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Florida 59, Tennessee 20
Quarterly Report Florida
By Randy Moore

Posted Sep 15, 2007

What follows is a quarter-by-quarter breakdown of Florida's 59-20 drubbing of Tennessee Saturday afternoon in Gainesville:

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UT 0 Quarter 1 15:00 0 UF
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Digging itself an early hole, Tennessee allowed an 83-yard punt return by Brandon James and trailed Florida 7-0 with less than two minutes gone. LaMarcus Coker returned the ensuing kickoff 74 yards but Erik Ainge was intercepted by Markihe Anderson at the Gator 9-yard line. Daniel Lincoln's 28-yard field goal closed the gap to 7-3 but Florida answered by zooming 65 yards in three plays to go up 14-3. Tim Tebow capped the drive by hitting Cornelius Ingram for 25 yards and Riley Cooper with a 30-yard TD pass.
KEY PLAY

James' 83-yard punt return. Fielding a low 50-yard punt by Britton Colquitt, James found a gap, made one cut and went 83 yards untouched to the end zone.

KEY PLAYER

James. His return ignited the crowd and the Gators, while simultaneously putting the Vols on their heels.

KEY STAT

Tebow threw just three passes in the period but completed all three for 51 yards and a touchdown.



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UT 3 Quarter 1 00:00 14 UF
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Tennessee drove to a first-and-goal at the Florida 8-yard line but had to settle for a 22-yard field goal by Lincoln that trimmed the gap to 14-6. The Gators again answered immediately, going 58 yards in nine plays to go up 21-6. Tebow kept for 18 yards and later kept for the TD from 7 yards out. After a three-and-out by UT, Florida was at it again, racing 75 yards in five plays to go up 28-6. The big plays saw Tebow hit Louis Murphy for 16 yards, hand to Jarred Fayson for a 28-yard gain then find Cornelius Ingram wide open for a 20-yard TD. Tennessee took the ensuing kickoff and went 64 yards in nine plays, scoring on a 15-yard Ainge-to-Chris Brown pass with 25 seconds left to intermission.
KEY PLAY

The TD pass from Ainge to tight end Brown just shy of halftime. It enabled the Vols to get back in the game, albeit only briefly.

KEY PLAYER

Josh Briscoe. The Vol wideout caught three passes for 36 yards in the period, including grabs of 10 and 20 yards on Tennessee's TD drive just before halftime.

KEY STAT

Tennessee had 7 net rushing yards and a one-half yard-per-carry average. Florida had 115 rushing yards and a 6.8-yard average.



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UT 13 Quarter 2 00:00 28 UF
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The Gators marched to the Vol 16-yard line but Vol freshman Eric Berry stepped in front of a Tebow pass and returned the interception 96 yards for a touchdown that pulled Tennessee within 28-20. The Vols got the ball back at their 12-yard line moments later, needing a TD and a two-point conversion to tie the score. Instead, Ainge and Arian Foster botched a handoff that Florida linebacker Dustin Doe scooped up and returned 17 yards for a touchdown, padding the lead to 35-20. After a three-and-out by UT, James fumbled Colquitt's punt but recovered at it the Gator 1-yard line. Tebow hit Percy Harvin with a 49-yard pass to get Florida off its goal line and the Gators were still driving as the quarter ended.
KEY PLAY

Doe's fumble return. That broke the Vols' momentum and also broke their backs.

KEY PLAYER

Berry. His 96-yard interception return could've been the game-changing play if Tennessee hadn't given the TD right back moments later.

KEY STAT

Florida kept the ball 14 minutes and 33 seconds in the quarter. Tennessee had the ball 27 seconds, covering three scrimmage plays and a punt.



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UT 20 Quarter 3 00:00 35 UF
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Harvin took an end-around 19 yards to the end zone on the first play of the period, capping an eight-play, 99-yard drive that widened the gap to 42-20. After a failed fourth-down pass by Tennessee, Florida went 47 yards in two plays. Tebow hit Harvin for 48 yards on the first, then rambled five yards for the TD on the second, boosting the lead to 49-20. After a 25-yard field goal, backup QB Cameron Newton closed the scoring with a four-yard keeper as the Gators rolled 59-20.
KEY PLAY

Harvin's 19-yard TD run on the first play of the period that boosted the lead to 22 points. Tennessee was dead in the water after that.

KEY PLAYER

Harvin. His 48-yard catch set up one TD and his 18-yard run produced another.

KEY STAT

Florida shredded Tennessee's defense for 554 total yards and broke seven plays that gained 20 yards or more ... not counting the 83-yard punt return.



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UT 20 Quarter 4 00:00 59 UF
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More in-depth info...

Game #: 1132
Site: Gainesville
Date: Sep. 15
Conference: SECE
Coach Match-up:
For the Vols - Fulmer and for the Gators - Meyer



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