Florida Gators football, 1940–49

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 1940s, the Gators competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Florida Field on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

This article includes a game-by-game list of the Florida Gators' ten football seasons from 1940 to 1949. During the 1940s, the Gators were coached by Thomas J. "Tom" Lieb (1940–1945) and Raymond "Bear" Wolf (1946–1949). Lieb and Wolf compiled an overall record of 33–50–3 (.401) during the decade.

1940

1940 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1940 record 5–5 (2–3 8th SEC)
Head coach Tom Lieb
Captain Bud Walton
Home stadium Florida Field
1940 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Tennessee $ 5 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#9 Mississippi State 4 – 0 – 1     10 – 0 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1     6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
Florida 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 2 – 2     5 – 3 – 2
Tulane 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 1     3 – 6 – 1
Georgia Tech 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 1 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1940 college football season was the first of four for Thomas J. "Tom" Lieb as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Lieb was the former coach of the Loyola Lions, and had previously served as Knute Rockne's primary assistant and on-the-field replacement while Rockne was in the hospital during most of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's 1930 national championship season. The highlights of the Gators' 1940 season included victories over the Maryland Terrapins (19–0), the Georgia Bulldogs (18–13), the Miami Hurricanes (46–6) and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (16–7). Lieb's 1940 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5 overall record and a 2–3 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing eighth among thirteen SEC teams.[1]

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–28–1940 Mississippi State Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 7–27  
10–5–1940 Tampa* Phillips Field • Tampa, Florida W 23–0  
10–11–1940 Villanova* Villanova Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania L 0–28  
10–19–1940 Maryland* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) W 19–0  
10–26–1940 #5 Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–14  
11–9–1940 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida W 18–13  
11–16–1940 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida W 46–6  
11–23–1940 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia W 16–7  
11–30–1940 Auburn Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia L 7–20  
12–7–1940 Texas* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 0–26  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1941

1941 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1941 record 4–6 (1–3 10th SEC)
Head coach Tom Lieb
Captain Bill Robinson
Home stadium Florida Field
1941 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#16 Mississippi State $ 4 – 0 – 1     8 – 1 – 1
#18 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#20 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#14 Georgia 3 – 1 – 1     9 – 1 – 1
#17 Ole Miss 2 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
LSU 2 – 2 – 2     4 – 4 – 2
Tulane 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Auburn 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1941 college football season was Tom Lieb's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included a 14–0 road win over the Miami Hurricanes in Miami, and a hard-fought 14–7 Homecoming victory the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. After the season was over, end Fergie Ferguson was named the Gators' second-ever first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and an honorable mention All-American by Grantland Rice in Collier's magazine.[2] He led the team in both points scored (36) and minutes played (420). Ferguson scored both touchdowns on receptions of 45 and 74 yards in the upset of Miami, while totaling 123 yards; The Miami Herald reported the game score as "Forrest Ferguson 14; University of Miami 0."[3][4]

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–20–1941 Randolph-Macon* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 26–0  
9–27–1941 Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 0–6  
10–4–1941 Tampa* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 46–6  
10–11–1941 Villanova* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 0–6  
10–18–1941 Maryland* Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland L 12–13  
10–25–1941 Louisiana State Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana L 7–10  
11–8–1941 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 3–19  
11–15–1941 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida W 14–0  
11–22–1941 Georgia Tech Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) W 14–7  
12–20–1941 UCLA* Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 27–30  
*Non-conference game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1942

1942 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1942 record 3–7 (1–3 9th SEC)
Head coach Tom Lieb
Captain Bill Corry
O'Neal Hill
Home stadium Florida Field
1942 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Georgia $ 6 – 1 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#5 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#7 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 1
#18 Mississippi State 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#10 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
#16 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1942 college football season was Tom Lieb's third as Florida's head coach. By the autumn of 1942, World War II had begun to affect many college football programs. Florida lost several players and most of its coaching staff to the war effort before the season,[5] and lost several more players during the season,[6] leading to diminishing success as the schedule progressed. The highlight of the campaign was the Gators' 6–0 edging of the Auburn Tigers on Florida Field, the Gators' only Southeastern Conference (SEC) victory of the year. They also suffered through a crushing 75–0 defeat by coach Wally Butts' SEC champion Georgia Bulldogs in Jacksonville, Florida, the worst defeat in the history of Florida's football program.

The Gators began the season 3-1 but lost their final six contests to finish with a 3–7 overall record. Their 1–3 conference record placed ninth among twelve teams in the SEC.[1]

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–19–1942 Jacksonville Naval Air Station* Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 7–20  
9–26–1942 Randolph-Macon* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 45–0  
10–3–1942 Tampa* Phillips Field • Tampa, Florida W 26–6  
10–10–1942 Auburn Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 6–0  
10–16–1942 Villanova* Villanova Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania L 3–13  
10–24–1942 #16 Mississippi State Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) L 12–26  
10–31–1942 Maryland* Griffith Stadium • Washington, D.C. L 0–13  
11–7–1942 #1 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 0–75  
11–14–1942 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida L 0–12  
11–21–1942 #2 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 7–20  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1943

1943 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1943 record 0–0 (0–0 SEC)

No team

For the first and only autumn since the modern University of Florida opened its Gainesville campus in 1906, the university did not field an official varsity football team during the 1943 college football season because most able-bodied men of college age were serving in the U.S. armed forces during World War II. Florida was one of seven Southeastern Conference schools that did not field a squad during the 1943 season.[7]

1944

1944 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1944 record 4–3 (0–3 10th SEC)
Head coach Tom Lieb
Captain Joe Graham
Home stadium Florida Field
1944 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
#12 Tennessee 5 – 0 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Auburn 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 0 – 0     3 – 0 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1944 college football season was the fourth for Tom Lieb as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included the Gators' 13–6 Homecoming victory over the Maryland Terrapins and their 13–0 shutout of the in-state rival Miami Hurricanes on the Hurricanes' home field. The Gators also scored solid victories over teams from two U.S. Naval Air Stations in nearby Jacksonville. Lieb's 1944 Florida Gators finished with a 4–3 overall record and a 0–3 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing tenth among twelve SEC teams.`[1]

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–23–1944 Mayport Naval Air Station* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 36–6  
9–30–1944 Mississippi Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 6–26  
10–7–1944 Jacksonville Naval Air Station* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 26–20  
10–14–1944 #15 Tennessee Sheilds-Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–40  
10–28–1944 Maryland* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) W 13–6  
11–3–1944 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida W 13–0  
11–11–1944 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 12–38  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1945

1945 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1945 record 4–5–1 (1–3–1 10th SEC)
Head coach Tom Lieb
Captain Hugo Miller
Home stadium Florida Field
1945 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 0
#14 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
#15 LSU 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#18 Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Auburn 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
Tulane 1 – 3 – 1     2 – 6 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1945 college football season was the fifth and last for Tom Lieb as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Among the season's highlights was the Gators' 26–13 neutral site victory over the Ole Miss Rebels played in Jacksonville. The Gators also split a pair of games against teams from two U.S. military training bases. Lieb's 1945 Florida Gators finished with a 4–5–1 overall record and a 1–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing ninth among twelve SEC teams.[1] After Lieb's coaching contract was not renewed, he became the track & field coach and an assistant football coach at the University of Alabama, where his old Notre Dame teammate Frank Thomas was the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–22–1945 Camp Blanding* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 31–2  
9–29–1945 Mississippi Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida W 26–13  
10–6–1945 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana T 6–6  
10–13–1945 Vanderbilt Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) L 0–7  
10–19–1945 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida L 6–7  
10–27–1945 Southwestern Louisiana* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 45–0  
11–3–1945 Auburn Auburn Stadium • Auburn, Alabama L 0–19  
11–10–1945 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 0–34  
11–17–1945 Presbyterian* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 41–0  
11–24–1945 U.S. Amphibious* Norfolk, Virginia L 0–12  
*Non-conference game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1946

1946 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1946 record 0–9 (0–5 12th SEC)
Head coach Raymond Wolf
Offensive scheme Double-wing
Captain William Raborn
Home stadium Florida Field
1946 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0
#7 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 1
#11 Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1946 college football season was Raymond "Bear" Wolf's first of four as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Wolf's first Gators squad was composed mostly of college freshmen and returning World War II veterans who had not played football in several years. The winless 0–9 season was also the worst win-loss record in the history of Gators football to date, surpassing the winless 0–5 record of the overmatched 1916 Gators. Wolf's 1946 Florida Gators finished 0–5 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth of twelve SEC teams.[1] Despite the winless record, the Gators developed the seventh best passing attack in the nation, with end Broughton Williams leading the nation in receiving.[8][9] Harold Griffin led the nation in punt return average.

The 1946 season was at the center of a school record 13-game losing streak which stretched from the last game of the 1945 campaign until the fourth contest of 1947. The players on these squads ironically dubbed their time at Florida the "Golden Era," and members of the "Golden Era Gang" regularly held reunions and raised funds for scholarships and facilities improvements at UF for many subsequent years.[10] Players on these teams included future Florida attorney general James W. Kynes and College Football Hall of Fame coach Marcelino Huerta.

Schedule and results

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
9–28–1946 Mississippi Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 7–13  
10–5–1946 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana L 13–27   30,000
10–12–1946 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee L 0–20  
10–19–1946 Miami* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) L 13–20  
10–26–1946 2:30 p. m. #10 North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina L 19–40  
11–9–1946 #5 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 14–33  
11–16–1946 Villanova* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 20–27   15,000
11–23–1946 North Carolina State* Phillips Field • Tampa, Florida L 6–37  
11–30–1946 Auburn Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 12–47  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1947

1947 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1947 record 4–5–1 (0–3–1 12th SEC)
Head coach Raymond Wolf
Offensive scheme Double-wing
Captain Charlie Fields
Home stadium Florida Field
1947 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Ole Miss $ 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#10 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#6 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 2     2 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1947 college football season was Bear Wolf's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators broke a thirteen-game post-war losing streak, dating back to the 1945 and 1946 seasons, when they upset the eighteenth-ranked North Carolina State Wolfpack 7–6 on the Wolfpack's home field in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among the other highlights of the season, the Gators beat the in-state rival Miami Hurricanes in Miami, Florida, and ended the season with a 25–7 intersectional victory versus the Kansas State Wildcats. Wolf's 1947 Florida Gators finished with a 4–5–1 overall record and a 0–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth among twelve SEC teams.[1]

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–27–1947 Mississippi Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 6–14  
10–4–1947 North Texas State* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 12–20  
10–11–1947 Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama L 14–20  
10–18–1947 #18 North Carolina State* Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 7–6  
10–25–1947 North Carolina* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) L 7–35  
11–1–1947 Furman* Phillips Field • Tampa, Florida W 34–7  
11–8–1947 Georgia Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 6–34  
11–15–1947 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana T 7–7  
11–21–1947 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida W 7–6  
11–29–1947 Kansas State* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 25–7  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1948

1948 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1948 record 5–5 (1–5 T-10th SEC)
Head coach Raymond Wolf
Offensive scheme T-formation
Captain Fletcher Groves
Home stadium Florida Field
1948 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Georgia $ 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#15 Ole Miss 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
#13 Tulane 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
#12 Vanderbilt 4 – 2 – 1     8 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 4 – 1     6 – 4 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 2
Kentucky 1 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 2
Florida 1 – 5 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0     1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1948 college football season was the third for Bear Wolf's as the Florida Gators football team's head coach. The season's highlights included the Gators' 16–9 win against the Auburn Tigers and their 27–13 Homecoming victory over the Miami Hurricanes. Wolf's 1948 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5 overall record and a 1–5 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing tenth among twelve SEC teams.[1] Several members of the Florida Board of Control and a number of Florida alumni called for Wolf to step down after the 1948 season, but football player-led student rallies in his support ended with Wolf's contract being extended for another year.

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–25–1948 Mississippi Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 0–14  
10–2–1948 Tulsa* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 28–14  
10–9–1948 Auburn Phillips Field • Tampa, Florida W 16–9  
10–16–1948 Rollins* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 41–12  
10–23–1948 #6 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 7–42  
10–30–1948 Furman* Greenville, South Carolina L 14–39  
11–6–1948 #13 Georgia Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 12–20  
11–13–1948 Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky L 15–34  
11–20–1948 Miami* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) W 27–13  
11–27–1948 Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama L 28–34  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

1949

1949 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1949 record 4–5–1 (1–4–1 10th SEC)
Head coach Raymond Wolf
Offensive scheme T-formation
Captain Jimmy Kynes
Home stadium Florida Field
1949 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Tulane $ 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 1
#11 Kentucky 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#17 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
#9 LSU 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 2     2 – 4 – 3
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 1
Florida 1 – 4 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
Georgia 1 – 4 – 1     4 – 6 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Season overview

The 1949 college football season was Bear Wolf's fourth and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlight of the season was the Gators' 28–7 upset of the Georgia Bulldogs.[11] Led by halfback Chuck Hunsinger, who rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns, and team captain Jimmy Kynes, who was the defensive star and played every minute of the sixty-minute game,[11] the Gators beat the Dawgs for the first time since 1940. Wolf's 1949 Florida Gators finished 4–5–1 overall and 1–4–1 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing tenth of twelve SEC teams,[1] and ending the Gators' ironically-named "Golden Era." After Wolf left Gainesville, he returned to his alma mater, Texas Christian University, where he became a long-time administrator.

Schedule and results

Date Opponent Site Result
9–24–1949 The Citadel* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 13–0  
10–1–1949 Tulsa* Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma W 40–7  
10–8–1949 Auburn Ladd Memorial Stadium • Mobile, Alabama T 14–14  
10–15–1949 Vanderbilt Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida L 17–22  
10–22–1949 Georgia Tech Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC) L 14–43  
10–29–1949 Furman* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 28–27  
11–5–1949 Georgia Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida W 28–7  
11–12–1949 #14 Kentucky Phillips Field • Tampa, Florida L 0–35  
11–18–1949 Miami* Burdine Stadium • Miami, Florida L 13–28  
11–26–1949 Alabama Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 13–35  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 111 (2015). Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Grantland Rice, "The All-America Football Team," Collier's, p. 78 (December 13, 1941). Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ 1942 Seminole (University of Florida yearbook), approximately p. 166.
  4. ↑ Associated Press, "Funeral Rites Held For Forrest Ferguson, Gator Grid All-America," St. Petersburg Times, p. 14 (May 20, 1954). Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Associated Press, "Tom Lieb Must Develop Not Only a Football Team but a Coaching Staff," St. Petersburg Times, p. 11 (September 3, 1944). Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  6. ↑ Lieb Expects Good Gator Grid Prospects," The Palm Beach Post, (May 27, 1944). Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ Associated Press, "New Colleges Set Grid Hopes: Florida And Kentucky To Field Elevens," Tuscaloosa News, (January 12, 1944). Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Florida Hopes For Triumph Over Georgia". The Anniston Star. November 8, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved November 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ See ESPN College Football Encyclopedia.
  10. ↑ Great Teams and Eras: The Golden Era - GatorZone.com
  11. 1 2 Noel Nash, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois, pp. 11–13 (1998).

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