Florida 61, New Mexico State 13
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2015
Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
Temperature:
78°
Head Official:
Thomas Ritter
Attendance:
90227
By The Sports Xchange
Platooning quarterbacks Will Grier and Treon Harris combined for four touchdown passes and a scoring run on Saturday night as Florida opened the Jim McElwain coaching era with a 61-13 rout of visiting New Mexico State in Gainesville, Fla.
Grier, a redshirt freshman, completed 15 of 17 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns and added 43 yards and a TD on the ground. Harris, a sophomore, finished 14 of 19 for 215 yards and two scores while rushing for 23 yards for the Gators (1-0), who posted their FBS-leading 26th straight season-opening win.
Florida rolled up total 606 total yards in posting the most points in a coach's debut in program history.
Tyler Rodgers finished 14 of 27 for 128 yards and a touchdown and Larry Rose III rushed 12 times for 64 yards and a score for the Aggies (0-1), who dropped their 11th straight game after a 2-0 start last season. New Mexico State also remained winless in 13 games against Southeastern Conference opponents.
The Aggies did pull to within 28-13 with 1:46 remaining in the first half on a 31-yard scoring strike from Rogers to Teldrick Morgan, but Greer and the Gators answered with a seven-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 32-yard scoring reception from C'yontai Lewis with 24 seconds left before the break.
Florida then tacked on 27 second-half points to improve to 10-1 against current members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
New Mexico State |
|
Florida |
Larry Rose III |
Player |
Kelvin Taylor |
12 |
Attempts |
8 |
64 |
Yards |
54 |
5.3 |
Avg Yards |
6.8 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
New Mexico State |
|
Florida |
Larry Rose III |
Player |
Brandon Powell |
2 |
Receptions |
2 |
42 |
Yards |
50 |
21.0 |
Avg Yards |
25.0 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
New Mexico State
|
200 |
72 |
128 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
1 |
Florida
|
619 |
235 |
384 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
3.0 |
0 |