The 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1996 college football season. However, the media buzz around the Big Ten surrounded the Northwestern Wildcats who earned their way to an unbeaten conference run. • 1971 Citrus Bowl • 1943 Citrus Bowl • 1969 Citrus Bowl The 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1996 college football season.The 1996 season was the team's seventh under head coach Steve Spurrier.The Gators competed in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. • 1990 Citrus Bowl Classic Along with a national title, quarterback Danny Wuerffel was awarded the Heisman Trophy, annually awarded to college football's top player. [22] The Seminoles scored 17 straight points in the first quarter and Warrick Dunn rushed for a career-best 185 yards. • 2001 Citrus Bowl Classic • 1984 Citrus Bowl [26] FSU's "Pooh Bear" Williams got the ball into the endzone to put the Seminoles up 24–14 midway through the fourth quarter. "[12] Wuerffel then passed for three touchdowns. SOS: 2.78 (48th of 111) . The team's head coach was Mike Cavan. The 1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. [6], The defense underperformed, giving up 311 yards to Georgia Southern's flexbone attack. Tennessee restricts home tickets to about 25%. [36], Ike Hilliard was selected 7th overall by the New York Giants, and Reidel Anthony was selected 16th by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers[37], Defense statistics reflect regular season games only, Tennessee bounced back to stay in the national title picture at 6–1 before being stunned on the road at, 1996 Florida Gators football—consensus national champions, 1996 Southeastern Conference football standings, "Steve Spurrier's Fun 'n' Gun brought football evolution to the SEC", "Gators have the makings of a four-peat in SEC", "Spurrier, Gators aiming for SEC four-peat", "Florida Gators and Tennessee, The Rivalry the '90's Built", "Gators struggle, but still whip Gamecocks", http://www.tampabay.com/sports/college/spurriers-top-10-home-game-memories-at-florida/2292135, "A Backpedaling Spurrier Expects a Clean Sugar Bowl", "ESPN – NCAA College Football – The Moment", "Florida's 48 for 2014, No. [2] Quarterback Danny Wuerffel won the Heisman Trophy. Quarterback Peyton Manning was in his junior year and head coach Phillip Fulmer was in his fifth year. American Football Database is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. At the end of the day, Alltel Stadium was half teal (teal seats in the stadium) and half orange and blue as the Gators won 47–7. Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning had not beaten the Gators in two previous attempts, and after a second-half meltdown a year earlier in Gainesville, the Volunteers were looking to exact revenge on their SEC East rival in Knoxville. [11] Spurrier became the Gators' all-time winningest coach, surpassing Ray Graves' 70 career wins. • 1957 Citrus Bowl • 1986 Citrus Bowl To have a shot at a national title, the Gators needed Ohio State to beat second-ranked Arizona State—the only team to go through the regular season undefeated—in the Rose Bowl, which they did on the final play of the game, setting up the Sugar Bowl as the Bowl Alliance national championship game.