1937 Florida Gators football team

The 1937 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1937 college football season. The season was the second for Josh Cody as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlight of the season was the Gators' only 1930s win over the Georgia Bulldogs (6–0) in Jacksonville, Florida, but the season was mostly remembered for its disappointments—three one-point losses to the Temple Owls (6–7), the Mississippi State Bulldogs (13–14) and the Clemson Tigers (9–10). Cody's 1937 Florida Gators finished 4–7 overall and 3–4 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing eighth of thirteen SEC teams in the conference standings.[2]

1937 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1937 record4–7 (3–4 SEC)
Head coachJosh Cody (2nd season)
CaptainWalter Mayberry
Home stadiumFlorida Field
(Capacity: 22,000)[1]
Uniform
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
No. 8 LSU 5 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Auburn 4 –1 –2  6 –2 –3
Vanderbilt 4 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Mississippi State 3 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
Georgia Tech 3 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
Tennessee 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Florida 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Tulane 2 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Georgia 1 –2 –2  6 –3 –2
Ole Miss 0 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
Kentucky 0 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Sewanee 0 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at LSU
L 0–19
October 2Stetson*
W 18–0
October 9at Temple*
L 6–7
October 16Sewanee
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 21–0
October 23at Mississippi State
L 13–14
October 30at Maryland*
L 7–13
November 6vs. Georgia
W 6–0
November 13Clemson*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 9–10
November 20Georgia Tech
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 0–12
November 27vs. Auburn
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
L 0–14
December 4Kentucky
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 6–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]

Postseason

Tiger Mayberry ranked second in the country with 818 rushing yards; only Byron White exceeded Mayberry's rushing total that year.[3]

Mayberry also intercepted six passes when the Gators' opponents only threw 57 balls,[4][5] and was a first-team All-SEC selection by the conference coaches and sportswriters on behalf of the Associated Press.[6]

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References
  1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2006 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1172 (White led the country with 1,121 rushing yards, and Mayberry was second with 818 yards.
  4. "Norm Carlson Looks Back". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  5. Frank S. Wright (October 19, 1937). "Writers, Coaches Praise Mayberry, Gator Captain, As All-American Material". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  6. "Versatility, Great Power Represented". The Monroe News-Star. December 3, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved May 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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