Florida Gators vs. Tulane Green Wave: How to watch, channel, streaming
TAMPA, FLORIDA — After a strong conclusion to the regular season, the Florida Gators have a chance to finish 2024 in style in Friday’s Gasparilla Bowl vs. Tulane. And there are several reasons Billy Napier’s team is the favorite.
The Gators (7-5), winners of three straight games vs. one of the country’s toughest schedules, are hot. Tulane (9-4), which has lost two in a row, is not. Florida has a healthy starting quarterback in DJ Lagway. Tulane’s full-time starter this season, Darian Mensah, went in the transfer portal so the Wave will turn to his backup, Ty Thompson.
“It’s a good opportunity,” Gators receiver Chimere Dike said this week. “I want to finish the right way.”
How to watch the Florida Gators vs the Tulane Green Wave
Bowl: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Date: Friday, Dec. 20
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Raymond James Stadium (75,000), Tampa, Florida
TV: ESPN2 — Channel (Cox): 27 [HD] — Channel (DirecTV): 200 [HD]
Stream: ESPN2, fuboTV
Radio: SiriusXM Channel: 139 / 205
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On The Call
Play-by-Play: Anish Shroff
Analyst: Andre Ware
Reporter: Paul Carcaterra
Betting Lines
Spread: Florida -10.5, Tulane +10.5
Over/Under: 49.5 points
Money Line: Florida -400, Tulane +310
Florida-Tulane Game Notes
*Sone notes provided by Florida Gators Sports Information:
-This is the second straight game the Gators are listed as a double-digit favorite. They beat FSU 31-11 in their most recent game as a heavy favorite.
-Tulane is 9-4, but has lost two straight games, to 10-2 Memphis (34-24) and 11-1 Army (35-14) in the American Athletic Championship Game. Mensah had thrown for 2,723 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2024 before entering the portal. He is transferring to Duke.
-Florida leads the all-time series with Tulane, 13-6-2. The Gators have won 11 straight in the series. Florida and Tulane first faced off on Nov. 18, 1915 in Gainesville, with the Gators winning 14-7.
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-This is the third matchup between Florida and Tulane in Tampa (tied at 1-1). Florida is 28-15-3 all-time in Tampa. The Gators used to play games here regularly.
-Florida has an all-time bowl record of 24-24.
-Napier is 2-2 all-time in bowl games: 2022 Las Vegas Bowl (L), 2018 Cure Bowl (L), 2019-20, LendingTree Bowl (W), 2020 First Responder Bowl (W).
-Of the 37 upsets by unranked teams in the regular season, Florida was one of six with multiple top-25 wins.
-The Gators have recorded a takeaway in nine-straight games and have forced a turnover in 11 of 12 overall.
-Lagway is set to join Wayne Peace (W, 1980 Tangerine Bowl), Chris Leak (L, 2004 Outback Bowl) and Treon Harris (W, 2015 Birmingham Bowl) as the fourth Gators true freshman quarterback to start a bowl game (The other three went 2-1). Lagway leads all FBS passers with at least 100 attempts with a 97.3 passing grade on deep throws (20-plus yards).
-In the last three games (as we noted, all wins), Florida outscored teams 82-44 while forcing 12 fumbles (to just one on offense).
