College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida 45, Samford 7
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 7, 2024
Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
Attendance: 89295
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Samford 0 0 7 0 7
Florida 7 7 14 17 45
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 2:53
Florida   TD  Florida 7 - Samford 0
Montrell Johnson Jr. 1 yd. run (Trey Smack kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:02
Florida   TD  Florida 14 - Samford 0
Montrell Johnson Jr. 7 yd. run (Trey Smack kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:38
Florida   TD  Florida 21 - Samford 0
Tank Hawkins 36 yd. pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:40
Samford   TD  Florida 21 - Samford 7
Damonta Witherspoon 1 yd. run (Forrest Taylor kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:52
Florida   TD  Florida 28 - Samford 7
Aidan Mizell 41 yd. pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack kick)
4th Quarter - 13:18
Florida   FG  Florida 31 - Samford 7
Trey Smack 25 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:55
Florida   TD  Florida 38 - Samford 7
Eugene Wilson III 85 yd. pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack kick)
4th Quarter - 0:48
Florida   TD  Florida 45 - Samford 7
Aidan Warner 9 yd. run (Trey Smack kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Samford Florida
W‑L 0 - 2 - 0 1 - 1 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Samford Florida
Score 7 45
1st Downs 15 22
3rd Down Efficiency 6-for-15
40%		 5-for-11
45%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%		 1-for-3
33%
Total Yards 205 632
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-61 34-166
Average/Rush 1.7 4.9
Passing
Comp-Att 22-33 19-28
Passing Yards 144 466
Average/Pass Play 3.9 16.6
Penalties-Yards 3-30 7-77
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 33:30 26:30
PLAYER STATS
Samford (0 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
Q. Crittendon 22/31 144 0 0
D. Rias 0/1 0 0 0
N. Scalzo 0/1 0 0 0
Florida (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Lagway 18/25 456 3 0
A. Warner 1/2 10 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Witherspoon 9 26 2.9 1
M. Kelly 6 17 2.8 0
I. Cousin 2 14 7.0 0
D. Rias 1 9 9.0 0
K. Cherry 4 7 1.8 0
Q. Crittendon 11 -4 -0.4 0
N. Scalzo 1 -7 -7.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Johnson Jr. 15 67 4.5 2
J. Baugh 4 34 8.5 0
J. Jackson 2 18 9.0 0
D. Lagway 5 16 3.2 0
T. Webb 4 12 3.0 0
K. Daniels 3 10 3.3 0
A. Warner 1 9 9.0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Jenkins 4 51 12.8 0
D. Rias 4 44 11.0 0
I. Cousin 3 21 7.0 0
D. Witherspoon 3 13 4.3 0
P. Bird 3 9 3.0 0
E. Mason 4 6 1.5 0
T. Davenport 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Wilson III 6 141 23.5 1
E. Badger 3 123 41.0 0
H. Hansen 2 46 23.0 0
C. Dike 1 44 44.0 0
A. Mizell 1 41 41.0 1
T. Hawkins 1 36 36.0 1
A. Boardingham 2 16 8.0 0
J. Wade 1 10 10.0 0
M. Johnson Jr. 2 9 4.5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Gumbs Jr. 1.0 8.0
J. Weston 1.0 7.0
T. Sapp 1.0 6.0
C. Banks 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Marshall Jr. 5 1
R. Moten 4 0
G. Gumbs Jr. 3 0
D. Douglas 3 1
J. Weston 2 0
J. Robinson 2 1
M. Boireau 2 1
C. Jackson 2 1
S. James 2 2
T. Sapp 2 3
K. James 1 0
T. Searcy 1 0
J. Boone 1 1
T. Bridges 1 1
G. Howard 1 1
A. Gates 1 1
B. Taylor Jr. 1 1
A. Chiles 1 1
C. Banks 1 1
J. Jackson 1 2
J. Castell 1 3
J. Pyburn 0 1
C. Carroll 0 1
A. Jackson 0 1
D. Johnson 0 1
G. Smith III 0 1
D. Watson 0 2
M. Graham 0 2
L. McCray 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Gumbs Jr. 3.0 15.0
T. Sapp 2.5 9.0
J. Boone 1.5 4.0
J. Weston 1.0 7.0
C. Banks 1.0 6.0
B. Taylor Jr. 1.0 2.0
R. Moten 1.0 1.0
L. McCray 0.5 1.0
J. Pyburn 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Baugh 1