Another 28 points was scored in the third quarter beginning with a 62-yard rushing touchdown by true freshman Jeffery Demps. Although the Gators finished the game with 25 less yards of offense (398 vs. 373), the Gators were able to force four turnovers (1 fumble, 3 interceptions) and capitalized off of them. He was quoted as saying "I wanted to make sure we left this game with our hearts on the field." Georgia attempted an onside kick following the score, but was unable to recover the ball setting up the Gators at the Georgia 41-yard line. In this game, Percy Harvin set a school record for rushing yards by a wide receiver. At this point, both starting quarterbacks had thrown for two interceptions each. The previous time the two met at Neyland Stadium, the Gators were able to win by a slim one point and then went on to win the BCS National Championship. This game is also the first regular season meeting between the two teams since 2003 where the then #18 Gators nearly upset the #3 Miami Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl. The Gators fifth offensive possession ended with a questionable fumble call. Notre Dame beat Miami at South Bend with a score of 2920. [54] Florida's staff also suffered an employment change when offensive coordinator Dan Mullen accepted the head coaching position at Mississippi State University replacing Sylvester Croom who resigned. [16], at Ben Hill Griffith Stadium, Gainesville, Florida, Florida's SEC home opener had the Gators face off against the Ole Miss Rebels. Florida entered the game with a three-game winning streak started during Florida head coach Urban Meyer's first season at Florida. The Gators capitalized off the turnover and formed a drive taking nearly 7 minutes off the game clock. The drive ended with a touchdown run by WR Percy Harvin. The 2007 season SEC East representative in the title game was the Tennessee Volunteers. Entering this game, Urban Meyer was 211 at home in Gainesville and Houston Nutt was 03 against the Gators. Zach Abolverdi Gator Sports 0:00 2:20 The Early Signing Period has arrived for new Florida coach Billy Napier and his staff. Our NFL Nation reporters answered big draft questions for each team with a top-10 pick in April's draft. After the game, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow addressed the media on the loss to Ole Miss: I'm sorry. This would be the final score of the game with the Gators leading 4515 with a little less than 12 minutes remaining. 5 Florida Tops Kentucky, 63-5, on Homecoming", "Tebow steers Florida to 22nd straight win vs. Kentucky", "Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs Play-by-Play, November 1, 2008", "No. With just two offensive plays on Ole Miss's next possession, Florida safety Major Wright picked off a Jevan Snead pass and set up the Gators in Ole Miss territory. The last time this occurred was on October 20, 1990, when the 1989 champions University of Miami played the 1988 champions Notre Dame. Florida's offense stuttered on their next possession and eventually punted the ball back to Oklahoma who had 2:32 left in the first half. The Gators would take the lead following the extra point and would not give it back. On the following South Carolina offensive possession, Gator DB Ahmad Black intercepted another Chris Smelley pass after it was deflected by Gator linebacker Brandon Hicks. 2008 Florida Gators Roster | College Football at Sports-Reference.com via Sports Logos.net About logos 2008 Florida Gators Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 13-1 (2nd of 119) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 1st in the Final AP poll Conference: SEC (East Division) Conference Record: 7-1 Coach: Urban Meyer (13-1) Points For: 611 Ole Miss's offense was unable to do much the rest of the half and ended their next two possession with punts and a third with a turnover on downs. Starting 68 yards away from the end zone, Florida scored a touchdown in less than 2 minutes with Percy Harvin running in from 15 yards for the score. Offensive woes continued for both sides as neither team was able to score points. To close out the third quarter, Alabama was able to get the ball into Florida territory where they attempted, and made, a 27-yard field goal. Neither team had turnovers, but the Gators' defense held Miami to 140 total yards (79 passing, 61 rushing) and kept Miami out of the red zone the entire game.[13]. Tim Tebow and Louis Murphy connected on a 48-yard pass on the second play of the drive to score a touchdown only 38 seconds after having initiating the drive. Richard Truett. By Cody Nagel Jan 3, 2020. I won't do anything like that again. However, needing only three plays in the second quarter, the Gators scored a touchdown with a pass from Tim Tebow to senior WR Louis Murphy, who managed to get the ball over the goal line with his right hand prior to fumbling. New posts Search forums. This brought the halftime score to 496. Redshirt freshman QB John Brantley took snaps in place of Tim Tebow and was able to put together a touchdown scoring drive. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus. Four ex-Tennessee football staffers have agreed with the NCAA to show-cause penalties ranging from three to five years stemming from recruiting violations. With just three plays and one net yard, the Gators defense forced Alabama to punt early. Florida's defense shut out Georgia in the first quarter, but Georgia was able to put points on the board with a 35-yard field goal cutting Florida's lead to 4. On the ensuing drive, Florida tied the game with a 19-yard field goal after getting as close as the 2-yard line. Fortunately for the Gators, the Sooners were unable to capitalize off of the rare Florida turnover. This was only the fourth time in college football history that two Heisman winners faced one another. . This was the third interception of the game; the first for Sam Bradford in the game. After a 25-yard kickoff return by Brandon James, Florida put together a 49-yard drive ending with touchdown off of a Tim Tebow rush, tying the game at 24 a piece. Florida's special teams was able to block a Miami punt attempt resulting in a safety as the ball went out of bounds with 47 seconds left in the half. By the end of the third quarter, Florida's defense forced five Miami punts and allowed only one field goal. After another failed drive for Vanderbilt on offense, their punt was blocked by Florida Gator Carlos Dunlap. This brought the score to 283 at the half. The first touchdown of the season came off of a Brandon James 1-yard touchdown run capping an 80-yard drive that took only 10 plays. ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Coming into the game, Tim Tebow only had thrown two interceptions all year. Urban Meyer was 21 against Georgia before the game with his only loss coming the previous year in a 4230 win over the Gators. An attendance record was set with this game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium with 90,833.[11]. The first meeting between these two teams took place in 1910 where the Gators defeated the Bulldogs 62 in Jacksonville. In a family with four siblings, Robby Tebow could certainly identify with that. The final sack of the game by Jaye Howard also caused a fumble by Drew Weatherford, which Jaye Howard was able to recover. Three of those ended with turnovers (2 fumbles, 1 interception), four ending with punts, one with a turnover on downs, and one touchdown. The blocked extra point left the score at 3815. Florida's defense continued to keep Kentucky out of scoring position allowing the Gators to pile on the points. On a 1st and 10, senior QB John Parker Wilson was intercepted by sophomore DB Joe Haden. In this game, Gator WR Percy Harvin suffered an injury that would prevent him from playing the SEC Championship Game the following week.[49]. The Gators' offense was able to put together a 47-yard drive finishing with a 15-yard Tim Tebow touchdown pass to WR Percy Harvin extending the lead to 270. A rep for TobyMac, whose real name is Kevin McKeehan, told us that Truett died at. Vanderbilt's third possession resulted in an interception by Gator DB Ahmad Black. [27], LSU opened the second half scoring a quick touchdown off of a 3-yard rush by backup QB Andrew Hatch creating a 140 run after a 20-0 Florida run. 131,-K/kg. Microwave engineering firm providing affordable and robust bandwidth options. [44], The Gators defense took control of the game early shortly after The Citadel received the opening kickoff. [10], The Florida Gators took on the Miami Hurricanes for the first time since the 2004 Peach Bowl where the Gators lost to Miami 2710. 2 Football Caps Regular Season with 45-15 Win Over No. This gave the Tide the first lead of the game, 107, and this was the Gators' first time trailing in the first quarter since their loss at home to Ole Miss earlier in the season. This would be the Gators' last score of the game, eclipsing the 70-point mark. The next offensive possession for Florida finished with another long touchdown run by true freshman Jeffery Demps. Tim Tebow ran the ball in for a touchdown on the following change of possessionhis third rushing TD of the game and 40th of his career. A 63-yard Tennessee drive ending with a Jonathan Crompton 1-yard TD run. This was the second redzone drive of the season the Gators did not score. With 1:04 remaining in the 3rd quarter, Vanderbilt prevented a shutout and scored a touchdown with a Nickson pass. This was the first time since 1996 that the Gators scored over 50 points on LSU. Georgia led the series entering the game 45-38-2. The Citadel had 3 turnovers in the game, all of which were interceptions. Georgia continued to struggle on offense and their next drive resulted in a punt. [57], The Gators ended the game with 480 yards of offense to Oklahoma's 363. They capped their season by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS National Championship Game 2414. [56], After winning the coin toss, the Oklahoma Sooners elected to receive the ball and put the Gators on defense to start the game. This TD brought the score to 350 with over 13 minutes remaining in the half. Florida's defense forced Kentucky into a fourth down attempt. In response, the Gators put together a 10 play drive consuming 86 yards of the field ending with a 4-yard rushing touchdown by Tim Tebow over a pile of FSU defenders, bringing the score to 216 in favor of the Gators. Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach (Tanner Stine) finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. On a 4-yard TD run into the endzone, Tebow slid in on the wet turf, causing the front of his white Away jersey to get wet red paint on it. This positioned Ole Miss for the go ahead touchdown pass that only took 18 seconds to score. This was the Gators' second visit to the SEC Championship Game since the 2006 game where they faced the SEC West champion Arkansas. The image of Tebow's paint-stained Jersey became one of the lasting and memorable images in sports for 2008 and for the decade at large. Find the COLLEGE-FOOTBALL Florida Gators player roster for this season on FOX Sports. The Gators' third scoring drive of the game only took four plays and 1:39 finishing with a 16-yard Percy Harvin rushing TD. 2010: Participated in four games for the Gators Named to the 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll This was Percy's second rushing TD of the game. 2007 Florida starting quarterback Tim Tebow and 2007 Hawaii starting quarterback Colt Brennan were both finalists for the Heisman Trophy where the two met in New York for the award ceremony. Zach, an all-state athlete, hopes that a football scholarship to the University of Florida will help them get away from their difficult past and lead them to a brighter future. This IP address and server theme was adapted from . Redshirt freshman quarterback John Brantley took over the offense in the fourth quarter for Tim Tebow. This was the first Gator turnover of the season. The second half was a mirror image of the first half for the Gators. You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season. Home. He was later quoted in summer media presses: "In hindsight, I shouldn't have done it. With the win over #1 Alabama, the Gators were selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game the following day where they would face against the Oklahoma Sooners. Starting at the Florida 25-yard line, the Gators moved the ball effectively, needing only three plays to get to midfield. They have also lived in Buchanan, GA and Tallapoosa, GA. After a defensive stop by the Gators on the ensuing Warriors' drive, special teams standout Brandon James returned a punt for a touchdown. The Gator defense forced three fourth quarter Miami punts, 8 total for the game, with the final score coming off of a made field goal by the Gators, bringing the final score 263. You can view more information on Zach Truett below. South Carolina continued to make mistakes. But Zach, a slick and speedy running back who's on the verge of taking his team to the state championship, knows football will provide an escape for himself and Dave. John Brantley and the Gators put together a 66-yard drive finishing with a touchdown pass to redshirt freshman WR Deonte Thompson. They were led by fourth-year head coach Urban Meyer . [22], The Gators traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take on their second of three SEC West opponents in the regular season to face first year Razorback coach Bobby Petrino. 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