New Mexico State Aggies vs Florida Gators Match Player Stats On Sep 05, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Sep 5, 2015

Platooning quarterbacks Will Grier and Treon Harris combined for four touchdown passes and a scoring run on Saturday night as Florida opened the Jim McElwain coaching era with a 61-13 rout of visiting New Mexico State in Gainesville, Fla.

Grier, a redshirt freshman, completed 15 of 17 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns and added 43 yards and a TD on the ground. Harris, a sophomore, finished 14 of 19 for 215 yards and two scores while rushing for 23 yards for the Gators (1-0), who posted their FBS-leading 26th straight season-opening win.

Florida rolled up total 606 total yards in posting the most points in a coach's debut in program history.

Tyler Rodgers finished 14 of 27 for 128 yards and a touchdown and Larry Rose III rushed 12 times for 64 yards and a score for the Aggies (0-1), who dropped their 11th straight game after a 2-0 start last season. New Mexico State also remained winless in 13 games against Southeastern Conference opponents.

The Aggies did pull to within 28-13 with 1:46 remaining in the first half on a 31-yard scoring strike from Rogers to Teldrick Morgan, but Greer and the Gators answered with a seven-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 32-yard scoring reception from C'yontai Lewis with 24 seconds left before the break.

Florida then tacked on 27 second-half points to improve to 10-1 against current members of the Sun Belt Conference.