Gators win 2nd National Title in 3 years
Game Report Posted: January 07, 2009 04:28
The Florida Gators won their 3rd National Title in school history with a win over the Buckeyes. The Gators also capped off the first unbeaten season in school history. Florida is 2-0 versus the Buckeyes after beating them in the 2006 BCS title game. The Buckeyes made their 3rd straight appearance in the BCS title game, only to suffer their 3rd straight loss.
During the regular season the Gators managed to anvenge their 2007 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs. They won their 4th straight against Tennessee and 5th straight against Bobby Bowden and the Seminoles. The Gators also snapped their losing streak to other in state rival, Miami.
The Gators end the season with a 10 game home winning streak.
National Champion
Florida Gators
| 2008 Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK | Opponent | Rank | COV | Result |
| 1 | Hawaii | 5 |  |
W 63-28 |
| 2 | Miami | 5 |  |
W 56-28 |
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | @ #16 Tennessee | 4 |  |
W 33-24 |
| 5 | Ole Miss | 3 | |
W 56-14 |
| 6 | @ Arkansas | 3 | |
W 34-24 |
| 7 | #12 LSU | 3 | |
W 31-7 |
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | Kentucky | 3 | |
W 70-7 |
| 10 | @ #6 Georgia | 2 | |
W 30-7 |
| 11 | @ Vanderbilt | 2 | |
W 52-24 |
| 12 | #22 South Carolina | 2 | |
W 58-31 |
| 13 | The Citadel | 2 | W 75-0 | |
| 14 | @ #17 Florida State | 2 | |
W 28-14 |
| 15 | ||||
| 16 | #15 Auburn | 2 | |
W 49-10 |
| 17 | #1 Ohio State | 2 | |
W 36-28 |
| Passing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nameplayer_name | COMPcomp | ATTatt | YARDSyds | TDtd | INTints | ||||||||
| Harvin Percy | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | ATTatt | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_run | FUMBfumb | ||||||||
| Tebow Tim | 97 | 531 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | RECrec | YDSyds | TDtd | LONGlong_rec | DROPSdrops | ||||||||
| Harvin Percy | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Defensive | |||||||||||||
| Nameplayer_name | TKLStackles | SCKSsacks | INTints | FFff | Def TDdef_td | ||||||||
| Preseason Coaches Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| 1 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 2 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 3 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 4 | USC Trojans |
| 5 | Florida Gators |
| 6 | LSU Tigers |
| 7 | Missouri Tigers |
| 8 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 9 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 10 | Texas Longhorns |
| 11 | Clemson Tigers |
| 12 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 13 | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| 14 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 15 | Kansas Jayhawks |
| 16 | Auburn Tigers |
| 17 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 18 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 19 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 20 | Brigham Young Cougars |
| 21 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 22 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| 23 | Oregon Ducks |
| 24 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| 25 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| Preseason Media Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Preseason Media Poll has been set. | |
| Final Coaches Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| Final Media Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Final Media Poll has been set. | |
| Final BCS Poll | |
|---|---|
| RNK | Team |
| No Final BCS Poll has been set. | |
| SEC Conference Standings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNK | School | Record | Conf Record | PF | PA |
| 1 | Florida | 14-0 | 9-0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | LSU | 10-2 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Auburn | 10-3 | 6-3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgia | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | South Carolina | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Alabama | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mississippi State | 7-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 7-5 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Arkansas | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ole Miss | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 |