1992 Florida Gators football team

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1992 Florida Gators football
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 27–10 vs. NC State
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 10
Record9–4 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Fun and gun
Defensive coordinator Ron Zook (2nd season)
Base defense 4–4–3
Captain Shane Matthews
Carlton Miles
Home stadium Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
(capacity: 83,000)
Seasons
←  1991
1993  →
1992 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida xy 6 –2 –09 –4 –0
No. 8 Georgia x 6 –2 –010 –2 –0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 –3 –09 –3 –0
South Carolina 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Vanderbilt 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Kentucky 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$ 8 –0 –013 –0 –0
No. 16 Ole Miss 5 –3 –09 –3 –0
No. 23 Mississippi State 4 –4 –07 –5 –0
Arkansas 3 –4 –13 –7 –1
Auburn 2 –5 –15 –5 –1
LSU 1 –7 –02 –9 –0
Championship: Alabama 28, Florida 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's third as the Florida Gators football team's head coach, and the wins were harder to come by as the star-studded senior classes from 1990 and 1991 had graduated. The Gators racked up six tough Southeastern Conference (SEC) wins over the Kentucky Wildcats (35–19), LSU Tigers (28–21), Auburn Tigers (24–9), seventh-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (26–24), South Carolina Gamecocks (14–9), and Vanderbilt Commodores (41–21). They also suffered two crushing SEC losses to the fourteenth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (14–31) in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the twenty-fourth-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs (6–30) on a Thursday night in Starkville, Mississippi.

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The Gators' non-conference schedule included a homecoming victory over the Louisville Cardinals (31–17), and another surprisingly difficult win over Southern Miss Golden Eagles (24–20). They closed their regular season with a road loss to the third-ranked Florida State Seminoles (24–45) in Tallahassee.

The Gators finished their SEC schedule with a 6–2 conference record, placing first among the six teams of the new SEC Eastern Division and earning a berth in the first-ever SEC Championship Game in Birmingham, Alabama. Spurrier's scrappy young Gators, however, fell short against the SEC Western Division champion, the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (21–28). The Crimson Tide later defeated the Miami Hurricanes in the Sugar Bowl to win the 1992 national championship.

Spurrier's 1992 Florida Gators posted a 9–4 overall record, concluding their season with a victory over the twelfth-ranked NC State Wolfpack (27–10) in the Gator Bowl, and ranking tenth in the final AP Poll. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 12 Kentucky No. 4
 JPS W 35–1984,553 [2]
September 19at No. 14 Tennessee No. 4
 ABC L 14–3197,137 [3]
October 1at No. 24 Mississippi State No. 13
 ESPN L 6–3038,886 [4]
October 10 LSU No. 23
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
JPSW 28–2183,401 [5]
October 17 Auburn No. 23
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 24–984,098 [6]
October 24 Louisville *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 20
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
W 31–1784,476 [7]
October 31vs. No. 7 Georgia No. 20
ABCW 26–2482,429 [8]
November 7 Southern Miss *No. 14
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
W 24–2082,882 [9]
November 14 South Carolina No. 11
  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL
JPSW 14–984,777 [10]
November 21at Vanderbilt No. 9
JPSW 41–2132,279 [11]
November 28at No. 3 Florida State *No. 6
ABCL 24–4568,311 [12]
December 5vs. No. 2 Alabama No. 12
ABCL 21–2883,091 [13]
December 31vs. No. 12 NC State *No. 14
 TBS W 27–1071,233 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1992 Florida Gators football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12Terry DeanSo
WR 1 Jack Jackson RFr
WR 22 Willie Jackson Jr
OL 69Brian FisherJr
QB 9 Shane Matthews Sr
RB 33 Errict Rhett Jr
OL 73Jim WatsonJr
OL 50Gantt CrouchJr
OL 76Ryan TaylorSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 57 Myrick Anderson Sr
DE 57 Kevin Carter So
DT 94 William Gaines Jr
DB 10 Monty Grow Jr
DE 99Mike KarrSr
DT 61 Ellis Johnson So
CB 4Del SpeerSr
DB 2Will White
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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