Kentucky vs. Florida: Numbers You Need to Know, presented by Eckrich

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2 — Times Kentucky and Florida have met as ranked teams in the AP Poll. This is the second. The first was in 1952 when No. 20 UK fell 27-0 to No. 15 Florida in Gainesville. Kentucky is 9-12 against ranked opponents since 2015. Kentucky’s 34-7 win over No. 20 Tennessee in 2020 was the Wildcats’ last win over a ranked team on the road.

4 — Times Will Levis was sacked in week one. The Big Blue Wall paved the way for only 50 rushing yards.

5 — Wins ever recorded by Kentucky in Gainesville.

6.75 — Margin of victory for each team in 4 of the last 5 games between Kentucky and Florida, each of which were one-score games in the fourth quarter. The only exception was during the pandemic-plagued 2020 season that kept a couple of UK team captains back in Lexington.

7.3 — Yards per carry by Florida in its win over No. 7 Utah.

8 — Straight field goals by Matt Ruffolo.

11 — of Anthony Richardson‘s 17 week one completions were past the line of scrimmage and only one was thrown more than 20 yards downfield.

12 — Kentucky football players made their debut against Miami (OH), including six true freshman.

60 — Wins by Mark Stoops, tied with Bear Bryant for the most by a Kentucky football head coach.

41 — Years since Kentucky defeated Florida in back-to-back seasons. Fran Curci’s Cats did it in 1976-77.

136 — Receiving yards by Tayvion Robinson in his UK debut, a career-high for the Virginia Tech transfer.

Numbers You Need to Know