101st football season in school history; second national championship victory
2006Florida Gators football
Consensus national champion SEC champion SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC Championship Game, W 38–28 vs. Arkansas
BCS National Championship Game, W 41–14 vs. Ohio State
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Division
Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches
No. 1
AP
No. 1
Record
13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Urban Meyer (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator
Dan Mullen (2nd season)
Offensive scheme
Spread option
Co-defensive coordinator
Charlie Strong (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator
Greg Mattison (2nd season)
Base defense
4–3
Captain
Dallas Baker Jemalle Cornelius Earl Everett Billy Latsko Chris Leak Ray McDonald
Home stadium
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium[1]
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#
7
–
1
13
–
1
No. 25 Tennessee
5
–
3
9
–
4
Kentucky
4
–
4
8
–
5
No. 23 Georgia
4
–
4
9
–
4
South Carolina
3
–
5
8
–
5
Vanderbilt
1
–
7
4
–
8
Western Division
No. 15 Arkansas x
7
–
1
10
–
4
No. 9 Auburn
6
–
2
11
–
2
No. 3 LSU %
6
–
2
11
–
2
Alabama
2
–
6
6
–
7
Ole Miss
2
–
6
4
–
8
Mississippi State
1
–
7
3
–
9
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
# – BCS National Champion
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
% – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6).
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2006 college football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The season was the second for head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to an SEC Championship, a BCS National Championship, and an overall win–loss record of 13–1 (.929). Their one loss coming from an upset by the Auburn Tigers.
Florida overcame the toughest schedule in the nation by opponent winning percentage[2][3][4][5] to become national champions. The Gators won their seventh SEC title by defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks 38–28 in the SEC Championship Game on December 2, 2006,[6] then defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 41–14 in the BCS National Championship Game on January 8, 2007, beginning the SEC's streak of seven consecutive national championships.
During the 2006 season, the Gators also celebrated two milestones in their history: the tenth anniversary of their first national football championship in 1996, and 100 years of Florida football dating to their first season in 1906.[7]
In addition, with the men's basketball team winning the 2006 and 2007 NCAA men's basketball national championships, the University of Florida became the first Division I school to ever win the football and men's basketball titles during the same year.[8] Coincidentally, the Gators again faced and defeated Ohio State in the 2007 NCAA basketball championship game, also marking the first time in college sports history that identical matchups and results have occurred in both football and basketball championships.
^University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2006 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
^"NCAA Official Stats, 2006 Toughest Schedule, Sorted on Cumulative Opposition" (PDF). January 10, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
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