We’re just days from Tennessee football and Florida meeting on the gridiron for the Vols’ return to The Swamp. Ahead of the real-life meeting, I fired up the College Football 26 video game to simulate the matchup in Gainesville.
The result was a narrow win for UT following a strong performance from Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar. We’ll see if these results come to fruition when the Vols play the Gators in real life on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
Here are the full results and stats of the simulation:
I was asked about the settings I use for the simulations. My game is on Heisman difficulty with 15-minute quarters, no accelerated clock and even teams ‘off’. I put the correct team at home and match the time of the game up to the best choice possible. I don’t control either team, bench players we know will be inactive and then let it play out once and the results are as follows.
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Score:
Tennessee – 34
Florida – 27
Scoring Summary:
1Q:
(UF) Jadan Baugh 2-yd run, 9:37, 0-7
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 41-yd FG, 7:01, 3-7
(Tenn) Braylon Staley 12-yd pass from Joey Aguilar, 3:20, 10-7
2Q:
(Tenn) Star Thomas 1-yd run, 10:26, 17-7
(UF) Trey Smack 47-yd FG, 7:36, 17-10
(UF) Trey Smack 35-yd FG, 0:17, 17-13
3Q:
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 49-yd FG, 7:04, 20-13
(Tenn) Radarious Jackson 32-yd pass from Joey Aguilar, 1:11, 27-13
4Q:
(Tenn) Star Thomas 55-yd run, 14:10, 34-13
(UF) Ja’Kobi Jackson 10-yd run, 7:04, 34-20
(UF) J. Michael Sturdivant 3-yd pass from DJ Lagway, 3:33, 34-27
Team Stats:
Total offense…
Tenn – 410
UF – 416
Rushes | Yards | TD…
Tenn – 35 | 117 | 2
UF – 38 | 149 | 2
Comp | Att | TD…
Tenn – 21 | 37 | 2
UF – 22 | 47 | 1
Passing Yards…
Tenn – 293
UF – 267
Player Stats:
Passing…
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 21/37, 293 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
(UF) D. Lagway – 22/47, 267 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing…
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 16 attempts, 94 yards, 2 TD
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 17 attempts, 19 yards
(Tenn) D. Bishop – 2 attempts, 4 yards
(UF) J. Baugh – 17 attempts, 119 yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble
(UF) J. Jackson – 9 attempts, 27 yards, 1 TD
(UF) T. Webb – 1 attempt, 3 yards
(UF) D. Lagway – 11 attempts, 0 yards
Receiving…
(Tenn) M. Matthews – 6 receptions, 134 yards
(Tenn) B. Staley – 5 receptions, 55 yards, 1 TD
(Tenn) R. Jackson – 3 receptions, 54 yards, 1 TD
(Tenn) C. Brazzell – 4 receptions, 35 yards
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 2 receptions, 10 yards
(Tenn) E. Davis – 1 reception, 5 yards
(UF) E. Wilson III – 9 receptions, 124 yards
(UF) K. Jackson – 2 receptions, 43 yards
(UF) J. Sturdivant – 4 receptions, 35 yards, 1 TD
(UF) H. Hansen – 2 receptions, 33 yards
(UF) T. Hawkins – 1 reception, 12 yards
(UF) J. Baugh – 1 reception, 8 yards
(UF) T. Livingston – 1 reception, 8 yards
(UF) J. Jackson – 1 reception, 3 yards
(UF) T. Webb – 1 reception, 1 yard
Defense…
(UT) C. Hood – 9 tackles, 6 solo, 1 INT
(UT) A. Carter – 9 tackles, 8 solo, 1 FF
(UT) J. Josephs – 8 tackles, 8 solo, 4 TFL, 2 sacks
(UT) D. Bailey – 6 tackles, 6 solo, 1 TFL, 1 sack
(UF) G. Howard – 7 tackles, 3 solo, 1 TFL, 0.5 sacks
(UF) J. Castell – 7 tackles, 5 solo, 1 TFL
(UF) J. Lyons – 6 tackles, 4 solo, 3 TFL, 0.5 sacks
