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GAME RECAP: Sweet Revenge
Story URL: http://florida.scout.com/2/807298.html
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Chris Chmielenski
FightinGators.com | Nov 1, 2008 |
There was only one way to properly avenge last year's eventful loss to Georgia for the Florida Gators. Beat the Dawgs handily and that's exactly what they did in a 49-10 beat down on Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville.
1st Quarter
Florida 7, Georgia 0
Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:56
Scoring Play: Percy Harvin 13-yard TD run
Clock: 0:22
PAT: Jonathan Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Florida 20 after a missed Georgia field goal
Drive Summary:Harvin was the star of the drive with 51 all-purpose yards on three touches. Florida caught a break when Georgia was flagged for a personal foul penalty negating a Tim Tebow interception.
2nd Quarter
Florida 7, Georgia 3
Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 4:02
Scoring Play: Blair Walsh 35-yard FG
Clock: 11:18
Drive Started: At the Georgia 28
Drive Summary:Georgia converted two straight 3rd-and-longs when Matthew Stafford first hit Bruce Figgins for a 17-yard gain and then Mohamad Massaquoi for 26 yards. But his 3rd down rushing effort fell short of a third conversion, setting up the Walsh field goal.
Florida 14, Georgia 3
Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards, 3:52
Scoring Play: Tebow 1-yard TD run
Clock: 7:26
PAT: Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Georgia 41 after an onsides kick attempt
Drive Summary:Tebow broke the all-time UF rushing touchdown record with his 1-yard run. The Gators rushed the ball on 6-of-7 plays. The one pass was a 18-yard hookup between Tebow and Aaron Hernandez.
3rd Quarter
Florida 21, Georgia 3
Drive: 1 plays, 1 yards, 0:03
Scoring Play: Tebow 1-yard TD run
Clock: 7:51
PAT: Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Georgia 1 after Joe Haden picked off a Stafford pass and returned it 88 yards
Drive Summary:Georgia was looking to flip momentum after putting together a long drive that started from their own two yard line, but Haden’s interception put the Gators in complete control.
Florida 28, Georgia 3
Drive: 4 plays, 56 yards, 1:19
Scoring Play: Tebow 44-yard TD pass to Louis Murphy
Clock: 5:33
PAT: Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Georgia 44
Drive Summary:After Riley Cooper’s second reception and a run by Tebow, Tebow hit Murphy streaking down the left sideline for the touchdown.
Florida 35, Georgia 3
Drive: 2 plays, 10 yards, 0:47
Scoring Play: Tebow 8-yard TD run
Clock: 3:29
PAT: Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Georgia 10 following a Moreno fumble and Terron Sanders return
Drive Summary:Tebow picked up his third rushing touchdown of the game with an 8-yard run up the middle.
4th Quarter
Florida 42, Georgia 3
Drive: 1 plays, 25 yards, 0:06
Scoring Play: Tebow 25-yard TD pass to Harvin
Clock: 11:30
PAT: Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Georgia 25 after a 64-yard interception return by Ahmad Black
Drive Summary:Tebow hit a wide-open Harvin in the end zone to keep pouring it on.
Florida 49, Georgia 3
Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards, 3:03
Scoring Play: Jeff Brantley 7-yard TD pass to Deonte Thompson
Clock: 7:21
PAT: Phillips kick
Drive Started: At the Florida 34
Drive Summary:Florida got it’s reserves involved, starting with Emmanuel Moody who ran for 28 yards on the first play. Brantley came in for Tebow and completed 3-of-4 passes. All three completions went to Deonte Thompson.
Florida 49, Georgia 10
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:12
Scoring Play: Joe Cox 19-yard TD pass to Aron White
Clock: 3:09
PAT: Walsh kick
Drive Started: At the Georgia 20
Drive Summary:The Gators weren’t able to keep the Dawgs out of the end zone all day. Georgia’s backups scored against Florida’s backups on the final Georgia drive of the game. Backup QB Cox completed 2-of-4 passes on the drive.
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