College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Florida 61, New Mexico State 13
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2015
Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
Temperature: 78°
Head Official: Thomas Ritter
Attendance: 90227

Platooning quarterbacks Will Grier and Treon Harris combined for four touchdown passes and a scoring run on Saturday night as Florida opened the Jim McElwain coaching era with a 61-13 rout of visiting New Mexico State in Gainesville, Fla.

Grier, a redshirt freshman, completed 15 of 17 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns and added 43 yards and a TD on the ground. Harris, a sophomore, finished 14 of 19 for 215 yards and two scores while rushing for 23 yards for the Gators (1-0), who posted their FBS-leading 26th straight season-opening win.

Florida rolled up total 606 total yards in posting the most points in a coach's debut in program history.

Tyler Rodgers finished 14 of 27 for 128 yards and a touchdown and Larry Rose III rushed 12 times for 64 yards and a score for the Aggies (0-1), who dropped their 11th straight game after a 2-0 start last season. New Mexico State also remained winless in 13 games against Southeastern Conference opponents.

The Aggies did pull to within 28-13 with 1:46 remaining in the first half on a 31-yard scoring strike from Rogers to Teldrick Morgan, but Greer and the Gators answered with a seven-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 32-yard scoring reception from C'yontai Lewis with 24 seconds left before the break.

Florida then tacked on 27 second-half points to improve to 10-1 against current members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
New Mexico State   Florida
Larry Rose III Player Kelvin Taylor
12 Attempts 8
64 Yards 54
5.3 Avg Yards 6.8
1 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
New Mexico State   Florida
Larry Rose III Player Brandon Powell
2 Receptions 2
42 Yards 50
21.0 Avg Yards 25.0
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
New Mexico State 200 72 128 2 0 0 1.0 1
Florida 619 235 384 8 2 1 3.0 0