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1982 Florida

8–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Pell.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1982, game by game: won vs. No. 15 Miami 17–14; won vs. No. 10 USC 17–9; won vs. Mississippi State 27–17; lost vs. LSU 13–24; lost at Vanderbilt 29–31; won vs. West Texas 77–14; won vs. No. 19 Auburn 19–17; lost vs. No. 3 Georgia 0–44; won at Kentucky 39–13; won at Tulane 21–7; won at No. 15 Florida State 13–10; lost vs. No. 14 Arkansas 24–28+63−44Won 17–14 vs. No. 15 Miami+3No. 15 MiamiWon 17–9 vs. No. 10 USC+8No. 10 USCWon 27–17 vs. Mississippi State+10Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–24 vs. LSU-11LSULost 29–31 at Vanderbilt-2VanderbiltWon 77–14 vs. West Texas+63West TexasWon 19–17 vs. No. 19 Auburn+2No. 19 AuburnLost 0–44 vs. No. 3 Georgia-44No. 3 GeorgiaWon 39–13 at Kentucky+26KentuckyWon 21–7 at Tulane+14TulaneWon 13–10 at No. 15 Florida State+3No. 15 Florida StateLost 24–28 vs. No. 14 Arkansas-4No. 14 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs15MiamiW 17–⁠1448%
Sep 11vs10USCW 17–⁠951%
Sep 25vsMississippi StateW 27–⁠1754%
Oct 2vsLSUL 13–⁠2474%
Oct 9atVanderbiltL 29–⁠3161%
Oct 16vsWest TexasW 77–⁠1476%
Oct 30vs19AuburnW 19–⁠1756%
Nov 6vs3GeorgiaL 0–⁠4430%
Nov 13atKentuckyW 39–⁠1376%
Nov 20atTulaneW 21–⁠763%
Dec 4at15Florida StateW 13–⁠1033%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs14ArkansasAstro-Bluebonnet BowlL 24–⁠2847%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 28–⁠24 in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 14
  7. Wk 10: 20

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 1982.

Consensus All-AmericanWilber Marshall, LB

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
296–⁠228
Coach
Charley Pell
Elo
1615 +49 this season
SP+ rating
17.3 No. 20 of 109; offense No. 24, defense No. 22
SRS
13.4 No. 26 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Shanahan
Defensive coordinator
Joe Kines

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1James Jones RBDetroit Lions
Rd 4Chris Faulkner TEDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠011–⁠14
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠111
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠314
Vanderbilt4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠38–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠38–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss0–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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