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1969 Florida

9–⁠1–⁠1 (3–⁠1–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1969, game by game: won vs. No. 7 Houston 59–34; won at Mississippi State 47–35; won vs. Florida State 21–6; won vs. Tulane 18–17; won vs. North Carolina 52–2; won vs. Vanderbilt 41–20; lost at No. 17 Auburn 12–38; tied vs. No. 16 Georgia 13–13; won vs. Kentucky 31–6; won at Miami 35–16; won vs. No. 11 Tennessee 14–13+50−26Won 59–34 vs. No. 7 Houston+25No. 7 HoustonWon 47–35 at Mississippi State+12Mississippi Sta…Won 21–6 vs. Florida State+15Florida StateWon 18–17 vs. Tulane+1TulaneWon 52–2 vs. North Carolina+50North CarolinaWon 41–20 vs. Vanderbilt+21VanderbiltLost 12–38 at No. 17 Auburn-26No. 17 AuburnTied 13–13 vs. No. 16 Georgia0No. 16 GeorgiaWon 31–6 vs. Kentucky+25KentuckyWon 35–16 at Miami+19MiamiWon 14–13 vs. No. 11 Tennessee+1No. 11 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs7HoustonW 59–⁠3447%
Sep 27atMississippi StateW 47–⁠3567%
Oct 4vsFlorida StateW 21–⁠651%
Oct 11vsTulaneW 18–⁠1783%
Oct 18vsNorth CarolinaW 52–⁠282%
Oct 25vsVanderbiltW 41–⁠2080%
Nov 1at17AuburnL 12–⁠3842%
Nov 8vs16GeorgiaT 13–⁠1342%
Nov 15vsKentuckyW 31–⁠685%
Nov 29atMiamiW 35–⁠1655%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvs11TennesseeGator BowlW 14–⁠1338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 14–⁠13 in the Gator Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 12
  2. Wk 3: 12
  3. Wk 4: 12
  4. Wk 5: 10
  5. Wk 6: 10
  6. Wk 7: 7
  7. Wk 8: 13
  8. Wk 9: 15
  9. Wk 10: 15
  10. Wk 11: 17
  11. Wk 12: 18
  12. Wk 13: 15
  13. Final: 14

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 1969.

Consensus All-AmericanCarlos Alvarez, WR

Record
9–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠1–⁠1 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 7
Points
343–⁠200
Coach
Ray Graves
Elo
1650 +122 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.0 No. 18 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Fred Pancoast
Defensive coordinator
Gene Ellenson
Captain
Mac Steen

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 1Steve Tannen DBNew York Jets

All-SEC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠215
LSU4–⁠19–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠320
Florida3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠38
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt2–⁠34–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠53–⁠7

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