{"id":16745,"date":"2018-09-16T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosoncfb.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=16745"},"modified":"2025-09-13T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:03:10","slug":"florida-bounces-back-with-48-10-win-versus-colorado-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2018\/09\/16\/florida-bounces-back-with-48-10-win-versus-colorado-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Bounces Back With 48-10 Win Versus Colorado State"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Gators rebound after their first loss of the season to Kentucky with a win against the Colorado State Rams. The Gators defeated the Rams in a 48-10 rout that consisted a lot of special team touchdowns. Feleipe Franks<\/a><\/strong> had a rough game against Colorado State, but he has already played his touchdown total from last season. The Florida rushing attack had a better night with two long touchdowns run. And one junior receiver has had a much better season than most fans expected. The Gators did a nice job holding a high-powered Colorado State offense to only ten points and also had three turnovers.<\/p>\n

Colorado State Rams<\/h3>\n

The Colorado State Rams failed to upset the Florida Gators as they struggled on offense and defense. Rams starting quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels<\/a><\/strong> had a decent night as he completed 21 out of 33 for 217 yards and a touchdown. The Rams running back had a rough night as the Gators defense held them to 70 rushing yards on 42 carries. Preston Williams<\/a><\/strong> had a big night as he had nine receptions for 106 yards. Trey McBride<\/strong> had three catches for 60 yards and a 48-yard receiving touchdown.<\/p>\n

The Rams defense and special teams had a bad Saturday as they let Florida get in the end zone six times. Josh Watson<\/a><\/strong> led the Rams in tackles with five and three of them solo. Rashad Ajayi<\/strong> had four tackles with the team\u2019s only sack and a tackle for loss. Cornerback V.J. Banks<\/a><\/strong> also added interception to his total in the 2018 season. The Rams special team had their problems as they had a blocked punt returned for a touchdown and allowed an 85 yard punt return touchdown.<\/p>\n

Florida Gators<\/h3>\n

The Florida Gators got the win against the Rams, but they still a lot of work to do. Feleipe Franks was eight for fifteen for 119 yards with two touchdowns and an interceptions. The redshirt-sophomore has nine touchdowns and two interceptions on the season. The Florida rushing attack rushed for 222 yards on 29 carries. Freshman Dameon Pierce<\/a><\/strong> led the team in rushing with five carries for 87 yards\u00a0and a\u00a0touchdown. Jordan Scarlett<\/a><\/strong> had six carries for 56 yards and a 30 yard rushing touchdown. Ole Miss transfer Van Jefferson<\/a><\/strong> had two receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown. Freddie Swain<\/strong> had an 18-yard receiving touchdown and an 85-yard punt return touchdown on the night.<\/p>\n

On defense, the Gators played very well, limiting the Rams to only ten points. They also had five sacks in the game and two fumble recoveries. Jabari Zuniga<\/a><\/strong> had a big night with 2.5 sacks and five tackles. James Houston IV<\/a><\/strong> led the team with eight tackles and one tackle for loss. C.J. Henderson<\/a><\/strong> and Jachai Polite<\/a><\/strong> both had a sack versus the Rams. Jeremiah Moon<\/a><\/strong> had seven tackles with a two QB hurries and half of a sack. They also had two fumble recoveries by linebacker Vosean Joseph<\/a><\/strong> and defensive tackle Elijah Conliffe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Next?<\/h3>\n

The Florida Gators will be on the road for the first time this season against the Tennessee Volunteers. This will be Florida’s first road game\u00a0in the Dan Mullen<\/strong><\/a> era. You can watch this game on Saturday night at 7 pm EST on ESPN.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit:<\/p>\n

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File Photo: Florida Gators quarterback Feleipe Franks (13). September 15, 2018 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field in Gainesville, Fl. (Photo by David Rosenblum\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Florida Gators rebound after their first loss of the season to Kentucky with a win against the Colorado State Rams. The Gators defeated the Rams in a 48-10 rout that consisted a lot of special team touchdowns. Feleipe Franks had a rough game against Colorado State, but he has already played his touchdown total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2113,"featured_media":16761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[79,1268,2659,1977,244,2018,3690,3691,126,20],"class_list":["post-16745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sec","category-featured","tag-college-football","tag-colorado-state-rams","tag-dameon-pierce","tag-feleipe-franks","tag-florida-gators","tag-freddie-swain","tag-jabari-zuniga","tag-james-houston-iv","tag-ncaa","tag-sec"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77867,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745\/revisions\/77867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}