3 National Championships // 8 SEC Championships // 731 All-Time Wins // 3 Heisman Trophy Winners 52 First-Round NFL Draft Picks // 70 First-Team All-Americans // 251 First-Team All-SEC Selections 2019 SCHEDULE Aug. 24 vs. Miami W, 24-20 Aug. 31 Bye SEPT. 7 UT-MARTIN W, 45-0 Sept. 14 at Kentucky* W, 29-21 SEPT. 21 TENNESSEE* W, 34-3 #8 Florida Gators (9-2, 6-2 SEC) SEPT. 28 TOWSON W, 38-0 OCT. 5 No. 7 AUBURN* W, 24-13 vs. Oct. 12 at No. 5 LSU* L, 28-42 Florida State Seminoles (6-5, 4-4 ACC) Oct. 19 at South Carolina* W, 38-27 Oct. 26 Bye Nov. 2 vs. No. 8 Georgia* L, 17-24 November 30 // 7:30 p.m. // Gainesville, Fla. NOV. 9 VANDERBILT* W, 56-0 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) Nov. 16 at Missouri* W, 23-6 Nov. 23 Bye SEC Network Gator IMG Sports Network NOV. 30 FLORIDA STATE 7:30 PM Play-by-Play: Tom Hart Play-by-Play: Mick Hubert Home: 5-0 // Away: 3-1 // Neutral: 1-1 Analyst: Jordan Rodgers Analyst: Lee McGriff * - SEC Games: 5-2 // Non-Conference: 3-0 Reporter: Cole Cubelic Sideline: Tate Casey Channel (Cox): 69 / 1069 [HD] Station Freq.: Local Affiliates TEAM INFORMATION Channel (DirecTV): 611 Sirius Channel: TBA FLORIDA Head Coach: Dan Mullen THE STORYLINE Career Record: 88-51 (44-44 SEC) [11th season] Record at UF: 19-5 (11-5 SEC) [2nd season] • Florida can beat in-state rival Florida State in consecutive seasons for the first time since ripping off a six-game Record vs. FSU: 1-0 winning streak against the Seminoles from 2004-09. It can also finish with wins over Miami and Florida State for the Rankings: 11 (CFP) / 8 (AP) / 8 (Coach) first time since 2008, when it beat Miami, 26-3, in Gainesville, and topped Florida State, 45-15, in Tallahassee. 2018 Record: 10-3, 5-3 SEC (t-2nd in East) • A win Saturday would give Florida a second straight 10-win season for the first time since posting 13 wins in both Florida State 2008 -- Dan Mullen’s final year as offensive coordinator -- and 2009. Head Coach: Odell Haggins [Interim] • A win would also make Mullen the first head coach in Gators history to win 10 games in each of his first two seasons. Career Record: 4-0 (1-0 ACC) [2-0 in 2017, 2019] Record at FSU: Same • UF can finish undefeated at home for the 14th time since 1990 and the third time since 2010 (7-0 in 2012; 5-0 in 2016). Rankings: Unranked • Florida was ranked No. 10 in the initial College Football Playoff Rankings, but it’s been No. 11 the last two weeks. Last 2018 Record: 5-7, 3-5 ACC (t-5th in Atlantic) year, UF debuted at No. 11 and finished the regular season at No. 10, earning a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl berth. SERIES HISTORY • UF is still in a hunt for a second consecutive “New Year’s Six” bowl berth. The Gators can make consecutive marquee Overall: Florida leads, 35-26-2 bowl appearances for the first time since 2008 (BCS National Championship Game) and 2009 (Sugar Bowl). Before Last Meeting: No. 11 Florida 41, Florida State 14 last season’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl berth, UF made just one marquee bowl game from 2010-17 (2013 Sugar Bowl). (Nov. 24, 2018 - Tallahassee) • The Gators have been a top-10 team in 13 of the last 15 Associated Press Top 25 Polls (though their nine-poll streak Recent History: Florida State has won 7 of last 9 -- their longest stretch since a run of 12 consecutive top-10 rankings from Week 5 of 2012 (Sept. 30) through the 2013 In Gainesville: Florida leads, 20-12-1 preseason rankings -- ended Nov. 10). From 2013-17, UF was in the top 10 just five times. In Tallahassee: Florida leads, 14-13-1 • Florida has a chance to finish in the top 10 of the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2008 (No. 1) and 2009 (No. 3). UF ended last season ranked No. 7 in the final AP Top 25 Poll. NUMBER OF NOTE IN PERSPECTIVE: FLORIDA’S 180 IN OFFENSIVE OUTPUT 5 = 0 • UF ranks 19th nationally in passing offense (292.3 yards per game), which is the first time in at least a decade it has Florida and Oregon are the only two FBS teams thrown the ball that consistently. UF’s highest national finish in passing offense since the start of 2010 is 79th (in to hold five opponents without a touchdown 2016), and it finished outside the top 100 in four of the nine seasons from 2010-18. UF finished 41st nationally in 2009. this season (UT-Martin, Tennessee, Towson, • Florida ranked 83rd in passing offense in 2018, and it is one of five teams in the last three years (Troy, 2018-19, No. 81 2c 2c PMS 17 --> No. 12; Alabama, 2017-18, No. 91 --> No. 6; Old Dominion, 2017-18, No. 112 --> No. 15); UCF, 2016-17, No. 89 --> No. Vanderbilt,PMS 17 Missouri). Since 1996, the only UF teams to accomplish the feat are the 2019 Gators 10) to go from being outside the top 70 nationally in passing offense one season, then be top 20 nationally the next. PMS 287c PMS 287c CK • UF finished last season ranked 27th nationally in rushing offense (213.2 yards per game). andCK the 2009 Gators (six times) BLA BLA • Florida is one of seven teams to be a top 30 rushing team in 2018 and a top 30 passing team in 2019 -- though UF, WHITE WHITE @GatorsFB // #WeChomp Memphis (No. 57), FAU (No. 64), and Wake Forest (No. 65) were the only four outside the top 40 in passing last year. BRAND BRAND TRASK RESEMBLING GATORS QUARTERBACKS OF OLD QUICK FACTS • Since taking over Florida’s offense at the start of the fourth quarter at Kentucky, redshirt junior Kyle Trask is General Information 179 of 269 (66.5%) for 2,253 yards and 20 touchdowns (plus three rushing touchdowns). Location: Gainesville, Fla. • Trask has thrown for 21 touchdowns this year, making him one of 33 FBS quarterbacks with at least 20 -- but Enrollment: 56,079 his 274 attempts are the sixth-fewest in that group (Others under 275 attempts: Layne Hatcher, Arkansas President: Dr. Kent Fuchs State [21 TDs, 221 attempts]; Tanner Morgan, Minnesota [26 TDs, 252 att.]; Justin Fields, Ohio State [33 TDs, Athletic Director: Scott Stricklin 252 att.]; Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama [33 TDs, 252 att.]; Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma [30 TDs, 269 att.]). Conference: Southeastern (SEC) Nickname: Gators • Trask has thrown for 300-plus yards twice this year, amassing a career-high 363 yards against Vanderbilt, Colors: Orange (PMS 172) & Blue (PMS 287) and 310 yards at then-No. 5 LSU. Stadium (Capacity): Steve Spurrier-Florida Field » Trask’s 363 yards were the highest total by a Gator since Tim Tebow’s 482 against No. 4 Cincinnati at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) in the 2010 Sugar Bowl, and it was the highest total against an SEC team since Rex Grossman’s Surface: Grass 375 against Kentucky back on Sept. 28, 2002. Press Box Number: (352) 378-9590 • Trask joined Tim Tebow (three in 2007) and Chris Leak (two in 2005; four in 2004) as the only Gators since Football History the start of 2003 to post multiple 300-yard passing games in the same season. Trask is also the first Gator All-Time Record: 731-420-40 (113th year) since Leak (three in 2004) to have two 300-yard outings against SEC opponents in the same season. First Season of Football: 1906 • Since the start of the 2000 season, the only Gators to throw for 300-plus yards against a top-25 team are National Championships: 3 (‘96, ‘06, ‘08) Trask (at No. 5 LSU), Tebow (2010 Sugar Bowl), and Rex Grossman (nine times from 2001-02). SEC Championships: 8 (‘91, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘00, ‘06, ‘08) » Since the start of 2010, all other Gators have combined for three 300-yard passing games. Bowl Games: 44 appearances (23-21) • Trask threw three touchdowns at No. 5 LSU and followed it up with a career-high four touchdowns at South 2018 Record: 10-3 (5-3, t-2nd in SEC East) Carolina. He is the first Gator since Tim Tebow (2008 - at Vanderbilt and Florida State) to throw at least three touchdowns in consecutive road games. 2019 Coaching Staff • Trask also became the first Gator since Rex Grossman (Nov. 3-10, 2001) to throw for three-plus touchdowns in Head Coach: Dan Mullen consecutive outings against SEC teams. Defensive Coordinator: Todd Grantham Co-Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers: • Trask’s three touchdown passes at No. 5 LSU made him the first Gator since Tebow to throw at least three Billy Gonzales touchdowns on the road against an AP top-10 team (Tebow threw four Oct. 20, 2007 at No. 8 Kentucky). Co-Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line: John Hevesy • Trask’s 310 yards were the second-highest total by a Gator in a road game since the start of the 2005 season, Safeties: Ron English and only the fourth 300-yard passing game on the road or at a neutral site within that same span. Cornerbacks: Torrian Gray » Tim Tebow - 482 yards vs. No. 4 Cincinnati - 2010 Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1, 2010); Chris Leak - 319 yards Quarterbacks: Brian Johnson at Kentucky (Sept.