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1989 Florida

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Galen Hall, then Gary Darnell (interim, final 7 games).

Schedule and results

Florida in 1989, game by game: lost vs. Ole Miss 19–24; won vs. Louisiana Tech 34–7; won at Memphis 38–13; won vs. Mississippi State 21–0; won at LSU 16–13; won vs. Vanderbilt 34–11; won vs. New Mexico 27–21; lost at No. 12 Auburn 7–10; lost vs. Georgia 10–17; won vs. Kentucky 38–28; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 17–24; lost vs. Washington 7–34+27−27Lost 19–24 vs. Ole Miss-5Ole MissWon 34–7 vs. Louisiana Tech+27Louisiana TechWon 38–13 at Memphis+25MemphisWon 21–0 vs. Mississippi State+21Mississippi Sta…Won 16–13 at LSU+3LSUWon 34–11 vs. Vanderbilt+23VanderbiltWon 27–21 vs. New Mexico+6New MexicoLost 7–10 at No. 12 Auburn-3No. 12 AuburnLost 10–17 vs. Georgia-7GeorgiaWon 38–28 vs. Kentucky+10KentuckyLost 17–24 vs. No. 6 Florida State-7No. 6 Florida StateLost 7–34 vs. Washington-27Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsOle MissL 19–⁠2462%
Sep 16vsLouisiana TechW 34–⁠775%
Sep 23atMemphisW 38–⁠1356%
Sep 30vsMississippi StateW 21–⁠067%
Oct 7atLSUW 16–⁠1343%
Oct 14vsVanderbiltW 34–⁠1180%
Oct 21vsNew MexicoW 27–⁠2190%
Nov 4at12AuburnL 7–⁠1031%
Nov 11vsGeorgiaL 10–⁠1746%
Nov 18vsKentuckyW 38–⁠2864%
Dec 2vs6Florida StateL 17–⁠2431%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsWashingtonFreedom BowlL 7–⁠3444%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 34–⁠7 in the Freedom Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 25
  2. Wk 8: 20
  3. Wk 9: 19
  4. Wk 10: 19
  5. Wk 11: 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 1989.

Consensus All-AmericanEmmitt Smith, RB

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
268–⁠202
Coach
Galen Hall, then Gary Darnell (interim, final 7 games)
Elo
1555 +20 this season
SP+ rating
12.2 No. 26 of 103; offense No. 53, defense No. 14
SRS
10.2 No. 27 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Whitey Jordan
Defensive coordinator
Gary Darnell

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Emmitt Smith RBDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Stacey Simmons WRIndianapolis Colts
Rd 5Cedric Smith RBMinnesota Vikings

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • John DardenOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠111–⁠15
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠26
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠29
Ole Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠56–⁠5
LSU2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠71–⁠10

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