2007 Florida Gators football team
Western Kentucky @ Florida
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
WKU |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
• Florida
|
14 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
49 |
|
Troy @ Florida
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Troy |
7 |
0 |
17 |
7 |
31 |
• Florida
|
21 |
28 |
0 |
10 |
59 |
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Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL
|
Tennessee @ Florida
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tennessee |
3 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
20 |
• Florida
|
14 |
14 |
7 |
24 |
59 |
-
Date: September 17
-
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL
|
Florida @ Ole Miss
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
• Florida
|
0 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
30 |
Ole Miss |
3 |
3 |
18 |
0 |
24 |
|
Auburn @ Florida
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
• Auburn
|
7 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
Florida |
0 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
17 |
-
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL
|
Florida @ LSU
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Florida |
3 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
24 |
• LSU
|
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
28 |
|
Florida @ Kentucky
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
• Florida
|
14 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
45 |
Kentucky |
7 |
3 |
14 |
13 |
37 |
|
The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. It was the third season for head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to a Capital One Bowl berth and an overall win-loss record of 9–4 (.692).
The team's quarterback was Tim Tebow, the first sophomore ever to win the Heisman Trophy.
The Gators won the BCS Championship Game in Glendale, Arizona to cap off the 2006 season, the second national championship in school history. In addition, they won a school-record 13 games and the school's seventh official SEC title. The coaching staff remained, surprisingly, intact after 2006, which gave Meyer a third straight season at Florida with the same coaching staff. The schedule for the Gators played in their favor this season, as they faced their toughest opponents—such as Tennessee, Auburn, and Florida State—at home in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Despite the challenges of youth, the Gators were ranked in the top 5 in some preseason polls.
Two highly rated recruiting classes from 2006 and 2007 filled up most of the depth chart, as few upperclassmen remained from last year's title team. Nine of 11 starters were replaced from their championship defense. While the offense lost fewer starters — only 8 — from the previous season, the Gators had to replace Chris Leak at quarterback. Leak was replaced by sophomore Tim Tebow, who shared quarterback duties with him last season.
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