How to watch: Florida Gators vs. Miami Hurricanes on ABC

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A rivalry will be renewed on Saturday when the Florida Gators host the Miami Hurricanes to kick off the 2024 football season. Saturday will be the 57th all-time meeting between Florida and Miami, with the Hurricanes leading, 29-27.

Here is how to watch, stream, listen to, and bet on the Florida Gators vs the Miami Hurricanes.

How to watch the Florida Gators vs Miami Hurricanes

Date: Saturday, Aug. 31
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) — Gainesville, Florida
TV: ABC
Stream: ESPN+
Radio: SiriusXM Channel: 132 or 192

On the Call
Play-by-Play: Joe Tessitore
Analyst: Jesse Palmer
Reporter: Katie George

Betting Lines

• Spread: Miami -2.5
• Over/under: 54 points
• Money Line: Miami -139, Florida +116

A sold-out Swamp and a streak on the line

The Florida Gators have won a nation-leading 34-consecutive home openers. They’ll put that streak to the test on Saturday afternoon against the No. 19 Miami Hurricanes in front of a sold-out crowd. While Florida will have the crowd on their side, Florida head coach Billy Napier, isn’t looking past the Hurricanes.

“They have a very talented roster. You do your homework about the recruiting classes, and certainly the players they’ve added to their team in the portal. So this presents a great challenge, one that I would like to say we’ve been preparing for going all the way back to January,” Napier said of Miami.”

“This is an opportunity for our team to start telling their story relative to 2024, to put on display some of the intangibles that we’ve developed over time through a lot of hard work. I do think in these types of games emotion will not be needed. Energy, we won’t be lacking for that. I think the key here is that we execute. I think execution will be key. I think it’s important that between now and the game that all of our decisions reflect kind of our vision for who we want to be, what type of outcome that we want Saturday.”

Game Notes

• Florida takes an NCAA-best, 34-game win streak in home openers into Saturday’s game (1989: Ole Miss 24, Florida 19).
• The Gators have lost just two season openers since 1990, going 30-2 in that span (2017 vs. Michigan, 2023 at Utah).
• Florida is 87-30 all-time in season openers featuring a 71-6 mark in Gainesville.
• UF opens vs. a ranked opponent for the third-straight season for the first time ever, going 1-1 the last two openers.
• Week 1 marks the 57th all-time meeting between Florida and Miami, with the Hurricanes leading, 29-27.
• This is Miami’s 22nd visit to The Swamp but first since 2008 (UF 26, UM 3). Florida is 9-12 at home but 5-4 since 1972.
• Florida is an underdog in a season opener in The Swamp for just the second time since 1970.
• The last two occurences (2-0) were in 2022 vs. Utah (W, 24-19) and on Sept. 20, 1969 vs. No. 7 Houston (W, 59-34).
• This is the fourth time in program history that Florida is opening the season in The Swamp against a ranked opponent.
  » Florida is 3-0 all-time in such contests.
• Florida owns the No. 1 strength of schedule in the country, featuring eight Preseason AP Top-20 opponents.
• The Gators were one of two teams to play six games against top-20 opponents in the 2023 regular season (Arizona).
• Last season, Florida ranked second nationally and first in the SEC in completion percentage (72.3%).
• The Gators were the best net punting team (43.3) in the SEC and ranked fourth nationally in that department.
• Florida finished tied for fifth nationally and t-first in the SEC (LSU, Tennessee) in fewest interceptions thrown (five)