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11/04 Florida 43 Vandy 23

In a game that we had to blow Vandy out in order to continue to have a chance for the high BCS rankings, the Florida Gators come out slow, but eventually blow out the Commodores 43-20.

Rex Grossman did not look sharp starting the game and as always the Vanderbilt team came out smoking.  The first half ended the same way the Georgia game ended, with a huge shift in momentum and Florida scoring to go up on Vandy 17-13.  They never looked back.

The Gators intercepted five passes and Grossman threw for a career-high 334 yards and two touchdowns as Florida (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) beat Vanderbilt 43-20 on Saturday.

The Gators had their best defensive performance of the season, holding Vanderbilt to 199 total yards, and have forced a record 33 turnovers this season. Florida finished with 475 yards total offense as Taylor Jacobs, Earnest Graham and Robert Gillespie each added rushing touchdowns.

Grossman lost the ball after being hit by Vandy lineman Jamie Winborn in the first quarter, and one of the Commodores picked it up and was headed to the end zone. The officials gave the ball to Florida and ruled a 5-yard loss, which Spurrier called a good break since Grossman's arm was going forward with no receiver nearby.

Now we prepare for the game against Lou Holtz and the surprising South Carolina Game Dicks.  In The Swamp with 85K people, USC has no chance.  This will be a sweet game for Spurrier as we lost to Holtz back when he coached Notre Dame in the early eighties at the Nokia Sugar Bowl (I still remember Jerome Bettis running up and down on us).

Go Gators.

 

 

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Game Summary

1 2 3 4 F
#5 Florida 10 7 19 7 43
Vanderbilt 7 6 0 7 13


Scoring Summary

 
Vanderbilt- Mcgrath 1 run (J Markham kick)
Florida- T Jacobs 4 run (J Chandler kick)
Florida- FG J Chandler 30
Vanderbilt- FG J Markham 47
Vanderbilt- FG J Markham 21
Florida- Caldwell 2 pass from Grossman (J Chandler kick)
Florida- Gaffney 7 pass from Grossman (J Chandler kick)
Florida- Graham 15 run (kick failed)
Florida- FG J Chandler 34
Florida- FG J Chandler 18
Vanderbilt- Stewart 25 interception return (J Markham kick)
Florida- Gillespie 19 run (J Chandler kick)

Boxscore
Florida (5) Vanderbilt
First downs 22 13
Rushed-yards 38-141 33-52
Passing yards 334 147
Sacked-yards lost 4-31 2-7
Return yards 85 87
Passes 21-36-2 15-41-5
Punts 5-37.4 6-43.5
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-0
Penalties-yards 10-82 3-19
Time of possession 31:08 28:52

 

 

Individual Statistics
 RUSHING
Florida-Gillespie 14-93, Graham 14-60, Caldwell 1-10, R Carthon 1-4, T Jacobs 1-4, Jonsson 2-1, Grossman 5-minus 31. Vanderbilt-Mcgrath 13-42, Perkins 10-17, Zolman 7-3, R Williams 1-1, Team 1-minus 1, Olmstead 1-minus 10.
PASSING
Florida-Grossman 21-34-1-334, Graham 0-1-0-0, Berlin 0-1-1-0. Vanderbilt-Zolman 14-38-5-139, Olmstead 0-2-0-0, Stricker 1-1-0-8.
RECEIVING
Florida-Gaffney 7-101, Caldwell 5-102, Gillespie 3-15, Graham 2-33, Wells 2-27, Sheppard 1-47, T Jacobs 1-9. Vanderbilt-Stricker 5-61, A Jones 2-29, Simone 2-6, Young 1-16, E Carson 1-16, Zolman 1-8, M Garrett 1-4, Getter 1-4, R Williams 1-3.


Att: 32,714 (Pretty sad)

 

Last Updated November 19, 2006