TENNESSEE #16 FLORIDA
0 10
7 6
6 14
10 3
- 23 - 33
Sept. 17 | Griffin Stadium | Gainesville, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. | Attendance: 90,744
Time 10:45 01:10 11:57 08:31 01:43 11:41 08:08 04:25 13:33 07:19 04:46
Scoring Play Conversion Plays Burton,T. 1 yd pass from Brantley,J. Sturgis,C kick 9-80 Sturgis,C 28 yd field goal 12-68 Sturgis,C 30 yd field goal 4-0 Sturgis,C 46 yd field goal 4-6 Lane, M. 8 yd pass from Bray, T. Palardy, M. kick 6-89 Burton,T. 1 yd run Sturgis,C kick 7-42 Rainey,C. 83 yd pass from Brantley,J. Sturgis,C kick 2-80 Rogers, D. 14 yd pass from Bray, T. Bray pass failed 5-36 Palardy, M. 20 yd field goal 9-28 Sturgis,C 42 yd field goal 12-50 Rivera, M. 18 yd pass from Bray, T. Palardy, M. kick 8-60
TOP 4:15 4:25 2:13 1:59 2:15 3:06 0:53 1:46 4:31 6:14 2:33
UT-UF 0-7 0-10 0-13 0-16 7-16 7-23 7-30 13-30 16-30 16-33 23-33
TD 0 0 0
Long 10 5 10
Avg. 2.0 1.8 -0.4
Passing Bray
C-A 26-48
Yds 288
TD 3
Int 2
Long 22
Receiving Arnett Rivera D. Rogers Totals
No. 8 5 5 26
FLORIDA Rushing Rainey Demps Totals
Att 21 10 40
Passing Brantley
C-A-I 14-23
Receiving Burton Demps Rainey Totals
Yds 108 48 134
Yds 59 71 62 288 TD 0 0 1
TD Long 0 12 1 20 1 22 3 22
Long 24 28 28
Yds 213
TD 2
No. 4 4 2 14
Yds 38 37 104 213
RECORDS
Qtr 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th
Yds 18 9 -9
VOLMANAC
Team UF UF UF UF UT UF UF UT UT UF UT
Att 9 5 21
HONORS
SCORING SUMMARY
Rushing Poole Lane Totals
HISTORY
Player Notes • Tyler Bray now has at least one TD pass in nine consecutive games, which is the longest current streak in the SEC. • Bray continued to add to his Tennessee record with his ninth consecutive game with at least two touchdown passes. • Bray completed passes to a career-high tying nine different receivers, eight of which had at least one by the end of the first half. That is the most receivers UT has completed a pass to in a single game this season. • Bray’s interception on his first pass of the second half was his first in 84 passes this season.
TENNESSEE
REVIEW
INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS
THE WRAPUP For the Record • Tennessee is now 19-22 all-time against Florida, including a 5-11 mark in Gainesville • The loss snaps Tennessee’s six-game regular-season winning streak and threegame SEC winning streak
PLAYERS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Tennessee’s trip to The Swamp turned out to be a real stick in the mud. Playing nearly the entire game without wide receiver Justin Hunter, Tennessee fell behind early and couldn’t catch back up as No. 16 Florida claimed its seventh consecutive victory over the Vols, 33-23, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Gators (3-0, 1-0 SEC) stifled the Vols’ run game, which finished with minus-9 yards, although three sacks and several bad snaps cost the Vols’ rushing total. Running the ball in big chunks wasn’t a problem for the Gators, though, and Tennessee (2-1, 0-1 SEC) couldn’t find an answer for Chris Rainey. Florida’s 5-foot-9 senior running back had 212 yards of total offense, including 108 yards rushing on 21 carries. He also blocked a UT punt early in the second quarter that led to a field goal. Rainey certainly showed his speed on an 83-yard touchdown reception with 8:08 remaining in the third quarter that gave the Gators a commanding 30-7 lead. Still, the Vols didn’t exactly wilt. UT countered with two more touchdowns and a field goal to pull within 10 points, but the Gators ended any threat of a UT comeback when Matt Elam intercepted Tyler Bray’s pass at the Florida 17 with less than two minutes remaining Despite missing his favorite target, Bray connected for three passing touchdowns, one each to Marlin Lane, Da’Rick Rogers and Mychal Rivera. True freshman DeAnthony Arnett led UT with eight catches for 59 yards in place of Hunter. Asked after the game if he felt like the Vols could have won with Hunter, Bray said, “There’s always ‘what ifs.’ What if I didn’t throw two interceptions and threw five touchdowns instead?” Hunter, who emerged as Bray’s favorite target late last season, landed awkwardly on his left leg on his only reception of the game, a 12-yard completion on the Vols’ fourth play from scrimmage. The sophomore injured his left knee and watched the second half from the sidelines in street clothes. The Vols were able to change things up just before halftime after a slow start on offense. Taking over at its own 11-yard line, Tennessee moved 89 yards in six plays and scored a touchdown on an 8-yard pass from Bray to tailback Marlin Lane with 1:43 to go before the break.
UT UF FIRST DOWNS 23 17 NET YARDS RUSHING -9 134 Rushing Attempts 21 40 Average Per Rush -0.4 3.3 Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 NET YARDS PASSING 288 213 Completions-Attempts-Int 26-48-2 14-23-0 Average Per Attempt 6.0 9.3 Average Per Completion 11.1 15.2 Passing Touchdowns 3 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 279 347 Total offense plays 69 63 Average Gain Per Play 4.0 5.5 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 10-94 16-150 PUNTS-YARDS 4-171 4-154 Average Yards Per Punt 42.8 38.5 Net Yards Per Punt 32.5 35.2 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-323 8-523 Average Yards Per Kickoff 64.6 65.4 Net Yards Per Kickoff 43.6 46.6 Touchbacks 0 3 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-13-0 3-21-0 Average Per Return 6.5 7.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-90-0 5-105-0 Average Per Return 18.0 21.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-19-0 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 0 Possession Time 29:17 30:43 1st Quarter 6:20 8:40 2nd Quarter 7:35 7:25 3rd Quarter 9:27 5:33 4th Quarter 5:55 9:05 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 4 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 4-4 Touchdowns 3-5 2-4 Field goals 1-5 2-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 3-26 PAT Kicks 2-2 3-3 Field Goals 1-2 4-4
STAFF
Vols Fall 33-23 in the Swamp
TEAM STATISTICS
GENERAL
Game 3
Avg. 5.1 4.8 3.3
Long Sack 0 83 TD Long 1 16 0 28 1 83 2 83
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