1926 Florida Gators football team

1926 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1926 record	2–6–2 (1–4–1 19th SoCon)
Head coach	Harold Sebring (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
Captain	Lamar Sarra
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1925 1927 →

1926 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
Tennessee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Maryland	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Week 2: Florida at Chicago

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 6 0 0 0 6 • Chicago 6 3 0 3 12 Date: October 2 Location: Stagg Field, Chicago, IL Game attendance: 20,000

Week 3: Ole Miss vs. Florida

1 2 3 4 Total • Ole Miss 6 0 0 6 12 Florida 0 0 0 7 7 Date: October 6 Location: Gainesville, FL

Week 4: Florida at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 6 0 0 0 6 Mercer 0 3 0 0 3 Date: October 9 Location: Macon, GA Referee: Herman Stegeman

Week 5: Kentucky at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total • Kentucky 12 0 0 6 18 Florida 7 6 0 0 13 Date: October 20 Location: Jacksonville, FL Game weather: Hot Referee: Alex Cunningham

Week 6: Florida at Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 2 7 0 9 • Georgia 6 13 13 0 32 Date: October 30 Location: Athens, GA Game attendance: 5,000 Game weather: Warm Referee: Hull

Week 9: Hampden–Sydney vs. Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Hampden–Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 20 Location: Plant Field Tampa, FL Game attendance: 10,000

The 1926 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1926 college football season. The season was Harold Sebring's second and least successful campaign as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Sebring's 1926 Florida Gators finished 2–6–2 overall, and 1–4–1 in the Southern Conference, placing nineteenth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.

The highlights of the season were the Gators' two victories home field over the Florida Southern Moccasins and Clemson Tigers, which were interspersed among four close losses to the Chicago Maroons (6–12), the Ole Miss Rebels (7–12), the Mercer Bears (3–7) and the Kentucky Wildcats (13–18), crushing defeats by the Georgia Bulldogs (9–32) and coach Wallace Wade's undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide (0–49), and two low-scoring ties with the Hampden–Sydney Tigers (0–0) and the Washington & Lee Generals.

Florida was set to play one of its hardest schedules. Former fullback Ray Dickson assisted Sebring.

Bill Middlekauff, a fullback who played on the 1923 and 1924 teams, returned to the squad. Key losses from the previous year included Edgar C. Jones.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

The season opened with a 16–0 home victory over the Florida Southern Moccasins.

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