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1924 Florida Gators football team

1924 Florida Gators football
Fleming Field 1920s.jpg
A field goal on Fleming Field
Conference Southern Conference
1924 record 6–2–2 (2–0–1 2nd SoCon)
Head coach James Van Fleet
Assistant coach Tom Sebring
Offensive scheme Notre Dame Box
Captain Ark Newton
Home stadium Fleming Field
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Alabama $ 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
Florida 2 – 0 – 1     6 – 2 – 2
Georgia 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 4 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
Mississippi A&M 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Sewanee* 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Virginia 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 2 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt* 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 1
VPI 2 – 2 – 3     4 – 2 – 3
VMI 2 – 3 – 1     6 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Maryland 2 – 2 – 1     3 – 3 – 3
Auburn 2 – 4 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
NC State 1 – 4 – 1     2 – 4 – 2
LSU 0 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Clemson 0 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Tennessee 0 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SIAA
Week 1: Rollins at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Rollins 0 0 0 0 0
• Florida 6 21 28 22 77
Week 2: Florida at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 7 0 0 7
Ga. Tech 7 0 0 0 7
Week 3: Wake Forest at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Wake 0 0 0 0 0
• Florida 7 7 13 7 34
Week 4: Florida at Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 7 0 0 0 7
Texas 0 7 0 0 7
Week 6: Florida at Army
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 0 7 0 7
• Army 7 0 0 7 14
Week 7: Florida at Mercer
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 0 0 0 0
• Mercer 7 0 0 3 10
  • Date: November 15
  • Location: Macon, GA
  • Game attendance: 6,000
Week 8: Mississippi A&M vs. Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Miss. A&M 0 0 0 0 0
• Florida 0 6 0 21 27
Week 9: Drake at Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Drake 0 0 0 0 0
• Florida 0 0 10 0 10
  • Date: November 27
  • Location: Fleming Field
    Gainesville, FL
  • Referee: Ted Arnold

The 1924 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1924 Southern Conference football season. This was Major James Van Fleet's second and final year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Van Fleet's 1924 Florida Gators finished 6–2–2 overall, and 2–0–1 in the Southern Conference, placing second of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.

The Gators traveled further during the 1924 season than any other college football team in the country, and received national recognition for a controversial tie with Texas Longhorns and the close loss to Army. The season also involves a tie with southern power Georgia Tech.

Coach Van Fleet's assignment was changed to the Panama Canal Zone, but he coached the team on an unpaid basis during four months of leave. More than 100 players took part in the game between the varsity and freshmen.

A 4-month old Florida black bear captured by a freshman wandered onto the field on October 1. Some fan placed a Gator banner on its back, and it never caused much trouble.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

At the "newly completed"Fleming Field in Gainesville the Gators rolled up a 77–0 score on the Rollins Tars. The game was played mostly in the rain. Every man on the Gator squad saw playing time. Owen Pittman scored three touchdowns; Tiny Chaplin, Ark Newton, Spic Stanley, and Bob Brumby scored two each, and Dick Brown scored one. Chaplin contributed a field goal. Newton had five extra points; Brown two, and Brumby one.

The starting lineup for the Gators against Rollins: Todd (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Cornwall (center), Goldstein (right guard), Davis (right tackle), Oosterhoudt (right end), Murphree (quarterback), Newton (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).


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