2010 FLORIDA FOOTBALL SEC Champions: 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2006 2008 National Champions: 1996 2006 2008 GATORS CONTINUE SEC SLATE WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE Ben Hill Griffi n Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) - Gainesville, Fla. 4-2, 2-2 SEC October 16, 2010 - 7 p.m. ET 4-2, 1-2 SEC Release Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010 THE STORYLINE -2010 SCHEDULE- Florida welcomes Mississippi State to Gainesville for its annual Home- Sept. 4 MIAMI UNIVERSITY W 34-12 coming Game. Th e Gators hold a 4-2 record (2-2 SEC) following their Sept. 11 USF W 38-14 33-29 loss to LSU, while Mississippi State sits at 4-2 (1-2 SEC) aft er Sept. 18 at Tennessee* W 31-17 defeating Houston on the road, 47-24. Sept. 25 KENTUCKY* W 48-14 Oct. 2 at Alabama* L 6-31 It marks the 54th meeting in series history with UF holding a 33-18-2 Oct. 9 LSU* L 29-33 advantage all-time. Florida is 2-0 against Mississippi State under head Oct. 16 MISSISSIPPI STATE* (HC) ESPNU 7 p.m. coach Urban Meyer, including a 29-19 win in Starkville last season. Oct. 23 Bye Week Oct. 30 Georgia* (at Jacksonville) CBS 3:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Vanderbilt* TBA LAST TIME OUT Nov. 13 SOUTH CAROLINA* TBA Nov. 20 APPALACHIAN STATE TBA For the second season in a row, the road Nov. 27 at Florida State TBA team prevailed victorious in the Florida-LSU *SEC game All times Eastern clash as the Tigers posted a 33-29 win over UF in Th e Swamp. Follow Florida football on Twitter: Florida grabbed a 14-10 second-quarter lead behind a pair of one-yard rushing touch- @CoachUrbanMeyer and @GatorZoneFB. downs by freshmen Jordan Reed and Trey Burton. RANKINGS But LSU quarterback Jordan Jeff erson found Rankings (AP/Coaches): UF (22/22); MSU (NR/RV) Terrence Toliver for a 38-yard scoring pass with 1:22 left in the half, and the Tigers -Florida has been ranked in every poll under head coach Urban Meyer, parlayed a Florida fumble into a fi eld goal including 62 times in the top 10. and a 20-14 lead as time expired in the half. WR Andre Debose -Finishing No. 3 in both the AP and Coaches’ Polls last season, Florida LSU extended its lead to 26-14 early in the fourth quarter on a Jeff erson is the only school in the nation to fi nish in the top three in three of the rushing touchdown, but Florida freshman Andre Debose returned the past four seasons. Th e Gators have seven top-three fi nishes in school kickoff that followed 88 yards for a touchdown to draw within 26-21. history. Th e Gator defense held strong, and UF marched 80 yards on 10 plays to score the go-ahead touchdown and added a successful two-point conversion to make the count 29-26 with 3:21 remaining. GAME BROADCASTS LSU had the answer, however, as the Tigers put together a 10-play touch- Television: ESPNU will broadcast the game nationally. Sun Sports will down drive of their own that included converting fake fi eld goal for a re-air the game at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, on Sun Sports’ “Break- fi rst down to keep the drive alive. fast with the Gators” presented by Regions and again on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 11 p.m., with David Steele (play-by-play), Nat Moore (analyst) and Brady Ackerman (sideline) calling the action. -DID YOU KNOW?- Radio: Th e team of Mick Hubert (play-by-play), Lee McGriff (analyst) and Brady Ackerman (sideline) will broadcast the contest on the Gator UF is 63-20-2 all-time in Homecoming games and have an Radio Network. Scot Brantley and Travis McGriff co-host the pre-game active streak of 21 consecutive victories on Homecoming show, which begins two hours before kickoff . A 60-minute post-game weekend, with the last loss coming in 1988 against Auburn. Of show will also air following the game’s conclusion. Th e Gator Radio the 21 victories in that win streak, 14 have come against SEC Network broadcast will also be available on Sirius and XM. opponents. Florida vs. Mississippi State (10/16/10) TOP INDIVIDUAL LEADERS LAST FIVE MEETINGS SERIES HISTORY -RUSHING- 2009 UF 29 MSU 19 Series: Florida leads, 33-18-2 Florida G Att. Net Avg. TD YPG (Starkville) The Gators notched their first At Gainesville: Florida leads, 19-7-1 Demps 5 64 414 6.5 2 82.8 win at Mississippi State since 1985 last At Starkville: Mississippi State leads, 7-4 October. UF’s defense limited the Bulldog Gillislee 5 31 169 5.5 4 28.2 offense to two field goals and 237 yards, At Jackson: Florida leads, 6-4 held MSU without a third-down conver- At Other Neutral Sites: Florida leads, 4-0-1 Miss. State G Att. Net Avg. TD YPG sion until midway through the fourth Streak: Florida has won 2 Ballard 6 58 418 7.2 11 69.7 quarter and intercepted quarterback W/L/T UF MSU Rank (UF/MSU) Relf 6 65 295 4.5 1 49.2 Tyson Lee three times. The Gators also $1923 T 13 13 limited Mississippi State running back ^1924 W 27 0 Anthony Dixon to a season-low 53 yards @1925 W 12 0 -PASSING- rushing after entering the game averaging *1936 L 0 7 116 yards on the ground. MSU’s Johnthan !1937 L 13 14 Florida C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG !1938 L 0 22 Banks returned a pair of Tim Tebow inter- *1939 L 0 14 Brantley 105-169-4 62.1 1,056 6 176.0 ceptions for touchdowns. Tebow scored *1940 L 7 27 Burton 1-2-1 50.0 42 0 8.4 on the ground, Caleb Sturgis connected !1941 L 0 6 on three field goals and Dustin Doe had *1942 L 12 26 NR/16 a 23-yard pick-six for Florida. *1954 W 7 0 Miss. State C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG *1955 W 20 14 Relf 51-86-3 59.3 675 5 112.5 !1956 W 26 0 2005 UF 35 MSU 9 *1957 L 20 29 Russell 35-58-5 60.3 555 4 111.0 (Gainesville) Dallas Baker caught a 15- *1958 L 7 14 18/11 yard touchdown pass from Chris Leak *1959 W 14 13 19/NR -RECEIVING- and finished with then-career highs in &1962 W 19 9 receptions (seven) and yardage (123 *1963 T 9 9 &1964 W 16 13 Florida G Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG yards). Meanwhile, the Gator defense *1965 L 13 18 8/NR Thompson 6 23 328 14.3 0 54.7 totaled six sacks, forced three turnovers *1966 W 28 7 Moore 6 17 261 15.4 1 43.5 and registered two safeties. &1967 W 24 7 *1968 W 31 14 4/NR 2004 MSU 38 UF 31 &1969 W 47 35 12/NR Miss. State G Rec. Yds. Avg. TD YPG (Starkville) MSU running back Jerious *1970 W 34 13 14/NR Norwood scored the game-winning &1971 L 10 13 Bumphis 6 32 431 13.5 4 71.8 *1972 W 28 13 Heavens 6 12 187 15.6 2 31.2 touchdown on a 37-yard run with 32 &1973 L 12 33 16/NR seconds left in the game. *1974 W 29 13 &1975 W 27 10 19/NR -DEFENSe- 2001 UF 52 MSU 0 *1976 W 34 30 (Gainesville) Rex Grossman fired five &1977 W 24 22 13/12 Florida UT-AT-TT TFL S INT FF FR touchdown passes and the Gators posted *1978 W 34 0 Black 33-17-50 3.0 0 3 1 1 &1979 L 10 24 640 yards of total offense, the most in *1980 W 21 15 Je. Jenkins 17-18-35 2.0 1 1 0 0 school history in an SEC game. &1981 L 7 28 NR/12 *1982 W 27 17 5/NR MSU UT-AT-TT TFL S INT FF FR 2000 MSU 47 UF 35 !1983 W 35 12 15/NR (Starkville) Dicenzo Miller and Dontae *1984 W 27 12 White 21-25-46 7.5 2.5 0 0 0 Walker combined to rush for 328 yards. !1985 W 36 22 11/NR Mitchell 24-19-43 1.5 0 0 0 0 In all, MSU’s ground game accounted for !1986 L 10 16 *1987 W 38 3 351 of the team’s 517 yards. *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 !2009 W 29 19 2/NR $ Jacksonville, Fla. ^ Montgomery, Ala. Since 2005, Florida’s record when... @ Tampa * Gainesville ! Starkville Opponent scores < 21 .......................51-2 Tied at the half .....................................3-3 & Jackson, Miss. Rushing for 150+ yards .....................43-3 Trailing at the half ...............................4-6 % Orlando Rushing for < 150 yards ....................17-9 Blocking a punt ..................................14-0 Rushing for 100+ yards .....................54-8 Opp. is unranked at game time ........42-3 Rushing for < 100 yards ......................7-4 Playing in the state of Florida ..........43-5 HEAD COACHES Playing in Gainesville ........................35-3 Opp.