Game 8
Florida 47, Georgia 7
November 2, 1996, Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.  
Attendance: 84,103

After a two-game absence from the city of Jacksonville, Florida posts a 47-7 victory over Georgia before 84,103 fans at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, the largest crowd in Jacksonville for this series. Florida moves to 8-0 for the third time in school history, joining the 1928 and 1995 teams and improves to 6-0 in league action for the third time in school history (1991 and 1995).  The 40-point margin of victory is the largest for Florida in the 73 meetings between the two schools and the win is Florida's seventh consecutive vs. the Bulldogs, tying the all-time series record for most consecutive wins by a school in the rivalry (Georgia also won seven straight games from 1941 to 1948 - no game in 1943). 
Florida fails to score on its initial drive of the game for the first time all year, but puts 20 points on the board in the first 12-plus minutes of the game to provide an early knockout punch. Danny Wuerffel continues his pin-point accuracy, completing 10-of-14 passes for 175 yards and two TDS in the first quarter alone. His second completion of the day, a six-yarder to Reidel Anthony, makes him UF's all-time passing yardage leader  - passing Shane Matthews, who had 9,287 yards passing in his career. Wuerffel, the owner of 23 Florida school records, finishes the day 16-of-23 for 279 yards with four touchdowns and one interception. The game marks the 10th time Wuerffel has thrown for four or more touchdowns in a game. Wuerffel, who only plays in the opening drive of the second half before calling it a day, also completes three passes in the redzone, all for touchdowns, giving him 16 completions in the redzone in 1996 with 14 of them going for touchdowns.
Anthony catches seven balls for 98 yards and two touchdowns. He now has 12 touchdown grabs on the year, already tied for third on the UF single-season chart and good enough for fourth on the SEC single-season chart.  
Despite playing without five defensive starters, including three on the defensive line, the Florida defense still allows just one touchdown (a fourth quarter score) and 272 yards in total offense (166 rushing, 106 passing) to Georgia.  The defense also forces three turnovers leading to 20 points. Tony George recorded his first interception of the year, while Reggie McGrew and Dock Pollard recovered fumbles. 
The win is number 69 for Florida head coach Steve Spurrier, just one shy of the school record of 70 set by Ray Graves from 1960-69. Spurrier is a perfect 7-0 vs. Georgia and he ties the Bulldog's Wally Butts for most consecutive wins in the series by a coach. 

Other Game Notes
-UF wins its 21st consecutive regular season game and is now 25-0-1 in regular-season games since mid-season of 1994. 
-UF wins its 19th straight SEC game and its 31st conference contest in its last 33 tries. 
-Florida improves to 48-0 vs. unranked opponents under Spurrier and 47-4-1 in games played in the state of Florida.
-UF wins its 21st straight game vs. an SEC Eastern Division team and wins its 16th straight SEC game away from Florida Field.
-UF has now scored more than 31 points in six of the seven meetings between Florida and Georgia under head coach Steve Spurrier. In the 67 meetings between Florida and Georgia prior to the arrival of Spurrier in 1990, UF had never scored more than 31 points in a game vs. Georgia. 
-Reidel Anthony catches a TD pass in his seventh consecutive game.

Scoring Summary & Statistics
Team      1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Florida   20  14  0   13  47
Georgia   0   0   0   7   7

1st Quarter
UF: 9:19 - Taylor 2-yard run (Edmiston PAT); 3 plays, 48 yards, :58
UF: 8:19 - Anthony 20-yard pass from Wuerffel (PAT blocked) - 1 play, 20 yards, :07
UF: 2:02 - Anthony 21-yard pass from Wuerffel (Edmiston PAT) - 9 plays, 84 yards, 4:32

2nd Quarter
UF: 7:36 - Allen 19-yard pass from Wuerffel (Edmiston PAT) - 10 plays, 92 yards, 4:23
UF: 4:19 - Green 11-yard pass from Wuerffel (Edmiston PAT) - 4 plays, 28 yards, 1:49

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter
UF: 14:55 - Edmiston 27-yard field goal - 8 plays, 48 yards, 4:15
UG: 8:45 - Pass 9-yard run - 13 plays, 80 yards, 6:10
UF: 2:42 - Edmiston 23-yard field goal  - 9 plays, 63 yards, 6:03
UF: 2:23 - Ross 14-yard pass from Johnson (Edmiston PAT) - 1 play 14 yards, :19

Team Statistics
                                             Florida          Georgia

Rushes - Net Yards                           34-209           42-166
Passing Comp.-Att.-Yds.                      19-26-319        10-22-106
Total Offense                                528              272
Penalties-Yards                              11-88            5-36
Turnovers (Fumbles Lost/Interceptions)       0-1              2-1
Possession Time                              30:33            29:27

Individual Statistics
Rushing (Attempts-Yards-Touchdowns)
Florida: Williams 10-94-0; Taylor 7-39-1; McCaslin 6-54-0; T. Jackson 5-34-0; Green 2-14-0; Schottenheimer 1-(-5)-0; Wuerffel 3-(-21)-0. 
Georgia: Kirtsey 15-71-0; Pass 9-57-1; Edwards 9-34-0; Simpson 2-6-0; Collins 1-5-0; Calloway 1-4-0; Ward 2-(-1)-0; Bobo 3-(-10)-0. 

Passing (Completions-Attempts-Yards-Touchdowns-Interceptions)
Florida: Wuerffel 16-23-279-4-1; Schottenheimer 1-1-11-0-0; Johnson 2-2-29-1-0. 
Georgia: Bobo 9-20-113-0-1; B. Smith 1-2-(-7)-0-0. 

Receiving (Receptions-Yards-Touchdowns)
Florida: Anthony 7-98-2; Green 3-47-1; T. Jackson 2-54-0; McGriff 2-39-0; Williams 1-24-0; Allen 1-19-0; Richardson 1-15-0; Ross 1-14-0; Karim 1-9-0. 
Georgia: Allen 5-44-0; Daniels 2-41-0; Brown 2-28-0; Kirtsey 1-(-7)-0.

Leading Tacklers (Total Tackles-Sacks)
Florida: Bates 11-0; Showers 11-0; Moten 7-0.  
Georgia: C. Johnson 9-0; Smart 5-0; Bailey 5-0.