Florida Gators fall to Alabama in the SEC Championship game

Atlanta — The Florida Gators (8-4, 6-3) lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship game on Saturday afternoon.

Florida who was plagued by turnovers was no match for Alabama on Saturday.

 

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Florida 7, Alabama 0- 5-yard passing touchdown by Austin Appleby to Antonio Callaway with 9:51 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 64 yards, 5:09 time of possession.

 

Florida 7, Alabama 3- 31-yard field goal by Adam Griffith is good with 6:58 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for -1 yards, 58 seconds time of possession.

 

Alabama 10, Florida 7- 44-yard interception return by Minkah Fitzpatrick with 5:06 to go.

 

Alabama 16, Florida 7- 25-yard punt block return by Josh Jacobs with 1:42 to go.

 

Alabama 16, Florida 9- PAT blocked returned 98-yards by David Reese with 1:42 to go.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Alabama 23, Florida 9- 6-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to Gehrig Dieter with 11:55 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 88 yards, 2:58 to go.

 

Alabama 36, Florida 9- 25-yard field goal is good by Adam Griffith with 6:33 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 36 yards, 2:01 time of possession.

 

Alabama 33, Florida 9- 6-yard rushing touchdown scored by Josh Jacobs with 3:47 to go.

Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 62 yards, 1:43 time of possession.

 

Alabama 33, Florida 16- 25-yard touchdown pass from Austin Appleby with 19 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 92 yards, 3:23 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Alabama 40, Florida 16- two-yard rushing touchdown by Bo Scarbrough with 3:32 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 98 yards, 3:16 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Alabama 47, Florida 16- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Bo Scarbrough with 9:15 to go.

Scoring Drive: 15 plays for 91 yards, 7:34 time of possession.

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.