Fans of other schools, particularly rivals, like to joke that Florida football didn’t exist before 1990. This, of course, is ridiculous.
UF football had plenty of milestones before Steve Spurrier’s return as head ball coach, some going back further than many would guess. The 1928 team lead the nation in points scored, for instance. And beyond such trivia, there were greats from Ray Graves to Spurrier the player to Jack Youngblood to the Cuban Comet to Wilber Marshall to Emmitt and too many more to name.
One thing that is true, though, is that Florida football did not win a championship that stuck before 1990.