The 1994 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Spurrier's 1994 Florida Gators posted an overall record of 10–2–1 and a 7–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing first among the six SEC Eastern Division teams and winning the SEC championship. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.

Schedule

Rankings

Before the season The Gators were eyeing a national championship.

Florida received verbal commitments the following recruits in 1994: Amp Campbell, Ed Chester, Jaquez Green, Isaac Hilliard, Michael Jackson, Nafis Kareem, Travis McGriff, Jamie Richardson, Dossy Robbins and Deak Story. Amp Campbell was considered to be the best signing of the year as he was a top cornerback prospect and part of USA Today's All-America team.

Game summaries New Mexico State

Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.

Terry Dean tied an NCAA record by throwing for seven touchdowns in the first half.Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.

Kentucky

E. Williams 13 Rush, 115 Yds Gainesville Sun. 1994 Sep 11. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.

Tennessee

Ole Miss

LSU

Auburn Coach Terry Bowden's sixth-ranked 1994 Auburn Tigers entered the Swamp as 17-point underdogs to coach Steve Spurrier's top-ranked Gators, but, just like the year before, the Tigers offense kept pace with the Gators as its defense forced key turnovers by the Gators.Rick Warner, " Undefeated Auburn swamps No. 1 Florida, 36−33," The Sunday Gazette, pp. 1E & 6E (October 16, 1994). Retrieved August 17, 2011. The Gators' starting quarterback, Terry Dean, threw four interceptions in the first half, and was replaced by Danny Wuerffel, who threw three touchdown passes but was intercepted by Tigers defensive back Brian Robinson with 1:20 left. Tigers quarterback Patrick Nix engineered a quick drive, and threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Frank Sanders, winning the game for Auburn, 36–33.

Georgia

Southern Mississippi

South Carolina

Vanderbilt

Florida State

In the greatest fourth-quarter comeback of the series, the Gators led the Seminoles 31–3 after three quarters. However, the Seminoles scored 28 points in the final fifteen minutes to tie the game at 31–31.

SEC Championship

Florida State (Sugar Bowl)

The Seminoles then won a rematch in the Sugar Bowl, 23–17, referred to as "The Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter."

Roster

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