1926 Florida Gators football team

1926 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1926 record	2–6–2 (1–4–1 19th SoCon)
Head coach	Harold Sebring
Assistant coach	Ray Dickson
Captain	Lamar Sarra
Home stadium	Fleming Field

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
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Washington and 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 A&M	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

The 1926 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1926 college football season. The 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] University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2015).and 1–4–1 in the Southern Conference, placing nineteenth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.^[2] Former fullback Ray Dickson assisted Sebring.^[3] Injuries plagued the season.^[4]

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 (HC)	W 33–0
11–13–1926	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	L 0–49
11–20–1926	Hampden-Sydney*	Plant Field • Tampa, Florida	T 0–0
11–27–1926	Washington & Lee	Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida	T 7–7
*Non-conference game.

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

Preseason

Bill Middlekauff, a fullback who played on the 1923 and 1924 teams, returned to the squad.^[5]

Season summary

Chicago

Week 2: Florida at Chicago

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	6	0	0	0	6
• Chicago	6	3	0	3	12

Date: October 2
Location: Chicago, IL
Game attendance: 20,000

Amos Stagg's Chicago Maroons defeated Florida 12–6. A 60-yard forward pass from Walter E. Marks to Apitz scored first for Chicago. Stanley Rouse added two more field goals.^[6]

Ole Miss

Week 3: Ole Miss vs. Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ole Miss	6	0	0	6	12
Florida	0	0	0	7	7

Date: October 6
Location: Gainesville, FL

Ole Miss beat Florida with a "lucky pass."^[7]

Kentucky

Once after three days practice, Sebring took his men to Kingsley Lake.^[8]^[9]

References

1 2 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide
↑ 2009 Southern Conference Football Media Guide, Year-by-Year Standings, Southern Conference, Spartanburg, South Carolina, pp. 74–77 (2009).
↑ "Dickson Takes Hand in Gator Training Work". The Miami News.
↑ "Crippled Gators To Meet Kentucky Wildcats Today". Evening Independent. October 23, 1926.
↑ "Middlekauff Cheers Gator Football Men". St. Petersburg Times. September 17, 1926.
↑ "Chicago Maroons Take Measure of Florida Gators". The Anniston Star. October 3, 1926. p. 8. Retrieved January 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Lucky Pass Gives Ole Mis Victory In Florida Clash". The Anniston Star. October 10, 1926. p. 8. Retrieved January 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Gators Relax After Drills". St. Petersburg Times. October 22, 1926.
↑ "Crippled Gators To Meet Kentucky Wildcats Today". The Evening Independent. October 23, 1926.

Florida Gators football

Venues	University Athletic Field / Fleming Field (1906–30) Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (1930–present)

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