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1999 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1999
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
image	Florida Gators script logo.svg
conference	Southeastern Conference
division	Eastern Division
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	14
APRank	12
record	9–4
conf_record	7–1
head_coach	Steve Spurrier
hc_year	10th
off_scheme	Fun and gun
def_coach	Jon Hoke
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
champion	SEC Eastern Division champion
conf_champ	[SEC Championship Game](1999-sec-championship-game)
conf_champ_result	L 7–34 vs. [Alabama](1999-alabama-crimson-tide-football-team)
bowl	[Florida Citrus Bowl](2000-florida-citrus-bowl)
bowl_result	L 34–37 vs. [Michigan State](1999-michigan-state-spartans-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.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

Georgia

Roster

Rod Broadway Defensive line
Sammy McCorkle Graduate assistant

References

(September 5, 1999). "WMU plays No. 4 Gators tough in loss". Battle Creek Enquirer.
(September 12, 1999). "Gators dispose UCF; Now comes Tennessee". Tallahassee Democrat.
(September 19, 1999). "Gators avenge loss to Volunteers". News and Record.
(September 26, 1999). "Gators rip Wildcats". The News-Press.
Cash, Rana L.. (October 3, 1999). "Extra, extra! Gators lose". The Miami Herald.
(October 10, 1999). "Gators win a sloppy one in Death Valley". Florida Today.
(October 17, 1999). "Gators thwart Tigers' rally". Pensacola News Journal.
(October 31, 1999). "Gators grind up 'Dawgs". St. Lucie News Tribune.
(November 7, 1999). "Dandy? Hardly, but UF still tops Vandy". St. Petersburg Times.
(November 14, 1999). "Florida overcomes Gamecocks' effort". The Times and Democrat.
(November 21, 1999). "FSU sweet as Sugar". News-Press.
Barnhart, Tony. (December 5, 1999). "Rip Tide, Tide swamps Gators 34–7 for SEC Championship". The Atlanta Constitution.
Chris Harry. (January 2, 2000). "UFrustration: Last-second field goal gives Michigan State win". The Orlando Sentinel.
(January 2, 2000). "Michigan State KO's Florida on final play". The Flint Journal.
"1999 Florida Gators Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
''[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.)
"Gator Football Boxscores". GatorZone.com.

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