No. 16Florida Gators

3-4

YES!

Florida Gators beat the Mississippi State Bulldogs

Ranked #17 · 4-3 21 – 23

Ranked #16 · 3-4

Final · Sat, Oct 18

Game Details

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville) · 90,203 fans · SEC Network

Highlights

Florida holds on to beat Mississippi State 23-21 in what might have been coach Billy Napier's finale

Florida coach Billy Napier started to jog off the field, heard the boos and kicked it into another gear. He was trying to escape the negativity.

Recap via ESPN

0:17 Michai Boireau picks off Mississippi State Bulldogs

2:08 Highlight: Florida shocks Mississippi State, steals win on late interception

0:13 Kamario Taylor runs for 2-yard rushing touchdown

0:24 Jadan Baugh runs for 19-yard rushing touchdown

Clips play on ESPN

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium · Gainesville

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MSST	7	0	0	14	21
FLA	3	10	0	10	23

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Game Leaders

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Blake Shapen · 24/36, 324 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Davon Booth · 22 CAR, 105 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Brenen Thompson · 7 REC, 155 YDSReceiving Yards
Brylan Lanier · 1Sacks
Brylan Lanier · 8Tackles

Florida Gators

DJ Lagway · 20/34, 280 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
Jadan Baugh · 23 CAR, 150 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Vernell Brown III · 5 REC, 83 YDSReceiving Yards
Kamran James · 1.5Sacks
Alfonzo Allen Jr. · 15Tackles

2026 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Florida
Kentucky
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
LSU
Missouri
Tennessee
Auburn
Texas A&M
Oklahoma
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
South Carolina

Scoring

Q4 2:00

TD Davon Booth 2 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick)21–23

Q4 6:49

FG Trey Smack 53 Yd Field Goal 14–23

Q4 11:57

TD Davon Booth 2 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick)14–20

Q4 13:41

TD KD Daniels 1 Yd Run (Trey Smack Kick)7–20

Q2 3:08

FG Trey Smack 54 Yd Field Goal 7–13

Q2 14:15

TD Jadan Baugh 19 Yd Run (Trey Smack Kick)7–10

Q1 8:55

FG Trey Smack 24 Yd Field Goal 7–3

Q1 12:18

TD Kamario Taylor 2 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Mississippi State BulldogsFlorida Gators

Offense

468 Total Yards 452

324 Passing Yards 280

144 Rushing Yards 172

22 First Downs 24

Efficiency

8-15 3rd Down 4-12

1-2 4th Down 0-0

24/36 Completions 20/34

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 2

7-60 Penalties 7-60

30:05 Possession 29:55

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Blake Shapen	24/36	324	9.0	0	1	76.3
Team	24/36	324	9.0	0	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Davon Booth	22	105	4.8	2	16
Xavier Gayten	6	27	4.5	0	12
Kamario Taylor	5	13	2.6	1	6
Blake Shapen	10	1	0.1	0	18
Brenen Thompson	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	44	144	3.3	3	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brenen Thompson	7	155	22.1	47
Anthony Evans III	11	107	9.7	48
Seydou Traore	2	36	18.0	29
Davon Booth	2	14	7.0	10
Jordan Mosley	1	9	9.0	9
Ayden Williams	1	3	3.0	3
Team	24	324	13.5	48

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Xavier Gayten	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Brylan Lanier	8	7	1	1	1
Isaac Smith	6	4	1	1	0
Jahron Manning	6	3	0	0	0
Nic Mitchell	6	1	0	0	0
DeAgo Brumfield	5	5	0	0	1
Jett Jefferson	4	3	0	0	0
Hunter Washington	3	2	0	0	1
DJ Reed	3	0	0	0	0
Jamil Burroughs	2	2	0	0	0
Kedrick Bingley-Jones	2	1	0	0	0
Branden Jennings	2	1	0	0	0
Red Hibbler	2	1	0	0	0
Jaray Bledsoe	2	1	0	1	0
Malick Sylla	2	0	0	0	0
Deonte Anderson	1	1	0	0	0
Seydou Traore	1	1	0	0	0
Jayven Williams	1	1	0	0	0
Dwight Lewis III	1	1	0	0	0
Trevion Williams	1	0	0	0	0
Zakari Tillman	1	0	0	0	0
Kelley Jones	0	0	0	0	2
Team	59	35	2	3	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Brylan Lanier	2	29	0
Team	2	29	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kyle Ferrie	0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3
Team	0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Ethan Pulliam	2	103	51.5	0	54
Blake Shapen	1	43	43.0	1	43
Nathan Tiyce	1	35	35.0	1	35
Team	4	181	45.3	2	54

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