1919 Florida Gators football team

1919 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record	5–3 (2–2 12th SIAA)
Head coach	Alfred L. Buser
Assistant coach	George B. Sparkman, Jr.
Captain	Jim Sparkman
Uniform

Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

1919 SIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Auburn $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	1	–	2
Mississippi A&M	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	2	4	–	2	–	3
Furman	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Tulane	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Clemson	2	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
LSU	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Wofford	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	3	–	2	3	–	3	–	3
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Transylvania	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Mississippi College	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Howard	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion

Mercer at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mercer	0	0	0	0	0
• Florida	18	12	12	6	48

Date: October 18
Location: Gainesville, FL

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Georgia at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Georgia	0	0	13	3	16
Florida	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 25
Location: Plant Field
Tampa, FL
Game attendance: 3,000
Referee: Coles (Clemson)

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Florida at Florida Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	0	0	0	0
• Southern	7	0	0	0	7

Date: November 1
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Referee: Coles (Clemson)

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Florida at Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	2	0	0	2
• Tulane	0	0	7	7	14

Date: November 8
Location: New Orleans, LA

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Florida at South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Florida	0	7	6	0	13
S. Carolina	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 22
Location: Columbia, SC

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Oglethorpe at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oglethorpe	7	0	0	0	7
• Florida	0	14	0	0	14

Date: November 27
Location: Gainesville, FL

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The 1919 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the. 1919 college football season. It was Al Buser's third and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team.

Florida students, fans and alumni had learned to suffer through football losses to major Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) opponents like the Georgia Bulldogs and Tulane Green Wave, but the 0–7 loss to the Florida Southern was viewed by many as an unacceptable failure. Nevertheless, Buser's 1919 Florida Gators completed their football season with an improved overall record of 5–3 and an SIAA conference record of 2–2.

George B. Sparkman, Jr. assisted the Gators.

The team's captain was Jim Sparkman, who returned from World War I service with the Rainbow Division after playing for Florida from 1914 to 1916.Rondo Hatton was a substitute quarterback on the team.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

The season opened with a 33–2 defeat of Georgia A&M.

The starting lineup was Clemons (left end), Wuthrich (left tackle), Connell (left guard), Perry (center), Baker (right guard), Goldsby (right tackle), Thomas (right end), B. Anderson (quarterback), C. Anderson (left halfback), Sparkman (right halfback), Olson (fullback).

In spite of rain and mud, the Gators beat the Mercer Baptists 48–0. Three hundred students led a parade in Gainesville afterwards. No extra points were kicked all game due to the wet condition of the ball. Florida scored first on a 40-yard touchdown run from C. Anderson.

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