Florida Gators football runs past Vanderbilt at home

The Florida Gators (3-1, 3-0) defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores (3-2, 0-2) at home on Saturday to improve its winning streak to three games.

Florida behind a strong running game pulled away from Vanderbilt in the second half after Feleipe Franks had to take over for an injured Luke Del Rio at quarterback.

The Gators offense looked better on Saturday and racked up over 400 yards of total offense against the Commodores.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Florida 7, Vanderbilt 0- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine with 6:12 to go.

Scoring Drive: 10 plays for 62 yards, 5:20 time of possession.

 

Florida 7, Vanderbilt 7- 13-yard passing touchdown from Kyle Shurmur to Kalija Lipscomb with 2:17 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 75 yards, 3:55 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Florida 14, Vanderbilt 7- 13-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine 10:03 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 45 yards, 2:56 time of possession.

 

Florida 14, Vanderbilt 14- 12-yard passing touchdown from Kyle Shurmur to Caleb Scott with 6:51 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 75 yards, 3:12 time of possession.

 

Vanderbilt 17, Florida 14- 42-yard field goal is good by Tommy Openshaw with 43 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 60 yards, 3:57 time of possession.

 

Florida 17, Vanderbilt 17- 21-yard field goal is good by Eddy Pineiro with no time left.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 71 yards, 43 seconds time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Florida 24, Vanderbilt 17- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Malik Davis with 6:56 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 73 yards, 3:56 time of possession.

 

Florida 31, Vanderbilt 17- 1-yard rushing touchdown by Lamical Perine with 14:18 to go.

Scoring Drive: 12 plays for 65 yards, 6:04 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Florida 31, Vanderbilt 24- 7-yard passing touchdown by Kyle Shurmur to Nathan Marcus with 3:14 to go.

Scoring Drive: 14 plays for 77 yards, 3:56 time of possession.

 

Florida 38, Vanderbilt 24- 39-yard rushing touchdown by Malik Davis with 1:42 to go.

Scoring Drive: 5 plays for 48 yards, 1:31 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.