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{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
|name         = Wes Chandler
|image        = Wes Chandler.jpg
|caption      = Chandler with the San Diego Chargers {{circa}} 1982
|number       = 89, 81
|position     = [[Wide receiver]]
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1956|8|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place  = [[New Smyrna Beach, Florida]], U.S.
|height_ft    = 6
|height_in    = 0
|weight_lbs   = 196
|high_school  = [[New Smyrna Beach High School|New Smyrna Beach]]
|college      = [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] (1974–1977)
|draftyear    = 1978
|draftround   = 1
|draftpick    = 3
|pastteams    = 
* [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{NFL Year|1978}}–{{NFL Year|1981}})
* [[San Diego Chargers]] (1981–{{NFL Year|1987}})
* [[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|1988}})
|pastcoaching = 
* [[Orlando Thunder]] ([[World League of American Football|1991–1992]]) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[UCF Knights football|UCF]] (1994–1995) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)|Rhein Fire]] ({{RHE season|1995}}–{{RHE season|1997}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe)|Frankfurt Galaxy]] ({{FRA season|1998}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[Berlin Thunder]] ([[NFL Europe|1999]]) <br> Head coach
* [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2002}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[Minnesota Vikings]] ({{NFL Year|2005}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2008}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[Hartford Colonials|New York Sentinels]] ({{UFL Year|2009}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* [[California Golden Bears football|California]] (2012) <br> Wide receivers coach
|highlights   = 
* First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1982 All-Pro Team|1982]])
* Second-team All-Pro ([[1979 All-Pro Team|1979]])
* 4× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1980 Pro Bowl|1979]], [[1983 Pro Bowl|1982]], [[1984 Pro Bowl|1983]], [[1986 Pro Bowl|1985]])
* [[List of National Football League annual receiving yards leaders|NFL receiving yards leader]] (1982)
* [[List of NFL season receiving touchdowns leaders|NFL receiving touchdowns leader]] (1982)
* [[Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame]]
* [[List of San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team|San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team]]
* [[List of San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team|San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team]]
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1977 College Football All-America Team|1977]])
* Third-team All-American ([[1976 College Football All-America Team|1976]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1976 All-SEC football team|1976]], [[1976 All-SEC football team|1977]])
* [[Florida–Georgia football rivalry#Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame|Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame]]
* [[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame]]
|statlabel3   = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
|statvalue3   = 559
|statlabel4   = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receiving yards]]
|statvalue4   = 8,966
|statlabel5   = [[Touchdown|Receiving touchdowns]]
|statvalue5   = 56
|pfr          = ChanWe00
|CollegeHOF  = 2379
}}

'''Wesley Sandy Chandler''' (born August 22, 1956) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[wide receiver]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for eleven seasons during the 1970s and 1980s.  He was selected to the [[Pro Bowl]] four times, and ranked twelfth in NFL history in receiving yards and thirteenth in receptions when he retired. Chandler is a member of the [[Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame|Chargers Hall of Fame]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Florida Gators football|Florida Gators]] and was also inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2015.

Playing as a receiver in a run-oriented [[Wishbone formation|wishbone]] offense at Florida, Chandler set a school record with 28 touchdowns. He was named both an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] and an [[Academic All-American]] in 1977. He was picked third overall by the [[New Orleans Saints]] in the [[1978 NFL draft]]. Over an 11-year NFL career, Chandler played for the Saints, the [[San Diego Chargers]] and the [[San Francisco 49ers]].  He holds the NFL record for most [[receiving yards]] per game in a season, set in 1982 with the Chargers.  After retiring as a player, he became a football coach, and served as the wide receivers coach for various teams at the professional and college level.

== Early life ==

Chandler was born in [[New Smyrna Beach, Florida]].  He attended [[New Smyrna Beach High School]],<ref name=dbfbprofile>databaseFootball.com, Players, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100211233037/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ChandWes01  Wes Chandler]}}.  Retrieved June 2, 2010.</ref> where he was a standout high school football player for coach [[Bud Asher]]'s New Smyrna Beach Barracudas.<ref name=fhsaa>"[http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2007/1204  FHSAA unveils '100 Greatest Players of First 100 Years' as part of centennial football celebration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322032439/http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2007/1204 |date=March 22, 2012 }}," Florida High School Athletic Association (December 4, 2007).  Retrieved May 26, 2011.</ref> In his junior year the team was undefeated, including a victory over the Rams of [[Interlachen High School]] which snapped their 21-game regular season win streak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20121109/SPORTS/121109758|title=New Smyrna Beach rallies around its Barracudas as they go for 9-0|author=Ken Willis}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19731012&id=aXw0AAAAIBAJ&pg=5416,3305922&hl=en|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|date=October 12, 1973|title='Cudas Go After 5th Straight}}</ref> Chandler scored twenty-two [[touchdown]]s as a senior in 1973 (scoring five in a single game), and rushing for 1,052 yards and catching 22 [[reception (American football)|reception]]s as a [[wishbone offense|wishbone]] [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]].<ref name=fhsaa/> Prominent with him in the backfield were the brothers Reggie and Keith Beverly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1998/12/04/leading-the-way-7/|title=Leading the Way|date=December 4, 1998}}</ref> Chandler earned the nickname "Little Joe" due to his small size.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19750915&id=udAhAAAAIBAJ&pg=876,4841816&hl=en|date=September 15, 1975|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|title=Chandler May Make Gator Fans Forget McGriff}}</ref>  In 2007, thirty-three years after he graduated from high school, the [[Florida High School Athletic Association]] (FHSAA) recognized Chandler as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.<ref name=fhsaa/>

== College career ==

Chandler accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a wide receiver under coach [[Doug Dickey]] on the [[Florida Gators football|Gators football]] team from [[1974 Florida Gators football team|1974]] to [[1977 Florida Gators football team|1977]].<ref name=ufmediaguide>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf  2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035222/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf |date=April 2, 2012 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 86, 89, 91, 96, 100, 103, 124, 127, 139, 143–145, 147–148, 150, 180 (2011).  Retrieved August 28, 2011.</ref>  While he was a Florida undergraduate, Chandler became a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities|Fraternity]] (Theta Sigma Chapter).  As a Gator, he caught ninety-two passes for 1,963 yards and a school record twenty-two touchdowns in a run-oriented offense, adding six more scores on rushes and kick returns to set the school record for total touchdowns with twenty-eight. He led the Gators in receiving yards for three straight seasons (1975, 1976 and 1977), and despite many seasons of pass-oriented offenses since his time in Gainesville, he still holds Florida's career records in average yards per catch (21.3) and touchdown to reception ratio (one touchdown per 4.18 catches).<ref name=ufmediaguide/>

Chandler was a first-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) selection and a first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in 1976 and 1977, a first-team [[Academic All-America]]n in 1977, and the recipient of the Gators' [[Fergie Ferguson Award]] as a senior team captain in 1977.<ref name=ufmediaguide/>  He also finished tenth in the balloting for the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1977 Heisman Trophy Voting |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1977.html |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=[[Sports Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>  He is widely considered to be one of the best all-around football players to ever play for the University of Florida,<ref>''See, e.g.,'' Pat Dooley, "[http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220279  Dooley: Percy might be the best Gator ever] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615061754/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081122/NEWS/811220279 |date=June 15, 2011 }}," ''Gainesville Sun'' (November 22, 2008).  Retrieved June 2, 2010.</ref> and has been named to several all-time Gators and all-SEC teams, and was inducted into the [[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame]] as a "Gator Great" in 1989.<ref>F Club, Hall of Fame, [http://www.gatorfclub.org/hall-of-fame/greats  Gator Greats].  Retrieved December 13, 2014.</ref><ref>Jack Hairston, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uvERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2553,4766549&dq=university-of-florida+hall-of-fame&hl=en  Chandler, Ellenson worthy additions to UF Hall of Fame]," ''The Gainesville Sun'', pp. 1C & 2C (April 14, 1989).  Retrieved July 24, 2011.</ref>  In 2006, ''The Gainesville Sun'' recognized Chandler as No. 6 among the top 100 Florida Gators players of the first 100 years of the team,<ref>Robbie Andreu & Pat Dooley, "[http://www.gainesville.com/article/20060828/GATORS70/60828007?tc=ar  No. 6 Wes Chandler] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719115708/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20060828/GATORS70/60828007?tc=ar |date=July 19, 2014 }}," ''The Gainesville Sun'' (August 28, 2006).  Retrieved March 31, 2013.</ref> and in 2015, Chandler was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2015/1/8/_55116.aspx?path=football|title=NFF Proudly Announces Star-Studded 2015 College Football Hall of Fame Class|publisher= National Football Foundation |date=January 9, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2016}}</ref>

== Professional career ==

The [[New Orleans Saints]] selected Chandler in the first round (third pick overall) in the 1978 NFL Draft,<ref>Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2012  1978 National Football League Draft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610041930/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2012 |date=June 10, 2011 }}.  Retrieved June 2, 2010.</ref> and he played for the Saints for four seasons from {{NFL Year|1978}} to {{NFL Year|1981}}.<ref name=nflprofile>National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/players/weschandler/profile?id=CHA344386  Wes Chandler].  Retrieved June 2, 2010.</ref>  Chandler was selected to the [[Pro Bowl]] after his second season in the league after finishing with 1,069 yards and six touchdown [[reception (American football)|reception]]s.  He was traded to the [[San Diego Chargers]] on September 30, 1981,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 18, 2023 |title=SPORTS PEOPLE; Only for the Best - The New York Times |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/01/sports/sports-people-only-for-the-best.html |access-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918015302/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/01/sports/sports-people-only-for-the-best.html?searchResultPosition=7 |archive-date=September 18, 2023 }}</ref> to replace star receiver [[John Jefferson (American football)|John Jefferson]], who was traded to the [[Green Bay Packers]] after a bitter contract hold-out.<ref name=lahman/>  In the opening round of the [[1981–82 NFL playoffs|playoffs that year]] in a game known as [[The Epic In Miami]], he caught six passes for 106 yards and returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown in the Chargers 41–38 victory.<ref name=lahman>{{cite book|last=Lahman|first=Sean|title=The Pro Football Historical Abstract: A Hardcore Fan's Guide to All-Time Player Rankings|page=166|year=2007|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn= 9781592289400|url=https://archive.org/details/profootballhisto0000lahm/page/166/mode/2up|via=[[Internet Archive]]|url-access=registration|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Wes Chandler 1987.jpg|thumb|Chandler c. 1987]]
The following season was Chandler's best, when he led the NFL with 1,032 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns in the strike-shortened {{NFL Year|1982}} season;<ref name=lahman/> his average of 129 yards receiving per game that year is still an NFL record.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cobbs |first=Chris |title=Don't Mess With Wes : Chandler Uses Fear to His Own Advantage Against Pain, Pressure |date=August 15, 1986 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-15-sp-3845-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718170031/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1986-08-15/sports/sp-3845_1_wes-chandler |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NFL Receiving Yards per Game Single-Season Leaders |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rec_yds_per_g_single_season.htm |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> He also caught nine passes for 124 yards in a playoff win over the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].  Chandler represented Chargers players in the [[National Football League Players Association|players' union]], and many NFL players in that role were cut or traded after the [[1987 NFL strike]]. After he was elected to the union's executive committee, Chandler was traded to the [[San Francisco 49ers]], with whom he finished his career in [[1988 San Francisco 49ers season|1988]].<ref name=lahman/> He played in four games before retiring in October after tendinitis in a knee and frustration over his performance. The 49ers went on to win the [[Super Bowl]] that season. "My heart wasn't in it. It had nothing to do with being a quitter.  It was more about real-life decisions," he said.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crumpacker |first=John |title=Wes Chandler finds home on Cal staff |date=August 11, 2012 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Wes-Chandler-finds-home-on-Cal-staff-3781688.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220191543/http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Wes-Chandler-finds-home-on-Cal-staff-3781688.php |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Names in the News |date=October 1, 1988 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-01-sp-4223-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301105450/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-10-01/sports/sp-4223_1_receiver-wes-chandler-of-the-san-francisco |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During his 11-year NFL career, Chandler caught 559 passes for 8,966 yards and 56 touchdowns, rushed for 84 yards, returned 48 kickoffs for 1,048 yards, and gained 428 yards on 77 punt returns.<ref name="pfrprofile">{{Cite web |title=Wes Chandler Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ChanWe00.htm |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>  Overall, he amassed 10,526 all-purpose yards.<ref name=pfrprofile/>  At the time of his retirement, Chandler ranked twelfth in NFL history in receiving yards and thirteenth in receptions.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kuperberg |first=Jonathan |title=Cal names Wes Chandler new wide receivers coach |date=January 18, 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Californian |url=http://www.dailycal.org/2012/01/18/cal-names-wes-chandler-new-wide-receivers-coach/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414175508/http://www.dailycal.org/2012/01/18/cal-names-wes-chandler-new-wide-receivers-coach/ |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  He also earned four [[Pro Bowl]] selections, including three with the San Diego Chargers.<ref name=pfrprofile/>  In 2001, Chandler was inducted into the [[Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame|Chargers Hall of Fame]].

==NFL career statistics==
===Regular season===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="5"| Receiving
|-
! GP !! GS !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD 
|-
! [[1978 NFL season|1978]] !! [[1978 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]
| '''16''' || 5 || 35 || 472 || 13.5 || 58 || 2 
|-
! [[1979 NFL season|1979]] !! [[1979 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 65 || 1,069 || 16.4 || style="background:#cfecec;"|'''85''' || 6
|-
! [[1980 NFL season|1980]] !! [[1980 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 65 || 975 || 15.0 || 50 || 6 
|-
! rowspan="2"| [[1981 NFL season|1981]] !! [[1981 New Orleans Saints season|NO]]
| 4 || 4 || 17 || 285 || 16.8 || 39 || 1
|-
! [[1981 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| 12 || 11 || 52 || 857 || 16.5 || 51 || 5
|-
! [[1982 NFL season|1982]] !! [[1982 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| 8 || 8 || 49 || style="background:#cfecec;"|1,032 || '''21.1''' || 66 || style="background:#cfecec;"|9 
|-
! [[1983 NFL season|1983]] !! [[1983 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| '''16''' || 14 || 58 || 845 || 14.6 || 44 || 5
|-
! [[1984 NFL season|1984]] !! [[1984 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| 15 || 15 || 52 || 708 || 13.6 || 63 || 6
|-
! [[1985 NFL season|1985]] !! [[1985 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| 15 || 13 || 67 || '''1,199''' || 17.9 || 75 || '''10'''
|-
! [[1986 NFL season|1986]] !! [[1986 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| '''16''' || 14 || 56 || 874 || 15.6 || 40 || 4
|-
! [[1987 NFL season|1987]] !! [[1987 San Diego Chargers season|SD]]
| 12 || 11 || 39 || 617 || 15.8 || 27 || 2 
|-
! [[1988 NFL season|1988]] !! style="background:#afe6ba;"|[[1988 San Francisco 49ers season|SF]]
| 4 || 4 || 4 || 33 || 8.3 || 9 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ChanWe00.htm Career] !! 150 !! 131 !! 559 !! 8,966 !! 16.0 !! 85 !! 56
|}

== Post-playing career ==

Chandler eventually went to [[Dallas]] after seven years coaching in [[NFL Europe]], including a stint as [[head coach]] of the [[Berlin Thunder]] in 1999.  Before that, he also coached at the [[University of Central Florida]] in [[Orlando, Florida]] and [[Father Lopez Catholic High School]] in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]. In January 2012, he joined the [[California Golden Bears football|California Golden Bears]] as their receivers coach.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller |first=Ted |title=Cal hires former All-Pro Wes Chandler |date=January 19, 2012 |work=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/33431/cal-hires-former-all-pro-chandler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124141522/http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/33431/cal-hires-former-all-pro-chandler |archive-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chandler has established a scholarship fund for minority students through the Wes Chandler Celebrity Golf Classic.

Chandler also has two nephews in athletics. [[Dallas Baker]] was a standout wide receiver for the Florida Gators and was drafted by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the [[2007 NFL draft]]. Chandler's other nephew and Dallas's younger brother, [[Perry Baker]], is a professional rugby player with the [[United States national rugby sevens team]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Pengelly|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/feb/13/usa-sevens-rugby-perry-baker-eagles-arena-football |title=USA sevens rugby star Perry Baker earns Eagles wings in new arena |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 13, 2015 |access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref>

In 2015, he was one of the founders of the proposed league, [[Major League Football (MLFB)|Major League Football]], and served as its first president. He resigned in July 2017 when the league was reorganizing after failing to launch.<ref name = "Resignations">{{cite web |url=https://marketexclusive.com/major-league-football-inc-otcmktsmlfb-files-an-8-k-departure-of-directors-or-certain-officers-election-of-directors-appointment-of-certain-officers-compensatory-arrangements-of-certain-officer-2/2017/07/ |title=Major League Football, Inc. (OTCMKTS:MLFB) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |work=Market Exclusive |date=July 28, 2017}}</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|American football|Biography|College football}}
* [[1976 College Football All-America Team]]
* [[1977 College Football All-America Team]]
* [[List of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers]]
* [[List of Florida Gators football All-Americans]]
* [[List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft]]
* [[List of National Football League season receiving yards leaders]]
* [[List of New Orleans Saints first-round draft picks]]
* [[List of New Orleans Saints players]]

== References ==

{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== Bibliography ==

* Carlson, Norm, ''University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007).  {{ISBN|0-7948-2298-3}}.
* Golenbock, Peter, ''Go Gators!  An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory'', Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002).  {{ISBN|0-9650782-1-3}}.
* Hairston, Jack, ''Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told'', Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002).  {{ISBN|1-58261-514-4}}.
* McCarthy, Kevin M., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tk-IQepI6cC  Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football]'', Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000).  {{ISBN|978-0-7385-0559-6}}.
* Nash, Noel, ed., ''The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football'', Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998).  {{ISBN|1-57167-196-X}}.

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