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About University of Florida Football
Ask most Gator history buffs how the University of Florida athletic teams acquired the Gator nickname and they will relate the story of Phillip Miller and his Gator pennants. The story, as told by Austin Miller, first appeared in the Florida Times-Union on August 19, 1948. His father owned Miller's, a Gainesville novelties store and soda fountain popular with Florida students in the early 1900s. According to Austin Miller, alligator pennants were first sold at the store in the fall of 1908 after Austin suggested the mascot when he and his father visited the Michie Company in 1907. It was a spur of the moment decision. "I had no idea it would stick, or even be popular with the student body," Miller said.
However, 20 years before Austin Miller offered his explanation, UF's first football team captain, Roy Corbett, gave another. In a letter to The Gainesville Sun congratulating Florida's successful 1928 football squad, Corbett wrote, "Incidentally 'Gators' came from a nickname given substitute center [Neal] Bo-Gator Storter. This boy, who had his first train ride coming to Gainesville -- didn't know what a football was - finished school as captain of the varsity."
Corbett's explanation resurfaced in 1962 when Storter, Class of '12, was inducted in the Grand Guard (a club for UF alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago.) Thomas Bryant, the 1912 senior class president, delivered the induction speech and recounted Bo Gator's exploits on the gridiron. "Bo Gator was a Florida legend," Bryant said, "and not too many years later the varsity teams became known as the Gators. His is the greatest contribution to University of Florida football that has ever been made. He gave them his name."
Bo Gator's story was forgotten after 1962. Miller's story became Gator gospel. Was the right story selected? Bo Gator's story begins in the fall of 1907, at the same time that Austin and Phillip Miller were buying pennants. It ends with the victorious (5-0-1) football season of 1911.
About the Stadium
April 16, 1930
Construction begins on original Florida Field
October 27, 1930
Construction completed on original Florida Field (capacity 21,769)... The original stadium consisted of the lower half of the current stadium
November 8, 1930
Dedication of Florida Field as sellout crowd of of 21,769 watches Florida vs. Alabama... The legendary Red Barber, a UF student, calls the play-by-play
October 13, 1934
Florida Field dedicated to memory of servicemen who died in World War I
December 16, 1949
Plans drawn to add 11,200 seats to west stands... Expansion completed for 1950 season, bringing total capacity including temporary bleachers to 40,116
September 23, 1950
The first night game is played at Florida Field versus The Citadel
December, 1965
Construction starts on east side 10,000-seat addition, bringing permanent seating to 56,164... Also temporary bleachers moved to south end zone for total capacity of 62,800 during 1966 season
April, 1971
Artificial surface installed
August, 1982
Completion of south end zone, bringing capacity to 72,000... Also athletic training center and skybox tower and modern press box involved in this project
September 9, 1989
Football stadium named Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field during dedication ceremonies. The stadium is named in honor of Ben Hill Griffin Jr., a life-long Gator supporter and fan who had been extremely benevolent and generous to several sectors at the University of Florida
June 30, 1990
Natural grass replaces artificial turf at Florida Field
September, 1991
Construction completed on new north end zone... Capacity now stands at 83,000, making Florida Field one of the eight largest on-campus collegiate football stadiums in the nation and the largest in the state of Florida...The north end zone addition costs $17 million, but involves no state funding
November 30, 1991
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is the site of the largest football crowd (collegiate or professional) in state of Florida history (85,461 vs. FSU)... During the 1991 and 1992 seasons the stadium will be the site of the 12 largest crowds in state history
October 12, 1991
The official dedication of the new north end zone is held, as Florida meets Tennessee... Red Barber, who called the original dedication game in 1930, is UF's special guest of honor
End of 1991 Season
Head Coach Steve Spurrier tags Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field "The Swamp"... Spurrier says, "The swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous."
August of 1998
A $2.1 million video project allows fans to catch game action on the new Daktronics LED Video Board located in the SEZ or on one of the 23 monitors located underneath the North and South endzone mezzanines. A $4.8 million renovation of the South Endzone complex expands the locker room, strength and conditioning area and medical training area to 51,000 square feet. The complex, which features displays on Gator Greats, also includes a 130-seat amphitheater squad meeting room.
May 14, 2001
A $50 million construction project begins to expand the press level, add chairback seats on a new club level, renovate existing suites and add additional luxury suites. The press level will be expanded to more than 200 working press seats and six TV/radio booths. More than 2,900 chairback seats, dubbed the "Champions Club" will be added on the west side of the stadium. Twenty-eight existing suites will be renovated and an additional 28 suites will be built. The entire project, built with no state money, will be complete just prior to the 2003 football season.
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