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1962 Florida Gators football team

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1962 record
  
7–4 (4–2 5th SEC)

Offensive coordinator
  
Pepper Rodgers

Home stadium
  
Florida Field

Head coach
  
Ray Graves

Defensive coordinator
  
Jack Green

Conference
  
Southeastern Conference

The 1962 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1962 college football season. The season was the third of Ray Graves' ten seasons as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Graves' 1962 Florida Gators posted a 7–4 overall record and a 4–2 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing fifth in twelve-team SEC. The Gators won the Gator Bowl again in 1962, upsetting ninth-ranked Penn State. They wore the Confederate Battle Flag on the side of their helmets to pump up the southern team facing a favored northern school.

Schedule and results

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide

References

1962 Florida Gators football team Wikipedia