After finishing the regular season 11-1 (7-1 SEC), Florida was selected to the Allstate Sugar Bowl to face Big East Champion Louisville (10-2, 5-2 Big East). This will be just the third meeting between the two schools (1980, 1992) and the first in a bowl game.
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UF has claimed a school-record four-consecutive bowls and will be making its eighth-consecutive January Bowl appearance, the longest active streak in the nation. In addition, the Gators will be appearing in a BCS Bowl for the seventh time, tops in the SEC and tied for the third-best total nationally. Florida?s total of five BCS Bowl wins is tied for the top total in the nation and with a victory it will have the top total in the nation in all-time BCS wins. UF will be making its 40th Bowl appearance.
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2012 Season Highlights
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? ?Florida currently has a school-record 4-game bowl win streak. UF and Florida State are tied for the most active bowl wins with four each. Florida is 20-19 all-time in bowl games.
? ?Head Coach Will Muschamp is the only first time head coach at a BCS-conference school to win 11 regular-season games in his second season after finishing .500 or worse the previous regular season in records back to 1996.
? ?Florida improved from a 6-6 regular season in 2011 to an 11-1 regular season in 2012. The five-game turnaround in the regular season marked the biggest one-year leap for the program in 32 years (0-10-1 in 1979, 7-4 regular season in 1980).
? ?In UF history, 6 teams have started a season 11-1 or better through 12 games. This year marks the fifth time that the Gators have won 11 games in the regular season (1995, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012).
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Year???????? ?Started? ??Finished
1995???????? ?12-0???????? ?12-1* (lost Fiesta Bowl)
1996???????? ?11-1???????? ?12-1* (won Sugar Bowl)
2006???????? ?11-1???????? ?13-1* (won BCS Championship)
2008???????? ?11-1???????? ?13-1* (won BCS Championship)
2009???????? ?12-0???????? ?13-1 (won Sugar Bowl)
2012???????? ?11-1???????? ?TBD
*SEC Champions
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? ?The Gators finished the regular season ranked No. 3 in the BCS Standings, marking their third-highest finish in the final BCS poll. UF finished No. 2 in 2006 and 2008, winning the BCS National Championship both times.
? ?Florida defeated 3 top-10 opponents this season for the second time in school history and are 4-1 against ranked opponents. UF?s four wins against ranked opponents is tied for the second-most in the nation (Stanford, 5).
? ?Florida beat 7 bowl-eligible teams against the nation?s toughest schedule according to NCAA and are 7-1 against bowl teams.
? ?The Gators are 4-1 against current BCS Top 12 teams. The top 2 in the BCS are a combined 4-1 against BCS Top 12 teams.
? ?In 5 games against top-12 BCS opponents, the Gators? average score was 24.8-15.4. UF limited those opponents to 259.6 ypg and forced 15 turnovers. Only one of those 5 ?opponents gained over 300 yards of offense against Florida (TAMU - 334, its lowest output of the season).
? ?The Gator defense has allowed just 12.9 points per game, the fewest in school history since 1964 (9.8).
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2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
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