1992 Florida Gators football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1992 Florida Gators football Southeastern Conference Eastern Division SEC 11 10 9–4 6–2 Steve Spurrier 3rd Fun and gun Ron Zook 2nd 4–4–3 Shane Matthews Carlton Miles Ben Hill Griffin Stadium SEC Eastern Division co-championGator Bowl champion SEC Championship Game L Lost 21–28 vs. Alabama Gator Bowl W Won 27–10 vs. NC State 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 (31–14) in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the twenty-fourth-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs (30–6) on a Thursday night in Starkville, Mississippi. 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 (45–24) 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 (28–21). 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. Schedule 1992 AP Eastern September 12 w 4 Kentucky rivalry Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL JPS 35–19 84,553 https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-no-4-flori/135101398/ The Evansville Courier No. 4 Florida's talent wears down Kentucky September 13, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com September 19 3:30 p.m. l y 4 Tennessee 14 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN rivalry ABC 14–31 97,137 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-vols-one-again-redu/135219118/ The Orlando Sentinel Vols one again reduce Gators to road kill, 31–14 September 20, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com October 1 7:45 p.m. l y 13 Mississippi State 24 Scott Field Starkville, MS ESPN 6–30 38,886 https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-turnovers-sink-gators/135164491/ St. Petersburg Times Turnovers sink Gators October 2, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com October 10 1:30 p.m. w 23 LSU Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL rivalry JPS 28–21 83,401 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-world-florida-holds-off-lsu/135148258/ Daily World Florida holds off LSU October 11, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com October 17 12:00 p.m. w 23 Auburn Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL rivalry ABC 24–9 84,098 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-gators-thump-t/135149512/ The Montgomery Advertiser Gators thump Tigers October 18, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com October 24 w y y 20 Louisville Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL 31–17 84,476 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-gators-building-steam-fo/135220982/ The Paducah Sun Gators building steam for run at SEC leaders October 25, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com October 31 3:30 p.m. w y 20 Georgia 7 Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL rivalry ABC 26–24 82,429 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-gators-dawg-gone-good/135220463/ The Miami Herald Gators' Dawg-gone good day November 1, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com November 7 w y 14 Southern Miss Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL 24–20 82,882 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74578052/gators-survive-close-call-2420 The Palm Beach Post Gators survive close call 24–20 November 8, 1992 March 28, 2021 Newspapers.com November 14 12:30 p.m. w 11 South Carolina Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL JPS 14–9 84,777 https://www.newspapers.com/article/florence-morning-news-florida-sneaks-pas/135217892/ Florence Morning News Florida sneaks past USC November 15, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com November 21 w y 9 Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN JPS 41–21 32,279 https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-gators-lock-up-sec/135216801/ Tallahassee Democrat Gators lock up SEC East November 22, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com November 28 12:00 p.m. l y y 6 Florida State 3 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL rivalry ABC 24–45 68,311 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-naples-daily-news-fsu-humiliates-flo/135221159/ The Naples Daily News FSU humiliates Florida 45–24 November 29, 1992 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com December 5 3:30 p.m. l y 12 Alabama 2 Legion Field Birmingham, AL SEC Championship Game, rivalry ABC 21–28 83,091 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71601151/bama-bye-gators-hi-um/ The Miami Herald Bama: Bye Gators, hi UM December 6, 1992 March 28, 2021 Newspapers.com December 31 w y y 14 NC State 12 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL TBS 27–10 71,233 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-its-gators-bowl/135221256/ The News and Observer It's Gators' bowl: Florida, fog roll January 1, 1993 November 14, 2023 Newspapers.com 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143532/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015-12-08 , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015. Roster 1992 Florida Gators f 12 So Terry Dean QB 1 RFr Jack Jackson Jack Jackson (American football) WR y 22 Jr Willie Jackson Willie Jackson (American football) WR y 69 Jr Brian Fisher OL 9 Sr Shane Matthews QB y 33 Jr Errict Rhett RB y 73 Jr Jim Watson OL 50 Jr Gantt Crouch OL 76 So Ryan Taylor OL 57 Sr Myrick Anderson LB y 57 So Kevin Carter Kevin Carter (American football) DE y 94 Jr William Gaines William Gaines (American football) DT y 10 Jr Monty Grow DB y 99 Sr Mike Karr DE 61 So Ellis Johnson Ellis Johnson (defensive lineman) DT y 4 Sr Del Speer CB y 2 Sr Will White DB y Will White (American football) 20 Fr Sammy McCorkle FS y y *Steve Spurrier Ron Zook (DC) Charlie Strong (DE) References Florida Category:Florida Gators football seasons Category:Gator Bowl champion seasons Florida Gators football