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1921 Florida Gators football team

1921 Florida Gators football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1921 record 6–3–2 (4–1–2 6th SIAA)
Head coach William G. Kline
Assistant coach James Van Fleet
Captain Tootie Perry
Home stadium Fleming Field
Uniform
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Seasons
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1921 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 4 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
Georgia + 6 – 0 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt + 5 – 0 – 1     7 – 0 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Florida 4 – 1 – 2     6 – 3 – 2
Mississippi College 3 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Sewanee 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Furman 4 – 2 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
LSU 2 – 1 – 1     6 – 1 – 1
Transylvania 2 – 1 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Auburn 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 2 – 1     3 – 3 – 2
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
Tulane 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Alabama 2 – 4 – 2     5 – 4 – 2
Oglethorpe 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Mercer 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Chattanooga 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Louisville 0 – 1 – 0     2 – 2 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Millsaps 0 – 3 – 1     0 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Wofford 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Clemson 0 – 4 – 2     1 – 6 – 2
Howard 0 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Week 1: Florida at Camp Benning
1 2 3 4 Total
• Florida 0 0 6 0 6
Infantry 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Columbus, GA
  • Game attendance: 4,500
Week 2: Rollins at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Rollins 0 0 0 0 0
• Florida 8 0 7 18 33
  • Date: October 8
Week 3: Carlstrom Field at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
• Aviators 0 13 0 6 19
Florida 0 0 0 0 0
Week 4: Mercer at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Mercer 0 0 0 0 0
• Florida 7 0 0 0 7
Week 5: Florida at Tennessee
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 0 0 0 0
• Tennessee 0 9 0 0 9
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Knoxville, TN
  • Referee: Parrish (VMI)
Week 7: South Carolina at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
S. Carolina 7 0 0 0 7
Florida 0 7 0 0 7
Week 8: Florida at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
• Florida 6 0 0 3 9
Alabama 0 0 2 0 2
Week 9: Mississippi College at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi 0 7 0 0 7
Florida 0 0 0 7 7
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Gainesville, FL

The 1921 Florida Gators football team (variously "Florida", "Gators", or "UF") represented the University of Florida in the 1921 college football season. It marked the Florida Gators' 15th overall season, and its 9th and final as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The Gators played their home games at Fleming Field in Gainesville, Florida. It was head coach William Kline's second season leading the Gators' football team. They finished the season with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses, and 2 ties (6–3–2 overall, 4–1–2 in the SIAA), finishing 6th in conference play.

The Gators improved their record against major collegiate competition with a notable win against the Alabama Crimson Tide (9–2) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Florida's two losses against the Tennessee Volunteers (0–9) and the North Carolina Tar Heels (10–14) were competitive and close.

Coach Herman Stegeman of Georgia wrote in Spalding's Football Guide "Florida, for the first time, had a strong team. Aided by Dixon, the South's best punter, they combined a kicking game and a well diversified offense to good advantage." Captain Tootie Perry was the school's first ever All-Southern selection.

Professor of military science James Van Fleet joined Kline's coaching staff.

Kline's staff faced heavy pressure from the alumni for a winning football team and so "five players were brought the University of Oklahoma and the western states" such as Ferdinand H. Duncan and Ark Newton. Newton allegedly first attended a practice only to watch, but the captain Tootie Perry was so impressed when he saw him that he offered Newton a uniform and coaxed him onto the field. Newton's punts sailed over the head of the return men, and brought the attention of the coaches.


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