GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jayden Daniels accounted for 6 touchdowns — three passing and 3 speeding — and LSU defeat Florida 45-35 Saturday night time at The Swamp for its fourth consecutive victory in the series.
Daniels completed with 349 passing yards — 115 of them to Kayshon Boutte — and 44 yards rushing. The Tigers (5-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) rebounded from a 27-place decline to Tennessee a week before and matched their longest winning streak in opposition to the Gators considering that 1977-80.
This one, like so numerous of the current matchups in sequence history, arrived down to the final minutes. Trailing by a landing, Florida (4-3, 1-3) acquired a scarce 3rd-down prevent with a very little a lot less than two minutes remaining. But freshman Damian Ramos kicked a 47-yard industry goal with 1:52 to perform to essentially seal the victory.
Anthony Richardson experimented with to rally Florida, but his fourth-down pass fell incomplete, and LSU ran out the clock from there.
Richardson played turnover-free of charge football for the initial time in six weeks, but the Gators needed him to participate in protection to make a big difference in this a person. He opened the match with a 51-property touchdown pass and extra a emphasize-reel, 81-garden scoring run to commence the fourth quarter. Having said that, the Gators have been also inconsistent in among.
The Tigers had no this sort of troubles. They scored touchdowns on their first six possessions, devoid of any assistance from a limited area. They rolled up 469 yards on all those drives, selecting aside Florida’s substantially-maligned protection, in particular on third down.
LSU moved the chains 8 periods in its to start with 9 3rd-down makes an attempt. The one miscue? Effectively, coach Brian Kelly’s offense converted on fourth down.
Florida ultimately forced a punt with about 13 minutes to engage in and adopted with an 80-property push that ended with Trevor Etienne’s 1-yard plunge. Trailing 42-35, the Gators seemed like they experienced a video game-modifying interception with a small considerably less than six minutes to play. But Jason Marshall’s decide was negated by a roughing-the-passer penalty on teammate Gervon Dexter. Dexter drove Daniels to the floor and landed on major of him right after he released the ball.
Richardson finished 15 of 25 passes for 185 yards and a TD to Justin Shorter on the 2nd perform of the sport. Richardson also ran for 109 yards and a score.
THE TAKEAWAY
LSU: That 40-13 drubbing by Tennessee at residence final week appears to be a good deal improved now, following the Volunteers upset No. 3 Alabama before Saturday. The Tigers had a number of gaffes on exclusive groups in that a single and did the identical towards Florida. They permitted a 47-property kickoff return to open up the activity and muffed a punt in the 2nd quarter. Both equally miscues set up touchdowns.
Florida: The Gators have dealt with defensive lapses all period but very little fairly like this. LSU’s 6 scores came on drives of 75, 73, 75, 83, 75 and 88 yards.
TOM PETTY Night time
Florida honored late new music icon Tom Petty, a Gainesville native, all through the sport as portion of the program’s inaugural “Tom Petty Working day at The Swamp.” About a dozen of Petty’s household users were being on hand in the north finish zone as the Gators performed “Won’t Again Down” amongst the third and fourth quarters, a activity-working day tradition Florida began days just after Petty’s dying in 2017.
LSU didn’t look to respect the minute. The Tigers’ band started out taking part in late in the rendition and drew boos from most of the 90,585 fans in attendance.
UP Following
LSU: The Tigers begin a a few-activity stretch in opposition to SEC West teams, starting at dwelling from No. 9 Ole Pass up subsequent Saturday.
Florida: The Gators get a bye week right before struggling with major-rated Georgia in close by Jacksonville.
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