The Florida Gators will be at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa this afternoon for the 2024 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, where they will take on the Tulane Green Wave. The match start time is 3:30 p.m. Follow here for live match updates. With a resilient defensive performance from UF that saw Tulane finish with 194 yards, and an offensive explosion in the second half, the Florida Gators easily finished in a stunning victory to take the win at Gasparilla Bowl 2024. Freshman quarterback DJ Lagway earned Gasparilla Bowl MVP honors, finishing the day completing 22 of 35 punts for 305 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Lagway’s 305 passing yards set a new Gasparilla Bowl record, while UF kicker Trey Smack set his own record with four successful carries, the most in a Gasparilla Bowl contest. Florida now finishes the 2024 campaign with an 8-5 record.

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The evil Gators officially made history with an impressive defensive performance throughout the first two quarters of this game. Today’s contest marked the first time Florida kept an opponent clean sheet for the entire first half of a game since the 1992 Gator Bowl. Additionally, today marked the lowest-scoring first half in Gasparilla Bowl history . Florida had its chances in this game, totaling 269 yards to Tulane’s 62, but a pair of interceptions by UF rookie quarterback DJ Lagway kept the Gators from getting into scoring territory so far in this match. In addition to the two interceptions, Lagway has thrown for 190 yards so far in this game while completing 14 of his 22 passes in the first half. Meanwhile, Tulane quarterback Ty Thompson has completed just 3 of 12 passes for 28 yards and one interception so far today.