Game breakdown: Vanderbilt vs. Florida

Vanderbilt looks for their sixh win of the season on Saturday when they visit the defending National Champion Florida Gators (11:30 a.m. LFS). Look inside for everything you need to know about the game.

Vanderbilt

VS.

Florida

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

Site

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548); Gainesville, Fla.

Date/Time

November 3, 2007; 11:30 am CST

Television

LFS

Radio

Nashville WGFX 104.5-FM; Fayetteville WEKR 1240-AM; Memphis KWAN 990-AM; Nashville WNSR 560-AM; Chattanooga WDOD 1310-AM; Huntsville WTKI 1450-AM; Smithville WJLE 101.7-FM; Ardmore WSLV 1110-AM; Clarksville WJZM 1400-AM; Lewisburg WAXO 1220-AM; Smithville WJLE 1480-AM; Ashland City WQSV 790-AM; Columbia WMGC 810-AM; Manchester WFTZ 101.5-FM; Winchester WCDT 1340-AM

Internet

LINK

Sirius Radio

Channel 119

SCHOOL/ TEAM FACTS

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Florida

Vanderbilt

Nickname

Gators

Commodores

Colors

Orange and (Royal) Blue

Black and Gold

Enrollment

34,612

6,402

Conference

SEC East

SEC East

Head Coach

Urban Meyer

Bobby Johnson

Coach's career record

66-15 (27-7 at Florida)

80-82 (20-46 at VU)

Record

5-3

5-3

Base offense

Multiple

Multiple

Base defense

4-3

4-3

SERIES INFORMATION

Series Record

VU trails, 9-29-2

First Meeting

1945, VU 7-0

Last Meeting

2006, UF 25-19

SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Florida Sep. 1 Western Kentucky, W 49-3 Sep. 8 Troy, W 59-31 Sep. 15 Tennessee, W 59-20 Sep. 22 at Mississippi, W 30-24 Sep. 29 Auburn, L 20-17 Oct. 6 at LSU, L 28-24 Oct. 20 at Kentucky, W 45-37 Oct. 27 Georgia, L 42-30 Nov. 3 Vanderbilt Nov. 10 at South Carolina Nov. 17 Florida Atlantic Nov. 24 Florida State

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Vanderbilt Sep. 1 Richmond, W 42-17 Sep. 8 Alabama, L 24-10 Sep. 15 Ole Miss, W 31-17 Sep. 29 E. Michigan, W 30-7 Oct. 6 at Auburn, L 35-7 Oct. 13 Georgia, L 20-17 Oct. 20 at South Carolina, W 17-6 Oct. 27 Miami (Ohio), W 24-17 Nov. 3 at Florida Nov. 10 Kentucky Nov. 17 at Tennessee Nov. 24 Wake Forest

PROJECTED FLORIDA STARTERS

OFFENSE LT 77 Jason Watkins (6-6, 302, Jr.) LG 63 Jim Tartt (6-3, 316, Jr.) C 67 Drew Miller (6-5, 304, Sr.) RG 56 Maurkice Pouncey (6-4, 311, Fr.) RT 73 Carlton Medder (6-5, 319, Sr.) QB 15 Tim Tebow (6-3, 235, So.) RB 33 Kestahn Moore (5-10, 207, Jr.) FB 29 Eric Rutledge (5-11, 253, Sr.) WR 5 Andre Caldwell (6-0, 200, Sr.) WR 1 Percy Harvin (5-11, 187, So.) WR 9 Louis Murphy (6-2, 202, Jr.) P 98 Joey Ijjas (6-2, 203, Sr.)

DEFENSE DE 91 Derric (Harvey (6-4, 262, Jr.) NT 93 Javier Estopinan (6-1, 278, Jr.) DT 98 Clint McMillan (6-1, 280, Sr.) DE 49 Jermaine Cunningham (6-3 229, So.) LB 16 A.J. Jones (6-1, 211, Fr.) LB 51 Brandon Spikes (6-3, 243, So.) LB 41 Ryan Stamper (6-1, 226, So.) CB 4 Wondy Pierre-Louis (6-1, 177, So.) CB 12 Joe Haden (5-11, 181, Fr.) SS 19 Tony Joiner (5-11, 218, Sr.) FS 3 Kyle Jackson (6-1, 202, Sr.) P 17 Chas Henry (6-4, 200, Fr.)

Florida Roster

PROJECTED VANDERBILT STARTERS

OFFENSE WR 10 Earl Bennett (6-1, 200, Jr.) WR 88 George Smith 6-3, 195, Jr.) WR 7 Sean Walker (6-0, 180, Jr.) QB 9 Mackenzi Adams (6-3, 210, So.) TB 22 Cassen Jackson-Garrison (6-1, 215, Sr.) LT 74 Chris Williams (6-7, 307, Sr.) LG 78 Josh Eames (6-5, 310, Sr.) C 53 Hamilton Holliday (6-4, 290, Sr.) RG 64 Merritt Kirchoffer (6-5, 315, Sr.) RT 72 Brian Stamper (6-5, 305 Sr.) TE 83 Brad Allen (6-4, 240, Jr.) PK Bryant Hahnfeldt (5-11, 185, Jr.)

DEFENSE DE 48 Curtis Gatewood (6-3, 230, Sr.) DT 54 Theo Horrocks(6-4, 290, Sr.) DT 56 Gabe Hall (6-1, 288, Sr.) DE 95 Steven Stone (6-6, 255, So.) WLB 30 Patrick Benoist (6-0, 218, So.) MLB 47 Jonathan Goff (6-4, 240, Sr.) SLB 49 Marcus Buggs (5-11, 230, Sr.) CB 5 Myron Lewis (6-3, 195, So.) SS 33 Reshard Langford (6-2, 218, Jr.) FS 12 Ryan Hamilton (6-1, 205, So.) CB 16 D.J. Moore (5-10, 175, So.) P 39 Brett Upson (5-11, 180, So.)

Vanderbilt Roster

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Category

Vanderbilt

Florida

Scoring
Offense

22.1

39.1

Scoring
Defense

17.4

25.6

Total
Offense

326.6

433.4

Rushing
Offense

165.4

186.9

Passing
Offense

161.2

246.5

Total
Defense

301.0

358.8

Rushing
Defense

118.0

107.1

Passing
Defense

183.0

251.6

RELATED LINKS

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium information
Official Florida Site
Scout.com Florida Site
Official Vanderbilt Site
Scout.com Vanderbilt Site
Gainesville, Fla. Weather Forecast