1939_Florida_Gators_football_team

1939 Florida Gators football
1939 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–5–1 (0–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Josh Cody (4th season);
Captain	Clark Goff
Home stadium	Florida Field
Uniform
	Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

The 1939 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1939 college football season. The season was the fourth and final year for Josh Cody as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Cody's 1939 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5–1 overall record, but with a winless 0–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth of thirteen teams in the SEC.^[1]

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Florida was ranked at No. 95 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[2]

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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.

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E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Gators last Stetson in opening game, 21–0". The Miami Herald. September 24, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Florida Gators lose to Texas Longhorns 12–0". The Pensacola News-Journal. October 1, 1939. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Miss. State wins, 14-to-0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 8, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Florida eleven topples Boston College, 7–0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Florida Spoils Maryland Home-Coming By Beating Old Liners, 14 To 0: 'Gators Score On Brace Of Long Marches". The Baltimore Sun. October 29, 1939. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Gamecocks upset Florida". The Bradenton Herald. November 5, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Bulldogs beat Gators, 6–2". The Macon Telegraph and News. November 12, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Florida crushed by Georgia Tech's aerial attack, 21–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 26, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		Stetson*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 21–0	5,000	^[3]
September 30		at Texas*	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–12	17,000	^[4]
October 7		Mississippi State	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–14		^[5]
October 12		at Boston College*	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 7–0	20,000	^[6]
October 21		Tampa*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 7–0	6,000	^[7]
October 28		at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 14–0	10,000	^[8]
November 4		at South Carolina*	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–6	5,000	^[9]
November 11		vs. Georgia	Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	L 2–6	20,000	^[10]
November 18	8:15 p.m.	at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	W 13–0	26,000–28,000	^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
November 25		No. 19 Georgia Tech	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 7–21	15,000	^[17]
November 30		at Auburn	Auburn Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	T 7–7	13,000	^[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Georgia Tech +	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Alabama	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Florida	0	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Sewanee	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll