Florida Gators Fun Facts
The Florida Gators are the athletic teams that collectively represent the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Lady Gators is an alternative often used for the women's teams. The sum of the program and its followers is referred to collectively as the Gator Nation.
All Gator athletic teams compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference, of which they are charter members, in NCAA Division I.
The athletic program is one of the best in the nation and has been arguably the best overall in the SEC for the past two decades. The men's and women's teams have combined to win the Southeastern Conference All-Sports Trophy in every year but one since its inception. The Gators have also been in the top ten of the National All Sports rankings every year for the past two decades.
Most recently, the Gators won back to back Division I Men's basketball championships while sandwiching a BCS National Title in football in between, all in 366 days.
The football team has been one of the winningest in Division I-A/FBS since 1990, the year Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier returned to his alma mater as head coach. The 1996 team, led by another Heisman winner, Danny Wuerffel, went 12-1 and won the national championship game in the Sugar Bowl, avenging an earlier loss to rival Florida State.
The 2006 team played for the school's second National Championship in January 2007, defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 41-14.
The Gators have won the SEC Championship Game a record seven times in nine tries since the game began in 1992. They won their first official conference title in 1991, the year before the first championship game was played.
Florida won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, beating the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners 24-14.
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