Florida 38, USF 14
Postgame Notes
Florida Field | Gainesville, Fla.
Sept. 11, 2010 | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network
Team
- The 90,612 fans at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field make up the second-largest road crowd to watch the Bulls, trailing the 99,235 at Penn State on Sept. 3, 2005. Today's attendance topped the third-largest crowd of 83,524 at Florida State on Sept. 26, 2009.
- USF is 11-3 against teams from the state of Florida, 30-21 in day games, 39-15 in hot weather (80 or hotter at kickoff).
- The meeting between USF and Florida marked the first between the two programs.
- Coach Skip Holtz (Notre Dame '86) is in his first season with USF and is in his 11th season as a head coach and has a career record of 73-51.
- The USF program has an all-time record of 96-58, and a 76-45 record since joining the FBS in 2000.
- USF has gone 24-8 in regular-season, non-conference games during their seven seasons as a conference member. Since joining the BIG EAST in 2005, USF has gone 21-5 in regular-season, non-conference matchups. Even better, over the last four seasons, the Bulls have posted a 15-2 record, including wins at Florida State (2009), at N.C. State (2008), vs. No. 10 Kansas (2008), at Auburn (2007) and vs. North Carolina (2007).
- The game against UF had one of the hottest kickoffs in USF history with 89 degrees - the current record is 97 degrees for the Bulls' loss at Baylor in 2000. The next-hottest was last year's 59-0 win against Charleston Southern, which was 93 degrees at kickoff.
- Of the combined 205 players on the USF and UF rosters, only 53 players are not from the state of Florida.
- For the second straight game, the Bulls defense opened the game with a three and out. The Bulls held Stony Brook to no yards from three plays in the season opener and against Florida, the Gators lost a yard in three downs before putting out of their first series.
Individual
- USF's offensive starters against UF were: WR Dontavia Bogan, LT Jamar Bass, LG Jeremiah Warren, C Sampson Genus, RG Chaz Hine, RT Jake Sims, TE Kevin Gidrey, FL Evan Landi, QB BJ Daniels, RB Mo Plancher, FB Richard Kelly.
- USF's defensive starters against UF were: LE Craig Marshall, NT Cory Grissom, DT Terrell McClain, RE David Bedford, SLB Jacquian Williams, MLB Sam Barrington, WLB DeDe Lattimore, LC Mistral Raymond, SS Jon LeJiste, FS Jerrell Young, RC Kayvon Webster.
- RSo. Quarterback BJ Daniels' 2-yard touchdown pass to Sr. Andrew Ketchel marked Daniels' 17th career TD pass, tying him with Pat Julmiste for third in USF's career record books. Now Daniels only trails Chad Barnhardt (27) and Marquel Blackwell (67) in the category.
- Daniels rushed for 107 yards in the game, the fifth time he has rushed for more than 100 yards in a game. His last 100-yard rushing game was Nov. 21, 2009 against Louisville, when he totaled 141 yards. The five occurrences of rushing for more than 100 yards is the third-most by any player in USF history and the most by a quarterback.
- With 107 rushing yards Daniels becomes only the second quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards against the Gators since 1996. On Sept. 14, 2002, Dontrell Jackson (Ohio) rushed for 118 yards.
- Sr. TE Andrew Ketchel reeled in his first-career TD catch in the first quarter against the Gators, a two-yard pass from Daniels.
- At the end of the second quarter, So. TE Andreas Shields recorded his first-career reception, a 12-yard pass from Daniels.
- Demetrius Murray rumbled into the end zone in the third quarter for USF's second touchdown of the game. The 3-yard run was Murray's first career rushing touchdown.
- Daniels' 51-yard pass to WR Evan Landi in the third quarter was the third-longest play of the season for the Bulls, trailing RB Marcus Shaw's 63-yard rush and a 59-yard pass from Daniels to WR Dontavia Bogan in the opener against Stony Brook.
- With six rushing attempts in the game, Sr. RB Mo Plancher has 225 career rushes tying Dyral McMillan for 10th on the all-time list for rushing attempts. Plancher now trails No. 9 Vince Brewer (243).
- So. LB Sam Barrington recorded eight tackles in the game, surpassing his career high of seven, which was recorded on Dec. 5, 2009 at Connecticut.
