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3 National Championships // 8 SEC Championships // 720 All-Time Wins // 3 Heisman Trophy Winners 52 First-Round NFL Draft Picks // 70 First-Team All-Americans // 252 First-Team All-SEC Selections 2018 SCHEDULE SEPT. 1 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 53-6 SEPT. 8 KENTUCKY* L, 16-27 SEPT. 15 COLORADO STATE W, 48-10 Sept. 22 at Tennessee* W, 47-21 Sept. 29 at No. 23 Mississippi State* W, 13-6 #11 Florida Gators (8-3, 5-3 SEC) OCT. 6 No. 5 LSU* W, 27-19 at Oct. 13 at Vanderbilt* W, 37-27 Oct. 20 Bye Florida State Seminoles (5-6, 3-5 ACC) Oct. 27 vs. No. 7 Georgia* L, 17-36 NOV. 3 MISSOURI* L, 17-38 November 24 // 12 p.m. // Tallahassee, Fla. NOV. 10 SOUTH CAROLINA* W, 35-31 NOV. 17 IDAHO W, 63-10 Doak Campbell Stadium (79,560) Nov. 24 at Florida State 12 p.m. ABC Gator IMG Sports Network Home: 5-2 // Away: 3-0 // Neutral: 0-1 Play-by-Play: Dave Pasch Play-by-Play: Mick Hubert * - SEC Games: 5-3 // Non-Conference: 3-0 Analyst: Greg McElroy Analyst: Lee McGriff Sideline: Tom Luginbill Sideline: Tate Casey TEAM INFORMATION Channel (Cox): 7 / 1007 [HD] Station Freq.: Local Affiliates FLORIDA Channel (DirecTV): Local Net. Sirius Channel: 81 / 81 [XM] Head Coach: Dan Mullen Career Record: 77-49 (38-42 SEC) [10th season] Record at UF: 8-3 (5-3 SEC) [1st season] THE STORYLINE Rankings: 11 (CFP) / 13 (AP) / 13 (Coach) • At Mississippi State, Mullen inherited the 114th-ranked 2017 Record: 4-7, 3-5 SEC Mullen in Coach of the Year Conversation • Dan Mullen is leading the Gators’ impressive turn- total offense (276.0 yards per game) and 106th-ranked Florida State around season, as well as one of the most impressive rushing offense (101.7) in Starkville, but Mississippi Head Coach: Willie Taggart campaigns among the 21 head coaches in their first State finished the 2009 season ranked 69th in total Career Record: 52-56 [9th season] offense (367.7) and 9th in rushing offense (224.58). Record at FSU: 5-6 [1st season] year with an FBS program. Rankings: Unranked • Florida, No. 20 Syracuse, and No. 24 Pittsburgh are • Mullen’s made an impact at Florida, improving facets 2017 Record: 7-6, 3-5 ACC the only teams in the current College Football Playoff of a long-slumping offense (FBS rank in parentheses): SERIES HISTORY rankings that won less than six games last season. Category 2017 2018 Change Overall: Florida leads, 34-26-2 • Mullen, Josh Heupel (No. 9 UCF), Joe Moorhead (No. 18 Scoring Offense 22.1 (t-108th) 33.9 (t-30th) +78 Scrimmage TDs 25 (t-120th) 42 (t-43rd) +77 Last Meeting: Florida State 38, Florida 22 Miss. State), and Jimbo Fisher (No. 22 Texas A&M) are (Nov. 25, 2017 - Gainesville) the only first-year coaches with CFP-ranked teams. Total Offense 335.9 (110th) 418.7 (56th) +54 Recent History: Florida State has won 7 of last 8 Rushing Offense 156.4 (75th) 204.9 (35th) +40 • Mullen is the only first-year coach to beat a top-10 CFP TD-INT Ratio 1.07 (t-111th) 4.00 (21st) +90 In Gainesville: Florida leads, 20-12-1 team, and he’s the only one to top multiple CFP-ranked 3rd Down Pct. 32.5% (117th) 41.6% (48th) +69 In Tallahassee: Tied, 13-13-1 teams. Six others beat one CFP-ranked team. Passing Efficiency 113.11 (113th) 144.33 (45th) +68 • Florida is one of eight programs (Alabama, Georgia, Sacks Allowed 3.36 (124th) 1.27 (t-20th) +104 NUMBER OF NOTE Kentucky, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma • The Gators have not finished in the top 100 in scoring 1960 State) to beat multiple top-20 CFP teams this year. offense since 2014, have not finished higher than 96th The only other time in history Florida and Florida • Mullen, Heupel (10-0), and Georgia Southern’s Chad in total offense since 2010 (when they were 83rd), and State both featured head coaches in their first Lunsford (8-3) are the only first-year head coaches their only passing offense to rank higher than 85th following the 2009 season checked in at 79th (2016). season was 1960, when Ray Graves began a 10-year with seven wins. Only five others are .500 or better. tenure with the Gators, and Bill Peterson started his • Florida, Utah State (10-1), Cincinnati (9-2), Georgia • See Page 7 for a chart with UF’s yearly FBS finishes. 11-year stint with the Seminoles. Southern (8-3), and Syracuse (8-3), are the only eight- win FBS teams that finished below .500 last year. Historic Pair of Comebacks Florida defeated Florida State, 3-0, on Sept. 24, 1960. • Per ESPN Stats & Info, Florida is the fourth SEC team in • This season is just the second time in school history the last 15 seasons with multiple 17-point comeback the Gators bounced back from a sub-.500 season with wins in a season (at Vanderbilt, South Carolina), join- @GatorsFB // #WeChomp at least eight wins (1979-80 - 0-10-1 to 8-4). ing 2016 Tennessee, 2011 Arkansas, and 2010 Auburn. GAME DAY INFO GAME DAY FLORIDA-FLORIDA STATE RIVALRY HISTORY Top Florida Performances vs. FSU RANKINGS / Rushing Attempts STANDINGS 31 - Larry Dupree, 1963 30 - Emmitt Smith, 1989 26 - Jimmy DuBose, 1975 24 - Kelvin Taylor, 2015 Mike Gillislee, 2012 Ciatrick Fason, 2004 COACHES Errict Rhett, 1991 Rushing Yards All-Time Series Results 204 - Jimmy DuBose, 1975 Date Site Ranks Result Score 169 - Percy Harvin, 2007 THE LAST TIME... Nov. 22, 1958 Gainesville 12 / - W 21-7 Jan. 2, 1997 New Orleans, La. 3 / 1 W 52-20 162 - Fred Taylor, 1997 SIT. RECORDS / Nov. 21, 1959 Gainesville W 18-8 Sugar Bowl UF won National Championship 153 - Emmitt Smith, 1989 Sept. 24, 1960 Gainesville W 3-0 Nov. 22, 1997 Gainesville 10 / 2 W 32-29 140 - Mike Gillislee, 2014 Sept. 30, 1961 Gainesville T 3-3 Nov. 21, 1998 Tallahassee 4 / 5 L 12-23 Nov. 17, 1962 Gainesville W 20-7 Nov. 18, 1999 Gainesville 3 / 1 L 23-30 Receptions Nov. 30, 1963 Gainesville W 7-0 Nov. 18, 2000 Tallahassee 4 / 3 L 7-30 11 - Reidel Anthony, 1996 Nov. 21, 1964 Tallahassee L 7-16 Nov. 17, 2001 Gainesville 4 / 20 W 37-13 9 - Brandon Powell, 2017 CAREER HIGHS Nov. 27, 1965 Gainesville W 30-17 Nov. 30, 2002 Tallahassee 15 / 23 L 14-31 Chad Jackson, 2005 Oct. 8, 1966 Tallahassee 10 / - W 22-19 Nov. 30, 2003 Gainesville 11 / 9 L 34-38 Charles Casey, 1964 Nov. 25, 1967 Gainesville L 16-21 Nov. 20, 2004 Tallahassee - / 10 W 20-13 Receiving Yards Sept. 28, 1968 Tallahassee 5 / - W 9-3 Nov. 26, 2005 Gainesville 19 / 23 W 34-7 193 - Reidel Anthony, 1996 Oct. 4, 1969 Gainesville 12 / - W 21-6 Nov. 25, 2006 Tallahassee 4 / - W 21-14 192 - Ike Hilliard, 1995 Nov. 24, 2007 Gainesville 12 / - W 45-12 Oct. 10, 1970 Tallahassee W 38-27 161 - Ricky Nattiel, 1985 GAME RECAPS Oct. 16, 1971 Gainesville - / 19 W 17-15 Nov. 29, 2008 Tallahassee 2 / 23 W 45-15 150 - Ike Hilliard, 1997 Sugar Bowl Oct. 7, 1972 Tallahassee - / 13 W 42-13 Nov. 28, 2009 Gainesville 1 / - W 37-10 145 - Jacquez Green, 1997 Dec. 1, 1973 Gainesville W 49-0 Nov. 27, 2010 Tallahassee - / 22 L 7-31 Oct. 19, 1974 Tallahassee 14 / - W 24-14 Nov. 26, 2011 Gainesville L 7-21 Passing Attempts Oct. 18, 1975 Gainesville 14 / - W 34-8 Nov. 24, 2012 Tallahassee 6 / 10 W 37-26 54 - Larry Ochab, 1979 Oct. 16, 1976 Tallahassee 12 / - W 33-26 Nov. 30, 2013 Gainesville - / 2 L 7-37 48 - Danny Wuerffel, 1995 MISC. STATS Dec. 3, 1977 Gainesville - / 19 L 9-37 Nov. 29, 2014 Tallahassee - / 3 L 19-24 Shane Matthews, 1990 / STARTERS Nov. 25, 1978 Tallahassee L 21-38 Nov. 28, 2015 Gainesville 10 / 14 L 2-27 47 - Rex Grossman, 2002 Nov. 26, 2016 Tallahassee 13 / 15 L 13-31 Nov. 24, 1979 Gainesville - / 5 L 16-27 Passing Completions Nov. 25, 2017 Gainesville L 22-38 Nov. 29, 1980 Tallahassee - / 3 L 13-17 29 - Shane Matthews, 1990 Nov. 28, 1981 Gainesville W 35-3 28 - Danny Wuerffel, 1995 Sugar Bowl Dec. 4, 1982 Tallahassee - / 15 W 13-10 27 - Rex Grossman, 2001 GBG INDIVIDUAL Dec. 3, 1983 Gainesville 12 / - W 53-14 Dec. 1, 1984 Tallahassee 3 / 12 W 27-17 Series Information Passing Yards 443 - Danny Wuerffel, 1995 Nov. 30, 1985 Gainesville 6 / 12 W 38-14 Series Record .....................................Florida leads, 34-26-2 394 - Danny Wuerffel, 1995 Sugar Bowl Nov. 29, 1986 Tallahassee W 17-13 In Gainesville ......................................Florida leads, 20-12-1 362 - Danny Wuerffel, 1996 Nov. 28, 1987 Gainesville - / 3 L 14-28 In Tallahassee .....................................................Tied, 13-13-1 Nov. 26, 1988 Tallahassee - / 5 L 17-52 351 - Shane Matthews, 1990 When Both are Ranked ............Florida State leads, 12-10-1 DEPTH CHART Dec. 2, 1989 Gainesville - / 6 L 17-24 343 - Kerwin Bell, 1985 ROSTER / ROSTER Dec. 1, 1990 Tallahassee 6 / 8 L 30-45 When Both are Top-10 Teams .....Florida State leads, 8-5-1 Passing Touchdowns Nov. 30, 1991 Gainesville 5 / 3 W 14-9 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less .........Florida leads, 5-1 4 - Danny Wuerffel, 1995 Nov. 28, 1992 Tallahassee 6 / 3 L 24-45 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less .......Florida leads, 12-8 Wayne Peace, 1981 Nov.