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2009 FLORIDA FOOTBALL SEC Champions: 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2006 2008 National Champions: 1996 2006 2008 FLORIDA MEETS MISSISSIPPI STATE IN SEC ROAD TEST Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field (55,082) - Starkville, Miss. 6-0, 4-0 SEC October 24, 2009 - 7:30 p.m. ET 3-4, 1-2 SEC Release Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009 THE STORYLINE -2009 SCHEDULE- Florida travels to Mississippi State to take on the Bulldogs, UF’s third Sept. 5 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 62-3 consecutive opponent from the SEC Western Division. Florida kept its Sept. 12 TROY W 56-6 nation’s-best winning streak intact at 16 with a 23-20 home victory over Sept. 19 TENNESSEE* W 23-13 Arkansas last Saturday. Sept. 26 at Kentucky* W 41-7 Oct. 3 Bye Week Th e Gators have a 6-0 mark (4-0 SEC) for the seventh time in team Oct. 10 at LSU* W 13-3 history and fi rst time since 2006. Mississippi State currently holds Oct. 17 ARKANSAS* (Homecoming) W 23-20 a 3-4 record (1-2 SEC) aft er going on the road and defeating Middle Oct. 24 at Mississippi State* ESPN 7:30 p.m. Tennessee, 27-6, last Saturday. Oct. 31 Georgia* (at Jacksonville) CBS 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 VANDERBILT* TBA Th e Gators will take the fi eld looking to extend their eight-game SEC Nov. 14 at South Carolina* TBA road winning streak, which dates back to 2007. Nov. 21 FIU PPV 12:30 p.m. Nov. 28 FLORIDA STATE TBA *SEC game All times Eastern LAST TIME OUT Florida scored a 23-20 victory against Arkansas RANKINGS as Caleb Sturgis’ 27-yard fi eld goal with nine Rankings (AP/Coaches/Harris/BCS): UF (2/1/1/1); MSU (NR) seconds remaining capped a 14-play, 69-yard game-winning drive. -Florida makes its 77th appearance in the BCS rankings this week and is ranked No. 1 in the BCS standings for the fi rst time. Only Texas has Arkansas opened the scoring with a touch- appeared more times in the BCS rankings (78). down to on the fi rst play of the second quarter, becoming the fi rst opponent in over a year to -UF has been ranked No. 1 in the AP poll 34 times in school history and score fi rst against UF. Sturgis hit his fi rst fi eld holds a 21-5 record all-time in games played while ranked as such. goal of the day to get Florida on the board, but Arkansas answered for a 10-3 edge at halft ime. -Florida had a run of nine consecutive AP polls at No. 1, the second-longest K Caleb Sturgis streak in school history. Th e Gators had a run of 10 straight in 1996. Another Sturgis fi eld goal and a 77-yard scoring strike from Tim Tebow to Deonte Th ompson gave Florida its fi rst lead at 13-10, but Arkansas evened the count with a fi eld goal with seven seconds remaining in the third. Arkansas hit a 75-yard touchdown from Ryan Mallett to Greg Childs, but the Gators again answered, marching GAME BROADCASTS 67 yards in fi ve plays for Jeff Demps’ 10-yard touchdown run that tied Television: Th e game will air on ESPN, called by Brad Nessler (play- the game at 20, setting the stage for the game-winning drive. by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst) and Erin Andrews (sideline). Sun Sports will re-air the game at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, on Sun Th e defense tallied nine tackles for loss on the day, while Tebow Sports’ “Breakfast with the Gators” presented by Regions Bank and again completed 17 of 26 passes for 255 yards and rushed for 69 yards. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 11 p.m. (replays available in SEC territory), featuring David Steele (play-by-play), Brady Ackerman (analyst) and Steve Babik (sideline) calling the action. -DID YOU KNOW?- Radio: Th e team of Mick Hubert (play-by-play), Lee McGriff (analyst) With the victory against Arkansas, Urban Meyer recorded his and Steve Babik (sideline) will broadcast the contest on the Gator Radio 50th win as an SEC coach. It took Meyer just 59 games to do Network. Scot Brantley and Travis McGriff join Babik as co-hosts of the so, tying him for the fastest to reach that benchmark since the pre-game show, which begins two hours before kickoff . A 60-minute post- league’s inception in 1933 (Frank Th omas, Alabama). game show will also air following the game’s conclusion. Th e Gator Radio Network broadcast will also be available on Sirius 121 and XM 141. Today’s Matchup Florida at Mississippi State (10/24/09) TOP INDIVIDUAL LEADERS LAST FIVE MEETINGS SERIES HISTORY -RUSHING- 2005 UF 35 MSU 9 Series: Florida leads, 32-18-2 (Gainesville) Dallas Baker caught a 15- At Gainesville: Florida leads, 19-7-1 Florida G Att. Net Avg. TD YPG yard touchdown pass from Chris Leak At Starkville: Mississippi State leads, 7-3 Demps 6 53 444 8.4 5 74.0 and finished with then-career highs in At Jackson: Florida leads, 6-4 Tebow 6 99 378 3.8 5 63.0 receptions (seven) and yardage (123 yards). Meanwhile, the Gator defense At Other Neutral Sites: Florida leads, 4-0-1 Streak: Florida has won 1 Miss. State G Att. Net Avg. TD YPG totaled six sacks, forced three turnovers and registered two safeties. W/L/T UF MSU Rank (UF/MSU) Dixon 6 134 696 5.2 7 116.0 $1923 T 13 13 Ducre 7 40 240 6.0 1 34.3 2004 MSU 38 UF 31 ^1924 W 27 0 (Starkville) MSU running back Jerious @1925 W 12 0 *1936 L 0 7 -PASSING- Norwood scored the game-winning !1937 L 13 14 touchdown on a 37-yard run with 32 !1938 L 0 22 Florida C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG seconds left in the game. *1939 L 0 14 Tebow 72-110-2 65.5 1,032 8 172.0 *1940 L 7 27 2001 UF 52 MSU 0 !1941 L 0 6 Brantley 22-30-0 73.3 232 4 77.3 (Gainesville) Rex Grossman fired five *1942 L 12 26 NR/16 *1954 W 7 0 touchdown passes and the Gators posted *1955 W 20 14 Miss. State C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG 640 yards of total offense, the most in !1956 W 26 0 Lee 87-149-6 58.4 981 3 140.1 school history in an SEC game. *1957 L 20 29 Relf 15-26-2 57.7 213 3 42.6 *1958 L 7 14 18/11 2000 MSU 47 UF 35 *1959 W 14 13 19/NR (Starkville) Dicenzo Miller and Dontae &1962 W 19 9 -RECEIVING- Walker combined to rush for 328 yards. *1963 T 9 9 In all, MSU’s ground game accounted for &1964 W 16 13 Florida G Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG *1965 L 13 18 8/NR 351 of the team’s 517 yards. *1966 W 28 7 Hernandez 6 28 360 12.9 2 60.0 &1967 W 24 7 Cooper 6 23 333 14.5 3 55.5 1993 UF 38 MSU 24 *1968 W 31 14 4/NR (Gainesville) The two teams combined &1969 W 47 35 12/NR for 1,144 yards in total offense as UF pre- *1970 W 34 13 14/NR Miss. State G Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG vailed in record-setting fashion. Danny &1971 L 10 13 Bumphis 7 23 267 11.6 3 38.1 *1972 W 28 13 Wuerffel completed 27-of-41 passes for &1973 L 12 33 16/NR Green 7 18 238 13.2 2 34.0 449 yards and three touchdowns. Twelve *1974 W 29 13 of Wuerffel’s completions and all three &1975 W 27 10 19/NR -DEFENSe- touchdown strikes went to former walk- *1976 W 34 30 on Chris Doering. &1977 W 24 22 13/12 *1978 W 34 0 Florida UT-AT-TT TFL S INT FF FR &1979 L 10 24 Black 13-20-33 1.0 0 1 0 0 *1980 W 21 15 Stamper 13-20-33 3.0 1.0 0 1 0 &1981 L 7 28 NR/12 *1982 W 27 17 5/NR !1983 W 35 12 15/NR Miss. St. UT-AT-TT TFL S INT FF FR *1984 W 27 12 !1985 W 36 22 11/NR Wright 27-20-47 3.5 1.0 0 1 1 !1986 L 10 16 Chaney 20-26-46 2.0 1.5 1 1 0 *1987 W 38 3 *1988 W 17 0 20/NR @1989 W 21 0 *1990 W 34 21 17/NR %1991 W 29 7 14/21 !1992 L 6 30 13/24 *1993 W 38 24 5/NR !2000 L 35 47 3/NR *2001 W 52 0 2/21 !2004 L 31 38 19/NR *2005 W 35 9 13/NR SITUATIONAL RECORDS UNDER COACH MEYER $ Jacksonville, Fla. ^ Montgomery, Ala. @ Tampa Since 2005, Florida’s record when... * Gainesville ! Starkville & Jackson, Miss. Opponent scores < 21 .......................41-2 Tied at the half .....................................2-3 % Orlando Rushing for 150+ yards .....................35-3 Trailing at the half ...............................4-3 Rushing for < 150 yards ....................14-6 Blocking a punt ..................................13-0 THE COACHES Rushing for 100+ yards .....................44-8 Opp. is unranked at game time ........32-3 Rushing for < 100 yards ......................6-1 Playing in the state of Florida ..........36-4 Urban Meyer Opp.