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1964 Florida

7–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1964, game by game: won vs. SMU 24–8; won at Mississippi State 16–13; won vs. Ole Miss 30–14; won vs. South Carolina 37–0; lost at No. 3 Alabama 14–17; won vs. Auburn 14–0; lost vs. Georgia 7–14; lost at Florida State 7–16; won vs. Miami 12–10; won at LSU 20–6+37−9Won 24–8 vs. SMU+16SMUWon 16–13 at Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Won 30–14 vs. Ole Miss+16Ole MissWon 37–0 vs. South Carolina+37South CarolinaLost 14–17 at No. 3 Alabama-3No. 3 AlabamaWon 14–0 vs. Auburn+14AuburnLost 7–14 vs. Georgia-7GeorgiaLost 7–16 at Florida State-9Florida StateWon 12–10 vs. Miami+2MiamiWon 20–6 at LSU+14LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsSMUW 24–⁠875%
Sep 26atMississippi StateW 16–⁠1352%
Oct 10vsOle MissW 30–⁠1448%
Oct 17vsSouth CarolinaW 37–⁠085%
Oct 24at3AlabamaL 14–⁠1731%
Oct 31vsAuburnW 14–⁠064%
Nov 7vsGeorgiaL 7–⁠1464%
Nov 21atFlorida StateL 7–⁠1642%
Nov 28vsMiamiW 12–⁠1073%
Dec 5atLSUW 20–⁠634%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 9
  2. Wk 6: 10
  3. Wk 7: 9

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 1964.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
181–⁠98
Coach
Ray Graves
Elo
1647 +73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.9 No. 8 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pepper Rodgers
Defensive coordinator
Gene Ellenson

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 5Roger Pettee LBDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Charles CaseyEAP-1; UPI-2
  • Larry GagnerOGAP-1
  • Larry DupreeFBAP-2; UPI-1
  • Bill RichbourgMG
  • Bruce BennettDBAP-1

Second team

  • Lynn MatthewsDEAP-2
  • Allen TrammellDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠010–⁠11
Florida4–⁠27–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠25–⁠5
LSU4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠17
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tennessee1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠43–⁠7

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