Fresh faces flew all around the field during the Gators’ Homecoming victory against the Vanderbilt Commodores and have been integral to UF’s success in head coach Billy Napier’s second season.
The Gators have shown a lot of progress during the 2023 season thanks to the strong bond of this year’s team. The connection shared among players off the field has paid dividends for the team’s performance on it.
The Florida Gators (5-4-3, 1-3-2 SEC) drew against Georgia Bulldogs (6-3-3, 2-2-2 SEC) 1-0 Sunday afternoon at the Turner Soccer Complex. This match was the second scoreless draw between the two teams since they first met in 1995.
The No. 9 Florida Gators (12-3, 4-2 SEC) defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide (10-6, 0-5 SEC) Sunday afternoon in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
The Florida Gators (4-2, 2-1 SEC) defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores (2-5, 0-3 SEC) 38-14 Saturday afternoon at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in UF's Homecoming game. Florida has won its last five Homecoming games, with its last loss coming against Missouri in 2018.
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I sat down with Frankie Sheehy, the deputy sports editor at the Vanderbilt Hustler, the student newspaper at Vanderbilt University, to break down the matchup.
The No. 9 Florida Gators (11-3, 3-2 SEC) were swept by the No. 25 Auburn Tigers (13-3, 3-2 SEC) 3-0 Friday evening in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
The Florida Gators (3-2, 1-1 SEC) return home to host the Vanderbilt Commodores (2-4, 0-2 SEC) after arguably their worst performance of the season a week ago.
The Florida Gators (5-4-3, 1-3-1 SEC) fell to the Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-3-3, 2-2-1 SEC) 1-0 Thursday night at Donald R. Dizney Stadium. This match was extremely physical on both sides throughout and was full of stoppages due to foul calls.
The Gators will be without transfer forward EJ Jarvis for the 2023-2024 regular season after he announced on Instagram that he would be stepping away from the game of basketball.
Florida sophomore wide receiver Caleb Douglas will miss four to six weeks with a lower leg injury, Gators head coach Billy Napier confirmed Monday. Douglas went down in UF’s 33-14 loss to Kentucky Saturday.
Fourteen years ago, Qavia Lopez and her father, Hezron Lopez, passed a line of tennis courts. She was curious and asked her dad what those courts were for. That question changed the trajectory of her life.
Mental mistakes, an invisible run game and a defense getting gashed on the ground. All things that could’ve gone wrong for the Florida Gators (3-2, 1-1 SEC) as they lost their third-straight game against the Kentucky Wildcats (5-0, 2-0 SEC).
The No. 4 Florida Gators (11-2, 3-1 SEC) defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks (6-7, 0-4 SEC) 3-1 on the road in Columbia, South Carolina.
The No. 22 Florida Gators (3-2, 1-1 SEC) fell to the Kentucky Wildcats (5-0, 2-0 SEC) 33-14 Saturday afternoon at Kroger Field. Florida’s run defense, which allowed 328 yards total in its first four games, surrendered 329 yards and three touchdowns.
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The Florida Gators (5-3-3, 1-2-1 SEC) defeated the Louisiana State University Tigers (7-4-1, 2-2 SEC) 4-0 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the team’s first SEC victory of the season. This was also the first win Florida has had against a conference opponent in 705 days.
Sports editor Jackson Reyes sat down with Cole Parke, the sports editor at the Kentucky Kernel, the independent student newspaper at the University of Kentucky, to break down the Gators' game against the Wildcats.
UF dominated the podium at its second meet of the season with a first place finish for the men in 39 points and a second place finish for the women in 42 points.
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