The 2023 Florida Gators football team represented the

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in the Eastern Division of the

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(SEC) during the

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. Led by second-year head coach

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, the Gators played home games at

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. The Florida Gators football team drew an average home attendance of 89,587 in 2023, the 10th highest of all college football teams.

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

No. 14 Utah

The season-opening matchup against Utah was notable for it being the Gators' first non-conference true road game outside the state of Florida since a 38–21 loss to Syracuse in the 1991 season. With the loss, the Gators' most recent non-conference road win outside the state of Florida remains a 38–13 win at Memphis State on September 23,

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. They also had not played a road game west of the Rocky Mountains since a 1983 game at USC.

McNeese

No. 11 Tennessee

Charlotte

Kentucky

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

No. 1 Georgia

Arkansas

No. 19 LSU

No. 9 Missouri

No. 5 Florida State

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Players drafted into the NFL

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References

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