1990 Florida Gators football team

The 1990 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season marked the return of the Gators' Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier to his alma mater as the new head coach of the Florida Gators football team.

1990 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record9–2 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach
  • Steve Spurrier (1st season)
Offensive schemeFun and gun
Defensive coordinatorJim Bates (1st season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainChris Bromley
Ernie Mills
Godfrey Myles
Glenn Neely
Huey Richardson
Home stadiumBen Hill Griffin Stadium
1990 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Florida * 6 1 09 2 0
No. 8 Tennessee $ 5 1 19 2 2
No. 21 Ole Miss 5 2 09 3 0
Alabama 5 2 07 5 0
No. 19 Auburn 4 2 18 3 1
Kentucky 3 4 04 7 0
LSU 2 5 05 6 0
Georgia 2 5 04 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 05 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation.
Rankings from AP Poll

Spurrier's 1990 Florida Gators, while ineligible to win the SEC title or receive a bowl bid because of lingering NCAA probation, nevertheless posted a best-in-the-SEC record of 6–1 and an overall record of 9–2, and laid the foundation for the Gators' run of six SEC championships and a national title during the next decade. They finished thirteenth in the season's final AP Poll.

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