1970 Florida Gators football team

1970 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJimmy Dunn (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDoug Knotts (1st season)
Captains
  • Mike Kelley
  • Donny Williams
Home stadiumFlorida Field
1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 0 09 3 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 011 1 0
No. 10 Auburn 5 2 09 2 0
No. 20 Ole Miss 4 2 07 4 0
Florida 3 3 07 4 0
Georgia 3 3 05 5 0
Alabama 3 4 06 5 1
Mississippi State 3 4 06 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 04 7 0
Kentucky 0 7 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The season was Florida alumnus Doug Dickey's first of nine as the new head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Dickey had been the starting quarterback for the Gators under coach Bob Woodruff in 1952 and 1953, and had previously served as the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers before returning to his alma mater in 1970. Dickey's 1970 Florida Gators finished with a 7–4 overall record and a 3–3 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), tying for third among ten SEC teams.