The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football. The University of Florida fielded its first official varsity football team in the fall of 1906, and has fielded a team every season since then, with the exception of 1943. During the 1930s, the Gators competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Southern Conference until 1932, and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) from 1933 onward. They played their home games at Florida Field on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.