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1962 Florida

7–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1962, game by game: won at Mississippi State 19–9; lost vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech 0–17; lost vs. Duke 21–28; won vs. Texas A&M 42–6; won vs. Vanderbilt 42–7; lost at No. 6 LSU 0–23; won vs. No. 10 Auburn 22–3; won vs. Georgia 23–15; won vs. Florida State 20–7; lost at Miami 15–17; won vs. No. 9 Penn State 17–7+36−23Won 19–9 at Mississippi State+10Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–17 vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech-17No. 8 Georgia TechLost 21–28 vs. Duke-7DukeWon 42–6 vs. Texas A&M+36Texas A&MWon 42–7 vs. Vanderbilt+35VanderbiltLost 0–23 at No. 6 LSU-23No. 6 LSUWon 22–3 vs. No. 10 Auburn+19No. 10 AuburnWon 23–15 vs. Georgia+8GeorgiaWon 20–7 vs. Florida State+13Florida StateLost 15–17 at Miami-2MiamiWon 17–7 vs. No. 9 Penn State+10No. 9 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atMississippi StateW 19–⁠946%
Sep 29vs8Georgia TechL 0–⁠1750%
Oct 6vsDukeL 21–⁠2850%
Oct 13vsTexas A&MW 42–⁠660%
Oct 20vsVanderbiltW 42–⁠780%
Oct 27at6LSUL 0–⁠2321%
Nov 3vs10AuburnW 22–⁠342%
Nov 10vsGeorgiaW 23–⁠1562%
Nov 17vsFlorida StateW 20–⁠764%
Dec 1atMiamiL 15–⁠1745%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs9Penn StateGator BowlW 17–⁠728%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Penn State 17–⁠7 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1962.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
221–⁠139
Coach
Ray Graves
Elo
1619 +103 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.8 No. 18 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pepper Rodgers

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 2Frank Lasky OTNew York Giants
Rd 3Dick Skelly BNew York Giants
Rd 6Anton Peters DTDenver Broncos (AFL)

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Larry DupreeRBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠010–⁠03
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠3
Kentucky2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Mississippi State2–⁠53–⁠6
Tennessee2–⁠64–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠9
Tulane0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.