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8/30/2003 Florida 65 San Jose St. 3

Senior running back Ran Carthon and junior wide reciever Kelvin Kight scored two touchdowns each as the University of Florida football team opened its 2003 season with a 65-3 win against San Jose State University in front of a record-breaking 90,011 fans at the newly renovated Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field.

After San Jose State scored the game’s first points on a 46-yard field goal by Jeff Carr, the Gators reeled off 65 unanswered points to put the game out of reach. Starter Ingle Martin, true freshman Chris Leak and redshirt-freshman Gavin Dickey all took snaps and threw touchdowns for the Gators. Martin (14-24) and Leak (10-14) rotated throughout most of the game and combined for 307 passing yards. The defense, under new coordinator Charlie Strong, allowed only 185 yards and 11 first downs.

Florida’s quarterbacks were successful on spreading the ball around as 11 different players caught passes. Wide reciever Kelvin Kight led UF’s recieving corps with six catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns.

Florida kicker Matt Leach, perfect on the night, scored the Gators first six points and connected on a total of three field goals and eight extra points.

With the Gators leading 6-3, Jermaine McCollum blocked SJSU Bryce Partridge’s punt. In the next play, Carthon scampered in on first down to put Florida up 13-3.

After Martin led the Gators on a 71-yard scoring drive which culminated in a 21-yard touchdown strike to Kight, Florida safety Guss Scott intercepted Spartans quarterback Scott Rislov at the 38 yard line and returned it for the score to put Florida up 27-3.

Florida took a 30-3 lead into the half, but did not let up, scoring 35 in the second half. Scott continued his stellar performance as he forced a Spartan fumble in the third quarter. Reid Fleming recovered the ball and set up Carthon’s second rushing touchdown of the game.

Leaks first career touchdown came in the third quarter as he threw a screen pass to Kight for a 16-yard score. In a bit of luck, Reggie Lewis recovered a DeShawn Wynn fumble and went 21 yards giving the Gators a 51-3 lead. Dickey (3-4) saw his first action as a Gator in the fourth quarter. After one interception, the redshirt freshman completed a pass to Chad Jackson for a 29-yard touchdown.

The final score of the game came when junior walk-on Tre Orr intercepted a Beau Pierce pass and returned it for 73 yards.

The 90,011 in attendance at the game set a state of Florida record. The Gators travel to the University of Miami next Saturday, August 6th to take on the Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl.
 

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Game Summary

1 2 3 4 F
San Jose State 3 0 3 0 3
FLORIDA (21) 3 27 14 21 65

 

Scoring Summary
1st QUARTER SCORE
12:27 FG San Jose State
Jeff Carr 47 Yard Field Goal
 		 3-0, San Jose State
8:130 FG Florida
Matt Leach 20 Yard Field Goal
 		 3 -3
2nd QUARTER SCORE
13:04 FG Florida
Matt Leach 37 Yard Field Goal
 		 6-3, Florida
9:160 TD Florida
Ran Carthon 2 Yard TD Run (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 13-3, Florida
6:340 TD Florida
Kelvin Kight 21 Yard TD Pass from Ingle Martin (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 20-3, Florida
5:410 TD Florida
Guss Scott 38 Yard Interception Return for TD (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 27-3, Florida
0:00 FG Florida
Matt Leach 37 Yard Field Goal
 		 30-3, Florida
3rd QUARTER SCORE
6:530 TD Florida
Ran Carthon 2 Yard TD Run (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 37-3, Florida
3:120 TD Florida
Kelvin Kight 16 Yard TD Pass from Chris Leak (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 44-3, Florida
4th QUARTER SCORE
9:100 Florida
Reggie Lewis 22 Yard Fumble Return for TD (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 51-3, Florida
3:460 TD Florida
Chad Jackson 29 Yard TD Pass from Gavin Dickey (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 58-3, Florida
0:440 TD Florida
Tre Orr 72 Yard Interception Return for TD (Matt Leach Extra Point)
 		 65-3, Florida

 
TEAM STATISTICS
  San Jose State Florida
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 10 24
Passing 5 14
Rushing 5 10
Penalty 0 0
3rd-Down Efficiency 4-17 5-12
4th-Down Efficiency 0-0 1-1
 
TOTAL NET YARDS 177 477
Total plays 65 76
Average gain 2.7 6.3
 
NET YARDS RUSHING 71 127
Rushes 26 34
Average per rush 2.7 3.7
 
NET YARDS PASSING 115 357
Completion-attempted 20-38 27-41
Yards per pass 3.0 8.7
Sacked-yards lost 1-9 1-7
Had intercepted 2 1
 
PUNTS-AVERAGE 12-36.8 4-37.0
 
RETURN YARDAGE 7 281
Punts-yards 1-7 9-149
Kickoffs-yards 8-188 0-0
Interceptions-yards 1-0 2-110
 
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-51 5-35
FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 2-1
 


Passing
 
SAN JOSE STATE CMP ATT YDS TD INT
Scott Rislov 13 27 58 0 1
Beau Pierce 7 11 57 0 1
FLORIDA CMP ATT YDS TD INT
Ingle Martin 14 23 193 1 0
Chris Leak 10 14 113 1 0
Gavin Dickey 3 4 51 1 1

Rushing
 
SAN JOSE STATE ATT YDS TD
Lance Martin 7 41 0
Damarcus Ingram 9 20 0
Yonus Davis 7 16 0
Ezekiel Staples 1 10 0
Scott Rislov 2 -16 0
FLORIDA ATT YDS TD
Ran Carthon 13 55 2
Skyler Thornton 3 29 0
Ciatrick Fason 3 16 0
DeShawn Wynn 6 15 0
Jimtavis Walker 2 10 0
Chris Leak 2 5 0
Ingle Martin 2 0 0
Gavin Dickey 3 -3 0

Receiving
 
SAN JOSE STATE REC YDS TD
Jamall Broussard 6 53 0
Casey Miranda 1 14 0
James Jones 1 10 0
Rufus Skillern 1 9 0
Kendrick Starling 3 9 0
John Broussard 1 6 0
Yonus Davis 2 5 0
Tuati Wooden 1 5 0
Ezekiel Staples 4 4 0
FLORIDA REC YDS TD
Kelvin Kight 6 74 2
Carlos Perez 2 57 0
O.J. Small 5 40 0
Chad Jackson 2 38 1
Ben Troupe 4 36 0
Dallas Baker 2 32 0
Andre Caldwell 1 31 0
Ciatrick Fason 1 23 0
Kenneth Tookes 1 13 0
Ran Carthon 1 9 0
DeShawn Wynn 2 4 0

Punting
 
SAN JOSE STATE PUNTS YDS LONG
Andrew Levers 2 65 34
Bryce Partridge 9 377 51
FLORIDA PUNTS YDS LONG
Matt Leach 1 24 24
Eric Wilbur 3 124 65

Kick Returns
 
SAN JOSE STATE RET YDS LONG
Trestin George 2 33 17
Kendrick Starling 6 155 56
FLORIDA RET YDS LONG
None

Punt Returns
 
SAN JOSE STATE RET YDS LONG
Jamall Broussard 1 7 7
FLORIDA RET YDS LONG
Vernell Brown 3 43 24
Keiwan Ratliff 6 106 27

Interceptions
 
SAN JOSE STATE INT YDS
Michael Smith 1 0
FLORIDA INT YDS
Tre Orr 1 72
Guss Scott 1 38



ATTENDANCE: 90,011 (Swamp record with new renovation)
 

 

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