Florida Gators fall on the road to Ole Miss 34-24 in Oxford

The Florida Gators (3-7, 2-5) fell on the road to the Ole Miss Rebels (10-1, 6-1) 34-24 on Saturday night in Oxford.

Florida fell behind 10-0 to Ole Miss but battled back to take a lead into halftime but that was the last of the scoring for the Gators.

The Gators’ defense held strong until the 4th quarter when the lack of time of possession by the offense finally caught up to the defense.

FIRST QUARTER:

Ole Miss 7, Florida 0- 3-yard rushing touchdown by Kewan Lacy with 9:09 to go.

Scoring Drive: 12 plays for 80 yards, 4:56 time of possession.

Ole Miss 10, Florida 0- 27-yard field goal is good by Lucas Carneiro with 3:58 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 62 yards, 3:09 time of possession.

Ole Miss 10, Florida 7- 5-yard rushing touchdown by DJ Lagway with 1:13 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 75 yards, 2:45 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Florida 14, Ole Miss 10- 2-yard rushing touchdown by Jaden Baugh with 14:56 to go.

Scoring Drive: 2 plays for 5 yards, 1:07 time of possession.

Ole Miss 17, Florida 14- 43-yard touchdown pass from Trinidad Chambliss to De’Zhaun Stribling with 9:39 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 75 yards, 5:17 time of possession.

Florida 21, Ole Miss 17- 57-yard touchdown pass from DJ Lagway to J. Michael Sturdivant with 6:54 to go.

Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 75 yards, 2:45 time of possession.

Florida 21, Ole Miss 20- 23-yard field goal is good by Lucas Carneiro with 1:52 to go.

Scoring Drive: 13 plays for 69 yards, 5:02 time of possession.

Florida 24, Ole Miss 20- 38-yard field goal is good by Trey Smack with 7 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 12 plays for 55 yards, 1:49 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

FOURTH QUARTER:

Ole Miss 27, Florida 24- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Kewan Lacy with 14:57 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 86 yards, 1:48 time of possession.

Ole Miss 34, Florida 24- 4-yard rushing touchdown by Kewan Lacy with 1:43 to go.

Scoring Drive: 1 play for 4 yards, 5 seconds 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.