Urban Meyer and the Gators were looking to carry their momentum from the second half of the season with Heisman-winning sophomore Tim Tebow into the bowl game. LSU immediately countered with a long drive of their own, going 80 yards in 16 plays, scoring on a Ryan Perrilloux option play to cut the Gator lead to 107. This was only the second meeting between the two storied programs with the first having taken place a short five seasons ago in the Outback Bowl. It was also the first game in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium after the Gators won their 2006 SEC and national championships. 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Who are the guys that are going to buy into what were doing? The Tigers drove down the field, and Flynn hit Demetrius Byrd for a 3-yard touchdown to cut the Gator lead to 3. [11] Tennessee still leads the overall series by a narrow 19-18 margin. [citation needed], Cooper was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round (159th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. Both teams traded punts before Woodson found Lyons for the third time on the day on a 6-yard TD pass. (); : And their final stats looked impressive they outgained the Trojans 500 to 336 and averaged 7 yards per offensive play. However, following a disappointing loss to the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs and an on-campus confrontation with fraternity members, head coach Ron Zook was fired. [12], at WilliamsBrice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina. Henderson seems a likely candidate to test defensive down the field, David said. In the first half against the Troy Trojans, the Gator offense led by QB Tim Tebow scored a touchdown every time it had the ball. National Champions, with the first ever Sophomore to win the Hesiman, Tim Tebow, leading the way. [12] The Gator victory broke both a two-game losing streak to the Rebels and a three-game losing streak in games played in the state of Mississippi. [19] The police later confirmed their investigation and provided their report to Deadspin. [5] He spent the summer of 2007 working with the team, and training under former Gator quarterback Rex Grossman. The official 2007 Football schedule for the Florida Gators Gators One of FSU kicker Gary Cismesia's four FGs was a school record 60-yard effort on the last play of the 1st half to cut his team's deficit to 2412 at intermission. [21] He currently lives in Orlando, Florida, Leak (second from left) and teammates visit President. Leak suffered an apparent injury early in the fourth quarter and did not return. Leak finished his freshman year with a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for a freshman, posting a 63 record as a starter, including wins over the eventual national champion LSU Tigers and the rival Georgia Bulldogs. In 2016, Hill was suspended 10 games for failing a drug test. Every team loses transfers. On September 26, 2011, it was announced that Leak would sign with the ArenaBowl XXIV champion Jacksonville Sharks to replace star quarterback Aaron Garcia, who joined the San Antonio Talons for the 2012 Arena Football League season. Very, very somber locker room, obviously. This was also Florida's first game of the season without leading receiver Percy Harvin due to a sinus infection. The FAU Owls traveled to Gainesville for the first meeting between the two teams. The XFL returned over the weekend to kick off its 2023 season, and there are half a dozen former Gators split across four rosters. Read more about our data coverage. Or write about sports? After missing another relatively short field goal, LSU took advantage of an errant pass by Tim Tebow which hit Ingram in the helmet. When the final whistle blew, Florida came away with a 5931 victory. Suddenly, the entire Bulldog bench rushed onto the field resulting in two separate 15-yard penalties, both assessed on the ensuing kickoff. Sign up for the Gators Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. The Gators traveled to Lexington to take on the Kentucky Wildcats for the 57th time. Henderson was probably held back somewhat by a struggling passing game last season. It was the third season for head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to a Capital One Bowl berth and an overall winloss record of 94 (.692). An Outside the Lines investigation of 10 major football and men's basketball programs found that the University of Florida had the most athletes -- 80, or 24 percent of its rosters -- named as . Notable additions: Wisconsin QB Graham Mertz, Ohio State linebacker Teradja Mitchell, Notable losses: Offensive lineman Ethan White (not yet committed), defensive back TreVez Johnson (Missouri), Notable additions: South Carolina tight end Jaheim Bell, Virginia defensive back Fentrell Cypress, Notable losses: Defensive back Sam McCall (Texas A&M), running back Treshaun Ward (Kansas State), Notable additions: Tennessee offensive lineman RJ Perry, Florida running back NayQuan Wright, Notable losses: Running back Brian Battie (Auburn), receiver Jimmy Horn (Colorado), Notable additions: Alabama offensive lineman Javion Cohen, Washington State linebacker Francisco Mauigoa, Notable losses: Blue-chip quarterback Jake Garcia (uncommitted), defensive lineman Darrell Jackson (FSU), Notable additions: Alabama offensive lineman Amari Kight, USF quarterback Timmy McClain, Notable losses: Quarterback Mikey Keene (Fresno State), defensive back Davonte Brown (Miami). Trask was responsible for 46 touchdowns (43 passing, 3 rushing), tying him for sixth on the SEC single-seasonrecord list. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The Bulldogs hold a 46372 series lead. Agree or disagree with something weve said? Florida has won fifteen of the last eighteen contests, but are 2 and 2 in the last 4 games. Do you have a sports website? (); : [1], Leak accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida,[1] where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams from 2003 to 2006. He was the first Gator freshman wide receiver to have three touchdown catches in a game since Jabar Gaffney accomplished the feat in 2000. Cooper saw action in Florida's triumphs over Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, mostly on special teams. Gators Breakdown host David Waters is taking a look at the offensive players on the Florida football roster. This stretched the Gator lead to 18, their largest of the day. He missed games against Georgia and Vanderbilt as a result of a broken finger suffered in the first quarter at Kentucky. This excessive celebration was known as the "Gator Stomp", and that play was only the first of three TDs in the game that ended in penalties for excessive celebration, with Georgia's Mohamed Massaquoi and Florida's Wondy Pierre-Louis drawing the other flags. For the season opener, the WKU Hilltoppers filled the void left by the UCF Knights, who had decided to back out of the game in December 2006. He then dropped to the court in a push-up pose and kissed the giant Gators logo -- all while being overwhelmed by a standing ovation. True freshman quarterback Cameron Newton entered the game in the fourth quarter and rushed for a touchdown on the last play before lightning in the area caused an hour-long delay. Cooper caught eight passes, gaining 182 yards and scoring two total touchdowns in 2007. According to The New York Times, 41 members of the 2008 Gators have been arrested. Trask finished second nationally in passing yards per game (356.9). He becomes the first Gator since Dorian Finney-Smith (2015 and 2016) to earn repeat All-SEC honors. Cooper caught eight passes, gaining 182 yards and scoring two total touchdowns in 2007. Gator RB/WR Percy Harvin did his part as well, returning from a 2-game absence to rush 16 times for a game-high 157 yards and a touchdown and catch 5 passes for another 67 yards. All Rights Reserved. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. The Gators took an early lead by kicking a field goal on their first drive. Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasnt practiced or played since, got a ceremonial start on senior day in front of a sold-out home crowd. He put it inside the 20-yard line 90 times and booted the ball over 50 yards just as many times. Most notably, Aaron Hernandez was on the 2008 squad, ended up being convicted of murder during his time in the NFL and committed suicide while in prison. The sophomore quarterback completed 20 of 34 passes for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. With his 262 passing yards and 89 rushing, Tebow set a new school record for most yards of total offense in a season with 3,970, surpassing Rex Grossman's 2001 total. With the victory, Florida leads the series 40-17-0 and has beaten Kentucky twenty one consecutive years in football, the third longest active streak in Division I-FBS. Trask set a single-season school record with five 400-yard passing games; he was one of two FBS players this year and one of two SEC players (Mac Jones) since at least 1996 with five such games in a season. However, the momentum was short-lived, as Florida went on a 6-play, 81-yard scoring drive without throwing a pass to open the 2nd half and cruised from then on. That 3rd-quarter touchdown was the second rushing TD of the contest for Gator QB Tim Tebow and his 22nd of the year, tying the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most rushing touchdowns in a season by a quarterback. This page was last edited on 3 November 2022, at 03:54. He scored his second touchdown of his career against the New York Giants in week 10 of the 2011 NFL season on an 8-yard completion from Vince Young. Join our linker program. Florida started the fourth quarter with a 2414 lead. Tim Tebow rushed for his 20th touchdown of the season in the 2nd quarter setting a new SEC record for rushing touchdowns in a season. [17] Following an 05 start, Leak resigned on October 4. After it was announced that Garcia's former backup, Omar Jacobs, would start the next game, Leak was suspended after skipping the following team practice. Napier and the Gators are scheduled for the third day. He also tallied 13 pass breakup, six interceptions, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. [1] The Scout.com recruiting service ranked Leak as a five-star prospect and the third-best quarterback in the 2003 recruiting class. Charges were not immediately made available for. The Gators were seeking revenge for last seasons's only loss (a 2717 setback at Auburn) when the Tigers visited The Swamp. Castleton averaged 17.9 points per game in conference. While the Gators were able to mount a comeback in the second half, eventually bringing the game to a 1717 tie, Auburn had the ball at the end of the game, and Auburn kicked a field goal as time expired to make the score 2017, upsetting the number 4 ranked Gators. However, the Tigers were not to be denied. This inexperience was evident in their contest with the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Craig Steltz missed an assignment on the play which left Ingram wide open on the post pattern. The only player in school history responsible for more in a season is Tim Tebow (55 in 2007). This was the second of three such games in the 2007 season. Roster; Game Logs; Splits; More 2007 Florida Pages. The Rebels put up a valiant effort. Leak is remembered for volunteering with children in the Goodwill Gators Program, encouraging them to put school first and avoid drug use. During his sophomore season in 2004, Leak's quarterback skills progressed, transforming him into one of the notable quarterbacks in college football. The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow led the Gators to touchdowns on their first four possessions en route to a relatively easy 493 victory in intense early season heat. 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