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Preseason Week 1: Illinois Fighting Illini at Florida Gators

August 16, 2025
74°
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, FL) Attendance: 54,305 (61%)
Fighting Illini 0 0 3 9 - 12
Gators 0 7 0 0 - 7

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Gators: 1-3-ILL 3 (1:05) 16-Daniel Harshman pass complete to 83-Richard Roundy for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Daniel Eden. FLA 7 ILL 0
(Qtr 3) Fighting Illini: 4-3-FLA 21 (0:49) 9-Grant Ruiz 39 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 7 ILL 3
(Qtr 4) Fighting Illini: 4-10-FLA 25 (8:39) 9-Grant Ruiz 43 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 7 ILL 6
(Qtr 4) Fighting Illini: 4-16-FLA 34 (5:50) 9-Grant Ruiz 51 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 7 ILL 9
(Qtr 4) Fighting Illini: 4-5-FLA 20 (1:01) 9-Grant Ruiz 37 yard field goal is GOOD. FLA 7 ILL 12

Team Statistics

Gators Fighting Illini
First Downs 13 12
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 8 5
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 196 202
- Offensive Plays 66 65
- Yards Per Play 2.97 3.11
Net Rushing Yards 63 143
- Rushing Attempts 25 33
- Yards Per Rush 2.52 4.33
Net Passing Yards 133 59
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 20 / 2 27 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 162 99
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 29 5 / 40
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.24 1.84
- Yards Per Completion 8.10 6.19
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 16 2 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.1 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 6 5 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 4 / 30
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 57 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 6
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 36
Time of Possession 26:37 33:19

Drive Charts

Florida Gators

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:02 2:16 OWN 19 3 9 Punt
1 7:55 1:32 OWN 12 3 9 Punt
1 4:16 1:17 OWN 20 3 0 Punt
1 0:40 1:28 OWN 20 5 33 Fumble
2 13:27 1:42 OWN 37 4 19 Punt
2 10:57 1:30 OWN 40 4 13 Punt
2 7:56 3:15 OWN 37 7 25 Punt
2 3:11 2:10 OWN 36 7 64 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:34 OWN 25 6 34 Punt
3 6:24 1:30 OWN 43 3 -2 Punt
3 2:12 0:04 OWN 31 1 0 Interception
3 0:46 1:41 OWN 25 6 16 Punt
4 8:35 1:27 OWN 21 3 2 Interception
4 5:46 2:37 OWN 27 7 20 Downs
4 0:58 0:34 OWN 25 4 -2 Downs

Illinois Fighting Illini

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:58 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 10:46 2:51 OWN 20 5 19 Punt
1 6:23 2:07 OWN 40 3 -1 Punt
1 2:59 2:19 OWN 31 4 17 Punt
2 14:12 0:44 OPP 44 2 7 Fumble
2 11:45 0:48 OWN 11 3 1 Punt
2 9:26 1:30 OWN 12 3 11 Punt
2 4:41 1:30 OWN 20 3 -3 Punt
2 1:00 1:00 OWN 25 2 10 Half
3 11:26 5:01 OWN 20 8 44 Missed FG
3 4:54 2:42 OWN 19 5 3 Punt
3 2:08 1:23 OPP 29 3 7 Field Goal
4 14:05 5:29 OWN 20 10 55 Field Goal
4 7:08 1:22 OPP 27 3 -6 Field Goal
4 3:09 2:11 OPP 46 7 27 Field Goal
4 0:24 0:24 OPP 17 1 0 Game

Rushing Stats

Florida Gators

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Matthew Radford 10 19 1.90 10 1 0
Robert Engle 7 18 2.57 15 1 0
Roy Estrada 6 18 3.00 9 0 0
Scott Dugger 2 8 4.00 6 0 0

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Briggs 8 43 5.38 12 2 0
Henry McKinney 11 38 3.45 8 0 0
Ronald Baker 10 34 3.40 9 0 0
Robert Jankowski 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
Kevin Zimmerman 2 13 6.50 13 1 0
Paul Shaffer 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Florida Gators

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Daniel Harshman 33 17 142 3 / 21 1 20 2 47.79
Frank Andrews 4 3 20 1 / 8 0 10 0 85.42

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Kevin Zimmerman 20 11 72 4 / 30 0 18 0 62.92
Paul Redman 7 5 27 1 / 10 0 7 0 77.68

Receiving Stats

Florida Gators

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Roundy 6 60 10.00 20 1
Lupe Close 4 35 8.75 10 0
Roderick Shumate 2 22 11.00 11 0
Matthew Radford 2 20 10.00 17 0
John Proctor 2 15 7.50 10 0
Roy Estrada 2 12 6.00 8 0
Scott Dugger 2 -2 -1.00 -1 0

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Wayne Hall 2 21 10.50 18 0
William Porter 2 20 10.00 13 0
Larry Taylor 4 19 4.75 7 0
Calvin Harris 1 11 11.00 11 0
John Briggs 2 9 4.50 5 0
Paul Shaffer 1 6 6.00 6 0
Henry McKinney 1 5 5.00 5 0
Matthew Jackson 1 4 4.00 4 0
Ronald Baker 2 4 2.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Florida Gators

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Chester France 45 21 2 2
Matthew Mackenzie 5 9 1 1
Phillip Mitchell 36 21 1 2
Johnny Brummett 2 2 0 0
Robert Mathews 38 17 0 2
Matthew Radford 17 5 0 0
Roy Estrada 3 6 0 0
Forrest Espinoza 17 3 0 0
Roderick Shumate 0 10 0 1
Gregory Schreiber 0 1 0 0
Jerry Bowman 0 2 0 0
Vincent Woodruff 0 2 0 0
Jack Johnson 0 1 0 0
Herbert Murphy 0 2 0 0
Roy McCoy 0 1 0 0
Michael Chaves 0 1 0 0
Larry Madrid 0 1 0 0
Philip Cooley 32 16 0 0
Kevin Bush 0 2 0 0
Timothy Graber 0 9 0 0
John Proctor 0 9 0 0
Kelvin Roach 6 8 0 0
John Sliger 5 10 0 0
Scott Dugger 27 15 0 2
Anthony Baptiste 8 10 0 0
Gary Goldberg 5 8 0 0
Robert Engle 3 0 0 0
Howard Mackenzie 0 5 0 0
Fred Correia 8 9 0 0
Kennith Ely 41 26 0 1
Frederick Guajardo 15 10 0 0
Daniel Ballard 1 0 0 0
Sterling Robbins 11 3 0 2
Richard Roundy 9 17 0 3
Lupe Close 2 12 0 0
Ricardo Williams 0 1 0 0
Bryan Noone 0 1 0 0

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Benjamin Marlow 29 27 2 5
Philip Camara 29 29 1 2
Joel McMillan 12 9 1 1
Gregory Labrie 36 31 1 5
Derick Oliver 7 5 0 1
Alex Moore 2 0 0 0
Paul Shaffer 1 0 0 0
Thomas Hall 16 3 0 0
Wesley Turner 0 1 0 0
Adrian Farley 1 12 0 0
Jeff See 13 10 0 0
Douglas Trammell 0 1 0 0
Kim Smith 0 2 0 0
Dillon Paige 0 2 0 0
Patrick Marroquin 0 4 0 0
Jeff Boutwell 1 2 0 0
Randy Fry 1 0 0 0
Larry Shannon 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Ramsey 0 1 0 1
William Robinson 0 1 0 0
Alvin Bower 0 1 0 0
Mike Sears 0 1 0 0
Matthew Jackson 0 2 0 0
Steven Turk 0 2 0 0
Brian Burns 0 2 0 0
Darrell Thompson 31 16 0 1
Daniel Scott 2 6 0 3
Henry Grant 10 7 0 0
Enrique Harms 12 9 0 0
Larry Taylor 13 18 0 1
Ronald Baker 9 12 0 0
John Briggs 7 14 0 0
Robert Jankowski 5 1 0 0
James Skinner 2 1 0 0
Henry McKinney 20 9 0 1
Donald Masterson 6 4 0 0
Wayne Hall 0 10 0 1
William Porter 0 7 0 0
Calvin Harris 0 7 0 0
Sonny Adams 1 0 0 0
Michael Spiro 33 28 0 0
Christopher Wilson 0 1 0 0
Tyler Cardenas 0 1 0 1
Larry Fry 0 2 0 0
Richard Vella 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Florida Gators

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Alex Moore 2 6 3.00 0

Fumble Stats

Florida Gators

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Frank Andrews 1 0 0 0
Jerry Bowman 0 1 0 0
Gregory Schreiber 0 0 1 0

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Henry McKinney 1 0 0 0
Richard Smith 0 1 1 0

Punting

Florida Gators

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harry Garcia 9 402 44.67 36.22 52 4

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Reidy 8 384 48.00 43.88 58 2

Kicking

Florida Gators

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Daniel Eden 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Grant Ruiz 4 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 2 51 0 / 0

Punt Return

Florida Gators

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Bush 1 7 7.0 7 0

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
William Porter 3 23 7.7 10 0
Matthew Jackson 1 7 7.0 7 0

Kick Return

Florida Gators

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Timothy Graber 2 57 28.5 0

Illinois Fighting Illini

Defensive Stats

Florida Gators

Name Tackles Sacks
Larry Madrid 10 0
Herbert Murphy 5 2
Fredrick Pitt 4 0
Bryan Noone 4 0
Michael Chaves 4 0
Jerry Bowman 3 0
Gregory Schreiber 3 0
Willie Foster 3 0
Johnny Brummett 3 1
Roy McCoy 2 0
Elliott Cannon 2 0
John Miller 2 0
Lupe Close 2 0
Frederick Guajardo 2 0
Roderick Shumate 1 0
Jeremiah Rafferty 1 0
Gordon Pincus 1 0
Jack Johnson 1 1
Robert Johnson 1 0
Matthew Mackenzie 1 0
Albert Jenkins 1 0
Rudolph Lemons 1 0
Christopher Vercher 1 1

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name Tackles Sacks
Brian Burns 8 0
Alex Moore 5 0
Jeff Boutwell 5 0
Paul Crider 4 0
Kenneth Ramsey 4 0
Harold Polk 3 1
Tyler Cardenas 3 0
Donald Grey 3 0
Eric Wear 2 0
Walter Ross 2 0
Richard Vella 2 2
William Robinson 1 0
Douglas Trammell 1 0
Kim Smith 1 0
Sonny Adams 1 0
Alvin Bower 1 0
Robert Morehouse 1 0
Larry Taylor 1 0
Richard Smith 1 1
Dillon Paige 1 0