1986 Florida Gators football team

Schedule

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Personnel

• Galen Hall
• Zaven Yaralian (DC)
• Mike Heimerdinger (WR)

Game summaries

Georgia Southern

Miami (FL)

Alabama

At Mississippi State

LSU

Kerwin Bell was injured during the game.

Kent State

At Rutgers

at Giants Stadium

Auburn

• Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=dBzKUGQurMsC&dat=19861102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

For most of the game, coach Pat Dye's fifth-ranked 1986 Auburn Tigers dominated coach Galen Hall's unranked Gators at Florida Field. The Tigers defense was stifling, and forced Gators substitute quarterback Rodney Brewer to commit four turnovers in the first two quarters. With thirty-six seconds remaining in the game, Bell directed one final 79-yard drive in ten plays that was capped by a five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ricky Nattiel, who was playing with a separated shoulder.

vs Georgia

At Kentucky

At Florida State

References

References

1. ''[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.)
2. (August 31, 1986). "Big game for goliath: Gators 38, Eagles 14". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
3. (September 7, 1986). "'Canes clean Gators' house". The Tampa Tribune.
4. (September 21, 1986). "Bama rules Gators for 21–7 victory". The Orlando Sentinel.
5. (September 28, 1986). "Bulldogs' defense stops Gators 16–10". The Palm Beach Post.
6. (October 5, 1986). "Gators lose more than just another game". The Palm Beach Post.
7. (October 12, 1986). "Gators filet outmanned Golden Flashes". Florida Today.
8. (October 19, 1986). "Defenses rule as Gators bite toothless RU". The Central New Jersey Home News.
9. (November 2, 1986). "Bell stages comeback to upset Auburn 18–17". The Selma Times-Journal.
10. (November 9, 1986). "Bell sounds death knell for Georgia". The Sun Herald.
11. (November 16, 1986). "'Cats put Gator Bowl plans in deep freeze". The Tennessean.
12. (November 30, 1986). "Gators grab a six-pack". Fort Myers News-Press.
13. "Lsu Greases Florida's Slide -- Bell Injured".
14. ''Gainesville Sun''. 12 Oct 1986.
15. Paul Jenkins, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e0YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5OkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4650,585919&dq=auburn+florida&hl=en Ask not for whom the Bell tolls: Florida 18, Auburn 17]," ''The Gainesville Sun'', pp. 1F & 10F (November 2, 1986). Retrieved August 18, 2011.
16. Hall replaced Brewer with starting quarterback [[Kerwin Bell]], who had missed two games with a knee injury. Tigers tailback [[Brent Fullwood]] gained 166 yards on the ground, including a second-quarter touchdown, to give Auburn a 17–0 lead early in the fourth quarter. Bell then led the Gators on two scoring drives, with Gators placekicker Robert McGinty—a transfer from Auburn—booting a 51-yard field goal to close the Tigers' advantage to 17−10 with 1:45 to play.Bob Dunkel, "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e0YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5OkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4650,585919&dq=auburn+florida&hl=en UF kicker McGinty gets revenge]," ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 10F (November 2, 1986). Retrieved August 18, 2011.
17. Gainesville Sun. 1986 Nov 9.