Florida Gators defeat South Carolina at home

The Florida Gators (7-3, 5-3) defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks (5-4, 4-4) at home in a big come from behind victor to end the conference schedule.

Florida was down by 17 points late in the third quarter but came from behind to beat South Carolina by a huge running game.

The Gators gained over 500 yards of offense with 370 plus yards of those coming on the ground as both Lamical Perine and Jordan Scarlett went for over 100 yards on the ground.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

South Carolina 7, Florida 0- 2-yard touchdown pass from Jake Bentley to Jacob August with 9:17 to go.

Scoring Drive: 13 plays for 83 yards, 5:43 time of possession.

 

South Carolina 14, Florida 0- 19-yard touchdown pass from Jake Bentley to Kyle Markway with 4:51 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 84 yards, 1:41 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

South Carolina 14, Florida 7- 2-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine with 13:46 to go.

Scoring Drive: 13 plays for 75 yards, 6:05 time of possession.

 

Florida 14, South Carolina 14- 10-yard rushing touchdown by Feleipe Franks with 8:58 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 69 yards, 3:12 time of possession.

 

South Carolina 21, Florida 14- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Jake Bentley with 4:21 to go.

Scoring Drive: 12 plays for 71 yards, 4:27 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

South Carolina 24, Florida 14- 34-yard field goal is good with 9:19 to go.

Scoring Drive: five plays for 14 yards, 54 seconds time of possession.

 

South Carolina 31, Florida 14- 4-yard rushing touchdown by Rico Dowdle with 4:41 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 93 yards, 1:59 time of possession.

 

South Carolina 31, Florida 21- 18-yard touchdown pass from Feleipe Franks to Kadarius Toney with 56 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 75 yards, 3:45 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

South Carolina 31, Florida 28- 23-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine with 11:03 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 89 yards, 2:40 time of possession.

 

Florida 35, South Carolina 31- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Feleipe Franks with 4:09 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 66 yards, 4:47 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.