The Florida Gators take down the Texas Longhorns on the road

The Florida Gators (5-2, 3-2) defeated the Texas Longhorns (4-2, 1-2) 27-24 in come from behind fashion on Saturday on the road.

Florida started the game slow and went down 17-3 before scoring the next 24 points and taking a 4th quarter lead.

The Gators defense who has struggled a lot of the year, came up big in Saturday’s win as LJ McCray had one of his best games as a Gator.

 

FIRST QUARTER:

Texas 7, Florida 0- 32-yard rushing touchdown by Raleek Brown with 11:42 to go.

Scoring Drive: 7 plays for 75 yards, 3:18 time of possession.

Texas 10, Florida 0- 38-yard field goal is good by Gianni Spetic with 6:42 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 60 yards, 2:52 time of possession.

 

SECOND QUARTER:

Texas 10, Florida 3- 45-yard field goal is good by Patrick Durkin with 13:48 to go.

Scoring Drive: 8 plays for 37 yards, 3:47 time of possession.

Texas 17, Florida 3- 63-yard punt return for a touchdown by Ryan Niblett with 11:27 to go.

Texas 17, Florida 10- 7-yard passing touchdown from Trammel Jones to Lacota Dippre with 17 seconds to go.

Scoring Drive: 9 plays for 49 yards, 2:26 time of possession.

 

THIRD QUARTER:

Florida 17, Texas 17- 8-yard passing touchdown from Trammel Jones to Lacota Dippre with 6:50 to go.

Scoring Drive: 15 plays for 69 yards, 8:03 time of possession.

 

FOURTH QUARTER:

Florida 20, Texas 17- 28-yard field goal is good by Patrick Durkin with 10:43 to go.

Scoring Drive: 14 plays for 57 yards, 6:31 time of possession.

Florida 27, Texas 17- 11-yard rushing touchdown by Jadan Baugh with 6:22 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 45 yards, 2:08 time of possession.

Florida 27, Texas 24- 9-yard passing touchdown from Arch Manning to Cam Coleman with 4:21 to go.

Scoring Drive: 6 plays for 75 yards, 2:01 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.