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1999 Florida

9–⁠4 (7–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Spurrier, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1999, game by game: won vs. Western Michigan 55–26; won vs. UCF 58–27; won vs. No. 2 Tennessee 23–21; won at Kentucky 38–10; lost vs. No. 21 Alabama 39–40; won at LSU 31–10; won at Auburn 32–14; won vs. No. 10 Georgia 30–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 13–6; won at South Carolina 20–3; lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 23–30; lost vs. No. 5 Alabama 7–34; lost vs. No. 9 Michigan State 34–37+31−27Won 55–26 vs. Western Michigan+29Western MichiganWon 58–27 vs. UCF+31UCFWon 23–21 vs. No. 2 Tennessee+2No. 2 TennesseeWon 38–10 at Kentucky+28KentuckyLost 39–40 vs. No. 21 Alabama-1No. 21 AlabamaWon 31–10 at LSU+21LSUWon 32–14 at Auburn+18AuburnWon 30–14 vs. No. 10 Georgia+16No. 10 GeorgiaWon 13–6 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltWon 20–3 at South Carolina+17South CarolinaLost 23–30 vs. No. 1 Florida State-7No. 1 Florida StateLost 7–34 vs. No. 5 Alabama-27No. 5 AlabamaLost 34–37 vs. No. 9 Michigan State-3No. 9 Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsWestern MichiganW 55–⁠2680%
Sep 11vsUCFW 58–⁠2780%
Sep 18vs2TennesseeW 23–⁠2156%
Sep 25atKentuckyW 38–⁠1072%
Oct 2vs21AlabamaL 39–⁠4078%
Oct 9atLSUW 31–⁠1072%
Oct 16atAuburnW 32–⁠1473%
Oct 30vs10GeorgiaW 30–⁠1466%
Nov 6vsVanderbiltW 13–⁠692%
Nov 13atSouth CarolinaW 20–⁠392%
Nov 20vs1Florida StateL 23–⁠3054%
Dec 4Bowls & playoffvs5AlabamaSEC Championship GameL 7–⁠3463%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9Michigan StateCitrus BowlL 34–⁠3756%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 37–⁠34 in the Citrus Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; tied for first in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 5
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 8
  8. Wk 8: 7
  9. Wk 9: 6
  10. Wk 10: 5
  11. Wk 11: 5
  12. Wk 12: 4
  13. Wk 13: 3
  14. Wk 14: 5
  15. Wk 15: 5
  16. Wk 16: 10
  17. Final: 12

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 1999.

SEC East champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 3
Points
403–⁠272
Coach
Steve Spurrier
Elo
1707 +14 this season
SP+ rating
21.7 No. 12 of 114; offense No. 12, defense No. 17
SRS
16.4 No. 12 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Jon Hoke
Offense
Fun and gun
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Travis Taylor WRBaltimore Ravens
Rd 3Erron Kinney TETennessee Titans
Rd 3Darrell Jackson WRSeattle Seahawks
Rd 4Cooper Carlisle OTDenver Broncos
Rd 7Eugene McCaslin LBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠38
Florida7–⁠19–⁠412
Mississippi State6–⁠210–⁠213
Tennessee6–⁠29–⁠39
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠416
Ole Miss4–⁠48–⁠422
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠417
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
LSU1–⁠73–⁠8
South Carolina0–⁠80–⁠11

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