1951 Florida Gators football team

The 1951 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1951 college football season. The season was Bob Woodruff's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included two intersectional victories over the Wyoming Cowboys (13–0) and the Loyola Lions (40–7), and two Southeastern Conference (SEC) victories over the Vanderbilt Commodores (33–13) during Florida's homecoming and the Alabama Crimson Tide (30–21) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For the second year in a row, Woodruff's 1951 Florida Gators finished 5–5 overall and 2–4 in the SEC, placing ninth among twelve conference teams.[2]

1951 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1951 record5–5 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFlorida Field
(Capacity: 39,453)[1]
1951 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Georgia Tech + 7 0 0  11 0 1
No. 1 Tennessee + 5 0 0  10 1 0
LSU 4 2 1  7 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 1  6 3 1
No. 15 Kentucky 3 3 0  8 4 0
Auburn 3 4 0  5 5 0
Vanderbilt 3 5 0  6 5 0
Alabama 3 5 0  5 6 0
Florida 2 4 0  5 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0  5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 5 0  4 5 0
Tulane 1 5 0  4 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 15vs. Wyoming*W 13–0
September 22The Citadel*W 27–7
September 29Georgia Tech
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 0–27
October 6at Loyola (CA)*W 40–7
October 13at AuburnL 13–14
October 20Vanderbilt
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 33–13
October 27No. 17 Kentucky
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 6–14
November 10vs. Georgia
  • Gator Bowl Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
L 6–7
November 17at Miami (FL)*L 6–21
November 24at AlabamaW 30–2123,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

References

  1. The Department of Publicity and The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "1951 Florida Football Facts 'n Figures" (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.


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