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1979 Florida

0–⁠10–⁠1 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Pell.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1979, game by game: lost at No. 13 Houston 10–14; tied vs. Georgia Tech 7–7; lost at Mississippi State 10–24; lost at No. 17 LSU 3–20; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 0–40; lost vs. Tulsa 10–20; lost at No. 20 Auburn 13–19; lost vs. Georgia 10–33; lost vs. Kentucky 3–31; lost vs. No. 5 Florida State 16–27; lost at Miami 24–30+7−40Lost 10–14 at No. 13 Houston-4No. 13 HoustonTied 7–7 vs. Georgia Tech0Georgia TechLost 10–24 at Mississippi State-14Mississippi Sta…Lost 3–20 at No. 17 LSU-17No. 17 LSULost 0–40 vs. No. 2 Alabama-40No. 2 AlabamaLost 10–20 vs. Tulsa-10TulsaLost 13–19 at No. 20 Auburn-6No. 20 AuburnLost 10–33 vs. Georgia-23GeorgiaLost 3–31 vs. Kentucky-28KentuckyLost 16–27 vs. No. 5 Florida State-11No. 5 Florida StateLost 24–30 at Miami-6Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15at13HoustonL 10–⁠1426%
Sep 22vsGeorgia TechT 7–⁠758%
Sep 29atMississippi StateL 10–⁠2443%
Oct 6at17LSUL 3–⁠2027%
Oct 13vs2AlabamaL 0–⁠4021%
Oct 27vsTulsaL 10–⁠2058%
Nov 3at20AuburnL 13–⁠1923%
Nov 10vsGeorgiaL 10–⁠3335%
Nov 17vsKentuckyL 3–⁠3140%
Nov 24vs5Florida StateL 16–⁠2714%
Dec 1atMiamiL 24–⁠3027%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 30–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 111th-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 1979.

Record
0–⁠10–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
106–⁠265
Coach
Charley Pell
Elo
1359 −160 this season
SP+ rating
-4.5 No. 88 of 135; offense No. 108, defense No. 60
SRS
−2.7 No. 83 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Bennek, Nap Green and Chuck Hatch

Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 3Scot Brantley LBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠012–⁠01
Georgia5–⁠16–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠28–⁠316
LSU4–⁠27–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠43–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10
Florida0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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