Florida - Tennessee Game Notes

FIRST HALF

• Ventrell Miller was starting for the Gators after being questionable going into the week and forced a fumble on the game's first possession.

• True freshman Shemar James notched his first career sack in the first half on the second drive in Tennessee's territory.

• The first-quarter total offense for each team is equal after standing at 128 yards a piece.

• The Gators logged 9:43 in time of possession in the first quarter compared to Tennessee's 5:17.

• Anthony Richardson recorded his first touchdown pass of the season in the second quarter to put the Gators up 7-3 on a Keon Zipperer 44-yard touchdown reception.

• Anthony Richardson's pass to Ricky Pearsall in the first half marks Anthony Richardson's career-high for passing yards in a game at 193.

• Anthony Richardson puts the Gators back up with a rushing touchdown to combat Tennessee's three-play 75-yard touchdown drive to put the Gators back on top 14-10.

• Amari Burney with a fourth-down sack on quarterback Hendon Hooker to force a fumble recovered by Ventrell Miller in Florida Territory with a little over five minutes left in the first half.

• Tennesse finishes off the half with a nine-play 99-yard drive resulting in a touchdown to put them up before the half ends in only 2:43, highlighted by a Ramel Keyton full-extension 43-yard catch.

SECOND HALF

• Tennesse scores on the opening drive of the second half on a 16-yard pass to Jabari Small out of the backfield and the Volunteers are up to 405 total yards on offense with 12 minutes to go in the third.

• Florida scores their first points in the third quarter of the season on Anthony Richardson's QB sneak at the goal line.

• Billy Napier was flagged with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty with Tennessee on the goal-line after a controversial timeout/delay of game call by the refs. Tennessee scores on the ensuing play stretching the Vols' lead back to two scores. He was mainly upset over the amount of time it took to review a play. "I lost my poise and didn't represent our team," Napier said afterward. "I didn't represent the University of Florida in the right way.

• This is the first time Florida Gators have started 0-2 in SEC play since 1986.

• This is the first loss to Tennessee since 2016 and the second since 2004.

• Anthony Richardson finishes with 515 yards of total offense (career-high) along with two touchdowns each in the air and on the ground.

• The Gators outgained the Volunteers in total yards 596 to 576.