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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Preston Parker caught a touchdown pass and scored another on an end-around run Saturday as Florida State snapped a two-game losing streak with a 25-6 victory over Duke -- the Blue Devils' 22nd straight ACC loss.

After going more than five quarters without an offensive touchdown, the Seminoles made it to the end zone six minutes into the third period when Parker raced 9 yards with a short sideline pass from Drew Weatherford, giving Florida State a 16-0 lead.

Florida State, which plays next Saturday at undefeated Boston College, led 9-0 at halftime on three Gary Cismesia three field goals.

Parker scored his second TD late in the third quarter on a 14-yard run to make the score 22-0, and Cismesia's fourth field goal completed the scoring.

Duke (1-7, 0-5 ACC) avoided a shutout with 8:07 left in the game when Thaddeus Lewis lofted a 3-yard scoring pass to a wide-open Brandon King in the right front corner of the end zone. The Blue Devils managed only 49 yards and two first downs in the first half.

Florida State (5-3, 2-3 ACC) rolled up a season-high 534 yards and 30 first downs while holding Duke to 222 yards and 9 first downs.

The win was Bobby Bowden's 371st coaching victory and gave him a two-game lead over Penn State's Joe Paterno, whose team lost Saturday to Ohio State.

Weatherford, making his first start in four games after being benched in favor of Xavier Lee, completed 35-of-47 for 339 yards despite not having junior wide receiver Greg Carr, who missed the game with a wrist injury suffered in last week's loss to Miami.

Carr, who has 24 career touchdown catches, had caught six TD catches in two previous games against the Blue Devils.

But De'Cody Fagg took up the slack with nine catches for 134 yards and Richard Goodman had 11 catches for 73 yards, but suffered an injury to his right ankle late in the fourth quarter.