GAME 2 Play-By-Play: Mark Jones SEPTEMBER 12 // 7:00 P.M
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3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS // 8 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS // 692 ALL-TIME WINS // 48 FIRST-ROUND NFL DRAFT PICKS // 70 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS // 245 FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC SELECTIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION - #ECUvsUF ESPN2 GAME 2 Play-by-Play: Mark Jones SEPTEMBER 12 // 7:00 P.M. Analyst: Rod Gilmore Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Sideline: Quint Kessenich Gator IMG Sports Network | Sirius: 132 | XM: 204 Play-by-Play: Mick Hubert East Carolina Pirates // 1-0, 0-0 AAC Analyst: Lee McGriff Florida Gators // 1-0, 0-0 SEC Sideline: Brady Ackerman THE STORYLINE MATCHUP AT A GLANCE • Florida’s Jim McElwain earned his first victory as a head • Moving on to the second week of the season, UF will look Overall: 2-0, UF coach last Saturday, beating New Mexico State, 61-13, in to continue fine-tuning its new offensive and defensive Last 10 Meetings: 2-0, UF The Swamp. With the win, the Gators are now 19-6 in 25 schemes against East Carolina University. ECU downed In Gainesville: 1-0, UF occasions when a head coach makes his UF debut. Towson in its season opener, 28-20. In Greenville: 0-0 At Neutral Sites: 1-0, UF • Florida saw the debut of new offensive and defensive • This is the third-ever meeting between the Gators and FLORIDA (1-0, 0-0 SEC) schemes against NMSU in Week 1. The offense racked Pirates, and the second this calendar year. Head Coach: Jim McElwain up 606 total yards and had 28 first downs compared Record: 23-16 overall (4th year) to the Aggies eight. The duo of Brandon Powell and • UF and ECU met last January in the Birmingham Bowl, 1-0 at UF (1st year) C’yontai Lewis combined for 94 receiving yards and when the Gators used a late Pirate turnover to secure a Rankings: Not Ranked three touchdowns. 28-20 victory. 2015 record: 1-0, 1-0 SEC • The Gator defense limited NSMU to 200 yards of total • Florida is looking to defeat the same opponent twice in EAST CAROLINA (1-0, 0-0 AAC) offense, including just a negative one yard in the second the same calendar year for the first time since it beat Head Coach: Ruffin McNeil half. Florida totaled four tackles for a loss of 17 yards. Auburn twice in 2000. Record: 39-27 overall (6-plus year) 38-27 at ECU (6th year) Rankings: Not Ranked • In the Gators’ last 10 season-openers, UF has outscored • UF has a 36-4 (.900) record while playing in the month of 2015 record: 1-0, 0-0 AAC opponents by a combined 453-71 (45.3-7.1 per game). September since the start of the 2005 season. 2015 SCHEDULE • Sophomore Treon Harris received the start at QB for the • Overall, the Gators have a 30-12 record against the September (1-0) Gators in week one, and did not disappoint. The Miami, current members of the American Athletic Conference. 5 NEW MEXICO STATE (SECN) W, 61-13 Fla. native went 14-for-19 with 215 yards and a pair of 12 EAST CAROLINA (ESPN2) 7 p.m. touchdowns. • Since 2000, UF is 4-0 against the AAC and has won those 19 at Kentucky* (SECN) 7:30 p.m. contests by an average score of 40-14. 26 TENNESSEE* • Redshirt freshman Will Grier was on point too, as he was October (0-0) 15-for-17 for 164 yards, 44 rushing yards and had three Results vs. AAC Opponents Since 2000 3 OLE MISS* total touchdowns. Opponent Year Score 10 at Missouri* 17 at LSU* UCF (2006) W, 42-0 24 Bye • Overall, Harris saw time under-center during the first Cincinnati (2009) W, 51-24 31 vs. Georgia* (CBS) 3:30 p.m. and fourth quarters, while Grier played throughout the USF (2010) W, 38-14 November (0-0) second and third. ECU (2014) W, 28-20 7 VANDERBILT* 14 at South Carolina* • Harris is now 5-2 as a starter, including a win over No. 9 • Saturday’s game is a Prostate Awareness game (in 21 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Georgia last season. honor of Commissioner Slive) and Wes Chandler will be 28 FLORIDA STATE honored for his CFB Hall of Fame Recognition. December 5 SEC Championship (Atlanta, Ga.) LAST TIME OUT - NEW MEXICO STATE Home: 1-0 *SEC Games: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 The two-quarterback tandem of sophomore Treon Harris Defensively, UF had some breakdowns, allowing the Ag- Away: 0-0 Non-Conference: 0-0 and redshirt Will Grier accounted for 379 passing yards and gies to hit a couple big plays, but the Florida defense abso- five touchdowns while helping the Florida crank out 606 lutely walled the opponet in the second half, as NMSU was FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS yards of offense of their new coach’s debut, as the Gators held to minus-1 yard after the break. Steve McClain Senior Associate Athletics Director roared to a 61-13 rout of New Mexico State in their 2015 sea- Across the board, the Gators appeared thoroughly pre- [email protected] // Head Coach Interviews son opener Saturday night at The Swamp. pared, displayed diversity on offense -- nine different play- Dan Apple Assistant Director The sellout crowd of 90,227 was thoroughly pleased with ers had rushing attempts, 13 caught passes -- and showed [email protected] // Player Interviews their introduction to UF HC Jim McElwain. remarkable discipline by being flagged for just one penalty. Will Pantages Assistant Director And really appreciative of the product on the field. Flor- Granted, the dominating performance came against a [email protected] // Interviews & Game Notes ida’s 61 points were the most scored by a coach in his first team with just four wins over the last two seasons, but this Gators’ game, topping the 51 Ron Zook put up in 2002 and night was about setting a tone with a new sheriff in town. @GatorsFB // #GoGators the 50 from Steve Spurrier in 1990. 2015 FLORIDA FOOTBALL #GOGATORS QUICK FACTS YOUNG GATORS GENERAL INFORMATION • This year’s Gator team is comprised of 54 freshmen, 25 sophomores, 22 juniors and 14 seniors. When fall camp started, Location: Gainesville, Fla. Florida only had six seniors on scholarship, marking the fewest on a UF squad since 1951. Enrollment: 49,042 President: Dr. Kent Fuchs • Fewest Scholarship Seniors (UF - since 1951) Athletics Director: Jeremy Foley 2015 6 Conference: Southeastern Conference 1981 7 Nickname: Gators 1956, 1972 8 Colors: Orange (PMS 172) & Blue (PMS 287) 1978, 2011 9 Stadium (Capacity): Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) Surface: Grass • UF played nine true freshmen and 12 redshirt freshmen played in the opener overall, respectively. The starting lineup Press Box Number: (352) 378-9590 featured one true freshmen and 25 of the 63 players (39.6%) that saw action for UF vs. NMSU were newcomers to the program. COACHING STAFF FIRST-YEAR COACHES AT UF Head Coach: Jim McElwain (Eastern Washington, 1983) • There have been 24 head football coaches at the University of Florida’s 109 seasons of football. In their first full season as Defensive Backs: Kirk Callahan (UCF, 2008) a head coach, 15 of UF’s coaches finished with a winning record, two finished at even .500 and four coaches had losing Defensive Coordinator: Geoff Collins (Western Carolina, 1994) records. Gary Darnell, Charlie Strong and D.J. Durking did not coach a full season. Wide Receivers: Kerry Dixon II (Hampton, 2004) Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator: Greg Nord (Kentucky, • Notable First Seasons for UF Head Coaches Florida First-year Coach Superlatives 1980) 1909 6-1-1 G.E. Pyle Most Wins: 9 (Meyer, Spurrier, Hall*, Graves) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Doug Nussmeier (Idaho, 1923 6-1-2 J.A. VanFleet Best Win Pct.: 8-1, .888 (Bachman, 1928) 1994) 1925 8-2 Tom Sebring SEC Wins: 6 (Zook, 2002; Spurrier, 1990) Defensive Line: Chris Rumph (South Carolina, 1994) 1928 8-1 Charles Bachman Most Points Scored: 73 (Bachman, 1928 vs. Mercer) Associate Head Coach/Co-Coordinator/Linebackers: 1960 9-2 Ray Graves Number of Shoutouts: 4 (Graves, 1960) Randy Shannon (Miami, 1989) 1985 9-1-1 Galen Hall (first full season) Running Backs: Tim Skipper (Fresno State, 2001) 1990 9-2 Steve Spurrier Offensive Line: Mike Summers (Georgetown, 1978) 2005 9-3 Urban Meyer Director of Strength & Conditioning: Mike Kent (Fairmont State, 1982) • Entering 2015, there have been 67 first-year coaches in the SEC since 1977. Of those, over half (34) have finished their inaugural season with a sub-.500 mark. The cumulative record for those 67 coaches is 382-388-7 (.492). The average record FOOTBALL HISTORY of the 67 coaches in their inaugural seasons is 5.7 wins against 5.8 losses. All-Time Record: 692-400-40 (109 years) 2015 Record: 1-0 (0-0 SEC) • CROSSING PATHS First Season of Football: 1906 Three Gators hail from North Carolina (Jonathan Bullard - Shelby, Will Grier - Davidson, Alex McCalister - Clemmons), while Bowl Games: 41 (21-20) East Carolina has seven players from Florida. National Championships: 3 (‘96, ‘06, ‘08) SEC Championships: 8 (‘91, ‘93, ‘94, 95, ‘96, ‘00, ‘06, ‘08) • Florida’s strength coach Mike Kent and East Carolina’s HC Ruffin McNeill’s path’s crossed during the 1990, 1991 and 1993-96 seasons while at Appalachian State. Kent was the team’s strength coach while McNeill worked with the linebackers. Also, 2015 GATOR CAPSULE ECU Associate HC John Wiley joined Kent (during his second stint) at App. State during the 2009 season. Wiley served as a Offense: Multiple defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.