December 20, 2024 Postseason Neutral site Belt defended

Florida defends the belt, 33–8, at a neutral site over Tulane.

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Tulane 8

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Recap

Florida's defense dominated Tulane from the opening kickoff, forcing four interceptions and holding the Green Wave to just 194 total yards and 8 points. The Gators struck first with a field goal after Trikweze Bridges returned an interception to the Tulane 24-yard line, then added another field goal before halftime. DJ Lagway orchestrated the offense efficiently, connecting with receivers like Tony Livingston and Chimere Dike on multiple scoring drives, including a 7-yard touchdown pass to Livingston in the third quarter. Florida's defense continued to frustrate Tulane's Ty Thompson throughout the game, recording interceptions by Bridges, Alfonzo Allen Jr., and Myles Graham, while the Gators' special teams also contributed with Trey Smack making four field goals. The second-half onslaught included a 25-yard rushing touchdown by KD Daniels and a final goal-line score by Anthony Rubio as Florida cruised to victory and held onto the belt.

Trikweze Bridges' first-quarter interception return to the Tulane 24 set up Florida's opening field goal and established the defensive tone
DJ Lagway's 7-yard touchdown pass to Tony Livingston in Q3 gave Florida a commanding lead and capped a dominant drive
Four total interceptions by the Florida defense, particularly the consecutive picks by Alfonzo Allen Jr. and Myles Graham in Q3-Q4, shut down any Tulane comeback hopes
KD Daniels' 25-yard rushing touchdown in Q4 essentially ended the game as Florida's defense continued to suffocate the Green Wave offense

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

FloridaTulane

Total yards529194

Rushing yards22469

Passing yards305125

First downs2611

3rd down conv.6/163/13

Turnovers23

Penalties–yards9–953–33

Time of possession38:5721:03

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 12:51	Florida	+23 yd	Jeremy Crawshaw punt for 42 yds , Dontae Fleming returns for 23 yds to the TULN 40
Q1 12:43	Tulane	+4 yd	Ty Thompson pass intercepted Trikweze Bridges return for 4 yds to the FLA 24
Q1 10:10	Florida	+29 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Aidan Mizell for 29 yds to the TULN 19 for a 1ST down
Q1 7:48	Florida	+34 yd	Trey Smack 34 yd FG GOOD
Q1 0:47	Florida	+11 yd	DJ Lagway pass intercepted Kevin Adams III return for 11 yds to the FLA 24
Q2 14:53	Tulane	+35 yd	Patrick Durkin 35 yd FG MISSED
Q2 9:12	Florida	+44 yd	Trey Smack 44 yd FG GOOD
Q2 9:12	Florida	+21 yd	Trey Smack kickoff for 62 yds , Jack Tchienchou return for 21 yds to the TULN 24
Q2 5:55	Florida	+21 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Tony Livingston for 21 yds to the TULN 41 for a 1ST down
Q2 3:25	Florida	+0 yd	DJ Lagway pass intercepted, touchback. Dickson Agu return for no gain
Q2 4:54	Florida	+31 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to TJ Abrams for 31 yds to the TULN 10 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:01	Florida	+21 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Ja'Kobi Jackson for 21 yds to the TULN 37 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:00	Florida	+21 yd	End of 2nd Quarter
Q3 15:00	Florida	+21 yd	Trey Smack kickoff for 65 yds , Jack Tchienchou return for 21 yds to the TULN 21
Q3 10:35	Florida	+38 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Chimere Dike for 38 yds to the TULN 3 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:11	Florida	+24 yd	Trey Smack 24 yd FG GOOD
Q3 7:25	Tulane	+0 yd	Ty Thompson pass intercepted Alfonzo Allen Jr. return for no gain to the FLA 40
Q3 4:03	Florida	+7 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Tony Livingston for 7 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q4 14:52	Florida	+24 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Tony Livingston for 24 yds to the TULN 15 for a 1ST down
Q4 13:03	Florida	+30 yd	Trey Smack 30 yd FG GOOD
Q4 12:13	Tulane	+22 yd	Ty Thompson pass complete to Mario Williams for 22 yds to the TULN 49 for a 1ST down
Q4 11:33	Tulane	+22 yd	Will Karoll punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Chimere Dike at the FLA 14 Tulane Penalty, Personal Foul (-15 Yards) to the FLA 29
Q4 6:29	Florida	+25 yd	KD Daniels 25 Yd Run (Trey Smack Kick)
Q4 5:54	Tulane	+0 yd	Ty Thompson pass intercepted Myles Graham return for no gain to the TULN 47
Q4 1:11	Florida	+9 yd	Anthony Rubio run for 9 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q4 0:29	Tulane	+16 yd	Ty Thompson pass complete to Mario Williams for 16 yds for a TD (Ty Thompson pass to Zycarl Lewis Jr. for Two-Point Conversion)
Q4 1:11	Florida	+29 yd	Trey Smack kickoff for 64 yds , Bryce Bohanon return for 29 yds to the TULN 45

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

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
D.J. LagwayFlorida	22/35	305	8.7	1	2	49.4
Ty ThompsonTulane	11/29	125	4.3	1	3	10.6
Mario WilliamsTulane	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	2.6

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jadan BaughFlorida	14	70	5.0	0	19
Ja'Kobi JacksonFlorida	12	57	4.8	0	14
KD DanielsFlorida	5	55	11.0	1	25
Anthony RubioFlorida	6	32	5.3	1	9
Marcus BurkeFlorida	1	5	5.0	0	5
D.J. LagwayFlorida	4	4	1.0	0	7
Desmond WatsonFlorida	1	1	1.0	0	1
TeamFlorida	1	0	0.0	0	0
Makhi HughesTulane	8	29	3.6	0	6
Ashaad ClaytonTulane	5	18	3.6	0	5
Ty ThompsonTulane	9	17	1.9	0	7
Jamauri McClureTulane	1	5	5.0	0	5
Arnold BarnesTulane	3	2	0.7	0	2
Bryce BohanonTulane	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chimere DikeFlorida	6	96	16.0	0	38
Tony LivingstonFlorida	4	58	14.5	1	24
Aidan MizellFlorida	4	50	12.5	0	29
Tawaski AbramsFlorida	1	31	31.0	0	31
Ja'Kobi JacksonFlorida	2	29	14.5	0	21
Hayden HansenFlorida	2	18	9.0	0	10
Elijhah BadgerFlorida	2	17	8.5	0	10
Jadan BaughFlorida	1	6	6.0	0	6
Mario WilliamsTulane	6	91	15.2	1	22
Alex BaumanTulane	2	17	8.5	0	9
Dontae FlemingTulane	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ashaad ClaytonTulane	1	4	4.0	0	4
Yulkeith BrownTulane	1	0	0.0	0	0

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Shemar JamesFlorida	5	5	0	0	0	0
Kamran JamesFlorida	3	3	1	1	0	0
George GumbsFlorida	3	3	0	0	0	0
Jordan CastellFlorida	3	3	0	1	1	0
Tyreak SappFlorida	3	3	0	0	0	1
D'Ante RobinsonFlorida	3	3	0	0	0	0
DJ DouglasFlorida	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dijon JohnsonFlorida	2	2	0	1	0	0
Aaron ChilesFlorida	2	2	0	0	0	1
Michai BoireauFlorida	2	2	0	0	0	0
Teddy FosterFlorida	2	2	0	0	0	0
Myles GrahamFlorida	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Trikweze BridgesFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Desmond WatsonFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	1
Ja'Markis WestonFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Alfonzo AllenFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jaden RobinsonFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hayden HansenFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
L.J. McCrayFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tony LivingstonFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Gregory SmithFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brien Taylor Jr.Florida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sharif DensonFlorida	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Bryce ThorntonFlorida	0	0	0	0	1	0
Javion ToombsFlorida	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler GrubbsTulane	8	4	0	0	0	2
Dickson AguTulane	7	7	0	1	0	1
Jalen GeigerTulane	6	4	0	0	0	0
Sam HowardTulane	6	4	0	0.5	0	0
Johnathan EdwardsTulane	6	3	0	0	0	0
Chris RodgersTulane	5	3	0	0	0	0
Bailey DespanieTulane	4	2	0	0	1	0
Micah RobinsonTulane	4	1	0	0	0	0
Adin HuntingtonTulane	3	3	1	1	0	0
Jack TchienchouTulane	3	3	0	0	0	0
Adonis FrilouxTulane	3	2	0	0	0	0
Patrick JenkinsTulane	3	1	0	0	0	1
Elijah ChampaigneTulane	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Kevin AdamsTulane	3	1	0	0	0	0
Lucius TilleryTulane	2	2	0	0	0	0
Gerrod HendersonTulane	2	2	0	0	0	0
Javion WhiteTulane	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dontae FlemingTulane	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Hicks Jr.Tulane	1	1	0	0	0	0
Terrell AllenTulane	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden LewisTulane	1	1	0	0	0	0
Deshaun BatisteTulane	1	1	0	0	0	1
Javon CarterTulane	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
TeamFlorida	1	0	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Trikweze BridgesFlorida	1	4
Alfonzo AllenFlorida	1	0
Myles GrahamFlorida	1	0
Kevin AdamsTulane	1	10
Dickson AguTulane	1	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jack TchienchouTulane	2	42	21.0	21	0
Bryce BohanonTulane	1	29	29.0	29	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Trey SmackFlorida	4/4	100.0	44	3/3	15
Patrick DurkinTulane	0/1	0.0	0	0/0	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chimere DikeFlorida	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dontae FlemingTulane	2	37	18.5	23	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jeremy CrawshawFlorida	3	126	42.0	0	0	43
Will KarollTulane	5	199	39.8	0	2	53

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

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