#8 Florida Gators defeats #5 Georgia 44-28 in Jacksonville

The Florida Gators (3-1, 3-1) defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 41-28 (4,1, 4-1) in Jacksonville on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak to the Bulldogs.

Florida fell behind 14-0 quickly but the offense took off after that and had over 400-yards of total offense in the first half as Kyle Trask once again had a field day against an opposing defense.

The Gators’ defense started slow but quickly rebounded and put together a good showing against Georgia’s offense.

FIRST QUARTER

Georgia 7, Florida 0- 75-yard rushing touchdown by Zamir White with 14:48 to go.

Scoring Drive: 1 play for 75 yards, 12 seconds time of possession.

 

Georgia 14, Florida 0- 32-yards receiving touchdown by Marcus Rosemy with 11:44 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 61 yards, 2:14 time of possession.

 

Georgia 14, Florida 7- 14-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Trask to Justin Shorter with 8:20 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 75 yards, 3:24 time of possession.

 

Florida 14, Georgia 14- 2-yard rushing touchdown by Dameon Pierce with 1:43 time of possession.

Scoring Drive: 11 plays for 80 yards, 5:01 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER

Georgia 21, Florida 14- 37-yard interception returned for a touchdown with 12:17 to go.

 

Florida 21, Georgia 21- 25-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Trask to Kyle Pitts with 11:38 to go.

Scoring Drive: 2 plays for 75 yards, 39 second time of possession.

 

Florida 28, Georgia 21- 24-yard passing touchdown from Kyle Trask to Kyle Pitts with 7:44 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 81 yards, 1:55 time of possession.

 

Florida 31, Georgia 21- 50-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 1:44 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 63, 5:03 time of possession.

 

Florida 38, Georgia 21- 14-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Trask to Trevon Grimes with 11 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 48 yards, 28 seconds time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Florida 41, Georgia 21- 51-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 11:48 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 42 yards, 3:12 time of possession.

 

Florida 41, Georgia 28- 25-yard passing touchdown from D’Wan Mathis to Kearis Jackson with 41 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 12 plays for 80 yards, 6:25 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Florida 44, Georgia 28- 34-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 1:19 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 1 yard, 3:47 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.