Florida Gators fall in blowout fashion to the Miami Hurricanes

The Florida Gators (0-1) lost to the Miami Hurricanes (1-0) 38-17 on Saturday afternoon in blow-out fashion.

The Hurricanes defense dominated the Gators and outside of one long run from Montrell Johnson, the rushing game was non-existent for Florida.

Quarterback Graham Mertz was injured during the third quarter and had to leave the game.

On defense, the Gators had no answer for Cam Ward and the Canes’ passing attack.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Miami 7, Florida 0- 9-yard passing touchdown from Cam Ward to Cam McCormick with 6:48 to go.

Scoring Drive: 11 plays for 84 yards, 5:39 time of possession.

Miami 7, Florida 3– 41-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 19 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 10 yards, 2:06 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Miami 10, Florida 3– 23-yard field goal Andres Borregles with 9:53 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 70 yards, 5:26 time of possession.

Miami 17, Florida 3- 10-yard rushing touchdown by Mark Fletcher with 6:41 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 58 yards, 1:23 time of possession.

Miami 17, Florida 10– 71-yard rushing touchdown by Montrell Johnson with 3:21 to go.

Scoring Drive: 1 play for 71 yards, 11 seconds time of possession.

Miami 24, Florida 10– 24-yard touchdown pass from Cam Ward to Xavier Restrepo with 45 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 75 yards, 2:36 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Miami 31, Florida 10: 1-yard rushing touchdown by Mark Fletcher Jr. with 12:25 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 75 yards, 2:35 time of possession.

Miami 38, Florida 10– 23-yard touchdown pass from Cam Ward to to Jacolby George with 6:08 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 86 yards, 3:49 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Miami 38, Florida 17: 1-yard rushing touchdown by Treyaun Webb with 7:14 to play.

Scoring drive: 9 plays for 58 yards, 4:03 time of possession.

Miami 41, Florida 17: 26 yard field goal from Andres Borregales is good.

Scoring drive: Six plays for 37 yards, 3:14 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.