2016 Florida Football Postgame Notes Tennessee 38, Florida 28 September 24, 2016
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2016 Florida Football Postgame Notes Tennessee 38, Florida 28 September 24, 2016 Saturday’s Highlights Florida scored on its first drive of the game, a feat last accomplished October 15, 2015 vs Missouri (11 games) Florida’s second scoring drive was a season-long 93 yards In the last 13 quarters, opposing quarterbacks thrown six interceptions against Florida’s passing defense. In the past three seasons, Tennessee QBs have completed just 13 passes and been sacked seven times on third down vs Florida (Per ESPN Stats & Info) Florida Offense In his first career start for Florida, RS senior Austin Appleby threw for 296 yards, which is third-most for a UF quarterback in his first start since 1990. o Trailing Shane Matthews (332) and Tim Tebow (300) Jordan Cronkrite caught his first receiving touchdown since November 14, 2015 vs South Carolina (7 games) After scoring three touchdowns as a freshman, Jordan Scarlett has three rushing touchdowns through four games this season DeAndre Goolsby’s touchdown catch in the first quarter was his first of the season, and second of his career Freshman Tyrie Cleveland’s first career catch was a 36 yard pass in the second quarter Freshman Freddie Swain caught his second touchdown pass of the season With 134 receiving yards today, Antonio Callaway has now eclipsed 1,000 yards for his career (1,013 ) o Callaway is tied for the third-fastest player in Florida history to reach 1,000 receiving yards. (17 games) After only posting four passing plays of 50-plus yards in 2015, Florida already has 3 such passing plays this season. Florida Defense The Gators held the Volunteers to their first scoreless trip to the redzone this season, on a fourth-and-goal stop from the one-yard line in the first quarter Quincy Wilson recorded his fifth career interception in the second quarter Linebacker Alex Anzalone recorded a career-high 12 tackles Defensive lineman Bryan Cox Jr. set a career-high with nine tackles Jalen Tabor had his second interception in as many games played vs Tennessee (2 games). Tabor now has seven career interceptions. Florida’s 17 sacks through four games are currently first in the country Jordan Sherit notched a career-high eight tackles, and recorded his third sack of the season Big Plays Austin Appleby: 51 yard pass to Antonio Callaway, first quarter Jordan Scarlett: 11 yard run, first quarter Jordan Scarlett: 12 yard run, first quarter Austin Appleby: 43 yard pass to Antonio Callaway, first quarter Austin Appleby: 20 yard pass to Antonio Callaway, second quarter Austin Appleby: 36 yard pass to Tyrie Cleveland, second quarter Austin Appleby: 20 yard pass to Antonio Callaway, second quarter Austin Appleby: 22 yard pass to C.J. Worton, fourth quarter Other Florida Game Captains: Brandon Powell, Joey Ivie. Marcus Maye, C’yontai Lewis Florida won the opening coin toss and elected to receive; Tennessee chose to defend the North end zone Today’s loss marks the first time Florida has fallen to Tennessee since 2004 2016 Florida Football Postgame Quotes Jim McElwain, Florida Head Coach Tennessee 38, Tennessee 28 September 24, 2016 (Opening Statement) “Obviously, that was very disappointing. My hat is off to them and how they came out at halftime and really took it to us with explosive plays. They controlled the game. We never flipped the field offensively in the third quarter. We didn’t have many plays or yards when we came up with the interception. We were playing with a long field the whole day. That’s not good football, but to their credit, they came in and took it to us. It’s disappointing. We have a bunch of guys hurting in the locker room. These are life lessons. Not every day does everything go like you want it. The key is what you learn from it and how you respond. "Austin Appleby played plenty good enough for us to have a chance. We had a good plan coming out after half, but they just out-executed us. It was a great crowd in there, and we gave them a lot to cheer about. I thought we did a good job of taking them out of the game in the first half and then allowed them back in during the second half. It was a really good environment to play in. We had a lot of guys play really hard. I didn’t think we tackled well. Against guys like that, you have to wrap up and take them off their feet.” (On getting turned around after a shift in momentum) “You just have to buckle down and make a play on offense. The third quarter was kind of miserable. We had an opportunity to get a first down. We messed up a signal, which is not an excuse. You just have to run the play and make it work. It was loud in there.” (On not throwing deep passes in the second half) “It’s one of those where we were backed down. With the way they had flipped the field on us, we were a little nervous with pass protection. They have a couple of guys off the edges who are pretty good. The series that was really telling was when we got a pick and then not doing anything. We didn’t flip the field the entire second half.” (On the game plan working in the first half) “I thought it was pretty good. We had a couple of drops on third down that were huge early. Those could have solidified some drives and get the ball out and gain advantage on the field. I thought that was big. I thought Austin played pretty good for what we asked him to do.” (On counting on the defense to hold a 21-0 lead) “Josh Dobbs is a great player. He is fun to watch and is ultra-competitive. They had some drops on the over routes early in the game. They connected on them in the second half. Give him the credit, he was not to be denied tonight. I am glad he is gone.” (On refocusing after the loss) “I think what it does is really test who you are as a person and as a man. In a loss, some of the greatest lessons about who you are and what you are about are taught. This was a good football team that we played. They beat us today. That’s the way it is. We can’t change it. How do you not making it two? You go back to work and take care of the now. There’s really no secret formula.” (On issues with fielding punts) “It wasn’t very smart. He caught the one at the eight. His heels were on the line and we told him not to go backwards. Same thing with Lamical Perine on the kickoff. We were five or six yards in, and we have a bunch of guys that want to go make plays. They don’t understand that you don’t do it by yourself. You do your job. It’s an interesting thing. Once you start to get a bunch of guys out there that are trying to do their own thing is when it fails, especially in a team game.” (On busted coverage) “They did a good job and had a good plan. There wasn’t a bunch that we hadn’t seen before, but there were some formation and motions that were different from what they had done. That is what you do in every game. That is where your rules and discipline and how you do your job come in.” (On lessons from guaranteeing a win) “I hope they take a big lesson. In life, there are a lot of good things in being humble. As I said, back it up. They didn’t back it up. There might be a lesson." 2016 Florida Football Postgame Quotes Florida Players Tennessee 28, Florida 28 September 24, 2016 Mark Thompson, RB (Opening Statement) “We came out ready to play. I feel that we were a little lax, we didn’t have the same intensity that we did the first half and it showed.” (On over-confidence) “I mean they are a good team. They came out ready to play in the second half. In their previous games they came out ready to play in the second half, that’s what happened today.” (On adjustments Tennessee made in the second half) “Nah, I don’t think they made any adjustments, I just think their eleven guys on defense were putting their effort out on the field. They left it all on the field.” (On the biggest lesson to take away from this game) “Don’t take any plays off! At halftime if we are up by 50 or 1, know you got to play the second half. We can’t come out lax or feeling comfortable, this is the SEC every team is good so you got to play better than them.” Brian Cox, DL (On fatigue taking a toll on the offense in the second half) “I don’t really think so. They did a good job. Now is the time to circle the wagon and come together.” (On having a 21-3 lead at halftime) “It hurts (to lose). I really don’t have the words to describe it. We just have to see what happens.” 2016 Florida Football Postgame Quotes Butch Jones, Tennessee Head Coach Tennessee 38, Florida 28 September 24, 2016 (Opening Statement) "First of all, I think it's pretty obvious, I'm really proud of our players and the resolve that they showed tonight.