The Florida Gators (4-2, 2-2) beat the South Carolina Gamecocks (2-3, 1-2) 41-39 on the road in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday.
Florida’s running game struggled at times, but quarterback Graham Mertz had a great day as he threw for 423 yards which is a new career high.
The Gators’ defense struggled for most of the game as they allowed 150 yards on the ground which was a season-high for the Gamecocks.
FIRST QUARTER:
Florida 7, South Carolina 0- 3-yard rushing touchdown by Trevor Etieene with 10:47 to go.
Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 66 yards, 4:07 time of possession.
Florida 7, South Carolina 7- 6-yard passing touchdown from Spencer Rattler to Trey Knox with 7:49 to go.
Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 75 yards, 2:58 time of possession.
Florida 10, South Carolina 7- 48-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 4:08 to go.
Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 45 yards, 3:41 time of possession.
South Carolina 14, Florida 10- 17-yard rushing touchdown by Juju McDowell with 2:02 to go.
Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 75 yards, 2:02 time of possession.
SECOND QUARTER:
South Carolina 14, Florida 13- 44-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 13:39 to go.
Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 49 yards, 3:23 time of possession.
Florida 21, South Carolina 14- 7-yard passing touchdown from Graham Mertz to Kahleil Jackson with 8:13 to go.
Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 82 yards, 2:23 time of possession.
Florida 21, South Carolina 21- 20-yard touchdown pass from Spencer Rattler to Mario Anderson with 4:57 to go.
Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 75 yards, 3:16 time of possession
Florida 24, South Carolina 21- 28-yard field goal by Trey Smack with 3 seconds to go.
Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 45 yards, 1:21 time of possession.
THIRD QUARTER:
Florida 24, South Carolina 24- 27-yard field goal is good by Mitch Jeter with 10:26 to go.
Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 66 yards, 4:34 time of possession.
Florida 27, South Carolina 24- 54-yard field goal by Trey Smack is good with 7:24 to go.
Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 39 yards, 3:02 time of possession.
FOURTH QUARTER:
South Carolina 31, Florida 27- 3-yard touchdown pass from Spencer Rattler to Juju McDowell with 14:55 to go.
Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 72 yards, 3:42 time of possession.
South Carolina 37, Florida 27- 33-yard passing touchdown from Spencer Rattler to Joshua Simon with 9:11 to go.
Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 69 yards, 2:21 time of possession.
South Carolina 37, Florida 34- 4-yard passing touchdown from Graham Mertz to Arlis Boardingham with 4:40 to go.
Scoring Drive: 14 plays for 75 yards, 4:31 time of possession.
Florida 41, South Carolina 37- 21-yard passing touchdown from Graham Mertz to Ricky Pearsall with 47 seconds to go.
Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 75 yards, 1:56 time of possession.
Florida 41, South Carolina 39- safety