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1986 Florida

6–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Galen Hall.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1986, game by game: won vs. Georgia Southern 38–14; lost vs. No. 3 Miami 15–23; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 7–21; lost at Mississippi State 10–16; lost vs. No. 18 LSU 17–28; won vs. Kent State 52–9; won at Rutgers 15–3; won vs. No. 5 Auburn 18–17; won vs. No. 19 Georgia 31–19; lost at Kentucky 3–10; won at Florida State 17–13+43−14Won 38–14 vs. Georgia Southern+24Georgia SouthernLost 15–23 vs. No. 3 Miami-8No. 3 MiamiLost 7–21 vs. No. 4 Alabama-14No. 4 AlabamaLost 10–16 at Mississippi State-6Mississippi Sta…Lost 17–28 vs. No. 18 LSU-11No. 18 LSUWon 52–9 vs. Kent State+43Kent StateWon 15–3 at Rutgers+12RutgersWon 18–17 vs. No. 5 Auburn+1No. 5 AuburnWon 31–19 vs. No. 19 Georgia+12No. 19 GeorgiaLost 3–10 at Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 17–13 at Florida State+4Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsGeorgia SouthernW 38–⁠1497%
Sep 6vs3MiamiL 15–⁠2359%
Sep 20vs4AlabamaL 7–⁠2156%
Sep 27atMississippi StateL 10–⁠1659%
Oct 4vs18LSUL 17–⁠2860%
Oct 11vsKent StateW 52–⁠980%
Oct 18atRutgersW 15–⁠355%
Nov 1vs5AuburnW 18–⁠1741%
Nov 8vs19GeorgiaW 31–⁠1946%
Nov 15atKentuckyL 3–⁠1063%
Nov 29atFlorida StateW 17–⁠1337%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida State 17–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 13
Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
223–⁠173
Coach
Galen Hall
Elo
1637 −43 this season
SP+ rating
18.6 No. 14 of 101; offense No. 49, defense No. 3
SRS
11.2 No. 21 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Zaven Yaralian

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 1Ricky Nattiel WRDenver Broncos
Rd 2Adrian White DBNew York Giants
Rd 3Jeff Zimmerman OGDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Ron Moten LBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠19–⁠310
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠26
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠39
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Florida2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10

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