2013 Florida Gators football team

2013 Florida Gators football
2013 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Will Muschamp (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Brent Pease (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	D. J. Durkin (1st as coordinator; 4th overall season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 4 South Carolina	6	–	2	11	–	2
Georgia	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 24 Vanderbilt	4	–	4	9	–	4
Florida	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tennessee	2	–	6	5	–	7
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	10
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 7 Alabama x%	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 14 LSU *	5	–	3	10	–	3
No. 18 Texas A&M	4	–	4	9	–	4
Mississippi State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Ole Miss *	3	–	5	8	–	5
Arkansas	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' Music City Bowl win) due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS 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). They played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and the 2013 season was the Gators' third under head coach Will Muschamp. The Gators finished the season with a 4–8 overall win–loss record, and finished 3–5 in the SEC and in fifth place in the SEC Eastern Division. The Gators suffered their first losing season since 1979 and did not play in a bowl game for the first time since 1990, when the program was on NCAA probation.

2013 recap

Following their success in 2012, the Gators were ranked No. 10 in both major polls coming into the 2013 season. They opened with a 24–6 home win over Toledo, then fell 21–16 to in-state rival Miami in a game in which the Gators gained almost twice as many yards as the Hurricanes but committed 5 turnovers, including a crucial late interception in the red zone.

The Gators next beat the SEC rival Tennessee Volunteers at home, but lost starting quarterback Jeff Driskel for the rest of the season with a broken leg. Tyler Murphy finished the Tennessee game at quarterback and garnered praise for his play in consecutive wins over Kentucky and Arkansas, at which point the team's record was 4–1.

The offense was held to just two field goals in the next game, a 17–6 loss at No. 10 LSU. This contest would start several negative trends, as the Gators ended the season on a seven-game losing streak in which the offense struggled mightily while major injuries ended the season for a dozen starting players, including Tyler Murphy and defensive leader Dominique Easley.

For the first time since the winless 1979 team, the Gators finished the 2013 season with a losing record. Several other streaks were broken, including 22 consecutive seasons going to a bowl game and a 22-game win streak against Vanderbilt. With a November loss to Georgia Southern, Florida suffered its first ever defeat to a lower division team^[2] and its first loss to a current FCS team since the winless 1946 Gators lost to Villanova.^[3] The Gator offense was ranked 112th nationally.^[4]

Despite calls from the fanbase to fire Will Muschamp for the teams' performance, UF athletic director Jeremy Foley repeated several times that he would remain the Gators head coach through 2014. However, offensive coordinator Brent Pease and offensive line coach Tim Davis were fired on the day after the season finale.^[4] Muschamp hired Kurt Roper as the new offensive coordinator.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	Toledo*	No. 10	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECTV	W 24–6	83,604
September 7	at Miami (FL)*	No. 12	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 16–21	76,968
September 21	Tennessee	No. 19	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 31–17	90,074
September 28	at Kentucky	No. 20	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 24–7	62,076
October 5	Arkansas	No. 18	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	W 30–10	90,043
October 12	at No. 10 LSU	No. 17	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	L 6–17	92,980
October 19	at No. 14 Missouri	No. 22	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECTV	L 17–36	67,124
November 2	vs. Georgia		EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 20–23	84,693
November 9	Vanderbilt		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	FSN/Sun	L 17–34	88,004
November 16	at No. 11 South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN2	L 14–19	83,853
November 23	Georgia Southern*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	L 20–26	82,459
November 30	No. 2 Florida State*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–37	90,454
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[6]

Rankings

The Gators fell out of the AP Top 25 on October 20 for the first time since the final rankings of the 2011 season, when they won the Gator Bowl, following their third loss of the season to Missouri on October 19.

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	10	12	18	19	20	18	17	22	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	10	9	20	18	19	19	17	22	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Harris	Not released							21	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Roster

2013 Florida Gators roster

Quarterbacks

6 Jeff Driskel – junior
3 Tyler Murphy – junior
17 Skyler Mornhinweg – freshman
14 Chris Wilkes – Freshman
9 Jacob Guy – freshman
19 Ryan McGriff – sophomore
12 Max Staver – freshman
13 Christian Provancha – junior
15 Ryan Parrish – junior

Running backs

24 Matt Jones – sophomore (6'2, 228)
33 Mack Brown – junior (5'11, 215)
21 Kelvin Taylor – freshman (5'10, 214)
22 Adam Lane – freshman (5'7, 205)
37 Mark Herndon – sophomore
10 Valdez Showers – sophomore

Full backs

41 Hunter Joyer – junior (5'11, 233)
25 Gideon Ajagbe – junior (6'2, 243)
29 Rhaheim Ledbetter – freshman

Wide receivers

1 Quinton Dunbar – junior (6'2, 194)
8 Trey Burton – senior (6'2, 224)
9 Latroy Pittman – sophomore (6'0, 207)
11 Demarcus Robinson – Freshman (6'2, 204)
4 Andre Debose – senior (6'0, 187)
81 Marqui Hawkins – freshman (6'1, 179)
89 Alvin Bailey – Freshman (6'0, 170)
5 Ahmad Fulwood – Freshman (6'4, 200)
85 Chris Thompson – Freshman (6'0, 167)
30 Michael McNeely – junior
33 Chris Maignan – senior
45 Braxton Skinner – senior
81 Darius Masline – freshman
83 Solomon Patton – senior
86 Raphael Andrades – sophomore
87 A. J. Mobley – junior

Tight ends

18 Kent Taylor – sophomore
82 Bair Diamond – freshman
84 Colin Thompson – freshman
87 Tevin Westbrook – junior
88 Clay Burton – junior

Offensive line

67 Jon Halapio – senior
70 D. J. Humphries – sophomore
72 Jonotthan Harrison – senior
76 Max Garcia – junior
75 Chaz Green – junior
73 Tyler Moore – sophomore
74 Trenton Brown – Junior
64 Kyle Koehne – senior
63 Trip Thurman – sophomore
50 Octavius Jackson – Freshman
71 Cameron Dillard – Freshman
55 Rod Johnson – Freshman
78 Quinteze Williams – freshman
77 Ian Silberman – junior
79 Matthew Fuchs – freshman

Defensive Line (NT)(DT)

2 Dominique Easley – senior (6'3, 286)
55 Darious Cummings – Junior (6'1, 309)
4 Damien Jacobs – senior (6'2, 286)
44 Leon Orr – junior (6'5, 310)
57 Caleb Brantley – Freshman (6'3, 304)
99 Jay-nard Bostwick – Freshman (6'4 291)

Defensive Line (DE)

90 Jonathan Bullard – Sophomore (6'3, 270)
94 Bryan Cox Jr. – freshman (6'3 260)
95 Alex McCallister – freshman (6'6 238)
91 Joey Ivie – freshman (6'3 263)
17 Jordan Sherit – Freshman (6'5 234)
45 Antonio Riles – Freshman (6'4 286)
57 Dakota Wilson – sophomore
97 Evan Holmes – sophomore

Buck

6 Dante Fowler Jr. – sophomore (6'3 265)
7 Ronald Powell – junior (6'4 240)
95 Alex McCallister – freshman (6'6 238)

Linebackers

3 Antonio Morrison – sophomore
7 Ronald Powell – junior
11 Neiron Ball – junior
49 Darrin Kitchens – senior
51 Michael Taylor – junior
13 Daniel McMillian – Freshman
34 Alex Anzalone – freshman
9 Matt Rolin – freshman
40 Jarrad Davis – Freshman
28 Jeremi Powell – freshman
36 David Campbell – senior
38 Samuel Nowakowski – freshman
53 Cody Adams – sophomore

Defensive backs

5 Marcus Roberson – junior
15 Loucheiz Purifoy – junior
14 Jaylen Watkins – senior
1 Vernon Hargreaves III – Freshman
24 Brian Poole – sophomore
8 Jeremy Brown – senior

Safety

31 Cody Riggs – junior
20 Marcus Maye – freshman
21 Jabari Gorman – junior
22 Nick Washington – Freshman
42 Keanu Neal – Freshman
26 Marcell Harris – Freshman
21 Evan Schroeder – sophomore
22 Hugh Miles – sophomore
27 Ben Peacock – sophomore
30 Tim Clark – senior

Punters

4 Kyle Christy – junior
39 Todd Fennell – sophomore
40 Justin Vogel – freshman
42 Grant Van Aman – freshman
19 Johnny Townsend – freshman

Kickers

16 Austin Hardin – freshman
95 Francisco Velez – junior
97 Brad Phillips – senior

Long snappers

43 Kyle Crofoot – sophomore
46 Drew Ferris – junior

Coaching staff

Name	Current responsibilities	Joined staff
Will Muschamp	Head coach	2011
Brent Pease	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	2012
D. J. Durkin	Defensive coordinator/linebackers	2010
Jeff Choate	Assistant head coach, outside linebackers/special teams	2013
Joker Phillips	Wide receivers/recruiting coordinator	2013
Brad Lawing	Assistant head coach/defensive line	2013
Tim Davis	Offensive line/running game coordinator	2012
Travaris Robinson	Defensive backs	2011
Brian White	Running backs	2009
Derek Lewis	Tight ends	2011

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
1	29	Dominique Easley	DT	New England Patriots
4	101	Jaylen Watkins	CB	Philadelphia Eagles
5	169	Ronald Powell	OLB	New Orleans Saints
6	179	Jon Halapio	G	New England Patriots

References

^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2013 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
^ GSU Recap
^ GSU story
^ ^a ^b "Florida fires embattled O-coordinator Pease". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 1, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
^ "Florida hires Kurt Roper as offensive coordinator". USA TODAY. December 26, 2013.
^ "Gator Football Schedule/Results - GatorZone.com". Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

[1] University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2013 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

[GSU_Recap-2] GSU Recap

[GSU_Story-3] GSU story

[autogenerated1-4] "Florida fires embattled O-coordinator Pease". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 1, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2024.

[5] "Florida hires Kurt Roper as offensive coordinator". USA TODAY. December 26, 2013.

[6] "Gator Football Schedule/Results - GatorZone.com". Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

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