Team: Florida Gators
Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Conference: SEC
Sport: College Football
Background: UF is a major, public,
comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The
state's oldest, largest and most comprehensive university,
Florida is among the nation's most academically diverse
public universities. Florida has a long history of established
programs in international education, research and service.
It is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities
that belongs to the Association of American Universities.
History:
In 1853, the state-funded East Florida Seminary took
over the Kingsbury Academy in Ocala. The seminary moved
to Gainesville in the 1860s and later was consolidated
with the state's land-grant Florida Agricultural College,
then in Lake City. In 1905, by legislative action, the
college became a university and was moved to Gainesville.
Classes first met with 102 students on the present site
on Sept. 26, 1906. UF officially opened its doors to
women in 1947. With more than 46,000 students, Florida
is now one of the five largest universities in the nation.