– Alabama holds a 27-14 lead in the all-time series including a seven-game winning streak dating back to 2009.
– These two programs first met in Jacksonville on Oct. 21, 1916 with the Crimson Tide coming out on top, 16-0.
– The Gators last defeated Alabama on Dec. 6, 2008 in the SECCG by a score of 31-20 –on ESPN College Gameday. Florida was ranked No.2 in the country and Alabama occupied the No.1 spot.
– Florida head coach Dan Mullen (0-10 overall, 0-1 at UF) is searching for his first-career win against Alabama. Florida was edged out by Alabama, 52-46, in last year’s SEC Championship Game on Dec.19, 2020. Mullen has at least one win against every other SEC team including multiple wins against every team other than Florida or Mississippi State (in addition to Alabama).
– Last week, Mullen celebrated his 100th career win by producing the most total yards (666) in a game during his UF tenure. That total ranks fifth all-time in terms of total yards in a single game in Florida football history.
– Florida ranks first in the FBS in rushing (763 yards, 381.5 YPG) and third with 609.5 total yards/game (top mark in the SEC).
– Florida boasts a 346-110-13 (.752) all-time record at The Swamp, holding the second-highest home winning percentage in the nation since 1990 with a 165-31 (.842) record. The Gators have outscored opponents, 7,400 to 3,086, in 196 games inside The Swamp since 1990, putting the average outcome at 37.8 to 15.7 (22.1 point spread).
– Florida is 16-3 in true-home games under Mullen (2018: 5-2 | 2019: 6-0 | 2020: 4-1 | 2021: 1-0)
– Florida is looking to start 3-0 for the second time under Mullen (2019: 6-0).
– The Gators are 4-5 against AP top-10 teams under Mullen. From 2010-17, Florida went 5-11 against top-10 opponents.
– SEC Nation, co-hosted by Gators alumna Laura Rutledge and Gators great TimTebow, alongside Roman Harper, Jordan Rodgers and Paul Finebaum, will air from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on SEC Network.
– Marty&McGee ,hosted by Marty Smith and Ryan McGee, will also make the trip down to The Swamp.
– This is Florida’s 19th appearance on SEC Nation and 11th time hosting the show. Both totals rank third in the SEC. The Gators are 9-9 overall when appearing on SEC Nation and 5-5 when hosting the show.
– SEC Nation’s visit to The Swamp this week marks Florida’s first appearance on the program since its match up against Georgia in 2019, and it’s also the show’s first visit to Gainesville since 2018 when the Gators downed LSU, 27-19.
– After leading the nation with 378.8 passing YPG in 2020 (fourth-highest total in SEC history), the Gator offense has flipped the script and come out of the gate as the top rushing offense in the FBS through Week 2.
– Entering Week 3, Florida ranks first in the FBS in rushing yards (763), first in rushing yards per game (381.5) and third in total yards per game (609.5). Florida’s 609.5 yards per game ranks first in the SEC.
– Florida’s 666 yards of total offense vs. USF in Week 2 was the fifth-highest total in program history and the most since the Gators totaled 705 yards vs. The Citadel on Nov. 22, 2008.
-With 115 yards rushing and 152 yards passing (3-for-3) vs. USF in Week 2, quarterback Anthony Richardson became the first FBS player in the last 25 seasons to rush for 100+ yards, pass for 150+ yards and complete every pass he threw in a game.
– Richardson’s 80-yard touchdown rush in the fourth quarter vs. USF is tied for the ninth-longest touchdown rush in Florida football history. It is also the longest rush by a Florida quarterback dating back to at least 1996. Richardson also had a 73-yard TD run in Week 1 and a 75-yard TD pass in the first quarter in Week 2. Richardson has accounted for three 70+yard touchdown scores in the first two weeks of the season.
– Richardson’s 80-yard TD rush is the longest rush and longest touchdown rush by an FBS quarterback this season and is also tied for the seventh-longest run overall in 2021.
– Richardson is the first Gators quarterback with a 70-plus yard touchdown run and 75-plus yard touchdown pass in the same season since Jeff Driskel in 2012.
– Richardson is one of two FBS quarterbacks to record a 70-plus yard touchdown rush and 70+ yard touch- down pass in the same season over the last two years and the only quarterback to do it so far in 2021.
– Richardson is the first FBS quarterbacks to have a 70-plus yard touchdown rush and 70-plus yard touch- down pass in back-to-back weeks since Jabari Laws(Army) in 2019.
– He set a new-career high for passing yards in a game vs. USF on his first throw, finishing with 152 yards passing.
