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1982 Florida Gators football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1982

| team = Florida Gators

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Southeastern Conference

| short_conf = SEC

| record = 8–4

| conf_record = 3–3

| head_coach = Charley Pell

| hc_year = 4th

| off_coach = Mike Shanahan

| oc_year = 3rd

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Joe Kines

| dc_year = 2nd

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Florida Field

| bowl = Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

| bowl_result = {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} 24–28 vs. Arkansas

}}

{{1982 Southeastern Conference football standings}}

The 1982 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the fourth for Charley Pell as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Pell's 1982 Florida Gators posted an 8–4 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 3–3, tying for sixth place in the ten-team SEC.[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143532/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf |date=2015-12-08 }}, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.

The highlight of the season was a nationally televised September victory over Southern Cal in the Trojans' only visit to Florida Field. Gator linebacker Wilber Marshall had 14 tackles and 4 sacks in the 17–9 victory and was named national defensive player of the week on his way to All-American honors at the end of the season.{{cite web |title=Wilber Marshall - A Tradition of Honor |url=https://floridagators.com/news/2008/9/10/14438.aspx |website=Florida Gators |publisher=University of Florida Athletic Association |access-date=7 October 2019 |language=en}} On offense, the team was led by quarterback Wayne Peace, who set an NCAA record for completion percentage in a season (70.7%) running offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan's short passing attack.{{cite news |last1=Andreu |first1=Robbie |title=Where are they now? Wayne Peace |url=https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20100731/Sports/604157439/GS/ |access-date=7 October 2019 |work=Gainesville Sun |date=July 31, 2010 |language=en}}

Florida played six of their first seven games at home and rode their early season success into a No. 4 ranking in early October, which matched the highest AP poll placement in program history up to that time. However, close losses to LSU and Vanderbilt and a blow-out loss to arch rival Georgia knocked them out of the polls, and the Gators finished the season 8–4 after a loss in the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1982

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 4

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 16

| opponent = Miami (FL)

| opprank = 15

| site_stadium = Florida Field

| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = USA

| score = 17–14

| attend = 71,864

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-peace-td-pass/134532981/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Peace TD pass topples Miami|date=September 5, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 11

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 11

| opponent = USC

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Florida Field

| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL

| tv = ABC

| score = 17–9

| attend = 73,238

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-florida-on-way-up/134533068/|work=The Los Angeles Times|title=Florida, on way up, uses USC as stepping stone, 17–9|date=September 12, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 25

| w/l = w

| rank = 5

| opponent = Mississippi State

| site_stadium = Florida Field

| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL

| tv = ESPN

| score = 27–17

| attend = 71,544

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-floridas-hampto/134531845/|work=The Selma Times-Journal|title=Florida's Hampton keys Gator victory|date=September 26, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| w/l = l

| rank = 4

| opponent = LSU

| site_stadium = Florida Field

| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = USA

| score = 13–24

| attend = 73,152

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-tigers-stun-gators/134533133/|work=Hattiesburg American|title=Tigers stun Gators|date=October 3, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 14

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium

| site_cityst = Nashville, TN

| score = 29–31

| attend = 39,726

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-vandy-shocks-gators/134533237/|work=The Leaf-Chronicle|title=Vandy shocks Gators!|date=October 10, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| homecoming = y

| opponent = West Texas State

| site_stadium = Florida Field

| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL

| score = 77–14

| attend = 72,885

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-gators-flex-muscl/134533441/|work=The Pensacola News-Journal|title=Gators flex muscles in 77–14 romp|date=October 17, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = w

| opponent = Auburn

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Florida Field

| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 19–17

| attend = 73,532

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-lauderdale-news-last-second-fg-lead/134533546/|work=Fort Lauderdale News|title=Last-second FG leads UF over Auburn|date=October 31, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| rank = 20

| opponent = Georgia

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Gator Bowl Stadium

| site_cityst = Jacksonville, FL

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = CBS

| score = 0–44

| attend = 80,749

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-georgia-feasts-on-g/134533691/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|title=Georgia feasts on Gators|date=November 7, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Kentucky

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium

| site_cityst = Lexington, KY

| score = 39–13

| attend = 53,245

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-press-gator-attack-clamps-dow/134528799/|work=Sunday Courier & Press|title=Gator attack clamps down on Kentucky|date=November 14, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 20

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Tulane

| site_stadium = Louisiana Superdome

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| score = 21–14

| attend = 27,795

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87426009/gators-trim-tulane-win-bluebonnet-bid/|work=The Orlando Sentinel|title=Gators trim Tulane, win Bluebonnet bid|date=November 21, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 4

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Florida State

| opprank = 15

| site_stadium = Doak Campbell Stadium

| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 13–10

| attend = 57,369

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-second-string-quarter/134533886/|work=The Sacramento Bee|title=Second-string quarterback sparks Florida|date=December 5, 1982|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 31

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Arkansas

| opprank = 14

| gamename = Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

| site_stadium = Astrodome

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| tv = MTN

| score = 24–28

| attend = 31,557

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-press-scimitar-hogs-holtz-b/134533976/|work=The Memphis Press-Scimitar|title=Hogs' Holtz bathen in comeback victory|date=January 1, 1983|accessdate=November 2, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

}}

Personnel

{{American football roster/Header|year=1982|team=Florida Gators|teamcolors=y

|offensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=27|class=Fr|first=Neal|last=Anderson|pos=RB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Phil|last=Bromley|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Johnell|last=Brown|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Lomas|last=Brown|pos=OL|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ronnie|last=Diltz|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dwayne|last=Dixon|pos=WR|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Chris|last=Faulkner|pos=TE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dan|last=Fike|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Russell|last=Gallon|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Lorenzo|last=Hampton|pos=RB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Joe|last=Henderson|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bob|last=Hewko|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dwayne|last=Hinson|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John|last=Hunt|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Spencer|last=Jackson|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=James|last=Jones|pos=RB|link=y|dab=James Jones (running back, born 1961)}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Broughton|last=Lang|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Mike|last=Mularkey|pos=TE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=15|class=Jr|first=Wayne|last=Peace|pos=QB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tom|last=Peddle|pos=TE}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Gary|last=Rolle|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Buddy|last=Schultheis|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Derald|last=Williams|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John L.|last=Williams|pos=RB|link=y|dab=John L. Williams (American football)}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tyrone|last=Young|pos=WR|link=y}}

|defensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Val|last=Brown|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Vernell|last=Brown|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Randy|last=Clark|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ivory|last=Curry|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ricky|last=Easmon|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Sonny|last=Gilliam|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Roy|last=Harris|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Fernando|last=Jackson|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tony|last=Lilly|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=88|class=Jr|first=Wilber|last=Marshall|pos=LB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Fred|last=McCallister|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Vito|last=McKeever|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Patrick|last=Miller|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tim|last=Newton|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Roger|last=Sibbald|pos=DB|pos2=P}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bruce|last=Vaughan|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John|last=Whittaker|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Tom|last=Wiegmann|pos=LB}}

|special_teams_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ray|last=Criswell|pos=P}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jim|last=Gainey|pos=K}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bobby|last=Raymond|pos=K}}

}}

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