Florida football kicker Patrick Durkin handles the place kicks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. On Saturday, a soccer goalkeeper handled the one that earned more than 90,000 fans a free Gatorade.

Senior Jayden Emmanuel made a 25-yard field goal during a stoppage in the third quarter of Florida’s homecoming game against South Carolina. The Gamecocks led 24-13 with 8:36 left in the period and won 38-19. Durkin, a Tulane transfer, made kicks from 21 and 48 yards earlier in the game.

Fans redeemed the drinks inside the stadium in humid, post-rain conditions. Gatorade was developed during the 1960s at the University of Florida to help football players avoid dehydration.

Emmanuel earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors Aug. 24 after Florida beat then-No. 3 Florida State 3-1 in her first start of the season.

“I do it every day in practice, so I can do it here with the football,” Emmanuel said. “I hit it, and luckily it went in.”

Emmanuel practiced the day before the kick. She went 5-for-5 in the indoor facility, then moved outside to test the weather and went 5-for-7.

“I was like, OK, you know what, I think I can do it,’” she said.

She kept her focus on the teammates standing behind her as she lined up for the attempt.

“They kind of made me realize, OK, there’s not 90,000 fans, just us,” Emmanuel said. “But there really were 90,000 fans.”