and athletic director Bob Woodruff, who had played football at Tennessee under coach Robert Neyland. Though Dickey began his college career as a reserve defensive back, he was named the Gators' starting quarterback before his senior season of 1953 and led the team to their first bowl victory. In 1960, Woodruff was replaced as Florida's football coach and athletic director by fellow UT alumnus Ray Graves. Graves was born and raised in Knoxville and was a captain on Tennessee's 1940 team under Coach Neyland. A few years into his tenure at UF, Graves recruited Florida-born and Tennessee-raised quarterback Steve Spurrier to Gainesville, where he would become Florida's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1966. Woodruff returned to Tennessee after leaving Florida and became UT's athletic director in 1963 following the death of Neyland. One of his first major decisions was to hire his former player Doug Dickey as Tennessee's head football coach. Dickey enjoyed several years of success at Tennessee, leading the Vols to two SEC championships and five straight bowl appearances. He controversially returned to Gainesville after accepting an offer to become Florida's head coach only days after the Gators and Volunteers met in the 1969 Gator Bowl. Dickey replaced Ray Graves, who had unexpectedly retired from coaching after the 1969 season to become UF's full-time athletic director and was instrumental in choosing Dickey as his successor. In 1978, Doug Dickey gave Steve Spurrier his first opportunity to coach when he hired the former star player as an offensive assistant. However, Dickey was unable to maintain the same level of success at Florida as he had at Tennessee, and Graves fired him after the 1978 season. In 1985, Dickey returned to Knoxville to become UT's athletic director, replacing the retiring Bob Woodruff. Dickey named Phil Fulmer as Tennessee's head coach in 1992, setting up the intense Spurrier/Fulmer rivalry of the 1990s. Dickey retired in 2002, after which he returned to Florida to live near family in Jacksonville. Game results Notable games 1928: Unbeatens in the mud Coming into their 1928 regular season finale, the Gators under head coach Charlie Bachman held an 8–0 record and had outscored their opponents by a nation-leading margin of 324–31. Coach Robert Neyland's Vols had been dominant as well; they were quarterbacked by Bobby Dodd and had outscored their opponents 236–39 and held an 8–0–1 record—the only blemish being a scoreless tie with Kentucky. Still,