#14 Florida Gators defeat Vanderbilt on the road

The Florida Gators (6-1, 4-1) defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores (3-4, 0-3) on the road on Saturday afternoon to improve to 4-1 in conference play heading into the bye week.

Florida started slow had three turnovers but the Gators came from down 21-3 to win a key SEC game on the road.

The Gators put up over 500 yards of total offense and dominated the game on the ground as Florida went for 293 yards on the ground.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Vanderbilt 7, Florida 0- 1-yard passing touchdown from Kyle Shurmur to Jared Pickney with 6:23 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 98 yards, 3:56 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Vanderbilt 7, Florida 3- 21-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 14:14 to go.

Scoring Drive: 16 plays for 70 yards, 7:09 time of possession.

 

Vanderbilt 14, Florida 3- 75-yard passing touchdown from Kyle Shurmur to Ke’Shawn Vaughn with 13:59 to go.

Scoring Drive: 1 play for 75 yards, 15 seconds time of possession.

 

Vanderbilt 21, Florida 3- 7-yard rushing touchdown by Jordan Wakefield with 6:42 to.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 28 yards, 1:15 time of possession.

 

Vanderbilt 21, Florida 10- 7-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine with 2:30 to go.

Scoring Drive: 12 plays for 75 yards, 4:21 time of possession.

 

Vanderbilt 21, Florida 13- 25-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 0:00 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 77 yards, 1:47 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Vanderbilt 21, Florida 20- 38-yard passing touchdown from Feleipe Franks to Van Jefferson with 5:23 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 80 yards, 4:24 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Florida 27, Vanderbilt 21- 48-yard rushing touchdown by Jordan Scarlett with 14:52 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 95 yards, 2:56 time of possession.

 

Florida 27, Vanderbilt 24- 42-yard field goal is good by Ryler Guay with 12:10 to go.

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

 

Florida 34, Vanderbilt 24- 11-yard passing touchdown from Feleipe Franks to Freddie Swain with 8:07 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 75 yards, 4:03 time of possession.

 

Florida 34, Vanderbilt 27- 53-yard field goal is good by Ryler Guay with 3:55 to go.

Scoring Drive: 14 plays for 42 yards, 4:12 time of possession.

 

Florida 37, Vanderbilt-43-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 37 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 49 yards, 3:18 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.