Florida vs. LSU by the numbers

Florida vs. LSU by the numbers

Florida (5-4, 3-3) at No. 19 LSU (6-3, 4-2)

6:30 p.m. CST Saturday (SEC Network)

Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1 Team ranks in the top 10 in rushing offense and passing offense nationally. LSU is No. 9 in rushing with an average of 212.2 yards per game and No. 3 in passing with an average of 332.3 yards per game.

3 TD passes and three TD runs for LSU QB Jayden Daniels against Florida in the Tigers’ 45-35 victory over the Gators last season. That’s among the 11 games since the start of the 2022 season in which Daniels has accounted for touchdowns rushing and passing. He’s tied for the school career record with Herb Tyler (1995-98). LSU went 6-0 last season when Nabers had passing and rushing TDs in the same game. This year, the Tigers are 3-2. Nabers left LSU’s 42-28 loss to Alabama last week with an injury.

7 Consecutive LSU games have featured at least one 100-yard receiver. WRs Malik Nabers with six, Brian Thomas Jr. with three and Kyren Lacy with one have had 100-yard receiving games during the streak.

9 Consecutive games with a TD pass for Florida QB Graham Mertz. Mertz has 17 TD passes this season with at least one in every game in 2023. Mertz has thrown multiple TD passes in five straight games.

11 TD receptions for LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr., tied for the most in the nation this season.

28 Points has been Florida’s lowest output in its past four games against LSU, and the Gators lost each contest. LSU defeated Florida 42-28 in 2019, 37-34 in 2020, 49-42 in 2021 and 45-35 in 2022. Before 2019, LSU had scored 40 points against Florida twice in 65 games.

33 Victories for Florida, 33 victories for LSU and three ties in the Gators-Tigers series. LSU has won the past four meetings, equally its longest streak in the series. The Tigers also won four consecutive games against the Gators from 1977 through 1980. The teams have squared off annually since 1971. Saturday’s game is the first for which LSU is ranked but Florida is not since 2003, when the Gators upended the No. 6 Tigers 19-7.

37 Consecutive games with a reception for Florida WR Ricky Pearsall. The streak includes 15 games when Pearsall was at Arizona State. Pearsall has 55 receptions for 773 yards and four TDs this season.

66 Receptions and 1,152 receiving yards for LSU RB Malik Nabers this season. Nabers leads the SEC in both stat categories.

188 Consecutive passes have been thrown by Florida QB Graham Mertz since his most recent interception in a 33-14 loss to Kentucky on Sept. 30. The Florida record for consecutive passes without an interception is 203 spanning the 2007 and 2008 seasons by Tim Tebow. LSU has intercepted nine passes this season.

316 More receiving yards against conference competition for LSU WR Malik Nabers than any other player in the SEC. In the Tigers’ six league games, Nabers has 51 receptions for 877 yards and seven TDs. Nabers’ average of 146.2 receiving yards per game is more than 50 ahead of the No. 2 player, Ole Miss WR Tre Harris, who has 30 receptions for 561 yards and two TDs in SEC games in 2023.

445 Games have been played by Florida since it was most recently shut out, the longest scoring streak in major-college football history by 54 games. The Gators haven’t been blanked since losing to Auburn 16-0 on Oct. 29, 1988.

544.6 yards per game have been averaged by LSU this season, the most in the nation. Florida has yielded an average of 350.4 yards per game in 2023.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.