Vols Fall To Florida, 28-27

Saturday, September 26

Gainesville, FL

3:30 PM

University of Tennessee

2-2 , 0-1

Florida

4-0 , 2-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Tennessee

Florida

September 26, 2015 | Football

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Sept. 26, 2015

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida scored 14 points in the final five minutes to hand Tennessee a 28-27 loss on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and extend the Vols' losing streak to the Gators to 11 games.

A pair of first-half trick plays gave Tennessee (2-2, 0-1 SEC) early momentum, but Florida's (4-0, 2-0 SEC) offense caught fire late. Aaron Medley's 55-yard field goal attempt with time expiring went wide right.

The Vols racked up 254 yards on the ground, their most against the Gators in the modern era. Joshua Dobbs led the way with 136 yards on 18 carries. Jalen Hurd finished with 102 yards and two scores on 28 carries.

Dobbs completed 10 of 17 passes for 83 yards and also caught a 58-yard touchdown.

Ethan Wolf hauled in three catches for 45 yards and Alvin Kamara had three catches for 33 yards.

Florida quarterback Will Grier finished 23-of-42 for 283 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Kelvin Taylor rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries.

Tennessee outgained Florida in total yards, 419-392.

The Gators took a 7-0 lead when Taylor followed a 47-yard sprint down the right sideline with a five-yard rush to the outside for the game's first score.

Tennessee answered with 5:07 left in the first quarter on a 58-yard touchdown pass from Jauan Jennings to Dobbs. The trick play featured Dobbs throwing the ball to Jennings down the line of scrimmage, catching a short pass on the right sideline and outrunning the UF secondary for the first receiving touchdown of his career. The 58-yard touchdown also marked the first time a Tennessee quarterback had caught a pass since Peyton Manning caught a 10-yard pass against Arkansas on Nov. 15, 1997.

The Vols made a bold call with another trick play on a 4th-and-2 in the second quarter at the Florida 47. Kamara threw a 24-yard pass to Wolf over the middle and three plays later Hurd punched in a one-yard score to put Tennessee up 14-7.

A Dobbs 62-yard run up the left sideline set up a 34-yard field goal by Medley with three minutes left in the second quarter to give the Vols a 17-7 lead. Dobbs filled up the box score at the half with 107 rushing yards on eight carries, the 58-yard touchdown catch and 24 yards on 5-of-9 passing.

Tennessee's lead grew to 20-7 early in the third quarter when Medley connected on a 37-yard field goal on the Vols' opening drive of the second half.

Florida climbed to within one score on a four-yard touchdown run by Taylor with 5:42 left in the third.

The Vols finished the third quarter strong. Tennessee went 5-for-5 on third downs on a 16-play, 70-yard drive and Hurd capped it off with a 10-yard touchdown run to the left side to push the Vols' lead to 27-14.

The Gators would not go away quietly. Grier hit Brandon Powell for a four-yard score to cap a 17-play, 86-yard drive and draw Florida to within 27-21.

Florida took the lead with 1:26 remaining when Grier hit Antonio Callaway for a 63-yard touchdown pass down the right sideline.

Vols return to Neyland Stadium for their next two games, hosting Arkansas on Oct. 3 and Georgia on Oct. 10. The UT-Arkansas game will feature either a 7 p.m. ET start on ESPN or ESPN2 or a 7:30 p.m. ET start on SEC Network.