Florida Gators

History
The Florida Gators football team's first season was 1906. The current conference that the Gators are in is the SEC. The division they are in is the East. The Florida Gators have won 3 BCS national championships in the years 1996, 2006, and 2008. The Gators have 8 total SEC conference titles and the years that they took home the titles are 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, and 2008. The Florida Gators' players have brought to the college 3 heisman trophies. The current head coach of The Florida Gators' football team is Urban Meyer, which you will learn a little more about under the "coach" section.

Notable Alumni
Tim Tebow QB

Emmit Smith RB

Fred Taylor RB

Steve Spurrier QB

Rex Grossman QB

Percy Harvin WR

Danny Wuerffel QB

Chris Leak QB

Rivalries
The Gators football team is in many rivalries down below here they are and the all-time records

Florida State vs. Florida
One of the greatest college rivalries is the Florida-FSU Rivalry. The first meeting between the 2 dated back to 1958 with the Florida Gators winning. The all-time record between the 2 is 33-19-2 with the Gators leading that and the Gators have won 6 in a row between the 2 teams.

Mascot
The mascot for the Florida Gators' mascot is Albert and Alberta.

Coach
The current head coach for the Gators is Urban Meyer. He is in his sixth year of being the head coach for the Gators and his current record with them is 59-10.

Stadium
The Florida Gators play in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium which holds up to 88,548 people. The surface of the stadium is grass. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is better known as "The Swamp" which is seen throughout the stadium.

Record
The all-time record for the Florida Gators football team's record is 654-374-40. (for people who don't know that's 654 wins, 374 losses, and 40 ties.) The record is as of 9/19/2010.

The Gators' record in the postseason is 18-19.