What Happened

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sophomore tailback Jadan Baugh rushed for a career-high XXX yards, surpassing the 1,000-yard season milestone along the way, allowing the Florida Gators to exit their tumultous season with a XX-XX victory Saturday night over rival Florida State at sold-out Spurrier/Florida Field. 

Sophomore quarterback DJ Lagway passed for XX yards and a couple short touchdowns 

Baugh became the first UF player to reach 1,000 yards since Kelvin Taylor in 2015. 

1st Quarter

FSU (own 25) – 3/out … Punt … Graham (minus-10) sack on 3rd/7 

UF (own 45) –  FG Smack 23 … 9:25 … 8/50/3:38 … Baugh 21 to FSU 34 … Lagway to Sturdivant (bubble) 19 to FSU 12 … 5-yard TD pass to Brown overturned … FLORIDA 3-0 

FSU (own 25) – Tommy Castellanos to Duce Robinson 44 to UF 31 … Aaron Chiles stops Gavin Sawchuck minus-2 on 4th and 1 at UF 22

UF (own 24) – Sturdivant 5 TD pass from Lagway on 3rd/5 …. 2:49 … 11/76/4:35 … Duke Clark 11 pass on 3rd/5 … Sturdivant 34 from Lagway to FSU 11 … FLORIDA 10-0

FSU (own 25) – Castellanos 12 run … Layne McCoy 13 from Castellanos … Castellanos 2 on 3rd/1 … END 1

2nd Quarter

FSU (cont) – Micahi Danzy 13 pass from Castellanos (Weinberg kick) … 13:39 … 9/75/4:10 … Samuel Singleton Jr 21 run to UF 18 on first play of quarter … FLORIDA 10-7

UF (own 25) – Tony Livingston 9 pass from Lagway (Smack) … 5:38 … 13/75/8:01 … Hansen 15 from Lagway to FSU 44 … minus-15 face-mask Brown III … Baugh 18 run … Lagway to Mizell 13 to FSU 21 … FLORIDA 17-7 

FSU (own 25) – Castellanos 16 run … Lawayne McCoy 27 from Castellanos on 3rd/10 to UF 20 … Castellanos sacked by Thornton, fumble, Caleb Banks recovers … 2:53 

UF (own 26) – Lagway to Brown 14 … Edwin Joseph intercepts Lagway tipped pass for Mizell at UF, returned 22 yards to UF 22 … 2:00 timeout 

FSU (UF 22) – Castellanos 4 run (Weinberg kick) … 1:11 … 3/21/:49 … Castellanos to Danzy for 7 on 3rd/4 to UF 8, plus 4 on roughing QB on Graham … FLORIDA 17-14 

UF (own 36) – Punt 

FSU (own 25) – End of half. … FLORIDA 17-14 

3rd Quarter

UF (own 33) – 3 and out with two sacks … 71 punt, touchback

FSU (own 25) – Castellanos 0 on 4th/1 at FSU 40 … Thornton and Myles shove QB out of bounds … (10:59)

UF (FSU 40) – Lagway 3 pass to Hansen (Smack) … 9:47 … 3/40/1:12 … Baugh 20 run to FSU 20 on first play … Baugh 14, plus facemask +3 … FLORIDA 24-14 

4th Quarter 

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What it Means

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WIN: The series now stands at 39-28-2 in Florida’s favor, with two consecutive victories for the Gators. Despite the win, UF’s record of 4-8 equaled the program’s worst in the last 44 years. The 2013 Gators also went 4-8. 

LOSE: The series now stands at 38-29-2 in Florida’s favor, with losses in three of the previous four meetings. UF ended the season with just three wins, with its 3-9 record marking the program’s worst over the 44 years, and the second-worst — besides the 0-10-1 season of 1979 — since going 0-9 in the post World War II era of 1946.

 

In the Spotlight

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Take a bow, Baugh, who became the 10th player in program history to reach 1,000 yards in a season. He’s just the third underclassmen to hit the mark, joining freshman Emmitt Smith in 1987 and sophomore Errict Rhett in 1991. And he did it on the 198th carry of his carry, which was the seventh fastest in program history. He’s the fifth Gators back this century — after Earnest Graham (2002), Ciatrick Faison (2004), Mike Gillislee (2012) and Taylor (2015) — to join the four-figure rushing club. 

 

Staggering Statistic

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Up Next

Florida (3-9) OR (4-8) embarks on an offseason that, for now, will start with a cloud of uncertainty relative to the program’s head-coaching situation. 

Email senior writer Chris Harry at chrish@gators.ufl.edu Find his story archives here.