1999 Florida Gators football team

The 1999 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's tenth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators returned to the SEC Championship Game after a two-year hiatus, but did not bring home another SEC Championship trophy. After losing the SEC Championship Game 34–7 to the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Gators ended their season with a last-second 37–34 loss to the Michigan State Spartans in the Citrus Bowl. Spurrier's 1999 Florida Gators posted a 9–4 overall record and a 7–1 record in the Southeastern Conference, placing first among the six SEC Eastern Division teams.[2]

1999 Florida Gators football
SEC Eastern Division champions
SEC Championship Game, L 7–34 vs. Alabama
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 34–37 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 12
1999 record	9–4 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Spurrier
Defensive coordinator	Jon Hoke (1st season)
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Capacity: 83,000)[1]

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	6
South Carolina		0	–	8					0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					5	–	6
LSU		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	Western Michigan*	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	W 55–26	85,322
September 11	UCF*	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	W 58–27	85,346
September 18	No. 2 Tennessee	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 23–21	85,707
September 25	at Kentucky	No. 3	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	ESPN	W 38–10	70,971
October 2	No. 21 Alabama	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	CBS	L 39–40 ^OT	85,721
October 9	at LSU	No. 8	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	W 31–10	80,255
October 16	at Auburn	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 32–14	85,214
October 30	vs. No. 10 Georgia	No. 5	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 30–14	84,397
November 6	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	CBS	W 13–6	85,117
November 13	at South Carolina	No. 4	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	W 20–3	73,951
November 20	No. 1 Florida State*	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 23–30	85,747
December 4	vs. No. 7 Alabama	No. 5	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship)	ABC	L 7–34	74,309
January 1, 2000	vs. No. 9 Michigan State*	No. 10	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 34–37	62,011
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

Roster

1999 Florida Gators football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 5 Earnest Graham Fr WR 6 Taylor Jacobs Fr QB 7 Jesse Palmer Jr QB 8 Rex Grossman Fr WR 9 Darrell Jackson Jr WR 10 John Capel So QB 12 Doug Johnson Sr WR 17 Reche Caldwell Fr WR 19 Travis Taylor Jr T 70 Cooper Carlisle Sr T 71 Mike Pearson Fr T 78 Kenyatta Walker So TE 82 Aaron Walker Fr WR 85 Jabar Gaffney Fr TE 88 Erron Kinney Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 3 Lito Sheppard Fr SS 4 Marquand Manuel So DE 11 Thaddeus Bullard Sr DE 13 Alex Brown So LB 45 Andra Davis So DT 61 Gerard Warren So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 49 Jeff Chandler Jr	Head coach Steve Spurrier Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1999 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.