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1973 Florida

7–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1973, game by game: won vs. Kansas State 21–10; won vs. Southern Miss 14–13; lost at Mississippi State 12–33; lost at No. 10 LSU 3–24; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 14–35; lost vs. Ole Miss 10–13; won at No. 19 Auburn 12–8; won vs. Georgia 11–10; won vs. Kentucky 20–18; won at Miami 14–7; won vs. Florida State 49–0; lost vs. No. 15 Miami (OH) 7–16+49−21Won 21–10 vs. Kansas State+11Kansas StateWon 14–13 vs. Southern Miss+1Southern MissLost 12–33 at Mississippi State-21Mississippi Sta…Lost 3–24 at No. 10 LSU-21No. 10 LSULost 14–35 vs. No. 3 Alabama-21No. 3 AlabamaLost 10–13 vs. Ole Miss-3Ole MissWon 12–8 at No. 19 Auburn+4No. 19 AuburnWon 11–10 vs. Georgia+1GeorgiaWon 20–18 vs. Kentucky+2KentuckyWon 14–7 at Miami+7MiamiWon 49–0 vs. Florida State+49Florida StateLost 7–16 vs. No. 15 Miami (OH)-9No. 15 Miami (OH)
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsKansas StateW 21–⁠1073%
Sep 22vsSouthern MissW 14–⁠1378%
Sep 29atMississippi StateL 12–⁠3355%
Oct 6at10LSUL 3–⁠2424%
Oct 13vs3AlabamaL 14–⁠3528%
Oct 20vsOle MissL 10–⁠1356%
Nov 3at19AuburnW 12–⁠820%
Nov 10vsGeorgiaW 11–⁠1039%
Nov 17vsKentuckyW 20–⁠1857%
Nov 24atMiamiW 14–⁠745%
Dec 1vsFlorida StateW 49–⁠084%
Dec 22Bowls & playoffvs15Miami (OH)Tangerine BowlL 7–⁠1631%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami (OH) 16–⁠7 in the Tangerine Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 16

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 1973.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
187–⁠187
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1553 +3 this season
SP+ rating
9.0 No. 40 of 123; offense No. 88, defense No. 15
SRS
7.1 No. 45 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Dunn
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
David Hitchcock and Vince Kendrick

Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 3Nat Moore WRMiami Dolphins
Rd 4Vince Kendrick RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 5Joel Parker WRNew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lee McGriffWRAP-2
  • Burton LawlessOGAP-2
  • Jimmy Ray StephensCAP-2
  • David HitchcockDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠011–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠313
Ole Miss4–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠38–⁠419
Georgia3–⁠47–⁠4–⁠1
Florida3–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠56–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt1–⁠55–⁠6

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