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Gators overcome disastrous day on defense to defeat Samford

The Gators have had some awful defensive games over the last couple of years. They gave up a combined 107 points to Alabama and Oklahoma in their final two games of the 2020 season. They gave up the most yards in a game in program history in the 2020 opener at Ole Miss.

Most recently, they gave up 49 points and 321 rushing yards to LSU and 459 total yards and 40 points to South Carolina.

So, expectations aren’t exactly high for the Gators’ defense now under interim defensive coordinator Christian Robinson.

Still, Florida’s game with Samford on Saturday afternoon was perhaps the worst defensive game in UF history when you consider the opponent.