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1994 Florida Gators football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
1994 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$ 7 1 0 10 2 1
No. 22 Tennessee 5 3 0 8 4 0
South Carolina 4 4 0 7 5 0
Georgia 3 4 1 6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 6 0 5 6 0
Kentucky 0 8 0 1 10 0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x 8 0 0 12 1 0
No. 9 Auburn 6 1 1 9 1 1
No. 24 Mississippi State 5 3 0 8 4 0
LSU 3 5 0 4 7 0
Arkansas 2 6 0 4 7 0
Ole Miss 2 6 0 4 7 0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Spurrier's 1994 Florida Gators posted an overall record of 10–2–1 and a 6–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing first among the six SEC Eastern Division teams and winning the SEC championship.[1]

Before the season

The Gators were eyeing a national title[2]

Schedule

September 3New Mexico State*No. 1

W 70–2184,721 September 10KentuckyNo. 2

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

ABCW 73–785,238 September 17No. 15 TennesseeNo. 1

ESPNW 31–096,656 October 1Ole MissNo. 1

JPSW 38–1438,360 October 8LSUNo. 1

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

JPSW 42–1885,385 October 15No. 6 AuburnNo. 1

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

ABCL 33–3685,562 October 29GeorgiaNo. 5

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

ESPNW 52–1485,604 November 5Southern Miss*daggerNo. 4

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

W 55–1785,448 November 12South CarolinaNo. 4

  • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
  • Gainesville, FL

JPSW 48–1785,028 November 19VanderbiltNo. 3

PPVW 24–733,508 November 26No. 7 Florida State*No. 4

ABCT 31–3180,210 December 3No. 3 AlabamaNo. 6

ABCW 24–2374,751 January 1No. 7 Florida State*No. 5

ABCL 17–2376,244

Template:CFB Schedule End Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

Postseason

The Seminoles then won a rematch in the Sugar Bowl 23–17, referred to as "The Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter."

References

  1. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "National title Gators' goal". Rome News-Tribune. August 17, 1994. p. 4-B.