Florida Gators defeats Michigan Wolverines in Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl

The Florida Gators (10-3, 5-3) defeated the Michigan Wolverines (10-3, 8-1) on Saturday to win the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl.

Florida’s offense started slow but picked it up in the second quarter and continued that in the second half of the game.

Quarterback Feleipe Franks had a good game for the Gators both on the ground and passing to help the Gators defeat the Wolverines.

 

FIRST QUARTER

Florida 3, Michigan 0- 28-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 5:37 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 71 yards, 3:52 time of possession.

 

Michigan 7, Florida 3- 9-yard touchdown pass from Shea Patterson to Donovan Peoples-Jones with 2:03 to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 75 yards, 3:34 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Michigan 7, Florida 6- 26-yard field goal is good by Evan McPherson with 12:22 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 66 yards, 4:41 time of possession.

 

Michigan 10, Florida 6-48-yard field goal is good by Jake Moody with 5:56 to go.

Scoring Drive: 4 plays for 0 yards, 1:58 time of possession.

 

Florida 13, Michigan 10- 20-yard rushing touchdown by Feleipe Franks with 2:41 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 75 yards, 3:15 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Florida 20, Michigan 10- 5-yard touchdown from Feleipe Franks to Lamical Perine with 8:06 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 44 yards, 2:43 time of possession.

 

Florida 27, Michigan 10- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Jordan Scarlett with 2:34 to go in the game.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 63 yards, 4:07 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER

Florida 27, Michigan 13- 26-yard field goal is good by Jake Moody with 12:16 to go.

Scoring Drive: 11 plays for 67 yards, 5:18 time of possession.

 

Florida 34, Michigan 13- 53-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine with 9:21 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 75 yards, 2:55 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.