Florida Gators football, 1920–29

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 1920s, the Gators competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) until 1921, and the Southern Conference after 1921. The Gators played their home games on University Field, later renamed Fleming Field, located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

This article includes a game-by-game list of the Florida Gators' ten football seasons from 1920 to 1929. During the 1920s, the Gators were coached by William G. Kline (1920–1923), James Van Fleet (1923–1924), Harold L. "Tom" Sebring (1925–1927) and Charles W. "Charlie" Bachman (1928–1932). Kline, Van Fleet, Sebring and Bachman compiled an overall record of 64–25–14 (.689) during the decade.

1920

1920 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1920 record	6–3 (1–3 SIAA)
Head coach	William G. Kline
Home stadium	University Field
Seasons

Season overview

The 1920 college football season was law professor William G. Kline's first of three as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Kline was a former halfback for the Illinois Fighting Illini, and had previously coached the Nebraska Cornhuskers. While the Gators improved their series records against traditional in-state opponents like the Florida Southern Moccasins and the Stetson Hatters, they also suffered a shutout defeat by the Tulane Green Wave and lost their fourth consecutive game to the Georgia Bulldogs. Kline's 1920 Florida Gators compiled a marginally better 6–3 overall record than the 1919 Gators, but a lesser 1–3 conference record against Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) competition.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–9–1920*	Newberry	Gainesville, Florida	W 21–0
10–16–1920*	Rollins	(Forfeit)	W 1–0
10–23–1920*	Florida Southern	Gainesville, Florida	W 13–0
10–30–1920	Mercer	Valdosta, Georgia	W 30–0
11–6–1920	Tulane	Tampa, Florida	L 0–14
11–11–1920*	Stetson	Gainesville, Florida	W 21–0
11–13–1920	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	L 0–56
11–20–1920*	Stetson	Gainesville, Florida	W 26–0
11–25–1920	Oglethorpe	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	L 0–21
*Non-Conference Game.

1921

1921 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1921 record	6–3–2 (4–1–2 SIAA)
Head coach	William G. Kline
Home stadium	University Field
Seasons

Season overview

The 1921 college football season was the second for William Kline as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators split a pair of games against football teams from two U.S. Army training bases, and improved their record against major collegiate competition by edging the Alabama Crimson Tide 9–2 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; the Gators' two losses against the Tennessee Volunteers (0–9) and the North Carolina Tar Heels (10–14) were competitive and close. Kline's 1921 Florida Gators produced a marginally improved 6–3–2 overall record compared to the 1920 Gators, and a much better 4–1–2 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) conference record.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–1–1921*	Fort Benning	Columbus, Georgia	W 6–0
10–8–1921*	Rollins	Orlando, Florida	W 33–0
10–10–1921*	Carlstrom Field	Gainesville, Florida	L 0–19
10–15–1921	Mercer	Gainesville, Florida	W 7–0
10–22–1921	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	L 0–9
10–29–1921	Howard	Montgomery, Alabama	W 34–0
11–5–1921	South Carolina	Tampa, Florida	T 7–7
11–12–1921	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 9–2
11–18–1921	Mississippi College	Gainesville, Florida	T 7–7
11–26–1921	Oglethorpe	Gainesville, Florida	W 21–3
12–3–1921*	North Carolina	Jacksonville, Florida	L 10–14
*Non-Conference Game.

1922

1922 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1922 record	7–2 (2–0 5th SoCon)
Head coach	William G. Kline
Home stadium	University Field
Seasons

1922 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Carolina §	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech §	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt §	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Virginia Tech	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Florida	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Washington & Lee	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
LSU	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions

Season overview

The 1922 college football season was law professor William Kline's third and last year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Kline's 1922 Florida Gators finished 7–2 overall, and 2–0 in their first year as members of the new Southern Conference, placing fifth of twenty-one teams in the conference standings. After the 1922–1923 school year, Kline returned to the University of Nebraska, where he was the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball and Cornuhuskers baseball teams, and later became a published author of books on coaching football, basketball and baseball.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–7–1922*	Furman	Gainesville, Florida	L 6–7
10–14–1922*	Rollins	Orlando, Florida	W 19–0
10–21–1922*	American Legion	Tampa, Florida	W 14–0
10–28–1922*	Howard	Gainesville, Florida	W 57–0
11–4–1922*	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, Massachusetts	L 0–24
11–11–1922*	Mississippi College	Tampa, Florida	W 58–0
11–18–1922	Tulane	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 27–6
11–25–1922*	Oglethorpe	Atlanta, Georgia	W 12–0
12–25–1922	Clemson	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	W 47–14
*Non-Conference Game.

1923

1923 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1923 record	6–1–2 (1–0–2 3rd SoCon)
Head coach	James Van Fleet
Home stadium	University Field
Seasons

1923 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington & Lee §	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt §	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
Georgia Tech	1	–	0	–	4			3	–	2	–	4
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Virginia Tech	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Maryland	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions

Season overview

The 1923 college football season was Major James Van Fleet's first of two as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Van Fleet was a serving officer in the U.S. Army and a professor of military tactics in the university's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, and had been a standout fullback on the undefeated West Point Cadets team of 1914. Notably, Florida alumni and students celebrated their first-ever Homecoming with a 19–7 victory over the Mercer Bears. The highlight of the 1923 season was a 16–6 upset of coach Wallace Wade's previously undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide on a muddy, rain-soaked field in Birmingham, Alabama in the final game of the year. Van Fleet's 1923 Florida Gators finished 6–1–2 overall, and 1–0–2 in the Southern Conference, placing third of twenty-one teams in the conference standings.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–6–1923*	U.S. Military Academy	West Point, New York	L 0–20
10–13–1923	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	T 7–7
10–19–1923*	Rollins	Gainesville, Florida	W 28–0
10–27–1923	Wake Forest	Tampa, Florida	W 16–7
11–3–1923*	Mercer	Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 19–7
11–10–1923*	Stetson	Gainesville, Florida	W 27–0
11–17–1923*	Florida Southern	Lakeland, Florida	W 53–0
11–24–1923	Mississippi State	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	T 13–13
11–29–1923	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	W 16–6
*Non-Conference Game.

1924

1924 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1924 record	6–2–2 (2–0–1 2nd SoCon)
Head coach	James Van Fleet
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Seasons

1924 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama †	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Florida	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington & Lee	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	2	–	2	–	3			4	–	2	–	3
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	3
Auburn	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
† – Conference champion

Season overview

The 1924 college football season was Major James Van Fleet's second and final year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators traveled further during the 1924 season than any other college football team in the country, and received national recognition for their ties against the powerhouse Texas Longhorns and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Van Fleet's 1924 Florida Gators finished 6–2–2 overall, and 2–0–1 in the Southern Conference, placing second of twenty-two teams in the conference standings. The U.S. Army transferred Van Fleet to the Panama Canal Zone after the 1924 season, and he would later become a regimental, divisional and corps commander during World War II and the commander of all United States and United Nations armed forces during the Korean War.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–4–1924*	Rollins	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 77–0
10–11–1924	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	T 7–7
10–18–1924	Wake Forest	Tampa, Florida	W 34–0
10–25–1924*	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, Texas	T 7–7
11–1–1924*	Florida Southern	Fleming Field • Gainesville Florida	W 27–0
11–8–1924*	U.S. Military Academy	Michie Stadium • West Point, New York	L 7–14
11–14–1924*	Mercer	Macon, Georgia	L 0–10
11–22–1924	Mississippi State	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	W 27–0
11–27–1924*	Drake	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 10–0
12–6–1924	Washington & Lee	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	W 16–6
*Non-Conference Game.

1925

1925 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1925 record	8–2 (3–2 8th SoCon)
Head coach	Harold Sebring
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Seasons

1925 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama §	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Tulane §	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Lee	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Virginia	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Florida	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
LSU	0	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Clemson	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
§ – Conference co-champions

Season overview

The 1925 college football season was law student Harold L. "Tom" Sebring's first of three as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators compiled their best win-loss record to date, losing only to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7–23 in Atlanta, Georgia and coach Wallace Wade's undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide 0–34 in Montgomery, Alabama. The highlights of the season included conference victories over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Clemson Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs and Washington & Lee Generals. Sebring's 1925 Florida Gators finished 8–2 overall, and 3–2 in the Southern Conference, placing eighth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–3–1925*	Mercer	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 24–0
10–10–1925*	Florida Southern	Fleming Field • Gainesville Florida	W 9–0
10–10–1925*	Hampden-Sydney	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 22–6
10–17–1925	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	L 7–23
10–24–1925*	Wake Forest	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 24–3
10–31–1925*	Rollins	Fleming Field • Gaineville, Florida	W 65–0
11–7–1925	Clemson	Clemson, South Carolina	W 42–0
11–14–1925	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	L 0–34
11–21–1925	Mississippi State	Tampa, Florida	W 12–0
11–26–1925	Washington & Lee	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	W 17–14
*Non-Conference Game.

1926

1926 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1926 record	2–6–2 (1–4–1 19th SoCon)
Head coach	Harold Sebring
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Seasons

1926 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama †	8	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Virginia Tech	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington & Lee	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
† – Conference champion

Season overview

The 1926 college football season was Tom Sebring's second and least successful campaign as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season were the Gators' two victories home field over the Florida Southern Moccasins and Clemson Tigers, which were interspersed among four close losses to the Chicago Maroons (6–12), the Ole Miss Rebels (7–12), the Mercer Bears (3–7) and the Kentucky Wildcats (13–18), crushing defeats by the Georgia Bulldogs (9–32) and coach Wallace Wade's undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide (0–49), and two low-scoring ties with the Hampden-Sydney Tigers (0–0) and the Washington & Lee Generals. Sebring's 1926 Florida Gators finished 2–6–2 overall, and 1–4–1 in the Southern Conference, placing nineteenth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9–23–1926*	Florida Southern	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 16–0
10–2–1926*	Chicago	Stagg Field • Chicago, Illinois	L 6–12
10–6–1926	Mississippi	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	L 7–12
10–16–1926*	Mercer	Macon, Georgia	L 3–7
10–23–1926	Kentucky	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	L 13–18
10–30–1926	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	L 9–32
11–6–1926	Clemson	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 33–0
11–13–1926	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	L 0–49
11–20–1926*	Hampden-Sydney	Tampa, Florida	T 0–0
11–27–1926	Washington & Lee	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	T 7–7
*Non-Conference Game.

1927

1927 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1927 record	7–3 (5–2 6th SoCon)
Head coach	Harold Sebring
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Seasons

1927 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State §	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech §	7	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Tennessee §	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
Vanderbilt	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Washington & Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Auburn	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	7	–	2
§ – Conference co-champions

Season overview

The 1927 college football season was Tom Sebring's third and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. After suffering an 0–12 upset loss at the hands of the Davidson College Wildcats, the Gators rallied to defeat the Auburn Tigers 33–6 in Auburn, Alabama (for the first time, ending a six-game losing streak) and to upset coach Wallace Wade's Alabama 13–6 in Montgomery, Alabama. Sebring's 1927 Florida Gators finished 7–3 overall, and 5–2 in the Southern Conference, placing sixth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings. Sebring graduated from the university's College of Law in 1928, and later became a circuit court judge and chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court. Many sports commentators believe that the team that Sebring recruited for 1928 would become the greatest Gators football squad until at least the 1960s.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9–24–1927*	Florida Southern	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 26–7
10–1–1927*	Davidson	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	L 0–12
10–8–1927	Auburn	Auburn, Alabama	W 33–6
10–15–1927	Kentucky	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	W 27–6
10–23–1927	North Carolina State	Tampa, Florida	L 6–12
10–30–1927*	Mercer	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 32–6
11–6–1927	Georgia	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	L 0–28
11–12–1927	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	W 13–6
11–24–1927	Washington & Lee	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	W 20–7
12–3–1927	Maryland	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	W 7–6
*Non-Conference Game.

1928

1928 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1928 record	8–1 (6–1 3rd SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Bachman
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Seasons

1928 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Florida	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Virginia Tech	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|North Carolina]]	2	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|Kentucky]]	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|South Carolina]]	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|Virginia]]	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Washington & Lee]]	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Sewanee]]	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Auburn]]	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion

Season overview

The 1928 college football season was future Hall-of-Famer Charles W. "Charlie" Bachman's first of five as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Among the many football highlights of 1928 was the Gators' 26–6 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, which ended an eight-game losing streak versus the Bulldogs.

The Gators played their final game against coach Robert Neyland's 8–0–1 Tennessee Volunteers on their home field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The game was played after a hard rain, and both teams scored two touchdowns on the muddy field. The Volunteers missed one extra point conversion, but the Gators missed two and lost the game by a single point, 12–13. In what would become a trend in the series, controversy swirled around the contest. By all accounts, the playing surface had been a muddy mess. Some Gators claimed that the home team had watered down the field in an effort to slow down the speedy Gator stars, including halfbacks Leroy "Red" Bethea, Carl Brumbaugh and Royce Goodbread, fullback Rainey Cawthon, quarterback Clyde Crabtree, end Dutch Stanley, and Florida's first-ever first-team All-American, end Dale Van Sickel. The Vols protested that the sloppy conditions were simply the result of heavy rain the night before the game.

The Gators finished 8–1 overall, and 6–1 in the Southern Conference, placing third of twenty-three teams in the conference, behind the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7–0) and the Volunteers (6–0–1). Bachman's 1928 Florida Gators scored more points than any other college football team in the country, and the 1928 Gators were remembered by many sports commentators as the best Florida football team until at least the 1960s.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10–6–1928*	Florida Southern	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 26–0
10–13–1928	Auburn	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 27–0
10–20–1928*	Mercer	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 73–0
10–27–1928	North Carolina State	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	W 14–7
11–3–1928	Sewanee	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	W 71–6
11–10–1928	Georgia	Savannah, Georgia	W 26–6
11–17–1928	Clemson	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	W 27–6
11–29–1928	Washington & Lee	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	W 60–6
12–8–1928	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	L 12–13
*Non-Conference Game.

1929

1929 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1929 record	8–2 (6–1 4th SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Bachman
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Seasons

1929 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane †	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|North Carolina]]	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Vanderbilt]]	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Kentucky]]	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]]	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|LSU]]	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Virginia Tech]]	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]]	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|South Carolina]]	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Virginia]]	1	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|Washington & Lee]]	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
[[{{{school}}}|Ole Miss]]	0	–	4	–	2			1	–	6	–	2
Mississippi State	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|Sewanee]]	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
[[{{{school}}}|Auburn]]	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion

Season overview

The 1929 college football season was Charlie Bachman's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the year included Southern Conference victories over the Virginia Military Institute Keydets, Auburn Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, Clemson Tigers, South Carolina Gamecocks and Washington & Lee Generals, and a 20–6 intersectional upset over coach John McEwan's Oregon Ducks in a neutral site game played in the old Madison Square Garden stadium in Miami, Florida. Bachman's 1929 Florida Gators finished with an overall record of 8–2, and a conference record of 6–1, placing fourth of twenty-three conference teams.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
9–28–1929*	Florida Southern	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 54–0
10–5–1929	Virginia Military Institute	Tampa, Florida	W 18–7
10–11–1929	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	W 19–0
10–19–1929	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	L 6–19
10–26–1929	Georgia	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	W 18–6
11–2–1929*	Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, Massachusetts	L 0–14
11–16–1929	Clemson	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	W 13–7
11–23–1929	South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	W 20–7
11–28–1929	Washington & Lee	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	W 25–7
12–7–1929*	Oregon	Madison Square Garden Stadium • Miami, Florida	W 20–6
*Non-Conference Game.

See also

• 1928 College Football All-America Team
• Auburn–Florida football rivalry
• Florida Gators
• Florida–Georgia football rivalry
• Florida–Tennessee football rivalry
• History of the University of Florida
• List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches)
• List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, A–K)
• List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, L–Z)
• List of Florida Gators football players
• List of Florida Gators head football coaches

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External links

• College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results: 1920–1924. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
• College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results: 1925–1929. Retrieved September 16, 2012.