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2012 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2012
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
image	Florida Gators script logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Southeastern Conference
division	Eastern Division
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	10
APRank	9
record	11–2
conf_record	7–1
head_coach	Will Muschamp
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Brent Pease
oc_year	1st
def_coach	Dan Quinn
dc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Multiple
def_scheme	Multiple [4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
bowl	[Sugar Bowl](2013-sugar-bowl)
bowl_result	L 23–33 vs. [Louisville](2012-louisville-cardinals-football-team)
champion	SEC Eastern Division co-champion

The 2012 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2012 college football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The 2012 season was the Gators' second under head coach Will Muschamp. They finished the season with 11–2 overall, 7–1 SEC. The team was invited to the 2013 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 33–23.

Schedule

The 2012 Orange and Blue Debut game was played on April 7 at 1 p.m. and was televised on Sun Sports. Blue defeated Orange 21–20 in front of 38,100 fans.

The October 20 game against South Carolina hosted ESPN's College Gameday. In addition, their road games against Texas A&M and Tennessee were also hosted by College GameDay.

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Rankings

Roster

Coaching staff

Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill resigned during the offseason, so Pease and graduate assistant Bush Hamdan coached wide receivers.

Name	Current responsibilities	Joined staff
Will Muschamp	Head coach	2011
Brent Pease	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks*	2012
Dan Quinn	Defensive coordinator	2011
D.J. Durkin	Linebackers/Special Teams	2010
Tim Davis	offensive line/Running game coordinator	2012
Brian White	Running Backs	2009
Derek Lewis	Tight Ends	2011
Travaris Robinson	Defensive Backs	2011
Bryant Young	Defensive line	2011

Recruiting class

Season summary

Bowling Green

Texas A&M

Tennessee

Kentucky

LSU

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Georgia

Missouri

Louisiana-Lafayette

Jacksonville State

Florida State

;Florida

Jeff Driskel 15/23, 147 Yds, TD
Mike Gillislee 24 Rush, 140 Yds, 2 TD
Jordan Reed 4 Rec, 54 Yds ;Florida State
EJ Manuel 18/33, 182 Yds, TD, 3 INT 12 Rush, 54 Yds, 2 TD
Rashad Greene 5 Rec, 65 Yds

Sugar Bowl

Players drafted into the NFL

6	169	Josh Evans	S	Jacksonville Jaguars

References

"Florida 2012 Media Guide". University Athletic Association, Inc..
"Orange & Blue Debut, Presented by Sunniland, Set for April 7". gatorzone.com.
"Gator Football Boxscores". gatorzone.com.
"ESPN College Football". [[ESPN]].
"Gator Football Schedule/Results - GatorZone.com".
Kallestad, Brent. (2012-11-24). "No. 6 Florida rolls to 37-26 win over No. 10 FSU".

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