At the end of the first, Eastern trailed 14-3. It was Harrison's fourth-longest career field goal and the fourth 40-plus yarder of his career.įlorida took just one play to strike back on its first offensive play of the game, a 75-yard touchdown pass for the 7-3 lead.Īfter Eastern turned the ball over on downs, Florida scored again on a three-yard touchdown run. They strung together a 13-play, 49-yard drive that took 6:56 off of the clock, ending in Seth Harrison's 44-yard field goal. Pacific time from Ogden, Utah, and will be streamed on ESPN+ and 700-AM ESPN.Įastern Washington utilized a strong opening drive to take an early 3-0 lead. The Eagles will return to Big Sky Conference play next week on Saturday, Oct. Today's game concludes the non-conference portion of the schedule for Eastern Washington. This is the first time EWU has lost three consecutive games since the 2015 season when it ended the year with three-straight losses. The Gators amassed 666 yards of total offense with 392 passing yards and 274 rushing yards. EWU was 8-of-18 on third down conversions and 1-of-4 on fourth down. They had the ball for 36:28 of the game compared to 23:32 for the Gators. had the game's lone interception.Īs a team, the Eagles put up 411 yards of total offense including 258 through the air and 153 on the ground. Brock Harrison had one tackle for loss, and Jones Jr. led the team with six tackles, while a trio of Eagles had four. Nick Kokich punted five times for 212 yards and averaged of 42.4 yards per punt. Seth Harrison was 1-for-1 on field goal attempts and 2-for-2 on extra point attempts. Freddie Roberson totaled 62 yards on seven catches, while Efton Chism III collected 59 on eight. Tuna Altahir was the team's leading rusher with 52 rushing yards on 15 carries, followed by Justice Jackson who had 38 on 10. He also completed one of three pass attempts for eight yards. Kekoa Visperas made his second career appearance, rushing for 28 yards on two carries and his first career touchdown. Talkington completed 24-of-37 pass attempts for 250 yards. Now, it's the challenge of doing that against Big Sky Conference play.' With Kekoa Visperas scoring and Jakobie James made a big catch, there was a lot of good stuff going on. We held our own for pockets, we did some good things, and it was good to see some of those guys at the end make plays, and not just get into the game. There aren't too many times that this University has played on a Sunday, let alone across the country on a Sunday. We played way better ball today on a different sort of week. 'It was a different vibe and a different feeling overall even if the end result was the same. On third down, we moved the sticks to get to a new set of chains,' said head coach Aaron Best. I thought we controlled the ball and moved the sticks. Time of possession was in our favor, majorly, with the help of those one-play drives from their offense. There was more fight, more want, more plays made, and more consistency in a lot of ways. It was a different outfit on our end than we played in Eugene. There were a few explosive plays from their offense against our defense that put us behind the eight-ball a little bit. 'There was a lot of life outside of the fourth quarter, it just didn't go our way against a really good football team. EWU would outscore Florida 14-7 in the fourth quarter, thanks to a 25-yard rushing touchdown by Kekoa Visperas before Florida took the game 52-17. The momentum continued as Alphonse Oywak would block a 46-yard field goal attempt for the Gators on their next drive. Florida turned the ball over on downs, snapping a streak of seven-straight drives that were followed by a score with 1:41 left in the third.įlorida would extend the lead to 52-3 to open the fourth quarter, but the Eagles were finally able to find the endzone when Gunner Talkington found Jakobie James for the 28-yard touchdown pass. Another Florida touchdown made it a 45-3 game. The Gators then made a 36-yard field goal to go up 38-3.

grabbed his first interception of the season, but they unfortunately couldn't find the endzone after the turnover. The Eagles started off the second half strong as well when Marlon Jones Jr. The Gators would score on all five of their offensive drives in the first half, leading 35-3 at the break. Florida scored on both of its first quarter drives, and the Eagles trailed 14-3 after the first. This was Eastern Washington's first-ever game against an SEC opponent.Įastern Washington opened the game with a 3-0 lead after Seth Harrison put a 44-yard field goal through the uprights. With the loss, EWU drops to 1-3 overall (0-1 Big Sky Conference) while the Gators improve to 3-2 overall (0-2 Southeastern Conference). 18/20 Eastern Washington University football team lost 52-17 at Florida today (Sunday, Oct. Facing its second Football Bowl Subdivision opponent of the year, the No.

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