Postseason 1996 Florida Gators football team

1 postseason

1.1 alabama
1.2 florida state
1.3 awards , honors

1.3.1 national award winners
1.3.2 nfl draft

postseason
alabama


date: december 7
location: georgia dome, atlanta
game attendance: 74,132

the gators beat alabama crimson tide 45–30 in sec championship, wuerffel passed 6 touchdowns. 94-yard touchdown pass alabama pull within 3 answered 85-yard touchdown jacquez green.

texas upset nebraska in inaugural big 12 championship, securing gators spot in sugar bowl. have shot @ national title, gators needed ohio state beat second-ranked arizona state—the team go through regular season undefeated—in rose bowl, did on final play of game, setting sugar bowl bowl alliance national championship game.

florida state


date: january 2, 1997
location: louisiana superdome, new orleans
game attendance: 78,344

the gators used shotgun formation give wuerffel more time throw , defeated fsu in rematch 52–20, first national title.

hilliard scored once on stop , pop stopped on dime avoid seminole defenders, ran endzone. 42-yard terry jackson touchdown run sealed victory.

awards , honors
national award winners

along national title, quarterback danny wuerffel awarded heisman trophy, annually awarded college football s top player. awarded maxwell award, walter camp award, davey o brien award, johnny unitas golden arm award, draddy trophy, national football foundation , college hall of fame scholar, , college football association scholar-athlete team. lawrence wright won jim thorpe award, , on college football association scholar-athlete team. jeff mitchell outland trophy semi-finalist.

wuerffel, ike hilliard, , reidel anthony consensus all-americans.

nfl draft

ike hilliard selected 7th overall new york giants, , reidel anthony selected 16th tampa bay buccaneers