The

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team represents the

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in the sport of

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. The university fielded its first official varsity football team in the fall of 1906, and has fielded a team every season since then, with the exception of

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

during World War II. The University of Florida did not adopt the "

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" nickname for its sports teams until

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

, and the early Florida football teams were known simply as "Florida" or the "Orange and Blue." The football team played most of their home games at on-campus Fleming Field until 1930, when

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(IAAUS), but was not affiliated with an athletic conference. Later, Florida was a member of the

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and the

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, before joining with a dozen other schools to establish the

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(SEC) in 1932. Since 1992, the Gators have competed in the

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(NCAA)

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(FBS, formerly known as "Division I-A"), and the Eastern Division of the SEC. The list below list presents the season-by-season win–loss records of the Gators football team from its beginning, including its post-season bowl records.

Seasons

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', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 120, 123–124 (2011). * Carlson, Norm, ''University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). . * Golenbock, Peter, ''Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory'', Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). . * Hairston, Jack, ''Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told'', Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). . * Kabat, Ric A.,
Before the Seminoles: Football at Florida State College, 1902–1904
''Florida Historical Quarterly'', vol. LXX, no. 1 (July 1991). * McCarthy, Kevin M.,
Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football
', Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). . * McEwen, Tom, ''The Gators: A Story of Florida Football'', The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974). . * Nash, Noel, ed., ''The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football'', Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). . * Proctor, Samuel, & Wright Langley, ''Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida'', South Star Publishing Company, Gainesville, Florida (1986). . {{Southeastern Conference football team seasons navbox

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