Florida Gators vs Alabama Crimson Tide Match Player Stats On Sep 20, 2014

No. 2 Alabama 42, Florida 21: Blake Sims passed set career highs with 445 yards and four touchdowns as the host Crimson Tide overcame four turnovers to win their SEC opener.

Sims completed 23-of-33 passes and finished with the second-highest single-game passing total in school history while Amari Cooper caught 10 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns for Alabama (4-0, 1-0 SEC). Derrick Henry added 111 yards and a touchdown as the Crimson Tide finished with 645 yards of total offense.

Jeff Driskel threw for 93 yards on 9-of-28 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions for Florida (2-1, 1-1). The Gators finished with three turnovers and gave up the most yards in school history.

Driskelกฏs 14-yard touchdown run up the middle tied the game at 21 early in the third quarter before the Crimson Tide scored twice in a 5:06 span late in the period จC on Henryกฏs 3-yard run and Jake Cokerกฏs 4-yard pass to Cooper จC after Sims left for six plays following a hard tackle on a 24-yard run. Landon Collins intercepted Driskel on the ensuing possession and Sims returned, hitting Cooper on a 6-yard TD with 10:10 to play.

Sims passed for 335 yards and three touchdowns during a wild first half featuring five turnovers, hitting Kenyan Drake for an 87-yard score on the Crimson Tideกฏs first snap, Cooper on a 79-yard score late in the first quarter and a 2-yard TD to Jalston Fowler with 7:19 left in the half. But Alabama lost three fumbles and two of them led to Florida touchdowns จC Driskelกฏs 28-yarder to Valdez Showers and Keanu Nealกฏs 49-yard return จC that put the Gators ahead 14-7 just over 5 ? minutes into the contest.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sims fell 39 yards short of Scott Hunterกฏs record of 484 passing yards (against Auburn in 1969), but Alabama featured a 400-yard passer, a 200-yard receiver and a 100-yard receiver in a single game for the first time in school history. กญ The Gators, who allowed 369 passing yards to Kentucky last week, have surrendered 818 yards through the air the past two weeks. กญ Cooper finished with the third-highest receiving-yard total in Alabama history (Julio Jones จC 221 against Tennessee in 2010; David Palmer จC 217 against Vanderbilt in 1993).