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Vanderbilt Commodores |
Florida Gators © |
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Played November 7, 2009 at Florida Field Gainesville, Florida |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | ||||
| Florida © | 4 | 19 | 9 | 0 | .679 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Previous Belt Meetings
| 10/8/1983 |
Vanderbilt |
10 |
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Florida © |
29 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Vanderbilt |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Florida |
3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
The 2-7 Vanderbilt Commodores with coach Bobby Johnson met the top-ranked, 8-0 Florida Gators & coach Urban Meyer. The Gators used a balanced offensive attack as well as a stifling defense to post a methodical 27-3 win over the Commodores. After both teams struggled to move the ball early in the 1st quarter, Florida drove to the Vanderbilt 10-yard line & PK Caleb Sturgis kicked a 27-yard field goal with 1:00 left in the opening quarter. Just before the quarter ended, Gators' LB Ryan Stamper intercepted a pass from Commodores' QB Mackenzi Adams & returned the pick 18 yards to the Vanderbilt 34-yard line. On the fourth play of the 2nd quarter, Florida's RB Jeff Demps took a pitch around right end for a 25-yard touchdown run giving the Gators a 10-0 lead. Florida used their next drive to move 45 yards to the Commodores' 28-yard line & Sturgis kicked a 45-yard field goal pushing the lead to 13-0 which was the lead at intermission. Vanderbilt's first drive of the 3rd quarter was highlighted by a 30-yard run from Commodores' RB Warren Norman that eventually set-up a 32-yard field goal from PK Ryan Fowler but those would be Vanderbilt's only points of the afternoon. The Gators responded with an 11-play, 64-yard touchdown drive with All-SEC QB Tim Tebow getting the touchdown on a 1-yard run for a 20-3 Florida advantage as the 4th quarter started. When Commodores' P Brett Upson inadvertently touched his knee down as he received the snap for another punt, the Gators took possession at Vanderbilt's 13-yard line. Four plays later, Tebow connected with WR David Nelson on an 8-yard touchdown pass for the final points. Tebow finished with 208 yards passing with a touchdown & All-American TE Aaron Hernandez had 7 catches for 120 yards while Adams threw for 100 yards with an interception. Florida finished the season 13-1, ranked 3rd nationally while the Commodores finished 2-10. Vanderbilt would play for The Belt again 2010.
| Vanderbilt Game Stats | Florida Game Stats |
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Rushing Yards |
Att |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
Rushing Yards |
Att |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
| Warren Norman | 12 | 65 | 0 | 5.42 | Jeff Demps | 7 | 57 | 1 | 8.14 |
| Zac Stacy | 10 | 32 | 0 | 3.20 | Emmanuel Moody | 8 | 34 | 0 | 4.25 |
| Mackenzi Adams | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | Tim Tebow | 16 | 27 | 1 | 1.69 |
| Brandon James | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | |||||
| Chris Rainey | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yards | TDs | Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yards | TDs |
| Mackenzi Adams | 29 | 13 | 1 | 100 | 0 | Tim Tebow | 20 | 15 | 0 | 208 | 1 |
| John Brantley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
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Receiving Yards |
Catches |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
Receiving Yards |
Catches |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
| John Cole | 3 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 | Aaron Hernandez | 7 | 120 | 0 | 17.14 |
| Brandon Barden | 3 | 26 | 0 | 8.67 | Brandon James | 4 | 44 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Jamie Graham | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | David Nelson | 3 | 28 | 1 | 7.67 |
| Akeem Dunham | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | Deonte Thompson | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16.00 |
| Turner Wimberly | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | Riley Cooper | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Chris Reinert | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | Frankie Hammond | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Warren Norman | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | Chris Rainey | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |