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1982 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1982
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	8–4
conf_record	3–3
head_coach	Charley Pell
hc_year	4th
off_coach	Mike Shanahan
oc_year	3rd
def_coach	Joe Kines
dc_year	2nd
stadium	Florida Field
bowl	[Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl](1982-astro-bluebonnet-bowl)
bowl_result	L 24–28 vs. [Arkansas](1982-arkansas-razorbacks-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.

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. 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.

Florida played six of their first seven games at home and rode their early season success into a No. 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

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Game summaries

Miami (FL)

Florida's first win versus Miami since 1977.

USC

A highlight of the season was a September 11 clash with No. 10 Southern California at Florida Field. Led by linebacker Wilber Marshall's 14 tackles and four quarterback sacks, the Gators won the nationally televised contest 17-9 in a game that helped to elevate the Florida program back into national prominence.

Auburn

Auburn led 17–13 with 2:51 remaining in the game. Jim Gainey's field goal cut it to one, and after an onside kick, Gainey added another for the win.

Florida State

Lorenzo Hampton 23 Rush, 138 Yds (career-high)
Neal Anderson 13 Rush, 103 Yds
Wayne Peace – set NCAA single-season completion percentage record (Rich Campbell, Cal – 1980)

Personnel

Charley Pell
Mike Shanahan (OC)
Vince Kendrick (RB)

References

''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.)
"Wilber Marshall - A Tradition of Honor". University of Florida Athletic Association.
(July 31, 2010). "Where are they now? Wayne Peace". Gainesville Sun.
(September 5, 1982). "Peace TD pass topples Miami". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(September 12, 1982). "Florida, on way up, uses USC as stepping stone, 17–9". The Los Angeles Times.
(September 26, 1982). "Florida's Hampton keys Gator victory". The Selma Times-Journal.
(October 3, 1982). "Tigers stun Gators". Hattiesburg American.
(October 10, 1982). "Vandy shocks Gators!". The Leaf-Chronicle.
(October 17, 1982). "Gators flex muscles in 77–14 romp". The Pensacola News-Journal.
(October 31, 1982). "Last-second FG leads UF over Auburn". Fort Lauderdale News.
(November 7, 1982). "Georgia feasts on Gators". Tallahassee Democrat.
(November 14, 1982). "Gator attack clamps down on Kentucky". Sunday Courier & Press.
(November 21, 1982). "Gators trim Tulane, win Bluebonnet bid". The Orlando Sentinel.
(December 5, 1982). "Second-string quarterback sparks Florida". The Sacramento Bee.
(January 1, 1983). "Hogs' Holtz bathen in comeback victory". The Memphis Press-Scimitar.
Gainesville Sun. 1982 Sept 5. Retrieved 2014-Dec-10.
(February 2022)
Norm Carlson. (October 14, 2000). "The Florida Auburn-Series". Tales From the Swamp.
''Gainesville Sun''. 1982 Dec 5. Retrieved 2014-Dec-10.

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