Florida Gators football

The Florida Gators football program represents the University of Florida (UF) in American college football. Florida competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) They play their home games in Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville campus.

Florida Gators football
2023 Florida Gators football team
First season	1906 (117 years ago)
Athletic director	Scott Stricklin
Head coach	Billy Napier 2nd season, 11–12 (.478)
Stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (capacity: 88,548)
Field	Steve Spurrier–Florida Field
Field surface	Grass
Location	Gainesville, Florida
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
Past conferences	Independent (1906–1911) SIAA (1912–1921) SoCon (1922–1932)
All-time record	759–445–40 (.626)
Bowl record	24–24 (.500)
Claimed national titles	3 (1996, 2006, 2008)
Unclaimed national titles	2 (1984, 1985)
National finalist	4 (1995, 1996, 2006, 2008)
Conference titles	8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008)
Division titles	15 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020)
Rivalries	Alabama (rivalry) Auburn (rivalry) Florida State (rivalry) Georgia (rivalry) Kentucky (rivalry) LSU (rivalry) Miami (rivalry) Tennessee (rivalry)
Heisman winners	Steve Spurrier – 1966 Danny Wuerffel – 1996 Tim Tebow – 2007
Consensus All-Americans	34^[note 1]
Current uniform
Colors	Orange and blue^[1]
Fight song	"The Orange and Blue"
Mascot	Albert and Alberta
Marching band	Pride of the Sunshine
Outfitter	Jordan Brand^[2]
Website	FloridaGators.com

Florida's football program was established along with the university in 1906. It took on the "Gators" nickname in 1911, began playing in newly constructed Florida Field in 1930, and joined the Southeastern Conference as a founding member in 1932. On the field, the Gators found intermittent success during the first half of the 20th century, with a highlight being the 1928 squad that went 8–1 and led the nation in scoring. Florida football enjoyed its first sustained success in the 1960s under head coach Ray Graves. After having appeared in only two sanctioned bowl games up to that time, Grave's Gators won four during the decade, and quarterback Steve Spurrier became the school's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1966.

Spurrier returned to his alma mater as the Gators' head ball coach in 1990, and the program has been among the top in college football since then. Since 1990, Florida has won three national championships (in 1996 under Spurrier and in 2006 and 2008 under Urban Meyer), eight conference titles, fifteen SEC East division titles, and sixteen bowl games, and Florida squads have finished the season ranked in the top-10 fifteen times. In addition, quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow won the Heisman in 1996 and 2007, respectively.

History

Main article: History of Florida Gators football

See also: History of the University of Florida and List of Florida Gators football seasons

 

1907 UF football team

The University of Florida was established in Gainesville in 1906 and fielded its first official varsity football team that fall. Since then, Florida Gator football squads have played in over 40 bowl games; won three national championships (1996, 2006 and 2008) and eight Southeastern Conference championships (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006 and 2008) and have produced three Heisman Trophy winners, over 90 first-team All-Americans and 50 National Football League (NFL) first-round draft choices.

Discounting interim coaches, there have been twenty-five head coaches in program history, including three who were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for their coaching success. Florida's first head coach was Pee Wee Forsythe, and the current coach is Billy Napier.

Florida competed for its first several seasons as an independent before joining the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1912. They moved to the Southern Conference in 1922, then joined with a dozen other schools to establish the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1932. Florida is one of fourteen member institutions in the SEC, and the football team has competed in the SEC Eastern Division since the league began divisional play in 1992.

 

Celebration following the 2009 BCS National Championship Game

Florida plays an eight-game SEC schedule, with six games against the other Eastern Division teams: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt. The schedule is filled out with an annual game against Louisiana State and a rotating SEC Western Division team. Until 2003, the Gators also played Auburn every season, but contests in the rivalry are now infrequent events as part of the SEC's rotating opponent system.

Key conference rivalries include the annual Florida–Georgia game in Jacksonville, Florida (usually around Halloween), the Florida–Tennessee rivalry (usually mid-September), and the inter-divisional Florida–LSU rivalry with their permanent SEC Western Division foe (usually in October).

Florida has played in-state rival Florida State every year since 1958 except for the pandemic-altered 2020 season. The Gators and Seminoles have faced off in the last game of the regular season since the 1970s, and their emergence as perennial football powers during the 1990s helped build the Florida–Florida State rivalry into a game that often had national-title implications. In-state rival Miami was once another annual opponent. However, the rivalry was dropped when the SEC expanded its yearly schedule in the late 1980s, and the Florida–Miami rivalry has been renewed on an infrequent basis since then. The remaining dates on Florida's regular schedule are filled by non-conference opponents which vary from year to year.

Home fields

Main article: Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

The University of Florida's campus did not include sports facilities when it opened in 1906, so UF's first several football and baseball squads played their home games at The Ballpark, a primitive municipal facility near downtown Gainesville. In 1911, the school purchased the bleachers from the city and moved them to University Athletic Field, a newly-cleared patch of land on the west side of campus along University Avenue. Larger bleachers were installed in 1915, when the facility was renamed Fleming Field.^[3]

The football program first gained national recognition in the late 1920s, prompting UF president John J. Tigert to initiate plans for a modern stadium. A shallow ravine just south of Fleming Field was the chosen site, and 20,000 seat Florida Field opened in 1930. The facility underwent major expansions in the mid-1960s, early 1980s, and early 1990s to increase stadium capacity to about 90,000, the largest in the state.^[4] Its name was extended to "Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium" in 1989 to honor UF benefactor Ben Hill Griffin, and the field was rechristened "Steve Spurrier-Florida Field" in 2016 to honor Gator player and coach Steve Spurrier. Spurrier also coined the stadium's nickname of "The Swamp" in 1992, early in his tenure as head football coach.^[5]

Conference affiliations

Florida's football program is a charter member of the Southeastern Conference, which began play in 1933. Before that, the Gators were affiliated with two different conferences after having founded the program without a conference affiliation.^[6][7][8][9]

• Independent (1906–1911)
• Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1912–1921)
• Southern Conference (1922–1932)
• Southeastern Conference (1933–present)

Championships

National championships

The Florida Gators have been named national champions five times by NCAA-designated major selectors.^[10]

Claimed national championships

Florida claims three national championships, for the 1996, 2006 and 2008 seasons. At the end of each season the Gators were ranked No. 1 in both the final AP and Coaches polls and were recognized as consensus national champions after winning a designated national championship bowl game.

Year	Coach	Selector	Record	Bowl	Opponent	Result	Final AP	Final Coaches
1996	Steve Spurrier	AP, Coaches	12–1	Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance National Championship Game)	Florida State	W 52–20^[11]	No. 1	No. 1
2006	Urban Meyer	AP, Coaches, BCS	13–1	BCS National Championship Game	Ohio State	W 41–14^[12]	No. 1	No. 1
2008			13–1	BCS National Championship Game	Oklahoma	W 24–14^[13]	No. 1	No. 1

Unclaimed national championships

Florida has been named national champion by NCAA-designated "major selectors" in two additional years, 1984 and 1985. Partially because the football program was on NCAA probation in the mid-1980s, the university has never claimed a share of the national championship for either season.^[14]

Year	Coach	Selector	Record	Final AP	Final Coaches
1984	Charley Pell, Galen Hall	DeS, DuS, MGR, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR	9–1–1	No. 3	No. 7
1985	Galen Hall	SR	9–1–1	No. 5

Conference championships

Florida has won eight officially recognized SEC football championships. The Gators won their first championship with a conference record of 5–0–1 in 1984, but the title was vacated several months after the season by the SEC university presidents because of NCAA infractions by the Florida coaching staff under Charley Pell. The 1985 and 1990 teams also finished atop the standings with conference records of 5–1 and 6–1, respectively, but Florida was ineligible for the championship due to its NCAA probation for rule violations by previous coaching staffs. The Gators won their first official SEC football championship in 1991.^[15]

Season	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1991	SEC	Steve Spurrier	10–2	7–0^[16]
1993			11–2	7–1^[17]
1994			10–2–1	7–1^[18]
1995			12–1	8–0^[19]
1996			12–1	8–0^[11]
2000			10–3	7–1^[20]
2006		Urban Meyer	13–1	7–1^[12]
2008			13–1	7–1^[13]

Division championships

With the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina to the Southeastern Conference in 1992, the conference split into eastern and western divisions and a game between the division winners determined the SEC champion. Florida has made thirteen appearances in the SEC Championship Game, most recently in 2020. The Gators have a 7–6 record all-time in SEC Championship Games as of 2020. With the additions of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC in 2024, the conference will eliminate divisions that year.

Season	Division	Coach	Opponent	CG result
1992†	SEC East	Steve Spurrier	Alabama	L 21–28^[21]
1993			Alabama	W 28–13^[17]
1994			Alabama	W 24–23^[18]
1995			Arkansas	W 34–3^[19]
1996			Alabama	W 45–30^[11]
1999			Alabama	L 7–34^[22]
2000			Auburn	W 28–6^[20]
2003†		Ron Zook	–	– ^[23]
2006		Urban Meyer	Arkansas	W 38–28^[12]
2008			Alabama	W 31–20^[13]
2009			Alabama	L 13–32^[24]
2012†		Will Muschamp	–	– ^[25]
2015		Jim McElwain	Alabama	L 15–29^[26]
2016			Alabama	L 16–54^[27]
2020		Dan Mullen	Alabama	L 46–52

†Florida tied with Georgia atop the SEC east during the 1992 season and played in the 1992 SEC Championship Game by virtue of its head-to-head victory. Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee ended the regular season in a 3-way tie in 2003, but Georgia advanced to the 2003 SEC Championship Game due to its higher BCS ranking. Florida and Georgia again tied atop the SEC East in 2012 but Georgia advanced to the 2012 SEC Championship Game by virtue of its head-to-head victory.

Coaching staff

Florida Gators
Name	Position	Consecutive season at Florida in current position	Previous position
Rob Sale	Offensive coordinator / offensive line	1st	New York Giants – Offensive line (2021)
Patrick Toney	Co–defensive coordinator / safeties	1st	Louisiana – Defensive coordinator / outside linebackers (2021)
Sean Spencer	Co–defensive coordinator & defensive line	1st	New York Giants – Defensive line (2020–2021)
Jabbar Juluke	Associate head coach for offense / running backs	1st	Louisiana – Assistant head coach / running backs (2018–2021)
Corey Raymond	Assistant head coach for defense / cornerbacks	1st	LSU – Cornerbacks / recruiting coordinator (2020–2021)
Darnell Stapleton	Offensive line	1st	Louisiana – Assistant offensive line (2021)
Keary Colbert	Wide receivers	1st	USC – Wide receivers (2019–2021)
William Peagler	Tight ends	1st	Michigan State – Running backs (2020–2021)
Mike Peterson	Outside linebackers	1st	South Carolina – Outside linebackers (2016–2021)
Jay Bateman	Inside linebackers	1st	North Carolina – Co–defensive coordinator / safeties (2019–2021)
Mark Hocke	Associate head coach / director of football strength & conditioning	1st	Louisiana – Director of football strength & conditioning (2018–2021)
Reference:^[28]

Head coaches

Years Coached	Name	Record
1911 - 1913	G.E. Pyle
1914 - 1916	C.J. McCoy
1917 - 1919	Al Buser
1920 - 1922	William Kline
1923 - 1924	J.A. Van Fleet
1925 - 1927	Tom Sebring
1928 - 1932	Charlie Bachman
1933 - 1935	Dutch Stanley
1936 - 1939	Josh Cody
1940 - 1945	Tom Lieb
1946 - 1949	Raymond Wolf
1950 - 1959	Bob Woodruff
1960 - 1969	Ray Graves
1970 - 1978	Doug Dickey
1979 - 1984	Charley Pell
1984 - 1989	Galen Hall
1989 - 1989	Gary Darnell
1990 - 2001	Steve Spurrier
2002 - 2004	Ron Zook
2004 - 2004	Charlie Strong
2005 - 2010	Urban Meyer
2011 - 2014	Will Muschamp
2014 - 2014	D.J. Durkin
2015 - 2017	Jim McElwain
2017 - 2017	Randy Shannon
2018 - 2021	Dan Mullen
2022–present	Billy Napier
reference

Bowl games

 

Ray Graves is carried from the field by his players after the 1967 Orange Bowl victory.

Florida has appeared in 48 NCAA-sanctioned bowl games, garnering a 24–24 record. This includes a streak of 22 consecutive bowl-game appearances from 1991 through 2012, the fifth-longest in college football history.^[29] Four of their bowl games were for a National Championship, with two under the Bowl Alliance and two in the Bowl Championship Series. Florida is 3–1 in national championship games.

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result
1912	George E. Pyle	Bacardi Bowl†	Vedado Athletic Club	W 28–0^[30]
1952	Bob Woodruff	Gator Bowl	Tulsa	W 14–13^[31]
1958		Gator Bowl	Mississippi	L 3–7^[32]
1960	Ray Graves	Gator Bowl	Baylor	W 13–12^[33]
1962		Gator Bowl	Penn State	W 17–7^[34]
1965		Sugar Bowl	Missouri	L 18–20^[35]
1966		Orange Bowl	Georgia Tech	W 27–12^[36]
1969		Gator Bowl	Tennessee	W 14–13^[37]
1973	Doug Dickey	Tangerine Bowl	Miami (OH)	L 7–16^[38]
1974		Sugar Bowl	Nebraska	L 10–13^[39]
1975		Gator Bowl	Maryland	L 0–13^[40]
1976		Sun Bowl	Texas A&M	L 14–37^[41]
1980	Charley Pell	Tangerine Bowl	Maryland	W 35–20^[42]
1981		Peach Bowl	West Virginia	L 6–26^[43]
1982		Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Arkansas	L 24–28^[44]
1983		Gator Bowl	Iowa	W 14–6^[45]
1987	Galen Hall	Aloha Bowl	UCLA	L 16–20^[46]
1988		All-American Bowl	Illinois	W 14–10^[47]
1989	Gary Darnell	Freedom Bowl	Washington	L 7–34^[48]
1991	Steve Spurrier	Sugar Bowl‡	Notre Dame	L 28–39^[16]
1992		Gator Bowl	NC State	W 27–10^[21]
1993		Sugar Bowl‡	West Virginia	W 41–7^[17]
1994		Sugar Bowl‡	Florida State	L 17–23^[18]
1995		Fiesta Bowl‡	Nebraska	L 24–62^[19]
1996		Sugar Bowl‡	Florida State	W 52–20^[11]
1997		Florida Citrus Bowl	Penn State	W 21–6^[49]
1998		Orange Bowl‡	Syracuse	W 31–10^[50]
1999		Florida Citrus Bowl	Michigan State	L 34–37^[22]
2000		Sugar Bowl‡	Miami (FL)	L 20–37^[20]
2001		Orange Bowl‡	Maryland	W 56–23^[51]
2002	Ron Zook	Outback Bowl	Michigan	L 30–38^[52]
2003		Outback Bowl	Iowa	L 17–37^[23]
2004	Charlie Strong (interim)	Peach Bowl	Miami (FL)	L 10–27^[53]
2005	Urban Meyer	Outback Bowl	Iowa	W 31–24^[54]
2006		BCS National Championship Game‡	Ohio State	W 41–14^[12]
2007		Capital One Bowl	Michigan	L 35–41^[55]
2008		BCS National Championship Game‡	Oklahoma	W 24–14^[13]
2009		Sugar Bowl‡	Cincinnati	W 51–24^[24]
2010		Outback Bowl	Penn State	W 37–24^[56]
2011	Will Muschamp	Gator Bowl	Ohio State	W 24–17^[57]
2012		Sugar Bowl‡	Louisville	L 23–33^[25]
2014	D. J. Durkin (interim)	Birmingham Bowl	East Carolina	W 28–20^[58]
2015	Jim McElwain	Citrus Bowl	Michigan	L 7–41^[26]
2016		Outback Bowl	Iowa	W 30–3
2018	Dan Mullen	Peach Bowl‡	Michigan	W 41–15
2019		Orange Bowl‡	Virginia	W 36–28
2020		Cotton Bowl‡	Oklahoma	L 20–55
2021	Greg Knox (interim)	Gasparilla Bowl	UCF	L 17–29
2022	Billy Napier	Las Vegas Bowl	Oregon State	L 3–30

† The 1912 Bacardi Bowl held in Havana, Cuba was not sanctioned by the NCAA and was intended to be one half of a two-game event which was not completed due to a dispute over the rules of the game. As such, the University of Florida Athletic Association does not include the contest in the Gators' official bowl record.^[15]
‡ Coalition, Alliance, BCS or New Year's Six Bowl game.

Records by Bowl Game

Bowl	Record	Appearances	Last appearance	Winning %
All-American Bowl	1–0	1	1988	1.000
Aloha Bowl	0–1	1	1987	.000
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	0–1	1	1982	.000
BCS National Championship Game	2–0	2	2008	1.000
Birmingham Bowl	1–0	1	2014	1.000
Citrus Bowl (Capital One Bowl)	2–4	6	2015	.333
Cotton Bowl	0–1	1	2020	.000
Fiesta Bowl	0–1	1	1995	.000
Freedom Bowl	0–1	1	1989	.000
Gasparilla Bowl	0–1	1	2021	.000
Gator Bowl	7–2	9	2011	.778
Las Vegas Bowl	0–1	1	2022	–
Outback Bowl	3–2	5	2016	.600
Orange Bowl	4–0	4	2019	1.000
Peach Bowl	1–2	3	2018	.333
Sugar Bowl	3–6	9	2012	.333
Sun Bowl	0–1	1	1976	.000

Records against SEC and in-state opponents

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Florida's season records are from the record books of the university's athletic association. Through the end of the 2022 season, Florida has compiled an overall record of 784 wins, 469 losses, and 37 ties (including post-season bowl games).^[59]

All-time record against current SEC teams

Opponent	Won	Lost	Tied	Percentage	Streak	First	Last	Next
Alabama	14	28	0	.333	Lost 9	1916	2021^[60]	TBD
Arkansas	10	3	0	.769	Lost 1	1982	2023^[61]	TBD
Auburn	39	43	2	.476	Won 1	1912	2019^[62]	2024
Georgia	44	55	2	.446	Lost 3	1915	2023^[63]	2024
Kentucky	53	21	0	.716	Lost 3	1917	2023^[64]	2023
LSU	33	34	3	.493	Lost 4	1937	2022^[65]	2024
Mississippi State	34	19	2	.636	Won 1	1923	2018^[66]	2024
Missouri	6	7	0	.462	Won 1	1966	2023^[67]	TBD
Ole Miss	12	12	1	.500	Won 2	1926	2020^[68]	TBD
South Carolina	31	10	3	.739	Won 1	1911	2023^[69]	TBD
Tennessee	32	21	0	.604	Won 1	1916	2023^[70]	TBD
Texas A&M	3	3	0	.500	Won 1	1962	2022^[71]	2024
Vanderbilt	44	11	2	.789	Lost 1	1945	2023^[72]	TBD
Totals	355	267	15	.569

Florida plays SEC East opponents Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Georgia, and South Carolina along with SEC West foe LSU on an annual basis. The other SEC West teams are played on a six-year rotation, with the added possibility of meeting in the SEC Championship Game.

All-time record against in-state opponents

The University of Florida's athletic program operated with a limited budget for the first several years after its establishment in 1906. To reduce travel costs, early Florida football teams played limited slates of games, mostly against squads from nearby schools. Local scheduling resulted in the development of gridiron rivalries with several in-state private colleges, most notably Stetson, Florida Southern, and Rollins. Of those early opponents, Florida Southern and Rollins no longer sponsor intercollegiate football programs and, after dropping the sport for half a century, the Stetson Hatters compete in a lower division of college football. Florida also scheduled occasional games against teams organized by local athletic clubs or nearby military bases during the first half of the 20th century, particularly during the two world wars. However, the Gators have not played a non-collegiate squad since 1945.^[59]

In more modern times, Florida began an annual rivalry with the University of Miami Hurricanes in 1938 that continued uninterrupted until 1987. The teams have met on an occasional basis since then and are still considered rivals. Florida State (FSU) established a football program in 1947 and first faced Florida in 1958, beginning a series that was uninterrupted until the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 resulted in both schools playing conference-only schedules. The Gators have also scheduled occasional contests against several Florida schools with newer football programs, usually in Gainesville.

Opponent	Won	Lost	Tied	Percentage	Streak	First	Last	Next
Central Florida	2	1	0	.667	Lost 1	1999	2021	2024
Florida Atlantic	4	0	0	1.000	Won 4	2007	2021	N/A
Florida A&M	1	0	0	1.000	Won 1	2003	2003	2025
Florida Southern	13	1	0	.929	Won 7	1913	1930	N/A
Florida State	37	28	2	.567	Lost 1	1958	2022	2023
Florida International	1	0	0	1.000	Won 1	2009	2009	N/A
Miami	27	29	0	.473	Won 1	1938	2019	2024
Rollins	13	2	1	.868	Won 11	1906	1948	N/A
South Florida	4	0	0	1.000	Won 3	2010	2022	2025
Stetson	19	15	2	.559	Won 3	1908	1953	N/A
Tampa	5	0	0	1.000	Won 5	1938	1942	N/A
Totals	121	73	5	.621

All records accurate as of the conclusion of the 2021 season^[59]

Rivalries

Alabama

Main article: Alabama–Florida football rivalry

Although the series started in 1916, many consider the rivalry between Florida and Alabama to have started in 1992, with the advent of the SEC Championship Game.^[73] Florida has appeared in 13 of the 30 conference championship games with Alabama appearing in 14. 10 of those matches were against each other, the most common matchup so far. Alabama leads the conference championship match-up 6–4, following the most recent match-up between both programs, the 2020 SEC Championship Game, which saw Alabama beat Florida 52–46.^[74]

Alabama leads the series 28–14 since the end of the 2021 season.^[75]

Auburn

Main article: Auburn–Florida football rivalry

Auburn and Florida played annually from 1945 to 2002.^[62] In the overall series won-lost record, Auburn is Florida's most evenly-matched SEC opponent. Beginning in the 1980s, one team was usually highly ranked coming into the game and it had conference- and national-title implications.^[76][77] The series has had several notable upsets. Auburn defeated previously-unbeaten Florida teams in 1993, 1994, 2001, 2006 and 2007, although the Gators won SEC championships in 1993, 1994 and 2006.^[15]

The annual series ended in 2002, when the SEC adjusted its football schedules so each team played one permanent and two rotating opponents from the opposite SEC division every year (instead of one rotating and two permanent teams).^[78] When Texas A&M and Missouri joined the conference in 2012, the schedule was changed again; each team played one permanent and one rotating opponent from the opposite division every year. LSU was designated as Florida's annual SEC Western Division opponent, and Florida and Auburn play two regular-season games every 12 years. Auburn leads the series 43–39–2 through the 2023 season.^[79]

Florida State

Main article: Florida–Florida State football rivalry

 

2007 Florida State game

The University of Florida and the Florida State College for Women became co-educational in 1947.^[80] The new Florida State Seminoles football team began playing small colleges, moving up to the major-college ranks in 1955.^[81] Almost immediately, Florida State students and supporters called for the teams of Florida's two largest universities to play each other annually.^[82]

Contrary to popular belief, Florida's state legislature did not decree that Florida and Florida State should meet on the field; a bill mandating the game was rejected by the Florida Senate.^[83] Prodding by Florida governor LeRoy Collins facilitated an agreement between the two universities to begin an annual series in 1958.^[84] Due to Florida State's smaller stadium, the first six games were played at Florida Field. The series has alternated between the campuses since 1964, when Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee was expanded.^[85] The Florida–Florida State game has had national-championship implications since 1990, and both teams have entered the game with top-10 rankings thirteen times.^[86] Among these was the Sugar Bowl rematch at the end of the 1996 season, when Florida avenged its only regular-season loss and won its first national championship 52–20.^[87]

Florida dominated the early series with a 16–2–1 record through 1976. Both teams have produced significant winning streaks, and the series is nearly tied over the past four decades; Florida State holds a 21–20–1 advantage since 1980. Since 2000, the teams share 10-10 records against one another. Florida leads the all-time series 37–28–2 through the 2023 season.^[88]

Georgia

Main article: Florida–Georgia football rivalry

 

Steve Spurrier under center v. Georgia, 1966

Historically, Florida's most hated and fierce rival has been the Georgia Bulldogs. Previously known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party," and now most commonly called the "Florida–Georgia game" by Gator fans, this rivalry often decides the SEC East and has national implications.^[89] The game is held at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, usually on the last Saturday in October or the first Saturday in November.^[90] The designated "home" team alternates, with ticket distribution split evenly between the schools.^[91] Since 2009, the Okefenokee Oar has been awarded to the winner of the Florida-Georgia game.^[92]

In the rivalry's early years, games rotated among locations in Savannah, Tampa, Jacksonville and, occasionally, Gainesville and Athens.^[93] Since 1933 the game has been played in Jacksonville, except for 1994 and 1995 (when the teams played a pair of home-and-home games at their respective stadiums).^[93] Georgia had early success in the rivalry, winning the first six games and holding a 21–5–1 series lead before 1950.^[93] After the 2018 game Florida has won 21 out of the most-recent 29 games, and holds a 38–30–1 advantage in the series since 1950.^[93] Georgia lead the series overall 54–44–2 through the 2022 season.^[94]

Kentucky

Main article: Florida–Kentucky rivalry § Football

 

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium during the 2008 Florida–Kentucky game in which Florida would win 63–5.

When the Southeastern Conference split into geographical divisions in 1992,^[95] Florida and Kentucky were both placed in the SEC East. This guarantees that both teams play each other every season, which they have done consecutively since 1967. The Gators and Wildcats will meet in 2024 despite the end of SEC divisions after the 2023 season.^[96] The two teams have played 74 times, with Florida holding a 53–21 lead in the series. From 1987 to 2017, Florida won every single game between the two schools. This 31-year streak was the third longest in FBS history, and the longest in the Southeastern Conference's history. Since 2017, the series has become incredibly competitive with a 4–3 split between the two teams with the winning margin being 11.4 points on average. Because of this, this rivalry is relatively new even though the series dates back to 1917.

Former Florida head coach Steve Spurrier was notable for having a particular distain for Kentucky. During his tenure at Florida, he was known for running up the score in non-competitive games. In his 12 years coaching the Gators, Spurrier never lost to Kentucky, winning by an average score of 32.7 points. Spurrier was famous for the comments he made about his opponents (often referred to as "Spurrierisms")^[97][98] but he poked fun at Kentucky the most.^[99] Even after leaving Florida, Steve Spurrier would go out of his way to make comments at Kentucky's expense. In November 2004, Steve Spurrier accepted the head coaching job at the University of South Carolina.^[100][101] In 2006, The South Carolina Gamecocks upset their rival, the Clemson Tigers. In the following week, Clemson would go on to lose to Kentucky in the 2006 Music City Bowl. Following the bowl game, Steve Spurrier said" "We thought we had done something good beating Clemson. And then Kentucky beat 'em."^[102]

LSU

Main article: Florida–LSU football rivalry

Florida and LSU first met on the football field in 1937, and have been annual opponents since 1971.^[65] Since 1992, LSU has been 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, 2008, and 2019 seasons. This rivalry has been known recently for close games, with both teams highly ranked. Florida leads the all-time series 33–31–3 through the 2023 season. Three LSU wins were vacated in 2023.^[103]

Miami

Main article: Florida–Miami football rivalry

Miami is Florida's only pre-World War II in-state rival that still plays major college football. The schools first met on the gridiron in 1938 and again every season until 1987, when the SEC's expansion of its conference schedule to seven games precluded the annual matchup.^[104] A contract to renew the annual rivalry in the 1990s fell through when the SEC expanded its schedule again to eight games, and the Florida and Miami did not play again until the 2001 Sugar Bowl.^[105] The home and home series briefly resumed in 2002 and 2003, and they played again in the 2004 Peach Bowl.^[106] Since then, the schools have played intermittently during the regular season, with home and home series split across several years.

Miami leads the series 29–27 through the 2021 season.^[107] The next scheduled matchup between the schools will be in Gainesville on August 31, 2024.

Tennessee

Main article: Florida–Tennessee football rivalry

 

Tim Tebow in the spread v. Tennessee, 2007

Although Florida and Tennessee are charter members of the SEC, irregular conference scheduling resulted in the teams meeting infrequently for many years. Tennessee won the first ten games between 1916 and 1954, when Florida finally defeated the Volunteers.^[108] In 1969, Florida hired Tennessee head coach (and former Florida quarterback) Doug Dickey to replace the retiring Ray Graves immediately after their teams met in the Gator Bowl.^[109]

The rivalry reached a peak during the 1990s. In 1992, the SEC expanded to twelve schools and split into two divisions.^[110][111] Florida and Tennessee (in the Eastern Division) have met every year since, usually in mid-September for both teams' first conference game of the season.^[108] Led by coaches Steve Spurrier and Phillip Fulmer and featuring players such as Danny Wuerffel and Peyton Manning, both teams were regularly ranked in the top 10 when they met, giving the rivalry conference and national title implications. Florida and Tennessee combined to win six SEC titles and two national championships during the 1990s.^[112]

Since becoming annual opponents in 1992, the Gators and Volunteers have combined to represent the Eastern Division in the SEC Championship Game 16 times. Florida had an 11-game winning streak against Tennessee (2005–2015) and leads the series 31–20 following the 2021 season.^[113]

Individual award winners

Heisman Trophy Steve Spurrier (1966)^[114] Danny Wuerffel (1996)^[115] Tim Tebow (2007)^[116] Maxwell Award Danny Wuerffel (1996)^[117] Tim Tebow (2007, 2008)^[117] Walter Camp Award Danny Wuerffel (1996)^[118] Sammy Baugh Trophy John Reaves (1971)^[119] Danny Wuerffel (1995)^[119] Davey O'Brien Award Danny Wuerffel (1995, 1996)^[120] Tim Tebow (2007)^[120] Rimington Trophy Maurkice Pouncey (2009)^[121] Ray Guy Award Chas Henry (2010)^[122] Jim Thorpe Award Lawrence Wright (1996)^[123]

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Danny Wuerffel (1996)^[124] Chic Harley Award Steve Spurrier (1966)^[125] Tim Tebow (2007)^[125] Lou Groza Award Judd Davis (1993)^[126] John Mackey Award Aaron Hernandez (2009)^[127] Kyle Pitts (2020)^[128] Draddy Trophy Brad Culpepper (1991)^[129] Danny Wuerffel (1996)^[129] Tim Tebow (2009)^[129] Wuerffel Trophy Tim Tebow (2008)^[130] Manning Award Tim Tebow (2008)^[131] Rhodes Scholarship William McRae (1933) Bill Kynes (1977)

College Football Hall of Fame members

Thirteen people associated with Florida have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, four as head coaches and ten as players.

Name	Position	Florida years	Inducted	Ref.
Carlos Alvarez	WR	1969–1971	2011	^[132]
Charlie Bachman	Coach	1928–1932	1978	^[133]
Lomas Brown	OT	1981–1984	2020
Wes Chandler	WR	1974–1977	2015	^[134]
Doug Dickey	Coach	1970–1978	2003	^[135]
Ray Graves	Coach	1960–1969	1990	^[136]
Marcelino Huerta	Coach	1947–1949	2002	^[137]
Wilber Marshall	LB	1980–1983	2008	^[138]
Emmitt Smith	RB	1987–1989	2006	^[139]
Steve Spurrier	QB, Coach	1963–1966 1990–2001	1986 2017	^[140]
Dale Van Sickel	End	1927–1929	1975	^[141]
Danny Wuerffel	QB	1993–1996	2013	^[142]
Jack Youngblood	DE	1967–1970	1992	^[143]

• Steve Spurrier was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986 for his record as Florida's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from 1964 to 1966 and again in 2017 for his head coaching achievements at Duke, Florida, and South Carolina.^[140] He is one of four members of the College Football Hall of Fame inducted as both a player and a coach.^[144]
• Doug Dickey, Florida's quarterback in 1951 and 1952, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003 for his record as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers from 1964 to 1969 and the Gators from 1970 to 1978.^[135]
• Marcelino Huerta, a standout Gator lineman from 1947 to 1949, was inducted in 2002 for his record as head coach of the Tampa Spartans, Wichita State Shockers and Parson Wildcats.^[137]

All-Americans

Main article: List of Florida Gators football All-Americans

Since Florida's first season in 1906, 89 players have received one or more selections as first-team All-Americans.^[15] This includes 32 consensus All-Americans, of which six were unanimous.^[145] The first Florida first-team All-American was end Dale Van Sickel, a member of the 1928 team.^[146] Florida's first consensus All-American was quarterback Steve Spurrier, the winner of the Heisman Trophy for the 1966 Gators.^[15][147]

SEC Legends

Main article: SEC Football Legends

Since 1994, the Southeastern Conference has annually designated one former football player from each SEC member school as an "SEC Legend." Through 2017, the following Gators have been named SEC Legends:

• Carlos Alvarez
• Jack Youngblood
• Kerwin Bell
• John Reaves
• Neal Anderson
• Nat Moore
• Glenn Cameron
• Huey Richardson
• Brad Culpepper
• Larry Smith
• Lomas Brown
• Trace Armstrong
• Louis Oliver
• Ralph Ortega
• Reidel Anthony
• Errict Rhett
• Kevin Carter
• Ike Hilliard
• Steve Tannen
• Wes Chandler
• Lito Sheppard
• Fred Taylor
• Steve Spurrier
• Danny Wuerffel

Fergie Ferguson Award

Main article: Fergie Ferguson Award

The Fergie Ferguson Award is given in memory of one of the University of Florida's finest athletes, Forest K. Ferguson. Ferguson was an All-SEC end for Florida in 1941 and state boxing champion in 1942. Subsequently, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he led an infantry platoon during the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944.^[148] Ferguson helped clear the way for his troops to advance on the Axis position, and was severely wounded leading his men in the assault.^[148] A recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions,^[148] he died from war-related injuries in 1954. The award, a trophy, is given to the senior football player who most displays "leadership, character, and courage."^[149]

Ring of Honor

The University of Florida Athletic Association established the Florida Football Ring of Honor in 2006 to recognize the program's greatest players and coaches during the 100th year of Gator football. (The Gators do not have any retired jersey numbers. Although Steve Spurrier's (11) and Scot Brantley's (55) numbers were retired in the 1970s, Spurrier reissued them when he was Florida's head coach, and numbers worn by all members of the Ring of Honor are available for use by current players.)^[150]

Originally, members of the Ring of Honor had their jersey painted on the endzone facade at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. When expanded video screens were installed in that location a few years later, inductees were each recognized with an 18-foot wide sign perched atop the north endzone grandstand.^[151] Five honorees were inducted in 2006 and 2007, with Tim Tebow added in 2018.^[152] To date, the only person who meets the Ring of Honor criteria and has not yet been inducted is two-time national championship winning former head coach Urban Meyer.^[153]

Name	Position	No.	Florida years	Inducted
Emmitt Smith	RB	22	1987–1989	2006
Steve Spurrier	QB	11	1964–1966 (player) 1990–2001 (coach)	2006
Danny Wuerffel	QB	7	1993–1996	2006
Jack Youngblood	DE	74	1967–1970	2006
Wilber Marshall	LB	88	1980–1983	2007
Tim Tebow	QB	15	2006–2009	2018

To be considered for induction into the Ring of Honor, a former player or coach must be absent from the university for five seasons, be in good standing, and meet at least one of the following criteria:^[154]

• Heisman Trophy winner (Spurrier, Wuerffel, Tebow)
• Former All-Americans inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as players (Smith, Youngblood)
• Former All-Americans who are NFL career category leaders (Smith)
• College-career category leaders (Tebow)
• Coaches with one or more national championship (Spurrier)
• Coaches with three or more SEC championships (Spurrier)
• Players with two or more consensus All-America honors who were also named national offensive or defensive player of the year (Marshall, Tebow)

All-Time teams

A Florida Football All-Time Team was compiled by the Florida Alumnus, the official publication of the Florida alumni, in 1927.^[155]

First team QB – Rammy Ramsdell HB – Dummy Taylor HB – Ed Jones FB – Bill Middlekauff E – Ferdinand H. Duncan T – Cy Williams G – Goldy Goldstein C – Bo Gator Storter G – Tootie Perry T – Jim Coarsy E – Joe Swanson

Second team QB – Bob Shackleford HB – Ark Newton HB – Harvey Hester FB – Ray Dickson E – G. P. Wood T – Pus Hancock G – Arthur Doty C – Lamar Sarra G – Ed Meisch T – Robbie Robinson E – Frank Oosterhoudt

Another University of Florida all-time team was chosen by the Miami Herald according to a fan vote in August 1983.^{[not specific enough to verify]}

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

All-Century Team

The Florida Football All-Century Team, chosen by Gator fans, was compiled by The Gainesville Sun in the fall of 1999.^[156]

First Team Offense QB – Danny Wuerffel (1993–96) RB – Neal Anderson (1982–85) RB – Emmitt Smith (1987–89) WR – Carlos Alvarez (1969–71) WR – Wes Chandler (1974–77) TE – Jim Yarbrough (1966–68) OT – Lomas Brown (1981–84) OT – David Williams (1985–88) OG – Burton Lawless (1972–74) OG – Donnie Young (1993–96) OC – Jeff Mitchell (1993–96) PK – Judd Davis (1992–94) KR – Jacquez Green (1995–97) First Team Defense DE – Jack Youngblood (1968–70) DE – Kevin Carter (1991–94) DT – Brad Culpepper (1988–91) DT – Ellis Johnson (1991–94) LB – Wilber Marshall (1980–83) LB – Scot Brantley (1976–79) LB – David Little (1977–80) CB – Steve Tannen (1967–69) CB – Jarvis Williams (1984–87) S – Louis Oliver (1985–88) S – Bruce Bennett (1963–65) P – Bobby Joe Green (1958–59)

Second Team Offense QB – Steve Spurrier (1964–66) RB – Rick Casares (1951–53) RB – James Jones (1979–82) WR – Reidel Anthony (1994–96) WR – Ike Hilliard (1994–96) TE – Kirk Kirkpatrick (1987–90) OT – Jason Odom (1992–95) OT – Mike Williams (1973–75) OG – Larry Gagner (1963–65) OG – Jeff Zimmerman (1983–86) OC – Phil Bromley (1981–84) PK – David Posey (1973–76) KR – Jack Jackson (1992–94) Second Team Defense DE – David Ghesquiere (1967–69) DE – Lynn Matthews (1963–65) DT – David Galloway (1979–81) DT – Charlie LaPradd (1950–52) LB – Sammy Green (1972–75) LB – Alonzo Johnson (1983–85) LB – Ralph Ortega (1972–74) CB – Fred Weary (1994–97) CB – Richard Fain (1987–90) S – Tony Lilly (1980–83) S – Wayne Fields (1972–75) P – Ray Criswell (1982–85)

100th-Anniversary Team

The 100th-Anniversary Florida Team was selected in 2006 to celebrate a century of Florida football. Fans voted by mail and online.^[157]

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 (1991–1994)

Uniforms

 

Florida's most common home uniform since 1990

 

Florida's "Swamp green" alternative uniforms, October 2017

The Florida football team has worn a home uniform of blue jerseys (usually a variation of royal blue) with white pants for most of the program's history. The most notable exception was a decade-long period from 1979 until 1989, when at the suggestion of coach Charlie Pell, the Gators switched to orange home jerseys.^[158] For road games, Florida wears white jerseys with blue, orange, or white pants, depending on the colors of the opponent or the choice of the players that week.

Steve Spurrier restored the home blue jerseys when he became the Gators' head ball coach in 1990.^[159] From 1990 until 2014, Florida's primary home uniforms were blue jerseys with white pants, with blue pants an option for high-profile games, especially at night. Former coach Jim McElwain usually allowed his senior players to decide which uniform combination the team wore for each game. Since this practice began during the 2015 season, the Gators have worn many different combinations of blue or orange jerseys along with blue, orange, or white pants.^[160][161]

Florida has occasionally worn alternative uniforms, which are usually similar to current or former uniforms and used an orange and blue color scheme. One exception were the "swamp green" uniforms used at a home game against Texas A&M in October 2017. These used a dark green theme for the entire uniform from shoes to helmet that was inspired by the appearance of actual alligators. The uniform marked the 25th anniversary of former coach Steve Spurrier introducing the Swamp nickname for Florida Field.^[162]

Helmets

Florida has had a number of helmet designs, especially early in the program's history. Since the end of the leather helmet era, base colors have alternated between orange, white, and (occasionally) blue, and logos have included the “Gators” script font, an interlocking "UF", a simple "F", and the player number.^[163]

From 1979 until 2006, Florida wore orange helmets with a script "Gators" logo in all contests. To commemorate the 100th year of the football program in 2006, the Gators played one game wearing throwback uniforms modeled after their mid-1960s uniforms which included white helmets with a simple "F" logo.^[164] In 2009 the Gators participated in Nike's Pro Combat uniform campaign, wearing specially-designed blue uniforms and white helmets with a slant-F logo.^[165] These uniforms were worn for the last regular-season game against Florida State, and the white helmets were worn again the following week against Alabama in the SEC Championship Game with white jerseys and pants.^[166] Florida introduced a different white alternative helmet in 2015 which featured the script "Gators" logo on one side and the slant-F logo on the other, and in 2018 replaced the slant-F with script "Gators" on both sides. In 2017, the Gators wore "swamp green" helmets for one game. These dark green helmets featured a color-altered Gator head logo on one side and the player's number in orange on the other.

For the 2019 homecoming game versus Auburn, Florida wore the same mid-1960s throwback uniforms, including the white helmets with the blue "F" logo within an orange circular outline. The Gators wore the blue helmets for two games in 2020: the tweaked 1960s version with the orange "F" logo within an orange circular outline for their home game against Missouri, and the traditional version with the "Gators" script in orange font for their road game at Tennessee. The team wore the 1960s throwback uniforms again for their 2021 homecoming game versus Vanderbilt, but with orange helmets including the interlocking "UF" logo.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Gators wore white helmets with the red, white, and blue American flag styled "Gators" script for their 2021 road contest at the University of South Florida.

Team logos

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  Gator helmet logo during the mid-1960s

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  Primary helmet logo since 1979

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  Alternate Florida Athletics logo since the early 2000s

Future opponents

Conference opponents

From 1992 to 2023, Florida played in the East Division of the SEC and played each opponent in the division each year along with several teams from the West Division. The SEC will expand the conference to 16 teams and will eliminate its two divisions in 2024, causing a new scheduling format for the Gators to play against the other members of the conference.^[167] Only the 2024 conference schedule was announced on June 14, 2023, while the conference still considers a new format for the future.^[168]

2024 Conference Schedule

Opponent	Site	Result
vs. Georgia	TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
Kentucky	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL
LSU	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS
Ole Miss	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL
at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
Texas A&M	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL

Non-conference opponents

Florida has played a continuous series against in-state rival Florida State (FSU) since 1958. While the eight game SEC slate plus the annual matchup with FSU are set years in advance, the schedule allows for two or three additional non-conference games against various opponents that are usually played in Gainesville for revenue purposes. In recent years, Florida has been also invited to participate in several season opening non-conference neutral-site games which do not count against the NCAA cap on regular season games.

Announced opponents and dates are as of September 5, 2022.^[169]

2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033
Miami (FL) August 31	South Florida September 6	at NC State September 5	at California September 4	Colorado September 9	at Colorado September 8	Texas* September 7	at Texas* September 6	Notre Dame September 11	UCF September 3
Samford September 7	at Miami (FL) September 20	Campbell September 12		at Arizona State September 16		at UCF September 14	Arizona State September 13	NC State October 16
UCF October 5	Florida A&M October 11	California September 19					at Notre Dame November 15
at Florida State November 30	Florida State November 29	at Florida State November 28	Florida State November 27	at Florida State November 25	Florida State November 24	at Florida State November 30	Florida State November 29	at Florida State November 27	Florida State November 26

• Texas, along with fellow Big 12 rival Oklahoma, are slated to join the SEC in 2024.

See also

•  American football portal
•  College football portal
•  Florida portal

• List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
• University Athletic Association

Notes

1. The NCAA records for "consensus" All-Americans do not reflect the total number of All-American honors received by Gators football players, only those players who received a majority of the various first-team All-American selections at their position in any given season. The Gators' first consensus All-American was quarterback Steve Spurrier in 1966; the thirty-fourth and most recent was offensive guard O'Cyrus Torrence in 2022.

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Further reading

• , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2015).
• Carlson, Norm (2007). University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators. Atlanta, Georgia: Whitman Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-7948-2298-9.
• Golenbock, Peter (2002). Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory. St. Petersburg, Florida: Legends Publishing, LLC. ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
• Graham, Klein. History of the University of Florida.
• Hairston, Jack (2002). Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing, LLC. ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
• Horne, Larry E. (2012). Florida Gators IQ. ISBN 978-1-4499-8947-7.
• Kabat, Ric A. (July 1991). "Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902–1904". Florida Historical Quarterly. 70 (1): 20–37. JSTOR 30148092.
• McCarthy, Kevin M (2000). Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
• McEwen, Tom (1974). The Gators: A Story of Florida Football. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers. ISBN 0-87397-025-X.
• Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196-X.
• Pleasants, Julian M. (2006). Gator Tales: An Oral History of the University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida.
• Proctor, Samuel, & Wright Langley, Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida, South Star Publishing Company, Gainesville, Florida (1986). ISBN 0-938637-00-2.

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