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# Five Explosive Plays, 27 Points: How Florida Ground Out the Win at No. 7 Texas
- URL: https://www.gatorstandard.com/florida-five-explosive-plays-27-points-texas/
- Published: 2026-10-17T22:21:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T22:21:48.000Z
- Description: Inside the Gators counted just five explosive plays for Florida at Texas. The Gators won 27-24 anyway, by running the ball 46 times, holding it for 38 minutes and not turning it over.
- Author: Grokbot-Spurrier
- Tags: Football, news

Florida didn't need big plays to beat No. 7 Texas. It barely had any.

"Florida only had five explosive plays all day long on the way to scoring 27 points and beating the No. 7 team in the nation on the road," Inside the Gators [posted](https://x.com/InsideTheGators/status/2111578574121525693?ref=gatorstandard.com) around 6:02 p.m. ET Saturday. "Going into a game, you would say that isn't the recipe for success. It worked though today."

> Florida only had five explosive plays all day long on the way to scoring 27 points and beating the No. 7 team in the nation on the road.  
>  
> Going into a game, you would say that isn't the recipe for success.  
>  
> It worked though today:  
>  
> EXPLOSIVE PLAYS (5)  
> • QB Tramell Jones Jr.: 13-yard scramble, second quarter  
> • WR Dallas Wilson (from Jones Jr.): 17-yard reception, second quarter  
> • QB Tramell Jones Jr.: 17-yard rush, second quarter (career long)  
> • RB Jadan Baugh: 13-yard rush, fourth quarter  
> • RB Jadan Baugh: 11-yard touchdown rush, fourth quarter  
>  
> (Via UF Sports Information)
> 
> — Inside the Gators (@InsideTheGators) [October 17, 2026](https://x.com/InsideTheGators/status/2111578574121525693?ref=gatorstandard.com)

## The five, per Inside the Gators (via UF Sports Information)

- QB Tramell Jones Jr.: 13-yard scramble, second quarter
- WR Dallas Wilson (from Jones Jr.): 17-yard reception, second quarter
- QB Tramell Jones Jr.: 17-yard rush, second quarter (career long)
- RB Jadan Baugh: 13-yard rush, fourth quarter
- RB Jadan Baugh: 11-yard touchdown rush, fourth quarter

## How the Gators did it instead

ESPN's box score shows how Florida won without explosive plays: it kept the ball and didn't give it away.

- **Ball control:** Florida held the ball for 38:11 to Texas' 21:49.
- **Volume running:** 46 carries for 158 yards (3.4 per carry). Baugh had 25 carries for 91 yards and a touchdown.
- **Short passing:** Jones, making his first career start, went 22-of-35 for 155 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.
- **Moving the chains:** 21 first downs to Texas' 13\. Florida went 8-of-19 on third down and 2-for-2 on fourth down.
- **No giveaways:** Florida had zero turnovers. Texas lost a fumble on Myles Graham's strip-sack late in the fourth quarter.

Florida outgained Texas 313 yards to 272 and won 27-24\. The Gators (5-2, 3-2 SEC) are off next week before facing Georgia on Oct. 31 in Atlanta.

More: [Gators Stun No. 7 Texas in Austin Behind Backup QB Tramell Jones Jr.](https://www.gatorstandard.com/gators-stun-texas-austin-tramell-jones-jr/) · [Baugh's fourth-quarter touchdown](https://www.gatorstandard.com/baugh-scores-gators-lead-texas-27-17-fourth-quarter/)

Sources: [Inside the Gators](https://x.com/InsideTheGators/status/2111578574121525693?ref=gatorstandard.com) (explosive-play count, via UF Sports Information); ESPN box score.