1906 Florida football team

1906 Florida football
Conference	Independent
1906 record	5–3
Head coach	Jack Forsythe (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Minnesota shift
Captain	Thomas Guy Hancock
Home stadium	Gainesville Baseball Park
Seasons 1907 →

1906 college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Virginia			–					7	–	2	–	2
Oregon			–					5	–	0	–	1
VPI			–					5	–	2	–	2
Utah			–					4	–	1	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					4	–	1	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	1	–	4
Florida			–					5	–	3	–	0
Maryland			–					5	–	3	–	0
USC			–					2	–	0	–	2
Montana			–					2	–	4	–	0
North Carolina			–					1	–	4	–	2

Gainesville A. C. at Florida

1 2 Total Gainesville 0 6 6 • Florida 11 5 16 Date: October 13 Location: The Baseball Park • Gainesville, FL Sources:

Florida at Mercer

1 2 Total Florida 0 0 0 • Mercer 6 6 12 Date: October 20 Location: Central City Park • Macon, GA Sources:

Rollins at Florida

1 2 Total Rollins 0 0 0 • Florida 0 6 6 Date: October 26 Location: The Baseball Park • Gainesville, FL Game start: 3:15 p. m. Game attendance: 150 Sources:

Riverside A. C. at Florida

1 2 Total Riverside 0 0 0 • Florida 13 6 19 Date: November 2 Location: The Baseball Park Gainesville, FL Sources:

Florida at Rollins

1 2 Total • Rollins 0 5 5 Florida 0 0 0 Date: November 11 Location: Winter Park, FL Sources:

The 1906 Florida football team was the first official varsity team fielded by the new University of the State of Florida (now known as the University of Florida); during the 1906 college football season. The team finished its inaugural season with a winning record of 5–3.

The 1906 Florida gridders were known as "Pee Wee's Boys" in honor of their coach, Jack "Pee Wee" Forsythe, a former Clemson Tigers lineman who played for coach John Heisman from 1901 to 1903.

Coach Forsythe employed the Minnesota shift and played on the team as an end. Florida has fielded a team every season since 1906, with the exception of 1943. During the early 1900s, the Florida football team competed in the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS), but was not affiliated with an athletic conference. The University of Florida did not adopt the "Florida Gators" nickname for its sports teams until 1911, and the early Florida football teams were known simply as "Florida" or the "Orange and Blue." The Florida football teams played their home games in a variety of locations, including the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

Intramural football had been played at the Florida Agricultural College since 1899. The 1904 team went winless in a Florida team's first campaign against southern powers.

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