National Championship Game: BYU Cougars vs. Florida Gators

January 26, 2048
57°
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL) Attendance: 62,761 (96%)
BYU Cougars 10 0 3 0 - 13
Gators 14 24 20 10 - 68

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Gators: 2-10-UF 25 (14:58) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 85-Jimmy Lombardo for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 7 BYU 0
(Qtr 1) BYU Cougars: 4-1-UF 20 (11:37) 10-John Scruggs 38 yard field goal is GOOD. UF 7 BYU 3
(Qtr 1) Gators: 2-10-UF 37 (10:52) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 85-Jimmy Lombardo for 63 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 14 BYU 3
(Qtr 1) BYU Cougars: 2-2-UF 2 (2:57) 22-Johnny Crawford ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-John Scruggs. UF 14 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Gators: 1-10-UF 42 (13:34) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 21-Charles Gamble for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 21 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Gators: 3-2-BYU 3 (9:46) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 21-Charles Gamble for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 28 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Gators: 4-4-BYU 25 (7:26) 10-Hollis Fleming 43 yard field goal is GOOD. UF 31 BYU 10
(Qtr 2) Gators: 1-10-UF 43 (5:09) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 89-Darren McChesney for 57 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 38 BYU 10
(Qtr 3) Gators: 2-10-BYU 48 (10:02) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 82-Steven Moreno for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 45 BYU 10
(Qtr 3) Gators: 2-10-UF 33 (4:14) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 85-Jimmy Lombardo for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) BYU Cougars: 4-10-UF 24 (1:06) 10-John Scruggs 43 yard field goal is GOOD. UF 51 BYU 13
(Qtr 3) Gators: 1-10-UF 25 (1:03) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 85-Jimmy Lombardo for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 58 BYU 13
(Qtr 4) Gators: 2-10-BYU 24 (9:36) 7-Paul Johnson pass complete to 85-Jimmy Lombardo for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Hollis Fleming. UF 65 BYU 13
(Qtr 4) Gators: 4-7-BYU 19 (2:01) 10-Hollis Fleming 37 yard field goal is GOOD. UF 68 BYU 13

Team Statistics

Gators BYU Cougars
First Downs 18 15
- Rushing 6 2
- Passing 12 11
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 817 290
- Offensive Plays 78 77
- Yards Per Play 10.47 3.77
Net Rushing Yards 115 81
- Rushing Attempts 23 28
- Yards Per Rush 5.00 2.89
Net Passing Yards 702 209
- Att/Comp/Int 55 / 32 / 0 48 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 702 219
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 12.76 4.27
- Yards Per Completion 21.94 10.43
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 14 7 / 21
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.9 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 24 3 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 4 1 / 11
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 2 / 58
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 12 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 22
Time of Possession 31:39 28:22

Drive Charts

Florida Gators

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:12 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 11:33 0:51 OWN 21 3 79 Touchdown
1 2:54 1:38 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 14:50 1:26 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 12:36 2:54 OWN 19 9 81 Touchdown
2 8:49 1:27 OPP 31 3 6 Field Goal
2 6:33 1:33 OWN 23 4 77 Touchdown
2 3:39 1:55 OWN 27 6 31 Punt
2 0:19 0:19 OWN 43 2 13 Half
3 13:34 3:40 OWN 22 7 78 Touchdown
3 9:19 2:06 OWN 31 5 17 Punt
3 5:35 1:31 OWN 17 5 83 Touchdown
3 1:03 0:11 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
3 0:14 0:14 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 13:33 3:40 OWN 12 7 36 Punt
4 9:39 0:10 OPP 24 2 24 Touchdown
4 8:30 6:32 OWN 31 10 51 Field Goal
4 1:20 1:20 OWN 39 2 1 Game

BYU Cougars

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:48 3:15 OWN 25 7 55 Field Goal
1 10:42 7:48 OWN 25 15 75 Touchdown
1 1:16 1:26 OWN 33 3 -8 Punt
2 13:24 0:48 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 9:42 0:53 OWN 25 2 6 Interception
2 7:22 0:49 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 5:01 1:21 OWN 18 3 10 Punt
2 1:44 1:25 OWN 10 3 3 Punt
3 15:00 1:26 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 9:54 0:35 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 7:13 1:38 OWN 5 5 29 Punt
3 4:04 3:01 OWN 25 10 51 Field Goal
3 0:52 0:38 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 0:00 1:27 OWN 33 5 13 Punt
4 9:53 0:14 OWN 7 2 14 Fumble
4 9:29 1:00 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 1:58 0:38 OWN 24 4 15 Interception

Rushing Stats

Florida Gators

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Stanley Tyson 15 71 4.73 14 2 0
Charles Gamble 8 44 5.50 12 2 0

BYU Cougars

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Patrick Vicknair 19 66 3.47 12 3 0
Johnny Crawford 9 15 1.67 8 0 1

Passing Stats

Florida Gators

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Paul Johnson 55 32 702 0 / 0 9 75 0 142.23

BYU Cougars

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Greer 48 21 219 1 / 10 0 28 2 40.19

Receiving Stats

Florida Gators

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jimmy Lombardo 7 337 48.14 75 5
Charles Gamble 8 120 15.00 58 2
Darren McChesney 2 92 46.00 57 1
Steven Moreno 1 48 48.00 48 1
Micheal Morissette 7 42 6.00 12 0
Stanley Tyson 3 22 7.33 15 0
Mike Chambers 3 22 7.33 8 0
Gary Vivian 1 19 19.00 19 0

BYU Cougars

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Byron Cote 4 54 13.50 21 0
Patrick Vicknair 5 51 10.20 18 0
Johnny Crawford 3 48 16.00 28 0
Michael Montoya 6 37 6.17 15 0
Gregory Gonzalez 1 13 13.00 13 0
Michael Fagan 1 13 13.00 13 0
John Bunting 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Gators

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ned Donnell 54 26 0 1
Steven Moreno 0 11 0 0
Charles Gamble 19 9 0 0
Gary Vivian 0 23 0 0
Shawn Thayer 17 8 0 0
Matthew Jones 3 1 0 0
Ernest Lott 5 1 0 0
Micheal Morissette 8 32 0 0
Jimmy Lombardo 0 27 0 1
Howard Bailey 0 2 0 0
Mike Chambers 0 9 0 0
Joe Best 0 2 0 0
Joshua Nichols 0 2 0 0
Joseph Crawford 0 1 0 0
Christopher Gregg 0 1 0 0
Louis Damon 0 1 0 0
James Evans 0 3 0 0
Jeffrey Vasquez 0 1 0 0
Charles Daigle 66 31 0 5
William Ball 16 5 0 0
Gary Stewart 64 33 0 0
William Perry 54 27 0 3
Mark Rademacher 60 31 0 3
Dennis Latimer 14 4 0 0
Stanley Tyson 18 8 0 1
Juan Taylor 16 1 0 0
Darren McChesney 10 8 0 0
Robert Campbell 0 4 0 0
Ronald Ho 0 1 0 0
Michael Leone 0 1 0 0
Jerome Stanton 1 3 0 0
Andrew Brown 0 2 0 1
Thomas Jones 0 4 0 0
Thomas Brown 0 2 0 0
Ernest Taylor 0 2 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Hammers 48 30 1 3
Gregory Gonzalez 30 16 0 0
Jarvis Mays 1 4 0 0
Michael Raines 0 3 0 0
Troy Hakes 0 3 0 0
Robert Davis 0 1 0 0
William Seals 0 2 0 0
Jack Stacy 0 3 0 2
Danny Bobbitt 0 1 0 0
Terry Collier 10 11 0 1
Alvin Anderton 0 1 0 0
Joseph Satterfield 0 1 0 0
Douglas Reyna 0 2 0 0
Numbers Torres 0 2 0 0
Phillip Buchholtz 0 2 0 0
Michael Clark 0 1 0 0
Andrew Thompson 1 0 0 0
Steve Mankin 0 1 0 0
Michael Fagan 0 1 0 0
Jermaine Swanson 59 36 0 4
Alfredo Gordon 6 0 0 0
Richard Amaya 59 32 0 5
Anthony Marshall 57 35 0 2
Byron Cote 0 20 0 0
Steven Parker 44 27 0 4
John Bunting 0 16 0 1
Michael Montoya 0 29 0 1
John Lee 11 5 0 0
Patrick Vicknair 9 1 0 0
Scott Treadwell 16 1 0 0
Julio Mullins 5 0 0 0
Norris Jones 15 0 0 0
Jessie Howard 0 9 0 1
Kyle Bostic 2 12 0 0
Johnny Crawford 2 1 0 0
Micheal Hayward 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Gators

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
James Evans 1 12 12.00 0
Louis Damon 1 0 0.00 0

BYU Cougars

Fumble Stats

Florida Gators

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joshua Nichols 0 0 1 0
Robert Campbell 0 0 1 0
Joseph Crawford 0 1 0 0

BYU Cougars

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Johnny Crawford 2 0 0 0
Anthony Marshall 0 1 0 0

Punting

Florida Gators

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Edward Klingensmith 5 213 42.60 40.20 48 3

BYU Cougars

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Roberto Richardson 11 504 45.82 45.55 51 3

Kicking

Florida Gators

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Hollis Fleming 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 8 / 9

BYU Cougars

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Scruggs 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 43 1 / 1

Punt Return

Florida Gators

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Nicholas Cardenas 2 4 2.0 3 0

BYU Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kenneth Bones 1 11 11.0 11 0

Kick Return

Florida Gators

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Nicholas Cardenas 1 25 25.0 0

BYU Cougars

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Bones 2 58 29.0 0

Defensive Stats