Florida Gators Football

Guide Note:

The Florida Gators football program is one of the most popular and successful over the last two decades. The team plays their home games in their on-campus stadium facility known as Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, which is also known as "The Swamp". The school plays in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference.

Fast Facts:

1. Head coach: Urban Meyer
2. Inaugural season: 1906
3. Joined league: 1932
4. National Titles: 2 (last in 2006)
5. Home: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL
6. Capacity: 92,000
7. All-time: 618-368-40
8. Colors: Orange and Blue
9. Fight Song: Orange and Blue
10. Bitter rival: Florida State
11. 2007 W-L: 9-3

Go Gators

There have been three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier in 1966, Danny Wuerffel in 1996, and Tim Tebow in 2007. Tebow was the first sophomore player ever to win the award. The school has also won two national championships: the first in 1996 when Spurrier was the head coach, and the second in 2006 under current coach Urban Meyer.

Rivalries and All-time Greats

The Gators have three principal rivals: Tennessee, Georgia, who they play every October in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party in Jacksonville, and Florida State. Among the other great players in the history of the program include: Jack Youngblood, Wes Chandler, Cris Collinsworth, Emmitt Smith, Wilber Marshall, Lomas Brown, Neal Anderson, Jevon Kearse, Trace Armstrong, Lito Sheppard, Fred Taylor, and John Reaves.