1983 Florida Gators football team

The 1983 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Charley Pell's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Pell's Gators posted a 9–2–1 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 4–2, placing third among ten SEC teams. Behind a stout defense and a rushing attack led by future pros Neal Anderson, John L. Williams, and Lorenzo Hampton the 1983 Gators were the first squad in program history to be ranked among the top ten teams in the final Associated Press (AP) poll. It was also the second time that the Gators were ranked in every weekly AP Poll throughout the season, (1975 being the first).

1983 Florida Gators football
Gator Bowl, W 14–6 vs. Iowa
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record9–2–1 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Shanahan (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Kines (3rd season)
Home stadiumFlorida Field
1983 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Auburn $ 6 0 011 1 0
No. 4 Georgia 5 1 010 1 1
No. 6 Florida 4 2 09 2 1
Tennessee 4 2 09 3 0
No. 15 Alabama 4 2 08 4 0
Ole Miss 4 2 06 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 06 5 1
Mississippi State 1 5 03 8 0
LSU 0 6 04 7 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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