Florida Gators football

Florida Gators football
2024 Florida Gators football team
First season	1906 (117 years ago)
Athletic director	Scott Stricklin
Head coach	Billy Napier 2nd season, 11–14 (.440)
Stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (capacity: 88,548)
Field	Steve Spurrier–Florida Field
Field surface	Grass
Location	Gainesville, Florida
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
Past conferences	Independent (1906–1911) SIAA (1912–1921) SoCon (1922–1932)
All-time record	758–445–40 (.626)
Bowl record	24–24 (.500)
Claimed national titles	3 (1996, 2006, 2008)
Unclaimed national titles	2 (1984, 1985)
National finalist	4 (1995, 1996, 2006, 2008)
Conference titles	8 (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008)
Division titles	15 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020)
Rivalries	Alabama (rivalry) Auburn (rivalry) Florida State (rivalry) Georgia (rivalry) Kentucky (rivalry) LSU (rivalry) Miami (rivalry) Tennessee (rivalry)
Heisman winners	Steve Spurrier – 1966 Danny Wuerffel – 1996 Tim Tebow – 2007
Consensus All-Americans	34[note 1]
Current uniform
Colors	Orange and blue[1]
Fight song	"The Orange and Blue"
Mascot	Albert and Alberta
Marching band	Pride of the Sunshine
Outfitter	Jordan Brand[2]
Website	FloridaGators.com

The Florida Gators football program represents the University of Florida (UF) 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 on Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville campus.

Florida's football program was established along with the university in 1906. It took on the "Gators" nickname in 1911, began playing in newly constructed Florida Field in 1930, and joined the Southeastern Conference as a founding member in 1932. On the field, the Gators found intermittent success during the first half of the 20th century, with a highlight being the 1928 squad that went 8–1 and led the nation in scoring. Florida football enjoyed its first sustained success in the 1960s under head coach Ray Graves. After having appeared in only two sanctioned bowl games up to that time, Grave's Gators won four during the decade, and quarterback Steve Spurrier became the school's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1966.

Spurrier returned to his alma mater as the Gators' head ball coach in 1990, and the program has been among the top in college football since then. Since 1990, Florida has won three national championships (in 1996 under Spurrier and in 2006 and 2008 under Urban Meyer), eight conference titles, fifteen SEC East division titles, and sixteen bowl games, and Florida squads have finished the season ranked in the top-10 fifteen times. In addition, quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow won the Heisman in 1996 and 2007, respectively.

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