1927 Florida Gators football team

1927 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1927 record	7–3 (5–2 6th SoCon)
Head coach	Harold Sebring
Assistant coach	Joe Bedenk
Assistant coach	Nash Higgins
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
Captain	Bill Middlekauff
Home stadium	Fleming Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
NC State +	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Maryland	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Auburn	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	7	–	2
+ – Conference co-champions

Week 4: Kentucky at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Kentucky 0 6 0 0 6 • Florida 7 0 13 7 27 Date: October 15, 1927 Location: Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL Game attendance: 10,000

Week 5: North Carolina State at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total • NC State 0 0 0 12 12 Florida 0 0 0 6 6 Date: October 23, 1927 Location: Plant Field Tampa, FL Referee: Springer (Penn)

Week 7: Florida vs. Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 0 0 0 0 • Georgia 0 7 14 7 28 Date: November 5, 1927 Location: Barrs Field Jacksonville, FL Game attendance: 16,000

Week 8: Florida at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 0 7 0 6 13 Alabama 0 0 0 6 6 Date: November 12, 1927 Location: Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL

Week 10: Maryland at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Maryland 0 6 0 0 6 • Florida 0 7 0 0 7 Date: December 3, 1927 Location: Barrs Field Jacksonville, FL Game attendance: 2,000 Game weather: Cold rain Referee: Ernest C. Quigley

The 1927 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. The season was Tom Sebring's third and last season as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. After suffering a 0–12 upset loss at the hands of the Davidson College Wildcats, the Gators rallied to defeat the Auburn Tigers 33–6, defeating the Tigers for the first time and ending a six-game losing streak, and to upset coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide 13–6. Sebring's 1927 Florida Gators finished 7–3 overall, and 5–2 in the Southern Conference, placing sixth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.

The loss to Davidson featured captain Frank Oosterhoudt, who was later declared ineligible, and replaced at captain by Bill Middlekauff. With Middlekauff at captain, the Gators suffered just two further losses: to conference co-champions NC State; and to Georgia's "Dream and Wonder team". NC State was led by Hall of Famer and Gainesville native Jack McDowall.

The 1926 season was the worst since the war. "The wolves began to clamor for Sebring's scalp as the 1926 season ended" wrote Pete Norton. With several newcomers, Sebring organized an Orange and Blue game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

The first game of the season occurred on September 24 at Fleming Field in Gainesville. The Gators defeated Florida Southern 26–7.

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