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1971 Florida

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1971, game by game: lost vs. Duke 6–12; lost at Mississippi State 10–13; lost vs. No. 8 Alabama 0–38; lost vs. No. 12 Tennessee 13–20; lost at No. 16 LSU 7–48; won vs. No. 19 Florida State 17–15; won vs. Maryland 27–23; lost at No. 5 Auburn 7–40; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia 7–49; won vs. Kentucky 35–24; won at Miami 45–16+29−42Lost 6–12 vs. Duke-6DukeLost 10–13 at Mississippi State-3Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–38 vs. No. 8 Alabama-38No. 8 AlabamaLost 13–20 vs. No. 12 Tennessee-7No. 12 TennesseeLost 7–48 at No. 16 LSU-41No. 16 LSUWon 17–15 vs. No. 19 Florida State+2No. 19 Florida StateWon 27–23 vs. Maryland+4MarylandLost 7–40 at No. 5 Auburn-33No. 5 AuburnLost 7–49 vs. No. 7 Georgia-42No. 7 GeorgiaWon 35–24 vs. Kentucky+11KentuckyWon 45–16 at Miami+29Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsDukeL 6–⁠1268%
Sep 18atMississippi StateL 10–⁠1351%
Sep 25vs8AlabamaL 0–⁠3844%
Oct 2vs12TennesseeL 13–⁠2031%
Oct 9at16LSUL 7–⁠4820%
Oct 16vs19Florida StateW 17–⁠1533%
Oct 23vsMarylandW 27–⁠2375%
Oct 30at5AuburnL 7–⁠4017%
Nov 6vs7GeorgiaL 7–⁠4920%
Nov 13vsKentuckyW 35–⁠2466%
Nov 27atMiamiW 45–⁠1647%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 45–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 81st-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 1971.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
174–⁠298
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1509 −48 this season
SP+ rating
2.1 No. 58 of 120; offense No. 46, defense No. 74
SRS
2.0 No. 59 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Dunn
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
Harvin Clark, Tommy Durrance and John Reaves

Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 1John Reaves QBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠14
Georgia5–⁠111–⁠17
Auburn5–⁠19–⁠212
Ole Miss4–⁠210–⁠215
Tennessee4–⁠210–⁠29
LSU3–⁠29–⁠311
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Florida1–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky1–⁠63–⁠8
Mississippi State1–⁠72–⁠9

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