Coach record book

Steve Spurrier's Top 25 Games

The defining games from Steve Spurrier's unambiguous full-season assignments, with the coached team identified for every result.

Games: 25
Top score: 79/100
Overtime: 1

Teams coached in this list

National ranking

The top 25 of 313 attributable games

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

1999Week 4
Tennessee at Florida
Tennessee 21, Florida 23
W · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Florida · 2-point margin
Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
79
Game score
1996Week 15
Florida at Florida State
Florida 21, Florida State 24
L · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 2 Florida State · 3-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
76
Game score
1996Week 5
Florida at Tennessee
Florida 35, Tennessee 29
W · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 2 Tennessee · 6-point margin
Ranking 46/50 · Closeness 24/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
75
Game score
Full Game · Florida at Tennessee (Full Game)
1994PostseasonNeutral site
Alabama vs. Florida
Alabama 23, Florida 24
W · Coached Florida vs. Alabama
No. 6 Alabama vs. No. 5 Florida · 1-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 29/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
75
Game score
Full Game · 1994 Florida vs. Alabama (SEC Championship Game Full Game)
1991Week 14
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 9, Florida 14
W · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 5 Florida · 5-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 25/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
74
Game score
2001Week 15
Tennessee at Florida
Tennessee 34, Florida 32
L · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Florida · 2-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
73
Game score
1994Week 8
Auburn at Florida
Auburn 36, Florida 33
L · Coached Florida vs. Auburn
No. 6 Auburn vs. No. 1 Florida · 3-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
72
Game score
Full Game · 1994 Florida vs. Auburn (Regular Season Full Game)
1997Week 14
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 29, Florida 32
W · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 10 Florida · 3-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
72
Game score
1999Week 13
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 30, Florida 23
L · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 3 Florida · 7-point margin
Ranking 48/50 · Closeness 23/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
71
Game score
1994Week 14
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 31, Florida 31
T · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 7 Florida State vs. No. 4 Florida · 0-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 30/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
71
Game score
Full Game · 1994 Florida vs. Florida State (Regular Season Full Game)
2013Week 92OT
South Carolina at Missouri
South Carolina 27, Missouri 24
W · Coached South Carolina vs. Missouri
No. 20 South Carolina vs. No. 5 Missouri · 3-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 11/15 · Win 5/5
70
Game score
2012Week 7
South Carolina at LSU
South Carolina 21, LSU 23
L · Coached South Carolina vs. LSU
No. 3 South Carolina vs. No. 9 LSU · 2-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
68
Game score
Full Game · 2012 LSU vs. South Carolina (Regular Season Full Game)
1997Week 5
Tennessee at Florida
Tennessee 20, Florida 33
W · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Florida · 13-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 17/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
67
Game score
1995Week 14
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 24, Florida 35
W · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 6 Florida State vs. No. 3 Florida · 11-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 19/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
67
Game score
1998Week 4
Florida at Tennessee
Florida 17, Tennessee 20
L · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 8 Florida vs. No. 4 Tennessee · 3-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
67
Game score
1995Week 8
Florida at Auburn
Florida 49, Auburn 38
W · Coached Florida vs. Auburn
No. 3 Florida vs. No. 7 Auburn · 11-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 19/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
66
Game score
1993Week 4
Tennessee at Florida
Tennessee 34, Florida 41
W · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Florida · 7-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 23/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
66
Game score
2000Week 4
Florida at Tennessee
Florida 27, Tennessee 23
W · Coached Florida vs. Tennessee
No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 Tennessee · 4-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 26/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
66
Game score
1994PostseasonNeutral site
Florida vs. Florida State
Florida 17, Florida State 23
L · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 5 Florida vs. No. 7 Florida State · 6-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 24/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
64
Game score
Full Game · 1994 Florida State vs. Florida (Bowl Full Game)
1993Week 14
Florida State at Florida
Florida State 33, Florida 21
L · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 7 Florida · 12-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 18/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
62
Game score
1997Week 9
Florida at Auburn
Florida 24, Auburn 10
W · Coached Florida vs. Auburn
No. 7 Florida vs. No. 6 Auburn · 14-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 16/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
60
Game score
1997Week 8
Florida at LSU
Florida 21, LSU 28
L · Coached Florida vs. LSU
No. 1 Florida vs. No. 14 LSU · 7-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 23/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
60
Game score
1999PostseasonNeutral site
Florida vs. Michigan State
Florida 34, Michigan State 37
L · Coached Florida vs. Michigan State
No. 10 Florida vs. No. 9 Michigan State · 3-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
60
Game score
Full Game · 1999 Michigan State vs. Florida (Bowl Full Game)
1998Week 13
Florida at Florida State
Florida 12, Florida State 23
L · Coached Florida vs. Florida State
No. 8 Florida vs. No. 4 Florida State · 11-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 19/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
59
Game score
1992PostseasonNeutral site
Florida vs. Alabama
Florida 21, Alabama 28
L · Coached Florida vs. Alabama
No. 14 Florida vs. No. 2 Alabama · 7-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 23/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
59
Game score
Full Game · 1992 Alabama vs. Florida (SEC Championship Game Full Game)

Methodology

How coach games are attributed and scored

Attribution: a team-season counts only when one coach owns the full schedule, or exactly one listed coach covers every completed game. Ambiguous split and interim seasons are excluded.

AP ranking, 50: both teams earn points from their AP rank at game time.

Closeness and overtime, 45: close finals earn up to 30 points and overtime earns up to 15.

Result, 5: a win by the coached team earns five points.

Regular-season rankings use the AP poll for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Historical poll, line-score, and video coverage varies.