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vs. MSU #19/20 UNIVERSITY OF SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 2004 DAVIS WADE STADIUM AT SCOTT FIELD (55,082) 2004 GATOR FOOTBALL STARKVILLE, MISS. 12:30 P.M ET GAME NOTES FOOTBALL CONTACTS: STEVE McCLAIN, ZACK HIGBEE, CARMINE PIRONE, JOHN HINES RELEASED: OCT. 17, 2004 (352) 375-4683 ext. 6100 - FAX (352) 375-4809 GATORS TAKE TO THE ROAD AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE... GATOR STORYLINES THE MATCH-UP nToday’s game will be the first for the Gators on nThe football team returns to the road and play as the the road in over a month. Since Florida’s last road Gators travel to Starkville, Miss. for the 51st meeting with Mississippi State on Oct. 23, 2004. The game game was on Sept. 18, 2004, UF has spent four will kickoff at 12:30 ET. UF has defeated MSU in seven of the last nine meetings and holds a 31-17-2 consecutive weekends in “The Swamp.” lead in the all-time series. Florida enters the game with an 4-2 overall record and is 2-2 in SEC play after Saturday’s meeting with the Bulldogs will be the a 52-16 win against Middle Tennessee State last weekend. The Bulldogs are 1-5 on the season and 0- first time in 35 days Florida has played a game on 3 following a bye last Saturday. the road. GAME SETUP ON THE ROAD THE POLLS UF MSU nThe Florida-Mississippi State game marks the first of three straight games away from home for the Associated Press 20th NR Gators. Four out of Florida’s last five regular season games will be on the road. Three will be confer- ESPN/ USA Today Coaches 19th NR ence contests as the Gators are 8-2 away from home against SEC opponents under head coach . The record tied with Tennessee for the best record against league schools away from home THE RECORDS UF MSU since 2002: Overall 4-2 1-5 Florida ______8-2 Arkansas ______5-5 Conference 2-2 0-3 Tennessee ______8-2 Ole Miss ______5-5 Auburn ______7-3 South Carolina ______4-6 TELEVISION Georgia ______7-3 Kentucky ______2-7 LSU ______7-4 Mississippi State______0-10 The game will be broadcast on Jefferson-Pilot. Alabama ______6-4 Vanderbilt ______0-10 Dave Neal, Dave Rowe and Dave Baker will call the action. DOWN THE STRETCH POSTGAME nUnder head coach Ron Zook, the Gators have finished the SEC schedule strong. In 2002, UF won For in-depth television coverage after the game, four in a row to end the conference slate. Last season, UF won five in a row which was started off by the “Gator Postgame Presented by Chevron” airs a three game stretch in which the Gators won three consecutive games over three consecutive ranked live, immediately following each game on Sun- teams away from home for the first time in school history (at LSU, 19-7; at Arkansas, 33-28; vs. shine Network, with interviews from outside the Georgia, 16-13). lockerroom, press conferences and analysis. Sun- shine Network reporter Bernie Guenther will be COACHING CONNECTIONS on site. nUniversity of Florida head coach Ron Zook was Frank Beamer’s first at Virginia Tech in 1987. Shane Beamer (Frank’s son) is in his first year on the Mississippi State staff as recruiting DELAYED TELEVISION coordinator/cornerbacks coach. The year Coach Zook was in Blacksburg, Va., working with the Hokies, Sunshine Network with David Steele (play-by-play) Shane was 10 years old. Frank Beamer and Ron Zook coached together at Murray State prior to Nat Moore (color) and Steve Babik (sideline) will Virginia Tech. From 1978-80, Coach Zook was the defensive backs coach, while Frank Beamer was at show the game at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24 Murray State as the defensive coordinator from 1979-80 and the head coach from 1981-86. on Sunshine’s “Breakfast with the Gators.” The game will also air on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 10:30 nFlorida’s Ron Zook and Mississippi State’s Sylvester Croom both returned to the college level after p.m. spending time in the . The two met four times in the NFL and the record in those games is 2-2: THE GATOR RADIO NETWORK Date Coach Zook Coach Croom Score The Gator Radio Network team of Mick Hubert 12/8/96 Special Teams/Pitt. RBs/San Diego 16-3, Pittsburgh (play-by-play), Lee McGriff (color) and Steve Babik 11/26/98 Special Teams/Pitt. Off. Coor./Detroit 19-16, Detroit (OT) (sideline) will broadcast the contest. 9/26/99 Defensive Backs/KC Off. Coor./Detroit 31-21, Kansas City joins Babik as co-host of pregame, along with regu- 9/3/00 Def. Coor/New Orleans Off. Coor./Detroit 14-10, Detroit lar commentator James Jones. WFXJ radio (930- AM in Jacksonville) serves as UF’s flagship sta- nUniversity of Florida offensive line coach Joe Wickline and Mississippi State offensive line coach J.B. tion. The pre-game show begins two hours be- Grimes were on opposite sidelines for the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl. From 1982-83, Wickline was a fore kickoff. There is also a 90-minute show fol- graduate assistant on the Florida coaching staff, while Grimes was the offensive line coach at Arkansas. lowing the conclusion of the game. The Razorbacks won the game, 28-24. Current Gator Assistant Head Coach was the UF MVP in that contest, catching three touchdown passes. SATELLITE RADIO Florida football can be heard on Sirius Satellite nUF assistant head coach/inside receivers coach Dwayne Dixon and Mississippi State Head Coach Radio. The channel is TBA, however, fans can log Sylvester Croom have both been a part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coming out of college, Dixon on to www.sirius.com for more information. was a for the Buccaneers from 1984-1985 and again in 1987. Croom started his NFL coaching career in Tampa. He was a running backs coach there from 1987-1990. 2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 1 WHAT’S NEW WITH THE GATORS...

nUniversity of Florida defensive coordinator and Mississippi State offensive line coach 2004 SEC STANDINGS J.B. Grimes attended Henderson State in Arkansas. Coach Strong earned his Masters in Physical EASTERN DIVISION Education from Henderson State in 1985, while Coach Grimes played from 1973-76 and graduated Team SEC Pct. Overall in 1977. Tennessee 3-1 .750 5-1 Georgia 3-1 .750 5-1 South Carolina 3-2 .600 5-2 HIGH SCHOOL CONNECTIONS Florida 2-2 .500 4-2 nSeveral players in today’s game attended the same high school: Vanderbilt 1-3 .250 1-5 Kentucky 0-3 .000 1-5 Clewiston - Clewiston HS Longview, Texas - Longview HS Andrew Jones, So. UF Tate Casey - Fr. UF Andrew Powell, So. MSU WESTERN DIVISION Marvin Byrdsong - Jr. MSU Team SEC Pct. Overall Auburn 4-0 1.000 7-0 LaGrange, Ga. - LaGrange HS Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Hillcrest Ole Miss 2-3 .666 3-4 Skyler Thornton - So. UF Markus Manson - Fr. UF Alabama 2-2 .500 5-2 Adam Griffin - Fr. MSU Titus Brown - Fr. MSU LSU 2-2 .500 4-2 Avery Hannibal - Fr. MSU Arkansas 1-2 .333 3-3 Mississippi State 0-3 .000 1-5 Jacksonville - Mandarin Marcus Thomas - So. UF THE SEC THIS WEEK David Price - Fr. MSU OCT. 23 Alabama at Tennessee. 3:30 p.m., CBS SERIES NOTES (SEE PAGE 3 FOR COMPLETE SERIES HISTORY) Georgia at Arkansas, 7 p.m., ESPN2 nThis will be the 51st meeting between the schools as MSU joins Georgia (81), Auburn (80), Kentucky Kentucky at Auburn, 1:30 p.m. (55) Miami (52) and LSU (51) as teams that have faced UF 50 or more times Troy State at LSU, 8 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m. nThe two schools first met on the field in 1923 and met annually every season from 1962-1993. The yearly series was interrupted due the SEC’s divisional format, which was established in 1992, making Mississippi State one of UF’s rotating opponents. all times are ET TRACKING OPPONENTS nThe Gators held a 24-7-1 mark in the series in the games played between 1962-1993. Twenty-six series games have been held in Gainesville with UF leading 18-7-1. The Bulldogs own a 6-3 series EASTERN MICHIGAN (3-4) Bye advantage in the nine previous games held in Starkville. Last week: Win, 35-31, at Western Michigan Next week: at Bowling Green nThe last time Florida traveled to Mississippi State (Sept. 30, 2000) the Gators dropped a 47-35 at TENNESSEE (5-1) vs. Alabama decision before a record crowd (43,816) in Starkville in what was UF’s only SEC loss en route to its Last week: Win, 21-17, at Ole Miss sixth conference title since 1991. Next week: at South Carolina KENTUCKY (1-5) at Auburn WHAT’S NEW WITH THE FLORIDA SQUAD Last week: Lost, 12-7, vs. South Carolina nFlorida’s 52 points against Middle Tennessee State were a season high, eclipsing the 49 scored Next week: at Mississippi State against Eastern Michigan in the season opener. It was the most points scored by UF since defeated Florida A&M, 63-3, on Sept. 13, 2003. In addition, UF limited MTSU to 16 points as the Gators ARKANSAS (3-3) vs. Georgia improved to 14-1 when holding opponents to 20 points or less under head coach Ron Zook. Last week: Lost, 38-20, at Auburn Next week: Bye

nEight true freshman have played for the Gators this season, two of which have appeared in every LSU (4-2) vs. Troy State game. Tate Casey and have appeared in every game. Javier Estopinan, Drew Miller, Last week: Bye Next week: vs. Vanderbilt , Kyle Jackson, Tony Joiner and Eric Rutledge have also played. Tate Casey, Brandon Siler and Kyle Jackson made the first starts of their career against Middle Tennessee State. MTSU (2-4) vs. Idaho Last week: Lost, 52-16, at Florida nOnly one SEC team (Arkansas - 18) lost more starters than did Florida entering the 2004 season, as Next week: vs. Utah State UF lost 14. at MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-5) vs. Florida Last week: Bye STARTERS RETURNING TO SEC TEAMS (Offense and Defense) Next week: vs. Kentucky Vanderbilt 21 Auburn 13 Georgia 17 Louisiana State 13 vs. GEORGIA (5-1) at Arkansas Kentucky 15 Mississippi 11 Last week: Win, 33-3, vs. Vanderbilt South Carolina 15 Tennessee 9 Next week: vs. Florida Mississippi State 14 Florida 8 at VANDERBILT (1-5) vs. Eastern Kentucky Alabama 13 Arkansas 4 Last week: Lost, 33-3, at Georgia Next week: at LSU A YOUNG DEFENSE nFlorida leads the SEC with six starters on the defense that are either a freshman or sophomore SOUTH CAROLINA (5-2) Bye (including redshirts): Last week: Win, 12-7, at Kentucky Next week: vs. Tennessee SEC FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMORE STARTERS ON DEFENSE: Alabama 3 at FLORIDA STATE (5-1) at Wake Forest Florida 6 Last week: Win, 36-3, vs. Virginia Auburn 5 Ole Miss 3 Next week: at Maryland LSU 4 Kentucky 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4...

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 2 TODAY’S MATCHUP... FIRST-YEAR2004 COACHES... TEAM STATS 2004 SCHEDULES/RESULTS UF PLAYERSSERIES IN SEASON HISTORY OPENERS Florida Category Opponents FLORIDA (4-2, 2-2 SEC) Florida Leads: 31-17-2 270.2 Passing Offense 216.0 S11 ______EASTERN MICHIGAN, W, 49-10 At Gainesville: Florida leads 18-7-1 151.5 Rushing Offense 126.8 S18 ______at Tennessee, L, 30-28 At Starkville: MSU leads 6-3 421.7 Total Offense 342.8 S25 ______KENTUCKY, W , 20-3 At Jackson: UF leads 6-4 35.8 Scoring Offense 18.8 At other Neutral Sites: UF leads 4-0-1 216.0 Passing Defense 270.2 O2______ARKANSAS, W, 45-30 O9______LSU, L, 24-21 UF MSU UF MSU 126.8 Rushing Defense 270.2 §1923 13 13 §1973 12 33 342.8 Total Defense 421.7 O16 ____ MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE, W, 52-16 #1924 27 0 *1974 29 13 18.8 Scoring Defense 35.8 O23 ______at Mississippi State @1925 12 0 §1975 27 10 123 1st Downs For 123 O30 ______vs. Georgia^, 3:30 p.m. *1936 0 7 *1976 34 30 .540 3rd Down Conv. .410 N6 ______at Vanderbilt ‡1937 13 14 §1977 24 22 .500 4th Down Conv. .400 N13 ______SOUTH CAROLINA ‡1938 0 22 *1978 34 0 13-83 Sacks By-Yards 6-46 *1939 0 14 §1979 19 24 42-349 Penalties-Yards 33-239 N20 ______at Florida State *1940 7 27 *1980 21 15 8-2 -Lost 7-4 D4 ______at SEC Championship*, 6 p.m. ^ at Jacksonville, Fla. *at Atlanta, Ga ‡1941 0 6 §1981 7 28 27:43 Avg. Time of Poss. 32:17 *1942 12 26 *1982 27 17 MSU (1-5, 0-3 SEC) *1954 7 0 ‡1983 35 12 MSU Category Opponents *1955 20 14 *1984 27 12 146.0 Passing Offense 170.0 S4 ______TULANE, W, 28-7 ‡1956 26 0 §1985 36 22 134.5 Rushing Offense 186.5 S11 ______AUBURN, L, 43-14 S18 ______MAINE, L, 9-7 *1957 20 29 ‡1986 10 16 280.5 Total Offense 356.5 *1958 7 14 *1987 38 3 S25 ______at LSU, L, 51-0 12.5 Scoring Offense 28.0 *1959 14 13 *1988 17 0 170.0 Passing Defense 146.0 O2______at Vanderbilt, L, 31-13 §1962 19 9 @1989 21 0 186.5 Rushing Defense 134.5 O9______UAB, L, 27-13 *1963 9 9 *1990 34 21 356.5 Total Defense 280.5 O23 ______FLORIDA §1964 16 13 ~1991 29 7 28.0 Scoring Defense 12.5 030 ______KENTUCKY *1965 13 18 ‡1992 6 30 93 1st Downs For 114 *1966 28 7 *1993 38 24 .410 3rd Down Conv. .425 N6 ______at Alabama §1967 24 7 ‡2000 35 47 .400 4th Down Conv. .500 N20 ______ARKANSAS N25 ______at Ole Miss *1968 31 14 *2001 52 0 31-250 Penalties-Yards 37-321 §1969 47 35 §Jackson 11-5 Fumbles-Lost 11-6 *1970 34 13 #Montgomery 28:32 Avg. Time of Poss. 31:29 §1971 10 13 @Tampa *1972 28 13 *Gainesville TOP INDIVIDUAL LEADERS LAST 5 MEETINGS ‡Starkville ~Orlando Rushing 2001 UF 52 MSU 0 Florida G Att. Net Avg. TD YPG (Gainesville) fired five touchdown THE COACHES Fason 6 113 598 5.3 7 99.7 passes and the Gators posted 640 yards of total Ron Zook Wynn 6 47 190 4.0 5 31.7 offense, the most in school history in an SEC game. Record at Florida: 20-12 (.625) MSU G Att. Net Avg. TD YPG Overall Record: Same Norwood 6 85 482 5.7 3 80.3 2000 UF 35 MSU 47 Seasons at UF/Overall: 3/3 Reid 6 54 168 3.1 1 28.0 (Starkville)Dicenzo Miller and Dontae Walker com- bined to rush for 328 yards. In all, MSU’s ground Sylvester Croom Passing game accounted for 351 of the team’s 517 yards. Record at MSU: 1-5 (.166) Florida A-C-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG Overall Record: Same Leak 192-118-5 61.5 1571 15 261.8 1993 UF 38 MSU 24 Seasons at MSU/Overall: 1/1 Dickey 6-4-0 66.7 50 0 25.0 (Gainesvile) The two teams combined for 1,144 yards in total offense as UF prevailed in record- MSU A-C-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG setting fashion. completed 27-of- Conner 90-50-4 .556 509 2 127.2 41 passes for 449 yards and three touchdowns. York 79-39-5 .494 358 3 71.6 Twelve of Wuerffel’s completions and all three Receiving touchdown strikes went to former walk-on Chris Florida G Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG Doering. Small 6 31 365 11.8 4 60.8 Caldwell 6 24 357 14.9 1 59.5 1992 UF 6 MSU 30 (Starkville) Florida’s Mississippi native , MSU G Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG , returned home but the Bull- Prosser 6 17 259 15.2 0 43.1 dogs got the win as MSU defense had five inter- Millons 5 14 110 7.9 0 22.0 ceptions.

Defense 1991 UF 29 MSU 7 Florida UT-AT-TT TFL S INT FF FR (Orlando ) Shane Matthew recorded his seventh Crowder 27-22-49 6.5 2 1 0 2 career 300-yard passing game and Errict Rhett Everett 28-14-42 2.5 1.5 0 1 0 rushed for 142 yards on 27 carries for 142 yards MSU UT-AT-TT TFL S INT FF FR in the second annual Texaco Star Classic at the Byrdsong 21-18-39 2 0 0 0 0 Florida . McDougal 26-11-37 4 0 1 0 1

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 3 WHAT’S NEW WITH THE GATORS... POST SEASON AWARDS... Tennessee 4 South Carolina 2 Mississippi State 4 Georgia 1 LB Arkansas 3 Vanderbilt 1 Butkus Award Semifinalist - presented to the nation’s top linebacker nThe Gators returned eight starters this season on offense (5) and defense (3), which is the fifth- Was one of 12 semifinalists announced Oct. 14, lowest amount for any team in the country. Arkansas returns four, Washington State and Air Force 2004. Finalists lwill be announced Nov. 11, 2004. return six, while San Jose State brings back seven starters (according to Sports Illustrated). The award will be presented on Dec. 10, 2004 by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando. nLast year, Florida began the season with only five players who started the fall semester in 1999. This year, the total is up to eight (Cory Bailey, Deshawn Carter, Jonathan Colon, Ronald Dowdy, Travis Lombardi Award Watch List - presented to the Harris, Kenny Parker, Matt Piotrowicz and O.J. Small). nation’s top lineman (offense or defense)

The annual Rotary Lombardi Award Dinner will be nUF holds the SEC record for most consecutive seasons (12) with at least six league wins, a streak held in Houston on Dec. 8, 2004. that doubles the previous record of six set by Alabama from 1961-66). In addition, the Gators are looking for their 17th consecutive winning season. Florida’s current streak of 16 winning seasons is Nagurski Trophy Watch List - presented to the nation’s best all-around defensive player the longest in the SEC.

The winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, pre- nTen of UF’s last 19 games have been decided in the final two minutes of play. sented by the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club, will be named on Dec. 6, THE OFFENSE 2004 at a banquet in Charlotte, N.C. nFlorida is first in the SEC and ranks 18th nationally in passing offense as the Gators have thrown for C MIKE DEGORY 270.1 yards per game this season. In addition, the Gators are eighth in the conference and are 64th Outland Trophy Watch List - presented to the in the nation in rushing offense with 151.5 yards on the ground per contest. Florida’s total offense nation’s top interior lineman on either side of the ball (421.6) is third in the league and 25th in the country. UF is averaging 35.8 points per game, which The 2004 Outland Trophy winner will be announced ranks first in the SEC and 12th in the nation. on Dec. 9, 2004 on the ESPN Awards Show from Orlando, Fla. The Outland Trophy will be n Against Middle Tennessee State, Florida finished 5-of-8 (62.5 percent) on third-down attempts. presented to the winner by the Omaha Sports Com- This season, the Gators are 44-of-82 (54.0 percent). The total is the highest in the SEC and the best mittee on Jan. 13, 2005 at a banquet in Omaha, Neb. for Florida since at least 1981 when UF records begin on the statistic.

Rimington Trophy Watch List - presented to the nThe Florida offense has scored on 33-of-77 offensive possessions this season. Against Middle nation’s top center. Tennessee State, UF scored on eight drives, including seven touchdowns by five different players. Finalists will be selected in late November and the award will be presented Jan. 8, 2004 in Lincoln, Neb. n For the second time this season, the Florida offense gained over 500 yards, averaging 8.8 yards per play against Middle Tennessee State. The average was the second-highest in a game under K MATT LEACH Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award Watch head coach Ron Zook and the seventh time the unit has gained 500-or-more yards since 2002. List - presented to the nation’s top placekicker. nThe Gators opened the Middle Tennessee State game with nine first downs in the opening quarter. The 13th annual Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker The total matched the most first downs in any quarter in 2004 for UF, a figure accomplished twice this Award, presented by the FedEx Orange Bowl. The season. finalists for the award will be honored at a banquet held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004 at the West Palm Beach Marriott. The award will then be presented at n For the second straight game, the Gator offense scored in 10 seconds or less. In the second the 2004 ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards quarter of the Middle Tennessee State game, quarterback connected with WR Andre Show on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004 in Orlando. Caldwell for a 62-yard touchdown on a one-play, nine second drive early in the second quarter. This QB CHRIS LEAK season, the Gators have scored on 10 drives in 60 seconds or less. Davey O’Brien Award Watch List - presented to the nation’s top quarterback nUF scored its first 45 points against Middle Tennessee State on 40 plays. Semifinalists will be announced in early November and narrowed to three finalists later that month. The nFlorida has converted an opponent turnover into a touchdown in all six games this season. winner will be announced Dec. 9, 2004 on the ESPN College Football Awards Show from Orlando, Fla. n UF has had over 400 yards of total offense in five out of six games this season. The winner will be honored at the 28th Annual O’Brien Awards Dinner in Feb. 2005, at the Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. nFlorida has had 2,244 total plays on offense under Coach Zook. The following shows the number of times the Gators have passed the ball and run the ball during Coach Zook’s three seasons: Maxwell Award Watch List - presented to the Totals Under Ron Zook collegiate player of the year. Run ______1,128 Pass ______1,134 Walter Camp Award Watch List - presented to the collegiate player of the year. nThe Gators have led the SEC in passing offense two of the last three years and eight of the last 14. The watch list will be narrowed to ten semifinalists in In addition, UF has led the league in total offense in four of the last nine seasons. early November. The winner will be announced Dec. 9, 2004 on the ESPN College Football Awards Show from Orlando, Fla. The winner will then receive his n Chris Leak ranks second in the SEC and 21st in the country in total offense as he accounts for trophy at the Foundation’s annual national awards banquet on Feb. 12, 2005 at the Yale University 260.7 yards per game. Leak’s passing efficiency (150.7) is the third highest total in the league and Commons in New Haven. ranks 12th nationally.

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nChris Leak has passed for 4,006 yards in his career, which is ninth on the career passing yardage PLAYER ANECDOTES chart. Leak needs 842 yards to tie for eighth with at 4,848 career yards (SEE PAGE FS ZEPHRIN AUGUSTINE 11 FOR CHARTS). In the summer of 2003 he took an Adaptive PE course to teach people with disabilities how to nWith his 17 completions against MTSU, Chris Leak has 308 on his career which is ninth in school participate in sports. history. Leak also stands at ninth on the Florida career attempts list. With 22 against the Blue Raiders, Leak has 512 in his career (SEE PAGE 11 FOR CHARTS). DB CORY BAILEY Individual he admires most is his mother be- n Against Middle Tennessee State, Chris Leak threw for 316 yards, for his second career 300-yard cause she raised three sons by herself. effort. His 316 yards represented his 12th 200-yard passing game of his career, tying him with Steve Spurrier (1964-66) for eighth on the school’s all-time list. Leak has eclipsed 200 yards in five for WR Florida’s six games this season. Family nicknamed him “foots” because he wears a size 14 shoes and is always stumbling nChris Leak has thrown 15 touchdown passes this season after throwing 16 as a true freshman in over himself. 2003. Leak has thrown at least two touchdown passes in five out of six games this season. DB VERNELL BROWN n Chris Leak made his 15th career start against MTSU. Leak, who now owns a 10-5 record in starts Father Vernell Brown Sr., Uncle Johnell Brown on the collegiate level, set SEC true freshman records for passing yards (2,435) and touchdowns Sr., and Cousin Mike Peterson all attended (16) in 2003. Florida.

n Chris Leak’s with 2:09 remaining in the first half of the Middle Tennessee State game LB ALVIN BUTLER was his first in 101 attempts dating back to a miscue in the third quarter of the Kentucky game. Leak Scored a 1600 on his SAT Exam, earning the was three attempts short of matching Steve Spurrier for fourth on the program’s all-time chart. nickname “1600” from his teammates.

n Against Middle Tennessee State, Chris Leak threw for three touchdowns to match his career-high. Leak also threw for three against Eastern Michigan, Tennessee and Arkansas this year. WR While he’s not a golfer himself, Caldwell enjoys watching tournaments on TV. n Florida’s quarterbacks did not throw an incompletion in the second half of the Middle Tennessee State game (8-for-8). CB DESHAWN CARTER Would like to pursue a career in broadcasting. nUF has thrown for at least 245 yards per game for 14 consecutive years. The Gators have opened the 2004 season averaging 270.2 yards through the air through six games. DE Wears No. 20 in honor of James McGriff, a nFlorida quarterback Chris Leak is 56-5 in his last 61 games as a starting quarterback. He won 46 in childhood friend of his from Melbourne who a row at Independence High School and then his first start at Florida (at Kentucky). His five losses drowned April 17, 1998. McGriff was Gators have been to Ole Miss, Florida State, Iowa, Tennessee and LSU. signee that year and was buried in a No. 20 jersey. nIn the first six games of his UF career, Chris Leak threw six in the fourth quarter alone. From that point, Leak has only thrown two in the final quarter of his last 13 games. OL JONATHAN COLON Enjoys swimming, fishing and karate. RUNNING BACKS nThe Gators’ ground game has averaged 151.5 rushing yards per game through the sixth game of WR the year. This is up 5.5 yards over last year when the Gators averaged 146.0 rushing yards and His dream job would be to run a YMCA. finished seventh in the SEC. However, the average from the 2003 season was the highest for a Gator squad in seven seasons. LB CHANNING CROWDER His father Randy was an All-American defen- n is second in the SEC and ranks 24th in the country with 99.6 rushing yards per sive tackle at Penn State and had a pro career game. Fason is also third in the conference and 59th nationally in all-purpose yards with 115.0 yards with the and Tampa Bay Buc- per game. Fason is also first in the SEC and 34th in the nation in scoring as he averages 8.0 points caneers. per game. C MIKE DEGORY nCiatrick Fason has scored a touchdown and rushed for at least 80 yards in four of Florida’s six Volunteers with Goodwill Gators, J.J. Finley and games this season. Lawton Chiles Elementary Schools and Jump Rope for Heart benefiting the American Heart nAgainst Middle Tennessse State, DeShawn Wynn carried the ball 15 times for 83 yards and three Association. touchdowns. The touchdown total marked the second time Wynn has scored three-or-more in his career. Wynn had four against Florida A&M on Sept. 13, 2003. Wynn finished the day with more LB JAVIER ESTOPINAN rushing yards (83) than the entire Middle Tennessee State offense (78). Won the Class 3A state wrestling title as a high school junior. nThe Florida running backs have not lost a this season marking the first time under Ron Zook the unit has gone six games into a season without doing so. RB CIATRICK FASON nBilly Latsko has caught eight passes for 55 yards and a touchdown this season. Last season, Latsko Nickname includes “The Compass” because finished the year with two catches. The last UF fullback to catch more than seven passes in a season he can run in any direction and C-4 because he was Rod Frazier who had nine catches for 81 yards in 1997. is so explosive.

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PLAYER ANECDOTES nSince 1994, the Gators have had at least two running backs rush for more than 300 yards in each DB DAWAYNE GRACE season. Ciatrick Fason already has 598 yards, while DeShawn Wynn ranks second on the team with While at Ed White, Dan Disch held a video game 190. tournament between his varsity football players. The game: EA Sports NCAA Football. In 2002, WIDE RECEIVERS AND TIGHT ENDS beat Grace on his way to the cham- nO.J. Small leads the SEC and is 79th in the country with 5.40 receptions per game. Andre Caldwell pionship. With Webb out of the picture, Grace is fourth in the conference with 4.00 receptions per game. Small, and Caldwell rank won the title in 2003. sixth, seventh and eighth in the league in receiving yards per game with 60.8, 60.0 and 59.5 yards, respectively. OL RANDY HAND Volunteers at the Salvation Army soup kitchen. nChad Jackson led the Gators with a career-high 103 receiving yards against MTSU, becoming the first Gator this season to surpass the 100-yard mark. Jackson’s 33-yard touchdown reception in the LB TRAVIS HARRIS third quarter was his second of the season and the third of his career. The reception was his fourth Wears his hair in dreadlocks to honor his God of the game, equaling his career high set against Arkansas earlier this season. brother Maurice Martin who died of leukemia. nWith a 21-yard reception in the first quarter of the Middle Tennessee State game, O.J. Small DT ERIC HOLCOMBE reached the 1,000-yard plateau in his career. Small has 85 catches for 1,004 yards in his Florida Signed with Florida, got married and became a career. father all in one week in December of 2002. nWith 2:48 remaining in the first quarter of the MTSU game, O.J. Small grabbed a four-yard DB TERRENCE HOLMES reception for his fourth touchdown this season. Small camed into the year with three touchdown Father Ronald, who raised Holmes and his receptions in his career. younger brother by himself, died unexpectedly of a heart attack in December of his senior year nAndre Caldwell’s 62-yard touchdown reception from Chris Leak in the Middle Tennessee State in high school, has “Ronnie” tattooed on the game was the longest catch of his career and his first receiving touchdown. underside of his left arm in memory. nTate Casey made the first start of his career at tight end against MTSU. Florida has started a tight WR CHAD JACKSON end in every game of the Ron Zook era except against Eastern Michigan. Lost his cousin, Victor Hill, during a high school voluntary summer workout in 2002 when he nKenneth Tookes notched his first catch of the season with an 18-yard pass from Chris Leak in the collapsed in the huddle. Victor was his team- third quarter of the Middle Tennessee State game. mate at Hoover HS as a running back, receiver and defensive back. Jackson wore No. 8 his se- nEight different Gators had at least one catch against Middle Tennessee State (Chad Jackson, O.J. niors season and wears the same number at Small, Andre Caldwell, Dallas Baker, DeShawn Wynn, Kenneth Tookes, Billy Latsko, Jemalle Florida. Hill wore the number at Hoover HS. Cornelius).

DB TONY JOINER nO.J. Small, who entered the season as UF’s top returning receiver (35 catches for 379 yards in Enjoys riding jet skis, fishing, and riding four- 2003), has caught a touchdown pass in four of Florida’s six games this season. Small has caught at wheelers in his spare time. least one pass in 24 straight games. Small has had five catches or more in three of UF’s six games this season. QB CHRIS LEAK According to UF Larry nChad Jackson has caught two passes of 65-yards-or-more this season (81-yard reception at Fedora, Leak was the one who went over and Tennessee and a 65-yard reception against Kentucky). The last time a Florida receiver had two plays got the water bottles filled and brought them to of over 65 yards in the same season was Darrell Jackson in 1999. Jackson caught a 73-yard practice for the receivers, running backs and touchdown pass from Doug Johnson versus Alabama and had another 73-yard reception from quarterbacks during voluntary conditioning in the Johnson in the next game versus Arkansas. summer of 2004.

nChad Jackson’s 81-yard touchdown reception against Tennessee was the longest of his career and WR REGGIE LEWIS the longest by a Gator since Jacquez Green’s 85-yard touchdown reception in the 1996 SEC title Starred as a dual-threat quarterback his senior game against Alabama. The reception also topped his previous career-high for yards in a game, season, passing for 1,798 yards and rushing for which was 38 against San Jose State. 798. His primary target was fellow Gator re- ceiver Kenneth Tookes. nAndre Caldwell’s 61-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of the Arkansas game was the first of his career and the longest run by a Gator this season. The run was the longest by a non-running OL JONATHAN MARVIN back since Terry LeCount’s 74-yard run against Utah in 1977. Father, Mickey, was a standout offensive line- man for Tennessee (1973-76) before playing OFFENSIVE LINE for the Oakland Raiders. nFlorida opened the MTSU game with the following individuals on the offensive line for the fifth CB JERMAINE MCCOLLUM straight week: Jonathan Colon (LT), Lance Butler (LG), Mike Degory (C), Mo Mitchell (RG) and Randy Hand (RT). Committed at the same time as twin brother Tremaine, who also plays defensive back. The twins never considered attending separate nThe Florida offensive line did not allow a sack against Middle Tennessee State. Overall, Florida has schools. allowed only one the past two outings.

nMike Degory, Lance Butler and Randy Hand have started 15 games together in their Florida

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 6 WHAT’S NEW WITH THE GATORS.. . careers. PLAYER ANECDOTES LB TODD MCCULLOUGH nMike Degory has started each of the 32 games of his collegiate career, marking the longest active One of 13 players at Jacksonville Bolles School streak on the team. Degory is the only center to have ever started under Ron Zook. who signed Division I-A football scholarships.

nSenior Mo Mitchell returned to the offense this season after playing 12 games on the defensive front last season. Mitchell has started 10 games on the offensive line. DE Was a science Olympiad in ninth grade. THE DEFENSE DE TRANELL MORANT nFlorida’s defense ranks seventh in the conference and 45th in the country in rushing defense as the Gators are allowing opponents 126.8 yards on the ground per game. The Gators rank fifth in the Nickname is “Tree”. conference and 34th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (110.0 ). Overall, UF is seventh in the SEC and 50th in the country in total defense giving up 342.8 yards per game. In addition, the Florida K MATT PIOTROWICZ defense is sixth in the league and 33rd in the nation in scoring defense giving up 18.8 points per game. Received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration on Saturday, August 7, 2004.

nFlorida’s turnover margin (+7) leads the SEC this season and ranks 15th in the country. LB BRYAN ROYAL nThe Florida defense has allowed only one touchdown in the first quarter and only one touchdown in Hopes to attend law school at Florida and be- the third quarter this season. come a sports agent.

nIn the MTSU game, the Florida defense had a season-high six sacks. The total is as many as FB ERIC RUTLEDGE opponents have had against the Gators all season. Over the past two weeks, the Gators have record Grandfather, Murrell Rutledge, attended UF. 10 sacks. LB BRANDON SILER nFlorida’s defense held MTSU’s Clint Marks, the nation’s most accurate passer (77.4 completion Scored 40 points in a basketball game in high percentage), 10 points under his season average. Florida allowed only one offensive touchdown and school while going 20-20 from the charity stripe. 223 passing yards, the lowest total this season. The Gator defense allowed only 78 rushing yards and no touchdowns on the ground to the Blue Raiders. WR O.J. SMALL Hobbies include drawing. nFor the sixth time this season in as many games, the Florida defense held its opponents top rusher to under 100 yards against Middle Tennessee State. DT MARCUS THOMAS Was born in Japan. nUF had a season-high 12 tackles for loss vs.Middle Tennessee State one week after having a season-high eight against LSU. RB SKYLER THORNTON Was a ball boy at LaGrange High School from n In the 19 games since Charlie Strong took over as Florida’s defensive coordinator, the Gators have fourth through eighth grade. scored points off turnovers in 16 games. WR KENNETH TOOKES n Dating back to last season, the Gators have given up only five touchdowns on the ground in the last Attended Florida football games since the age 25 quarters of play. of 11, and was a fan of the Gators before that. nThe Gator defense has allowed opponents to convert on only 19-of-49 third down attempts in the second half this season (.387). UF opponents have made only 7-of-23 conversions in the third OL PHIL TRAUTWEIN quarter against the Gators (.304). UF opponents have converted 5-of-15 (.333) third downs in the Has always been big, weighing 11 pounds and third quarter in the last three games. measuring 23 inches at birth.

nFor the first time in four seasons, UF does not have a new defensive coordinator as the Gators DB DEE WEBB opened the season with Charlie Strong. Formerly in the same post at South Carolina, Strong took the The first time Webb touched the ball at Ed White position over when John Thompson left to become the head coach at East Carolina. Thompson had High School he returned a punt 72 yards for a replaced John Hoke (1999-2001). touchdown.

nAgainst Middle Tennessee the Gators had two takeaways (both of which were interceptions) and P now have 14 for the year after leading the SEC with 31 takeaways last season. In 2003, the Gators Also played soccer and as a decathlete in high set a school record with four interceptions returned for touchdowns and also tied a school record school, was named track team MVP and was a with six defensive scores overall. district winner in the long jump.

nUF has ranked among the top three teams in the SEC in total defense 15 times in the last 24 years. RB DESHAWN WYNN HS coach Ken Minor put together a highlight nBetween Ron Zook (eight), Charlie Strong (six) and Bill Miller (17), the Gator coaching staff has 31 tape, sent to his brother Ed, who lives near years of experience at the defensive coordinator position. Gainesville to hand deliver. Minor called a couple times before the coaches got to it, loved Wynn LINEBACKERS and offered. nChanning Crowder has had 49.0 tackles this season and has led the Gators 10 times in the last 12 games.

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PERCENTAGE RETURNING... nChanning Crowder leads the SEC in tackles with 9.8 per game this season. He also is second in the nFlorida returns players who accounted for the fol- conference with seven tackles for loss this year and is tied with Tennessee’s Kevin Burnett with two lowing percent in each category during the 2003 fumble recoveries on the year (as of Oct. 15, 2004). season: Offense Offensive Snaps ______58.7 nLinebacker Brandon Siler is one of two true freshmen to play for the Gators in each game this Rushing Yards ______65.9 season (TE Tate Casey is the other). Siler has had a tackle for loss in four consecutive games. Passing Yards ______79.4 Receiving Yards ______38.7 nJunior Todd McCullough returned to the unit against Eastern Michigan after undergoing shoulder Scoring ______62.5 surgery prior to the Ole Miss game in 2003. Defense Defensive Snaps ______53.0 nSenior Travis Harris rejoined the linebacker unit in the spring of 2004. Harris played the 2003 Tackles ______49.8 season as a defensive end after spending the 2002 season as a backup linebacker and playing on Sacks ______46.2 special teams. Harris missed the 2001 season with a shoulder injury. This season, Harris has had 17 Interceptions ______15.0 Pass Break Ups ______36.2 tackles, one of which was for a three-yard loss. He has also forced a fumble and blocked a field goal. Forced Fumbles ______54.5 In the Middle Tennessee game, Harris made the first interception of his career. Fumble Returns ______16.6 DEFENSIVE LINE Special Teams Special Teams Snaps ______69.2 nDefensive end Jeremy Mincey is tied for second on the team with Terrence Holmes with three Punt Return Yards ______23.6 pass break ups this season. Kick Return Yards ______79.9 Field Goals ______100.0 nUF returned three of its top five tacklers up front after losing all five a season ago. In addition, UF Extra Points ______100.0 returned seven of its top 10 tacklers on the line after losing seven of its top nine going into 2003. Punting ______100.0 SINCE 1990 FLORIDA IS... nFor the second consecutive season, UF has replaced both of its starting defensive ends (Darrell Lee and Bobby McCray). Jeremy Mincey and Joe Cohen have started both games this season. n115-3 when holding opponents to 21 or less points. SECONDARY nFlorida has 10 interceptions this year after returning defensive backs entered the season with n80-4 when it rushes for 150 or more yards in a four career interceptions to their credit. UF has had an interception in each of its last five game and 62-35-1 when held under 150 yards. games.

n125-12 when it rushes for at least 100 yards in nDee Webb’s first-quarter interception in the Middle Tennessee State game was the second of a game and just 17-27-1 when held under 100 his career and the second in as many games. yards. nHeading into last season, Florida returned only three players to the defense who had been a n70-5 when a back rushes for 100 or more starter the previous season and all were in the secondary. This year, the secondary is the only part yards in a game. of the unit that did not return a starter.

n106-6 when UF outrushes its opponent and nVernell Brown, who originally came to Florida as a defensive back in 2001, was switched back to just 36-34-1 when it is outrushed. the position in the spring of 2004 after spending the 2002 and 2003 season at wide receiver.

nThose players who have returned to the secondary have combined to make four interceptions in n101-16 when UF scores first and 41-22-1 when opponent scores first. their Florida careers prior to this year. The last time Florida entered a season with four or fewer interceptions was 1999, when the unit came in with two combined. Prior to that, UF entered the 1993 season with four interceptions among those returning. Last season, Daryl Dixon had four n130-9-1 when leading at the half and 11-29 when tied or trailing at the half. career interceptions alone at the beginning of the year. The chart below lists the amount of combined interceptions UF’s secondary has started each of the last 20 seasons with: 1985 - 6 1990 - 10 1995 - 12 2000 - 9 nUF has been outrushed in 33 of the 38 games 1986 - 8 1991 - 9 1996 - 11 2001 - 9 it has lost. 1987 - 14 1992 - 20 1997 - 15 2002 - 10 1988 - 11 1993 - 4 1998 - 14 2003 - 9 nThe Gators have posted a 80-5-1 record when 1989 - 8 1994 - 14 1999 - 9 2004 - 4 they hold an opponent to less than 100 team rushing yards. SPECIAL TEAMS nFlorida is fourth in the SEC and ranks 59th in the country in punt returns as the Gators average 8.9 nUF is 23-3 in games in which it blocks a punt. yards per return.

nThe Gators are 95-21-1 in games played in nUF’s Eric Wilbur ranks third in the SEC and 37th in the country as he is averaging 41.9 yards per the state of Florida (80-11 in Gainesville, 12-1 in punt this season. Jacksonville, 2-1 in Orlando, 1-0 in Miami, 0-6-1

in Tallahassee, 0-2 in Tampa). nVernell Brown is second in the SEC and 47th in the nation in punt returns as he averages 9.5 yards each time he handles the ball. n93-4 vs. unranked teams at game time. nFlorida punted the ball one time against Middle Tennessee State, while MTSU punted five times. MTSU entered the game allowing only 5.2 yards per return (19th best in the nation). UF averaged 6.6 yards for the game on three punt returns.

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 8 UNIT NOTEBOOKS... nFlorida has not given up a kick return of over 28 yards all season. UF is holding opponents to just FIRST-YEAR COACHES... 15.5 yards per kick return this year, after giving up 23.1 yards per kick return last year. nChecking in with the 13 head coaches that were in their first year in a new place in 2002 nOpponents are averaging 6.1 yards per punt return this year after Florida gave up 14.7 last year. reveals that Florida’s Ron Zook has been the After Eastern Michigan’s 22-yard punt return in the season opener, UF has not allowed a punt return most successful among those who were in their longer than 10 yards this season. first season that year: Coach School Record nMatt Leach has made 84 straight consecutive extra points and ranks second on Florida’s all-time RON ZOOK ______FLORIDA ______20-12 chart in the department. With seven against Middle Tennessee State, Leach moved past Judd Davis Tyrone Willingham __ Notre Dame ______20-12 (1992-94) who hit 81 in a row. The school record is held by Bart Edmiston (114, 1992-96). Leach Jeff Tedford ______California ______19-12 also is on Florida’s all-time chart for career PATs with 100, which is the fifth highest total in school ______Georgia Tech _____ 18-14 history. Only four Gators have made 100-or-more in their career (Jeff Chandler, 167; Bart Edmiston, Paul Johnson ______Navy ______15-16 160; Judd Davis, 129; David Posey, 110). Steve Roberts _____ Arkansas State ___ 13-19 Mark Mangino _____ Kansas ______11-20 nMatt Piotrowicz handles the kickoff duties for the fourth consecutive year. He was tied for third on Rickey Bustle _____ UL-Lafayette ______10-21 the squad with eight special teams tackles in 2003 and he opened the 2004 season with three Buddy Teevens ____ Stanford ______10-18 including two against Arkansas. Piotrowicz has 17 touchbacks (on 37 kicks) for the year after having Tom Craft ______San Diego State____9-21 five against Middle Tennessee State. Gerry DiNardo _____ Indiana ______7-23 Bobby Johnson ____ Vanderbilt ______5-25 Phil Bennett ______SMU ______4-27 nChad Jackson’s 47-yard kickoff return against Eastern Michigan was the longest by a Gator since ’s 59-yard kickoff return at Arkansas in Florida’s 33-28 victory against the Razorbacks on TOTALS ______161-240 (totals as of Oct. 17, 2004) Oct. 18, 2003. The return was the longest of Jackson’s career. His previous long was a 28-yard return in the 2004 Outback Bowl against Iowa. nThe six coaches with no previous head coach- ing experience at a four-year college went 27- nVernell Brown recorded a career long 43-yard punt return in fourth quarter of the Kentucky game. 47 in 2002. The following indicates how coaches Brown’s return against Kentucky was the longest since Lito Sheppard’s 57-yard return against have done in that situation over the past few South Carolina in 2000. years: Year Won Lost Pct. nWith Ron Zook as the special teams coordinator at Florida in 1994 and 1995, the Gators blocked 2002 27 47 .364 12 total kicks, and the 1994 unit blocked a school-record five punts. In 1995, Zook’s special teams 2001 72 67 .518 blocked seven kicks in the regular season, including four punts, two field goals and an extra point. 2000 39 54 .419 Three of the blocked punts led to Gator TDs. 1999 40 51 .440 1998 44 59 .427 THE SCHEDULE Totals 222 278 .444 nA look at the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll shows that among the SEC, Florida and ON THIS DATE... Georgia will play the most preseason top 25 teams this season with four. Overall, only 10 teams in the nation will take on more opponents ranked in the top 25 of the preseason edition of the poll. The Gators have played on this date seven times However, the Gators are the only member of the conference to play four teams inside of the top 15: in the history of the program and own a 3-4 record: SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE LEADERS Arkansas 5 Oct. 23, 1971 – Florida vs. Maryland Florida 4 UF 27 – UM - 23 – Gainesville, Fla. Georgia 4 Florida was led in its 1971 homecoming game Kentucky 4 by who finished the game 23-of- South Carolina 4 34 for 307 yards. In addition, Carlos Alvarez Vanderbilt 4 caught 10 passes for 134 yards. The Florida Alabama 3 defense held Maryland to 83 passing yards. Auburn 3 Louisiana State 3 Tennessee 3 Oct. 23, 1976 – Florida at Tennessee Mississippi 3 UF 20 – Tenn. - 18 – Knoxville, Tenn. Mississippi State 3 The 11th-ranked Gators came away with the win after hit a field goal in the fourth quarter of nFor the first time since 1988 and only the fifth time in school history, UF will play five of its first six the contest. Florida kept the ball on the ground games at home. Four out of the last five are on the road. UF is 8-2 on the road against conference as Tony Green carried 17 times for 124 yards teams under head coach Ron Zook. and James Fisher finished with 78 yards on 17 carries. Overall, the Florida running game ac- nFlorida will play five teams this fall that made appearances in bowl games during the 2003 season. counted for 301 of UF’s 394 total yards. Ten- Every team in the SEC plays at least four bowl teams from 2003: nessee fumbled five times during the game, 2004 Opponents in 2003 Bowls however, only lost the ball once. Team ______Bowl Arkansas 27 vs. Missouri 14 ______Independence Georgia 34 vs. Purdue 27 (OT) ______Capital One Miami (Fla.) 16 vs. Florida State 14 ______Orange Clemson 27 vs. Tennessee 14 ______Peach LSU 21 vs. Oklahoma 14 ______Sugar 2004 opponents are in bold

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 9 POLL NOTES... CURRENT CONSECUTIVE nAccording to the NCAA, the 2003 Florida NEXT UP... SEASONS IN THE FINAL Gators faced the second toughest schedule in n The Gators travel to Jacksonville for the an- COACHES POLL the nation and UF probably will rank highly nual match up against Georgia on Oct. 30, 2004 again in strength of schedule for its 2004 slate. at 3:30 p.m. The series is one of the longest and Rk. _ School ______Years most storied in college football. The two schools 1. __ Florida State ______20 FLORIDA IN THE RED ZONE UNDER have met 81 previous times, which is the most 2. __ Michigan ______19 COACH ZOOK for UF vs. any opponent. UF has won 13 of the 3. __ FLORIDA ______14 Times Total in Red zone ______133 last 14 meetings and 15 of the past 20 seasons. 4. __ Georgia ______7 Scored ______106 (81 TD/25 FG) The Gators are riding a six-game win streak ___ Texas ______7 Points ______617 over the Bulldogs. Florida’s best sustained streak 6. __ Miami ______6 of success over UGA is its seven-game win streak nFlorida has been almost perfect in the red from 1990-96. CURRENT CONSECUTIVE zone in each of its last three games. UF was 4- of-4 against Arkansas and 3-of-3 against LSU. GAMES WITHOUT BEING UF was 6-of-7 in the Middle Tennessee game, missing only one chance as the Gators ran the ball to SHUTOUT the 18-yard line to run out the clock on the final play of the game. UF has scored on 13 of its last 14 trips inside the red zone, including 11 touchdowns. A look at the leaders nationally and in the SEC

as far as consecutive games without being shut nThis season, UF has outscored opponents163-72 in the red zone. UF has scored 10 times through out: the air and 12 times on the ground. The Gators have scored 21-or-more points in the red zone in five NATIONAL LEADERS out of six games this season. 1. Washington ______272 2. Michigan ______235 3. Washington State ______234 nFlorida has allowed only Tennessee and LSU to enter the red zone four-or-more time in a game 4. Oregon ______228 this season. The Gators have done so four-or-more times in five of six games this season. 5. Florida State ______205 6. FLORIDA ______198 nThe Gators opened the season by going 10-of-11 in the red zone (.909). 7. Colorado ______191 nFlorida’s red zone offense has scored 45 rushing touchdowns under Coach Zook, more than any SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE LEADERS other fashion of scoring. 1. FLORIDA ______198 2. Tennessee ______128 3. Georgia ______111 nIn the Middle Tennessee game, the Gators scored 38 points in the red zone. The total was the 4. Arkansas ______109 second highest scored by Florida under Ron Zook. The highest came against Eastern Michigan 5. Ole Miss ______69 earlier this season when the Gators scored 49. 6. Alabama ______43 7. LSU ______23 nUnder Ron Zook, the Gators have scored 49-of-55 times inside the red zone against non-confer- 8. South Carolina ______19 ence opponents (89.0 percent). Auburn ______19 10. Vanderbilt ______6 11. Kentucky ______5 12. Mississippi State ______2

PASSING YARDS SINCE 1996 Since 1996, the Gators rank third in the country in combined passing yards: NATIONAL LEADERS 1. Louisiana Tech ______33,422 2. Marshall ______32,374 3. FLORIDA ______30,047

TD PASSES SINCE 1990

1. FLORIDA ______480 2. Florida State ______391 3. BYU ______364 4. Louisiana Tech ______324 5. Nevada ______315

300-YARD PASSING GAMES SINCE 1996 1. Louisiana Tech ______57 2. FLORIDA ______56 3. Kentucky ______52

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Rushing Attempts (Game) Passing Attempts PATs Made 1. 41 ______Errict Rhett vs. Georgia, 1993 (Career) (Career) 2. 39 ______Emmitt Smith vs. Alabama, 1987 1. 1,202 ______Shane Matthews, 1989-92 1. 167 ______Jeff Chandler, 1997-01 3. 34 ______Fred Taylor vs. Auburn, 1997 2. 1,170 ______Danny Wuerffel, 1993-96 2. 160 ______Bart Edmiston, 1992-96 4. 33 ______Errict Rhett vs. Kentucky, 1992 3. 1,128 ______John Reaves, 1969-71 3. 129 ______Judd Davis, 1992-94 33 ______Neal Anderson vs. Kentucky, 1982 4. 1,110 ______Rex Grossman, 2000-02 4. 110 ______David Posey, 1973-76 6. 32 ______Earnest Graham vs. Kentucky, 2002 5. 991 ______Wayne Peace, 1980-83 5. 100 ______Matt Leach, 2002 - 32 ______Emmitt Smith vs. LSU, 1987 6. 949 ______Kerwin Bell, 1984-87 6. 95 ______Arden Czyzewski, 1988-91 7. 31 ______Ciatrick Fason vs. Kentucky, 2004 7. 907 ______Doug Johnson, 1996-99 7. 77 ______Wayne Barfield, 1965-67 31 ______Emmitt Smith vs. New Mexico, 1989 8. 692 ______Steve Spurrier, 1964-66 8. 64 ______Bobby Raymond, 1983-84 31 ______Neal Anderson vs. Kentucky, 1985 9. 512 ______Chris Leak, 2003- 9. 62 ______Brian Clark, 1979-81 31 ______Larry Dupree vs. Florida State, 1963 10. 479 ______Jesse Palmer, 1997-2000 10. 60 ______Collins Cooper, 1996-98

Rushing Yards (Game) Passing Completions Consecutive PATs Made By A 200 yds. plus (Career) UF Kicker 1. 316 ______Emmitt Smith vs. New Mexico,1989 1. 722 ______Shane Matthews, 1989-92 2. 224 ______Emmitt Smith vs. Alabama, 1987 (Career) 2. 708 ______Danny Wuerffel, 1993-96 3. 218 ______Red Bethea vs. Chicago, 1930 1. 114 ______Bart Edmiston, 1992-96 3. 677 ______Rex Grossman, 2000-02 4. 210 ______Ciatrick Fason vs. Kentucky, 2004 2. 84 ______Matt Leach, 2002 - 4. 610 ______Wayne Peace, 1980-83 5. 204 _____ Jimmy DuBose vs. Florida State, 1975 3. 81 ______Judd Davis, 1992-94 5. 603 ______John Reaves, 1969-71 6. 202 ______Emmitt Smith vs. Vanderbilt, 1989 4. 62 ______Brian Clark, 1979-81 6. 549 ______Kerwin Bell, 1984-87 5. 55 ______Berj Yepremian, 1976-78 7. 504 ______Doug Johnson, 1996-99 6. 52 ______Wayne Barfield, 1965-67 Average Yards Per Carry By 8. 392 ______Steve Spurrier, 1964-66 An SEC Athlete Over The Past 9. 308 ______Chris Leak, 2003- 10. 254 ______Jesse Palmer, 1997-2000 Consecutive PATs Made By A Two Seasons Kicker Nationally (Active) 1. 6.0 ______Ciatrick Fason, Florida 1. 112 ______Jonathan Nichols, Ole Miss 2. 5.9 ______Ronnie Brown, Auburn Passing Yards 2. 84 ______Matt Leach, Florida 5.9 ______Justin Vincent, LSU (Career) 3. 81 ______Stephen Gostkowski, Memphis 4. 5.7 ______Kenneth Darby, Alabama 1. 10,875 ______Danny Wuerffel, 1993-96 4. 66 ______Taylor Begley, Kentucky 5. 5.6 ______DeCori Birmingham, Arkansas 2. 9287 ______Shane Matthews, 1989-92 5. 58 ______Xavier Beitia, Florida State (as of Oct. 17, 2004) 3. 9164 ______Rex Grossman, 2000-02 (as of Oct. 17, 2004) 4. 7585 ______Kerwin Bell, 1984-87 5. 7549 ______John Reaves, 1969-71 6. 7206 ______Wayne Peace, 1980-83 7. 7114 ______Doug Johnson, 1996-99 8. 4848 ______Steve Spurrier, 1964-66 9. 4006 ______Chris Leak, 2003- 10. 3755 ______Jesse Palmer, 1997-2000

200-Yard Passing Games (Career) 1. 31 ______Danny Wuerffel, 1993-96 2. 30 ______Shane Matthews, 1989-92 3. 26 ______Rex Grossman, 2000-02 4. 23 ______John Reaves, 1969-71 5. 20 ______Doug Johnson, 1996-99 6. 14 ______Wayne Peace, 1980-83 7. 14 ______Kerwin Bell, 1984-87 8. 12 ______Steve Spurrier, 1964-66 12 ______Chris Leak, 2003-

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 11 THE STADIUM... ATTENDANCE NOTES nIn 2003, Florida ranked seventh nationally in average attendance at 90,177. nThe attendance for the game against Florida State on Nov. 29, 2003 of 90,407 established a new school record and was the largest crowd AT FLORIDA FIELD ever to watch a football game in the state of Florida. The previous school record stood at 90,332 and was set against Tennessee on Sept. 20, 2003. “THE SWAMP” nThe attendance for the season opener last year against San Jose State (90,011) was the nA look at the Gators at home since 1990: nThe Gators had two significant streaks at “The largest opening day crowd in Florida history. Overall: ______80-11 Swamp” in the 1990s: A 23-game win streak from The previous record was 85,575 against UAB SEC: ______46-7 1990-93 and a 30-game streak from 1994-1999 in last year’s opener. The Gators opened the SEC East: ______26-2 In 87 home games since 1990, UF has scored 30 2004 season against Eastern Michigan in front SEC West: ______19-5 or more points 68 times and has held its opponent of a crowd of 90,009. Non-Conference: ______35-4 to 14 or less points 46 times. Top 25 Teams: ______17-10 nThe attendance Florida’s game at Tennessee Top 10 Teams: ______9-6 nSince 1990, UF has outscored its opponents at (109,061) was the largest to ever see a Gator Top 5 Teams: ______7-4 “The Swamp” by a combined total of 3691-1456 team play. Unranked Teams: ______62-1 (an average of 40.5 to 16.0 for an average victory At Night (6 p.m. or later) ______24-2 margin of 24.5). nIn 2003, the Gators sold all available season tickets (74,000). That figure continues to rank nFlorida’s home winning percentage of .879 (80- nSince 1990, Florida has lost only five times at as the second highest in the state of Florida 11) ranks third-best in the nation since 1990. home to a team ranked below the top five. history for any team - collegiate or professional. HOME RECORDS SINCE 1990 nThe Gators have ranked among the nation’s 1. Florida State ______81-4-1 _____ .941 top 15 schools in average home attendance in 2. Nebraska ______91-7-0 _____ .928 each of the last 22 years (1982-2003) and 3, Florida ______80-11-0 ____ .879 ranked among the nation’s top eight schools in 4. Kansas State _____ 85-11-1 ____ .876 each of the last 13 years (1991-2003). UF’s 5. Texas A&M ______74-13-1 ____ .840 average of 90,176 fans per home game in 2003 ranked as the best single-season mark in school history. The marked bettered that of 1999 in which UF averaged 85,493 fans per home game. nFlorida has a current streak of 95 consecutive home sellouts dating back to the 1989 season. Here is where UF ranks nationally for current consecutive sellouts:

1. Nebraska ______266 2. Notre Dame ______179 3. Michigan ______124 4. FLORIDA ______95

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 12 HEAD COACH RON ZOOK... THE RON ZOOK FILE ROOTS AND FAMILY nZook grew up in the small town of Loudonville, . The town’s population is mere 3,000, and a n26 years of coaching experience canoe livery was its biggest industry. n 20 year collegiate coaching experience (Florida, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Tennessee, nAs devoted as he is to football, Zook is still a family man. During his hectic first spring as Florida’s Kansas, Cincinnati, Murray State) Six years pro- head coach, Zook found the time to make a 90-mile drive from Daytona Beach to Jacksonville to watch fessional coaching experience (Pittsburgh, Kan- his daughter, Casey, run the 100-meter hurdles in the district championships. Casey was ecstatic that sas City and New Orleans) her father would drive two hours for a 17-second race. nCoached for three NFL franchises (Pittsburgh, Kansas City and New Orleans) nZook’s father, a traveling salesman, was over 400 miles away in Chicago at a trade show during nCoached on three NFL Division Champions senior night at Ron’s final high school home football game. His father drove straight in from a meeting, (1996 and 1997 Steelers - AFC Central, 2000 wheeled into the parking lot just before kickoff and immediately left after the game to get back to Saints - NFC West) Chicago in time for his Saturday appointments. nCoached on five SEC Championship teams (four at Florida, one at Tennessee) nZook started flying planes when he was 13 and had his first solo flight when he was 16. nParticipated in 15 bowl games (two as a player and 13 as a coach) nZook’s grandfather, Peter, came to America from Russia. When he arrived at Ellis Island, immigra nCoached at four schools that are members of tion officials looked at his 26-letter last name and shortened it to simply Zook. college football's premier conferences (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East). nZook’s wife, Denise, tells about her husband’s meticulous scrutiny of life on, and off, the football field. “When he’s making a decision on anything, I don’t care if it’s insurance, buying a house, getting a loan, PERSONAL getting a dog, whatever, he’s going to check out everything,” says Denise. “You should ask the car Birthdate: April 28,1954 salesman how he is about buying a car. It’s hilarious. It’s just how Ron is. Every single thing we buy Hometown: Loudonville, Ohio has to be researched.” Alma Mater: Miami of Ohio (1976) Family: Wife, Denise; daughters Jacquelyn, Casey nZook’s favorite way to relax is water skiing, and since 1991 he and his family have vacationed at Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland every summer. The family stays in a 60-foot houseboat with their COACHING EXPERIENCE friends, the Daultons, and spends almost the entire week water skiing. Florida 2002-Present ______Head Coach THE RECRUITER nWhen Zook was on John Cooper’s Ohio State coaching staff, they were on the road recruiting when 2000-01 ______Defensive Coordinator Cooper wanted to stop somewhere for seafood. Zook zipped through a Shoney’s drive-thru for clam chowder. 1999 ______Defensive Backs Coach nWhen Florida AD offered Zook the head coaching job, Zook didn’t haggle over his 1996-98 ______Special Teams Coach salary. “That literally lasted five seconds,” Foley said. “I told him it was going to be a five-year deal and Florida it would pay him $1 million a year and he said, ‘OK, I need a cell phone so I can start recruiting.” 1995 _ Assoc. Head Coach/ Special Teams Coor. ______Nickelbackers and Strong Safeties Coach n On the national recruiting scene, the UAA pilot Ross Dewitt logged many hours flying Zook to up to 1994 ___Special Teams Coordinator/Nickelbackers three cities a day. “There were several times when he asked me if he wanted me to take over and fly 1991-93 _ Defensive Coordinator/ Defensive Backs the plane. I wouldn’t do that, letting a football coach fly me around. (But) he always offers: ‘I’ll sit up Ohio State there this leg if you want.’ He’s joking….he’s half-joking. But let’s put it this way, if he had to, if both of 1988-90 ______Defensive Backs his pilots became incapacitated and he had to do it, it wouldn’t surprise me at all that he’d be able to Virginia Tech get the airplane down.” 1987 Defensive Coordinator/ Assistant Head Coach Tennessee nCoach Zook spent so much time on the road recruiting during his first Spring as the Gators’ head 1984-86 ______Defensive Backs coach that he knew his way around the rest of the state far better than he did Gainesville. Near the Kansas end of May, he still didn’t know his new address. “I don’t know the address, I don’t even know the 1983 ______Defensive Coordinator name of the street, but I can get there,” Zook said, “I don’t even know where the light switches are. But Cincinnati I know it’s a beautiful house and my wife is happy and I look forward to living there.” 1981-82 ______Defensive Coordinator Murray State 1978-80 ______Defensive Backs nDuring the May recruiting period, Zook visited 71 high schools and drove more than 1,000 miles to Orville High School personally meet coaches and gave 12 speeches at Gator Club gatherings. 1976-77 n Soon after Zook was hired by Florida Athletics Director Jeremy Foley, he marched into Foley’s office THE COACHING STAFF and told his new boss, “You need to get me a cell phone that works in the shower. That would give Jerry “Red” Anderson ...... Defensive Line me an extra 10 minutes to recruit.” He was only half-joking. Dan Disch ...... Secondary Dwayne Dixon Assis. Head Coach/Inside Rec. nAs head coach at Murray State, Mike Gottfried knew that money would be tight for a new assistant, ...... Offensive Coor./WR so he invited Zook to move in his home since he had a spare bedroom. Zook lived there for six months. ...... RB/Recruiting Coordinator “My two daughters thought they were getting a new big brother, but they never saw him.” Gottfried Bill Miller ...... Assoc. Head Coach/Linebackers said. “He wasn’t home at night, he wasn’t home for dinner. He was gone all the time. Ron would call Charlie Strong ...... Defensive Coordinator me at 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. in the morning. He would be out recruiting somewhere and was excited. He’d Joe Wickline ...... OL/Running Game Coor. Ed Zaunbrecher ...... Quarterbacks

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 13 HEAD COACH RON ZOOK... tell me he’d found this guy or tell me he was talk RON ZOOK’S RECORD AT UF WHEN... SEC Coaches Division I Experience Rankings ing to a kid we really had to get. He was relent Overall ______20-12 1. Tennessee ...... 19.0 less.” 2. Vanderbilt ...... 18.2 vs. SEC ______14-6 3. Auburn ...... 17.5 vs. SEC East ______10-2 nZook was hired on January 9, 2002 — a Wednes- 4. South Carolina ...... 17.1 day. That Friday some 15 recruits were sched- vs. SEC West ______4-4 5. Florida ...... 17.0 uled to arrive in Gainesville for official visits. Zook, vs. Non-Conference ______6-6 6. Kentucky ...... 16.5 who refused to delay any of the visits, rushed to 7. Georgia ...... 16.0 Play at home ______12-6 organize the perfect trips. When every detail was 8. Alabama ...... 14.5 Play away ______6-4 planned perfectly by Zook and his brand new 9. Arkansas ...... 14.4 Play at neutral sites ______2-2 coaching staff, they waited eagerly at the stadium 10. Mississippi State...... 13.9 Playing in the state of Florida ______14-10 to greet the recruits and their host players. How- 11. Ole Miss ...... 13.7 Receive kickoff to start game ______10-5 ever, there was one problem. When 30 athletes 12. LSU ...... 13.5 Kickoff to start game ______10-7 arrived, Zook and his staff weren’t sure who were Zook Against Ranked Teams (5-9) being recruited and who were already playing at In night games (6 p.m. or later) ______7-5 2002 - L - No. 1 Miami 41 vs. No. 6 Florida 16 Florida. Zook paused for a moment to think, and In the rain ______5-0 2002 - W - No. 10 Florida 30 at No. 4 Tennessee 13 provided his staff with one simple direction. “Re- 2002 - L - No. 18 LSU 36 vs No. 16 Florida 7 cruit them all.” Score first ______10-6 2002 - W - No. 22 Florida 20 vs. No. 5 Georgia 13 (N) Opponents score first ______10-6 2002 -L - No. 23 Florida State 31 vs. No. 11 Florida 14 nZook is a man that believes that no time should 2003 - L - No. 12 Michigan 38 vs. No. 20 Florida 30 (N) be wasted. Once when the fire alarm went off in Lead after one quarter ______11-3 2003 - L - No. 18 Florida 33 at No. 3 Miami 38 the football offices, everybody but Zook evacu- Trail after one quarter ______4-4 2003 -L -No. 17 Florida 10 vs. No. 12 Tenn 24 ated. “If there really had been a fire, I could have Are tied after one quarter ______5-4 2003 - W - NR Florida 19 at. No. 6 LSU 7 escaped,” Zook explained to Orlando Sentinel col- 2003- W - NR Florida 33 at No. 11 Arkansas 28 umnist Mike Bianchi as he pointed out his second- Lead at half ______16-5 2003 - W - No. 23 Florida 16 vs No 4 Georgia 13 (N) story office window. “It’s not that far of a jump.” Trail at half ______3-7 2003 - L - No. 11 Florida 34 vs. No. 9 FSU 38 Are tied at half ______1-0 2004 - L - No. 12 Iowa 37 vs. No. 17 Florida 17 (N) THE ROAD TO FLORIDA 2004 - L - No. 13 Tenn. 30 vs. No. 11 Florida 28 nZook first began teaching science and coaching Lead after three quarters ______18-4 2004 - L - No. 24 LSU 24 vs. No 12 Florida 21 at Orville (Ohio) High School in 1976-1977 in the Trail after three quarters ______2-7 hometown of college basketball legend Bobby Are tied after three quarters ______0-1 Gator Turnovers In The Zook Era Knight. Zook coached defense for head coach In UF’s 20 Wins ...... UF - 1.6 per game Mo Tipton, who initially placed him in the pressbox Overtime games ______1-0 ...... Opp - 2.1 per game to see the field better. That lasted all of a half. In UF’s 12 Losses ...... UF - 1.9 per game “They had to take him out because he almost fell Have a team pass for 300+ yards ______7-4 ...... Opp -1.4 per game out three times in the first half,” Zook’s brother Have an individual pass for 300+ yards ______6-2 Florida Third Year Coaching Records Bob recalls. “They had to grab him so he wouldn’t Opp. as a team pass for 300+ yards ______1-1 1908 ...... , 5-2-1 fall out.” Opp. has individual pass for 300+ yards ______0-1 1911 ...... G.E. Pyle, 5-0-1 1916 ...... Charles J. McCoy, 0-5 Have a team rush for 100+ yards ______17-6 nZook’s first collegiate coaching position came 1919 ...... A.L. Busser, 5-3 when Mike Gottfried — now a commentator for Have an individual rush for 100+ yards ______5-2 1922 ...... William Kline, 7-2 ESPN — gave him a job at Murray State. Zook Opp. has a team rush for 100+ yards ______13-11 1927 ...... H.L. Sebring, 7-3 Opp. has an individual rush for 100+ yards ______4-5 then coached at Cincinnati, Kansas, Tennessee, 1930 ...... Charles Bachman, 6-3-1 Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Florida. 1935 ...... D.K. Stanley, 3-7, 1-6 SEC Commit two or less turnovers ______15-7 1938 ...... , 4-6-1, 2-2-1 SEC Opponents commit two or more turnovers _____ 11-7 nAs a defensive assistant with the New Orleans 1942 ...... Thomas J. Lieb, 3-7, 1-3 SEC Saints, Zook started every practice by running 1948 ...... Raymond B. Wolf, 5-5, 1-5 SEC over to the offensive huddle and shouting “You Score 10 or more points ______20-11 Hold their opponent to 21 or less points ______15--2 1952 ...... Bob Woodruff, 8-3, 3-3 SEC got no chance today, offense, no chance.” By the 1962 ...... , 7-4, 4-2 SEC end of practice he was as sweaty as the players. Score under 10 points ______0-1 1972 ...... , 5-5-1, 3-3-1 SEC 10-19 points ______2-6 1981 ...... , 7-5, 3-3 SEC nAfter Zook had spent three seasons as the spe- 20-29 points ______6-2 1986 ...... , 6-5, 2-4 SEC cial teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kan- 1992 ...... Steve Spurrier, 9-4 6-2 SEC sas City Chiefs Coach Gunther Cunningham tried 30-39 points ______5-3 40-49 points ______3-0 Third-Year Coaches Superlatives to hire him away in 1999. When Steelers Coach Overall Wins ...... 9, Steve Spurrier (1992) attempted to block the move — citing 50 or more points ______2-0 60 or more points ______2-0 SEC Wins ...... 6, Steve Spurrier (1992) a league rule that an assistant can’t change teams Most Points Scored ...... 64, A.L. Busser (1919) without a promotion — Cunningham created a Most Home Wins ...... 6, Bob Woodruff (1952) title of “supervisory” for Zook. The title is no longer Hold opponent to under 10 points ______7-0 ...... Charley Pell (1981) allowed by the NFL, but the Chiefs were finally ...... Steve Spurrier (1992) able to hire Zook as their secondary coach. 10-19 points ______7-1 20-29 points ______4-3 Undefeated at Home ...... 3-0, Jack Forsythe (1908) 30-39 points ______2-7 ...... 2-0, G.E. Pyle (1911) 40-49 points ______0-1 ...... 4-0, A. L. Busser (1919) 50+ points ______0-0 ...... 6-0, Bob Woodruff (1952) ...... 6-0, Charley Pell (1981) ...... 6-0, Steve Spurrier (1992) 2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 14 LEGENDARY STATUS... ONE OF THE ONLY SCHOOL’S IN THE NATION TO: CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN nFlorida’s spectacular success has resulted in the Gator program being classified a “major college dynasty” by the NCAA in its annual records book. This is a rare and elite honor that has been THE POLLS (ALL-TIME) bestowed on Florida, the 1996 National Champions, due to a consistent level of success that is Nebraska ______347 (1981-2002) achieving legendary status. FLORIDA ______227 (1990-2003) Florida State ______212 (1989-2001) nOne of three schools in major college history, and the only one in the SEC, to ever win at least nine games for a period of 12 consecutive years (1990-2001). Alabama ______184 (1971-82) Michigan ______160 (1968-80) nOne of six schools in major college history to ever win 100 games during a decade (102 wins in the Notre Dame ______159 (1964-75) 1990s). Oklahoma ______156(1971-81)

nThe only school in modern major college history to ever score 500 or more points for a period of JANUARY BOWL four straight years (1993-96). APPEARANCES SINCE 1993

nIn the history of the NFL Draft, Florida and Miami hold the distinction of being the only schools Florida ______11 represented for the most consecutive years in the first-round of the draft. Florida State ______11 Tennessee ______9 nOne of only two schools in the nation to have multiple recipients of the Draddy Trophy which is presented by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame to the nation’s top football Michigan ______9 scholar-athlete. Ohio State ______9 Nebraska ______8 nThe only school in the nation that can boast of a Heisman Trophy recipient (Danny Wuerffel) who Penn State ______7 also received the Draddy Trophy which is presented by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame to the country’s top football scholar-athlete. COLLEGE LEADERS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE SEC TO: SINCE 1990 nThe only school in SEC history, and one of only three in major college history, to ever win at least MOST TOTAL WINS 10 games for a period of six straight years (1993-98). Florida State ______151 Nebraska ______150 nWin at least eight conference games in a season for four consecutive years (1993-96). FLORIDA ______142

nPost a perfect 8-0 conference record in back-to-back seasons (1995-96). Miami ______140 Tennessee ______139 nThe only school in SEC history, and one of only four schools in major college history, to ever rank in the top 15 of the final polls in 12 consecutive seasons (1990-2001). TOP-15 FINISHES

nIts 87-13 SEC record from 1990 to the seventh conference game of 2001 is the best league record over a 100 SEC game time period in conference history. Florida State ______13 FLORIDA ______12 nIt holds the SEC record for most consecutive seasons (12) with at least six league wins, a streak Miami ______11 that doubles the previous record of six set by Alabama from 1961-66). Tennessee ______11 Michigan ______10 nEver win 70 league games in a decade (73 in the 1990s). Nebraska ______10

nOne of only two schools in SEC history to ever win four consecutive league championships (1993- Penn State ______9 96). TOP-10 FINISHES Florida State ______11 nPlay in seven of the 12 SEC Championship Games and has won six SEC titles over the last 12 FLORIDA ______10 years. Nebraska ______8 1970s Tennessee ______7 GATORS JOIN Alabama ...... 103-16-1 Michigan ______7 Oklahoma ...... 102-13-3 EXCLUSIVE 100-WIN DECADE 1980s CLUB Nebraska ...... 103-20-0 Florida, 102-22-1 during the 1990s, joined BYU ...... 102-26-0 an exclusive list of only six major colleges that won 100 games during a decade entirely 1990s spent at the I-A level. Florida State ...... 109-13-1 Nebraska ...... 108-16-1 FLORIDA ...... 102-22-1

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 15 FLORIDA AND THE NFL... n The 2004 National Football League season be- Former Gator gan on Thursday, Sept. 9. All notes below reflect Emmitt Smith be- 2004 opening day totals and the 2004 NFL Draft. came the NFL’s all-time leading GATORS AND THE NFL DRAFT rusher on Sun- day, Oct. 27, n Former Gator quarterback Rex Grossman’s first round selection by the in 2003 2002 with an 11- marked the seventh straight year and eighth time yard run against in the last ten years that a Florida players has the Seattle been selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Seahawks in Dal- Florida’s 26 first-round draft choices since 1983 is las. Smith sur- the second best total in the nation. Since the first passed the long- NFL Draft in 1936, a Florida player has been se- time record held lected in the first round 35 times covering 26 sepa- by Walter Payton, rate seasons. who rushed for 16,726 yards in his 13-year. n One of only two schools to have had at least one first-round draft selection in 17 of the last 22 drafts. Smith was a On April 12, 2003 Florida fans got the opportunity to recognize one of their own as Emmitt Smith was honored at halftime of the 2003 three-time All- n UF has had at least 40 players chosen in the Orange and Blue Spring game. NFL Draft for the decades of 1950, 1960, 1970, American at the 1980 and 1990. UF already has 30 selections from University of the years 2000-04. Florida from 1987-89. He established 58 school records in three seasons, including a career rushing mark of 3,928 yards. Following his junior season with the Gators, Smith was a first-round selection in the 1990 NFL Draft by the . On Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Smith agreed to terms n The Gators had at least one NFL first round draft choice for nine straight seasons (1983-91). with the . Smith finished the 2003 season with 17,418 career yards on 4,142 This marked the second longest streak by any attempts. He is also the all-time NFL career rushing leader with 155. college in the history of the draft. FLORIDA PLAYERS ON 2004 NFL SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST PLAY- FLORIDA NFL NOTES (2004 SEASON) OPENING DAY ROSTERS (36) ERS ON NFL 2004 OPENING DAY ROS- nFlorida had 36 players on 2004 NFL opening DE - Alex Brown - Chicago Bears TERS day rosters, which tied for the fifth-highest total of WR- Reche Caldwell - San Diego Chargers 1. Miami 43 any school in the country. OG - Cooper Carlisle - 2. Florida State 39 DE - Kevin Carter - 3. Notre Dame 38 nFlorida’s seven wide receivers on 2004 NFL ros- LB - Andra Davis - Tennessee 38 ters ranked as the top total in the nation for any WR - - Pittsburgh Steelers 5. FLORIDA 36 school. WR - Jabar Gaffney - Georiga 36 QB - Rex Grossman - Chicago Bears Ohio State 36 WR - Ike Hilliard - New York Giants nFlorida had four QBs on NFL rosters in 2004, a 8. Michigan 35 WR - Darrell Jackson - Seattle Seahawks total that was the second best in the nation (Mi- 9. Penn State 32 RB - Terry Jackson - ami and Washington was first with five). 10. LSU 31 WR - - Washington Redskins QB - Doug Johnson - Tennessee Titans nFlorida’s three tight ends are the second high- FS - - Chicago Bears est total of any school in the nation. Michigan, DE - Jevon Kearse - Philadelphia Eagles Penn State and Washington each have four. TE - Erron Kinney - Tennessee Titans S - Marquand Manuel - Seattle Seahawks nThe Southeastern Conference had 260 of its QB - Shane Matthews - former players on opening day playing rosters in DE - Bobby McCray - the National Football League, which leads all col- C - Jeff Mitchell - Carolina Panthers lege football conferences. The Big Ten was sec- LB - Michael Nattiel - ond with 215 followed by the ACC with 212, the QB - - New York Giants Pac-10 with 196, Big 12 with 80 and the Big East OT - Mike Pearson - Jacksonville Jaguars with 78 former players on NFL rosters. LB - Mike Peterson - Jacksonville Jaguars OG - Zach Piller - Tennessee Titans CB - - Cincinnati Bengals DT - Ian Scott - Chicago Bears CB - Lito Sheppard - Philadelphia Eagles RB - Emmitt Smith - Arizona Cardinals OT - - Pittsburgh Steelers RB - Fred Taylor - Jacksonville Jaguars WR - Travis Taylor - Baltimore Ravens TE - - Tennessee Titans TE - Aaron Walker - San Francisco 49ers OT - Kenyatta Walker - Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT - Gerard Warren - Cleveland Browns

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL VS. MSU WWW.GATORZONE.COM 16 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Game Results (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 49-10 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 4:15 90009 * Sep 18, 2004 at #13 Tennessee 28-30 L 1- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 3:31 109061 * Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY W 20-3 2- 1- 0 1- 1- 0 3:16 89741 * Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS W 45-30 3- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 3:23 90014 * Oct 09, 2004 #24 LSU 21-24 L 3- 2- 0 2- 2- 0 3:18 90377 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE W 52-16 4- 2- 0 2- 2- 0 3:02 80018

* indicates conference game Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

TEAM STATISTICS UF OPP ------SCORING...... 215 113 Points Per Game...... 35.8 18.8 FIRST DOWNS...... 123 123 Rushing...... 46 45 Passing...... 70 69 Penalty...... 7 9 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 909 761 Yards gained rushing...... 1013 899 Yards lost rushing...... 104 138 Rushing Attempts...... 204 225 Average Per Rush...... 4.5 3.4 Average Per Game...... 151.5 126.8 TDs Rushing...... 14 5 PASSING YARDAGE...... 1621 1296 Att-Comp-Int...... 198-122-5 220-127-10 Average Per Pass...... 8.2 5.9 Average Per Catch...... 13.3 10.2 Average Per Game...... 270.2 216.0 TDs Passing...... 15 8 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2530 2057 Total Plays...... 402 445 Average Per Play...... 6.3 4.6 Average Per Game...... 421.7 342.8 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 14-237 19-294 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 14-125 8-49 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 10-134 5-29 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 16.9 15.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 8.9 6.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 13.4 5.8 FUMBLES-LOST...... 8-2 7-4 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 42-349 33-239 Average Per Game...... 58.2 39.8 PUNTS-YARDS...... 27-1115 33-1235 Average Per Punt...... 41.3 37.4 Net punt average...... 39.5 33.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 27:43 32:17 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 44/82 41/99 3rd-Down Pct...... 54% 41% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 1/2 4/10 4th-Down Pct...... 50% 40% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 13-83 6-46 MISC YARDS...... 6 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 29 13 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 4-7 7-9 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 29-29 10-11 ATTENDANCE...... 440159 109061 Games/Avg Per Game...... 5/88032 1/109061 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------FLORIDA...... 55 91 48 21 - 215 Opponents...... 16 45 13 39 - 113 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Fason,C. 6 113 624 26 598 5.3 7 46 99.7 Brown,V. 12 114 9.5 0 43 Wynn, D. 6 47 199 9 190 4.0 5 15 31.7 Jackson,C. 2 11 5.5 0 6 Thornton,S. 5 17 72 5 67 3.9 1 15 13.4 Total...... 14 125 8.9 0 43 Caldwell,A. 6 2 66 0 66 33.0 1 61 11.0 Opponents...... 8 49 6.1 0 22 Lawrence, D. 1 3 5 0 5 1.7 0 2 5.0 Jackson,C. 6 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.2 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Team 2 3 0 5 -5 -1.7 0 0 -2.5 ------Cornelius,J. 6 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -1.0 Herring,J. 2 13 6.5 0 7 Leak,C. 6 17 46 53 -7 -0.4 0 17 -1.2 Webb,D. 2 30 15.0 0 20 Total...... 6 204 1013 104 909 4.5 14 61 151.5 Holmes, T. 2 20 10.0 0 20 Opponents...... 6 225 899 138 761 3.4 5 25 126.8 Crowder,C. 1 22 22.0 0 22 Bailey,C. 1 20 20.0 0 20 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Harris,T. 1 29 29.0 0 29 ------Hill,R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Leak,C. 6 150.76 192-118-5 61.5 1571 15 81 261.8 Total...... 10 134 13.4 0 29 Dickey,G. 2 136.67 6-4-0 66.7 50 0 21 25.0 Opponents...... 5 29 5.8 0 18 Total...... 6 150.34 198-122-5 61.6 1621 15 81 270.2 Opponents...... 6 110.12 220-127-10 57.7 1296 8 46 216.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Caldwell,A. 7 99 14.1 0 29 ------Jackson,C. 6 123 20.5 0 47 Small,O. 6 31 365 11.8 4 36 60.8 Lewis, R. 1 15 15.0 0 15 Caldwell,A. 6 24 357 14.9 1 62 59.5 Total...... 14 237 16.9 0 47 Baker,D. 6 18 249 13.8 3 41 41.5 Opponents...... 19 294 15.5 0 28 Jackson,C. 6 15 360 24.0 2 81 60.0 Fason,C. 6 12 92 7.7 1 21 15.3 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Cornelius,J. 6 8 90 11.2 2 48 15.0 ------Latsko,B. 6 8 55 6.9 1 13 9.2 Crowder,C. 1 6 6.0 0 6 Wynn, D. 6 3 26 8.7 0 21 4.3 Total...... 1 6 6.0 0 6 Tookes, K. 3 1 18 18.0 0 18 6.0 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Lewis, R. 6 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.0 Casey, T. 6 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.5 Total...... 6 122 1621 13.3 15 81 270.2 Opponents...... 6 127 1296 10.2 8 46 216.0 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Fason,C. 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Leak,C. 6 209 -7 1571 1564 260.7 Leach,M. 0 4-7 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 41 Fason,C. 6 113 598 0 598 99.7 Wynn, D. 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Wynn, D. 6 47 190 0 190 31.7 Small,O. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Thornton,S. 5 17 67 0 67 13.4 Baker,D. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Caldwell,A. 6 2 66 0 66 11.0 Jackson,C. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Dickey,G. 2 6 0 50 50 25.0 Caldwell,A. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Lawrence, D. 1 3 5 0 5 5.0 Cornelius,J. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Jackson,C. 6 1 1 0 1 0.2 Casey, T. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Team 2 3 -5 0 -5 -2.5 Thornton,S. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cornelius,J. 6 1 -6 0 -6 -1.0 Latsko,B. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 6 402 909 1621 2530 421.7 Total...... 29 4-7 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 215 Opponents...... 6 445 761 1296 2057 342.8 Opponents...... 13 7-9 10-11 0-0 2 2-2 0 0 113

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Wilbur, E. 24 1006 41.9 56 4 3 5 0 Leach,M. 4-7 57.1 0-0 1-2 2-2 1-3 0-0 40 1 Fleming, N. 2 73 36.5 38 0 1 2 0 Leach,M. 1 36 36.0 36 0 0 1 0 FG SEQUENCE FLORIDA OPPONENTS Total...... 27 1115 41.3 56 4 4 8 0 ------Opponents...... 33 1235 37.4 53 2 5 4 0 EASTERN MICHIGAN - (23) Tennessee 21 (50) KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB KENTUCKY (40),(21),47,47 (51) ------ARKANSAS (37) - Piotrowicz,M. 37 2316 62.6 17 3 LSU - 48,(47),35 Hetland,C. 2 130 65.0 1 0 MIDDLE TENN. STATE (37) (39),(41),(27) Total...... 39 2446 62.7 18 3 Opponents...... 24 1426 59.4 9 2 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Fason,C. 6 598 92 0 0 0 690 115.0 Caldwell,A. 6 66 357 0 99 0 522 87.0 Jackson,C. 6 1 360 11 123 0 495 82.5 Small,O. 6 0 365 0 0 0 365 60.8 Baker,D. 6 0 249 0 0 0 249 41.5 Wynn, D. 6 190 26 0 0 0 216 36.0 Brown,V. 6 0 0 114 0 0 114 19.0 Cornelius,J. 6 -6 90 0 0 0 84 14.0 Thornton,S. 5 67 0 0 0 0 67 13.4 Latsko,B. 6 0 55 0 0 0 55 9.2 Webb,D. 6 0 0 0 0 30 30 5.0 Harris,T. 6 0 0 0 0 29 29 4.8 Crowder,C. 5 0 0 0 0 22 22 4.4 Lewis, R. 6 0 6 0 15 0 21 3.5 Holmes, T. 6 0 0 0 0 20 20 3.3 Bailey,C. 6 0 0 0 0 20 20 3.3 Tookes, K. 3 0 18 0 0 0 18 6.0 Herring,J. 5 0 0 0 0 13 13 2.6 Lawrence, D. 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 5.0 Casey, T. 6 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.5 Team 2 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -2.5 Leak,C. 6 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -1.2 Total...... 6 909 1621 125 237 134 3026 504.3 Opponents...... 6 761 1296 49 294 29 2429 404.8 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------55 Crowder,C. 5 27 22 49 6.5-24 2.0-16 1-22 . . 2-6 . . . 30 Everett,E. 6 28 14 42 2.5-8 1.5-7 . 2 . . 1 . . 15 Webb,D. 6 22 9 31 2.5-11 . 2-30 6 1 1-0 . . . 7 Bailey,C. 6 15 15 30 2.0-11 1.0-9 1-20 2 . . . . . 46 Herring,J. 5 20 5 25 . . 2-13 2 . . . . . 57 Mincey, J. 6 11 12 23 3.5-13 1.0-5 . 3 5 . 1 . . 40 Siler, B. 6 18 5 23 3.5-13 1.0-9 . 1 . . . . . 44 Thomas,M. 6 15 7 22 3.5-10 1.5-6 ...... 95 McDonald,R. 5 11 9 20 5.5-19 1.0-8 . . 4 1-0 . . . 49 Holmes, T. 6 14 5 19 1.0-2 . 2-20 3 . . . . . 35 Hill,R. 6 14 5 19 1.0-4 . 1-0 2 . . . . . 27 Harris,T. 6 10 7 17 1.0-3 . 1-29 1 1 . 1 1 . 20 Cohen,J. 6 8 6 14 0.5-0 . . . . . 1 . . 93 Harris, S. 6 8 3 11 3.0-18 3.0-18 . . 2 . . . . 47 McCullough, T. 5 5 4 9 . . . 2 . . . . . 97 Morant, T. 6 7 1 8 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . . 16 Brown,V. 6 7 1 8 . . . 1 . . . . . 58 Parker,K. 6 5 1 6 2.0-6 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . 3 Tookes, K. 3 5 . 5 ...... 28 Morgan, K. 6 4 . 4 ...... 98 McMillan, C. 5 3 . 3 ...... 32 Augustine,Z. 6 2 1 3 ...... 38 Piotrowicz,M. 6 3 . 3 ...... 24 Carter, D. 4 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 81 Baker,D. 6 2 . 2 ...... 42 Latsko,B. 6 2 . 2 ...... 48 Estopinan, J. 3 1 1 2 ...... 94 Moss, J. 1 1 . 1 ...... 5 Caldwell,A. 6 1 . 1 ...... 26 McCollum, J. 6 1 . 1 ...... 10 Wilbur, E. 6 1 . 1 ...... 85 Pierre, M. 1 1 . 1 ...... 90 Hill, M, 2 1 . 1 ...... 8 Jackson,C. 6 1 . 1 ...... 19 Joiner, T. 4 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 6 276 134 410 39-143 13-83 10-134 26 15 4-6 4 1 . Opponents...... 6 255 109 364 27-89 6-46 5-29 13 8 2-0 2 1 . Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

TEAM

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 38 159 4 44 17 250 3 39 28- 17- 0 250 3 39 2 62 0 47 3 32 0 18 503 Sep 18, 2004 at Tennessee...... 35 135 1 32 22 286 3 81 31- 22- 1 286 3 81 3 39 0 29 2 4 0 8 484 Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY...... 40 262 1 46 25 261 1 65 43- 25- 3 261 1 65 0 0 0 0 3 57 0 43 580 Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS...... 33 118 3 61 23 322 3 48 38- 23- 0 322 3 48 1 10 0 10 3 12 0 9 490 Oct 09, 2004 LSU...... 26 94 1 13 15 142 2 36 33- 15- 0 142 2 36 4 69 0 28 0 0 0 0 352 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE..... 32 141 4 20 20 360 3 62 25- 20- 1 360 3 62 4 57 0 17 3 20 0 9 617

Totals...... 204 909 14 61 122 1621 15 81 198-122- 5 1621 15 81 14 237 0 47 14 125 0 43 3026 Opponent...... 225 761 5 25 127 1296 8 46 220-127- 10 1296 8 46 19 294 0 28 8 49 0 22 2429

Games played: 6 Avg per rush: 4.5 Avg per catch: 13.3 Pass efficiency: 150.34 Kick ret avg: 16.9 Punt ret avg: 8.9 All purpose avg/game: 504.3 Total offense avg/gm: 421.7 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 43 26 69 5.0-15 1.0-5 1 1-6 0-0 6 6 0 7-7 0 0 0 49 Sep 18, 2004 at Tennessee...... 35 50 85 4.0-13 1.0-6 1 2-0 1-20 1 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY...... 41 14 55 5.0-9 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 1 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS...... 43 18 61 6.0-26 1.0-8 0 0-0 3-28 3 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 45 Oct 09, 2004 LSU...... 57 16 73 7.0-29 4.0-26 0 0-0 3-47 2 4 1 3-3 0 0 0 21 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE..... 57 10 67 12.0-51 6.0-38 1 0-0 2-39 2 5 0 7-7 0 0 0 52

Totals...... 276 134 410 39.0-143 13.0-83 4 4-6 10-134 15 26 1 29-29 0 0 0 215 Opponent...... 255 109 364 27.0-89 6.0-46 2 2-0 5-29 8 13 1 11-10 0 2 0 113

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 5 199 39.8 44 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 Sep 18, 2004 at Tennessee...... 4 179 44.8 52 0 1 1 1 0 1-0 0 0 Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY...... 2 60 30.0 39 0 0 0 0 0 4-2 40 1 Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS...... 7 295 42.1 51 0 1 0 1 2 1-1 37 0 Oct 09, 2004 LSU...... 8 336 42.0 56 0 2 0 2 4 0-0 0 0 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE..... 1 46 46.0 46 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 37 0

Totals...... 27 1115 41.3 56 0 4 4 4 8 7-4 40 1 Opponent...... 33 1235 37.4 53 0 2 5 2 4 9-7 51 1 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

OPPONENT STATS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 36 95 0 18 19 201 1 44 40- 19- 0 201 1 44 6 76 0 23 2 27 0 22 399 Sep 18, 2004 at Tennessee...... 44 171 1 22 19 232 3 32 30- 19- 1 232 3 32 1 17 0 17 2 11 0 8 431 Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY...... 27 73 0 17 17 134 0 25 35- 17- 1 134 0 25 4 79 0 28 1 4 0 4 301 Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS...... 36 134 3 25 23 252 1 26 39- 23- 3 252 1 26 3 45 0 19 1 -5 0 0 426 Oct 09, 2004 LSU...... 45 210 1 16 24 254 2 22 38- 24- 3 254 2 22 1 17 0 17 2 12 0 9 493 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE..... 37 78 0 20 25 223 1 46 38- 25- 2 223 1 46 4 60 0 17 0 0 0 0 379

Opponent totals...... 225 761 5 25 127 1296 8 46 220-127- 10 1296 8 46 19 294 0 28 8 49 0 22 2429 FLORIDA...... 204 909 14 61 122 1621 15 81 198-122- 5 1621 15 81 14 237 0 47 14 125 0 43 3026

Games played: 6 Avg per rush: 3.4 Avg per catch: 10.2 Pass efficiency: 110.12 Kick ret avg: 15.5 Punt ret avg: 6.1 All purpose avg/game: 404.8 Total offense avg/gm: 342.8 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 39 20 59 4.0-16 1.0-6 0 1-0 0-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 Sep 18, 2004 at Tennessee...... 28 57 85 7.0-19 2.0-13 0 0-0 1-0 2 1 0 4-3 0 0 0 30 Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY...... 54 12 66 5.0-14 0.0-0 0 0-0 3-11 2 3 1 0-0 0 0 0 3 Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS...... 45 8 53 5.0-24 2.0-18 1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 2-2 0 2 0 30 Oct 09, 2004 LSU...... 41 6 47 4.0-13 1.0-9 0 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE..... 48 6 54 2.0-3 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-18 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 16

Opponent totals...... 255 109 364 27.0-89 13.0-46 2 2-0 5-29 8 13 1 11-10 0 2 0 113 FLORIDA...... 276 134 410 39.0-143 13.0-83 4 4-6 10-134 15 26 1 29-29 0 0 0 215

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd Sep 11, 2004 EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 9 316 35.1 49 0 0 2 0 1 1-1 23 0 Sep 18, 2004 at Tennessee...... 2 90 45.0 50 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 50 0 Sep 25, 2004 KENTUCKY...... 7 254 36.3 47 0 1 1 0 1 1-1 51 0 Oct 02, 2004 ARKANSAS...... 7 281 40.1 53 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 Oct 09, 2004 LSU...... 3 119 39.7 42 0 0 2 0 1 3-1 47 1 Oct 16, 2004 MIDDLE TENN. STATE..... 5 175 35.0 46 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 41 0

Opponent totals...... 33 1235 37.4 53 0 2 5 2 4 9-7 51 1 FLORIDA...... 27 1115 41.3 56 0 4 4 4 8 7-4 40 1 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Passing Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

#12 Leak,C. Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 25 16 0 64.0 244 3 39 1-6 185.58 Tennessee...... 31 22 1 71.0 286 3 81 2-13 173.95 KENTUCKY...... 43 25 3 58.1 261 1 65 0-0 102.85 ARKANSAS...... 38 23 0 60.5 322 3 48 2-18 157.76 LSU...... 33 15 0 45.5 142 2 36 1-9 101.60 MIDDLE TENN. STATE.... 22 17 1 77.3 316 3 62 0-0 233.84 TOTALS...... 192 118 5 61.5 1571 15 81 6-46 150.76

#17 Dickey,G. Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------EASTERN MICHIGAN...... 3 1 0 33.3 6 0 6 0-0 50.13 MIDDLE TENN. STATE.... 3 3 0 100.0 44 0 21 0-0 223.20 TOTALS...... 6 4 0 66.7 50 0 21 0-0 136.67 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Fason,C...... 113-598/7 16-105/2 15-81/0 31-210/1 18-62/2 21-92/1 12-48/1 Wynn, D...... 47-190/5 9-30/1 15-59/1 - 7-17/0 1-3/0 15-81/3 Thornton,S...... 17-67/1 11-36/1 - 6-31/0 - - DNP Caldwell,A...... 2-66/1 - - - 1-61/1 1-5/0 - Lawrence, D...... 3-5/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-5/0 Jackson,C...... 1-1/0 - - - - - 1-1/0 Team...... 3--5/0 DNP DNP DNP 2--3/0 1--2/0 DNP Cornelius,J...... 1--6/0 1--6/0 - - - - - Leak,C...... 17--7/0 1--6/0 5--5/0 3-21/0 5--19/0 2--4/0 1-6/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Small,O...... 31-365/4 6-99/1 8-76/1 4-29/0 5-69/0 4-27/1 4-65/1 Jackson,C...... 15-360/2 1-39/0 1-81/1 2-67/0 4-57/0 1-13/0 6-103/1 Caldwell,A...... 24-357/1 3-47/0 2-40/0 8-84/0 4-53/0 3-42/0 4-91/1 Baker,D...... 18-249/3 2-34/1 2-24/0 4-22/0 6-89/2 2-35/0 2-45/0 Fason,C...... 12-92/1 1-9/0 5-41/0 5-43/1 1--1/0 - - Cornelius,J...... 8-90/2 2-12/0 3-24/1 - 2-49/1 - 1-5/0 Latsko,B...... 8-55/1 2-10/1 1-0/0 2-16/0 - 2-17/0 1-12/0 Wynn, D...... 3-26/0 - - - 1-6/0 1--1/0 1-21/0 Tookes, K...... 1-18/0 - DNP - DNP DNP 1-18/0 Lewis, R...... 1-6/0 - - - - 1-6/0 - Casey, T...... 1-3/1 - - - - 1-3/1 - Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Crowder,C...... 27-22 49 4-6 3-7 6-2 8-3 6-4 DNP Everett,E...... 28-14 42 1-2 4-3 5-3 3-1 7-1 8-4 Webb,D...... 22-9 31 3-2 6-2 3-2 4-2 1-0 5-1 Bailey,C...... 15-15 30 1-1 2-6 3-3 1-3 6-2 2-0 Herring,J...... 20-5 25 3-0 5-2 2-1 5-0 5-2 DNP Mincey, J...... 11-12 23 1-2 1-5 4-2 1-3 - 4-0 Siler, B...... 18-5 23 4-2 1-0 3-0 0-2 6-1 4-0 Thomas,M...... 15-7 22 2-0 2-4 1-0 1-0 3-2 6-1 McDonald,R...... 11-9 20 0-1 3-5 2-1 3-2 3-0 DNP Holmes, T...... 14-5 19 3-0 0-3 - 6-1 2-1 3-0 Hill,R...... 14-5 19 1-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 5-1 2-0 Harris,T...... 10-7 17 3-1 0-3 2-0 1-1 3-2 1-0 Cohen,J...... 8-6 14 1-1 1-5 - 1-0 2-0 3-0 Harris, S...... 8-3 11 4-1 1-2 1-0 - - 2-0 McCullough, T...... 5-4 9 0-1 DNP - - 1-0 4-3 Morant, T...... 7-1 8 1-1 - 1-0 - 3-0 2-0 Brown,V...... 7-1 8 2-1 1-0 - 2-0 2-0 - Parker,K...... 5-1 6 - - - 2-0 1-0 2-1 Tookes, K...... 5-0 5 1-0 DNP - DNP DNP 4-0 Morgan, K...... 4-0 4 - - 2-0 1-0 - 1-0 Augustine,Z...... 2-1 3 0-1 - 1-0 - 1-0 - McMillan, C...... 3-0 3 - 1-0 1-0 - DNP 1-0 Piotrowicz,M...... 3-0 3 1-0 - - 2-0 - - Baker,D...... 2-0 2 - - 1-0 - - 1-0 Carter, D...... 1-1 2 1-0 0-1 - - DNP DNP Latsko,B...... 2-0 2 - 1-0 - - - 1-0 Estopinan, J...... 1-1 2 1-1 DNP DNP DNP - - Moss, J...... 1-0 1 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Wilbur, E...... 1-0 1 - - 1-0 - - - Pierre, M...... 1-0 1 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Joiner, T...... 1-0 1 1-0 DNP DNP - - - Caldwell,A...... 1-0 1 - 1-0 - - - - Jackson,C...... 1-0 1 1-0 - - - - - Hill, M,...... 1-0 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-0 McCollum, J...... 1-0 1 1-0 - - - - - Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A TOT EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Crowder,C...... 6-1 6.5 2.0-5 0.5-1 1.0-1 - 3.0-17 DNP McDonald,R...... 5-1 5.5 - 2.0-6 1.5-4 1.0-8 1.0-1 DNP Thomas,M...... 3-1 3.5 1.0-2 - - - 0.5-0 2.0-8 Mincey, J...... 3-1 3.5 - - 0.5-1 1.0-5 - 2.0-7 Siler, B...... 3-1 3.5 - - 1.0-1 0.5-2 1.0-9 1.0-1 Harris, S...... 3-0 3.0 1.0-5 - - - - 2.0-13 Webb,D...... 2-1 2.5 - - - 1.5-8 - 1.0-3 Everett,E...... 2-1 2.5 - 1.0-6 - - 1.5-2 - Bailey,C...... 2-0 2.0 - - 1.0-2 - - 1.0-9 Parker,K...... 2-0 2.0 - - - 1.0-1 - 1.0-5 Hill,R...... 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-4 Harris,T...... 1-0 1.0 1.0-3 - - - - - Holmes, T...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-2 - - Morant, T...... 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-1 Cohen,J...... 0-1 0.5 - 0.5-0 - - - - Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Sacks Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

SACKS UA-A TOT EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Harris, S...... 3-0 3.0 1.0-5 - - - - 2.0-13 Crowder,C...... 2-0 2.0 - - - - 2.0-16 DNP Everett,E...... 1-1 1.5 - 1.0-6 - - 0.5-1 - Thomas,M...... 1-1 1.5 - - - - 0.5-0 1.0-6 Siler, B...... 1-0 1.0 - - - - 1.0-9 - McDonald,R...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-8 - DNP Parker,K...... 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-5 Bailey,C...... 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-9 Mincey, J...... 1-0 1.0 - - - - - 1.0-5 Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Brown,V...... 12-114 3-32 2-4 3-57 3-12 - 1-9 Jackson,C...... 2-11 - - - - - 2-11

KICK RETURNS No-Yds EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Jackson,C...... 6-123 1-47 1-9 - 1-10 1-27 2-30 Caldwell,A..... 7-99 - 2-30 - - 3-42 2-27 Lewis, R...... 1-15 1-15 - - - - -

INT. RETURNS No-Yds EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Herring,J...... 2-13 - - - 1-6 1-7 DNP Webb,D...... 2-30 - - - - 1-20 1-10 Holmes, T...... 2-20 - 1-20 1-0 - - - Bailey,C...... 1-20 - - - - 1-20 - Harris,T...... 1-29 - - - - - 1-29 Hill,R...... 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - Crowder,C...... 1-22 - - - 1-22 - DNP

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Crowder,C...... 1-6 1-6 - - - - DNP Florida Football 2004 FLORIDA Fumbles Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2004) All games

FUMBLES No-Lost EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Brown,V...... 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - Small,O...... 1-1 1-1 - - - - - Wynn, D...... 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - Caldwell,A...... 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - Harris,T...... 1-1 - - - - - 1-1 Cornelius,J...... 1-0 1-0 - - - - - Leak,C...... 1-0 - - 1-0 - - -

FUMBLES FORCED Number EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Cohen,J...... 1 1 - - - - - Harris,T...... 1 - - 1 - - - Everett,E...... 1 - 1 - - - - Mincey, J...... 1 - - - - - 1

FUMBLES RECOVERED Number EMU UT UK ARK LSU MT

Crowder,C...... 2 1 - 1 - - DNP McDonald,R...... 1 - 1 - - - DNP Webb,D...... 1 - 1 - - - - MISCELLANEOUS STATS... RED ZONE ANALYSIS (20 AND INSIDE) SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES

Failed UA A TT Opponent No. TDs FG Score Pct. TD Pct. TO Dwn. EOQ MFG 4 0 4.0 7 7 0 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 Augustine 2 1 3.0 Tennessee 4 3 0 .750 .750 0 0 0 1 Morgan 3 0 3.0 Kentucky 6 1 1 .333 .167 1 1 1 1 Piotrowicz 3 0 3.0 Arkansas 4 3 1 1.000 .750 0 0 0 0 Latsko 2 0 2.0 LSU 3 3 0 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 Siler 2 0 2.0 MTSU 7 5 1 .857 .714 0 0 1 0 Webb 1 1 2.0 Mississippi State Baker 1 0 1.0 Georgia Crowder 1 0 1.0 Vanderbilt C. Jackson 1 0 1.0 South Carolina McCollum 1 0 1.0 Florida State Wilbur 1 0 1.0 Carter 0 1 1.0 T. Harris 0 1 1.0 TOTAL 31 22 3 .806 .710 1 1 2 2

OPPONENTS Failed Team No. TDs FG Score Pct. TD Pct. TO Dwn. EOQ MFG Eastern Michigan 1 0 1 1.000 .000 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 4 3 0 .750 .750 1 0 0 0 Kentucky 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Arkansas 3 3 0 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 LSU 4 3 0 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 1 MTSU 3 0 2 .667 .000 0 1 0 0 Mississippi State Georgia Vanderbilt South Carolina Florida State

TOTAL 15 9 3 .800 .600 1 1 0 1

EOQ: End of quarter; MFG: Missed Field Goal

FUMBLE CHART Player Rushes Receptions Punt Ret. Kickoff Ret. Consec. Touches* Career High Touches+ Season High Touches! Wynn 47 3 0 0 19 74 30 Fason 113 12 0 0 127 127 126 Small 0 31 0 0 28 57 28 Brown 0 0 12 0 1 25 6 Caldwell 2 24 0 7 14 47 18 Baker 0 18 0 0 31 31 18 Thornton 17 0 0 0 26 26 17 Cornelius 1 8 0 0 7 9 7 Jackson, C. 1 15 2 6 23 23 23 Latsko 0 8 0 0 12 12 8 Lewis 0 1 0 1 5 5 2 Leak 17 0 0 0 8 50 8 Casey 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Lawrence 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 Tookes 0 1 0 0 2 2 1

*Current streak without a fumble + Career-high touches without a fumble ! Season-high touches without a fumble

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL WWW.GATORZONE.COM MISCELLANEOUS STATS... POINTS OFF TURNOVERS PLAYS PER DRIVE

FLORIDA FLORIDA Sept. 11 vs. Eastern Michigan Opponent Off. Plays Drives Avg. Turnover Outcome Points Fumble Rec. (Crowder) Rushing TD (Fason - 8 yds.) 7 vs. E. Mich. 66 14 4.7 Sept. 18 at Tennessee at Tennessee 66 11 6.0 Fumble Rec. (Webb) TD reception (Small - 5 yds.) 7 vs. Kentucky 83 13 6.4 Interception (Holmes) Rushing TD (Wynn - 1 yd.) 7 vs. Arkansas 71 15 4.7 Sept. 25 vs. Kentucky Interception (Holmes) Rushing TD (Fason - 46 yds.) 7 vs. LSU 59 13 4.5 Oct. 2 vs. Arkansas vs. MTSU 57 12 4.8 Interception (Herring) Rushing TD (Fason - 3 yds.) 7 at Miss. State Interception (Crowder) TD Reception (Baker - 2 yds.) 7 vs. Georgia Oct. 9 vs. LSU Interception (Webb) Rushing TD (Fason - 5 yds.) 7 at Vanderbilt Interception (Herring) TD Reception (Casey - 3 yds.) 7 So. Carolina Oct. 16 vs. Middle Tennessee at Fla. State Interception (Webb) Rushing TD (Wynn - 5 yds.) 7

Oct. 23 at Mississippi State TOTAL: 402 78 5.2

Oct. 30 vs. Georgia OPPONENT Opponent Off. Plays Drives Avg. Nov. 6 at Vanderbilt vs. E. Mich. 76 15 5.1 Nov. 13 vs. South Carolina at Tennessee 74 11 6.7 vs. Kentucky 62 13 4.8 Nov. 20 at Florida State vs. Arkansas 75 15 5.0 vs. LSU 83 12 6.9 TOTALS: 14 Turnovers (9 Scores) 9 TD, 0 FG 63 Points vs. MTSU 75 12 6.3 at Miss. State OPPONENTS vs. Georgia Sept. 18 - Tennessee at Vanderbilt Turnover Outcome Points vs. USC Interception (Allen) TD reception (Reed - 16 yds.) 7 Sept. 25 - Kentucky at Fla. State Interception (Anderson) FG (Begley - 51 yds.) 3 Oct. 16 - Middle Tennessee TOTAL: 445 78 5.7 Interception (Polite) FG (Smith - 41 yds.) 3

TOTALS: 7 Turnovers (3 Scores) 1 TD, 2 FG 13 Points

TOUCHDOWN BREAKDOWN

YARDS No. of TD No. of TD Drives POSS. TIME TD Drives Plays on TD Drive 1-10 19 2 0:01-0:30 6 1: 4 11-20 3 0 0:31-1:00 4 2: 3 21-30 0 4 1:01-1:30 5 3: 2 31-40 2 5 1:31-2:00 3 4: 5 41-50 2 3 2:01-3:00 5 5: 3 51-60 0 5 3:01-4:00 2 6: 3 61-70 2 4 4:01-5:00 2 7: 3 71-80 0 4 5:01-6:00 1 8: 2 81-90 1 0 6:01-7:00 1 9: 1 91-99 0 2 7:01+ 0 10: 0 OT 0 11+: 3

Total TD Drive Time: 3,349 seconds Total Offensive TD: 29 Average TD Time: 1:56 Shortest TD Drive Time: 0:07 (vs. LSU, Leak 3-yd. pass to Casey, 1 play, 3 yards) Longest TD Drive Time: 6:42 (at Tennessee, Leak 9-yd. pass to Cornelius, 16 plays, 97 yards)

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL WWW.GATORZONE.COM MISCELLANEOUS STATS... SEASON/CAREER STARTS NON-OFFENSIVE SCORES

OFFENSE 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 TOT. STR. Opponent Player Play Mike Degory, C 6 13 13 0 0 32 32 None Randy Hand, OT 6 12 4 0 0 22 16 Jonathan Colon, OT 6 3 10 0 0 19 6 O.J. Small, WR 5 13 1 0 0 19 4 Lance Butler, OL 6 10 0 0 0 16 10 Chris Leak, QB 6 9 0 0 0 15 15 Mo Mitchell, OL/DL 5 6 0 4 0 15 5 Ciatrick Fason, RB 5 2 0 0 0 7 5 Andre Caldwell, WR 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 Jemalle Cornelius, WR 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 Billy Latsko, FB 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 TOTALS 0 INT, 0 FUM Markell Thompson, TE 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Dallas Baker, WR 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Steve Rissler, OL 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 100-YARD GAMES Tavares Washington, OT 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 *Gavin Dickey, QB 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 David Kenner, TE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 100-Yard Receiving Games Tate Casey, TE 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Player 2004 Career C. Jackson 1 1 DEFENSE 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 TOT. STR. Cory Bailey, SS 6 6 6 0 0 18 7 TOTAL 1 1 Ray McDonald, DT 4 12 0 0 0 16 0 OPP. 1 - Travis Harris, MLB/DE 4 6 0 0 4 14 0 Channing Crowder, LB 5 9 0 0 0 14 0 100-Yard Rushing Games Earl Everett, LB 5 5 0 0 0 10 5 Player 2004 Career Kenny Parker, DT 2 6 0 0 0 8 1 Fason 2 3 Marcus Thomas, DT 6 2 0 0 0 8 6 Wynn 0 1 , CB 6 1 0 0 0 7 7 Joe Cohen, DE 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 TOTAL 2 4 Todd McCullough, LB 0 2 4 0 0 6 0 OPP. 0 - Jeremy Mincey, DE 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 Demetrice Webb, CB 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 Jarvis Herring, FS 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 Terrence Holmes, SS 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 200/300-YARD GAMES Vernell Brown, CB 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 200-Yard Passing Games 300-Yard Games Kyle Jackson, CB 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Brandon Siler, LB 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Player 2004 Career Player Leak 5 12 Leak 2/2 Note: Some starts were at positions other than the ones listed. * Dickey started the opening game in 2003 as a wide receiver TOTAL 5 12 OPP. 2 -

WHAT HAPPENS ON FIRST DOWN

Team Plays Yards Avg. Rush Yards Avg. Pct. Pass Yards Avg. Pct. FLORIDA 183 1,167 6.4 110 488 4.4 60.1 73 679 9.3 39.9 Opponent 191 946 5.0 115 453 3.9 60.2 76 493 6.5 39.7

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15+ Total Pct.

FLORIDA 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 5-8 .625 vs. MTSU 1-2 0-1 0-0 3-4 1-1 2-4 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 8-19 .421

UF TOTALS 6-6 8-9 1-6 3-10 4-5 5-11 3-4 1-4 5-9 7-9 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-5 44-82 .537 OPPONENT 11-15 1-6 2-6 4-9 5-6 3-9 2-8 4-9 3-9 4-11 0-3 1-5 1-1 0-1 0-1 41-99 .414

PCT. 1.000 .889 .167 .300 .800 .455 .750 .250 .556 .778 .000 .000 .000 .000 .200 OPP. PCT. .733 .167 .333 .444 .833 .333 .250 .444 .333 .364 .000 .200 1.000 .000 .000

2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL WWW.GATORZONE.COM MISCELLANEOUS STATS... UF BIG OFFENSIVE PLAYS (20+ YARDS) Run (7): Returns (5): Fason ...... 44 yds. vs. Eastern Michigan Jackson ...... 47 yds. (KO) vs. E. Michigan Fason ...... 32 yds. at Tennessee Caldwell ...... 29 yds. (KO) at Tennessee Fason ...... 46 yds. (TD) vs. Kentucky Brown ...... 43 yds. (PR) vs. Kentucky Fason ...... 32 yds. vs. Kentucky Caldwell ...... 28 yds. (KO) vs. LSU Fason ...... 27 yds. vs. Kentucky Jackson ...... 27 yds. (KO) vs. LSU Caldwell ...... 61 yds. (TD) vs. Arkansas Fason ...... 20 yds. (TD) vs. MTSU Receiving (20): Jackson ...... 39 yds. vs. Eastern Michigan Small ...... 36 yds. vs. Eastern Michigan Baker ...... 27 yds. vs. Eastern Michigan Jackson ...... 81 yds. (TD) at Tennessee Caldwell ...... 29 yds. at Tennessee Fason ...... 21 yds. at Tennessee Jackson ...... 65 yds. vs. Kentucky Caldwell ...... 22 yds. vs. Kentucky Jackson ...... 39 yds. vs. Arkansas Caldwell ...... 30 yds. vs. Arkansas Baker ...... 34 yds. (TD) vs. Arkansas Cornelius ...... 48 yds. (TD) vs. Arkansas Caldwell ...... 36 yds. vs. LSU Baker ...... 22 yds. vs. LSU Small ...... 24 yds. vs. MTSU Small ...... 21 yds. vs. MTSU Caldwell ...... 62 yds. (TD) vs. MTSU Jackson ...... 33 yds. (TD) vs. MTSU Baker ...... 41 yds. vs. MTSU Wynn ...... 21 yds. vs. MTSU

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE Game WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB/FB Eastern Michigan Baker Cornelius Colon Butler Degory Rissler Hand Small* Caldwell Leak Fason Tennessee Baker Cornelius Colon Butler Degory Mitchell Hand Kenner Caldwell Leak Latsko Kentucky Small Cornelius Colon Butler Degory Mitchell Hand Caldwell Leak Fason Arkansas Small Cornelius Colon Butler Degory Mitchell Hand Thompson Caldwell Leak Fason LSU Small Latsko# Colon Butler Degory Mitchell Hand Thompson Caldwell Leak Fason MTSU Small Cornelius Colon Butler Degory Mitchell Hand Casey Caldwell Leak Fason Mississippi State Georgia Vanderbilt South Carolina Florida State

DEFENSE Game DE DT DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB Eastern Michigan Cohen Thomas Parker Mincey Everett Crowder Harris Webb Bailey Herring Hill Tennessee Cohen Thomas McDonald Mincey Everett Crowder Harris Webb Bailey Herring Hill Kentucky Cohen Thomas McDonald Mincey Everett Crowder Holmes Webb Bailey Herring Hill Arkansas Cohen Thomas McDonald Mincey Everett Crowder Harris Webb Bailey Herring Hill LSU Cohen Thomas McDonald Mincey Everett Crowder Harris Webb Bailey Herring Hill MTSU Cohen Thomas Parker Mincey Everett Siler Holmes Webb Bailey Jackson Hill Mississippi State Georgia Vanderbilt South Carolina Florida State

* started as a fourth wide receiver; # started at tailback

KICKOFF STATISTICS FIELD POSITION

Team No. TD TB Avg. KO Avg. Start+ OB Florida Opponents UF 38 0 16 2.3 19.3 1 Drives Started 78 78 Opp. 23 0 9 7.7 24.1 1 Cum. Starting Yardline 2,213 1,767 Avg. Starting Field Position Own 28.4 Own 22.7 + Average yard ball kicked to and returned to on a kickoff Times Started Inside Own 20 21 51 (i.e. 2.3 is the average yard line Florida kicked the ball to on kickoffs). Drives Started in Opp. Territory 19 3 2004 FLORIDA FOOTBALL WWW.GATORZONE.COM