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1974 Florida

8–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1974, game by game: won vs. California 21–17; won vs. No. 14 Maryland 17–10; won vs. Mississippi State 29–13; won vs. LSU 24–14; lost at Vanderbilt 10–24; won at Florida State 24–14; won vs. Duke 30–13; won vs. No. 5 Auburn 25–14; lost vs. Georgia 16–17; lost at Kentucky 24–41; won vs. Miami 31–7; lost vs. No. 8 Nebraska 10–13+24−17Won 21–17 vs. California+4CaliforniaWon 17–10 vs. No. 14 Maryland+7No. 14 MarylandWon 29–13 vs. Mississippi State+16Mississippi Sta…Won 24–14 vs. LSU+10LSULost 10–24 at Vanderbilt-14VanderbiltWon 24–14 at Florida State+10Florida StateWon 30–13 vs. Duke+17DukeWon 25–14 vs. No. 5 Auburn+11No. 5 AuburnLost 16–17 vs. Georgia-1GeorgiaLost 24–41 at Kentucky-17KentuckyWon 31–7 vs. Miami+24MiamiLost 10–13 vs. No. 8 Nebraska-3No. 8 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsCaliforniaW 21–⁠1768%
Sep 21vs14MarylandW 17–⁠1056%
Sep 28vsMississippi StateW 29–⁠1361%
Oct 5vsLSUW 24–⁠1455%
Oct 12atVanderbiltL 10–⁠2462%
Oct 19atFlorida StateW 24–⁠1476%
Oct 26vsDukeW 30–⁠1371%
Nov 2vs5AuburnW 25–⁠1451%
Nov 9vsGeorgiaL 16–⁠1753%
Nov 16atKentuckyL 24–⁠4148%
Nov 30vsMiamiW 31–⁠768%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs8NebraskaSugar BowlL 10–⁠1333%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 13–⁠10 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 13
  2. Wk 6: 8
  3. Wk 7: 14
  4. Wk 8: 12
  5. Wk 9: 11
  6. Wk 10: 6
  7. Wk 11: 9
  8. Wk 12: 20
  9. Wk 14: 18
  10. Final: 15

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 1974.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 6
Points
261–⁠197
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1597 +62 this season
SP+ rating
22.7 No. 10 of 124; offense No. 14, defense No. 7
SRS
16.6 No. 12 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Dunn
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
Lee McGriff and Ralph Ortega
Offense
Wishbone

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Glenn Cameron LBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 2Ralph Ortega LBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 2Burton Lawless OGDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠15
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠26–⁠6
Mississippi State3–⁠39–⁠317
Florida3–⁠38–⁠415
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠220
LSU2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠63–⁠8

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