1922 Florida Gators football team

1922 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1922 record	7–2 (2–0 4th SoCon)
Head coach	William G. Kline
Assistant coach	James Van Fleet
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Captain	Ferdinand H. Duncan
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt* +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
North Carolina +	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech +	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
VPI	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Florida	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
LSU	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SIAA

Week 1: Furman at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total • Furman 7 0 0 0 7 Florida 0 6 0 0 6 Date: October 7 Location: Fleming Field Gainesville, FL Game weather: Rain Referee: Ted Arnold

Week 3: American Legion at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Legion 0 0 0 0 0 • Florida 0 0 7 7 14 Date: October 21 Location: Tampa, FL

Week 5: Florida at Harvard

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 0 0 0 0 • Harvard 14 3 0 7 24 Date: November 4 Location: Harvard Stadium Allston, MA Game attendance: 30,000 Referee: W. R. Crowley (Bowdoin)

Week 6: Mississippi College at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 • Florida 0 13 13 32 58 Date: November 11 Location: Plant Field Tampa, FL Game attendance: 4,000

Week 7: Florida at Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 6 0 7 14 27 Tulane 0 6 0 0 6 Date: November 18 Location: Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Game attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bonner (Auburn)

Week 8: Florida at Oglethorpe

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 0 6 0 6 12 Oglethorpe 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 25 Location: Poncey Atlanta, GA Referee: Lawson (Illinois)

Week 9: Clemson at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Clemson 0 7 7 0 14 • Florida 6 13 14 14 47 Date: December 2 Location: Barrs Field Jacksonville, FL Referee: Jogger Elcock

The 1922 Florida Gators football team represented the Florida Gators of the University of Florida during the 1922 Southern Conference football season. The season was law professor William Kline's third and last year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Kline's 1922 Florida Gators finished 7–2 overall, and 2–0 in their first year as members of the new Southern Conference, placing fifth of twenty-one teams in the conference standings.

Despite the undefeated conference record, the team played only two conference opponents (Tulane and Clemson) and so did not rank as co-champion with Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina.

The 1922 Spalding's Football Guide ranked Florida as the best forward passing team in the country. The team had an unexpected loss early in the season to Furman in a close match, but otherwise the season is notable for visiting Washington D. C. and the White House upon traveling North for the first time to face the Harvard Crimson, and the upset of Tulane.

In the first season of the new Southern Conference (SoCon), freshmen were barred from play.

1921 had been the best year in Florida football history. Florida had two of the South's best punters in running backs Ark Newton and Ray Dickson.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.,

The lone upset of the year happened in the opening game with a 7 to 6 loss to coach Billy Laval's Furman Purple Hurricane. A muddy and slippery field plagued the first half. Florida had two touchdowns called back and halfback Case once fell down with a clear field in front of him. The Gators' only score was made in a downpour.

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