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Their first loss of the 2019 season, the No. 9 Florida Gators fell to the No. 2 LSU Tigers, 42-28, on October 12 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Connecting on 23-39 pass attempts, redshirt junior quarterback Kyle Trask threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns. Redshirt freshman Emory Jones added a touchdown pass of his own.
The team’s leading rusher, senior Lamical Perine ran for 65 yards on 17 carries in the loss.
Standing at 3-1 in SEC play, the Gators are still in position to reach great heights this season. ESPN’s FPI broke down their game-by-game win probabilities:
- Oct. 19 at South Carolina (60 percent)
- Nov. 2 vs. No. 10 Georgia (34.8 percent)
- Nov. 9 vs. Vanderbilt (97.3 percent)
- Nov. 16 at No. 22 Missouri (52.6 percent)
- Nov. 30 at Florida State (85.8 percent)
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Teddy Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. In addition to his work here, he has covered the Michigan Wolverines for GBMWolverine and Wolverine Digest. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.
