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The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida
in the sport of American football
. The Florida Gators compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference
(SEC). They play their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
on the university's Gainesville, Florida
campus, and are currently led by head coach Will Muschamp
. The Gators have won three national championships and eight SEC titles in the 106-season history of their varsity football program.
") first fielded an official varsity football team in the fall of 1906
, when the newly consolidated university moved to its new campus in Gainesville. Since then, the Gators football program has evolved from its very humble origins, and has achieved notable successes. The Gators have played in thirty-eight bowl games; won three national championships (1996
, 2006
, and 2008
), and eight Southeastern Conference
championships (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
, 2000
, 2006
, 2008
); and produced eighty-two first-team All-Americans, forty-two National Football League
(NFL) first-round draft
choices, and three Heisman Trophy
winners. Since 1990, the Gators have won more games (210) than any other college football team in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as "Division I-A").
The Gators have played their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field located on the university's campus since 1930. The stadium was first known as Florida Field, but the name was changed in 1989 to honor Ben Hill Griffin, an alumnus of the university and a major benefactor of its Florida Gators sports programs. Since the 1990s, the stadium has also been widely known by its nickname: "the Swamp."
Since 1906, twenty-three different men have served as the head coach of the Florida Gators, including three who were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
for their coaching success. The 2011 season
will be the Gators' first under current head coach Will Muschamp
.
The University of Florida was one of the founding members of the Southeastern Conference in 1932, and it is one of the twelve current members of the SEC. Since the SEC expanded from ten to twelve universities in 1992, and instituted divisional play in football, the Florida Gators football team has competed in the SEC Eastern Division.
Florida plays an eight-game SEC football schedule. Five of these contests pit the Gators against the other members of the SEC Eastern Division: Georgia
, South Carolina
, Tennessee
, Kentucky
and Vanderbilt
. The conference schedule is filled out with an annual game against Louisiana State and two additional foes from the SEC Western Division on a rotating basis. (Until 2003, the Gators also played Auburn
every season with only one Western Division team in rotation.)
Key conference rivalries include the Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic in which Florida and Georgia play annually in Jacksonville, Florida
(usually around Halloween
), the matchup with Tennessee
(usually in mid-September), and an inter-divisional rivalry with their permanent SEC Western Division foe, LSU (in early to mid-October).
In addition to the conference foes, the Gators face in-state rival Florida State
at the end of the regular season. The two teams' emergence as perennial football powers in the 1980s and 1990s helped build the Florida-Florida State rivalry
into a game that has often held national title implications. Before 1988, in-state rival Miami
was also an annual opponent, but due to expanded conference schedules, Florida and Miami have met only three times in the regular season and twice in bowl games since 1988. The remaining dates on Florida's regular season schedule are filled with various non-conference opponents that vary from year to year.
enacted the Buckman Act
, which abolished all of the State of Florida's existing publicly-supported educational institutions and consolidated the academic programs of four of them in the new "University of the State of Florida
", a land-grant university
for white men.
Two of the new university's predecessor institutions fielded football teams before 1905: the East Florida Seminary in Gainesville and the Florida Agricultural College (later renamed the University of Florida at Lake City
) had teams in the late 1890s and early 1900s, and actually played each other in 1903. On November 22, 1901, Florida Agricultural College and the private Stetson College (now Stetson University) assembled teams for a match in Jacksonville that would be Florida's first known intercollegiate football game. This game sparked considerable interest in intercollegiate football in the state, and as a result several other colleges organized teams of their own, including the East Florida Seminary and Florida State College
(now Florida State University
). Florida State College (FSC) fielded a successful team from 1902 to 1904; after FSC was reorganized by the Buckman Act as the new college for white women in 1905, the Florida State College football team was discontinued. However, of all the players from these earlier teams, only tackle William Gibbs of the 1905 Lake City team made the transition to the new university's team in Gainesville in 1906.
In 1905, the Florida Legislature passed the Buckman Act
, which reorganized the state's entire system of higher education. As a result, the former University of Florida at Lake City (which had been known as "Florida Agricultural College" until 1903) and the East Florida Seminary were merged with two other institutions to create the new University of the State of Florida for white male students. The university operated for one school year (1905–1906) in Lake City, Florida
, while the first buildings were constructed on the new campus in Gainesville
.
The as-yet un-nicknamed state university football team began varsity play when the new Gainesville campus opened in September 1906. The first football coach was Jack Forsythe
, who had previously coached the Florida State College football team before the Buckman Act reorganization. Forsythe led the new Florida team for three winning seasons, including a 6–0 win over the Rollins College Tars in their first game. The official name of the new university was shortened to the "University of Florida" in 1909, and George Pyle became the new head coach of the 1909 Florida football team. Some time during these early years, the Florida sports teams adopted their orange and blue team colors, purportedly representing a combination of the blue and white of the old Florida Agricultural College
and the orange and black of the old East Florida Seminary
, two of the university's predecessor institutions.
The 1910s saw the team face many of their current rivals and regular opponents for the first time. The newly-named Gators met the South Carolina Gamecocks
for the first time and played the Gamecocks to a 6–6 tie in 1911. The 1911 Gators went on to defeat The Citadel, Clemson and the College of Charleston, declared themselves to be the "champions of South Carolina," and finished their season 5–0–1—the only undefeated football season in the Gators' history. When the 1912 Gators joined the now-defunct Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(SIAA) in time for the 1912 season, they faced the Auburn Tigers
in the teams' first contest; the 1915 Gators played the Georgia Bulldogs for the first time; and the 1916 Gators met the 1916 Alabama Crimson Tide in their first game.
, following their regional rivals' departure from the SIAA a year earlier. Major James Van Fleet
coached the 1923 and 1924 teams to their first taste of national notoriety, finishing 6–1–2 and 6–2–2. The 1923 Gators shocked the heavily favored 1923 Alabama Crimson Tide 16–6 in one of the biggest upsets of the year. The 1924 Gators tied powerhouses Georgia Tech and Texas. Led by new head coach Harold Sebring
, the 1925 Gators finished 8–2, and All-Southern
back
Edgar Jones scored 109 points, setting the team record for most points scored in a season—a record that would stand for another forty-four years. Other Gators greats from this era included Carl "Tootie" Perry, the Gators' center and first All-Southern
selection in 1920 and 1921, and lineman Max "Goldie" Goldstein, one of the first Gators to play professional football.
Coach Charlie Bachman
led the Gators to greater national recognition. Bachman had attended Notre Dame
from 1914 to 1916, where he was an All-American guard
for the Fighting Irish football
team in 1916, and, in 1918, had also played for the legendary Great Lakes Naval Station football team. Bachman's 1928 and 1929 Gators squads finished 8–1 and 8–2, respectively, and represented the Gators' highest season win totals for thirty-two years. Led by the "Phantom Four" backfield of Carl Brumbaugh
, Rainey Cawthon, Clyde Crabtree
and Royce Goodbread
, the 1928 Gators set a new national scoring record of 336 points. The 1928 team also produced the Gators' first-ever first-team All-American, end Dale Van Sickel
, who later became Florida's first member of the College Football Hall of Fame
, inducted in 1975. The 1928 Gators' sole loss was to the Tennessee Volunteers
, 12–13, in the final game of the season. In 1929, the Gators defeated the Oregon Ducks
20–6 before 20,000 fans in the first game at Miami's Madison Square Garden Stadium.
(SEC) in December 1932, along with twelve other member schools from the Southern Conference, including Alabama
, Auburn
, Georgia
, Georgia Tech, Kentucky
, Louisiana State
, Mississippi
, Mississippi State
, Sewanee, Tennessee
, Tulane
, and Vanderbilt
. University of Florida president John J. Tigert
, a former All-Southern halfback
on the Vanderbilt football teams of 1901–1903, was instrumental in the organization of the new conference and served four separate terms as the SEC president. Tigert was also responsible for the construction of the Gators' first and only permanent stadium, Florida Field
, in 1930.
Gator alumnus Dutch Stanley
replaced Bachman as coach in 1933, the first SEC football season. Stanley, who was only 26 years old, had been a stand-out end on the great 1928 Gators team. He brought an all-Gator-alumni coaching staff to the program, and the Gators experienced a brief two-year revival after two consecutive losing seasons under Bachman in 1931 and 1932. Stanley's Gators posted 5–3–1 and 6–3–1 records in 1933 and 1934, but faltered with a 3–7 tally in 1935.
The 1930s and 1940s were generally not kind to the Gators. After posting a six-win season in 1934, Florida did not win more than five games in a season until 1952.
Dutch Stanley resigned under fan pressure following the 1935 season, and was replaced by Josh Cody
as head coach. Cody was a former star tackle for Dan McGugin
's great Vanderbilt Commodores football
teams of 1915, 1916 and 1919, and was the only three-time All-American in the history of Commodores football. Cody had previously coached the Clemson Tigers football
team to a 29–11–1 record from 1927 to 1930, but had returned to his alma mater to be the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores basketball team and serve as an assistant football coach under the legendary McGugin. Perhaps Cody's finest moment as the Gators' head coach was the team's 7–0 upset of the second-ranked Boston College Eagles
in Boston in 1939. In four seasons, however, Cody recorded a 17–24–2 tally. Once again, a coach who showed great promise on paper was not able to lead the Gators from the football wilderness, and Cody left Gainesville to accept an assistant coach position at Temple University
.
Tom Lieb
replaced Josh Cody as coach in 1940. Lieb was a former All-American Notre Dame football
player and then protege assistant coach under Knute Rockne
. Notably, he was also a bronze medalist in the discus throw
in the 1924 Summer Olympics
. Lieb had been the de facto head coach during the Irish's 1929 national championship season, while Rockne spent most of the season recovering from illness. Despite Gator fans' early hopes for Lieb's Gators and his "Notre Dame system," however, the Gators posted a disappointing 20–26–1 record in five seasons. Lieb's best season was probably his first in 1940, as the Gators celebrated victories over and their second first-team All-American, end Fergie Ferguson, in 1941. The World War II
years of 1942 to 1945 witnessed the withdrawal of most of the university's able-bodied students, followed by their enlistment in the U.S. military. Florida did not field a team for lack of available players in 1943.
Returning war veteran
s arrived in force on the Gainesville campus in the fall of 1946, and Bear Wolf
, the pre-war head coach of the North Carolina Tarheels football team, replaced Lieb as head coach. Unfortunately, the Gators football program slid even further under Wolf, posting a 13–24–2 record in four seasons. The first season for Wolf was disastrous: the 1946 Gators finished 0–9—the worst football season in Gators history. Wolf's Gators never had a winning season, but there were bright spots. The iconic cheerleader, Mr. Two Bits
, attended his first home game during the 1946 season, and began his personal sixty-year tradition of leading Gator fans in the "two bits" cheer at Florida Field. Gators running back Chuck Hunsinger
rushed for 2,017 yards in 1948 and 1949. Hunsinger ran for 174 yards and three touchdowns against the Georgia Bulldogs
in the Gators 28–7 victory in November 1949, but Wolf's contract was not renewed after the 1949 season. Gator veterans of Wolf's tenure ironically dubbed it the "Golden Era."
football player and a disciple of legendary Volunteers coach Robert Neyland
, Woodruff emphasized defense, field position and the kicking game to the exclusion of a more wide-open offensive scheme. The Gators peaked under Woodruff during the 1952 season, when they posted an 8–3 record, received their first official post-season bowl invitation, and defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
14–13 in the Gator Bowl
on New Year's Day 1953. The 1952 Gators also produced Florida's third first-team All-American, tackle Charlie LaPradd, one of the two team captains. Woodruff never again equaled the success of his 1952 Gators team, but his ten-year tenure as coach was notable for a 6–4 record against the rival Georgia Bulldogs, four Associated Press final football poll top-twenty rankings, and the fact that only two of his ten Gators teams finished with losing records. Woodruff finished his Gators career with a combined record of 53–42–6.
coached the team to three nine-win seasons and a total of seventy victories, a Florida record that stood for twenty-seven years. Graves led his Gators to a series of "firsts," including the Gators' first nine-win season in 1960, and their first Sugar Bowl
appearance on New Year's Day 1966 (an 18–20 loss). Graves fielded one of his best teams in 1966, led by Heisman Trophy
-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier
; the 1966 team finished 9–2 and defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
in the Orange Bowl
, the team's first major bowl win. During this same time, Dr. Robert Cade
and other University of Florida medical researchers developed the popular sports drink Gatorade
and tested it on the Gators football team under the consistently extreme conditions of heat and humidity under which the team played. Gatorade was a success, and the Gators developed a reputation as a "second-half team." Graves' final season in 1969 is remembered for the group of young stars known as the "Super Sophs," including quarterback John Reaves
and All-American wide receiver Carlos Alvarez
, fullback Tommy Durrance's single-season scoring record of 110 points, an all-time best record of 9–1–1, and a 14–13 Gator Bowl
victory over the SEC champion Tennessee Volunteers
. As dramatic evidence of the program-building progress made under Graves, the Gators produced three times the number of first-team All-Americans during the 1960s as they had in all of the previous fifty-four seasons of the team's existence. Ray Graves' career record as the Gators' head coach was 70–31–4.
took over the reins in 1970. Dickey had been the head coach of Tennessee
for the preceding six seasons, where he had won the SEC championship twice and led the Volunteers to five straight bowl appearances. Dickey's Gators peaked in 1974, with an 8–4 season and a Sugar Bowl appearance (a 13–10 loss). He was never able to duplicate his prior success at Tennessee, posting a 58–43–2 record over nine seasons with the Gators, and he resigned after a 4–7 season in 1978.
One of the more colorful moments of the Dickey era was a play known as the "Gator Flop." In the final game of the 1971 regular season, the Gators led the rival Miami Hurricanes
45–8 with less than two minutes on the clock. Victory was assured, but Florida's senior quarterback, John Reaves
, needed fourteen yards to break Jim Plunkett
's NCAA record for career passing yardage and Miami had the ball. Several of Florida's defensive players convinced Dickey that the only way for Reaves to set the mark would be for Miami to score quickly. Dickey refused twice before he acquiesced. So, with the Hurricanes near the Florida endzone, the entire Gator defense except one player fell to the ground, allowing Miami to easily score a touchdown. Florida's offense then got the ball back and Reaves completed a fifteen-yard pass to Carlos Alvarez
to break the record. After the final whistle, jubilant Florida players jumped into a large tank behind the Orange Bowl
endzone usually used by the Miami Dolphins
' mascot, "Flipper
," and an angry Miami coach Fran Curci
refused to shake hands with Dickey.
became the Gators' head coach in 1979, and brought the Gators respectability on the field, and scandal and disgrace off it. Though he began his career with an 0–10–1 season in 1979, the Gators posted a then-NCAA-record turn-around with an 8–3 season in 1980. Pell went 33–15 after the winless opening season, but he was fired by university president Marshall Criser
during the 1984 season after Pell and his staff were charged with 107 NCAA major infractions. Offensive coordinator Galen Hall
replaced Pell after the third game of the season, and rallied his players after a 1–1–1 start to win eight straight games to finish 9–1–1.
Prior to the 1990s, the 1984 team was considered by many sports commentators to be the finest Gators squad ever. The offense was especially potent behind an offensive line dubbed "The Great Wall of Florida" (Phil Bromley, Lomas Brown
, Billy Hinson, Crawford Ker
, Scott Trimble and Jeff Zimmerman) that paved the way for John L. Williams
and Neal Anderson
to run the ball and for freshman quarterback Kerwin Bell
to lead the team to its first-ever SEC football championship. Several polls ranked the Gators as the best team in the nation after the conclusion of the 1984 season, but the team was ineligible for a bowl game because of the newly-imposed NCAA probation. To the shock and dismay of the team and fans, the SEC university presidents voted to retroactively vacate the Gators' 1984 championship in the spring of 1985.
Galen Hall
coached the team from the fourth game of 1984 until 1989, and matched the 9–1–1 record in 1984 with another 9–1–1 season in 1985. Again, the 1985 Gators posted the best record in the SEC, but were ineligible for the conference title because of the NCAA probation imposed in 1984. Arguably, the greatest individual player of Hall's tenure was All-American running back Emmitt Smith
, who set numerous Gators rushing records from 1987 to 1989. Unfortunately, Hall had his own NCAA infractions scandal, primarily involving paying his assistant coaches from his own pocket and allegedly paying the child support-related legal expenses of one of his players, and he was asked to resign by university president Robert A. Bryan
during the 1989 season. Hall ended his career with a 40–18 record at Florida, and interim head coach Gary Darnell
finished the 1989 season.
: Steve Spurrier returned to Gainesville as the Gators' Head Ball Coach. In the debut game of Spurrier's Gators, they blew past the Oklahoma State Cowboys
50–7. In their second game, they came from behind to beat the Alabama Crimson Tide 17–13 in Tuscaloosa. Since Spurrier's return in 1990, the Gators football team has been the winningest Division I (FBS) program.
In Spurrier's first season, the Gators finished first in the SEC for the third time ever, but were again ineligible for the SEC title because of lingering NCAA probation. They won their first official SEC championship in 1991, fifty-nine seasons after joining the SEC as a charter member. The Gators played for the conference championship in the first-ever SEC Championship Game
in 1992, but lost 28–21 to the eventual national champion Alabama Crimson Tide
. Spurrier's Gators rebounded, however, and won the next four SEC Championship Game
s (1993–1996), leading Spurrier to quip as the Gators posed for their championship photo that "this is our annual team picture." Spurrier also became the Gators' all-time winningest coach in 1996, surpassing Ray Graves' seventy career wins as Florida coach.
The Gators had their first unbeaten and untied regular season in 1995, but were denied a national championship in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl
, losing to the Nebraska Cornhuskers
62–24.
Most of the Gators' offense returned in 1996
, and would end up setting dozens of UF's scoring records, as they rolled over most of their opponents to start the season 10–0. The top-ranked Gators faced the second-ranked and also undefeated Florida State Seminoles in Doak Campbell Stadium. Keyed by several blocking errors on offense and special teams, the Gators fell seriously behind in the first quarter, nearly rallying to win, but fell short, and left Tallahassee
with a disappointing 24–21 loss. But the pieces fell into place for Florida, as they beat the Alabama Crimson Tide
in the SEC Championship Game
, 45–30, and Texas upset Nebraska
in the inaugural Big 12 Championship Game to clear the path for fourth-ranked Florida to become the best available opponent for the Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl. To have a shot at a national title, the Gators needed Ohio State
to beat second-ranked Arizona State
in the Rose Bowl, which they did on the final play of the game, thus setting up the Sugar Bowl as the national championship game. The Gators seized the opportunity, as Heisman trophy
-winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel
garnered game MVP honors in a 52–20 rout of the Seminoles.
The following season, the 1997 Gators looked like they would reload for another title, beating highly-ranked Tennessee at home in September to regain the top spot in the polls. But the team struggled midway through their schedule, losing to LSU Tigers
on the road and the Georgia Bulldogs in Jacksonville, after dominating both teams the previous year. The Gators finished the season in The Swamp
, as the tenth-ranked Gators upset their rivals, the top-ranked Florida State Seminoles
, in a 32–29 thriller that featured two last-minute lead changes.
Having won five SEC titles in six seasons from 1991 to 1996, the Gators had trouble keeping pace with their amazing run in the conference later in the decade, going three seasons before capturing the title again in 2000. The Gators appeared ready to return to the SEC Championship Game as favorites in 2001
, but lost a 34–32 heartbreaker to the Tennessee Volunteers in a game postponed until December 1 due to the attacks of 9/11.
resigned as the head coach of the Gators, and ten days later became the head coach of the National Football League
's Washington Redskins
. Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley
initiated a coaching search that focused on Denver Broncos
head coach Mike Shanahan
and the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners
, Bob Stoops
. After being turned down by both, Foley decided on former Gator assistant coach Ron Zook
as Spurrier's replacement.
Zook showed himself to be a strong recruiter, signing the twentieth-ranked class in an abbreviated 2002 search, the second-ranked class in 2003, and the seventh-ranked class in 2004. Although talented, Zook's teams were remembered for their inconsistency, typically dominating their opponents in the first half, then collapsing in the second. They dealt the Georgia Bulldogs their only loss of 2002, and upset the Louisiana State Tigers
on their way to the BCS Championship, but went winless against both of the SEC's Mississippi
teams, and lost twice to the Miami Hurricanes
.
After two consecutive five-loss seasons and an embarrassing upset by the Mississippi State Bulldogs
, Zook was fired midway through the 2004
season, but was allowed to finish out the regular season. In Zook's final game, the Gators beat Florida State to give them their first win at Doak Campbell Stadium since 1986. Defensive coordinator Charlie Strong
served as the interim head coach for the Peach Bowl
against Miami, becoming the first African-American to serve as the head football coach at Florida and the second in SEC history.
Athletic director Jeremy Foley again set out to find a new head coach for the Gators. With the benefit of an extra month to work with, he targeted a much higher profile replacement for Zook—the 2004 Sporting News Coach of the Year, Urban Meyer
, the head coach of Utah Utes
. After a period of intense competition against Notre Dame
for his services, Meyer chose to accept the position at the University of Florida.
was an improvement at 9–3, including an Outback Bowl win against the Iowa Hawkeyes
. Although the Gators managed to defeat all three of their biggest rivals (Tennessee, Georgia
, and Florida State
) for only the fourth time in school history, they missed out on a chance to play in the SEC title game
after a late-season upset loss to Spurrier's new team, South Carolina
.
In 2006
, the Gators completed a 13–1 season during which their sole loss was to the Auburn Tigers
17–27. In their final regular season SEC game, the Gators' managed a slender 17–16 victory when Jarvis Moss blocked a fourth quarter field goal by the South Carolina Gamecocks
. The Gators defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks
in the SEC Championship Game, winning their first SEC title since 2000. The Gators played in the 2007 BCS Championship Game on January 8, 2007, and, led by quarterback Chris Leak
, beat the No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes
, 41–14, for the Gators' second national football championship. The Gators played the nation's toughest schedule in 2006.
Tim Tebow
became the full-time starting quarterback for the 2007 season
. The Gators started the season 4–0 and were ranked as high as Number 3 in the various media polls. However, a midseason stretch in which the team lost three of four games to conference foes ended any hopes of a repeat national championship.
While the Gators finished with a relatively disappointing 9–4 record and Number 13 final ranking, Tim Tebow's record-setting season earned him many post-season awards, including the Heisman Trophy
. Tebow was the first sophomore to receive the Heisman.
responded in 2008
as an improved team led by linebacker Brandon Spikes
and RB/WR Percy Harvin
helped to rekindle the championship passion. Florida won their fourth straight game over Tennessee
30–6 and then followed it up with a 31–30 loss to Ole Miss. In an emotional press conference after the game, star quarterback Tim Tebow promised that no team would play harder than Florida the rest of the season (a speech that was later posted on a plaque outside the renovated football complex ). Florida delivered with dominant play on both sides of the ball the rest of the season on their way to a second national championship game berth in three years. Along the way, they beat the defending National Champions LSU Tigers
51–21, achieved revenge on SEC Rivals Georgia, handed former coach Steve Spurrier his worst loss in his career and thumped Florida State University in Doak Campbell Stadium 45–15. Florida earned the second slot in the BCS poll by knocking off a resurgent and then undefeated Alabama
31–20 for the SEC Championship. The Gators won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game
on January 8, 2009 over the Oklahoma Sooners
and former Gator defensive coordinator Bob Stoops 24–14 and became the first program to win two BCS championships with the same coach (LSU has won two BCS titles, but with different coaches). Shortly after winning the 2008 BCS Title, Tim Tebow and linebacker Brandon Spikes announced that they would return for their senior seasons.
made taunting comments about the Gators football program and Coach Urban Meyer several times during the off-season; the Gators prevailed 23–13. The Gators overcame several obstacles over the next several weeks, as influenza sidelined many players in a 41–7 rout of Kentucky. During the game, Tebow suffered a serious hit to the head that caused a concussion. Following a bye week, a relatively healthy Tebow and a stifling defense knocked off LSU 13–3 for the Gators' first win in Baton Rouge since 2003, extending their record to 5–0. The next week, the Gators overcame a 20–13 fourth quarter deficit and four turnovers to beat the Arkansas Razorbacks 23–20 in a scare. Florida ran their record to 7–0 with a 29–19 win at Mississippi State despite two interceptions returned for touchdowns by the team coached by former Gator offensive coordinator Dan Mullen
. The win ended a four-game losing streak in Starkville and marked the first time since 1998 that the Gators beat all SEC western division opponents in the same regular season. Next, Florida beat Georgia for the seventeenth time in the past twenty seasons, 41–17. In the game, Tebow broke the SEC rushing touchdown record held by former Bulldog running back Herschel Walker
. The following week, they knocked off Vanderbilt 27–3 at home to improve to 9–0. Following a 24–14 win over South Carolina and Steve Spurrier
in Columbia, the Gators defeated FIU 62–3. Florida finished a 12–0 regular season with a 37–10 win over rival Florida State on senior day at Florida Field. The Gators then advanced to the SEC Championship Game where they were defeated 32–13 by Alabama. However, unlike Alabama who the previous year had lost their bowl game after losing the SEC championship, the Gators ended their season - and quarterback Tim Tebow's college career - on a high note, defeating the Cincinnati Bearcats 51–24 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. With their bowl win, the Gators became the only Division I team to have back-to-back thirteen-win seasons.
On December 26, 2009, Meyer announced he would resign as head coach of the Florida Gators following their bowl game due to health and family concerns. Meyer stated, "I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to re-evaluate my priorities of faith and family... I'm proud to be a part of the Gainesville community and the Gator Nation and I plan to remain in Gainesville and involved with the University of Florida."
The following day, however, Meyer stated that he would not resign, but would instead take an indefinite leave of absence. Offensive coordinator
Steve Addazio served as the interim coach after the Gators' season ended with a victory in the Sugar Bowl
.
Meyer's leave coincided with the important recruiting season season. Instead of traveling extensively to visit potential new players as he had in past years, Meyer mainly kept in touch with recruits by phone while traveling with his family. Despite the uncertainty about the head coaching position, the Gators signed the consensus No. 1 recruiting class in the nation in February.
On December 8, 2010, Meyer once again announced his resignation, citing many of the same concerns of the family and health issues that he had 12 months beforehand His final game was an Outback Bowl
victory over Penn State
on January 1, 2011. Meyer finished his six-year tenure at Florida with two BCS National Championships, two SEC championships, a bowl record of 5–1 (.8333), and an overall win-loss record of 65–15 (.8125).
as Meyer's replacement. Muschamp previously served as the defensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers
, Auburn Tigers
and Texas Longhorns
, and was designated as the Longhorns' "head coach-in-waiting." On January 3, 2011, Muschamp announced the hiring of Charlie Weis
, former Kansas City Chiefs
offensive coordinator, as the Gators' new offensive coordinator. Weis is a four-time Super Bowl
champion and a former head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
team.
) with white pants at home throughout much of the program's history. The exception was a decade-long period beginning in 1979, when new coach Charley Pell introduced orange home jerseys similar to those worn at Clemson
, his previous coaching stop. In 1989, interim head coach Gary Darnell brought back blue jerseys for the season finale against Florida State, and Steve Spurrier restored them as Florida's regular home jersey when he returned to coach his alma mater in 1990.
Since 1990, the Gators have consistently worn blue jerseys with white pants at home, with blue pants an option sometimes worn for night games. On the road, the team usually wears traditional white jerseys and either blue or white pants, with orange pants used on occasion. Florida wore blue jerseys with orange pants for one game each in 1989 and 1999, both home contests against Florida State. In 2010
and 2011
, the Gators brought back orange jerseys for one home game in each season.
Since 1979, the Gators have worn orange helmets with a script "Gators" logo, the only exceptions being three "throwback"
games. In 2006, Florida wore 1960s throwback uniforms that included white helmets featuring a simple "F" logo. In 2009, the Gators participated in Nike's
Pro Combat uniforms campaign, wearing specially designed all-blue uniforms and white helmets featuring a different "slant F" logo. These uniforms were worn for the last regular season game against Florida State
, and the white helmets were worn again the following week in the SEC Championship Game
along with white jerseys and pants.
and the Seminoles' home turf of Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee
since 1964. The Gators lead the all-time series 33–20–2.
, usually on the last Saturday in October or the first in November. The designated "home" team alternates from year to year, with ticket distribution split evenly between the two schools. In past years, fans from Florida and Georgia were assigned seats grouped in alternating sections of the stadium, and the contrasting colors worn by the fans created a "beach ball" visual effect in the stands. Recently the seating arrangement has split the stadium lengthwise and fans sit on the side corresponding to the sideline their team occupies.
The teams' first meeting was in Jacksonville in 1915. In the early days of the rivalry, games rotated through neutral site locations in Savannah, Georgia
and Tampa, Florida
along with Jacksonville and, occasionally, Gainesville and Athens
. Since 1933, the contest has been held in Jacksonville every year except 1994 and 1995, when Jacksonville Municipal Stadium was being rebuilt to accommodate the NFL's expansion Jacksonville Jaguars
and the teams played a pair of home-and-home games at their respective on-campus stadiums.
Georgia dominated the rivalry early, winning the first six meetings and building a 21–5–1 series lead before 1950. However, after the 2011 game, Florida has won 18 out of the last 22 meetings, and holds a 35–25–1 advantage in the series since 1950. The Bulldogs have won one three of the past eight meetings and lead the all-time series, 47–40–2.
Starting in 2009, the Okefenokee Oar has been awarded to the winner of the Florida-Georgia game. The long-time rivalry had not previously had a trophy.
to replace the retiring Ray Graves
immediately after their teams met in the Gator Bowl
.
But it was not until the 1990s that the contest became a rivalry. In 1992, the SEC expanded and split into two divisions. Florida and Tennessee were placed in the SEC East and have faced off every season since, almost always in mid-September for what is usually the first conference game of the season for one or both squads. The meeting became an annual occurrence at the same time that both football programs regained championship form. Led by coaches Steve Spurrier
and Phil Fulmer and featuring star players such as Danny Wuerffel
and Peyton Manning
, both teams were always highly ranked coming into the game, regularly giving it conference and national title implications. The squads combined to win three national championships during the decade.
Since they became annual opponents, the Gators and Vols have combined to represent the Eastern Division in the SEC Championship Game
15 times in 18 years. Currently, Florida has a seven-game winning streak against Tennessee and leads the all-time series 22–19.
and Florida were charter members of the SEC, they have never been annual opponents. Nevertheless, they have had many noteworthy meetings over the years, especially since the SEC Championship Game
game was instituted in 1992.
The Gators and Crimson Tide have met seven times for the SEC championship. These meetings have consistently held significant national title implications: on four occasions, the winner of a Florida-Alabama SEC title game has gone on to win a national championship. Stakes were never higher than in 2008 and 2009, when the teams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 coming into the game in consecutive seasons. The second-ranked team won in both instances (Florida in 2008, Alabama in 2009), with both conference championship winners going on to win the BCS National Championship Game
. The Gators hold a 4-3 edge in SEC championship contests against the Tide.
The teams have had several memorable regular season meetings as well, highlighted by notable upsets. In 1963, an unranked Gators squad handed legendary Alabama head coach Bear Bryant
the first of only two losses his teams would suffer in Tuscaloosa
, winning 10-6 over the No. 3 Tide. In 1987, freshman running back Emmitt Smith
led the unranked Gators to a 23-14 upset in Birmingham
, rushing for a then school-record 224 yards in his first collegiate start. The Tide enjoyed their own upset in the series in 1999, breaking Florida's school record 30-game home winning streak in a 40-39 overtime thriller.
Historically, the Gators have not fared well against Alabama in Gainesville. The Tide won the first seven meetings on the Gators' home field, including Florida's worst-ever home loss: a 40-0 blowout in 1979 that featured an Alabama squad which would go undefeated and win the national championship against a Gator squad which would not win a game all season. The Gators finally beat Alabama on Florida Field in 1991, 35-0, but their 2–9 all-time home record against the Crimson Tide is by far their worst against any opponent. They have fared better on the road in the series, posting a 8–9 record on Alabama's home turf.
There is a disagreement about when the schools' first gridiron meeting took place. Alabama counts a 1904 victory over a team from one of Florida's four predecessor institutions, while Florida's athletic association does not, as the modern University of Florida was not created by the Florida Legislature until 1905. According to UF, Alabama leads the all-time series 21–14.
and Florida played annually from 1945 to 2002. In terms of the overall series percentage win-loss record, Auburn is Florida's most evenly matched SEC opponent. Beginning in the 1980s, one of the squads was usually highly ranked coming into the game, consistently giving the contest at least conference title implications.
The series has featured many memorable contests, including several notable upsets. In 1986, the unranked Gators stunned the undefeated and #4 Tigers
18-17, overcoming a 17-0 fourth-quarter deficit in a game that is still considered one of the most dramatic in Florida Field history. In 2006
, Auburn upset the undefeated Gators
27-17 in Jordan-Hare Stadium
for what would be Florida's only loss on their way to a BCS National Championship
. This has been a trend - Auburn also upset previously unbeaten Florida teams in 1993, 1994, 2001, and 2007, though the Gators went on to win conference championships in two of those seasons.
The annual series ended in 2002, when the SEC adjusted football schedules so that each team played one permanent and two rotating opponents from the opposite conference every year instead of two permanent and one rotating foe. LSU was designated as Florida's lone annual opponent from the SEC West, so Florida and Auburn now meet four times every ten years unless both teams make it to the SEC Championship Game
. Auburn leads the series 42–38–2.
. Florida and Miami played a home-and-home series in 2002 and 2003, and met again in the 2004 Chick-Fil-A Bowl
. Florida won the first leg of a home-and-home series in 2008, ending a six-game losing streak against the Hurricanes. The next scheduled regular season meeting between the Gators and the Hurricanes will be in Miami in 2013. Miami holds a 28–26 edge in the all-time series.
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Coach
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Selector
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Record
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Bowl
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Result
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996
|| Steve Spurrier
|| AP
, Coaches
|| 12–1 || Sugar Bowl
|| Florida 52, Florida State
20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
|| Urban Meyer
|| BCS
, AP
|| 13–1 || BCS National Title Game
|| Florida 41, Ohio State
14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
|| Urban Meyer
|| BCS
, AP
|| 13–1 || BCS National Title Game
|| Florida 24, Oklahoma
14
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ff4a00;"
| colspan="4"| Total national championships:
| colspan="2"| 3
|}
Note: The 1984 Gators finished #3 in the AP poll, but were recognized as the national champions by The Sporting News
, The New York Times
, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Matthews, and Jeff Sagarin
rankings.
{| border="0" style="width:100%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="0.5" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:50%;"
|-
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Year
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Conference
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Overall Record
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Conference Record
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991 || SEC || 10–2 || 7–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993 || SEC || 11–2 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994 || SEC || 10–2–1 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995 || SEC || 12–1 || 9–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996 || SEC || 12–1 || 9–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
|| SEC || 10–3 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
|| SEC || 13–1 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
|| SEC || 13–1 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;" class="sortbottom"
! colspan=2; style="background: #FF4A00; color:white;"| Total Conference Titles
! colspan=2; style="background: #FF4A00; color:white;"| 8
|}
|}
With the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina as new members of the Southeastern Conference in 1992, the SEC split into Eastern and Western Divisions and created a championship game between the division winners to determine the league football champion. Florida has made ten appearances in the SEC Championship Game
, more than any other SEC school, with the most recent in 2009. The Gators have won seven of the ten SEC Championship Games in which they have appeared.
{| border="0" style="width:100%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="0.5" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:50%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Division Championship
! style="background:#0021A4;"| SEC CG Result
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Opponent
! style="background:#0021A4;"| PF
! style="background:#0021A4;"| PA
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1992 || SEC East || L || Alabama
|| 21 || 28
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993 || SEC East || W || Alabama || 28 || 13
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994 || SEC East || W || Alabama || 24 || 23
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995 || SEC East || W || Arkansas
|| 34 || 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996 || SEC East || W || Alabama || 45 || 30
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999 || SEC East || L || Alabama || 7 || 34
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
|| SEC East || W || Auburn
|| 28 || 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003
* || SEC East || -- || -- || -- || --
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
|| SEC East || W || Arkansas || 38 || 28
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
|| SEC East || W || Alabama || 31 || 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
|| SEC East || L || Alabama || 13 || 32
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ff4a00;"
|| Totals
|| 11
|| 7-3
|| -
|| 259
|| 217
|}
* In 2003, Florida ended the regular season in a three-way tie for the SEC East title with Georgia and Tennessee
. According to the league's tiebreaking procedures, Georgia was selected to represent the division in the 2003 SEC Championship Game
.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|NCAA Division I champions
| style="background:#dfd;"|Conference Champions
| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|Division Champions
| style="background:#96cdcd;"|Bowl Eligible
|}
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, C = Conference
{| border="0" style="width:60%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Conference
Affiliation
! style="background:#0021A4;"| W
! style="background:#0021A4;"| L
! style="background:#0021A4;"| T
! style="background:#0021A4;"| C/W
! style="background:#0021A4;"| C/L
! style="background:#0021A4;"| C/T
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1906 || Independent || 5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1907 || Independent || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1908 || Independent || 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1909 || Independent || 6 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1910 || Independent || 6 ||1 ||0 || 0||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1911 || Independent || 5 || 0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1912 || SIAA
|| 5 ||2 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1913 || SIAA
|| 4 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1914 || SIAA
|| 5 ||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1915 || SIAA
|| 4 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1916 || SIAA
|| 0 ||5|| 0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1917 || SIAA
|| 2 ||4 || 0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1918 || SIAA
|| 0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1919 || SIAA
|| 5 || 3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1920 || SIAA
|| 5||3||0||0||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1921 || SIAA
|| 6 ||3||2||0||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1922 || Southern
|| 7||2 ||0|| 2||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1923 || Southern
|| 6||1||2 || 1||0||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1924 || Southern
|| 6||2||2 || 2 ||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1925 || Southern
|| 8||2 ||0|| 3||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1926 || Southern
|| 2||6||2 || 1 ||4||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1927 || Southern
|| 7||3 ||0|| 5||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1928 || Southern
|| 8||1 ||0|| 6||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1929 || Southern
|| 8||2||0 || 6||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1930 || Southern
|| 6||3||1 || 4 ||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1931 || Southern
||2||6||2 || 2 ||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1932 || Southern
|| 3||6 ||0|| 1||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1933 || SEC
|| 5||3||1 || 2 ||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1934 || SEC
|| 6||3||1 ||4|| 2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1935 || SEC
|| 3||7 ||0|| 1||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1936 || SEC
|| 4||6||0 || 1||5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1937 || SEC
|| 4||7 ||0|| 3||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1938 || SEC
|| 4||6||1 || 2||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1939 || SEC
|| 5||5||1 || 0 ||3||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1940 || SEC
|| 5||5 || 0||2||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1941 || SEC
|| 4||6 ||0|| 1||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1942 || SEC
|| 3||7 ||0|| 1||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1943 || SEC
||colspan="6" | No team
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1944 || SEC
|| 4||3 || 0 ||0||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1945 || SEC
|| 4||5||0||1 || 1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1946 || SEC
|| 0||9||0 || 0||5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1947 || SEC
|| 4||5||1 || 0||5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1948 || SEC
|| 5||5||0 || 2||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1949 || SEC
|| 4||5||1 || 1||4||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1950 || SEC
|| 5||5||0 || 2||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1951 || SEC
|| 5||5||0 || 2||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1952 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1953 || SEC
|| 3||5||2 || 1||3||2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1954 || SEC
|| 5||5||0 || 5||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1955 || SEC
|| 4||6||0 || 3|| 5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1956 || SEC
|| 6||3||1 || 5 ||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1957 || SEC
|| 6||2||1 || 4 ||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1958 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1959 || SEC
|| 5||4||1 || 2 ||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1960 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|5 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1961 || SEC
|| 4||5||1 || 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1962 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1963 || SEC
|| 6||3||1||5||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1964 || SEC
|| 7 ||3||0||4||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1965 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1966 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1967 || SEC
|| 6 ||4||0||4||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1968 || SEC
|| 6 ||3||1||2||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1969 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1970 || SEC
|| 7||4 ||0|| 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1971 || SEC
|| 4||7||0 || 1||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1972 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1973 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1974 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1975 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1976 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1977 || SEC
|| 6|| 4||1 || 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1978 || SEC
|| 4||7 || 0||3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1979 || SEC
|| 0||10||1 || 0||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1980 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1981 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1982 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1983 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1984 || SEC
|| 9||1||1 || 5||0||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1985 || SEC
|| 9||1||1 || 5||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1986 || SEC
|| 6||5 ||0|| 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1987 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1988 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1989 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1990 || SEC
|| 9||2 ||0|| 6||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991 || SEC
|| style="background:#dfd;"|10|| style="background:#dfd;"|2|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|7|| style="background:#dfd;"|0|| style="background:#dfd;"|0*
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1992 || SEC
|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|9|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|4|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0 || style="background:#d0e7ff;"|6|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|3|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993 || SEC
|| style="background:#dfd;"|11|| style="background:#dfd;"|2|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|8|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994 || |SEC
|| style="background:#dfd;"|10|| style="background:#dfd;"|2|| style="background:#dfd;"|1 || style="background:#dfd;"|8|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995 || SEC
|| style="background:#dfd;"|12|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|9|| style="background:#dfd;"|0|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996 || |SEC
|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|12|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1 || style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|9|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1997 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|10|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1998 || SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|10|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999 || SEC
|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|9|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|4|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0 || style="background:#d0e7ff;"|7|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|2|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
|| SEC
|| style="background:#dfd;"|10|| style="background:#dfd;"|3|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|8|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2001
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|10|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2004
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
|| SEC
|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|13|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0 || style="background:#ffe6bd;"|8|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2007
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
|| SEC
|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|13|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0 || style="background:#ffe6bd;"|8|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
|| SEC
|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|13|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|1|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0 || style="background:#d0e7ff;"|8|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|1|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2010
|| SEC
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FF4A00;"
||
|| Totals
|| 663
|| 379
|| 39
|| 329
|| 218
|| 15
|}
|}
|-
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Opponent
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Won
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Lost
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Tied
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Percentage
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Streak
! style="background:#0021A4;"| First Meeting
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Last Meeting
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Alabama
|| 14 || 23 || 0 || || Lost 3 || 1916 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Arkansas
|| 8 || 1 || 0 || || Won 8 || 1982 || 2009
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Auburn
|| 38 || 43 || 2 || || Lost 3 || 1912 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Florida State
|| 33 || 21 || 2 || || Lost 2 || 1958 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Georgia
|| 40 || 47 || 2 || || Lost 1 || 1915 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Kentucky
|| 45 || 17 || 0 || || Won 25 || 1917 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| LSU
|| 30 || 25 || 3 || || Lost 2 || 1937 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Miami
|| 26 || 28 || 0 || || Won 1 || 1938 || 2008
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Mississippi State
|| 33 || 19 || 2 || || Lost 1 || 1923 || 2010
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Missouri
* || 0 || 1 || 0 || || Lost 1 || 1966 || 1966
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Ole Miss
|| 10 || 12 || 1 || || Lost 1 || 1926 || 2008
|- style="text-align:center;"
| South Carolina
|| 23 || 6 || 3 || || Lost 2 || 1911 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Tennessee
|| 22 || 19 || 0 || || Won 7 || 1916 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Texas A&M
* || 1 || 1 || 0 || || Lost 1 || 1962 || 1971
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Vanderbilt
|| 34 || 9 || 2 || || Won 21 || 1945 || 2011
|- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center; background:#ff4a00;"
|| Totals
|| 357
|| 272
|| 17
||
||
||
||
|}
|}
* Missouri and Texas A&M will join the SEC on July 1, 2012.
|-
!style="background:#0021A4;"| No !! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year !!style="background:#0021A4;"| Coach !! style="background:#0021A4;"| Record !! style="background:#0021A4;"| % !! style="background:#0021A4;"| PF !! style="background:#0021A4;"| PA
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 || 2008
|| Urban Meyer
|| 13–1 || 0.928
|| 611 || 181
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 || 1996 || Steve Spurrier
|| 12–1 || 0.923
|| 611 || 221
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 || 1995 || Steve Spurrier
|| 12–1 || 0.923
|| 558 || 263
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 || 2007
|| Urban Meyer
|| 9–4 || 0.692
|| 552 || 331
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 || 2001
|| Steve Spurrier
|| 10–2 || 0.833
|| 538 || 178
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 || 1994 || Steve Spurrier
|| 10–2–1 || 0.807
|| 538 || 228
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 || 1993 || Steve Spurrier
|| 11–2 || 0.846
|| 513 || 244
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8 || 2009
|| Urban Meyer
|| 13–1 || 0.928
|| 502 || 174
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9 || 2000
|| Steve Spurrier
|| 10–3 || 0.769
|| 468 || 273
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10 || 1997 || Steve Spurrier
|| 10–2 || 0.833
|| 430 || 205
|}
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Season
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Bowl Game
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Winner
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Loser
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1912
| Bacardi Bowl
†
| Florida 28
| Vedado Athletic Club 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1952
| Gator Bowl
| Florida 14
| Tulsa
13
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1958
| Gator Bowl
| Mississippi
7
| Florida 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1960
| Gator Bowl
| Florida 13
| Baylor
12
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1962
| Gator Bowl
| Florida 17
| Penn State
7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1965
| Sugar Bowl
| Missouri
20
| Florida 18
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1966
| Orange Bowl
| Florida 27
| Georgia Tech
12
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1969
| Gator Bowl
| Florida 14
| Tennessee
13
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1973
| Tangerine Bowl
| Miami University
16
| Florida 7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1974
| Sugar Bowl
| Nebraska
13
| Florida 10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1975
| Gator Bowl
| Maryland
13
| Florida 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1976
| Sun Bowl
| Texas A&M
37
| Florida 14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1980
| Tangerine Bowl
| Florida 35
| Maryland 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1981
| Peach Bowl
| West Virginia
26
| Florida 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1982
| Bluebonnet Bowl
| Arkansas
28
| Florida 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1983
| Gator Bowl
| Florida 14
| Iowa
6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1987
| Aloha Bowl
| UCLA
20
| Florida 16
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1988
| All-American Bowl
| Florida 14
| Illinois
10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1989
| Freedom Bowl
| Washington
34
| Florida 7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991
| Sugar Bowl
| Notre Dame
39
| Florida 28
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1992
| Gator Bowl
| Florida 27
| North Carolina State
10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993
| Sugar Bowl
| Florida 41
| West Virginia 7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994
| Sugar Bowl
| Florida State
23
| Florida 17
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995
| Fiesta Bowl
(Title Game)
| Nebraska 62
| Florida 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996
| Sugar Bowl
(Title Game)
| Florida 52
| Florida State 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1997
| Florida Citrus Bowl
| Florida 21
| Penn State 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1998
| Orange Bowl
| Florida 31
| Syracuse
10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999
| Florida Citrus Bowl
| Michigan State
37
| Florida 34
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
| Sugar Bowl
| Miami
37
| Florida 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2001
| Orange Bowl
| Florida 56
| Maryland 23
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002
| Outback Bowl
| Michigan
38
| Florida 30
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003
| Outback Bowl
| Iowa 37
| Florida 17
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2004
| Peach Bowl
| Miami 27
| Florida 10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005
| Outback Bowl
| Florida 31
| Iowa 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
| BCS National Championship Game
| Florida 41
| Ohio State
14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2007
| Capital One Bowl
| Michigan 41
| Florida 35
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
| BCS National Championship Game
| Florida 24
| Oklahoma
14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
| Sugar Bowl
| Florida 51
| Cincinnati
24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2010
| Outback Bowl
| Florida 37
| Penn State 24
|-
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Games 38
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Wins 19
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Losses 19
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Ties 0
|}
Overall bowl record: 19–19 (38 Games)
† The University Athletic Association
does not recognize the 1912 "Bacardi Bowl" in the Gators' official bowl record.
First Team Offense
QB – Steve Spurrier
RB – Larry Smith
RB – Nat Moore
WR – Cris Collinsworth
WR – Wes Chandler
TE – Jim Yarbrough
OT – Randy Jackson
OT – Mike Williams
OG – Burton Lawless
OG – Guy Dennis
C – Bill Carr
PK – David Posey
First Team Defense
DL – Jack Youngblood
DL – Scott Hutchinson
DL – David Galloway
DL – Charlie LaPradd
LB – Ralph Ortega
LB – Scot Brantley
LB – Wilber Marshall
LB – Glenn Cameron
DB – Steve Tannen
DB – Jackie Simpson
DB – Bernie Parrish
P – Bobby Joe Green
Second Team Offense
QB – John Reaves
RB – Rick Casares
RB – James Jones
WR – Carlos Alvarez
WR – Charles Casey
TE – Chris Faulkner
OT – Mac Steen
OT – Charlie Mitchell
OG – Larry Beckman
OG – John Barrow
C – Steve DeLaTorre
PK – Brian Clark
Second Team Defense
DL – Robin Fisher
DL – Joe D'Agostino
DL – Lynn Matthews
DL – Vel Heckman
LB – David Little
LB – Fred Abbott
LB – Sammy Green
DB – Bruce Bennett
DB – Tony Lilly
DB – Hagood Clarke
P – Don Chandler
First Team
Offense
QB – Danny Wuerffel
(1993–1996)
RB – Neal Anderson
(1982–1985)
RB – Emmitt Smith
(1987–1989)
WR – Carlos Alvarez
(1969–1971)
WR – Wes Chandler
(1974–1977)
TE – Jim Yarbrough
(1966–1968)
OT – Lomas Brown
(1981–1984)
OT – David Williams
(1985–1988)
OG – Burton Lawless
(1972–1974)
OG – Donnie Young (1993–1996)
OC – Jeff Mitchell
(1993–1996)
PK – Judd Davis (1992–1994)
KR – Jacquez Green
(1995–1997)
First Team Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood
(1968–1970)
DE – Kevin Carter (1991–1994)
DT – Brad Culpepper
(1988–1991)
DT – Ellis Johnson
(1991–1994)
LB – Wilber Marshall
(1980–1983)
LB – Scot Brantley
(1976–1979)
LB – David Little (1977–1980)
CB – Steve Tannen
(1967–1969)
CB – Jarvis Williams (1984–1987)
S – Louis Oliver
(1985–1988)
S – Bruce Bennett (1963–1965)
P – Bobby Joe Green
(1958–1959)
Second Team
Offense
QB – Steve Spurrier
(1964–1966)
RB – Rick Casares
(1951–1953)
RB – James Jones (1979–1982)
WR – Reidel Anthony
(1994–1996)
WR – Ike Hilliard
(1994–1996)
TE – Kirk Kirkpatrick (1987–1990)
OT – Jason Odom
(1992–1995)
OT – Mike Williams (1973–1975)
OG – Larry Gagner
(1963–1965)
OG – Jeff Zimmerman (1983–1986)
OC – Phil Bromley (1981–1984)
PK – David Posey (1973–1976)
KR – Jack Jackson
(1992–1994)
Second Team Defense
DE – David Ghesquiere (1967–1969)
DE – Lynn Matthews
(1963–1965)
DT – David Galloway
(1979–1981)
DT – Charlie LaPradd (1950–1952)
LB – Sammy Green (1972–1975)
LB – Alonzo Johnson
(1983–1985)
LB – Ralph Ortega
(1972–1974)
CB – Fred Weary
(1994–1997)
CB – Richard Fain (1987–1990)
S – Tony Lilly
(1980–1983)
S – Wayne Fields (1972–1975)
P – Ray Criswell (1982–1985)
Offense
QB – Danny Wuerffel
(1993–1996)
RB – Errict Rhett
(1990–1993)
RB – Emmitt Smith
(1987–1989)
RB – Fred Taylor (1994–1997)
WR – Carlos Alvarez
(1969–1971)
WR – Cris Collinsworth
(1977–1980)
WR – Chris Doering
(1992–1995)
WR – Ike Hilliard
(1994–1996)
OL – Lomas Brown
(1981–1984)
OL – Mike Degory (2002–2005)
OL – Jeff Mitchell
(1993–1996)
OL – Jason Odom
(1992–1995)
PK – Jeff Chandler (1998–2001)
Defense
DL – Trace Armstrong
(1988)
DL – Alex Brown (1998–2001)
DL – Kevin Carter (1991–1994)
DL – Brad Culpepper
(1988–1991)
DL – Jack Youngblood
(1968–1970)
LB – Scot Brantley
(1976–1979)
LB – Channing Crowder
(2003–2004)
LB – Jevon Kearse
(1996–1998)
LB – Wilber Marshall
(1980–1983)
DB – Louis Oliver
(1985–1988)
DB – Lito Sheppard
(1999–2001)
DB – Fred Weary
(1994–1997)
P – Shayne Edge
(1991–94)
Offense
WR – Carlos Alvarez
(1969–1971)
WR – Wes Chandler
(1974–1977)
TE – Jim Yarbrough
(1966–1968)
TE – Kirk Kirkpatrick (1987–1990)
OL – Lomas Brown
(1981–1984)
OL – Jason Odom
(1992–1995)
OL – Bill Carr
(1964–1966)
OL – Burton Lawless
(1972–1974)
OL – Jeff Zimmerman (1983–1986)
QB – Steve Spurrier
(1964–1966)
QB – Danny Wuerffel
(1993–1996)
RB – Neal Anderson
(1982–1985)
RB – Emmitt Smith
(1987–1989)
RB – Errict Rhett
(1990–1993)
PK – Jeff Chandler
(1998–2001)
Defense
DL – Jack Youngblood
(1968–1970)
DL – Brad Culpepper
(1988–1991)
DL – Huey Richardson
(1987–1990)
DL – Kevin Carter (1991–1994)
DL – Ellis Johnson
(1991–1994)
LB – Wilber Marshall
(1980–1983)
LB – David Little (1977–1980)
LB – Alonzo Johnson
(1981–1985)
LB – Scot Brantley
(1976–1979)
LB – Sammy Green
(1972–1975)
DB – Bruce Bennett (1963–1965)
DB – Steve Tannen
(1967–1969)
DB – Will White (1989–1992)
DB – Louis Oliver
(1985–1988)
DB – Fred Weary
(1994–1997)
P – Ray Criswell (1982–1985)
:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:#0021A4;"| Name
!style="background:#0021A4;"| Position
!style="background:#0021A4;"| UF Years
!style="background:#0021A4;"| Inducted
|-
|Carlos Alvarez
|Wide receiver
|1969–1971
|2011
|-
|Charlie Bachman
|Coach
|1928–1932
|1978
|-
|Doug Dickey
|Coach
|1970–1978
|2003
|-
|Ray Graves
|Coach
|1960–1969
|1990
|-
|Marcelino Huerta
|Coach
*
|1947–1949
|2002
|-
|Wilber Marshall
|Linebacker
|1980–1983
|2008
|-
|Emmitt Smith
|Running back
|1987–1989
|2006
|-
|Steve Spurrier
|Quarterback
|1963–1966
|1986
|-
|Dale Van Sickel
|End
|1927–1929
|1975
|-
|Jack Youngblood
|Defensive end
|1967–1970
|1992
|}
Doug Dickey was also the Gators' quarterback from 1951 to 1952, but was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003 for his record as the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers
from 1964 to 1969 and the Florida Gators from 1970 to 1978. Steve Spurrier was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986 for his record as the Gators' Heisman Trophy
-winning quarterback from 1964 to 1966. Spurrier was also the Gators' head coach from 1990 to 2001, and his career coaching record far exceeds the Hall of Fame's minimum requirements, but he is still an active coach and is not eligible for induction as a coach until he retires. Marcelino Huerta
was a standout lineman for the Gators from 1947 to 1949, but was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002 for his record as the head coach of the Tampa Spartans, Wichita State Shockers
and Parson Wildcats
.
(1933–1982) The All-Time Team for the first 50 years
Selected by the SEC Skywriters
First Team Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood
(1968–1970)
Second Team Offense
WR – Wes Chandler
(1974–1977)
Second Team Defense
LB – Wilber Marshall
1980–1982)
Quarter Century All-SEC Team
(1950–1974)
A Bicentennial Project
of the Birmingham Quarterback Club
First Team Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood (1968–1970)
25 Year All-SEC Team
(1961–1985)
The 25-Year All-SEC team
chosen for the
Lakeland Ledger
Offense
WR – Cris Collinsworth
1978–1980)
WR – Wes Chandler (1974–1976)
Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood (1968–1970)
LB – Wilber Marshall (1980–1982)
Selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) for the 25th Anniversary of the centennial year of college football.
Sports Illustrated
All-Century Team
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Name !!style="background:#0021A4;"| Position
|-
| Will Muschamp
|| Head Coach
|-
| Charlie Weis
|| Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
|-
| Dan Quinn
|| Defensive Coordinator/Co-Defensive Line Coach
|-
| D.J. Durkin || Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
|-
| Aubrey Hill
|| Wide Receivers Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
|-
| Travaris Robinson
|| Defensive Backs Coach
|-
| Frank Verducci || Offensive Line Coach
|-
| Brian White || Tight Ends Coach
|-
| Bryant Young
|| Co-Defensive Line Coach
|}
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in the sport of American football
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(SEC). They play their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
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campus, and are currently led by head coach Will Muschamp
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. The Gators have won three national championships and eight SEC titles in the 106-season history of their varsity football program.
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") first fielded an official varsity football team in the fall of 1906
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, when the newly consolidated university moved to its new campus in Gainesville. Since then, the Gators football program has evolved from its very humble origins, and has achieved notable successes. The Gators have played in thirty-eight bowl games; won three national championships (1996
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, 2006
2007 BCS National Championship Game
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, and 2008
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), and eight Southeastern Conference
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championships (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
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, 2000
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, 2006
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, 2008
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); and produced eighty-two first-team All-Americans, forty-two National Football League
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(NFL) first-round draft
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choices, and three Heisman Trophy
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winners. Since 1990, the Gators have won more games (210) than any other college football team in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as "Division I-A").
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for their coaching success. The 2011 season
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.
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Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
. The conference schedule is filled out with an annual game against Louisiana State and two additional foes from the SEC Western Division on a rotating basis. (Until 2003, the Gators also played Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
every season with only one Western Division team in rotation.)
Key conference rivalries include the Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic in which Florida and Georgia play annually in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
(usually around Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
), the matchup with Tennessee
Florida-Tennessee rivalry
The Florida–Tennessee football rivalry, sometimes called the Third Saturday in September, is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida and the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee...
(usually in mid-September), and an inter-divisional rivalry with their permanent SEC Western Division foe, LSU (in early to mid-October).
In addition to the conference foes, the Gators face in-state rival Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football
The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in college football. The Florida State Seminoles compete in NCAA Division I-FBS and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
at the end of the regular season. The two teams' emergence as perennial football powers in the 1980s and 1990s helped build the Florida-Florida State rivalry
Florida-Florida State rivalry
The Florida–Florida State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the teams of the two oldest public universities of the U.S. state of Florida: the University of Florida Gators and the Florida State University Seminoles...
into a game that has often held national title implications. Before 1988, in-state rival Miami
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
was also an annual opponent, but due to expanded conference schedules, Florida and Miami have met only three times in the regular season and twice in bowl games since 1988. The remaining dates on Florida's regular season schedule are filled with various non-conference opponents that vary from year to year.
Origins
The modern University of Florida was created in 1905 when the Florida LegislatureFlorida Legislature
The Florida State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution states that "The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a legislature of the State of Florida," composed of a Senate...
enacted the Buckman Act
Henry Holland Buckman
Henry Holland Buckman was an attorney from Duval County, Florida, who became a legislator in the Florida Legislature and served on the Judiciary Committee...
, which abolished all of the State of Florida's existing publicly-supported educational institutions and consolidated the academic programs of four of them in the new "University of the State of Florida
History of the University of Florida
The history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida, colloquially known as "Florida" or "UF," originated as several distinct institutions that were merged to create a single state-supported university by the...
", a land-grant university
Land-grant university
Land-grant universities are institutions of higher education in the United States designated by each state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890....
for white men.
Two of the new university's predecessor institutions fielded football teams before 1905: the East Florida Seminary in Gainesville and the Florida Agricultural College (later renamed the University of Florida at Lake City
Lake City, Florida
Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, in the United States. In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 12,614. In addition, it is the Principal City of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had an...
) had teams in the late 1890s and early 1900s, and actually played each other in 1903. On November 22, 1901, Florida Agricultural College and the private Stetson College (now Stetson University) assembled teams for a match in Jacksonville that would be Florida's first known intercollegiate football game. This game sparked considerable interest in intercollegiate football in the state, and as a result several other colleges organized teams of their own, including the East Florida Seminary and Florida State College
History of Florida State University
The history of Florida State University dates to the 19th century and is deeply intertwined with the history of education in the state of Florida and in the city of Tallahassee....
(now Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
). Florida State College (FSC) fielded a successful team from 1902 to 1904; after FSC was reorganized by the Buckman Act as the new college for white women in 1905, the Florida State College football team was discontinued. However, of all the players from these earlier teams, only tackle William Gibbs of the 1905 Lake City team made the transition to the new university's team in Gainesville in 1906.
New university, humble beginnings: 1906–1919
History of the University of Florida
The history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida, colloquially known as "Florida" or "UF," originated as several distinct institutions that were merged to create a single state-supported university by the...
, which reorganized the state's entire system of higher education. As a result, the former University of Florida at Lake City (which had been known as "Florida Agricultural College" until 1903) and the East Florida Seminary were merged with two other institutions to create the new University of the State of Florida for white male students. The university operated for one school year (1905–1906) in Lake City, Florida
Lake City, Florida
Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, in the United States. In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 12,614. In addition, it is the Principal City of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had an...
, while the first buildings were constructed on the new campus in Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
.
The as-yet un-nicknamed state university football team began varsity play when the new Gainesville campus opened in September 1906. The first football coach was Jack Forsythe
Jack Forsythe
Jack A. "Pee Wee" Forsythe, Jr. was an American college football player and coach. Forsythe has an important place in the history of college athletics in the U.S. state of Florida as the first head coach of the team now known as the University of Florida Gators...
, who had previously coached the Florida State College football team before the Buckman Act reorganization. Forsythe led the new Florida team for three winning seasons, including a 6–0 win over the Rollins College Tars in their first game. The official name of the new university was shortened to the "University of Florida" in 1909, and George Pyle became the new head coach of the 1909 Florida football team. Some time during these early years, the Florida sports teams adopted their orange and blue team colors, purportedly representing a combination of the blue and white of the old Florida Agricultural College
History of the University of Florida
The history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida, colloquially known as "Florida" or "UF," originated as several distinct institutions that were merged to create a single state-supported university by the...
and the orange and black of the old East Florida Seminary
History of the University of Florida
The history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida, colloquially known as "Florida" or "UF," originated as several distinct institutions that were merged to create a single state-supported university by the...
, two of the university's predecessor institutions.
The 1910s saw the team face many of their current rivals and regular opponents for the first time. The newly-named Gators met the South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina Gamecocks football
The South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in NCAA Division I college football. The Gamecocks have been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1992. Steve Spurrier is the current head coach, and the team plays its home games at Williams-Brice...
for the first time and played the Gamecocks to a 6–6 tie in 1911. The 1911 Gators went on to defeat The Citadel, Clemson and the College of Charleston, declared themselves to be the "champions of South Carolina," and finished their season 5–0–1—the only undefeated football season in the Gators' history. When the 1912 Gators joined the now-defunct Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
(SIAA) in time for the 1912 season, they faced the Auburn Tigers
1915 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1915 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1915 college football season.-Schedule:...
in the teams' first contest; the 1915 Gators played the Georgia Bulldogs for the first time; and the 1916 Gators met the 1916 Alabama Crimson Tide in their first game.
The Roaring Twenties: 1920–1929
The 1922 Gators joined the Southern ConferenceSouthern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
, following their regional rivals' departure from the SIAA a year earlier. Major James Van Fleet
James Van Fleet
James Alward Van Fleet was a U.S. Army officer during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. He served as a regimental, divisional and corps commander during World War II and as...
coached the 1923 and 1924 teams to their first taste of national notoriety, finishing 6–1–2 and 6–2–2. The 1923 Gators shocked the heavily favored 1923 Alabama Crimson Tide 16–6 in one of the biggest upsets of the year. The 1924 Gators tied powerhouses Georgia Tech and Texas. Led by new head coach Harold Sebring
Harold Sebring
Harold Leon "Tom" Sebring was a Florida Supreme Court justice, and an American judge at the Nuremberg Trials of German war criminals after World War II. Sebring was a native of Kansas and an alumnus of Kansas State Agricultural College...
, the 1925 Gators finished 8–2, and All-Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
Edgar Jones scored 109 points, setting the team record for most points scored in a season—a record that would stand for another forty-four years. Other Gators greats from this era included Carl "Tootie" Perry, the Gators' center and first All-Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
selection in 1920 and 1921, and lineman Max "Goldie" Goldstein, one of the first Gators to play professional football.
Coach Charlie Bachman
Charlie Bachman
Charles William "Charlie" Bachman, Jr. was an American college football player and head coach. Bachman was an Illinois native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played college football...
led the Gators to greater national recognition. Bachman had attended Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
from 1914 to 1916, where he was an All-American guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
for the Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
team in 1916, and, in 1918, had also played for the legendary Great Lakes Naval Station football team. Bachman's 1928 and 1929 Gators squads finished 8–1 and 8–2, respectively, and represented the Gators' highest season win totals for thirty-two years. Led by the "Phantom Four" backfield of Carl Brumbaugh
Carl Brumbaugh
Carl Lowry Brumbaugh was an American college and professional football player who was a quarterback and halfback in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1930s...
, Rainey Cawthon, Clyde Crabtree
Clyde Crabtree
"Cannonball" Clyde Crabtree was an American college and professional football player who was a halfback and quarterback in the National Football League for a single season in 1930...
and Royce Goodbread
Royce Goodbread
Royce Ethelbert Goodbread was an American college and professional football player who was a halfback and wingback in the National Football League for two seasons in the early 1930s...
, the 1928 Gators set a new national scoring record of 336 points. The 1928 team also produced the Gators' first-ever first-team All-American, end Dale Van Sickel
Dale Van Sickel
Dale Harris Van Sickel was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years...
, who later became Florida's first member of the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
, inducted in 1975. The 1928 Gators' sole loss was to the Tennessee Volunteers
1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1928 college football season. Robert Neyland served his third year as head coach of the Volunteers. The 1928 Vols went 9–0–1 with a record of 6–0–1 in the Southern Conference. The...
, 12–13, in the final game of the season. In 1929, the Gators defeated the Oregon Ducks
Oregon Ducks football
The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...
20–6 before 20,000 fans in the first game at Miami's Madison Square Garden Stadium.
Depression, war and football: 1930–1949
The University of Florida joined the new Southeastern ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
(SEC) in December 1932, along with twelve other member schools from the Southern Conference, including Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
, Auburn
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, Georgia Tech, Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
, Louisiana State
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
, Mississippi
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
, Mississippi State
Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
, Sewanee, Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
, Tulane
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
, and Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
. University of Florida president John J. Tigert
John J. Tigert
John James Tigert, IV was an American university president, university professor and administrator, college sports coach and the U.S. Commissioner of Education. Tigert was a native of Tennessee and the son and grandson of Methodist bishops...
, a former All-Southern halfback
Halfback (American football)
A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...
on the Vanderbilt football teams of 1901–1903, was instrumental in the organization of the new conference and served four separate terms as the SEC president. Tigert was also responsible for the construction of the Gators' first and only permanent stadium, Florida Field
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field is the football stadium for the University of Florida and the home field of the university's Florida Gators football team. It is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The stadium was originally built in 1930, and has been regularly...
, in 1930.
Gator alumnus Dutch Stanley
Dennis K. Stanley
Dennis Keith "Dutch" Stanley, Sr. was an American education professor, university administrator and intercollegiate sports coach. Stanley was a native of England, but graduated from high school in Florida...
replaced Bachman as coach in 1933, the first SEC football season. Stanley, who was only 26 years old, had been a stand-out end on the great 1928 Gators team. He brought an all-Gator-alumni coaching staff to the program, and the Gators experienced a brief two-year revival after two consecutive losing seasons under Bachman in 1931 and 1932. Stanley's Gators posted 5–3–1 and 6–3–1 records in 1933 and 1934, but faltered with a 3–7 tally in 1935.
The 1930s and 1940s were generally not kind to the Gators. After posting a six-win season in 1934, Florida did not win more than five games in a season until 1952.
Dutch Stanley resigned under fan pressure following the 1935 season, and was replaced by Josh Cody
Josh Cody
Joshua C. Cody was an American college athlete, head coach and athletics director. Cody was a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, where he was a three-time All-American college football player...
as head coach. Cody was a former star tackle for Dan McGugin
Dan McGugin
Daniel Earle McGugin was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from 1919 to 1934, compiling a record of 197–55–19. He played college football at the University...
's great Vanderbilt Commodores football
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
teams of 1915, 1916 and 1919, and was the only three-time All-American in the history of Commodores football. Cody had previously coached the Clemson Tigers football
Clemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
team to a 29–11–1 record from 1927 to 1930, but had returned to his alma mater to be the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores basketball team and serve as an assistant football coach under the legendary McGugin. Perhaps Cody's finest moment as the Gators' head coach was the team's 7–0 upset of the second-ranked Boston College Eagles
Boston College Eagles football
The Boston College Eagles football team is the collegiate football program of Boston College. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a Division I Bowl Subdivision league governed by the NCAA. Within the ACC, the Eagles are one of six teams in the Atlantic Division...
in Boston in 1939. In four seasons, however, Cody recorded a 17–24–2 tally. Once again, a coach who showed great promise on paper was not able to lead the Gators from the football wilderness, and Cody left Gainesville to accept an assistant coach position at Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
.
Tom Lieb
Thomas Lieb
Thomas John "Tom" Lieb was an American Olympic track and field athlete, an All-American college football player and a multi-sport collegiate coach. Lieb was a Minnesota native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played college football...
replaced Josh Cody as coach in 1940. Lieb was a former All-American Notre Dame football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
player and then protege assistant coach under Knute Rockne
Knute Rockne
Knute Kenneth Rockne was an American football player and coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history...
. Notably, he was also a bronze medalist in the discus throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
in the 1924 Summer Olympics
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
. Lieb had been the de facto head coach during the Irish's 1929 national championship season, while Rockne spent most of the season recovering from illness. Despite Gator fans' early hopes for Lieb's Gators and his "Notre Dame system," however, the Gators posted a disappointing 20–26–1 record in five seasons. Lieb's best season was probably his first in 1940, as the Gators celebrated victories over and their second first-team All-American, end Fergie Ferguson, in 1941. The World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
years of 1942 to 1945 witnessed the withdrawal of most of the university's able-bodied students, followed by their enlistment in the U.S. military. Florida did not field a team for lack of available players in 1943.
Returning war veteran
Veteran
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
s arrived in force on the Gainesville campus in the fall of 1946, and Bear Wolf
Raymond Wolf
Raymond Bernard "Bear" Wolf was an American football player and coach. Wolf was a native of Illinois and an alumnus of Texas Christian University, where he played college football and baseball...
, the pre-war head coach of the North Carolina Tarheels football team, replaced Lieb as head coach. Unfortunately, the Gators football program slid even further under Wolf, posting a 13–24–2 record in four seasons. The first season for Wolf was disastrous: the 1946 Gators finished 0–9—the worst football season in Gators history. Wolf's Gators never had a winning season, but there were bright spots. The iconic cheerleader, Mr. Two Bits
Mr. Two Bits
George Edmondson, Jr. of Tampa, Florida, known to the University of Florida community as "Mr. Two Bits," is a football fan of—and cheerleader for—the Florida Gators football team....
, attended his first home game during the 1946 season, and began his personal sixty-year tradition of leading Gator fans in the "two bits" cheer at Florida Field. Gators running back Chuck Hunsinger
Chuck Hunsinger
Charles Ray "Chuck" Hunsinger was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League for six seasons during the 1950s...
rushed for 2,017 yards in 1948 and 1949. Hunsinger ran for 174 yards and three touchdowns against the Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia Bulldogs football
The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...
in the Gators 28–7 victory in November 1949, but Wolf's contract was not renewed after the 1949 season. Gator veterans of Wolf's tenure ironically dubbed it the "Golden Era."
Woodruff era: 1950–1959
The Gators achieved a measure of respectability under coach Bob Woodruff during the 1950s. Woodruff was an eccentric who was a master of X's and O's and employed unusual methods to train and motivate his players. As a former Tennessee VolunteersTennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
football player and a disciple of legendary Volunteers coach Robert Neyland
Robert Neyland
Robert Reese Neyland, MBE was an American football player and coach and and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He served three stints as the head football coach as the University of Tennessee...
, Woodruff emphasized defense, field position and the kicking game to the exclusion of a more wide-open offensive scheme. The Gators peaked under Woodruff during the 1952 season, when they posted an 8–3 record, received their first official post-season bowl invitation, and defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
The University of Tulsa's Golden Hurricane football team represents Tulsa in Conference USA. Tulsa is currently coached by first-year head coach Bill Blankenship. The football team was coached by Todd Graham until he accepted the head coaching job at Pittsburgh....
14–13 in the Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
on New Year's Day 1953. The 1952 Gators also produced Florida's third first-team All-American, tackle Charlie LaPradd, one of the two team captains. Woodruff never again equaled the success of his 1952 Gators team, but his ten-year tenure as coach was notable for a 6–4 record against the rival Georgia Bulldogs, four Associated Press final football poll top-twenty rankings, and the fact that only two of his ten Gators teams finished with losing records. Woodruff finished his Gators career with a combined record of 53–42–6.
Graves era: 1960–1969
Florida achieved its first consistent success in the 1960s, when Ray GravesRay Graves
Samuel Ray Graves is a former American college and professional football player and former college football coach. He is a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee, where he played college football...
coached the team to three nine-win seasons and a total of seventy victories, a Florida record that stood for twenty-seven years. Graves led his Gators to a series of "firsts," including the Gators' first nine-win season in 1960, and their first Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
appearance on New Year's Day 1966 (an 18–20 loss). Graves fielded one of his best teams in 1966, led by Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
; the 1966 team finished 9–2 and defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. While the team is officially designated as the Yellow Jackets, it is also referred to as the Ramblin' Wreck. The Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
in the Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935 and celebrated its 75th playing on January 1, 2009...
, the team's first major bowl win. During this same time, Dr. Robert Cade
Robert Cade
James Robert Cade was an American physician, university professor, research scientist and inventor. Cade, a native of Texas, earned his undergraduate and medical degrees, and became a professor of medicine and nephrology at the University of Florida...
and other University of Florida medical researchers developed the popular sports drink Gatorade
Gatorade
Gatorade is a brand of sports-themed food and beverage products, built around its signature product: a line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo, distributed in over 80 countries...
and tested it on the Gators football team under the consistently extreme conditions of heat and humidity under which the team played. Gatorade was a success, and the Gators developed a reputation as a "second-half team." Graves' final season in 1969 is remembered for the group of young stars known as the "Super Sophs," including quarterback John Reaves
John Reaves
Thomas Johnson "John" Reaves is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback for eleven seasons in the National Football League and three seasons in the United States Football League...
and All-American wide receiver Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
, fullback Tommy Durrance's single-season scoring record of 110 points, an all-time best record of 9–1–1, and a 14–13 Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
victory over the SEC champion Tennessee Volunteers
1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1969 college football season. The Volunteers offense scored 328 points while the defense allowed 179 points. Led by head coach Doug Dickey, the Volunteers competed in the...
. As dramatic evidence of the program-building progress made under Graves, the Gators produced three times the number of first-team All-Americans during the 1960s as they had in all of the previous fifty-four seasons of the team's existence. Ray Graves' career record as the Gators' head coach was 70–31–4.
Dickey era: 1970–1978
Florida alumnus and former Gators quarterback Doug DickeyDoug Dickey
Douglas Adair "Doug" Dickey is a former American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, where he played college football...
took over the reins in 1970. Dickey had been the head coach of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
for the preceding six seasons, where he had won the SEC championship twice and led the Volunteers to five straight bowl appearances. Dickey's Gators peaked in 1974, with an 8–4 season and a Sugar Bowl appearance (a 13–10 loss). He was never able to duplicate his prior success at Tennessee, posting a 58–43–2 record over nine seasons with the Gators, and he resigned after a 4–7 season in 1978.
One of the more colorful moments of the Dickey era was a play known as the "Gator Flop." In the final game of the 1971 regular season, the Gators led the rival Miami Hurricanes
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
45–8 with less than two minutes on the clock. Victory was assured, but Florida's senior quarterback, John Reaves
John Reaves
Thomas Johnson "John" Reaves is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback for eleven seasons in the National Football League and three seasons in the United States Football League...
, needed fourteen yards to break Jim Plunkett
Jim Plunkett
James William "Jim" Plunkett is a former American football quarterback who played college football for Stanford University, where he won the Heisman Trophy, and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. ...
's NCAA record for career passing yardage and Miami had the ball. Several of Florida's defensive players convinced Dickey that the only way for Reaves to set the mark would be for Miami to score quickly. Dickey refused twice before he acquiesced. So, with the Hurricanes near the Florida endzone, the entire Gator defense except one player fell to the ground, allowing Miami to easily score a touchdown. Florida's offense then got the ball back and Reaves completed a fifteen-yard pass to Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
to break the record. After the final whistle, jubilant Florida players jumped into a large tank behind the Orange Bowl
Miami Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl, formerly Burdine Stadium, was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana. Considered a landmark, it was the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team...
endzone usually used by the Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
' mascot, "Flipper
Flipper (1964 TV series)
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park...
," and an angry Miami coach Fran Curci
Fran Curci
Fran Curci is a former American football player and coach. He was an All-American quarterback at the University of Miami in 1959...
refused to shake hands with Dickey.
Pell-Hall era: 1979–1989
Charley PellCharley Pell
Charles Byron "Charley" Pell was an American college football player and coach. Pell was an Alabama native and an alumnus of the University of Alabama, where he played college football. He is most notably remembered as the head coach of the Clemson University and the University of Florida...
became the Gators' head coach in 1979, and brought the Gators respectability on the field, and scandal and disgrace off it. Though he began his career with an 0–10–1 season in 1979, the Gators posted a then-NCAA-record turn-around with an 8–3 season in 1980. Pell went 33–15 after the winless opening season, but he was fired by university president Marshall Criser
Marshall Criser
Marshall McAllister Criser, Jr. is an American corporate lawyer and former university administrator. Criser is a native of New Jersey, and earned his bachelor's and law degrees before becoming a practicing attorney...
during the 1984 season after Pell and his staff were charged with 107 NCAA major infractions. Offensive coordinator Galen Hall
Galen Hall
Galen Samuel Hall is an American college and professional football coach and former player. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and an alumnus of Penn State University, where he played college football...
replaced Pell after the third game of the season, and rallied his players after a 1–1–1 start to win eight straight games to finish 9–1–1.
Prior to the 1990s, the 1984 team was considered by many sports commentators to be the finest Gators squad ever. The offense was especially potent behind an offensive line dubbed "The Great Wall of Florida" (Phil Bromley, Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...
, Billy Hinson, Crawford Ker
Crawford Ker
Crawford Francis Ker is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Ker played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Dallas...
, Scott Trimble and Jeff Zimmerman) that paved the way for John L. Williams
John L. Williams
John L. Williams is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
and Neal Anderson
Neal Anderson
Charles Neal Anderson is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s...
to run the ball and for freshman quarterback Kerwin Bell
Kerwin Bell
Kerwin Douglas Bell is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League , World League of American Football and the Canadian Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s...
to lead the team to its first-ever SEC football championship. Several polls ranked the Gators as the best team in the nation after the conclusion of the 1984 season, but the team was ineligible for a bowl game because of the newly-imposed NCAA probation. To the shock and dismay of the team and fans, the SEC university presidents voted to retroactively vacate the Gators' 1984 championship in the spring of 1985.
Galen Hall
Galen Hall
Galen Samuel Hall is an American college and professional football coach and former player. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and an alumnus of Penn State University, where he played college football...
coached the team from the fourth game of 1984 until 1989, and matched the 9–1–1 record in 1984 with another 9–1–1 season in 1985. Again, the 1985 Gators posted the best record in the SEC, but were ineligible for the conference title because of the NCAA probation imposed in 1984. Arguably, the greatest individual player of Hall's tenure was All-American running back Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
, who set numerous Gators rushing records from 1987 to 1989. Unfortunately, Hall had his own NCAA infractions scandal, primarily involving paying his assistant coaches from his own pocket and allegedly paying the child support-related legal expenses of one of his players, and he was asked to resign by university president Robert A. Bryan
Robert A. Bryan
Robert Armistead "Bob" Bryan is a former American university professor, administrator and university president. Bryan is a native of Pennsylvania, and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees before becoming a professor of English literature...
during the 1989 season. Hall ended his career with a 40–18 record at Florida, and interim head coach Gary Darnell
Gary Darnell
Gary Brent Darnell is a former American college football player and coach. Darnell is native of Arkansas and an alumnus of Oklahoma State University, where he played college football...
finished the 1989 season.
Spurrier era: 1990–2001
Despite their prior successes, the Gators had never been considered a national power, having never officially won a conference championship in eighty-three seasons of play. Things changed in 19901990 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split championship and the ensuing controversy led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets...
: Steve Spurrier returned to Gainesville as the Gators' Head Ball Coach. In the debut game of Spurrier's Gators, they blew past the Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State Cowboys are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. Their mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big 12 Conference's South Division. The university's current athletic director is Mike Holder...
50–7. In their second game, they came from behind to beat the Alabama Crimson Tide 17–13 in Tuscaloosa. Since Spurrier's return in 1990, the Gators football team has been the winningest Division I (FBS) program.
In Spurrier's first season, the Gators finished first in the SEC for the third time ever, but were again ineligible for the SEC title because of lingering NCAA probation. They won their first official SEC championship in 1991, fifty-nine seasons after joining the SEC as a charter member. The Gators played for the conference championship in the first-ever SEC Championship Game
1992 SEC Championship Game
The 1992 SEC Championship Game was played on December 5, 1992 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The game was the inaugural championship game and determined the 1992 football champion of the Southeastern Conference . The Alabama Crimson Tide, winners of the Western division of the SEC,...
in 1992, but lost 28–21 to the eventual national champion Alabama Crimson Tide
1992 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1992 college football season. This was the team's third season under head coach Gene Stallings. They played their home games at both Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Legion Field in Birmingham,...
. Spurrier's Gators rebounded, however, and won the next four SEC Championship Game
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Thus far, nine...
s (1993–1996), leading Spurrier to quip as the Gators posed for their championship photo that "this is our annual team picture." Spurrier also became the Gators' all-time winningest coach in 1996, surpassing Ray Graves' seventy career wins as Florida coach.
1996 Fiesta Bowl
The 1996 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game in which the Nebraska Cornhuskers won the national championship for the 1995 college football season by defeating the Florida Gators, 62-24. Played on January 2, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, the game...
, losing to the Nebraska Cornhuskers
1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
62–24.
Most of the Gators' offense returned in 1996
1996 Florida Gators football team
The 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's seventh season under head coach Steve Spurrier...
, and would end up setting dozens of UF's scoring records, as they rolled over most of their opponents to start the season 10–0. The top-ranked Gators faced the second-ranked and also undefeated Florida State Seminoles in Doak Campbell Stadium. Keyed by several blocking errors on offense and special teams, the Gators fell seriously behind in the first quarter, nearly rallying to win, but fell short, and left Tallahassee
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
with a disappointing 24–21 loss. But the pieces fell into place for Florida, as they beat the Alabama Crimson Tide
1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama for the 1996–97 college football season, competing in the Western Division in the Southeastern Conference. Gene Stallings led the Crimson Tide to a 10–3 record in his final year with the program...
in the SEC Championship Game
1996 SEC Championship Game
The 1996 SEC Championship Game was won by the Florida Gators 45-30 over the Alabama Crimson Tide. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 7, 1996 and was televised to a national audience on ABC.-External links:**...
, 45–30, and Texas upset Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers football
The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...
in the inaugural Big 12 Championship Game to clear the path for fourth-ranked Florida to become the best available opponent for the Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl. To have a shot at a national title, the Gators needed Ohio State
1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1996-1997. The team's head football coach was John Cooper. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 11 and 1, and...
to beat second-ranked Arizona State
Arizona State Sun Devils football
The Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....
in the Rose Bowl, which they did on the final play of the game, thus setting up the Sugar Bowl as the national championship game. The Gators seized the opportunity, as Heisman trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
-winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel
Danny Wuerffel
Daniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
garnered game MVP honors in a 52–20 rout of the Seminoles.
The following season, the 1997 Gators looked like they would reload for another title, beating highly-ranked Tennessee at home in September to regain the top spot in the polls. But the team struggled midway through their schedule, losing to LSU Tigers
1997 LSU Tigers football team
The 1997 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the college football season of 1997–1998. Coached by Gerry DiNardo in his third season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
on the road and the Georgia Bulldogs in Jacksonville, after dominating both teams the previous year. The Gators finished the season in The Swamp
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field is the football stadium for the University of Florida and the home field of the university's Florida Gators football team. It is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The stadium was originally built in 1930, and has been regularly...
, as the tenth-ranked Gators upset their rivals, the top-ranked Florida State Seminoles
Florida State Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the NCAA's Division I . FSU joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991, and competes in the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a...
, in a 32–29 thriller that featured two last-minute lead changes.
Having won five SEC titles in six seasons from 1991 to 1996, the Gators had trouble keeping pace with their amazing run in the conference later in the decade, going three seasons before capturing the title again in 2000. The Gators appeared ready to return to the SEC Championship Game as favorites in 2001
2001 Florida Gators football team
The 2001 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2001 college football season...
, but lost a 34–32 heartbreaker to the Tennessee Volunteers in a game postponed until December 1 due to the attacks of 9/11.
Zook era: 2002–2004
On January 2, 2002, Steve SpurrierSteve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
resigned as the head coach of the Gators, and ten days later became the head coach of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
's Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
. Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley
Jeremy Foley
Jeremy N. Foley is an American university sports administrator and former college athlete. Foley is currently the athletic director for the Florida Gators Division I sports program of the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida...
initiated a coaching search that focused on Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
head coach Mike Shanahan
Mike Shanahan
Michael Edward "Mike" Shanahan is the 28th and current head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Shanahan also holds the title of Vice President of Football Operations with the Redskins, giving him full control over player personnel with the team. Shanahan previously...
and the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma Sooners football
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
, Bob Stoops
Bob Stoops
Robert Anthony "Bob" Stoops is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team. During the 2000 season, Stoops led the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory and a national championship....
. After being turned down by both, Foley decided on former Gator assistant coach Ron Zook
Ron Zook
Ron Zook is a former American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Florida from 2002 to 2004 and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005 to 2011. Zook is a native of Ohio and an alumnus of Miami University, where he...
as Spurrier's replacement.
Zook showed himself to be a strong recruiter, signing the twentieth-ranked class in an abbreviated 2002 search, the second-ranked class in 2003, and the seventh-ranked class in 2004. Although talented, Zook's teams were remembered for their inconsistency, typically dominating their opponents in the first half, then collapsing in the second. They dealt the Georgia Bulldogs their only loss of 2002, and upset the Louisiana State Tigers
2003 LSU Tigers football team
The 2003 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the college football season of 2003–2004. Coached by Nick Saban, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After a bit of controversy, LSU won the BCS National Championship, the first...
on their way to the BCS Championship, but went winless against both of the SEC's Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
teams, and lost twice to the Miami Hurricanes
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
.
After two consecutive five-loss seasons and an embarrassing upset by the Mississippi State Bulldogs
Mississippi State Bulldogs football
The Mississippi State Bulldogs football program represents Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State has produced 38 All-Americans, 171 All-SEC selections, and 124...
, Zook was fired midway through the 2004
2004 Florida Gators football team
The 2004 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2004 college football season...
season, but was allowed to finish out the regular season. In Zook's final game, the Gators beat Florida State to give them their first win at Doak Campbell Stadium since 1986. Defensive coordinator Charlie Strong
Charlie Strong
Charlie R. Strong is an American college football coach and former player. Strong is a native of Arkansas and graduated from the University of Central Arkansas, where he played college football...
served as the interim head coach for the Peach Bowl
2004 Peach Bowl (December)
The 2004 December edition of the Peach Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators.Miami took a 7-0 lead when it blocked a Florida field goal attempt, and Devin Hester returned the ball 78 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Matt Leach kicked a 34-yard field goal to male it...
against Miami, becoming the first African-American to serve as the head football coach at Florida and the second in SEC history.
Athletic director Jeremy Foley again set out to find a new head coach for the Gators. With the benefit of an extra month to work with, he targeted a much higher profile replacement for Zook—the 2004 Sporting News Coach of the Year, Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
, the head coach of Utah Utes
Utah Utes football
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...
. After a period of intense competition against Notre Dame
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
for his services, Meyer chose to accept the position at the University of Florida.
Meyer era: 2005–2010
Urban Meyer was announced as Florida Football's new head coach in December 2004. His first season in 20052005 Florida Gators football team
The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season...
was an improvement at 9–3, including an Outback Bowl win against the Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa Hawkeyes football
The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
. Although the Gators managed to defeat all three of their biggest rivals (Tennessee, Georgia
2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2005 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 10-3 record. Winning 10 games for the fourth year in a row, Georgia tied its own record for consecutive 10 win seasons. The Bulldogs, with a regular season SEC record of 6-2, won the SEC East and advanced to the 2005 SEC...
, and Florida State
2005 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 2005 Florida State Seminoles football team won the 2005 ACC Championship Game over the Virginia Tech Hokies by a score of 27-22. With the victory, they were a selection to go to the 2006 Orange Bowl as the ACC representative in the BCS.-Schedule:...
) for only the fourth time in school history, they missed out on a chance to play in the SEC title game
2005 SEC Championship Game
The 2005 Dr. Pepper SEC Championship Game was played on December 3, 2005 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The game determined the 2005 football champion of the Southeastern Conference. The Georgia Bulldogs, winners of the Eastern division of the SEC, defeated the LSU Tigers, who won the...
after a late-season upset loss to Spurrier's new team, South Carolina
South Carolina Gamecocks football
The South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in NCAA Division I college football. The Gamecocks have been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1992. Steve Spurrier is the current head coach, and the team plays its home games at Williams-Brice...
.
In 2006
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
, the Gators completed a 13–1 season during which their sole loss was to the Auburn Tigers
Auburn Tigers
Auburn Tigers is the name given to Auburn University athletic teams. The University is a member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 19 varsity teams in 13 sports:* Men's sports** Baseball** Basketball...
17–27. In their final regular season SEC game, the Gators' managed a slender 17–16 victory when Jarvis Moss blocked a fourth quarter field goal by the South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina Gamecocks
The University of South Carolina's 19 varsity sports teams are known as the "Gamecocks". The unique moniker is held in honor of Thomas Sumter, a South Carolina war hero who was given the name "The Carolina Gamecock" during the American Revolution for his fierce fighting tactics, regardless of his...
. The Gators defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas Razorbacks
The Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The term Arkansas Razorbacks properly applies to any of the sports teams at the university. The Razorbacks take their name from the feral pig of the same name...
in the SEC Championship Game, winning their first SEC title since 2000. The Gators played in the 2007 BCS Championship Game on January 8, 2007, and, led by quarterback Chris Leak
Chris Leak
Christopher Patrick Leak is an American professional football player who is currently a quarterback for the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League. He played college football for the University of Florida, and led the Florida Gators to victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game...
, beat the No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes
2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team representing the Ohio State University in the college football season of 2006-2007. The team's head coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium...
, 41–14, for the Gators' second national football championship. The Gators played the nation's toughest schedule in 2006.
Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow
Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
became the full-time starting quarterback for the 2007 season
2007 Florida Gators football team
The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 college football season...
. The Gators started the season 4–0 and were ranked as high as Number 3 in the various media polls. However, a midseason stretch in which the team lost three of four games to conference foes ended any hopes of a repeat national championship.
While the Gators finished with a relatively disappointing 9–4 record and Number 13 final ranking, Tim Tebow's record-setting season earned him many post-season awards, including the Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
. Tebow was the first sophomore to receive the Heisman.
2008 Season
The Gators2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
responded in 2008
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...
as an improved team led by linebacker Brandon Spikes
Brandon Spikes
-2010 season:Spikes was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract on July 26, 2010. Spikes quickly became a starter at inside linebacker in the Patriots 3–4 defense, alongside Jerod Mayo. Against Baltimore in Week 6 of his rookie...
and RB/WR Percy Harvin
Percy Harvin
William Percival "Percy" Harvin, III is an American football wide receiver, return specialist, and running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League...
helped to rekindle the championship passion. Florida won their fourth straight game over Tennessee
2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 2008 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team was coached by head football coach Phillip Fulmer, in his 16th and final season as head coach. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed...
30–6 and then followed it up with a 31–30 loss to Ole Miss. In an emotional press conference after the game, star quarterback Tim Tebow promised that no team would play harder than Florida the rest of the season (a speech that was later posted on a plaque outside the renovated football complex ). Florida delivered with dominant play on both sides of the ball the rest of the season on their way to a second national championship game berth in three years. Along the way, they beat the defending National Champions LSU Tigers
2008 LSU Tigers football team
The 2008 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team's head coach was Les Miles who entered his fourth year at the helm of LSU Football. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
51–21, achieved revenge on SEC Rivals Georgia, handed former coach Steve Spurrier his worst loss in his career and thumped Florida State University in Doak Campbell Stadium 45–15. Florida earned the second slot in the BCS poll by knocking off a resurgent and then undefeated Alabama
2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 76th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference and its 17th within the SEC Western Division...
31–20 for the SEC Championship. The Gators won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game
2009 BCS National Championship Game
The 2009 BCS National Championship Game, sponsored by FedEx, was an American football game played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 8, 2009. It was the national championship game for the 2008 college football season, and featured the second-ranked Florida Gators against the...
on January 8, 2009 over the Oklahoma Sooners
2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the college football season of 2008-2009. It was the 114th year of season play for the Sooners. The team was led by head coach Bob Stoops, a two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year award winner, who has a contract...
and former Gator defensive coordinator Bob Stoops 24–14 and became the first program to win two BCS championships with the same coach (LSU has won two BCS titles, but with different coaches). Shortly after winning the 2008 BCS Title, Tim Tebow and linebacker Brandon Spikes announced that they would return for their senior seasons.
2009 season
The Gators were voted Number 1 in the preseason Associated Press and Coaches polls. Despite several injuries on offense and defense, the Gators got off to a quick start with dominating wins over Charleston Southern and Troy. A much anticipated matchup with Tennessee followed. Volunteers Coach Lane KiffinLane Kiffin
Lane Monte Kiffin is the current head coach of the University of Southern California Trojans college football team. He was previously the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers college football team, the Oakland Raiders of the NFL, and the offensive coordinator for the Trojans...
made taunting comments about the Gators football program and Coach Urban Meyer several times during the off-season; the Gators prevailed 23–13. The Gators overcame several obstacles over the next several weeks, as influenza sidelined many players in a 41–7 rout of Kentucky. During the game, Tebow suffered a serious hit to the head that caused a concussion. Following a bye week, a relatively healthy Tebow and a stifling defense knocked off LSU 13–3 for the Gators' first win in Baton Rouge since 2003, extending their record to 5–0. The next week, the Gators overcame a 20–13 fourth quarter deficit and four turnovers to beat the Arkansas Razorbacks 23–20 in a scare. Florida ran their record to 7–0 with a 29–19 win at Mississippi State despite two interceptions returned for touchdowns by the team coached by former Gator offensive coordinator Dan Mullen
Dan Mullen
-External links:** on Bulldog Junction's website* article on Coach Mullen as new MSU head coach* Dan Mullen goes from Trinity star QB to Mississippi State head coach...
. The win ended a four-game losing streak in Starkville and marked the first time since 1998 that the Gators beat all SEC western division opponents in the same regular season. Next, Florida beat Georgia for the seventeenth time in the past twenty seasons, 41–17. In the game, Tebow broke the SEC rushing touchdown record held by former Bulldog running back Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
Herschel Junior Walker is an American mixed martial artist and a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs and earned the 1982 Heisman Trophy. He began his professional career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League...
. The following week, they knocked off Vanderbilt 27–3 at home to improve to 9–0. Following a 24–14 win over South Carolina and Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
in Columbia, the Gators defeated FIU 62–3. Florida finished a 12–0 regular season with a 37–10 win over rival Florida State on senior day at Florida Field. The Gators then advanced to the SEC Championship Game where they were defeated 32–13 by Alabama. However, unlike Alabama who the previous year had lost their bowl game after losing the SEC championship, the Gators ended their season - and quarterback Tim Tebow's college career - on a high note, defeating the Cincinnati Bearcats 51–24 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. With their bowl win, the Gators became the only Division I team to have back-to-back thirteen-win seasons.
Meyer's leave of absence
On December 26, 2009, Meyer announced he would resign as head coach of the Florida Gators following their bowl game due to health and family concerns. Meyer stated, "I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to re-evaluate my priorities of faith and family... I'm proud to be a part of the Gainesville community and the Gator Nation and I plan to remain in Gainesville and involved with the University of Florida."
The following day, however, Meyer stated that he would not resign, but would instead take an indefinite leave of absence. Offensive coordinator
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
Steve Addazio served as the interim coach after the Gators' season ended with a victory in the Sugar Bowl
2010 Sugar Bowl
The 2010 Sugar Bowl Game was an American college football bowl game that was part of the Bowl Championship Series for the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the 76th Sugar Bowl...
.
Meyer's leave coincided with the important recruiting season season. Instead of traveling extensively to visit potential new players as he had in past years, Meyer mainly kept in touch with recruits by phone while traveling with his family. Despite the uncertainty about the head coaching position, the Gators signed the consensus No. 1 recruiting class in the nation in February.
2010 season
Meyer resumed his coaching duties in time for Florida's spring practice in March 2010. However, his squad struggled in the fall, especially on offense. Their final record of 8–5 was the worst of Meyer's head coaching career and the Gators lost three home games for the third time in 30 years. Accordingly, Florida finished the 2010 season unranked for the first time since 1989.Meyer's resignation
On December 8, 2010, Meyer once again announced his resignation, citing many of the same concerns of the family and health issues that he had 12 months beforehand His final game was an Outback Bowl
Outback Bowl
The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...
victory over Penn State
2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They were members of the Big Ten Conference...
on January 1, 2011. Meyer finished his six-year tenure at Florida with two BCS National Championships, two SEC championships, a bowl record of 5–1 (.8333), and an overall win-loss record of 65–15 (.8125).
Muschamp era: 2011–present
On December 11, 2010, Florida named Texas defensive coordinator Will MuschampWill Muschamp
William Larry "Will" Muschamp is an American college football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida. He is a native of Georgia and attended the University of Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Bulldogs...
as Meyer's replacement. Muschamp previously served as the defensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
, Auburn Tigers
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
and Texas Longhorns
Texas Longhorns football
The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...
, and was designated as the Longhorns' "head coach-in-waiting." On January 3, 2011, Muschamp announced the hiring of Charlie Weis
Charlie Weis
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Weis is an American football coach. He currently serves as offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators. For five years, from December 2004 through 2009, he was the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame...
, former Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
offensive coordinator, as the Gators' new offensive coordinator. Weis is a four-time Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
champion and a former head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
team.
Jerseys
Florida has worn blue jerseys (usually a variation of royal blueRoyal blue
Royal blue describes both a bright shade and a dark shade of azure blue. It is said to have been invented by millers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium of which won a competition to make a dress for the British queen, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz....
) with white pants at home throughout much of the program's history. The exception was a decade-long period beginning in 1979, when new coach Charley Pell introduced orange home jerseys similar to those worn at Clemson
Clemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
, his previous coaching stop. In 1989, interim head coach Gary Darnell brought back blue jerseys for the season finale against Florida State, and Steve Spurrier restored them as Florida's regular home jersey when he returned to coach his alma mater in 1990.
Since 1990, the Gators have consistently worn blue jerseys with white pants at home, with blue pants an option sometimes worn for night games. On the road, the team usually wears traditional white jerseys and either blue or white pants, with orange pants used on occasion. Florida wore blue jerseys with orange pants for one game each in 1989 and 1999, both home contests against Florida State. In 2010
2010 Florida Gators football team
The 2010 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2010 college football season...
and 2011
2011 Florida Gators football team
The 2011 Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2011 college football season...
, the Gators brought back orange jerseys for one home game in each season.
Helmets
Florida has worn many different helmet designs throughout the program's history. Helmet color has alternated between orange and white and (occasionally) blue, and logos have included an interlocking "UF", a simple "F", and the number of the player wearing itSince 1979, the Gators have worn orange helmets with a script "Gators" logo, the only exceptions being three "throwback"
Throwback uniform
Throwback uniforms and jerseys are one-time or limited-time variations on a sports team's uniforms styled to resemble uniforms from that team's past. They have proven popular in all major pro and college sports in the USA, not only with fans, but with the teams' marketing and merchandising...
games. In 2006, Florida wore 1960s throwback uniforms that included white helmets featuring a simple "F" logo. In 2009, the Gators participated in Nike's
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
Pro Combat uniforms campaign, wearing specially designed all-blue uniforms and white helmets featuring a different "slant F" logo. These uniforms were worn for the last regular season game against Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football
The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in college football. The Florida State Seminoles compete in NCAA Division I-FBS and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
, and the white helmets were worn again the following week in the SEC Championship Game
2009 SEC Championship Game
The 2009 SEC Championship Game was played on December 5, 2009, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, to determine the 2009 football champion of the Southeastern Conference . The game featured the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Crimson Tide was the designated "home team"; this...
along with white jerseys and pants.
Florida State
The yearly meeting of Florida State has alternated yearly between Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin StadiumBen Hill Griffin Stadium
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field is the football stadium for the University of Florida and the home field of the university's Florida Gators football team. It is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The stadium was originally built in 1930, and has been regularly...
and the Seminoles' home turf of Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
since 1964. The Gators lead the all-time series 33–20–2.
Georgia
Previously known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party," the official name of the rivalry with Georgia is the "Florida-Georgia/Georgia-Florida Game". Currently, the game is held at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, usually on the last Saturday in October or the first in November. The designated "home" team alternates from year to year, with ticket distribution split evenly between the two schools. In past years, fans from Florida and Georgia were assigned seats grouped in alternating sections of the stadium, and the contrasting colors worn by the fans created a "beach ball" visual effect in the stands. Recently the seating arrangement has split the stadium lengthwise and fans sit on the side corresponding to the sideline their team occupies.
The teams' first meeting was in Jacksonville in 1915. In the early days of the rivalry, games rotated through neutral site locations in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
and Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
along with Jacksonville and, occasionally, Gainesville and Athens
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
. Since 1933, the contest has been held in Jacksonville every year except 1994 and 1995, when Jacksonville Municipal Stadium was being rebuilt to accommodate the NFL's expansion Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and the teams played a pair of home-and-home games at their respective on-campus stadiums.
Georgia dominated the rivalry early, winning the first six meetings and building a 21–5–1 series lead before 1950. However, after the 2011 game, Florida has won 18 out of the last 22 meetings, and holds a 35–25–1 advantage in the series since 1950. The Bulldogs have won one three of the past eight meetings and lead the all-time series, 47–40–2.
Starting in 2009, the Okefenokee Oar has been awarded to the winner of the Florida-Georgia game. The long-time rivalry had not previously had a trophy.
Louisiana State
LSU is Florida's permanent inter-divisional rival from the SEC Western Division. The winner of the Florida-LSU game went on to win the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship game in the 2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons. With a few exceptions, this rivalry has been known for close games in recent years, with both teams usually coming into the match-up highly ranked. Florida leads the all-time series 30–24–3.Tennessee
Though both Florida and Tennessee are charter members of the SEC, irregular conference scheduling resulted in the squads meeting infrequently for many years. Tennessee won the first 10 contests spread out from 1916 until 1954, when Florida finally beat the Vols. The series took a bizarre turn in 1969, when Florida hired away Tennessee head coach (and former Florida quarterback) Doug DickeyDoug Dickey
Douglas Adair "Doug" Dickey is a former American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, where he played college football...
to replace the retiring Ray Graves
Ray Graves
Samuel Ray Graves is a former American college and professional football player and former college football coach. He is a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee, where he played college football...
immediately after their teams met in the Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
.
But it was not until the 1990s that the contest became a rivalry. In 1992, the SEC expanded and split into two divisions. Florida and Tennessee were placed in the SEC East and have faced off every season since, almost always in mid-September for what is usually the first conference game of the season for one or both squads. The meeting became an annual occurrence at the same time that both football programs regained championship form. Led by coaches Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
and Phil Fulmer and featuring star players such as Danny Wuerffel
Danny Wuerffel
Daniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
and Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League . Manning holds the record for most NFL MVP awards with four. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998 after a standout college football career with the...
, both teams were always highly ranked coming into the game, regularly giving it conference and national title implications. The squads combined to win three national championships during the decade.
Since they became annual opponents, the Gators and Vols have combined to represent the Eastern Division in the SEC Championship Game
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Thus far, nine...
15 times in 18 years. Currently, Florida has a seven-game winning streak against Tennessee and leads the all-time series 22–19.
Alabama
While AlabamaAlabama Crimson Tide football
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and Florida were charter members of the SEC, they have never been annual opponents. Nevertheless, they have had many noteworthy meetings over the years, especially since the SEC Championship Game
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Thus far, nine...
game was instituted in 1992.
The Gators and Crimson Tide have met seven times for the SEC championship. These meetings have consistently held significant national title implications: on four occasions, the winner of a Florida-Alabama SEC title game has gone on to win a national championship. Stakes were never higher than in 2008 and 2009, when the teams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 coming into the game in consecutive seasons. The second-ranked team won in both instances (Florida in 2008, Alabama in 2009), with both conference championship winners going on to win the BCS National Championship Game
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the U.S. national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
. The Gators hold a 4-3 edge in SEC championship contests against the Tide.
The teams have had several memorable regular season meetings as well, highlighted by notable upsets. In 1963, an unranked Gators squad handed legendary Alabama head coach Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...
the first of only two losses his teams would suffer in Tuscaloosa
Bryant-Denny Stadium
Bryant–Denny Stadium, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the home stadium for the University of Alabama football team. The stadium opened in 1929, and was originally named Denny Stadium, in honor of former Alabama president George Hutchenson Denny...
, winning 10-6 over the No. 3 Tide. In 1987, freshman running back Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
led the unranked Gators to a 23-14 upset in Birmingham
Legion Field
Legion Field is a large stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but is occasionally used for other large outdoor events. The stadium is named in honor of the American Legion, a U.S. organization of military veterans. At its peak...
, rushing for a then school-record 224 yards in his first collegiate start. The Tide enjoyed their own upset in the series in 1999, breaking Florida's school record 30-game home winning streak in a 40-39 overtime thriller.
Historically, the Gators have not fared well against Alabama in Gainesville. The Tide won the first seven meetings on the Gators' home field, including Florida's worst-ever home loss: a 40-0 blowout in 1979 that featured an Alabama squad which would go undefeated and win the national championship against a Gator squad which would not win a game all season. The Gators finally beat Alabama on Florida Field in 1991, 35-0, but their 2–9 all-time home record against the Crimson Tide is by far their worst against any opponent. They have fared better on the road in the series, posting a 8–9 record on Alabama's home turf.
There is a disagreement about when the schools' first gridiron meeting took place. Alabama counts a 1904 victory over a team from one of Florida's four predecessor institutions, while Florida's athletic association does not, as the modern University of Florida was not created by the Florida Legislature until 1905. According to UF, Alabama leads the all-time series 21–14.
Auburn
AuburnAuburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
and Florida played annually from 1945 to 2002. In terms of the overall series percentage win-loss record, Auburn is Florida's most evenly matched SEC opponent. Beginning in the 1980s, one of the squads was usually highly ranked coming into the game, consistently giving the contest at least conference title implications.
The series has featured many memorable contests, including several notable upsets. In 1986, the unranked Gators stunned the undefeated and #4 Tigers
1986 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1986 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record. Auburn snapped a two game winning streak by Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Auburn went on to defeat Southern Cal in...
18-17, overcoming a 17-0 fourth-quarter deficit in a game that is still considered one of the most dramatic in Florida Field history. In 2006
2006 Auburn Tigers football team
The 2006 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Tommy Tuberville served his eighth season at Auburn, the third longest tenure among current SEC head coaches that year...
, Auburn upset the undefeated Gators
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
27-17 in Jordan-Hare Stadium
Jordan-Hare Stadium
Jordan–Hare Stadium is the playing venue for Auburn University's football team located on campus in Auburn, Alabama, USA. The stadium is named for Ralph "Shug" Jordan, the University's winningest football coach, and Cliff Hare, a member of Auburn's first football team as well as Dean of the Auburn...
for what would be Florida's only loss on their way to a BCS National Championship
2007 BCS National Championship Game
The 2007 BCS National Championship Game, sponsored by Tostitos, was an American football game played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 8, 2007. The BCS No. 2 Florida Gators defeated the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes, 41–14. The Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing...
. This has been a trend - Auburn also upset previously unbeaten Florida teams in 1993, 1994, 2001, and 2007, though the Gators went on to win conference championships in two of those seasons.
The annual series ended in 2002, when the SEC adjusted football schedules so that each team played one permanent and two rotating opponents from the opposite conference every year instead of two permanent and one rotating foe. LSU was designated as Florida's lone annual opponent from the SEC West, so Florida and Auburn now meet four times every ten years unless both teams make it to the SEC Championship Game
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Thus far, nine...
. Auburn leads the series 42–38–2.
Miami
Florida and Miami play each other for the Seminole War Canoe Trophy. This formerly annual rivalry ended after the 1987 season, when Florida's annual SEC schedule expanded to eight games. The two schools did not play each other again until the 2001 Sugar BowlSugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
. Florida and Miami played a home-and-home series in 2002 and 2003, and met again in the 2004 Chick-Fil-A Bowl
Chick-fil-A Bowl
The Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly called the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and before that simply called the Peach Bowl, is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta, Georgia since December 1968. The first three Peach Bowls were played at Grant Field on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta....
. Florida won the first leg of a home-and-home series in 2008, ending a six-game losing streak against the Hurricanes. The next scheduled regular season meeting between the Gators and the Hurricanes will be in Miami in 2013. Miami holds a 28–26 edge in the all-time series.
National championships
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1996 Florida Gators football team
The 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's seventh season under head coach Steve Spurrier...
|| Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| AP
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
, Coaches
Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....
|| 12–1 || Sugar Bowl
1997 Sugar Bowl
The 1997 Sugar Bowl was the 63rd edition to the annual game. It featured the top ranked , and their heated rivals, the third ranked Florida Gators. It was the designated National Championship Game for the 1996-97 season by the Bowl Alliance. The match up was supposed to feature the top two teams...
|| Florida 52, Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football
The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in college football. The Florida State Seminoles compete in NCAA Division I-FBS and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
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| 2006
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
|| Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
|| BCS
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...
, AP
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
|| 13–1 || BCS National Title Game
2007 BCS National Championship Game
The 2007 BCS National Championship Game, sponsored by Tostitos, was an American football game played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 8, 2007. The BCS No. 2 Florida Gators defeated the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes, 41–14. The Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing...
|| Florida 41, Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes football
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
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| 2008
2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
|| Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
|| BCS
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...
, AP
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
|| 13–1 || BCS National Title Game
2009 BCS National Championship Game
The 2009 BCS National Championship Game, sponsored by FedEx, was an American football game played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 8, 2009. It was the national championship game for the 2008 college football season, and featured the second-ranked Florida Gators against the...
|| Florida 24, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners football
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
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| colspan="2"| 3
|}
Note: The 1984 Gators finished #3 in the AP poll, but were recognized as the national champions by The Sporting News
The Sporting News
Sporting News is an American-based sports magazine. It was established in 1886, and it became the dominant American publication covering baseball — so much so that it acquired the nickname "The Bible of Baseball"...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Matthews, and Jeff Sagarin
Jeff Sagarin
Jeff Sagarin is an American sports statistician well-known for his development of a methodology for ranking and rating sports teams in a variety of sports...
rankings.
Conference affiliations
- 1906–1911, IndependentNCAA Division I-A independent schoolsNCAA Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do...
- 1912–1921, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationThe Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
(SIAA) - 1922–1932, Southern ConferenceSouthern ConferenceThe Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
(SoCon) - 1933–present, Southeastern ConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceThe Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
(SEC)
Conference championships
Florida has won a total of eight officially recognized Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships. The Gators won their first SEC football championship with a conference record of 5–0–1 in 1984, but the title was vacated several months after the season by a vote of the SEC university presidents because of major NCAA infractions committed by the Gators coaching staff under Charley Pell. The 1985 and 1990 teams also finished their campaigns atop the conference standings with records of 5–1 and 6–1, respectively. But during those seasons, Florida was ineligible for the SEC championship due to NCAA probation arising from rules violations committed by previous coaching staffs. Florida won its first officially recognized SEC football championship in 1991.{| border="0" style="width:100%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="0.5" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:50%;"
|-
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Year
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Conference
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Overall Record
! style="background: #0021A4; color:white;"|Conference Record
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991 || SEC || 10–2 || 7–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993 || SEC || 11–2 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994 || SEC || 10–2–1 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995 || SEC || 12–1 || 9–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996 || SEC || 12–1 || 9–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
2000 Florida Gators football team
September 30, 2000The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback...
|| SEC || 10–3 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
|| SEC || 13–1 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
|| SEC || 13–1 || 8–1
|- style="text-align:center;" class="sortbottom"
! colspan=2; style="background: #FF4A00; color:white;"| Total Conference Titles
! colspan=2; style="background: #FF4A00; color:white;"| 8
|}
|}
With the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina as new members of the Southeastern Conference in 1992, the SEC split into Eastern and Western Divisions and created a championship game between the division winners to determine the league football champion. Florida has made ten appearances in the SEC Championship Game
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Thus far, nine...
, more than any other SEC school, with the most recent in 2009. The Gators have won seven of the ten SEC Championship Games in which they have appeared.
{| border="0" style="width:100%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="0.5" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:50%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Division Championship
! style="background:#0021A4;"| SEC CG Result
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Opponent
! style="background:#0021A4;"| PF
! style="background:#0021A4;"| PA
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1992 || SEC East || L || Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
|| 21 || 28
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993 || SEC East || W || Alabama || 28 || 13
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994 || SEC East || W || Alabama || 24 || 23
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995 || SEC East || W || Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
|| 34 || 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996 || SEC East || W || Alabama || 45 || 30
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999 || SEC East || L || Alabama || 7 || 34
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
2000 Florida Gators football team
September 30, 2000The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback...
|| SEC East || W || Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
|| 28 || 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003
2003 Florida Gators football team
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season...
* || SEC East || -- || -- || -- || --
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
|| SEC East || W || Arkansas || 38 || 28
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
|| SEC East || W || Alabama || 31 || 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
2009 Florida Gators football team
The 2009 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2009 college football season...
|| SEC East || L || Alabama || 13 || 32
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ff4a00;"
|| Totals
|| 11
|| 7-3
|| -
|| 259
|| 217
|}
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
. According to the league's tiebreaking procedures, Georgia was selected to represent the division in the 2003 SEC Championship Game
2003 SEC Championship Game
The 2003 SEC Championship Game was won by the LSU Tigers 34-13 over the Georgia Bulldogs. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.-External links:****...
.
Yearly records
The Florida Gators football season records are taken from the official record books of the University Athletic Association.{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|NCAA Division I champions
NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship
A college football national championship in the highest level of collegiate play in the United States, currently the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , is a designation awarded annually by various third-party organizations to their selection of the best...
| style="background:#dfd;"|Conference Champions
| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|Division Champions
| style="background:#96cdcd;"|Bowl Eligible
|}
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, C = Conference
{| border="0" style="width:60%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Conference
Affiliation
! style="background:#0021A4;"| W
! style="background:#0021A4;"| L
! style="background:#0021A4;"| T
! style="background:#0021A4;"| C/W
! style="background:#0021A4;"| C/L
! style="background:#0021A4;"| C/T
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1906 || Independent || 5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1907 || Independent || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1908 || Independent || 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1909 || Independent || 6 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1910 || Independent || 6 ||1 ||0 || 0||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1911 || Independent || 5 || 0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1912 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 5 ||2 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1913 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 4 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1914 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 5 ||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1915 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 4 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1916 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 0 ||5|| 0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1917 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 2 ||4 || 0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1918 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1919 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 5 || 3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1920 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 5||3||0||0||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1921 || SIAA
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
|| 6 ||3||2||0||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1922 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 7||2 ||0|| 2||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1923 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 6||1||2 || 1||0||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1924 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 6||2||2 || 2 ||0||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1925 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 8||2 ||0|| 3||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1926 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 2||6||2 || 1 ||4||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1927 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 7||3 ||0|| 5||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1928 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 8||1 ||0|| 6||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1929 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 8||2||0 || 6||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1930 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 6||3||1 || 4 ||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1931 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
||2||6||2 || 2 ||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1932 || Southern
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
|| 3||6 ||0|| 1||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1933 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||3||1 || 2 ||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1934 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6||3||1 ||4|| 2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1935 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 3||7 ||0|| 1||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1936 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||6||0 || 1||5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1937 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||7 ||0|| 3||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1938 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||6||1 || 2||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1939 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||5||1 || 0 ||3||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1940 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||5 || 0||2||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1941 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||6 ||0|| 1||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1942 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 3||7 ||0|| 1||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1943 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
||colspan="6" | No team
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1944 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||3 || 0 ||0||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1945 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||5||0||1 || 1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1946 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 0||9||0 || 0||5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1947 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||5||1 || 0||5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1948 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||5||0 || 2||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1949 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||5||1 || 1||4||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1950 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||5||0 || 2||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1951 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||5||0 || 2||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1952 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1953 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 3||5||2 || 1||3||2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1954 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||5||0 || 5||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1955 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||6||0 || 3|| 5||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1956 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6||3||1 || 5 ||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1957 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6||2||1 || 4 ||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1958 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1959 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 5||4||1 || 2 ||4||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1960 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|5 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1961 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||5||1 || 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1962 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1963 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6||3||1||5||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1964 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 7 ||3||0||4||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1965 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1966 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1967 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6 ||4||0||4||2||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1968 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6 ||3||1||2||2||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1969 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1970 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 7||4 ||0|| 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1971 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||7||0 || 1||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1972 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1973 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1974 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1975 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1976 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1977 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6|| 4||1 || 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1978 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 4||7 || 0||3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1979 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 0||10||1 || 0||6||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1980 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1981 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1982 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1983 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1984 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 9||1||1 || 5||0||1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1985 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 9||1||1 || 5||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1986 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 6||5 ||0|| 3||3||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1987 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1988 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1989 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1990 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| 9||2 ||0|| 6||1||0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#dfd;"|10|| style="background:#dfd;"|2|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|7|| style="background:#dfd;"|0|| style="background:#dfd;"|0*
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1992 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|9|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|4|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0 || style="background:#d0e7ff;"|6|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|3|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#dfd;"|11|| style="background:#dfd;"|2|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|8|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994 || |SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#dfd;"|10|| style="background:#dfd;"|2|| style="background:#dfd;"|1 || style="background:#dfd;"|8|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#dfd;"|12|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|9|| style="background:#dfd;"|0|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996 || |SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|12|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1 || style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|9|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1997 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|10|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1998 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|10|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|1|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999 || SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|9|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|4|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0 || style="background:#d0e7ff;"|7|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|2|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
2000 Florida Gators football team
September 30, 2000The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#dfd;"|10|| style="background:#dfd;"|3|| style="background:#dfd;"|0 || style="background:#dfd;"|8|| style="background:#dfd;"|1|| style="background:#dfd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2001
2001 Florida Gators football team
The 2001 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2001 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|10|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002
2002 Florida Gators football team
The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2002 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003
2003 Florida Gators football team
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|6|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|2|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2004
2004 Florida Gators football team
The 2004 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2004 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|7|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005
2005 Florida Gators football team
The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|13|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0 || style="background:#ffe6bd;"|8|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2007
2007 Florida Gators football team
The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|9|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|3|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|13|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0 || style="background:#ffe6bd;"|8|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|1|| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
2009 Florida Gators football team
The 2009 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2009 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|13|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|1|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0 || style="background:#d0e7ff;"|8|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|1|| style="background:#d0e7ff;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2010
2010 Florida Gators football team
The 2010 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2010 college football season...
|| SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|8|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|5|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0 || style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|4|| style="background:#96cdcd;"|0
|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FF4A00;"
||
|| Totals
|| 663
|| 379
|| 39
|| 329
|| 218
|| 15
|}
|}
All-time record vs. SEC teams and in-state rivals
{| border="0" style="width:80%;"|-
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Opponent
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Won
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Lost
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Tied
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Percentage
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Streak
! style="background:#0021A4;"| First Meeting
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Last Meeting
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
|| 14 || 23 || 0 || || Lost 3 || 1916 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
|| 8 || 1 || 0 || || Won 8 || 1982 || 2009
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
|| 38 || 43 || 2 || || Lost 3 || 1912 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football
The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in college football. The Florida State Seminoles compete in NCAA Division I-FBS and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
|| 33 || 21 || 2 || || Lost 2 || 1958 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Georgia
Georgia Bulldogs football
The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...
|| 40 || 47 || 2 || || Lost 1 || 1915 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats football
The Kentucky Wildcats football team is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference.-History:Paul "Bear" Bryant Era...
|| 45 || 17 || 0 || || Won 25 || 1917 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
|| 30 || 25 || 3 || || Lost 2 || 1937 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Miami
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
|| 26 || 28 || 0 || || Won 1 || 1938 || 2008
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Mississippi State
Mississippi State Bulldogs football
The Mississippi State Bulldogs football program represents Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State has produced 38 All-Americans, 171 All-SEC selections, and 124...
|| 33 || 19 || 2 || || Lost 1 || 1923 || 2010
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
* || 0 || 1 || 0 || || Lost 1 || 1966 || 1966
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Ole Miss
Ole Miss Rebels football
The football history of the University of Mississippi , includes the formation of the first football team in the state and is 26th on the list of college football's all-time winning programs...
|| 10 || 12 || 1 || || Lost 1 || 1926 || 2008
|- style="text-align:center;"
| South Carolina
South Carolina Gamecocks football
The South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in NCAA Division I college football. The Gamecocks have been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1992. Steve Spurrier is the current head coach, and the team plays its home games at Williams-Brice...
|| 23 || 6 || 3 || || Lost 2 || 1911 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
|| 22 || 19 || 0 || || Won 7 || 1916 || 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
* || 1 || 1 || 0 || || Lost 1 || 1962 || 1971
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
|| 34 || 9 || 2 || || Won 21 || 1945 || 2011
|- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center; background:#ff4a00;"
|| Totals
|| 357
|| 272
|| 17
||
||
||
||
|}
|}
Most points scored by season
{| class="wikitable"|-
!style="background:#0021A4;"| No !! style="background:#0021A4;"| Year !!style="background:#0021A4;"| Coach !! style="background:#0021A4;"| Record !! style="background:#0021A4;"| % !! style="background:#0021A4;"| PF !! style="background:#0021A4;"| PA
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 || 2008
2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
|| Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
|| 13–1 || 0.928
|| 611 || 181
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 || 1996 || Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 12–1 || 0.923
|| 611 || 221
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 || 1995 || Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 12–1 || 0.923
|| 558 || 263
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 || 2007
2007 Florida Gators football team
The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 college football season...
|| Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
|| 9–4 || 0.692
|| 552 || 331
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 || 2001
2001 Florida Gators football team
The 2001 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2001 college football season...
|| Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 10–2 || 0.833
|| 538 || 178
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 || 1994 || Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 10–2–1 || 0.807
|| 538 || 228
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 || 1993 || Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 11–2 || 0.846
|| 513 || 244
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8 || 2009
2009 Florida Gators football team
The 2009 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2009 college football season...
|| Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
|| 13–1 || 0.928
|| 502 || 174
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9 || 2000
2000 Florida Gators football team
September 30, 2000The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback...
|| Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 10–3 || 0.769
|| 468 || 273
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10 || 1997 || Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|| 10–2 || 0.833
|| 430 || 205
|}
Bowl games
{| border="0" style="width:100%;"|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Season
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Bowl Game
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Winner
! style="background:#0021A4;"| Loser
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1912
| Bacardi Bowl
Bacardi Bowl
Bacardi Bowl was a college football bowl game played seven times in Havana, Cuba at La Tropical Stadium. Sometimes referred to as the Rhumba Bowl or the Cigar Bowl, the game was the climaxing event of Cuba’s annual National Sports Festival. The first five occurrences matched an American college...
†
| Florida 28
| Vedado Athletic Club 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1952
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Florida 14
| Tulsa
Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
The University of Tulsa's Golden Hurricane football team represents Tulsa in Conference USA. Tulsa is currently coached by first-year head coach Bill Blankenship. The football team was coached by Todd Graham until he accepted the head coaching job at Pittsburgh....
13
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1958
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Mississippi
Ole Miss Rebels football
The football history of the University of Mississippi , includes the formation of the first football team in the state and is 26th on the list of college football's all-time winning programs...
7
| Florida 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1960
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Florida 13
| Baylor
Baylor Bears football
The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.-History:...
12
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1962
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Florida 17
| Penn State
Penn State Nittany Lions football
The Penn State Nittany Lions football team represents the Pennsylvania State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Ten Conference. It is one of the most tradition-rich and storied college football programs in the...
7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1965
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
20
| Florida 18
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1966
| Orange Bowl
| Florida 27
| Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. While the team is officially designated as the Yellow Jackets, it is also referred to as the Ramblin' Wreck. The Yellow Jackets are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
12
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1969
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Florida 14
| Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
13
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1973
| Tangerine Bowl
Capital One Bowl
The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
| Miami University
Miami RedHawks football
The Miami University RedHawks, known as the Miami Redskins before 1996, are a NCAA Division I FBS college football program that competes in the Mid-American Conference...
16
| Florida 7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1974
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers football
The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...
13
| Florida 10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1975
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Maryland
Maryland Terrapins football
The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision competition. The Terrapins compete within the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
13
| Florida 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1976
| Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
| Texas A&M
Texas A&M Aggies football
The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...
37
| Florida 14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1980
| Tangerine Bowl
Capital One Bowl
The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
| Florida 35
| Maryland 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1981
| Peach Bowl
| West Virginia
West Virginia Mountaineers football
The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University in the NCAA FBS division of college football. Dana Holgorsen is the team's 33rd head coach. He has held the position since he was promoted in June 2011 after the resignation of Bill Stewart. The Mountaineers play their...
26
| Florida 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1982
| Bluebonnet Bowl
Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...
| Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
28
| Florida 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1983
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Florida 14
| Iowa
Iowa Hawkeyes football
The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1987
| Aloha Bowl
Aloha Bowl
The Aloha Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. With the exception of the 1983-86 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu. For most of its...
| UCLA
UCLA Bruins Football
The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll...
20
| Florida 16
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1988
| All-American Bowl
All-American Bowl
The All-American Bowl was an annual postseason college football bowl game played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 to 1990. The game was known as the Hall of Fame Classic from 1977 to 1985....
| Florida 14
| Illinois
Illinois Fighting Illini football
The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Current staff:-All-time win/loss/tie record:*563-513-51...
10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1989
| Freedom Bowl
Freedom Bowl
The Freedom Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, from 1984 to 1994. Beginning with the 1995 season, the Freedom Bowl's WAC tie-ins were merged with that of the Holiday Bowl and the game was dissolved...
| Washington
Washington Huskies football
College football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by...
34
| Florida 7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1991
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Notre Dame
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...
39
| Florida 28
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1992
| Gator Bowl
Gator Bowl
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Held continuously since 1946, it is the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally...
| Florida 27
| North Carolina State
NC State Wolfpack football
The NC State Wolfpack football team represents North Carolina State University in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision competition. The Wolfpack currently compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference....
10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1993
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Florida 41
| West Virginia 7
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football
The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University in college football. The Florida State Seminoles compete in NCAA Division I-FBS and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
23
| Florida 17
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1995
| Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil...
(Title Game)
| Nebraska 62
| Florida 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1996
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
(Title Game)
| Florida 52
| Florida State 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1997
| Florida Citrus Bowl
Capital One Bowl
The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
| Florida 21
| Penn State 6
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1998
| Orange Bowl
| Florida 31
| Syracuse
Syracuse Orange football
The Syracuse Orange football program is a college football team that represents Syracuse University. The team is a member of the Big East Conference, which is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I conference that is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision...
10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999
| Florida Citrus Bowl
Capital One Bowl
The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
| Michigan State
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
37
| Florida 34
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
2000 Florida Gators football team
September 30, 2000The Florida Gators came into Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi ranked third in the nation. The unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ran for 351 yards, 172 yards and a touchdown for Dicenzo Miller, and 156 yards and a touchdown for Dontae Walker. Bulldogs quarterback...
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Miami
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
37
| Florida 20
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2001
2001 Florida Gators football team
The 2001 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2001 college football season...
| Orange Bowl
| Florida 56
| Maryland 23
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002
2002 Florida Gators football team
The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2002 college football season...
| Outback Bowl
Outback Bowl
The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...
| Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
38
| Florida 30
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2003
2003 Florida Gators football team
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season...
| Outback Bowl
Outback Bowl
The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...
| Iowa 37
| Florida 17
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2004
2004 Florida Gators football team
The 2004 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2004 college football season...
| Peach Bowl
| Miami 27
| Florida 10
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005
2005 Florida Gators football team
The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season...
| Outback Bowl
Outback Bowl
The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...
| Florida 31
| Iowa 24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006
2006 Florida Gators football team
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season...
| BCS National Championship Game
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the U.S. national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
| Florida 41
| Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes football
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2007
2007 Florida Gators football team
The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 college football season...
| Capital One Bowl
Capital One Bowl
The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
| Michigan 41
| Florida 35
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2008
2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 college football season...
| BCS National Championship Game
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the U.S. national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
| Florida 24
| Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners football
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
14
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
2009 Florida Gators football team
The 2009 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2009 college football season...
| Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
| Florida 51
| Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bearcats football
The Cincinnati Bearcats football program represents the University of Cincinnati in a college football. They compete at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level as members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcat football program is one of the nation's oldest, having fielded a team as...
24
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2010
2010 Florida Gators football team
The 2010 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2010 college football season...
| Outback Bowl
Outback Bowl
The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...
| Florida 37
| Penn State 24
|-
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Games 38
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Wins 19
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Losses 19
! style="background:#FF4A00;"| Ties 0
|}
Overall bowl record: 19–19 (38 Games)
† The University Athletic Association
University of Florida Athletic Association
The University Athletic Association, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that is responsible for maintaining the Florida Gators intercollegiate sports program of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida...
does not recognize the 1912 "Bacardi Bowl" in the Gators' official bowl record.
Fergie Ferguson Award
The Forrest K. Ferguson Award is given in memory of one of the University of Florida's finest athletes. Ferguson was an All-American end for the Gators in 1941 and was state boxing champion in 1942. He subsequently served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and led an infantry platoon during the D-Day landings in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. Ferguson helped clear the way for his troops to advance on the enemy position, and was severely wounded leading his men in the assault. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions. He subsequently died from war-related injuries in 1954. The Fergie Ferguson Award is made annually in the form of a trophy, which remains in the permanent possession of the school, and is given to the football player selected by the football coaches to the Gator's Most Valuable Senior who displays "leadership, character, and courage."Retired jersey numbers
Unlike many other collegiate and professional sports teams, the Gators do not currently have any retired jersey numbers from former players. The numbers of Steve Spurrier (11) and Scot Brantley (55) were once retired, but later re-issued during Spurrier's tenure as head coach.University of Florida All-Time Team
The University of Florida All-Time Team was chosen by the Miami Herald by a fan vote in August 1983.First Team Offense
QB – Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
RB – Larry Smith
RB – Nat Moore
Nat Moore
Nathaniel "Nat" Moore is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for thirteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Moore played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
WR – Cris Collinsworth
Cris Collinsworth
Anthony Cris Collinsworth is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played his entire professional career for...
WR – Wes Chandler
Wes Chandler
Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
TE – Jim Yarbrough
Jim Yarbrough
James Kelley "Jim" Yarbrough is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for nine years during the 1960s and 1970s...
OT – Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson (offensive lineman)
Randall Belford "Randy" Jackson is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for eight years in the 1960s and 1970s...
OT – Mike Williams
OG – Burton Lawless
Burton Lawless
Richard Burton Lawless is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and 1980s...
OG – Guy Dennis
Guy Dennis
Guy Durell Dennis, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for seven seasons in the 1960s and 1970s...
C – Bill Carr
William C. Carr
William Curtis "Bill" Carr, III is an American college sports consultant. Carr is a former college football player, and previously served as the athletic director at the University of Florida and the University of Houston.- Early life :...
PK – David Posey
First Team Defense
DL – Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood
Herbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
DL – Scott Hutchinson
Scott Hutchinson (American football)
Scott Rawls Hutchinson is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for five seasons during the 1970s and 1980s...
DL – David Galloway
David Galloway (football player)
David Lawrence Galloway is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for ten seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s. Galloway played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
DL – Charlie LaPradd
LB – Ralph Ortega
Ralph Ortega
Ralph Ortega is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and early 1980s...
LB – Scot Brantley
Scot Brantley
Scot Eugene Brantley is an American radio and television sports broadcaster and former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s...
LB – Wilber Marshall
Wilber Marshall
Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
LB – Glenn Cameron
Glenn Cameron
Glenn Scott Cameron is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
DB – Steve Tannen
Steve Tannen (American football)
Steven Olson Tannen is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League for five seasons during the early 1970s...
DB – Jackie Simpson
Jackie Simpson (defensive back)
John Marlin "Jackie" Simpson is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League for five seasons during the late 1950s and early 1960s...
DB – Bernie Parrish
Bernie Parrish
Bernard Paul "Bernie" Parrish is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League and American Football League for eight seasons during the 1950s and 1960s...
P – Bobby Joe Green
Bobby Joe Green
Bobby Joe Green was an American college and professional football player who was a punter and running back in the National Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1960s and early 1970s...
Second Team Offense
QB – John Reaves
John Reaves
Thomas Johnson "John" Reaves is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback for eleven seasons in the National Football League and three seasons in the United States Football League...
RB – Rick Casares
Rick Casares
Richard Jose "Rick" Casares is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League and the American Football League for twelve seasons in the 1950s and 1960s...
RB – James Jones
WR – Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
WR – Charles Casey
TE – Chris Faulkner
OT – Mac Steen
OT – Charlie Mitchell
OG – Larry Beckman
OG – John Barrow
John Barrow (football player)
John B. Barrow is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive and defensive tackle in the Canadian Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s...
C – Steve DeLaTorre
PK – Brian Clark
Second Team Defense
DL – Robin Fisher
DL – Joe D'Agostino
DL – Lynn Matthews
Lynn Matthews
Lynn Otto Matthews is a former American college football player who was recognized as an All-American and later became a newspaper publishing executive.- Early years :Matthews was born in Tampa, Florida...
DL – Vel Heckman
LB – David Little
LB – Fred Abbott
LB – Sammy Green
Sammy Green
Samuel Lee "Sammy" Green is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s...
DB – Bruce Bennett
DB – Tony Lilly
Tony Lilly
Robert Anthony "Tony" Lilly is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for four seasons during the 1980s...
DB – Hagood Clarke
Hagood Clarke
Hagood Clarke, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the American Football League for five seasons in the 1960s...
P – Don Chandler
Don Chandler
Donald Gene "Don" Chandler was an American college and professional football player who was a punter and placekicker in the National Football League for twelve seasons in the 1950s and 1960s...
Florida Gator All-Century Team
The Florida Gator All-Century team was chosen by Gator fans and organized by the Gainesville Sun in the Fall of 1999.First Team
Offense
QB – Danny Wuerffel
Danny Wuerffel
Daniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1993–1996)
RB – Neal Anderson
Neal Anderson
Charles Neal Anderson is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s...
(1982–1985)
RB – Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1987–1989)
WR – Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
(1969–1971)
WR – Wes Chandler
Wes Chandler
Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
(1974–1977)
TE – Jim Yarbrough
Jim Yarbrough
James Kelley "Jim" Yarbrough is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for nine years during the 1960s and 1970s...
(1966–1968)
OT – Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...
(1981–1984)
OT – David Williams
David Williams (offensive lineman)
David Wayne Williams is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for nine years during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1985–1988)
OG – Burton Lawless
Burton Lawless
Richard Burton Lawless is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and 1980s...
(1972–1974)
OG – Donnie Young (1993–1996)
OC – Jeff Mitchell
Jeff Mitchell
Jeffrey Clay "Jeff" Mitchell is a former American college and professional player who was a center in the National Football League for nine seasons during the 1990s and 2000s...
(1993–1996)
PK – Judd Davis (1992–1994)
KR – Jacquez Green
Jacquez Green
D'Tanyian Jacquez Green is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1995–1997)
First Team Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood
Herbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
(1968–1970)
DE – Kevin Carter (1991–1994)
DT – Brad Culpepper
Brad Culpepper
John Broward "Brad" Culpepper is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1988–1991)
DT – Ellis Johnson
Ellis Johnson (defensive lineman)
Ellis Bernard Johnson is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for ten seasons during the 1990s and 2000s...
(1991–1994)
LB – Wilber Marshall
Wilber Marshall
Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1980–1983)
LB – Scot Brantley
Scot Brantley
Scot Eugene Brantley is an American radio and television sports broadcaster and former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s...
(1976–1979)
LB – David Little (1977–1980)
CB – Steve Tannen
Steve Tannen (American football)
Steven Olson Tannen is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League for five seasons during the early 1970s...
(1967–1969)
CB – Jarvis Williams (1984–1987)
S – Louis Oliver
Louis Oliver
Louis Oliver, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1985–1988)
S – Bruce Bennett (1963–1965)
P – Bobby Joe Green
Bobby Joe Green
Bobby Joe Green was an American college and professional football player who was a punter and running back in the National Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1960s and early 1970s...
(1958–1959)
Second Team
Offense
QB – Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
(1964–1966)
RB – Rick Casares
Rick Casares
Richard Jose "Rick" Casares is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League and the American Football League for twelve seasons in the 1950s and 1960s...
(1951–1953)
RB – James Jones (1979–1982)
WR – Reidel Anthony
Reidel Anthony
Reidel Clarence Anthony is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1994–1996)
WR – Ike Hilliard
Ike Hilliard
Isaac Jason "Ike" Hilliard is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver for twelve seasons in the National Football League during the 1990s and 2000s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1994–1996)
TE – Kirk Kirkpatrick (1987–1990)
OT – Jason Odom
Jason Odom
Jason Brian Odom is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for four seasons during the 1990s...
(1992–1995)
OT – Mike Williams (1973–1975)
OG – Larry Gagner
Larry Gagner
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Gagner is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1960s and 1970s...
(1963–1965)
OG – Jeff Zimmerman (1983–1986)
OC – Phil Bromley (1981–1984)
PK – David Posey (1973–1976)
KR – Jack Jackson
Jack Jackson (American football)
Elliott Cornelius "Jack" Jackson, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver for four seasons in the National Football League and Arena Football League...
(1992–1994)
Second Team Defense
DE – David Ghesquiere (1967–1969)
DE – Lynn Matthews
Lynn Matthews
Lynn Otto Matthews is a former American college football player who was recognized as an All-American and later became a newspaper publishing executive.- Early years :Matthews was born in Tampa, Florida...
(1963–1965)
DT – David Galloway
David Galloway (football player)
David Lawrence Galloway is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for ten seasons in the 1980s and early 1990s. Galloway played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1979–1981)
DT – Charlie LaPradd (1950–1952)
LB – Sammy Green (1972–1975)
LB – Alonzo Johnson
Alonzo Johnson
Alonzo Al Johnson is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for two seasons during the 1980s...
(1983–1985)
LB – Ralph Ortega
Ralph Ortega
Ralph Ortega is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and early 1980s...
(1972–1974)
CB – Fred Weary
Fred Weary (defensive back)
Joseph Frederick "Fred" Weary is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Weary played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1994–1997)
CB – Richard Fain (1987–1990)
S – Tony Lilly
Tony Lilly
Robert Anthony "Tony" Lilly is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for four seasons during the 1980s...
(1980–1983)
S – Wayne Fields (1972–1975)
P – Ray Criswell (1982–1985)
University of Florida Gator 100th Anniversary Team
The University of Florida Gator 100th Anniversary Team was selected in conjunction with the celebration of 100 Years of Florida Football. In 2006, fans voted with mail-in ballots and on the internet.Offense
QB – Danny Wuerffel
Danny Wuerffel
Daniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1993–1996)
RB – Errict Rhett
Errict Rhett
Errict Undra Rhett is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for seven seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1990–1993)
RB – Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1987–1989)
RB – Fred Taylor (1994–1997)
WR – Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
(1969–1971)
WR – Cris Collinsworth
Cris Collinsworth
Anthony Cris Collinsworth is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played his entire professional career for...
(1977–1980)
WR – Chris Doering
Chris Doering
Christopher Paul "Chris" Doering is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for seven seasons in the 1990s and 2000s...
(1992–1995)
WR – Ike Hilliard
Ike Hilliard
Isaac Jason "Ike" Hilliard is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver for twelve seasons in the National Football League during the 1990s and 2000s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1994–1996)
OL – Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...
(1981–1984)
OL – Mike Degory (2002–2005)
OL – Jeff Mitchell
Jeff Mitchell
Jeffrey Clay "Jeff" Mitchell is a former American college and professional player who was a center in the National Football League for nine seasons during the 1990s and 2000s...
(1993–1996)
OL – Jason Odom
Jason Odom
Jason Brian Odom is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for four seasons during the 1990s...
(1992–1995)
PK – Jeff Chandler (1998–2001)
Defense
DL – Trace Armstrong
Trace Armstrong
Raymond Lester "Trace" Armstrong, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for fifteen seasons from the late 1980s to the early 2000s...
(1988)
DL – Alex Brown (1998–2001)
DL – Kevin Carter (1991–1994)
DL – Brad Culpepper
Brad Culpepper
John Broward "Brad" Culpepper is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1988–1991)
DL – Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood
Herbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
(1968–1970)
LB – Scot Brantley
Scot Brantley
Scot Eugene Brantley is an American radio and television sports broadcaster and former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s...
(1976–1979)
LB – Channing Crowder
Channing Crowder
Randolph Channing Crowder, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League . He played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as an All-American...
(2003–2004)
LB – Jevon Kearse
Jevon Kearse
Jevon Kearse , nicknamed "The Freak," is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for eleven seasons during the late 1990s and 2000s...
(1996–1998)
LB – Wilber Marshall
Wilber Marshall
Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1980–1983)
DB – Louis Oliver
Louis Oliver
Louis Oliver, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1985–1988)
DB – Lito Sheppard
Lito Sheppard
Lito Decorian Sheppard is an American football cornerback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Florida.Sheppard has also played for the New York...
(1999–2001)
DB – Fred Weary
Fred Weary (defensive back)
Joseph Frederick "Fred" Weary is a former American college and professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Weary played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1994–1997)
P – Shayne Edge
Shayne Edge
Randall Shayne Edge is a former American college and professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League during the 1990s. Edge played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.- Early...
(1991–94)
Florida's All-Time Team
Florida's All-Time Team was chosen by Athlon Sports in 2001.Offense
WR – Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
(1969–1971)
WR – Wes Chandler
Wes Chandler
Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
(1974–1977)
TE – Jim Yarbrough
Jim Yarbrough
James Kelley "Jim" Yarbrough is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for nine years during the 1960s and 1970s...
(1966–1968)
TE – Kirk Kirkpatrick (1987–1990)
OL – Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...
(1981–1984)
OL – Jason Odom
Jason Odom
Jason Brian Odom is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for four seasons during the 1990s...
(1992–1995)
OL – Bill Carr
William C. Carr
William Curtis "Bill" Carr, III is an American college sports consultant. Carr is a former college football player, and previously served as the athletic director at the University of Florida and the University of Houston.- Early life :...
(1964–1966)
OL – Burton Lawless
Burton Lawless
Richard Burton Lawless is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and 1980s...
(1972–1974)
OL – Jeff Zimmerman (1983–1986)
QB – Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
(1964–1966)
QB – Danny Wuerffel
Danny Wuerffel
Daniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1993–1996)
RB – Neal Anderson
Neal Anderson
Charles Neal Anderson is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s...
(1982–1985)
RB – Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
(1987–1989)
RB – Errict Rhett
Errict Rhett
Errict Undra Rhett is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for seven seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1990–1993)
PK – Jeff Chandler
Jeff Chandler (kicker)
Jeffrey Robin "Jeff" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League for three seasons in the early 2000s. Chandler played college football for the University of Florida, where he became the all-time leading scorer with...
(1998–2001)
Defense
DL – Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood
Herbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
(1968–1970)
DL – Brad Culpepper
Brad Culpepper
John Broward "Brad" Culpepper is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1988–1991)
DL – Huey Richardson
Huey Richardson
Huey L. Richardson, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for two seasons during the 1990s...
(1987–1990)
DL – Kevin Carter (1991–1994)
DL – Ellis Johnson
Ellis Johnson (defensive lineman)
Ellis Bernard Johnson is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for ten seasons during the 1990s and 2000s...
(1991–1994)
LB – Wilber Marshall
Wilber Marshall
Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1980–1983)
LB – David Little (1977–1980)
LB – Alonzo Johnson
Alonzo Johnson
Alonzo Al Johnson is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for two seasons during the 1980s...
(1981–1985)
LB – Scot Brantley
Scot Brantley
Scot Eugene Brantley is an American radio and television sports broadcaster and former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s...
(1976–1979)
LB – Sammy Green
Sammy Green
Samuel Lee "Sammy" Green is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s...
(1972–1975)
DB – Bruce Bennett (1963–1965)
DB – Steve Tannen
Steve Tannen (American football)
Steven Olson Tannen is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League for five seasons during the early 1970s...
(1967–1969)
DB – Will White (1989–1992)
DB – Louis Oliver
Louis Oliver
Louis Oliver, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
(1985–1988)
DB – Fred Weary
Fred Weary
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(1994–1997)
P – Ray Criswell (1982–1985)
College Football Hall of Fame members
The following former three former Florida Gators football coaches and seven former players are members of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
:
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|-
!style="background:#0021A4;"| Name
!style="background:#0021A4;"| Position
!style="background:#0021A4;"| UF Years
!style="background:#0021A4;"| Inducted
|-
|Carlos Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez (American football)
Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
|Wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
|1969–1971
|2011
|-
|Charlie Bachman
Charlie Bachman
Charles William "Charlie" Bachman, Jr. was an American college football player and head coach. Bachman was an Illinois native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played college football...
|Coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
|1928–1932
|1978
|-
|Doug Dickey
Doug Dickey
Douglas Adair "Doug" Dickey is a former American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, where he played college football...
|Coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
|1970–1978
|2003
|-
|Ray Graves
Ray Graves
Samuel Ray Graves is a former American college and professional football player and former college football coach. He is a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee, where he played college football...
|Coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
|1960–1969
|1990
|-
|Marcelino Huerta
Marcelino Huerta
Marcelino Jesse "Chelo" Huerta, Jr. was an American college football player and head coach. Huerta played college football for the University of Florida, and he was later the head football coach of the University of Tampa, the University of Wichita and Parsons College.- Early years :Huerta was...
|Coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
*
|1947–1949
|2002
|-
|Wilber Marshall
Wilber Marshall
Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
|Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
|1980–1983
|2008
|-
|Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
|Running back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
|1987–1989
|2006
|-
|Steve Spurrier
Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
|Quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
|1963–1966
|1986
|-
|Dale Van Sickel
Dale Van Sickel
Dale Harris Van Sickel was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years...
|End
End (football)
An end in American football is a player who lines up at either end of the line of scrimmage. Rules state that a legal offensive formation must always consist of seven players on the line of scrimmage. An end who lines up close to the offensive line is known as a tight end, while one who lines up...
|1927–1929
|1975
|-
|Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood
Herbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
|Defensive end
Defensive end
Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
|1967–1970
|1992
|}
Doug Dickey was also the Gators' quarterback from 1951 to 1952, but was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003 for his record as the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
from 1964 to 1969 and the Florida Gators from 1970 to 1978. Steve Spurrier was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986 for his record as the Gators' Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
-winning quarterback from 1964 to 1966. Spurrier was also the Gators' head coach from 1990 to 2001, and his career coaching record far exceeds the Hall of Fame's minimum requirements, but he is still an active coach and is not eligible for induction as a coach until he retires. Marcelino Huerta
Marcelino Huerta
Marcelino Jesse "Chelo" Huerta, Jr. was an American college football player and head coach. Huerta played college football for the University of Florida, and he was later the head football coach of the University of Tampa, the University of Wichita and Parsons College.- Early years :Huerta was...
was a standout lineman for the Gators from 1947 to 1949, but was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002 for his record as the head coach of the Tampa Spartans, Wichita State Shockers
Wichita State Shockers
The Shockers are the athletic teams at Wichita State University, who compete in the NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conference. Wichita State is well known for its fan support and its baseball program, which has the highest winning percentange of any college baseball team over the past 31 years...
and Parson Wildcats
Parsons College
Parsons College was a private liberal arts college in Fairfield, Iowa. The school, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, was founded in 1875 and closed in 1973....
.
Individual award winners
- Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
- Steve SpurrierSteve SpurrierStephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
(1966) - Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1996) - Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2007)- Maxwell AwardMaxwell AwardThe Maxwell Award is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best football player in the United States. The...
- Maxwell Award
- Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1996) - Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2007, 2008)- Walter Camp AwardWalter Camp AwardThe Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football Player of the Year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors under the auspices of the Walter Camp Football Foundation;...
- Walter Camp Award
- Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1996)- Sammy Baugh TrophySammy Baugh TrophyThe Sammy Baugh Trophy is awarded annually to the nation's top college passer. The award is named in honor of former Texas Christian University and Washington Redskins quarterback "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh. The trophy has been given out by the Touchdown Club of Columbus since 1959...
- Sammy Baugh Trophy
- John ReavesJohn ReavesThomas Johnson "John" Reaves is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback for eleven seasons in the National Football League and three seasons in the United States Football League...
(1971) - Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1995)- Davey O'Brien AwardDavey O'Brien AwardThe Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, named after Davey O'Brien, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterbacks. The...
- Davey O'Brien Award
- Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1995, 1996) - Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2007)- Rimington Trophy
- Maurkice PounceyMaurkice PounceyThe Pittsburgh Steelers chose Pouncey in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. His rookie year, he started in all 16 games played at the center position, and was selected to the Pro Bowl.-Personal:...
(2009)- Ray Guy AwardRay Guy AwardThe Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's top punter by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, a former All-American at Southern Mississippi and an all-pro player for the Oakland Raiders.-Criteria:...
- Ray Guy Award
- Chas HenryChas HenryChas Henry is an American football punter for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . He played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as the best college punter as a senior. The Eagles signed Henry as an undrafted free agent in 2011.- Early years...
(2010)
- Jim Thorpe AwardJim Thorpe AwardThe Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986...
- Lawrence WrightLawrence Wright (American Football)Lawrence D. Wright, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for two seasons during the 1990s...
(1996)- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardJohnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardThe Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is given annually in the United States to the nation's outstanding senior quarterback in college football. It was established in 1987 by a foundation named for Johnny Unitas , the Hall of Fame quarterback who played his college career at the University of...
- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1996)- Chic Harley AwardChic Harley AwardThe Chic Harley Award is presented by the Touchdown Club of Columbus to the College Football Player of the Year. The winner is selected by a committee of college football coaches, and is named after Ohio State All-America football legend, Chic Harley. It was first presented to Ohio State's Howard...
- Chic Harley Award
- Steve SpurrierSteve SpurrierStephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
(1966) - Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2007)- Lou Groza AwardLou Groza AwardThe Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza.-Winners:...
- Lou Groza Award
- Judd Davis (1993)
- John Mackey AwardJohn Mackey AwardThe John Mackey Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding tight end.The award is given to the collegiate tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of NFL Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey....
- John Mackey Award
- Aaron HernandezAaron Hernandez-New England Patriots:Hernandez was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Shortly after he was drafted, The Boston Globe reported Hernandez had admitted to marijuana use and had failed multiple drug tests while in college, causing his draft stock to drop...
(2009)- Draddy TrophyDraddy TrophyThe William V. Campbell trophy, formerly the Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy, is a trophy awarded by the National Football Foundation that is given to the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance...
- Draddy Trophy
- Brad CulpepperBrad CulpepperJohn Broward "Brad" Culpepper is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
(1991) - Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
(1996) - Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2009)- Wuerffel TrophyWuerffel TrophyThe Wuerffel Trophy is an award given annually by the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach, Florida to the college football player "who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement." It is named for Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel, a former football...
- Wuerffel Trophy
- Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2008)- Manning AwardManning AwardThe Manning Award has been presented annually since 2004 to the collegiate American football quarterback adjudged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States...
- Manning Award
- Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
(2008)
All-Time SEC Team Gator honorees
All-Time SEC Team(1933–1982) The All-Time Team for the first 50 years
Selected by the SEC Skywriters
First Team Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood
Herbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
(1968–1970)
Second Team Offense
WR – Wes Chandler
Wes Chandler
Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
(1974–1977)
Second Team Defense
LB – Wilber Marshall
Wilber Marshall
Wilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
1980–1982)
Quarter Century All-SEC Team
(1950–1974)
A Bicentennial Project
of the Birmingham Quarterback Club
First Team Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood (1968–1970)
25 Year All-SEC Team
(1961–1985)
The 25-Year All-SEC team
chosen for the
Lakeland Ledger
Offense
WR – Cris Collinsworth
Cris Collinsworth
Anthony Cris Collinsworth is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played his entire professional career for...
1978–1980)
WR – Wes Chandler (1974–1976)
Defense
DE – Jack Youngblood (1968–1970)
LB – Wilber Marshall (1980–1982)
NCAA honors
FWAA 1969-94 All-America TeamSelected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) for the 25th Anniversary of the centennial year of college football.
- Jack Youngblood (1968–1970)
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
All-Century Team
- Jack Youngblood (1968–1970)
SEC Legends
Starting in 1994, the Southeastern Conference has annually honored one former football player from each of the twelve SEC member schools as an "SEC Legend." Through 2010, the following seventeen former Gators football players have been honored as SEC Legends.- Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez (American football)Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
- Jack YoungbloodJack YoungbloodHerbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
- Kerwin BellKerwin BellKerwin Douglas Bell is an American college and professional football coach and former player who was a quarterback in the National Football League , World League of American Football and the Canadian Football League for fourteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s...
- John ReavesJohn ReavesThomas Johnson "John" Reaves is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback for eleven seasons in the National Football League and three seasons in the United States Football League...
- Neal AndersonNeal AndersonCharles Neal Anderson is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s and 1990s...
- Nat MooreNat MooreNathaniel "Nat" Moore is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for thirteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Moore played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for...
- Glenn CameronGlenn CameronGlenn Scott Cameron is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
- Huey RichardsonHuey RichardsonHuey L. Richardson, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for two seasons during the 1990s...
- Brad CulpepperBrad CulpepperJohn Broward "Brad" Culpepper is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for nine seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
- Larry SmithLarry Smith (running back)William Lawrence "Larry" Smith is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1960s and 1970s...
- Lomas BrownLomas BrownLomas Brown, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...
- Trace ArmstrongTrace ArmstrongRaymond Lester "Trace" Armstrong, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for fifteen seasons from the late 1980s to the early 2000s...
- Louis OliverLouis OliverLouis Oliver, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
- Ralph OrtegaRalph OrtegaRalph Ortega is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and early 1980s...
- Reidel AnthonyReidel AnthonyReidel Clarence Anthony is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for five seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
- Errict RhettErrict RhettErrict Undra Rhett is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for seven seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
- Kevin Carter
Current coaching staff
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| Will Muschamp
Will Muschamp
William Larry "Will" Muschamp is an American college football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida. He is a native of Georgia and attended the University of Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Bulldogs...
|| Head Coach
|-
| Charlie Weis
Charlie Weis
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Weis is an American football coach. He currently serves as offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators. For five years, from December 2004 through 2009, he was the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame...
|| Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
|-
| Dan Quinn
Dan Quinn (American football)
Dan Quinn is the current defensive coordinator the Florida Gators football team. He was hired on January 3, 2011. He was previously the Seattle Seahawks defensive line coach....
|| Defensive Coordinator/Co-Defensive Line Coach
|-
| D.J. Durkin || Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
|-
| Aubrey Hill
Aubrey Hill
Aubrey Hill is an American football coach and former player. Hill is currently the wide receivers coach for the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.-Career:...
|| Wide Receivers Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
|-
| Travaris Robinson
Travaris Robinson
Travaris Robinson is an American football coach and former college and professional player. He played college football for Auburn University, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League...
|| Defensive Backs Coach
|-
| Frank Verducci || Offensive Line Coach
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| Brian White || Tight Ends Coach
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| Bryant Young
Bryant Young
Bryant Colby Young is an American football coach serving as defensive line coach for the University of Florida and former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers...
|| Co-Defensive Line Coach
|}
Notable alumni
- Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez (American football)Carlos Alvarez Vasquez Rodriguez Ubieta is a former American college football player who was an All-American wide receiver for the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971.- Early life :...
, consensus first-team All-American wide receiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
(1969); College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
member (2011) - John Barrow, first-team All-American defensive and offensive lineman (1956); eleven-time Canadian Football LeagueCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
(CFL) All-Star; four-time Grey CupGrey CupThe Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
champion - Alex BrownAlex Brown (football player)Alex James Brown is an American football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for nine seasons. He played college football for the University of Florida, and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. In addition to the Bears, Brown...
, consensus first-team All-American defensive endDefensive endDefensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
(2001); former NFL defensive end for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans SaintsThe New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League .... - Lomas BrownLomas BrownLomas Brown, Jr. is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...
, consensus first-team All-American offensive tackle (1984); seven-time Pro Bowl player; current ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
football analyst - Wes ChandlerWes ChandlerWesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...
, two-time first-team All-American wide receiver (1976, 1977); four-time Pro Bowl player - Cris CollinsworthCris CollinsworthAnthony Cris Collinsworth is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons in the 1980s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played his entire professional career for...
, first-team All-American wide receiver (1980); three-time Pro Bowl player; current ESPN sports broadcaster - Jabar GaffneyJabar GaffneyDerrick Jabar Gaffney is an American football wide receiver for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
, consensus first-team All-American wide receiver (2001); current NFL wide receiver for the Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... - Rex GrossmanRex GrossmanRex Daniel Grossman, III is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League . Grossman played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans and Washington Redskins of...
, consensus first-team All-American quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
(2001); current NFL quarterback for the Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... - Joe HadenJoe HadenJoseph Walter "Joe" Haden, III is an American football cornerback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Browns in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida.-Early years:Haden was born in Fort Washington, Maryland...
, unanimous first-team All-American cornerbackCornerbackA cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
(2009); current NFL cornerback for the Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Percy HarvinPercy HarvinWilliam Percival "Percy" Harvin, III is an American football wide receiver, return specialist, and running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League...
, first-team All-American wide receiver and kick returner (2008, 2009); NFL Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
, wide receiver for the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
, 2009 National Football League Rookie of the Year Award - Aaron HernandezAaron Hernandez-New England Patriots:Hernandez was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Shortly after he was drafted, The Boston Globe reported Hernandez had admitted to marijuana use and had failed multiple drug tests while in college, causing his draft stock to drop...
, first-team All-American tight end (2009); John Mackey AwardJohn Mackey AwardThe John Mackey Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding tight end.The award is given to the collegiate tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of NFL Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey....
winner (2009); current NFL tight end for the New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... - Jevon KearseJevon KearseJevon Kearse , nicknamed "The Freak," is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for eleven seasons during the late 1990s and 2000s...
, first-team All-American defensive end (1998); National Football League Rookie of the Year Award (1999); three-time Pro Bowl player; first-team All Pro - Wilber MarshallWilber MarshallWilber Buddyhia Marshall is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
, two-time consensus All-American linebackerLinebackerA linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
(1982, 1983); College Football Hall of Fame (2008); three-time Pro Bowl player; two-time first-team All Pro - Reggie NelsonReggie NelsonReggie Nelson is an American professional football player who is a safety for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League...
, consensus first-team All-American safety (2006); current NFL safety for the Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL... - Maurkice PounceyMaurkice PounceyThe Pittsburgh Steelers chose Pouncey in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. His rookie year, he started in all 16 games played at the center position, and was selected to the Pro Bowl.-Personal:...
, consensus first-team All-American centerCenter (American football)Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
(2009); Pro Bowl player; current NFL center for the Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... - John ReavesJohn ReavesThomas Johnson "John" Reaves is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback for eleven seasons in the National Football League and three seasons in the United States Football League...
, first-team All-American quarterback (1971); former NFL quarterback for six different teams - Errict RhettErrict RhettErrict Undra Rhett is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for seven seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s...
, first-team All-American running back (1993); former NFL running back for three different teams - Lito SheppardLito SheppardLito Decorian Sheppard is an American football cornerback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Florida.Sheppard has also played for the New York...
, first-team All-American cornerback; two-time Pro Bowl player; first-team All-Pro; current NFL cornerback for the Minnesota VikingsMinnesota VikingsThe Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... - Emmitt SmithEmmitt SmithEmmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
, unanimous first-team All-American running back (1989); College Football Hall of Fame member (2006); Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
member (2010); three-time Super BowlSuper BowlThe Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
champion; eight-time Pro Bowl player - Brandon SpikesBrandon Spikes-2010 season:Spikes was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract on July 26, 2010. Spikes quickly became a starter at inside linebacker in the Patriots 3–4 defense, alongside Jerod Mayo. Against Baltimore in Week 6 of his rookie...
, two-time consensus first-team All-American linebacker (2008, 2009); current NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots - Steve SpurrierSteve SpurrierStephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...
, consensus first-team All-American quarterback (1966); Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner (1966); College Football Hall of Fame member (1986); head coach of the Gators' 1996 national championship1996 Florida Gators football teamThe 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's seventh season under head coach Steve Spurrier...
team; former NFL head coach of the Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
; current head coach of the South Carolina GamecocksSouth Carolina Gamecocks footballThe South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in NCAA Division I college football. The Gamecocks have been a member of the Southeastern Conference since 1992. Steve Spurrier is the current head coach, and the team plays its home games at Williams-Brice... - Fred Taylor, first-team All-American running back (1997); Pro Bowl player
- Tim TebowTim TebowTimothy Richard "Tim" Tebow is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...
, consensus first-team All-American quarterback (2007); Heisman Trophy winner (2007); BCS National Championship quarterback (2007, 2009); current starting quarterback for the Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the NFL - Dale Van SickelDale Van SickelDale Harris Van Sickel was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years...
, first-team All-American end (1928); College Football Hall of Fame member (1975) - John L. WilliamsJohn L. WilliamsJohn L. Williams is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s...
, two-time Pro Bowl player; former NFL running back for the Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... - Danny WuerffelDanny WuerffelDaniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel is a former American college and professional football player who won the 1996 Heisman Trophy and the 1996 national football championship while playing college football for the University of Florida. After graduating from Florida, he played for four National Football...
, consensus first-team All-American quarterback (1996); Heisman Trophy winner (1996); Bowl AllianceBowl AllianceThe Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship bowl game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences...
national championship quarterback (1996) - Jack YoungbloodJack YoungbloodHerbert Jackson "Jack" Youngblood, III is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League for fourteen seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a five-time consensus All-Pro and a seven-time Pro Bowl...
, first-team All-American defensive end (1970); College Football Hall of Fame member (1992); Pro Football Hall of Fame member (2001); seven-time Pro Bowl player; five-time first-team All Pro
Notable current players
- John BrantleyJohn BrantleyJohn Brantley, IV is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida...
, Florida high school football player of the year (2006), current Florida Gators starting quarterback
See also
- Florida GatorsFlorida GatorsThe Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
- History of the University of FloridaHistory of the University of FloridaThe history of the University of Florida is firmly tied to the history of public education in the state of Florida. The University of Florida, colloquially known as "Florida" or "UF," originated as several distinct institutions that were merged to create a single state-supported university by the...
- List of Florida Gators football players
- List of Florida Gators head football coaches
- List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
- University Athletic AssociationUniversity of Florida Athletic AssociationThe University Athletic Association, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that is responsible for maintaining the Florida Gators intercollegiate sports program of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida...
External links
- GatorZone.com – Official website of the Florida Gators football team
- GatorSports.com – Florida Gators football news from The Gainesville Sun
- Playerfilter.com – Statistics of Florida Gators alumni in the NFL