The College of Florida soccer program introduced on Wednesday that it’s going to host the Kentucky Wildcats this yr inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 19, for the annual homecoming recreation.
The final time the Gators took on the ‘Cats in entrance of a homecoming crowd was in 2008 — a recreation wherein the Orange and Blue throttled the guests, 63-5. The tables have turned in current historical past, nevertheless, as Kentucky has taken the final three matchups, together with a 26-16 victory in Gainesville in the course of the 2022 marketing campaign.
The Wildcats additionally received within the Swamp in 2018, 27-16, in a recreation that snapped Florida’s epic 31-game successful streak.
Final season, Billy Napier and Co. prevailed over the Vanderbilt Commodores, 38-14, to earn their fifth-straight homecoming recreation victory. Florida has amassed a 72-26-2 all-time file in homecoming video games, which features a 30-5 tally since 1989.
The Gators kick off the 2024 schedule on Saturday, Aug. 31, on the Swamp towards the visiting Miami Hurricanes. The beginning time has but to be introduced.
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