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- AP and USA TODAY 1996
National Champions.
- Played in the 1995 and
1996 National Championship Games.
- One of only two schools in
SEC history to win four consecutive league championships
(1993-96).
- One of only 16 schools in
the nation to have multiple Heisman Trophy winners: Steve
Spurrier in 1966 and Danny Wuerffel in 1996
- The only school in SEC
history to win eight or more conference games in a season
four straight years (1993-96) and also the only league
school to register at least six conference wins in a season
14 consecutive years (1990-2003).
- The only SEC school to
appear in each of the first five SEC Championships Games.
- Florida has Thirty-one
bowl game appearances.
- Won SEC titles in six of
the past 13 years (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000) and
have finished first in the SEC standings nine times in the
past 20 seasonsand seven in the past 14 years.
- In the decade of the
1990's Florida is one of only two schools in the nation to
appear in the final AP Top Ten Poll in all seasons.
- Compiled a sparkling 73-11
record in SEC play in the 1990's the most conference wins
during a decade in league history.
- Named national champions
for the 1984 season by the New York Times and The Sporting
News.
- One hundred and
thirty-three (133) players have earned All America
recognition, 98 alone since 1981.
- Played in the first-ever
SEC Championship Game in 1992.
- For nine consecutive years
(1983-91) Florida had at least one player selected in the
first round of the annual NFL Draft, the only school in the
nation to achieve that distinction. In fact, Florida is the
only school in the nation that has ever had a player
selected in the opening round of the draft for nine straight
years since the NFL Draft began in 1936.
- Florida has captured one
national title, played in two national championship games
and captured six-SEC titles in the past seasons.
- Florida's 27-4-3 record
(.836) ranked as the second best in the nation from 1983
through 1985
- In 83, 84, 85, Florida
ranked top six in the final AP poll. The only school with
this distinction.
- Over 150 players have gone
to play in the NFL.
- Florida has posted a
superb 96-12-2 record at The Swamp since 1981. The Gators
were 57-5-1 in the 1990's.
- 35 players from Florida
have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft,
including 13 from 1983-91, the top total in the nation over
that nine year span.
- A player from UF has
appeared in 16 of 31 Super Bowl games.
- The only school in SEC
history to appear in 11 consecutive January bowl games
(1993-2003).
- Has appeared in more SEC
Championship games (7) than any school in SEC history.
- One of only a few schools
in the nation to officially be classified a major college
football dinasty by the NCAA. Florida achieved that rare and
elite distinction for its superior performance throughout
the last decade plus.
- One of only four schools
in history to rank in the final top 15 of the polls for 12
straight seasons (1990-2001).
- One of only three schools
in major college history to ever be ranked in the polls for
a period of 200 consecutive weeks.
- One of only six schools in
major college history, and one of only two in SEC history,
to win 100 games in a decade (102-22-1 in the 1990's).
- The only school in SEC
history to win at least 10 games for six straight seasons
(1993-1998) and one af only three major college schools in
history to achieve that distinction.
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