Despite a sparkling defensive effort in which the Kentucky football team held Florida scoreless in the second half, a fourth-quarter rally fell short as Florida prevailed 14-9 on Saturday night in a front of a sold-out Commonwealth Stadium.
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In the end, the Gators’ defense carried the night at Kentucky to extend the nation’s longest head-to-head winning streak to 29 games. He got things going early with a 53-yard interception return leading to Grier’s 1-yard run and Florida held firm after Taylor’s 3-yard TD made it 14-3 in the third quarter.
The United Kingdom defense forced a three-and-out to begin the game, but a Patrick Towles interception set the Gators up 19 yards from the end zone.
While it isn’t fair to say that Treon Harris has played extraordinarily poorly over the first two games of the season, Grier has really shined far more than Harris.
Although not the Florida powerhouse of the Steve Spurrier era, the Gators are still tough to beat and the Wildcats have very little room for error when the two Eastern Conference rivals play each other. “We need to play better all around him”. That represented Tennessee’s highest-scoring quarter since a 35-point first period in a 63-20 victory over Arkansas in 2000. And if the Gators are to contend in the SEC East, it’ll likely be that defense that’s the reason why. “We knew that going into the game”.
Jim McElwain laid into his team following Florida’s 31-24 win over East Carolina in the Swamp last Saturday.
Stopping the run will be a priority this week against Kentucky’s two-headed tandem of Stanley Williams and JoJo Kemp.
“When I graduated, I didn’t think [the streak] would last this long because they always played us tough”, said Bell, who is now the head football coach at Jacksonville University.
Northwestern State (0-3), which plays at the Football Championship Subdivision level, had 257 total yards. “I can only speak to the years that I’ve been here”.
MIAMI (AP) – Alex McGough threw for 242 yards and a career-tying three touchdowns to lead Florida global to a 39-14 win over North Carolina Central on Saturday night. “Obviously, he has a lot of growing to do”, McElwain said. He threw for two touchdowns while completing 10 of 17 passes for 151 yards. They showed their true potential on the defensive side of the ball, now if they can get the offense to do the same, this team can be scary good within the upcoming weeks.
“They’ve done a heck of a job here at Kentucky, give them all the credit in the world when it comes to getting this program where it is”, he said.
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Optimism was building after Kentucky took the Gators to task in three overtimes a year ago before dropping a 36-30 setback in Gainesville. “We had some opportunities”.
