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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1939
| year = 1939
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| hc_year = 4th
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = [[Clark Goff]]
| captain = [[Clark Goff]]
| stadium = [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|Florida Field]]
| stadium = [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|Florida Field]]<br>(capacity: 22,000)<ref>{{cite web|last1=University of Florida Sports Information Department|title=Florida 2006 Media Guide|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gatorzone.com/documents/2016/2/11/2006_FB_media_guide.pdf|website=floridagators.com|publisher=University Athletic Association, Inc.|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>
| uniform = 30sGatoruniform3.png
| uniform = 30sGatoruniform3.png
}}
}}
{{1939 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
{{1939 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
The '''1939 Florida Gators football team''' represented the [[University of Florida]] during the [[1939 college football season]]. The season was the fourth and final year for [[Josh Cody]] as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Cody's 1939 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5–1 overall record, but with a winless 0–3–1 record in the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC), placing twelfth of thirteen teams in the SEC.<ref name=ufmediaguide/>
The '''1939 Florida Gators football team''' represented the [[University of Florida]] during the [[1939 college football season]]. The season was the fourth and final year for [[Josh Cody]] as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Cody's 1939 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5–1 overall record, but with a winless 0–3–1 record in the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC), placing twelfth of thirteen teams in the SEC.<ref name=ufmediaguide/>

Florida was ranked at No. 95 (out of 609 teams) in the final [[Litkenhous Ratings]] for 1939.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth|author=E. E. Litkenhous|newspaper=Johnson City Sunday Press|date=December 31, 1939|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1939
| poll = AP
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern


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| site_cityst = [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville, FL]]
| site_cityst = [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville, FL]]
| score = 21–0
| score = 21–0
| attend = 5,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-gators-last-stetson-in/132700852/|work=The Miami Herald|title=Gators last Stetson in opening game, 21–0|date=September 24, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| date = September 30
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
⚫
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
⚫
| away = y
| opponent = [[1939 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]
| opponent = [[1939 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]]
| site_stadium = [[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium|War Memorial Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium|War Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
| site_cityst = [[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
| score = 0–12
| score = 0–12
| attend = 17,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123714024/florida-gators-lose-to-texas-longhorns-1/|work=The Pensacola News-Journal|title=Florida Gators lose to Texas Longhorns 12–0|date=October 1, 1939|accessdate=April 28, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
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| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| score = 0–14
| score = 0–14
⚫
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-miss-state/132693972/|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|title=Miss. State wins, 14-to-0|date=October 8, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| site_cityst = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
| site_cityst = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
| score = 7–0
| score = 7–0
| attend = 20,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-florida-eleven-to/132700967/|work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|title=Florida eleven topples Boston College, 7–0|date=October 13, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
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| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| score = 7–0
| score = 7–0
| attend = 6,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/orlando-evening-star-florida-marches-thr/132701106/|work=The Sunday Sentinel Star|title=Florida marches thru Tampa for 7–0 win|date=October 22, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
⚫
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
⚫
| away = y
| opponent = [[1939 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]]
| opponent = [[1939 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]]
| site_stadium = [[Old Byrd Stadium|Byrd Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Old Byrd Stadium|Byrd Stadium]]
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| date = November 4
| date = November 4
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
⚫
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
⚫
| away = y
| opponent = [[1939 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina]]
| opponent = [[1939 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina]]
| site_stadium = [[Williams-Brice Stadium|Columbia Municipal Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Williams–Brice Stadium|Columbia Municipal Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
| site_cityst = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
| score = 0–6
| score = 0–6
| attend = 5,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bradenton-herald-gamecocks-upset-flo/132701236/|work=The Bradenton Herald|title=Gamecocks upset Florida|date=November 5, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| gamename = [[Florida–Georgia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Florida–Georgia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 2–6
| score = 2–6
| attend = 20,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph-bulldogs-beat-gators/132697398/|work=The Macon Telegraph and News|title=Bulldogs beat Gators, 6–2|date=November 12, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| date = November 18
| time = 8:15 p.m.
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
⚫
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1939 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami (FL)]]
| opponent = [[1939 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami (FL)]]
| site_stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Burdine Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Burdine Stadium]]
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| gamename = [[Florida–Miami football rivalry|rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Florida–Miami football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 13–0
| score = 13–0
| attend = 26,000–28,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Bell |title=Huge Crowd Will Watch Gator Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news/128425481/ |newspaper=[[The Miami News|Miami Daily News]] |location=[[Miami|Miami, Florida]] |date=November 18, 1939 |page=1 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Bell |title=Harding's Men Keyed For Brilliant Contest Before Sellout Crowd (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news/128425542/ |newspaper=[[The Miami News|Miami Daily News]] |location=[[Miami|Miami, Florida]] |date=November 18, 1939 |page=8 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clay |first=Everett |title=Gators Defeat Miami, 13 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/128425862/ |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |location=[[Miami|Miami, Florida]] |date=November 19, 1939 |page=1A |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clay |first=Everett |title=Awakened Gators Recapture State Grid Title (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/128425928/ |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |location=[[Miami|Miami, Florida]] |date=November 19, 1939 |page=1B |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Clay |first=Everett |title=Gators Defeat Miami, 13 To 0 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/128425979/ |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |location=[[Miami|Miami, Florida]] |date=November 19, 1939 |page=4B |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Bell |title=Florida's Gators Puncture Miami's Defense In Last Half To Defeat Hurricanes By 13 To 0 Score For State Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news/128426034/ |newspaper=[[The Miami News|Miami Daily News]] |location=[[Miami|Miami, Florida]] |date=November 19, 1939 |page=1B |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
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| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| site_cityst = Gainesville, FL
| score = 7–21
| score = 7–21
| attend = 15,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-florida-crushed-by/132693217/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|title=Florida crushed by Georgia Tech's aerial attack, 21–7|date=November 26, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| gamename = [[Auburn–Florida football rivalry|rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Auburn–Florida football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 7–7
| score = 7–7
| attend = 13,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-auburn-halted/132696939/|work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat|title=Auburn, halted by Gun, gets 7–7 tie with Florida|date=December 1, 1939|accessdate=September 30, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 07:53, 12 December 2023

1939 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5–1 (0–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainClark Goff
Home stadiumFlorida Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Alabama 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1939 college football season. The season was the fourth and final year for Josh Cody as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Cody's 1939 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5–1 overall record, but with a winless 0–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth of thirteen teams in the SEC.[1]

Florida was ranked at No. 95 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Stetson*
W 21–05,000[3]
September 30at Texas*
L 0–1217,000[4]
October 7Mississippi State
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 0–14[5]
October 12at Boston College*
W 7–020,000[6]
October 21Tampa*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 7–06,000[7]
October 28at Maryland*
W 14–010,000[8]
November 4at South Carolina*
L 0–65,000[9]
November 11vs. Georgia
L 2–620,000[10]
November 188:15 p.m.at Miami (FL)*
W 13–026,000–28,000[11][12][13][14][15][16]
November 25No. 19 Georgia Techdagger
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 7–2115,000[17]
November 30at Auburn
T 7–713,000[18]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[1]

Postseason

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After leaving Florida, Josh Cody would later become the long-time head coach of the Temple Owls men's basketball team and the Temple University athletic director, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gators last Stetson in opening game, 21–0". The Miami Herald. September 24, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Florida Gators lose to Texas Longhorns 12–0". The Pensacola News-Journal. October 1, 1939. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Miss. State wins, 14-to-0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 8, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Florida eleven topples Boston College, 7–0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Florida marches thru Tampa for 7–0 win". The Sunday Sentinel Star. October 22, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Florida Spoils Maryland Home-Coming By Beating Old Liners, 14 To 0: 'Gators Score On Brace Of Long Marches". The Baltimore Sun. October 29, 1939. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Gamecocks upset Florida". The Bradenton Herald. November 5, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bulldogs beat Gators, 6–2". The Macon Telegraph and News. November 12, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Bell, Bell (November 18, 1939). "Huge Crowd Will Watch Gator Game". Miami Daily News. Miami, Florida. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ Bell, Bell (November 18, 1939). "Harding's Men Keyed For Brilliant Contest Before Sellout Crowd (continued)". Miami Daily News. Miami, Florida. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ Clay, Everett (November 19, 1939). "Gators Defeat Miami, 13 To 0". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. 1A. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Clay, Everett (November 19, 1939). "Awakened Gators Recapture State Grid Title (continued)". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. 1B. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ Clay, Everett (November 19, 1939). "Gators Defeat Miami, 13 To 0 (continued)". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. 4B. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ Bell, Bell (November 19, 1939). "Florida's Gators Puncture Miami's Defense In Last Half To Defeat Hurricanes By 13 To 0 Score For State Title". Miami Daily News. Miami, Florida. p. 1B. Retrieved July 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Florida crushed by Georgia Tech's aerial attack, 21–7". Tallahassee Democrat. November 26, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Auburn, halted by Gun, gets 7–7 tie with Florida". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. December 1, 1939. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Josh Cody Member Biography. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
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