1982 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

1982 Florida Gators football

Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 24–28 vs. Arkansas

Conference| Southeastern Conference
Record| 8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach|

* Charley Pell (4th season)

Offensive coordinator| Mike Shanahan (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator| Joe Kines (2nd season)
Home stadium| Florida Field

Seasons

<- 1981

1983 ->

1982 Southeastern Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 4 Georgia $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 11 LSU | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 1
No. 14 Auburn | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Vanderbilt | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Tennessee | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 1
Alabama | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Florida | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Mississippi State | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Ole Miss | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Kentucky | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 10  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 4| No. 15 Miami (FL)*| No. 16|

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL (rivalry)

| USA| W 17–14| 71,864| [4]
September 11| No. 10 USC*| No. 11|

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL

| ABC| W 17–9| 73,238| [5]
September 25| Mississippi State| No. 5|

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL

| ESPN| W 27–17| 71,544| [6]
October 2| LSU| No. 4|

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL (rivalry)

| USA| L 13–24| 73,152| [7]
October 9| at Vanderbilt| No. 14|

* Vanderbilt Stadium
* Nashville, TN

| | L 29–31| 39,726| [8]
October 16| West Texas State*| |

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL

| | W 77–14| 72,885| [9]
October 30| No. 19 Auburn| |

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL (rivalry)

| | W 19–17| 73,532| [10]
November 6| vs. No. 3 Georgia| No. 20|

* Gator Bowl Stadium
* Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)

| CBS| L 0–44| 80,749| [11]
November 13| at Kentucky| |

* Commonwealth Stadium
* Lexington, KY (rivalry)

| | W 39–13| 53,245| [12]
November 20| at Tulane*| |

* Louisiana Superdome
* New Orleans, LA

| | W 21–14| 27,795| [13]
December 4| at No. 15 Florida State*| |

* Doak Campbell Stadium
* Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)

| | W 13–10| 57,369| [14]
December 31| vs. No. 14 Arkansas*| |

* Astrodome
* Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)

| MTN| L 24–28| 31,557| [15]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Personnel

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1982 Florida Gators football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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RB | `27` | Neal Anderson | Fr
OL | `` | Phil Bromley
RB | `` | Johnell Brown
OL | `` | Lomas Brown
RB | `` | Ronnie Diltz
WR | `` | Dwayne Dixon
TE | `` | Chris Faulkner
OL | `` | Dan Fike
OL | `` | Russell Gallon
RB | `` | Lorenzo Hampton
RB | `` | Joe Henderson
QB | `` | Bob Hewko
OL | `` | Dwayne Hinson
OL | `` | John Hunt
WR | `` | Spencer Jackson
RB | `` | James Jones
WR | `` | Broughton Lang
TE | `` | Mike Mularkey
QB | `15` | Wayne Peace | Jr
TE | `` | Tom Peddle
WR | `` | Gary Rolle
OL | `` | Buddy Schultheis
RB | `` | Derald Williams
RB | `` | John L. Williams
WR | `` | Tyrone Young
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LB | `` | Val Brown
DB | `` | Vernell Brown
DB | `` | Randy Clark
DB | `` | Ivory Curry
DB | `` | Ricky Easmon
DB | `` | Sonny Gilliam
DL | `` | Roy Harris
LB | `` | Fernando Jackson
DB | `` | Tony Lilly
LB | `88` | Wilber Marshall | Jr
LB | `` | Fred McCallister
DB | `` | Vito McKeever
LB | `` | Patrick Miller
DL | `` | Tim Newton
DB, P | `` | Roger Sibbald
DB | `` | Bruce Vaughan
DL | `` | John Whittaker
LB | `` | Tom Wiegmann
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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P | `` | Ray Criswell
K | `` | Jim Gainey
K | `` | Bobby Raymond

Head coach

* Charley Pell

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Mike Shanahan (OC)
* Vince Kendrick (RB)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## References

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1. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
2. ^ "Wilber Marshall - A Tradition of Honor". Florida Gators. University of Florida Athletic Association. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
3. ^ Andreu, Robbie (July 31, 2010). "Where are they now? Wayne Peace". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
4. ^ "Peace TD pass topples Miami". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 5, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Florida, on way up, uses USC as stepping stone, 17–9". The Los Angeles Times. September 12, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Florida's Hampton keys Gator victory". The Selma Times-Journal. September 26, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Tigers stun Gators". Hattiesburg American. October 3, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Vandy shocks Gators!". The Leaf-Chronicle. October 10, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Gators flex muscles in 77–14 romp". The Pensacola News-Journal. October 17, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Last-second FG leads UF over Auburn". Fort Lauderdale News. October 31, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Georgia feasts on Gators". Tallahassee Democrat. November 7, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Gator attack clamps down on Kentucky". Sunday Courier & Press. November 14, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Gators trim Tulane, win Bluebonnet bid". The Orlando Sentinel. November 21, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Second-string quarterback sparks Florida". The Sacramento Bee. December 5, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
15. ^ "Hogs' Holtz bathen in comeback victory". The Memphis Press-Scimitar. January 1, 1983. Retrieved November 2, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.

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