1937 Florida Gators football team
American college football season
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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 (6â0) in Jacksonville, Florida, but the season was mostly remembered for its disappointmentsâthree one-point losses to Temple (7â6), Mississippi State (14â13), and Clemson (10â9). Cody's 1937 Florida Gators finished 4â7 overall and 3â4 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing eighth of thirteen SEC teams in the conference standings.[1]
- Josh Cody (2nd season)
| 1937 Florida Gators football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 4â7 (3â4 SEC) |
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| Captain | Walter Mayberry |
| Home stadium | Florida Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Alabama $ | 6 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 LSU | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | â | 1 | â | 2 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 2 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 1 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 0 | â | 6 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | at LSU | L 0â19 | 15,000 | [2] | |
| October 2 | Stetson* | W 18â0 | 4,000 | [3] | |
| October 9 | at Temple* | L 6â7 | 10,000 | [4] | |
| October 16 | Sewanee |
| W 21â0 | 5,000 | [5] |
| October 23 | at Mississippi State | L 13â14 | 7,500 | [6] | |
| October 30 | at Maryland* | L 7â13 | 10,000 | [7] | |
| November 6 | vs. Georgia | W 6â0 | 20,000 | [8] | |
| November 13 | Clemson* |
| L 9â10 | 6,000 | [9] |
| November 20 | Georgia Tech |
| L 0â12 | 16,000 | [10] |
| November 27 | vs. Auburn |
| L 0â14 | [11] | |
| December 4 | Kentucky |
| W 6â0 | [12] | |
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Game summaries
Temple
Mayberry starred in a close loss to coach Pop Warner's Temple Owls,[13] keeping the 10,000 spectators "in an uproar for nearly three periods."[14]
Georgia
The 1937 team defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the two teams' annual rivalry game for the first time in eight years.[15][16]
Postseason
Tiger Mayberry ranked second in the country with 818 rushing yards; only Byron White exceeded Mayberry's rushing total that year.[17]
Mayberry also intercepted six passes when the Gators' opponents only threw 57 balls,[18][19] and was a first-team All-SEC selection by the conference coaches and sportswriters on behalf of the Associated Press.[20]
