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UF won its third
NCCA football
championship
2008
First African-American
student enrolled in the
College of Law
Gatorade invented
by team led by UF
scientist Robert Cade
1965
UF won its first-
ever national
championship —
in men’s golf
1968
Stephen C.
O’Connell
Center opened
1980
UF won first
SEC football
championship
1991
UF became the
first school to hold
NCAA national
championships
in basketball and
football at the
same time
2006
First football game
against FSU;
UF 21, FSU 7
1958
Steve Spurrier won
the Heisman trophy
1966
Samuel Taylor
elected the first
African-American
student body
president
1972
UF won its first
NCAA football
championship;
Danny Wuerffel
awarded Heisman
trophy
1996
Tim Tebow won
the Heisman
Trophy; UF won
second consecutive
NCAA basketball
championship
2007
UF admitted to
the Association
of American
Universities
(AAU)
1985