September 6, 2025 Week 2 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

South Florida takes the belt, 18–16, on the road at Florida.

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Recap

Florida struck first with Trey Smack's 28-yard field goal in the first quarter, but South Florida answered with a methodical second-quarter drive capped by Nico Gramatica's 25-yard field goal as time expired in the half, trailing 9-6. The third quarter turned pivotal when South Florida's Byrum Brown connected with Keshaun Singleton on a 66-yard touchdown pass to take a 15-9 lead, while Florida's defense forced a DJ Lagway interception moments earlier. Florida responded with a Eugene Wilson III 4-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter to tie it at 16-16, but South Florida's Nico Gramatica delivered the championship-clinching 20-yard field goal with no time remaining to secure the belt with an 18-16 victory.

Byrum Brown to Keshaun Singleton 66-yard TD pass (Q3) -- gave South Florida their first lead and crucial momentum heading into the final quarter
DJ Lagway interception (Q3) -- turnover that stalled Florida's offense and gave South Florida possession in scoring position
Nico Gramatica 20-yard FG (Q4 0:00) -- the game-winning field goal that clinched the belt for South Florida with no time left

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.

By Quarter

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Florida	3	6	0	7	16
South Florida	0	6	9	3	18

Pulled directly from CFBD’s play-by-play record, the same source as every score in the lineage.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

FloridaSouth Florida

Total yards355391

Rushing yards133128

Passing yards222263

First downs2020

3rd down conv.4/126/16

Turnovers10

Penalties–yards11–1039–75

Time of possession34:1325:47

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 5:39	Florida	+28 yd	Trey Smack 28 yd FG GOOD
Q2 14:52	South Florida	+38 yd	Nico Gramatica 38 yd FG GOOD
Q2 7:13	Florida	+36 yd	Trey Smack 36 yd FG GOOD
Q2 7:05	Florida	+29 yd	Trey Smack kickoff for 62 yds , Alvon Isaac return for 29 yds to the USF 32
Q2 1:50	Florida	+41 yd	Trey Smack 41 yd FG GOOD
Q2 4:40	Florida	+28 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Hayden Hansen for 28 yds to the FLA 45 for a 1ST down
Q2 3:26	Florida	+24 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Vernell Brown III for 24 yds to the USF 29 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:00	South Florida	-58 yd	End of 2nd Quarter
Q2 0:00	South Florida	+25 yd	Nico Gramatica 25 yd FG GOOD
Q2 1:04	South Florida	+22 yd	Alvon Isaac run for 22 yds to the FLA 29 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:02	South Florida	+20 yd	Byrum Brown run for 20 yds to the FLA 7 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:23	Florida	+26 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Ja'Kobi Jackson for 26 yds to the FLA 39 for a 1ST down
Q3 8:43	Florida	+0 yd	DJ Lagway pass intercepted
Q3 8:43	Florida	+0 yd	DJ Lagway pass intercepted
Q3 5:41	Florida	+32 yd	DJ Lagway pass complete to Eugene Wilson III for 32 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Q3 2:03	South Florida	+66 yd	Byrum Brown pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 66 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK)
Q3 0:13	Florida	+0 yd	Team Safety
Q3 0:09	Florida	+22 yd	Trey Smack kickoff for 70 yds , Alvon Isaac return for 22 yds to the USF 32
Q4 14:22	South Florida	+40 yd	Chase Leon punt for 51 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the USF 20 for a 1ST down , Vernell Brown III returns for 40 yds to the FLA 36 for a 1ST down South Florida Penalty, Personal Foul (Rico Watson III) to the USF 20 for a 1ST down
Q4 12:29	Florida	+4 yd	Eugene Wilson III 4 Yd pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack Kick)
Q4 2:52	South Florida	+58 yd	Nico Gramatica 58 yd FG MISSED
Q4 0:00	South Florida	+20 yd	Nico Gramatica 20 Yd Field Goal
Q4 0:00	South Florida	-63 yd	End of 4th Quarter
Q4 1:54	South Florida	+29 yd	Byrum Brown pass complete to Alvon Isaac for 29 yds to the FLA 32 for a 1ST down

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	23/33	222	6.7	1	1	58.8
Byrum BrownSouth Florida	23/36	263	7.3	1	0	74.6

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jadan BaughFlorida	18	93	5.2	15
Ja'Kobi JacksonFlorida	6	22	3.7	9
Eugene WilsonFlorida	1	9	9.0	9
D.J. LagwayFlorida	6	9	1.5	7
Byrum BrownSouth Florida	17	66	3.9	20
Alvon IsaacSouth Florida	5	36	7.2	22
Cartevious NortonSouth Florida	6	24	4.0	8
Sam FranklinSouth Florida	1	2	2.0	2

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Eugene WilsonFlorida	7	60	8.6	1	32
Vernell Brown IIIFlorida	5	56	11.2	0	24
Hayden HansenFlorida	3	40	13.3	0	28
Ja'Kobi JacksonFlorida	2	24	12.0	0	26
J.Michael SturdivantFlorida	2	21	10.5	0	12
Aidan MizellFlorida	2	18	9.0	0	10
Tank HawkinsFlorida	1	2	2.0	0	2
Tawaski AbramsFlorida	1	1	1.0	0	1
Keshaun SingletonSouth Florida	2	75	37.5	1	66
Alvon IsaacSouth Florida	4	49	12.3	0	29
Mudia ReubenSouth Florida	5	44	8.8	0	15
Christian NeptuneSouth Florida	5	39	7.8	0	15
Chas NimrodSouth Florida	3	24	8.0	0	16
Wyatt SullivanSouth Florida	2	17	8.5	0	15
Joshua PorterSouth Florida	1	12	12.0	0	12
Sam FranklinSouth Florida	1	3	3.0	0	3

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jaden RobinsonFlorida	9	4	0	0	1	0
Myles GrahamFlorida	8	4	0	0	0	2
Tyreak SappFlorida	5	3	1	2	0	0
Jordan CastellFlorida	5	3	0	0	0	0
Bryce ThorntonFlorida	5	2	0	0	2	1
Brendan BettFlorida	5	1	0	0	0	0
Sharif DensonFlorida	4	3	0	0	0	1
Michai BoireauFlorida	4	1	0	0	0	0
Devin MooreFlorida	3	2	0	0	2	0
George GumbsFlorida	3	1	0	0	0	1
Aaron GatesFlorida	3	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron ChilesFlorida	2	1	0	0	1	1
Brien Taylor Jr.Florida	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden WoodsFlorida	2	0	0	0	0	1
Grayson HowardFlorida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cormani McclainFlorida	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jamari LyonsFlorida	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kahleil JacksonFlorida	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trey SmackFlorida	1	0	0	0	0	0
Javion ToombsFlorida	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ty JacksonFlorida	1	0	0	0	0	0
L.J. McCrayFlorida	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kamran JamesFlorida	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mac HarrisSouth Florida	10	4	1	1	0	0
Jhalyn ShulerSouth Florida	7	3	0	1	1	0
Jarvis Lee Jr.South Florida	6	5	0	0	0	0
De'Shawn RuckerSouth Florida	6	4	0	0	0	0
Tavin WardSouth Florida	6	1	0	0	0	0
Zavier HamiltonSouth Florida	5	1	0	1	0	0
Fred GaskinSouth Florida	4	3	0	1	0	1
Ricardo WatsonSouth Florida	4	2	0	0.5	0	1
D.J. Harris Jr.South Florida	4	2	0	0	0	0
Joshua CeliscarSouth Florida	4	2	0	0.5	0	0
James ChenaultSouth Florida	3	2	0	0	0	0
Devin LeeSouth Florida	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Traevon MitchellSouth Florida	2	1	0	1	0	0
Jaelen StokesSouth Florida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Boogsie SilveraSouth Florida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rodney HillSouth Florida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chase LeonSouth Florida	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob MerrifieldSouth Florida	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jonas DuclonaSouth Florida	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
James ChenaultSouth Florida	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Alvon IsaacSouth Florida	2	51	25.5	29	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Trey SmackFlorida	3/3	100.0	41	1/1	10
Nico GramaticaSouth Florida	3/4	75.0	38	1/1	10

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Vernell Brown IIIFlorida	1	40	40.0	40	0
Joshua PorterSouth Florida	1	5	5.0	5	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tommy DomanFlorida	4	187	46.8	1	2	63
Chase LeonSouth Florida	6	287	47.8	0	4	52

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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