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Gators’ aggressive 4th down decisions paid off in 2019

Going for it on fourth down is slowly becoming the latest trend in college football.

As more research goes into when coaches should and shouldn’t go for it on fourth down, teams are finding that there are plenty of advantages to being aggressive.

No team has adopted that mindset more than the military academies. Army, Navy and Air Force combined for 86 attempts on fourth down, converting on 55 of them (64 percent). Army and Navy were first and third in attempts with 39 and 34, respectively.

But it’s not just the military academies, either. Top 15 teams like Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame all went for it on fourth down at least 20 times last season.