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1983 Florida

9–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Pell, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1983, game by game: won vs. Miami 28–3; tied at No. 9 USC 19–19; won vs. Indiana State 17–13; won at Mississippi State 35–12; won at No. 16 LSU 31–17; won vs. Vanderbilt 29–10; won vs. East Carolina 24–17; lost at No. 4 Auburn 21–28; lost vs. No. 4 Georgia 9–10; won vs. Kentucky 24–7; won vs. Florida State 53–14; won vs. No. 10 Iowa 14–6+39−7Won 28–3 vs. Miami+25MiamiTied 19–19 at No. 9 USC0No. 9 USCWon 17–13 vs. Indiana State+4Indiana StateWon 35–12 at Mississippi State+23Mississippi Sta…Won 31–17 at No. 16 LSU+14No. 16 LSUWon 29–10 vs. Vanderbilt+19VanderbiltWon 24–17 vs. East Carolina+7East CarolinaLost 21–28 at No. 4 Auburn-7No. 4 AuburnLost 9–10 vs. No. 4 Georgia-1No. 4 GeorgiaWon 24–7 vs. Kentucky+17KentuckyWon 53–14 vs. Florida State+39Florida StateWon 14–6 vs. No. 10 Iowa+8No. 10 Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsMiamiW 28–⁠353%
Sep 10at9USCT 19–⁠1938%
Sep 17vsIndiana StateW 17–⁠1382%
Sep 24atMississippi StateW 35–⁠1249%
Oct 1at16LSUW 31–⁠1747%
Oct 8vsVanderbiltW 29–⁠1077%
Oct 22vsEast CarolinaW 24–⁠1771%
Oct 29at4AuburnL 21–⁠2845%
Nov 5vs4GeorgiaL 9–⁠1040%
Nov 12vsKentuckyW 24–⁠779%
Dec 3vsFlorida StateW 53–⁠1462%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs10IowaGator BowlW 14–⁠657%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa 14–⁠6 in the Gator Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanWilber Marshall, LB

Record
9–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 5
Points
304–⁠156
Coach
Charley Pell
Elo
1733 +156 this season
SP+ rating
28.0 No. 3 of 108; offense No. 10, defense No. 1
SRS
21.1 No. 3 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Shanahan
Defensive coordinator
Joe Kines

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1Wilber Marshall LBChicago Bears
Rd 3Tony Lilly DBDenver Broncos

All-SEC

3 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Florida4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠16
Tennessee4–⁠29–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠415
Ole Miss4–⁠26–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠53–⁠8
LSU0–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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