November 30, 2024 Week 14 · Regular Season Belt defended

Florida defends the belt, 31–11, on the road at Florida State.

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Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Florida came in 7 days into reign #326, which began with a win over Ole Miss, with no defenses yet; this was its first defense. Florida went on to defend it 2 more times before South Florida took it on September 6, 2025, 287 days after the reign began.

For Florida State this was its 8th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.

It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Florida State led the belt series 2–1; all-time it is 2–2. Every meeting →

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Recap

Florida State's defense couldn't contain Florida's ground game, as the Gators dominated the line of scrimmage en route to a 31-11 victory in Gainesville. Florida struck quickly in the first quarter when Ja'Kobi Jackson punched in a 1-yard touchdown run following a sack-fumble that D'Antre Robinson recovered on the FSU 14-yard line. The Gators extended their lead to 14-0 before halftime with a 4-yard touchdown pass from DJ Lagway to Marcus Burke, capping a drive where Chimere Dike's 25-yard reception set up the score. Florida put the game away in the fourth quarter with Montrell Johnson Jr.'s 65-yard touchdown scamper, a play that highlighted the Seminoles' inability to slow down a Gators rushing attack that racked up 235 yards. Despite five turnovers and only 239 total yards of offense, Florida State managed a field goal in the third quarter but never threatened to mount a real comeback.

FSU fumble recovery on FLA 14-yard line (Q1 2:54) -- Led directly to Ja'Kobi Jackson's 1-yard TD run to give Florida early 7-0 lead
Chimere Dike's 25-yard reception to FSU 2-yard line (Q2 0:49) -- Set up Marcus Burke's touchdown pass for 14-0 halftime lead
Montrell Johnson Jr.'s 65-yard TD run (Q4 12:38) -- Essentially clinched the game and Florida's retention of the belt

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

Florida StateFlorida

Total yards239368

Rushing yards99235

Passing yards140133

First downs2018

3rd down conv.6/135/13

Turnovers51

Penalties–yards0–07–70

Time of possession32:5227:08

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 11:35	Florida State	-3 yd	Luke Kromenhoek sacked by Tyreak Sapp for a loss of 3 yards to the FSU 38 Luke Kromenhoek fumbled, recovered by FSU Kam Davis , return for 0 yards
Q1 10:00	Florida State	+35 yd	Alex Mastromanno punt for 47 yds , Chimere Dike returns for 35 yds to the FSU 47
Q1 10:00	Florida State	+35 yd	Alex Mastromanno punt for 47 yds , Chimere Dike returns for 35 yds to the FLA 15
Q1 6:33	Florida	+21 yd	Jadan Baugh run for 21 yds to the FLA 44 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:54	Florida State	-12 yd	Luke Kromenhoek sacked by Jack Pyburn for a loss of 12 yards to the FSU 14 Luke Kromenhoek fumbled, recovered by FLA D'Antre Robinson , return for 0 yards
Q1 2:28	Florida	+1 yd	Ja'Kobi Jackson run for 1 yd for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q2 5:28	Florida	+0 yd	DJ Lagway pass intercepted, touchback.
Q2 2:49	Florida	+21 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 21 yds to the FLA 41 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:49	Florida	+25 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 25 yds to the FSU 2 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:25	Florida	+4 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Marcus Burke for 4 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q3 10:16	Florida State	+1 yd	Luke Kromenhoek run for a loss of 3 yards to the FLA 21 Luke Kromenhoek fumbled, recovered by FSU Luke Kromenhoek , return for 1 yd to the FLA 21
Q3 9:47	Florida State	+39 yd	Ryan Fitzgerald 39 yd FG GOOD
Q3 7:49	Florida	+43 yd	Jeremy Crawshaw punt for 42 yds
Q3 6:27	Florida	+30 yd	Trey Smack 30 yd FG GOOD
Q3 1:06	Florida State	+20 yd	Luke Kromenhoek pass complete to Amaree Williams for 20 yds Amaree Williams fumbled, recovered by FSU for a 1ST down
Q3 0:24	Florida State	-4 yd	Kam Davis run for a loss of 4 yards to the FLA 7 Kam Davis fumbled, recovered by FLA George Gumbs Jr.
Q4 12:38	Florida	+65 yd	Montrell Johnson Jr. run for 65 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q4 4:06	Florida State	+20 yd	Luke Kromenhoek pass complete to Landen Thomas for 20 yds to the FLA 4 for a 1ST down
Q4 3:08	Florida	+27 yd	Jadan Baugh run for 27 yds to the FSU 24 for a 1ST down
Q4 2:03	Florida	+8 yd	Tony Livingston 8 Yd pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack Kick)
Q4 1:47	Florida State	+6 yd	Luke Kromenhoek run for 6 yds to the FSU 43 Luke Kromenhoek fumbled, recovered by FLA T.J. Searcy

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Florida State

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Luke Kromenhoek	15/28	140	5.0	0	0	26.5

Florida

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
D.J. Lagway	14/22	133	6.0	2	1	37.2

Rushing

Florida State

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Lawrance Toafili	9	43	4.8	1	11
Luke Kromenhoek	21	32	1.5	0	15
Samuel Singleton	2	16	8.0	0	15
Micahi Danzy	1	6	6.0	0	6
Kam Davis	5	3	0.6	0	5
Roydell Williams	6	-1	-0.2	0	8

Florida

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Montrell Johnson	10	99	9.9	1	65
Jadan Baugh	11	81	7.4	0	27
Ja'Kobi Jackson	10	51	5.1	1	13
KD Daniels	3	12	4.0	0	5
D.J. Lagway	4	-8	-2.0	0	6

Receiving

Florida State

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Lawrance Toafili	3	39	13.0	17
Ja'Khi Douglas	4	33	8.3	14
Amaree Williams	1	20	20.0	20
Landen Thomas	2	18	9.0	20
Kam Davis	1	14	14.0	14
Kyle Morlock	2	12	6.0	7
Malik Benson	1	5	5.0	5
Hykeem Williams	1	-1	-1.0	0

Florida

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chimere Dike	3	63	21.0	0	25
Hayden Hansen	3	25	8.3	0	11
Marcus Burke	3	18	6.0	1	10
Elijhah Badger	2	11	5.5	0	7
Tony Livingston	1	8	8.0	1	8
Tank Hawkins	1	7	7.0	0	7
Aidan Mizell	1	1	1.0	0	1

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Defense

Florida State

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Omar Graham Jr.	7	5	0	1.5	0	0
Azareye'h Thomas	6	5	0	0	0	0
Shawn Murphy	5	2	0	0	0	0
K.J. Kirkland	4	3	0	0	0	0
Blake Nichelson	4	2	0	1	0	0
Ashlynd Barker	4	2	0	0	0	0
Earl Little II	3	2	0	0	0	0
Aaron Hester	3	2	0	0	0	0
Shyheim Brown	3	2	0	0	1	0
Joshua Farmer	3	1	1.5	1.5	0	0
Cam Riley	3	1	0	0	0	0
Patrick Payton	3	1	0	0	0	1
Darrell Jackson	3	1	0	0	0	2
Donny Hiebert	2	2	0	0	0	0
Marvin Jones Jr.	2	1	1	1.5	0	0
Grady Kelly	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sione Lolohea	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Knowles II	1	1	0	0	0	0
Keith Sampson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Byron Turner Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Lyons	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	1
Edwin Joseph	1	0	0	0	1	0

Florida

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Shemar James	7	4	0	0	0	0
Bryce Thornton	7	3	0	0.5	0	1
CamRon Jackson	5	5	2	2	0	0
T.J. Searcy	5	4	0	1	0	0
Jaden Robinson	5	3	2	2	0	0
Tyreak Sapp	5	3	1	2	0	0
Trikweze Bridges	5	2	0	0	2	0
Jack Pyburn	4	2	1	1	0	0
George Gumbs	3	3	1	2	0	0
Kamran James	3	3	0	1	0	0
Sharif Denson	3	2	1	1	0	0
Gregory Smith	3	2	0	0	0	0
D'Ante Robinson	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
DJ Douglas	2	2	0	0	0	0
Derek Wingo	2	1	0	0	0	0
Dijon Johnson	2	1	0	0	0	0
Myles Graham	2	1	0	1	0	1
Jordan Castell	2	0	0	0	1	0
Desmond Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0
L.J. McCray	0	0	0	0	0	1

Fumbles

Florida State

Player	FUM	LOST
Luke Kromenhoek	4	2
Lawrance Toafili	1	1
Kam Davis	1	1
Lawayne McCoy	1	1
Amaree Williams	1	0

Florida

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Shemar James	0	0	1
Rocco Underwood	0	0	1
George Gumbs	0	0	1
T.J. Searcy	0	0	1
D'Ante Robinson	0	0	1

Interceptions

Florida State

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Azareye'h Thomas	1	0	0

Florida

No recorded stats in this category.

Kick Returns

Florida State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Samuel Singleton	1	15	15.0	15	0

Florida

No recorded stats in this category.

Kicking

Florida State

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ryan Fitzgerald	1/1	100.0	39	0/0	3

Florida

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Trey Smack	1/1	100.0	30	4/4	7

Punt Returns

Florida State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Lawayne McCoy	2	6	3.0	7	0

Florida

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chimere Dike	3	23	7.7	12	0

Punting

Florida State

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Alex Mastromanno	5	257	51.4	1	0	62

Florida

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jeremy Crawshaw	6	259	43.2	0	2	53

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401628438) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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