1971 Florida Gators Football Team
The 1971 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The season was Doug Dickey's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Dickey's 1971 Florida Gators finished with a 4–7 overall record and a 1–6 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), tying for eighth among ten SEC teams. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015. Schedule Primary source: ''2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'' Attendance figures: ''1972 University of Florida Football Brochure''. Personnel Game summaries Duke Mississippi State Alabama *Sources: Against the Gators, Alabama's Johnny Musso scored four rushing touchdowns en route to a 38–0 shutout at Florida Field. After Bill Davis gave the Crimson Tide a 3–0 lead with his firs ...
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Doug Dickey
Douglas Adair Dickey (born June 24, 1932) is an American former college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, where he played college football. He is best known as the head coach of the University of Tennessee and the University of Florida football teams, and afterward, as the athletic director of the University of Tennessee. Early life and education Dickey was born in Vermillion, South Dakota, in 1932, and grew up in Gainesville, Florida, where his father was a speech professor at the University of Florida.Tom Mattingly, In the End," ''Tennessee Alumnus Magazine'', vol. 83, no. 3 (Summer 2003). Retrieved March 3, 2010. After graduating from P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, P.K. Yonge High School in Gainesville, he attended the University of Florida and played for coach Bob Woodruff (American football), Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators foot ...
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1971 LSU Tigers Football Team
The 1971 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–3, with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SEC. Schedule Roster Team players drafted into the NFL References LSU LSU Tigers football seasons Sun Bowl champion seasons LSU Tigers football The LSU Tigers football program, also known as the Fighting Tigers, represents Louisiana State University in college football. The Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Th ...

Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2020, Jacksonville's population is 949,611, making it the 12th most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in the Southeast, and the most populous city in the South outside of the state of Texas. With a population of 1,733,937, the Jacksonville metropolitan area ranks as Florida's fourth-largest metropolitan region. Jacksonville straddles the St. Johns River in the First Coast region of northeastern Florida, about south of the Georgia state line ( to the urban core/downtown) and north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic ...
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Gator Bowl Stadium
The Gator Bowl was an American football stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally built in 1927, all but a small portion was razed in 1994 in preparation for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars' inaugural season; the reconstructed stadium became Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, now TIAA Bank Field. The old stadium and its replacement have hosted the Gator Bowl, a post-season college football bowl game, since its inception in 1946. It also hosted the Florida–Georgia football rivalry, Florida–Georgia game, an annual college football rivalry game between the Florida Gators football, University of Florida and the Georgia Bulldogs football, University of Georgia, and was home to several professional sports teams, including the Jacksonville Sharks (WFL), Jacksonville Sharks and Jacksonville Express of the World Football League (WFL), the Jacksonville Tea Men Association football, soccer team, and the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League. Origins Jacksonville's first f ...
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1971 Georgia Bulldogs Football Team
The 1971 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. This was the first season in which the team gave scholarships to black players; freshmen Richard Appleby, Chuck Kinnebrew, Horace King, Clarence Pope, and Larry West, dubbed "The Five," became the first black players in program history. However, since freshmen were not eligible to play varsity football in 1971 (that restriction was lifted in January 1972), the Bulldogs were one of three SEC schools which still fielded an all-white varsity, along with LSU and Ole Miss. All three fielded their first integrated varsity squads the next season. Schedule *Source: 1972 Georgia Bulldogs Football Media Guide/Yearbook Roster References Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football seasons Gator Bowl champion seasons Georgia Bulldogs football The Georgia Bulldogs football program represents the University of Georgia in the sp ...
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Auburn–Florida Football Rivalry
The Auburn–Florida football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University and Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida which was first played in 1912. The schools have been members of the same athletic conference for over a century and were founding members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) when it was established in 1933. The contest was an annual tradition from 1945 until 2002, when the SEC expanded and the rivalry became part of a rotation of other conference games. Since then, the teams have met only four times. The rivalry has been closely contested, both as a series and in individual games, with thirty-three of the contests decided by a touchdown or less, including two ties. And though both the Gators and Tigers have each enjoyed occasional win streaks over the years, the overall tally is close, with Auburn holding a 43-39-2 edge as of the most recent meeting in 2019. It has also seen many ...
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Auburn, Alabama
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama, with a 2020 population of 76,143. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population of 158,991, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 501,649 residents. Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University. It is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the nineteenth fastest-growing metro area in the United States since 1990. U.S. News ranked Auburn among its top ten list of best places to live in the United States for the year 2009. The city's unofficial nickname is "The Loveliest Village On The Plains," taken from a line in the poem ''The Deserted Village'' by Oliver Goldsmith: "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain..." History Inhabited in antiquity by the Creek, the land on which Auburn s ...
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Jordan–Hare Stadium
Jordan–Hare Stadium (properly pronounced n central Alabama dialectas ) is an American football stadium in Auburn, Alabama on the campus Auburn University. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Auburn Tigers football team. The stadium is named for Ralph "Shug" Jordan, who owns the most wins in school history, and Cliff Hare, a member of Auburn's first football team as well as Dean of the Auburn University School of Chemistry and President of the Southern Conference. On November 19, 2005, the playing field at the stadium was named in honor of former Auburn coach and athletic director Pat Dye. The venue is now known as Pat Dye Field at Jordan–Hare Stadium. The stadium reached its current seating capacity of 87,451 with the 2004 expansion and is the 10th largest stadium in the NCAA. For years, it has been a fixture on lists of best gameday atmospheres and most intimidating places to play. History Early years Before 1939, Auburn played its home games at Drake Field, a ...
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1971 Auburn Tigers Football Team
The 1971 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Tigers offense scored 335 points while the defense allowed 182 points. SEC Champion Alabama handed Auburn their only conference loss of the year. Pat Sullivan won the Heisman Trophy. Season In the Iron Bowl, both teams entered the regular season finale undefeated: Auburn lost to Alabama, 31–7. On New Year's Day, the Tigers lost to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, 40-22. Schedule 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide', Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–142, 180 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011 Roster 1972 NFL Draft Awards and honors * Pat Sullivan, Heisman Trophy *Pat Sullivan, Walter Camp Award References {{Auburn Tigers football navbox Auburn Auburn Tigers football seasons Auburn Tigers football The Auburn Tigers football program represents Auburn University in the sport of American college football. Au ...
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1971 Maryland Terrapins Football Team
The 1971 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Roy Lester, the Terrapins compiled a 2–9 record (1–5 in conference), finished in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 283 to 224. The team's statistical leaders included Al Neville with 1,275 passing yards, Monte Hinkle with 457 rushing yards, and Dan Bungori with 490 receiving yards. Schedule Roster References Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ... Maryland Terrapins football seasons Maryland Terrapins football {{Collegefootball-1970s-season-stub ...
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Florida–Florida State Football Rivalry
The Florida–Florida State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the teams of the two oldest public universities of the U.S. state of Florida: the University of Florida (UF) Gators and Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles. Both universities participate in a range of intercollegiate sports, and for the last several years, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has sponsored a "Sunshine Showdown" promotion that tallies the total number of wins for each school in head-to-head sports competition. However, the annual football game between the Gators and Seminoles has consistently been the most intense and notable competition between the in-state rivals. FSU and UF first met on the gridiron in 1958 and have played every year since except in 2020, when scheduling modifications due to the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted what was the fourth longest continuous series in college football. The contest has usually been played late in the sea ...
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1971 Florida State Seminoles Football Team
The 1971 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Larry Jones was head coach, Steve Sloan was an assistant coach/offensive coordinator, and Bill Parcells coached the linebackers. Schedule Roster Season summary At Florida References Florida State Florida State Seminoles football seasons Florida State Seminoles football The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the sport of American football. The Seminoles compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Colle ...