American college football season
1982 Florida Gators football |
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Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 24–28 vs. Arkansas |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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Record | 8–4 (3–3 SEC) |
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Head coach | - Charley Pell (4th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Mike Shanahan (3rd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Joe Kines (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Florida Field |
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1982 Southeastern Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 4 Georgia $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
No. 11 LSU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 |
No. 14 Auburn | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Tennessee | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 |
Alabama | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Mississippi State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Ole Miss | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Kentucky | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 0 | – | 10 | – | 1 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1982 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the fourth for Charley Pell as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Pell's 1982 Florida Gators posted an 8–4 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 3–3, tying for sixth place in the ten-team SEC.[1]
The highlight of the season was a nationally televised September victory over Southern Cal in the Trojans' only visit to Florida Field. Gator linebacker Wilber Marshall had 14 tackles and 4 sacks in the 17–9 victory and was named national defensive player of the week on his way to All-American honors at the end of the season.[2] On offense, the team was led by quarterback Wayne Peace, who set an NCAA record for completion percentage in a season (70.7%) running offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan's short passing attack.[3]
Florida played six of their first seven games at home and rode their early season success into a No. 4 ranking in early October, which matched the highest AP poll placement in program history up to that time. However, close losses to LSU and Vanderbilt and a blow-out loss to arch rival Georgia knocked them out of the polls, and the Gators finished the season 8–4 after a loss in the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | No. 15 Miami (FL)* | No. 16 | | USA | W 17–14 | 71,864 | [4] |
September 11 | No. 10 USC* | No. 11 | - Florida Field
- Gainesville, FL
| ABC | W 17–9 | 73,238 | [5] |
September 25 | Mississippi State | No. 5 | - Florida Field
- Gainesville, FL
| ESPN | W 27–17 | 71,544 | [6] |
October 2 | LSU | No. 4 | - Florida Field
- Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
| USA | L 13–24 | 73,152 | [7] |
October 9 | at Vanderbilt | No. 14 | | | L 29–31 | 39,726 | [8] |
October 16 | West Texas State* | | - Florida Field
- Gainesville, FL
| | W 77–14 | 72,885 | [9] |
October 30 | No. 19 Auburn | | - Florida Field
- Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
| | W 19–17 | 73,532 | [10] |
November 6 | vs. No. 3 Georgia | No. 20 | | CBS | L 0–44 | 80,749 | [11] |
November 13 | at Kentucky | | | | W 39–13 | 53,245 | [12] |
November 20 | at Tulane* | | | | W 21–14 | 27,795 | [13] |
December 4 | at No. 15 Florida State* | | | | W 13–10 | 57,369 | [14] |
December 31 | vs. No. 14 Arkansas* | | | MTN | L 24–28 | 31,557 | [15] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Personnel
1982 Florida Gators football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | | Val Brown | DB | | Vernell Brown | DB | | Randy Clark | DB | | Ivory Curry | DB | | Ricky Easmon | DB | | Sonny Gilliam | DL | | Roy Harris | LB | | Fernando Jackson | DB | | Tony Lilly | LB | 88 | Wilber Marshall | Jr | LB | | Fred McCallister | DB | | Vito McKeever | LB | | Patrick Miller | DL | | Tim Newton | DB, P | | Roger Sibbald | DB | | Bruce Vaughan | DL | | John Whittaker | LB | | Tom Wiegmann | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | | Ray Criswell | K | | Jim Gainey | K | | Bobby Raymond | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wilber Marshall - A Tradition of Honor". Florida Gators. University of Florida Athletic Association. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ Andreu, Robbie (July 31, 2010). "Where are they now? Wayne Peace". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ "Peace TD pass topples Miami". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 5, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida, on way up, uses USC as stepping stone, 17–9". The Los Angeles Times. September 12, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida's Hampton keys Gator victory". The Selma Times-Journal. September 26, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers stun Gators". Hattiesburg American. October 3, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vandy shocks Gators!". The Leaf-Chronicle. October 10, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gators flex muscles in 77–14 romp". The Pensacola News-Journal. October 17, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Last-second FG leads UF over Auburn". Fort Lauderdale News. October 31, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia feasts on Gators". Tallahassee Democrat. November 7, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gator attack clamps down on Kentucky". Sunday Courier & Press. November 14, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gators trim Tulane, win Bluebonnet bid". The Orlando Sentinel. November 21, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Second-string quarterback sparks Florida". The Sacramento Bee. December 5, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hogs' Holtz bathen in comeback victory". The Memphis Press-Scimitar. January 1, 1983. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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Venues | - The Baseball Park (1906–1910)
- University Athletic Field / Fleming Field (1911–1930)
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (1930–present)
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