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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * KLOEPPEL DAVID C   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CO /DE [GET] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & COO (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE GAYLORD DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/10/2012 (Street) NASHVILLE, TN 37214 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 02/10/2012   M   20,000 (1) A $ 22.95 0 D   Common Stock 02/10/2012   F   16,727 (1) D $ 29.52 81,149 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (Right to Buy)

$ 22.95

02/10/2012

M

20,000

02/11/2005

02/11/2012

Common Stock

20,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KLOEPPEL DAVID C ONE GAYLORD DRIVE NASHVILLE, TN 37214			President & COO

Signatures

Carter R. Todd, Attorney-in-Fact for David C. Kloeppel		02/13/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On February 10, 2012 Mr. Kloeppel exercised options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company's common stock, having an exercise price of 22.95 per share. Mr. Kloeppel paid the exercise price for such option and the applicable tax to be withheld by surrending 16,727 of such shares. Mr. Kloeppel retained the remaining 3,273 shares.
(2)	Does not include 56,250 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock unit awards, with both a performanced-based and time-based vesting schedule, originally granted on February 4, 2008 and amended on September 3, 2010. Does not include 21,750 shares of common stock inssuable upon the vesting of time-based restricted stock unit awards granted on June 22, 2009. Does not include 17,500 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of time-based restricted stock unit awards granted of February 3, 2010. Does not include 14,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of performanced-based stock unit awards granted on February 2, 2011. Does not include 15,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of time based stock unit awards granted on February 8, 2012. Does not include 15,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of performance-based stock units granted on February 8, 2012.

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