1969 Florida Gators football team

The 1969 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The season was the tenth, last, and arguably most successful season for Ray Graves as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Graves' 1969 Florida Gators finished their regular season with an overall record of 8–1–1 and an SEC record of 3–1–1, placing fourth among the ten SEC teams. Florida concluded the year with a Gator Bowl victory over SEC-champion Tennessee. Afterwards, Graves resigned from the head coaching position to become the university's athletic director, and was replaced by Tennessee head coach Doug Dickey.

1969 Florida Gators football
Gator Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Tennessee
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 14
Record9–1–1 (3–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
  • Ray Graves (10th season)
Offensive coordinatorFred Pancoast (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGene Ellenson (5th season)
CaptainMac Steen
Home stadiumFlorida Field
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Tennessee $ 5 1 09 2 0
No. 10 LSU 4 1 09 1 0
No. 20 Auburn 5 2 08 3 0
No. 14 Florida 3 1 19 1 1
No. 8 Ole Miss 4 2 08 3 0
Georgia 2 3 15 5 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 04 6 0
Alabama 2 4 06 5 0
Kentucky 1 6 02 8 0
Mississippi State 0 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Graves' final Gators squad was led by a surprising group of second-year offensive players known as the "Super Sophs", that included quarterback John Reaves, wide receiver Carlos Alvarez and tailback Tommy Durrance.

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