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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.


Contents: 1920  · 1921  · 1922  · 1923  · 1924  · 1925  · 1926  · 1927  · 1928  · 1929


1920[]

1920 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1920 record6–3 (1–3 SIAA)
Head coachWilliam G. Kline
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →

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,[1] 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 FieldAthens, Georgia L 0–56  
11–20–1920* Stetson Gainesville, Florida W 26–0  
11–25–1920 Oglethorpe Memorial StadiumColumbus, Georgia L 0–21  
*Non-Conference Game.

1921[]

1921 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1921 record6–3–2 (4–1–2 SIAA)
Head coachWilliam G. Kline
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →

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,[1] 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 FieldKnoxville, 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 FieldTuscaloosa, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1922 record7–2 (2–0 5th SoCon)
Head coachWilliam G. Kline
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and 2–0 in their first year as members of the new Southern Conference, placing fifth of twenty-one teams in the conference standings.[2] 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 StadiumCambridge, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1923 record6–1–2 (1–0–2 3rd SoCon)
Head coachJames Van Fleet
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and 1–0–2 in the Southern Conference, placing third of twenty-one teams in the conference standings.[2]

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 FieldAtlanta, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1924 record6–2–2 (2–0–1 2nd SoCon)
Head coachJames Van Fleet
Home stadiumFleming Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and 2–0–1 in the Southern Conference, placing second of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.[2] 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 FieldGainesville, Florida W 77–0  
10–11–1924 Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, Georgia T 7–7  
10–18–1924 Wake Forest Tampa, Florida W 34–0  
10–25–1924* Texas Clark FieldAustin, Texas T 7–7  
11–1–1924* Florida Southern Fleming Field • Gainesville Florida W 27–0  
11–8–1924* U.S. Military Academy Michie StadiumWest Point, New York L 7–14  
11–14–1924* Mercer Macon, Georgia L 0–10  
11–22–1924 Mississippi State Cramton BowlMontgomery, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1925 record8–2 (3–2 8th SoCon)
Head coachHarold Sebring
Home stadiumFleming Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and 3–2 in the Southern Conference, placing eighth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.[2]

Schedule and results[]

Date Opponent Site Result
10–3–1925* Mercer Fleming FieldGainesville, 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 FieldAtlanta, 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 BowlMontgomery, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1926 record2–6–2 (1–4–1 19th SoCon)
Head coachHarold Sebring
Home stadiumFleming Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and 1–4–1 in the Southern Conference, placing nineteenth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.[2]

Schedule and results[]

Date Opponent Site Result
9–23–1926* Florida Southern Fleming FieldGainesville, Florida W 16–0  
10–2–1926* Chicago Stagg FieldChicago, 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 FieldJacksonville, Florida L 13–18  
10–30–1926 Georgia Sanford FieldAthens, Georgia L 9–32  
11–6–1926 Clemson Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming) W 33–0  
11–13–1926 Alabama Cramton BowlMontgomery, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1927 record7–3 (5–2 6th SoCon)
Head coachHarold Sebring
Home stadiumFleming Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and 5–2 in the Southern Conference, placing sixth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.[2] 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 FieldGainesville, 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 FieldJacksonville, 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 BowlMontgomery, 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
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1928 record8–1 (6–1 3rd SoCon)
Head coachCharlie Bachman
Home stadiumFleming Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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.[3]


The Gators finished 8–1 overall,[1] 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).[2] 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 FieldGainesville, 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 StadiumJacksonville, 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 FieldKnoxville, Tennessee L 12–13  
*Non-Conference Game.

1929[]

1929 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1929 record8–2 (6–1 4th SoCon)
Head coachCharlie Bachman
Home stadiumFleming Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Southern Conference football standings
v · d · e 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,[1] and a conference record of 6–1, placing fourth of twenty-three conference teams.[2]

Schedule and results[]

Date Opponent Site Result
9–28–1929* Florida Southern Fleming FieldGainesville, Florida W 54–0  
10–5–1929 Virginia Military Institute Tampa, Florida W 18–7  
10–11–1929 Auburn Cramton BowlMontgomery, Alabama W 19–0  
10–19–1929 Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, Georgia L 6–19  
10–26–1929 Georgia Fairfield StadiumJacksonville, Florida W 18–6  
11–2–1929* Harvard Harvard StadiumCambridge, 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[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
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