The Miami Hurricanes game against the Florida Gators is one of the most highly anticipated games of 2019. It is the first meeting between the two oldest Division I football programs in Florida since 2013. The Hurricanes enter Saturday night in Manny Diaz’s inaugural game as head coach. Miami was 7-6 in 2018.
Florida is coming off a renaissance season in Dan Mullen’s inaugural season in Gainesville. The Gators went 10-3 after finishing 4-7 in 2017. Mullen spent the previous nine seasons at Mississippi State where he was 79-49. Diaz was Mullen’s defensive coordinator in Starkville in 2010 and ’15.