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1963 Florida

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1963, game by game: lost at Georgia Tech 0–9; tied vs. Mississippi State 9–9; won vs. Richmond 35–28; won at No. 3 Alabama 10–6; won at Vanderbilt 21–0; lost vs. LSU 0–14; lost at No. 5 Auburn 0–19; won vs. Georgia 21–14; won at Miami 27–21; won vs. Florida State 7–0+21−19Lost 0–9 at Georgia Tech-9Georgia TechTied 9–9 vs. Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Won 35–28 vs. Richmond+7RichmondWon 10–6 at No. 3 Alabama+4No. 3 AlabamaWon 21–0 at Vanderbilt+21VanderbiltLost 0–14 vs. LSU-14LSULost 0–19 at No. 5 Auburn-19No. 5 AuburnWon 21–14 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 27–21 at Miami+6MiamiWon 7–0 vs. Florida State+7Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠938%
Sep 28vsMississippi StateT 9–⁠970%
Oct 5vsRichmondW 35–⁠2871%
Oct 12at3AlabamaW 10–⁠622%
Oct 19atVanderbiltW 21–⁠077%
Oct 26vsLSUL 0–⁠1449%
Nov 2at5AuburnL 0–⁠1938%
Nov 9vsGeorgiaW 21–⁠1455%
Nov 23atMiamiW 27–⁠2155%
Nov 30vsFlorida StateW 7–⁠068%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida State 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 48th-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 1963.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
130–⁠120
Coach
Ray Graves
Elo
1611 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.2 No. 31 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pepper Rodgers

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 6Russ Brown EWashington Redskins
Rd 7Hagood Clarke BSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Larry DupreeFBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Dennis MurphyOTAP-2; UPI-3

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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