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Vanderbilt Commodores |
Florida Gators © |
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Played October 8, 1983 at Florida Field Gainesville, Florida |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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L |
T |
PCT |
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| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | ||||||||
| Florida © | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Vanderbilt |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
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Florida |
7 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
29 |
At 2-2, coach George MacIntyre brought his Vanderbilt Commodores to Gainesville to meet the 9th ranked, 4-0-1 Gators of coach Charley Pell. Florida's RB John L. Williams scored 3 touchdowns & the Gators’ defense held Vanderbilt to just 19 yards rushing as they retained The Belt with a 29-10 victory. Florida took a 7-0 lead on their opening drive as they traveled 80 yards in 12 plays with Williams catching a 6-yard touchdown pass from QB Wayne Peace. Florida's PK Bobby Raymond hit field goals from 27 & 20 yards as the Gators pushed their lead to 13-0 before Vanderbilt's PK Ricky Anderson converted a 47-yard field goal attempt late in the 2nd quarter. Florida opened the 3rd quarter with another touchdown pass from Peace to Williams; this one from 3 yards as the Gators took a 20-3 lead. The Commodores’ only touchdown of the game came on a 6-yard pass from QB Kurt Page to TE Chuck Scott in the 3rd quarter. Raymond connected on his third field goal of the game, this one from 38 yards, before Florida’s final points came on Williams’ 32-yard touchdown run. Peace finished with 214 yards passing with 2 touchdowns while Williams finished with 108 yards rushing to go with his score. For Vanderbilt, Page threw for 261 yards with his touchdown & WR Keith Edwards had 12 catches for 124 yards. Florida finished the season 9-2-1; ranked 6th nationally while the Commodores finished 2-9. Vanderbilt would play for The Belt again in 1986.
