1963 Florida Gators football team

1963 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Ole Miss $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
No. 5 Auburn	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	1	–	2	7	–	2	–	2
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	5	–	2	1	–	7	–	2
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Tulane	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1963 college football season. The season was Ray Graves' fourth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators started their season 1–1–1, the Gators having eked out their single win over the Richmond Spiders (35–28). Graves' 1963 Florida Gators won their last three games over the Georgia Bulldogs (21–14), Miami Hurricanes (27–21) and Florida State Seminoles (7–0) to finish 6–3–1 overall and 3–3–1 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing seventh of twelve SEC teams.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result
September 14	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 0–9
September 28	Mississippi State	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		T 9–9
October 5	Richmond*	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		W 35–28
October 12	No. 3 Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		W 10–6
October 19	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN		W 21–0
October 26	LSU	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		L 0–14
November 2	No. 5 Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		L 0–19
November 9	Georgia	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL		W 21–14
November 23	Miami (FL)*	Orange Bowl Stadium • Miami, FL		W 27–21
November 30	Florida State*	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		W 7–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game; from 1962 to 1967, AP only ranked the top ten teams.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide^[1]

1 2 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.

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