of impressive stats. Hamilton finished the game 22-of-25 for 387 yards and four TDs. Last year he passed for just 56 yards against the Seminoles.
Clipping their wings: Peter Warrick has taken the sting out of the Yellow Jackets the past two years. Saturday he scored twice and drew double coverage that freed up six other FSU players to catch passes from QB Chris Weinke. Last season against Tech he scored three TDs, and had 103 yards rushing and receiving.

Georgia Tech (1-1) had won six straight games dating back to a 34-7 defeat last October to Florida State.

College football's marquee game of the day lived up to expectations.

Hamilton and Florida State's Peter Warrick lived up to their billing as top Heisman candidates and both clubs showcased explosive, multidimensional offenses.

Hamilton, who was knocked out of the last two games against Florida State, was 22-of-25 for 387 yards and four touchdowns, completing his final 14 passes of the game as the Yellow Jackets ran up 501 yards.

"I thought it was a track meet," Georgia Tech coach George O'Leary said. "We just fell short at the end."

Warrick caught a touchdown pass, ran for a TD and finished with 167 yards as Florida State extended its home unbeaten streak to 42 games.

The teams combined for 595 yards in the first half and Florida State scored last to take a 28-21 halftime lead. The game was tied three times in the half.

"We hit and they hit back," Hamilton said. "They made plays and we made plays back. They just made more plays than we did."

Florida State, which never trailed in the game, took the lead for good at 28-21 with 68 seconds left in the half when Jeff Chaney weaved 29 yards for a TD on a screen pass from Chris Weinke.

Florida State finally got a bit of breathing room on the first drive of the second half when Warrick caught a 26-yard pass from Weinke for a touchdown and a 35-21 advantage.

Hamilton's 11-yard TD throw to Kerry Watkins shaved the Georgia Tech deficit to 35-28. Florida State countered on field goals by Sebastian Janikowski covering 46 and 45 yards for a 41-28 lead.

"Our defense has been picking up the slack for us, but tonight the offense picked up the slack," said Warrick, who caught eight passes for 142 yards and ran three times for 25.

Weinke also had a strong game, completing 16-of-29 for 262 yards and three touchdowns.

"We did what it took to win this game," Weinke said. "This was a big hurdle to clear."

Once the teams scored, they couldn't stop.

The teams produced touchdowns on seven straight series, combining for five in the second quarter alone.

Georgia Tech had tied the game 21-21 when the Hamilton and Kelly Cambell hooked up on a 56-yard touchdown.

Minor's 18-yarder midway through the second quarter had given the Seminoles a 21-14 lead, just two minutes after Hamilton's 19-yard run had tied the game 14-14.

Minor finished with 122 yards on 22 carries.

Dan Kendra, making his first start at fullback, put Florida State into a 14-7 lead early in the quarter when he caught a 3-yard TD pass from Weinke. Kendra, recruited by Florida State to play quarterback, also lined up at his old position to convert first downs on two short-yardage keepers.

Warrick, lining up at quarterback in a shotgun formation, ran 17 yards for the game's first score. His 59-yard catch keyed the drive.

Dez White's 80-yard touchdown catch tied the score 7-7 and the scoring parade was off.

The Seminoles haven't lost at home since a 17-16 defeat to Miami in 1991.