Tensions were high at the UF game against the University of Alabama on Saturday — and so was the number of ejections from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Police forced 109 people to leave the stadium, whether by ejecting or arresting them, that night. This was the highest number of ejections for any home game this season, based on the numbers provided by UPD reports about the previous games.
Seven of those ejections were arrests, two of which were UF students, according to a UPD press release.
The number of ejections for the other home games this season were: 53 for the match against Florida Atlantic University, 58 for the University of Alabama at Birmingham game and 94 for the one against the University of Tennessee.
The only home game that beat Saturday's match in terms of the number of ejections was the October 2010 game against Louisiana State University with 119 ejections.
The Alabama game also topped the other 2011 home games in the number of arrests, according to UPD reports. Compared to the 2010 season's home games, however, Saturday's match only beat the game against Miami University (Ohio) in arrests.
Of the seven arrests made at the Alabama game, there were: three for disorderly conduct, two for trespassing after receiving a warning, one for underage possession of alcohol and one for resisting arrest without violence.
The largest number of ejections was for intoxication, for which 36 people were kicked out of the stadium.
Of the remaining ejections, there were: 30 for alcohol possession, seven for disorderly conduct, nine for standing on the bleachers, eight for sitting in the wrong section of the stadium, six for not having tickets, three for smoking, two for ticket switching and one for trespassing after receiving a warning.
Thanks to a policy change this year, those who are ejected for alcohol possession in the stadium will usually receive civil citations instead of being arrested.
To view UPD reports on the Game Day police statistics for the 2010 and 2011 football seasons, visit the UPD website.
