Florida Gators fall at home to the USF Bulls 18-16

The Florida Gators (1-1, 0-0) lost to the USF Bulls (2-0, 0-0) in the Swamp on Saturday afternoon.

Florida’s offense wasn’t able to convert drives into touchdowns as they had to settle for three first half field goals inside the redzone.

The Gators who did not commit a penalty last week committed 11 penalties in the game including two of them that brought back touchdowns.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Florida 3, USF 0- 28-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 5:39 to go.

Scoring Drive: 14 plays for 81 yards, 6:12 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Florida 3, USF 3- 38-yard field goal is good by Nico Gramatica with 14:52 to go.

Scoring Drive: 15 plays for 55 yards, 5:47 time of possession.

Florida 6, USF 3- 36-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 7:13 to go.

Scoring Drive: 13 plays for 57 yards, 7:39 time of possession.

Florida 9, USF 3- 41-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 1:50 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 64 yards, 3:28 time of possession.

Florida 9, USF 6- 25-yard field goal is good by Nico Gramatica with 0:00 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 68 yards, 1:50 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

USF 13, Florida 9- 66-yard passing touchdown from Byrum Brown to Keshaun Singleton with 2:03 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 86 yards, 1:10 time of possession.

USF 15, Florida 9- safety on a fumbled snap by Florida with 13 seconds to go.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Florida 16, USF 15- 4-yard passing touchdown from DJ Lagway to Tre Wilson with 12:29 to go.

Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 20 yards, 1:53 time of possession.

USF 18, Florida 16- 20-yard field goal is good with 0:00 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.