1982 Florida Gators football team

The 1982 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the fourth for Charley Pell as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Pell's 1982 Florida Gators posted an 8–4 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 3–3, tying for sixth place in the ten-team SEC.[2]

1982 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1982 record8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coachCharley Pell (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Shanahan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Kines (2nd season)
Home stadiumFlorida Field
(Capacity: 72,000)[1]
1982 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Georgia $ 6 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 11 LSU 4 –1 –1  8 –3 –1
No. 14 Auburn 4 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
Vanderbilt 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –2 –1  6 –5 –1
Alabama 3 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 0 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Kentucky 0 –6 –0  0 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The highlight of the season was a nationally televised September victory over Southern Cal in the Trojans' only visit to Florida Field. Gator linebacker Wilber Marshall had 14 tackles and 4 sacks in the 17-9 victory and was named national defensive player of the week on his way to All-American honors at the end of the season.[3] On offense, the team was led by quarterback Wayne Peace, who set an NCAA record for completion percentage in a season (70.7%) running offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan's short passing attack.[4]

Florida played six of their first seven games at home and rode their early season success into a #4 ranking in early October, which matched the highest AP poll placement in program history up to that time. However, close losses to LSU and Vanderbilt and a blow-out loss to arch rival Georgia knocked them out of the polls, and the Gators finished the season 8-4 after a loss in the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4No. 15 Miami (FL)*No. 16
W 17–1471,864
September 11No. 10 USC*No. 11
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
ABCW 17–973,238
September 25Mississippi StateNo. 5
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 27–1771,544
October 2LSUNo. 4
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
L 13–2473,152
October 9at VanderbiltNo. 14
L 29–3139,726
October 16West Texas State*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 77–1472,885
October 30No. 19 Auburn
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
W 19–1773,532
November 6vs. No. 3 GeorgiaNo. 20
CBSL 0–4480,749
November 13at Kentucky
W 39–1353,245
November 20at Tulane*
W 21–1427,795
December 4at No. 15 Florida State*
W 13–1057,369
December 31vs. No. 14 Arkansas*
MTNL 24–2831,557
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]


Roster
1982 Florida Gators football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 27 Neal Anderson Fr
QB 15 Wayne Peace Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 88 Wilber Marshall Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References
  1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1982 Football Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. "Wilber Marshall - A Tradition of Honor". Florida Gators. University of Florida Athletic Association. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. Andreu, Robbie (July 31, 2010). "Where are they now? Wayne Peace". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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