Florida Gators: A history of champions

With the Gators big win in the College World Series last month, Florida became the first SEC school to win National Championships in football, men’s basketball and baseball.

Proudly putting themselves out there as the “Everything School”, UF joins only UCLA, Michigan and Ohio State to win national titles in all three sports.

Football Championships

Florida got their first taste of a national championship win in 1996. The Gators football team faced off against their number one rival, Florida State in the Nokia Sugar Bowl. Led by Florida’s beloved Head Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier, and fellow Heisman Trophy Winner, QB Danny Wuerffel, the Gators beat the Seminoles 52-20 to clinch the school’s first…