GAME THREAD: NCAAF: FLORIDA ST (7-4) at FLORIDA (8-3)

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 31 4:02 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLORIDA ST 3 9 0 12
FLORIDA (12) 14 10 7 31 END, 3RD QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 28 YD, 8:23.
FLORIDA ST 3-0
FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 24 YD RUN (JOEY
IJJAS KICK), 8:44. FLORIDA 7-3
FLORIDA - TD, LOUIS MURPHY 32 YD PASS FROM
TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS KICK),
12:14. FLORIDA 14-3
2ND QUARTER: FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 38 YD, 2:38.
FLORIDA 14-6
FLORIDA - TD, LOUIS MURPHY 14 YD PASS FROM
TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS KICK),
6:12. FLORIDA 21-6
FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 29 YD, 10:39.
FLORIDA 21-9
FLORIDA - FG, JOEY IJJAS 35 YD, 14:42.
FLORIDA 24-9
FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 60 YD, 15:00.
FLORIDA 24-12
3RD QUARTER: FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 5 YD RUN (JOEY IJJAS
KICK), 2:46. FLORIDA 31-12</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 31 13:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 31 13:07 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 31 10:47 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD FLORIDA
ANDRE CALDWELL 31 YD PASS FROM TIM TEBOW
(JOEY IJJAS KICK)

FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 38 8:20 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 38 5:39 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 38 3:15 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD FLORIDA
PERCY HARVIN 24 YD RUN
(JOEY IJJAS KICK)

FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 45 3:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLORIDA ST 3 9 0 0 12
FLORIDA (12) 14 10 7 14 45 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 28 YD, 8:23.
FLORIDA ST 3-0
FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 24 YD RUN (JOEY
IJJAS KICK), 8:44. FLORIDA 7-3
FLORIDA - TD, LOUIS MURPHY 32 YD PASS FROM
TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS KICK),
12:14. FLORIDA 14-3
2ND QUARTER: FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 38 YD, 2:38.
FLORIDA 14-6
FLORIDA - TD, LOUIS MURPHY 14 YD PASS FROM
TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS KICK),
6:12. FLORIDA 21-6
FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 29 YD, 10:39.
FLORIDA 21-9
FLORIDA - FG, JOEY IJJAS 35 YD, 14:42.
FLORIDA 24-9
FLORIDA ST - FG, GARY CISMESIA 60 YD, 15:00.
FLORIDA 24-12
3RD QUARTER: FLORIDA - TD, TIM TEBOW 5 YD RUN (JOEY IJJAS
KICK), 2:46. FLORIDA 31-12
4TH QUARTER: FLORIDA - TD, ANDRE CALDWELL 31 YD PASS FROM
TIM TEBOW (JOEY IJJAS KICK),
6:40. FLORIDA 38-12
FLORIDA - TD, PERCY HARVIN 24 YD RUN (JOEY
IJJAS KICK), 12:00. FLORIDA
45-12</div>

 

GAINESVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Tim Tebow is leaving thecompetition in the dust as he sets his sights on the HeismanTrophy.


Tebow rushed for a pair of scores and passed for three more tolead 12th-ranked Florida to a 45-12 victory over in-state rivalFlorida State on Saturday.


Louis Murphy caught a pair of touchdowns and senior AndreCaldwell, who will graduate as the leading receiver in Floridahistory after this season, celebrated his Senior Day with atouchdown catch in the fourth quarter for the Gators, who willlikely move into the top 10 in the nation next week and be inposition for a New Year's Day bowl game.


Tebow tied an NCAA record in the third quarter when he rushedfor his second touchdown of the game and 22nd of the season, andpushed his season total to 51 when he connected with Caldwellfor his 29th passing TD of the campaign.


The sophomore's most impressive play of the game came withFlorida (9-3) trailing, 3-0, in the first quarter. Tebowdropped back to pass and avoided the rush before breaking atackle and rushing straight up the middle for a 23-yard scorewhich put the Gators on top, 7-3.


He followed that up with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Murphy ofthe next possession to put the Gators in firm control.

Tebow finished the contest 19-of-28 for 262 yards and threetouchdowns through the air and 13 carries for 89 yards and twoscores on the ground.


Should Tebow win the Heisman this season, he will become justthe fourth quarterback in history to claim the award on a teamwith three losses.


Paul Hornung won it with a 2-8 Notre Dame in 1956, Jim Plunkettwon at Stanford in 1970 during a 9-3 campaign and Ty Detmer wonfor a 10-3 BYU team in 1990.


Florida took control of this once-proud rivalry early andrefused to relinquish control, running the score to 24-12 at thehalf before shutting the Seminoles out in the remaining twoquarters.


The Gators outgained their rivals 540-287, and held FloridaState (7-5) to just 95 total yards in the second half.

For 11 years from 1990-2001, these teams were each in the top 10in the nation at the time of the game. But with the Seminolesfalling on hard times in recent years, Saturday makes threevictories in a row in the series for Florida.


The lone bright spot for the Seminoles came with one secondremaining in the first half when kicker Gary Cismesia sent aline drive through the uprights for a career-long 60-yard fieldgoal.

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
FLORIDA ST 12
FLORIDA (12) 45 FINAL</div>

 

NCAAF: FLORIDA ST at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
FLORIDA ST 3 9 0 0 12
FLORIDA (12) 14 10 7 14 45 FINAL

FLORIDA ST-FG, G Cismesia 21 YD 5:47 1st Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, T Tebow 23 YD RUN (J Ijjas KICK) 8:32 1st Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, L Murphy 32 YD PASS FROM T Tebow (J Ijjas
KICK) 12:14 1st Qtr
FLORIDA ST-FG, G Cismesia 38 YD 2:38 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, L Murphy 14 YD PASS FROM T Tebow (J Ijjas
KICK) 6:12 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA ST-FG, G Cismesia 28 YD 10:39 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA-FG, J Ijjas 35 YD 14:42 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA ST-FG, G Cismesia 60 YD 15:00 2nd Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, T Tebow 5 YD RUN (J Ijjas KICK) 2:46 3rd Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, A Caldwell 31 YD PASS FROM T Tebow (J Ijjas
KICK) 6:40 4th Qtr
FLORIDA-TD, P Harvin 24 YD RUN (J Ijjas KICK) 12:00 4th
Qtr


FLORIDA ST FLORIDA
First downs 17 29
Rushed-yards 25-99 38-279
Passing yards 188 262
Sacked-yards lost 2-13 1-4
Return yards 0 7
Passes 20-37-0 19-28-0
Punts 4-41.5 2-45
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-23 11-90
Time of possession 28:20 31:40


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: FLORIDA ST-Preston Parker 12-48, Joslin Shaw 1-24, Drew
Weatherford 7-21, Antone Smith 4-6, Seddrick Holloway 1-0.
FLORIDA-Derrick Harvey 16-157, Tim Tebow 13-89, Kestahn Moore 4-23,
Brandon James 2-13, - Team 3-MINUS 3.

PASSING: FLORIDA ST-Drew Weatherford 20-37-188- 0. FLORIDA-Tim Tebow
19-28-262- 0.

RECEIVING: FLORIDA ST-Preston Parker 6-55, De'Cody Fagg 5-50, Rod
Owens 4-45, Joslin Shaw 3-21, Charlie Graham 1-9, Greg Carr 1-8.
FLORIDA-Cornelius Ingram 5-75, Percy Harvin 5-67, Louis Murphy 4-58,
Andre Caldwell 4-56, Brandon James 1-6.


Att: 90,664</div>

 

GAINESVILLE, Florida (Ticker) -- Tim Tebow is leaving thecompetition in the dust as he sets his sights on the HeismanTrophy.


Tebow rushed for a pair of scores and passed for three more tolead 12th-ranked Florida to a 45-12 victory over in-state rivalFlorida State on Saturday.


Louis Murphy caught a pair of touchdowns and senior AndreCaldwell, who will graduate as the leading receiver in Floridahistory after this season, celebrated his Senior Day with atouchdown catch in the fourth quarter for the Gators, who willlikely move into the top 10 in the nation next week and be inposition for a New Year's Day bowl game.


"What a tribute to a group of seniors," Florida coach UrbanMeyer said. "I've always been very emotional about seniorsbecause I know what they went through and to think those catsright there have won 31 games, three or four in a row, over arival, a very good rival, a very talented rival, a nationalchampionship, an SEC championship and now the opportunity to goplay in a good bowl game.


"Not many seniors, but that's not something that we can overlookand say get out of here and move on because we just can't dothat. I want to make sure of that. I'm very pleased to coachthose guys, they did a very good job in the locker room, werevery thoughtful to the training staff, coaching staff and eachother."


Tebow tied an NCAA record in the third quarter when he rushedfor his second touchdown of the game and 22nd of the season, andpushed his season total to 51 when he connected with Caldwellfor his 29th passing TD of the campaign.


"It means a lot to me," Caldwell said about becoming the Gators'leading receiver. "There have been a lot of great receivers whohave played here and to be on top of that category means a lotto me."


The sophomore's most impressive play of the game came withFlorida (9-3) trailing, 3-0, in the first quarter. Tebowdropped back to pass and avoided the rush before breaking atackle and rushing straight up the middle for a 23-yard scorewhich put the Gators on top, 7-3.


He followed that up with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Murphy ofthe next possession to put the Gators in firm control.

"We came out and had some nice drives and got that lead and wereable to hang on to it so it was a good start for us," Tebowsaid.


Tebow finished the contest 19-of-28 for 262 yards and threetouchdowns through the air and 13 carries for 89 yards and twoscores on the ground.


Should Tebow win the Heisman this season, he will become justthe fourth quarterback in history to claim the award on a teamwith three losses.


Paul Hornung won it with a 2-8 Notre Dame in 1956, Jim Plunkettwon at Stanford in 1970 during a 9-3 campaign and Ty Detmer wonfor a 10-3 BYU team in 1990.


"I think about championships and those kinds of things andobviously we didn't win one," Meyer said. "I'm not a bigindividual award guy, but I think that Tim (Tebow) is one of thebetter players in America according to my knowledge. I don'treally watch the other guys. I know I watched that tailback(Arkansas' Darren McFadden) the other night run against LSU andhe's pretty good too. My opinion doesn't really matter, I thinkif I have the first draft pick I kind of like who I've got. I'mwould much rather talk about the team."


Florida took control of this once-proud rivalry early andrefused to relinquish control, running the score to 24-12 at thehalf before shutting the Seminoles out in the remaining twoquarters.


The Gators outgained their rivals 540-287, and held FloridaState (7-5) to just 95 total yards in the second half.

For 11 years from 1990-2001, these teams were each in the top 10in the nation at the time of the game. But with the Seminolesfalling on hard times in recent years, Saturday makes fourconsecutive wins by Florida by an average of 18 points.

The Gators' 33-point win today was the largest win over theSeminoles since a 53-14 drubbing in 1983.


The lone bright spot for the Seminoles came with one secondremaining in the first half when kicker Gary Cismesia sent aline drive through the uprights for a career-long 60-yard fieldgoal.


"I just went out there, didn't think about it, and treated itlike a normal kick," Cismesia said. "I had the wind at my backand gave it what I had. At first, it went left. But it curvedback and fell in there. I kicked a 57-yarder in high school, sothis was my longest make in a game situation."