Steve Spurrier
Photo: Jeff Kern, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Florida, 1964–⁠66

Steve Spurrier

Born
Apr 20, 1945, in Miami Beach, Florida

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Steve Spurrier played quarterback at Florida (1964–⁠66). He won the 1966 Heisman Trophy. He was a consensus All‑American in 1966. The San Francisco 49ers took Spurrier in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1967 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

At a glance

Best season
1966
Heisman Trophy, Chic Harley Award and 5 more
Drafted
No. 3
Overall, 1967 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Honors

All-America: consensus 1966; FWAA first team 1965; AP second team 1965

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonPassing
CmpAttYdsPctTDIntRtg
19646511494357.0610126.3
19651482871,89351.61413114.0
19661792912,01261.5168132.2
Career3926924,8483631

From the college statistics table in Spurrier’s Wikipedia article (Steve Spurrier, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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