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1978 Florida

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

Schedule and results

Florida in 1978, game by game: lost vs. SMU 25–35; won vs. Mississippi State 34–0; lost vs. No. 11 LSU 21–34; lost at No. 7 Alabama 12–23; won vs. Army 31–7; lost at Georgia Tech 13–17; won vs. Auburn 31–7; lost vs. No. 11 Georgia 22–24; won at Kentucky 18–16; lost at Florida State 21–38; lost vs. Miami 21–22+34−17Lost 25–35 vs. SMU-10SMUWon 34–0 vs. Mississippi State+34Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–34 vs. No. 11 LSU-13No. 11 LSULost 12–23 at No. 7 Alabama-11No. 7 AlabamaWon 31–7 vs. Army+24ArmyLost 13–17 at Georgia Tech-4Georgia TechWon 31–7 vs. Auburn+24AuburnLost 22–24 vs. No. 11 Georgia-2No. 11 GeorgiaWon 18–16 at Kentucky+2KentuckyLost 21–38 at Florida State-17Florida StateLost 21–22 vs. Miami-1Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsSMUL 25–⁠3559%
Sep 30vsMississippi StateW 34–⁠042%
Oct 7vs11LSUL 21–⁠3453%
Oct 14at7AlabamaL 12–⁠2318%
Oct 21vsArmyW 31–⁠774%
Oct 28atGeorgia TechL 13–⁠1737%
Nov 4vsAuburnW 31–⁠754%
Nov 11vs11GeorgiaL 22–⁠2441%
Nov 18atKentuckyW 18–⁠1633%
Nov 25atFlorida StateL 21–⁠3829%
Dec 2vsMiamiL 21–⁠2266%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 22–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 76th-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 1978.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
249–⁠223
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1528 −8 this season
SP+ rating
15.7 No. 21 of 133; offense No. 24, defense No. 33
SRS
12.7 No. 24 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Doug Knotts
Captains
Mike DuPree and Don Swafford
Offense
Pro-style

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 7Don Swafford OTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠11
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠116
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠38–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Ole Miss2–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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