1993 Florida Gators football team

The 1993 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the fourth for Steve Spurrier as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators compiled a 10–2 overall record.

1993 Florida Gators football
SEC champion
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Sugar Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 5
Record11–2 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
  • Steve Spurrier (4th season)
Offensive schemeFun and gun
Defensive coordinatorRon Zook (3rd season)
Base defense4–4–3
Home stadiumBen Hill Griffin Stadium
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 1 011 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee* x 6 1 19 2 1
Kentucky 4 4 06 6 0
Georgia 2 6 05 6 0
South Carolina* 2 6 04 7 0
Vanderbilt* 1 7 04 7 0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn8 0 011 0 0
No. 14 Alabama* x 5 2 19 3 1
Arkansas* 3 4 15 5 1
LSU 3 5 05 6 0
Ole Miss* 3 5 05 6 0
Mississippi State* 2 5 13 6 2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation.
    * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The Gators used coach Spurrier's pass-heavy "fun 'n gun" offense". Although the Gators fell short of their hopes for a national championship, the 1993 season marked the first time that they were ranked in the top ten of the Associated Press Poll during every week of the season, and they were ranked fifth in the final AP Poll, following their 41–7 Sugar Bowl victory over the 11-0, 3rd ranked West Virginia Mountaineers.

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