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Mississippi State Bulldogs |
Florida Gators © |
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Played September 26, 1987 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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T |
PCT |
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| Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| Florida © | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Mississippi State |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Florida |
7 |
14 |
17 |
0 |
38 |
Coach Rocky Felker brought his 2-1 Mississippi State Bulldogs to Gainesville to meet the 2-1 Florida Gators of coach Galen Hall. Florida’s All-SEC RB Emmitt Smith rushed for 3 touchdowns to lead the Gators to a 38-3 rout of the Bulldogs to retain The Belt. The Gators took the lead in the 1st quarter when RB Wayne Williams broke loose for a 39-yard touchdown run giving Florida a 7-0 lead. Mississippi State got their only points of the game early in the 2nd quarter when PK Joel Logan hit a 32-yard field goal. Smith scored his first touchdown of the game on a 4-yard run & the Gators led 14-3. Florida pushed the lead to 21-3 before halftime when QB Kerwin Bell hit WR Stacey Simmons for a 34-yard touchdown pass. Florida continued to pile up points in the 3rd quarter with Smith scoring on runs of 42 & 20 yards sandwiched around a 43-yard field goal by PK Robert McGinty. The 4th quarter saw no scoring for either team as both coaches substituted liberally. Bell finished with 205 yards passing with a touchdown while Smith added 173 yards rushing to his 3 scores. Mississippi State's QB Albert Williams threw for just 82 yards with an interception in the loss. Florida finished the season 6-6 while the Bulldogs finished 4-7. Mississippi State would play for The Belt again in 1989.
