20 college football records that will never be broken

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3. Individual passed intercepted in one game: John Reaves, 9

While Reaves actually enjoyed an outstanding career under center for the Gators, he will be more remembered in the college football history books for a terrible outing in November of 1969 against Auburn.

Reaves was born in Alabama but moved to Tampa for high school, where he became one of the top prospects in the state. Head coach Ray Graves kept Reaves in-state at Florida, and he earned the starting quarterback job in 1969 while surrounded by a loaded group of playmakers.

Thanks to Reaves’ passing ability, the Gators entered the matchup with Auburn at a perfect 6-0 and ranked seventh in the nation. Inexplicably, Reaves tossed an NCAA record nine interceptions in Florida’s lone loss of the season, as four different Tigers had multiple picks in the game.

While Reaves did attempt 66 passes in the game, that level of inaccuracy and poor decision-making has not been approached since. The sheer number of picks would be tough to match in any number of attempts in one game, and a quarterback would likely be pulled today before it reached that point.

Reaves was able to recover from the horrible showing and went on to earn All-American honors in 1971 before spending 10 seasons in the NFL.

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