Florida Gators blow early lead to Tennessee Volunteers

The Florida Gators (3-1, 1-1) blew an early 21-0 lead to the Tennessee Volunteers to fall in Neyland stadium for the first time in 12 years.

Florida started out with solid defense before getting torched through the air in the second half and allowing Tennessee to come back and win the game.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Florida 7, Tennessee 0- 3-yard touchdown pass from Austin Appleby to DeAndre Goolsby with 13:35 to go.

Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 75 yards, 1:25 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Florida 14, Tennessee 0- 15-yard touchdown pass from Austin Appleby to Jordan Cronkrite with 14:10 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 93 yards, 3:27 time of possession.

Florida 21, Tennessee 0- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Jordan Scarlett with 5:12 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 80 yards, 3:45 time of possession.

 

Florida 21, Tennessee 3- 28-yard field goal is good by Aaron Medley with 2:39 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 65 yards, 2:33 time of possession

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Florida 21, Tennessee 10- 23-yard touchdown pass from Josh Dobbs to Jalen Hurd with 7:29 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 64 yards, 3:29 time of possession.

 

Florida 21, Tennessee 17- 20-yard touchdown pass from Josh Dobbs to Ethan Wolf with 59 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 3 plays for 51 yards, 59 seconds time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Tennessee, 24, Florida 21- 67-yard touchdown pass from Josh Dobbs to Jauan Jennings with12:25 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 78yards, 1:29 time of possession.

 

Tennessee 31, Florida 21- 42-yard touchdown pass from Josh Dobbs to Josh Malone with 11:48 to go.

Scoring Drive: 3 plays for 42 yards, 46 second time of possession.

Tennessee 38, Florida 21- 5-yard rushing touchdown by Josh Dobbs with 8:27 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 50, 1:47 time of possession.

Tennessee 38, Florida 28- 10-yard touchdown pass from Austin Appleby to Freddie Swain with 4:17 to go.

Andrew Spivey
Andrew always knew he wanted to be involved with sports in some capacity. He began by coaching high school football for six years before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. While coaching, he was a part of two state semifinal teams in the state of Alabama. Given his past coaching experience, he figured covering recruiting would be a perfect fit. He began his career as an intern for Rivals.com, covering University of Florida football recruiting. After interning with Rivals for six months, he joined the Gator Country family as a recruiting analyst. Andrew enjoys spending his free time on the golf course and watching his beloved Atlanta Braves. Follow him on Twitter at @AndrewSpiveyGC.