The Florida Gators (0-1, 0-0) fell to the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday to open the season in Dallas, Texas.
Florida’s offense never gained in any rhythm in the game and ended playing two quarterbacks in the game.
The Gators defensive provided a little spark in the second quarterback when they returned two interceptions back for touchdowns.
FIRST QUARTER
Florida 3, Michigan 0- 46-yard field goal is good by Eddy Pineiro with 12:26 to go.
Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 46 yards, 2:34 time of possession.
Florida 3, Michigan 3- 22-yard field goal is good by Quinn Nordin with 5:27 to go.
Scoring Drive: 14 plays for 68 yards, 6:59 time of possession.
Michigan 10, Florida 3- 46-yard touchdown pass to Tarik Black with 3:01 to go.
Scoring Drive: 3 plays, for 75 yards, 43 seconds time of possession.
SECOND QUARTER:
Florida 10, Michigan 10- 48-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Duke Dawson with 12:19 to go.
Florida 17, Michigan 10- 41-yard interception returned for a touchdown by C.J. Henderson with 10:50 to go.
Florida 17, Michigan 13- 55-yard field goal is good by Quinn Nordin with 4:20 to go.
Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 33 yards, 2:42 time of possession.
THIRD QUARTER:
Michigan 20, Florida 17- 3-yard rushing touchdown by Karan Higdon with 11:53 to go.
Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 75 yards, 3:07 time of possession.
Michigan 23, Florida 17- 30-yard field goal is good by Quinn Nordin with 11:05 to go.
Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 4 yards, 42 seconds time of possession.
Michigan 26, Florida 17- 50-yard field is good by Quinn Nordin with 9:00 to go.
Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 5 yards, 1:09 time of possession.
FOURTH QUARTER:
Michigan 33, Florida 17- fumble recovery in the end zone
Embarrassing loss, can we stop hearing about how the “offensive line has improved this year, seriously guys”…or how the coach is so “laid back”. My money goes to the university every year, and ive been watching since the days of eric rhett and emmitt smith, don’t remember 10 guys being suspended for an opener. There are bigger problems right now than who (or who isn’t making it work) under center.
I said it last year and during the muschamp years, if these guys don’t get a “lunch pale” mentality and stop being front runners, were going to be average for a long time. Michigan is a good team, but its Florida. Florida should be competitive against them and this is the second blowout loss. It’s only one game, but we have not improved, the offensive line is still terrible, and we have character issues. Thats a big hole fellas.