GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: AUBURN (2-2) at FLORIDA (4-0)

NCAAF: AUBURN at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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AUBURN 7 7 3 3 20
FLORIDA (4) 0 0 3 14 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: AUBURN - TD, KODI BURNS 6 YD RUN (WES BYRUM
KICK), 8:44. AUBURN 7-0
2ND QUARTER: AUBURN - TD, BEN TATE 3 YD RUN (WES BYRUM
KICK), 8:39. AUBURN 14-0
3RD QUARTER: FLORIDA - FG, JOEY IJJAS 24 YD, 3:02. AUBURN
14-3
AUBURN - FG, WES BYRUM 30 YD, 8:21. AUBURN
17-3
4TH QUARTER: FLORIDA - TD, CORNELIUS INGRAM 6 YD PASS
FROM TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS
KICK), 0:04. AUBURN 17-10
FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 2 YD RUN (JOEY IJJAS
KICK), 7:24. AUBURN 17-17
AUBURN - FG, WES BYRUM 43 YD, 15:00. AUBURN
20-17</div>

 

GAINESVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Florida won the nationalchampionship last season with one loss - a setback to Auburn.If the Gators are to repeat, they'll have to overcome anotherdefeat to the Tigers.


Wes Bynum kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to liftAuburn to a 20-17 victory over No. 4 Florida in a SoutheasternConference matchup on Saturday night at "The Swamp."

Bynum made his game-winning kick twice. Florida coach UrbanMeyer called a timeout as the Tigers were about to snap the balland Bynum went ahead and made the kick easily.


After Meyer tried to ice him, Bynum snuck his second attemptjust inside the right upright.


Led by star quarterback Tim Tebow, the Gators mounted a comebackin the fourth quarter after falling behind, 17-3.


Auburn (3-2, 1-1 SEC West) led, 14-0, at the half and regainedthe 14-point edge on a 30-yard field goal by Bynum in the thirdquarter that made it 17-3.


It looked like the Gators were going to avenge their lone defeatfrom last season when they scored the first 14 points of thefourth quarter.


Tebow threw a 6-yard TD pass to Cornelius Ingram on the firstplay of the fourth. On their next possession, the Gatorsmarched 88 yards and tied the game on a 2-yard TD run by Tebow.

Florida (4-1, 2-1 East) had the momentum and the ball at their42 with 4:49 to play. But the Auburn defense stiffened, forcinga three-and-out, and the Auburn offense took over.

Brandon Cox and Ben Tate accounted for all the yards as theTigers drove from their 39 to the Gators 26 to set up Bynum'swinning kick.


Cox completed 17-of-26 passes for 227 yards and Tate, who ranfor a 3-yard TD in the second quarter, finished with 65 yards on20 carries.


Tebow was 20-of-27 for 201 yards and added 75 yards rushing on19 carries.

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
AUBURN 20
FLORIDA (4) 17 FINAL</div>

 

NCAAF: AUBURN at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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AUBURN 7 7 3 3 20
FLORIDA (4) 0 0 3 14 17 FINAL

AUBURN-TD, K Burns 6 YD RUN (W Byrum KICK) 8:44 1st Qtr
AUBURN-TD, B Tate 3 YD RUN (W Byrum KICK) 8:39 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA-FG, J Ijjas 24 YD 3:02 3rd Qtr
AUBURN-FG, W Byrum 30 YD 8:21 3rd Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, C Ingram 6 YD PASS FROM T Tebow (J Ijjas
KICK) 0:04 4th Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, T Tebow 2 YD RUN (J Ijjas KICK) 7:24 4th Qtr
AUBURN-FG, W Byrum 43 YD 15:00 4th Qtr


AUBURN FLORIDA
First downs 23 14
Rushed-yards 44-99 28-111
Passing yards 227 201
Sacked-yards lost 4-31 0-0
Return yards 0 11
Passes 17-26-0 20-27-1
Punts 5-45 4-36
Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-yards 7-55 7-44
Time of possession 32:57 27:03


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: AUBURN-Ben Tate 20-65, Mario Fannin 13-62, Kodi Burns 3-5,
Carl Stewart 1-2, - Team 1-MINUS 1, Robert Dunn 1-MINUS 8, Brandon Cox
5-MINUS 26. FLORIDA-Tim Tebow 19-75, Percy Harvin 4-19, Jarred Fayson
2-10, Kestahn Moore 3-7.

PASSING: AUBURN-Brandon Cox 17-26-227- 0. FLORIDA-Tim Tebow 20-27-201-
1.

RECEIVING: AUBURN-Rodgeriqus Smith 9-102, Montez Billings 3-56, Carl
Stewart 2-40, Ben Tate 1-16, Gabe McKenzie 1-7, Prechae Rodriguez 1-6.
FLORIDA-Percy Harvin 7-119, Cornelius Ingram 4-37, Louis Murphy 3-21,
Riley Cooper 1-9, Brandon James 1-7, Jarred Fayson 1-5, Kestahn Moore
3-3.


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GAINESVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Florida won the nationalchampionship last season with one loss - a setback to Auburn. Ifthe Gators are to repeat, they'll have to overcome anotherdefeat to the Tigers.


Wes Byrum kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to liftAuburn to a 20-17 victory over No. 4 Florida in a SoutheasternConference matchup on Saturday night at "The Swamp."

Byrum made his game-winning kick twice. Florida coach UrbanMeyer called a timeout as the Tigers were about to snap the balland Byrum went ahead and made the kick easily.


After Meyer tried to ice him, Byrum snuck his second attemptjust inside the right upright.


"He absolutely has ice water running through his veins," Auburncoach Tommy Tuberville said of Byrum. "I couldn't even breatheand much less kick a ball in that situation, and not only one ofthem but two of them.


"The first one, he caught it just perfect. From the sideline,you just can't tell. You look for the fans reaction. The secondone he didn't hit it quite as good, but it went inside the rightupright. I'm waiting for those fans to start jumping up anddown and it just kind of hit me, 'Man we won the ball game on afield goal.'"


Led by star quarterback Tim Tebow, the Gators mounted a comebackin the fourth quarter after falling behind, 17-3.


Auburn (3-2, 1-1 SEC West) led, 14-0, at the half and regainedthe 14-point edge on a 30-yard field goal by Byrum in the thirdquarter that made it 17-3.


It looked like the Gators were going to avenge their lone defeatfrom last season when they scored the first 14 points of thefourth quarter.


Tebow threw a 6-yard TD pass to Cornelius Ingram on the firstplay of the fourth. On their next possession, the Gatorsmarched 88 yards and tied the game on a 2-yard TD run by Tebow.

Florida (4-1, 2-1 East) had the momentum and the ball at their42 with 4:49 to play. But the Auburn defense stiffened, forcinga three-and-out, and the Auburn offense took over.

"It didn't look good right there at the end. We started runningout of gas," Tuberville said. "We got a lot of people hurt andbanged up. I bet we had a lot of backups out there on defense onthat last drive. That was a true Auburn football game. That ishow I like to coach a game, smash mouth, get you a lead and notsit on it, but let your defense and kicking game win it foryou."


Brandon Cox and Ben Tate accounted for all the yards as theTigers drove from their 39 to the Gators 26 to set up Byrum'swinning kick.


Cox completed 17-of-26 passes for 227 yards and Tate, who ranfor a 3-yard TD in the second quarter, finished with 65 yards on20 carries.


Tebow was 20-of-27 for 201 yards and added 75 yards rushing on19 carries.


""It's heartbreaking," Tebow said. "We had so many opportunitiesto win that game, but you have to give Auburn credit."