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History of the Florida Gator Football Team

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Table of Contents Slide 1..History of the Florida Gators Slide2Table of Contents Slide3..A tale of two teams Slide4Differences between Spurrier, Zook and Meyer Slide5The good that comes from resigning Slide6Bowl Games Slide7.Timeline Slide8Summary Slide9.Glossary Slide10Bibliography

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A Tale of Two Teams Some of Floridas successes are numerous SEC championships, three national championships, and three Heisman Trophy winners. Unfortunate things that happened are Floridas more than fifteen losing seasons, Steve Spurrier resigned, and Ron Zook did not do well. 1907 University of Florida Football Team

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Differences between Spurrier, Zook, and Meyer Spurrier is the similar to Meyer because they both won at least one national title and had a Heisman trophy winner. Zook is different because he did not have a national title or a Heisman trophy winner

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The good that comes from resigning The good that comes from resigning is that you know that another great coach is going to come after you, just like Spurrier resigned because he wanted to coach an NFL team. Ron Zook then got hired and shortly got fired because he had two straight losing seasons. Finally, Urban Meyer got hired and has won two national titles (to be continued)

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SeasonBowl GameWinnerLoser 1912Bacardi BowlBacardi BowlFlorida 28Vedado Athletic Club 0 1952Gator BowlFlorida 14TulsaTulsa 13 1958Gator BowlMississippiMississippi 7Florida 3 1960Gator BowlFlorida 13BaylorBaylor 12 1962Gator BowlFlorida 17Penn StatePenn State 7 1965Sugar BowlMissouriMissouri 20Florida 18 1966Orange BowlFlorida 27Georgia TechGeorgia Tech 12 1969Gator BowlFlorida 14TennesseeTennessee 13 1973Tangerine BowlMiami UniversityMiami University 16Florida 7 1974Sugar BowlNebraskaNebraska 13Florida 10 1975Gator BowlMarylandMaryland 13Florida 0 1976Sun BowlTexas A&MTexas A&M 37Florida 14 1980Tangerine BowlFlorida 35Maryland 20 1981Peach BowlWest VirginiaWest Virginia 26Florida 6 1982Bluebonnet BowlArkansasArkansas 28Florida 24 1983Gator BowlFlorida 14IowaIowa 6 1987Aloha BowlUCLAUCLA 20Florida 16 1988All-American BowlFlorida 14IllinoisIllinois 10 1989Freedom BowlWashingtonWashington 34Florida 7 1991Sugar BowlNotre DameNotre Dame 39Florida 28 1992Gator BowlFlorida 27NC StateNC State 10 1993Sugar BowlFlorida 41West Virginia 7 1994Sugar BowlFlorida StateFlorida State 23Florida 17 1995Fiesta BowlFiesta Bowl (Title Game)Nebraska 62Florida 24 1996Sugar BowlSugar Bowl (Title Game)Florida 52Florida State 20 1997Florida Citrus BowlFlorida 21Penn State 6 1998Orange BowlFlorida 31SyracuseSyracuse 10 1999Florida Citrus BowlMichigan StateMichigan State 37Florida 34 2000Sugar BowlMiamiMiami 37Florida 20 2001Orange BowlFlorida 56Maryland 23 2002Outback BowlMichiganMichigan 38Florida 30 2003Outback BowlIowa 37Florida 17 2004Peach BowlMiami 27Florida 10 2005Outback BowlFlorida 31Iowa 24 2006BCS National Championship GameFlorida 41Ohio StateOhio State 14 2007Capital One BowlMichigan 41Florida 35 2008BCS National Championship GameFlorida 24OklahomaOklahoma 14 2009Sugar BowlFlorida 51CincinnatiCincinnati 24 Bowl Game Results

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Timeline 1.In the beginning years, they were average 2.In the late 30s and 40s they had no winning seasons 3.In 1952 they won their first bowl game 4.In 1966 they had their first Heisman 5.1996 they won their first national title 6.In 2007 they won their second national title 7.In 2008 they won their third national title.

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Summary The Florida gators have been around for one-hundred and four years. Steve Spurrier won a Heisman trophy, as did Danny Wuerffel, and Tim Tebow. The Gators have won three national titles in their history. Go Gators!!!!!!!!!!!

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Glossary National Title- a championship against any team who makes it Resign/resigned- vacate or leave a job voluntarily; quit SEC championship- being awarded the first place team in the Southeastern Conference at the end of the season Heisman Trophy- a award given to the best player Losing seasons- a season which you lose more than you win

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Bibliography www.wikipedia.org/wiki/floridagatorsfootballwww.wikipedia.org/wiki/florida Florida 2000 media guide Gator Glory: A Season Divine, The Gainesville Sun, 1997 Sports Collectors Edition: Florida Gators, 2008