Five Explosive Plays, 27 Points: How Florida Ground Out the Win at No. 7 Texas
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.
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 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.
— Inside the Gators (@InsideTheGators) October 17, 2026
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)
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.
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Sources: Inside the Gators (explosive-play count, via UF Sports Information); ESPN box score.
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