1929 Florida Gators football team
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| No. 10 Tulane $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1929 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1929 college football season was Charlie Bachman's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the year included Southern Conference victories over the Virginia Military Institute Keydets, Auburn Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, Clemson Tigers, South Carolina Gamecocks and Washington & Lee Generals, and a 20–6 intersectional upset over coach John McEwan's Oregon Webfoots in a neutral site game played at the old Madison Square Garden stadium in Miami, Florida. Bachman's 1929 Florida Gators finished with an overall record of 8–2,[1] and a conference record of 6–1, placing fourth of twenty-three conference teams.[2]
Schedule and results
9–28–1929Florida Southern*
W 54–0 10–5–1929Virginia Military Institute
W 18–710,000 10–11–1929Auburn
W 19–0 10–19–1929Georgia Tech
L 6–19 10–26–1929Georgia
W 18–620,000 11–2–1929Harvard*
L 0–1435,000 11–16–1929Clemson
- Fleming Field
- Gainesville, Florida (HC)
W 13–7 11–23–1929South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaW 20–7 11–28–1929Washington & Lee
- Fairfield Stadium
- Jacksonville, Florida
W 25–712,000 12–7–1929Oregon*
- Madison Square Garden Stadium
- Miami, Florida
W 20–625,000
Template:CFB Schedule End Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]
Preseason
Coach Bachman began the season's intensive practices on Anastasia Island, some ten miles from Saint Augustine.[3]
Season summary
Week 1: Florida Southern
The Gators opened the season with a 54–0 romp of Florida Southern. The Gators made 19 first downs and 8 touchdowns; Florida Southern made no first downs.[4]
Week 2: VMI
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Florida won a close game in Tampa over V. M. I. 12 to 7. [5] Royce Goodbread scored after many exchanges of punts. Rainey Cawthon made a 25-yard pass into another touchdown. VMI's touchdown was scored on a 2-yard run by Dunn.[5]
Week 3: at Auburn
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In a night game, the Gators defeated the Auburn Tigers 19 to 0. Florida's first touchdown came on a 30-yard run from cCrabtree. A 10-yard pass from Bethea to Van Sickel brought the second touchdown. The last score was a 15-yard pass to Nolan.[6] After the game, acting under orders of Governor Graves, law enforcement officers seized and destroyed some 75 pints of liquor which had been brought to the contest.[7]
The starting lineup for the Gators against Harvard: Green (left end), Waters (left tackle), McRae (left guard), Haines (center), Houser (right guard), Dedge (right tackle), Hall (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Bethea (left halfback), Goodbread (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).
Week 4: at Georgia Tech
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Florida lost to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 19–6. Fumbles cost Florida dearly. A 30-yard pass, Dunlap to Warner Mizell, and 7 more yards from Mizell, got the first touchdown. A 25-yard pass from Dunlap to Vance Maree got the second. The final score from Tech was a pass from Mizell to Stumpy Thomason. A pitch to Cawthon got the lone Gator score.
Week 5: Georgia
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The Gators upset the Georgia Bulldogs for the second year in a row, by a score of 18 to 6.[8] The Bulldogs had already defeated Yale. Georgia quarterback Austin Downes broke his arm during the game.
A long pass from Bethea to Green started things going in the second quarter, down to Georgia's 14-yard line. After driving down to the 3, Bethea scored on a wide end run. Dale Van Sickel recovered a blocked punt in the third quarter inside thte 30-yard line. Cawthon and company drove inside the 10. A pass from Crabtree to Van Sickel got a touchdown. Crabtree later returned an interception for a touchdown. In the final minutes, Ed Sauls ran 60 yards through the Georgia defense, the highlight of the game.[8]
Week 6: at Harvard
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Harvard defeated Florida 14 to 0 in front of a crowd of 35,000.[9][10][11] Michigan coach Fielding Yost watched the game from the stands.[12]
The starting lineup for the Gators against Harvard: Nolan (left end), Proctor (left tackle), Reeves (left guard), Clemons (center), Steele (right guard), Waters (right tackle), Van Sickel (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Bethea (left halfback), Dorsett (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).[9]
Week 7: Clemson
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The Gators beat the Clemson Tigers 13–7 at homecoming. The first Florida score came on a 9-yard pass from Bethea to Van Sickel. The second came on a short run by Rainey Cawthon after a 28-yard run by Bethea.
Week 8: at South Carolina
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Florida substitutes started the game, coming in some 5 minutes in after a blocked punt on the 18-yard line. Six runs at the line later, Rainey Cawthon scored.[13] A pass from Crabtree to Van Sickel got the extra point. Early in the secind quarter, South Carolina blocked another punt. This time they capitalized with a a 15-yard touchdown pass, Rhame to Stoddard. Boineau added the extra point from placement.[14][15]
The same Boineau later fumbled a punt, recovered by Florida. A pass from Crabtree to Bethea gained 12 and a run around right end from Bethea got a touchdown. Crabtree passed to Van Sickel for the conversion. A Van Sickel interception ended South Carolina's fiercest threat, which eventually turned into another Cawthon touchdown. The final touchdown drive caused injuries to both Van Sickel and Bethea.[15] The try was missed.
The starting lineup for the Gators against Oregon: L. Greene (left end), Phiel (left tackle), McRae (left guard), Clark (center), James (right guard), Dedge (right tackle), Vickery (right end), McEwen (quarterback), Dorsett (left halfback), Goodbread (right halfback), Silsby (fullback).[15]
Week 9: Washington & Lee
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The Gators defeated the Washington & Lee Generals 25–7 in their annual Thanksgiving matchup. Sophomore halfback Monk Dorsett was the star of the game, scoring two touchdowns.
Week 10: Oregon
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The heat forced many Oregon players to take off their jerseys. Clyde Crabtree had a touchdown on a punt return of 80 yards, and Ed Sauls had one on a run through the line of 38 yards.[16] More than 25,000 saw the game.[17]
The starting lineup for the Gators against Oregon: Parnell (left end), Waters (left tackle), Steele (left guard), Clemons (center), Reeves (right guard), Proctor (right tackle), Nolan (right end), Crabtree (quarterback), Dorsett (left halfback), Goodbread (right halfback), Cawthon (fullback).[16]
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Charlie Bachman
- Assistants: James Van Fleet, Nash Higgins (line), Joe Holsinger (backfield), Brady Cowell (freshmen), George Weber. A. P. Pierson.
See also
- Auburn–Florida football rivalry
- Florida–Georgia football rivalry
- Florida Gators football, 1920–29
- 1929 College Football All-Southern Team
References
- ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 108 & 115 (2015). Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ 2009 Southern Conference Football Media Guide, Year-by-Year Standings, Southern Conference, Spartanburg, South Carolina, p. 74 (2009). Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- ^ "Florida 'Gators Train On Beach". Anniston Star. September 23, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Gators Down Southern". The Bee. September 30, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "'Gators Barely Win Over V. M. I., 12 To 7". Anniston Star. October 6, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Gators Defeat Auburn 19 to 0 In Night Game". Anniston Star. October 12, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dry Search At Football Game Reveals 75 Pints". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 14, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Gators Upset Dope And Win From Bulldogs". Anniston Star. September 3, 2015. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Southern Foe Falls Before Harbard, 14-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1929. p. 41. Retrieved August 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Beats Florida, 14-0 In Close Fight". The Anniston Star. November 3, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved August 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida Gators Will Snap At Harvard Line". Altoona Tribune. November 2, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ William R. King (November 3, 1929). "Yost Watching As Harvard Smashes Through Florida". The Escanaba Daily Press. p. 15. Retrieved August 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gamecocks Fail To Show Power". The Index-Journal. November 24, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gators Battle Way To Victory Over Carolina". Anniston Star. November 24, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Gators Battle Way To Victory Over Carolina". Anniston Star. November 24, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Rex Saffer (December 8, 1929). "Webfoots Are Defeated 20-6". Oregon Statesman. p. 18. Retrieved August 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oregon Plays Florida Gators In Hot Sun Today". The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. December 7, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
