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1912 Florida Gators football team

1912 Florida Gators football
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The 1912 Gators practicing on the UF campus
Bacardi Bowl, W 28–0
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1912 record 5–2–1 (0–2–1 17th SIAA)
Head coach George E. Pyle
Captain Sam Buie
Seasons
« 1911 1913 »
1912 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 4 0 1     8 1 1
Texas A&M 2 0 0     8 1 0
Kentucky State 1 0 0     7 2 0
Georgia 5 1 1     6 1 1
Auburn 5 1 1     6 1 1
Sewanee 2 1 2     5 1 2
Georgia Tech 5 3 0     5 3 1
Tulane 3 2 0     5 3 0
Mississippi A&M 3 3 0     4 3 0
Alabama 3 3 1     5 3 1
Mississippi 2 2 0     5 3 0
Clemson 3 3 0     4 4 0
Mercer 2 3 1     5 3 1
LSU 2 3 0     4 3 0
Tennessee 1 4 0     4 4 0
Mississippi College 1 4 0     3 4 0
Florida 0 2 1     5 2 1
Central 0 2 0     4 5 0
The Citadel 0 3 0     2 4 0
Howard 0 4 0     1 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
South Carolina at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
S. Carolina 3 0 3 0 6
Florida 0 0 3 7 10
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Georgia Tech at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Ga. Tech 7 0 7 0 14
Florida 0 6 0 0 6
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The 1912 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1912 college football season. The season was the fourth for George Pyle as the Florida Gators football team's head coach. Pyle's 1912 Florida Gators finished their seventh varsity football season with an SIAA conference record of 1–2 and an overall winning record of 5–2–1.

The 1912 season marked several first-time events for the Florida Gators, including the first full season that the Florida football team would compete as the "Florida Gators"; the first games that they played against two future rivals, the Auburn Tigers and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (both games were losses); their first-ever victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks; their first season played in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA); and the first time they ever participated in a post-season bowl game. Florida also claimed the state championship by beating in-state rival Stetson for the third consecutive year.

Florida joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a large confederation of southern athletic programs that was the precursor to several other regional conferences, including the Southeastern Conference. This raised the profile of the young program (1912 was only the seventh academic year for the modern University of Florida) and allowed more contests against older football programs in the south and elsewhere. As Florida sportswriter and UF alumnus Tom McEwen wrote, "it was in 1912 when the Gators really ventured out into big-time football."

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

The season began with the first-ever game against coach Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers, a 13–27 loss. Florida was unable to gain on Auburn's line, and made its scores off Auburn miscues. "The team, the coach and the University are happy over this honorable result, and grant cheerfully that Florida is not master; but only the worthy opponent of the Southern team, which, with Vanderbilt, claims the Southern pennant." Though a loss, the Gators scored more points than any other Auburn opponent that year.


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