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First season | 1906 | ||
Athletic director | Scott Stricklin | ||
Head coach |
Dan Mullen 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
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Stadium |
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Capacity: 88,548) |
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Field | Steve Spurrier-Florida Field | ||
Field surface | Grass | ||
Location | Gainesville, Florida | ||
NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
Conference | Southeastern Conference | ||
Division | Eastern | ||
Past conferences |
Independent (1906–1911) Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1912–1921) Southern Conference (1922–1932) |
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All-time record | 714–415–40 (.628) | ||
Bowl record | 22–21 (.512) | ||
Claimed nat'l titles | 3 (1996, 2006, 2008) | ||
National finalist | 1 (1995) | ||
Conference titles | 8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008) | ||
Division titles | 14 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003*, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012*, 2015, 2016) | ||
Rivalries |
Georgia Bulldogs (rivalry) Tennessee Volunteers (rivalry) Florida State Seminoles (rivalry) LSU Tigers (rivalry) Auburn Tigers (rivalry) Miami (rivalry) |
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Heisman winners | 3 (Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, Tim Tebow) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 32 | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Orange and Blue |
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Fight song | "The Orange and Blue" | ||
Mascot | Albert and Alberta | ||
Marching band | Pride of the Sunshine | ||
Website | FloridaGators.com |
The Florida Gators football program represents the University of Florida 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 (nicknamed "The Swamp") on the university's Gainesville campus. The Gators have won three national championships and eight SEC titles in the 111-season history of Florida football.
The University of Florida was established in Gainesville in 1906 and fielded its first official varsity football team that fall. In over 110 years of football, the Gators have played in over forty 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 has produced three Heisman Trophy winners, more than ninety first-team All-Americans and fifty National Football League (NFL) first-round draft choices.