Florida Agricultural College football

The history of Florida Gators football began in 1906. The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. It has competed in the Southeastern Conference since 1933, in its eastern division since 1992. Previously, Florida was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) from 1912–1921 and the Southern Conference (SoCon) from 1922–1932. There have been 25 head coaches for the team, starting with Pee Wee Forsythe in 1906. The current head coach of the Gators is Jim McElwain. The Gators have fielded a team every season since 1906, with the exception of 1943. Florida has played 1,145 games in its 109 seasons of play, and has compiled an all-time record of 701 wins, 404 losses, and 40 ties.

The modern University of Florida (UF) was created in 1905 when the Florida Legislature enacted the Buckman Act, which abolished all of the state's publicly-supported institutions of higher learning and consolidated the academic programs of four in the new University of the State of Florida (a land-grant university for white men). The private Stetson College (now Stetson University) in DeLand was the first college to field a football team in the state, playing intramural games as early as 1894. Stetson, West Florida Seminary (later Florida State College, now Florida State University), and Florida Agricultural College (renamed the University of Florida at Lake City in 1903) had intramural football teams by the late 1890s or early 1900s.

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