2011 Florida Football Postgame Notes LSU 41, Florida 11 October 8, 2011

Team Notes  Despite LSU’s second-straight win over Florida, the Gators lead the overall series, 30-25-3, and have a 16-14 edge in Baton Rouge.  Florida fell to 3-9 (.250) in school history when facing the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll.  The Gators are now 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the SEC, LSU is 6-0 and 3-0 in league play.

Individual Notes  Freshmen (QB) and A.C. Leonard (TE) made their first career starts this afternoon.  Brissett became the first true freshman Gator to take his first career snap as the starter.  Brissett joins Wayne Peace (1980), Donald Douglas (1989), (1997) and (2003) as true freshman who have started for Florida in school history.  Brissett was 8-for-14 yards with 94 yards, two interceptions and one touchdown.  Chris Rainey’s 25-yard run in the first quarter was the longest rush against LSU this season. The previous best was a 17- yard run.  Rainey had a team-high 13 carries and had 52 yards rushing.  Mike Gillislee’s first kickoff return of the season went for 19 yards in the second quarter.  Gillislee finished with a team-high 56 yards on nine carries.  Jon Bostic’s team-leading third sack went for a loss of eight yards in the second quarter.  Caleb Sturgis’ 34-yard field goal late in the second quarter capped a 14-play, 59-yard drive that consumed 6:42.  Sturgis is now 13-for-14 this season on field goals and has at least one in all six games this year.  Andre Debose had a 25-yard kick return in the third quarter.  Brissett hooked up with Debose for a 65-yard touchdown in the third quarter for his first career TD pass.  It was the longest TD pass by a true Gator freshman in his first career start and the second-longest completion by a UF true freshman quarterback in his starting debut (69 yards, Chris Leak to Carlos Perez vs. Kentucky in 2003).  Debose’s second receiving touchdown of the season followed up his 65-yard scoring reception against Alabama.  Rainey converted the Gators’ first two-point attempt of the season to close the gap to 27-11.  Solomon Patton was credited with a punt block in the fourth quarter, his second of the season and the third of his career.  Bostic finished with a career-high 13 tackles, while Matt Elam (12), Sharrif Floyd (11), Dominique Easley (9) and Michael Taylor (7) also set personal bests.

Other  Today’s attendance: 93,022 (third-largest in Tiger Stadium history)  Game Captains: Sophomore Matt Elam (S), redshirt junior Lerentee McCray (DE), redshirt senior Chris Rainey (RB) and redshirt senior Dan Wenger (C)  Weather at Kickoff: 87ºF, winds from the SSE 16 mph gusting to 25 mph, 48 percent humidity