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1934 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–3–1 (2–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainChuck Rogers
Home stadium Florida Field
Uniform
Seasons
←  1933
1935 →
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Tulane + 8 0 0 10 1 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 0 0 10 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 0 8 2 0
LSU 4 2 0 7 2 2
Georgia 3 2 0 7 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 0 6 3 0
Florida 2 2 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 1 4 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0 5 5 0
Auburn 1 6 0 2 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 0 2 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0 4 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1934 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1934 college football season. The season was the high-water mark of Dennis K. Stanley's three-year tenure as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included hard-fought victories over the Auburn Tigers and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, both fellow Southeastern Conference (SEC) members, and the VPI Gobblers and NC State Wolfpack, two out-of-conference Southern teams. Stanley's 1934 Florida Gators finished the year with a 6–3–1 overall record and a 2–2–1 record in the SEC, placing seventh in the thirteen-member SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29vs. Rollins*W 13–26,000 [2]
October 6at VPI*W 20–13 [3]
October 13 TulaneL 12–2815,000 [4]
October 20vs. NC State*W 14–012,000 [5]
October 27vs. Maryland*L 0–218,000 [6]
November 3vs. Georgia
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL ( rivalry)
L 0–1422,000 [7]
November 10 Ole Miss
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
T 13–13 [8]
November 17at AuburnW 14–78,000 [9]
November 24 Georgia Techdagger
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 13–12 [10]
December 1 Stetson*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 14–0 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[1]

Postseason

Wally Brown was named second-team All-SEC. After 1934, no Gators team would win six or more games again until the 1952 Florida Gators football team.

References

  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. ^ "Gators not so hot as they barely nose Rollins out 13 to 2". The Palm Beach Post-Times. September 30, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Florida captures thrilling fracas from V.P.I. 20–13". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. October 7, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tulane 28; Florida 12". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 14, 1934. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Florida victorious 14–0". The Palm Beach Post-Times. October 21, 1934. Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Craig E. Taylor (October 28, 1934). "Maryland Defeats Florida, 21 to 0". The Baltimore Sun. pp. Sports 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Crackers smear Gators via air". The State. November 4, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ole Miss battles 'Gators to tie in thrilling game". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 11, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Gators upset Auburn Plainsmen, 14–7". The Miami Herald. November 18, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'Gators in thrilling win over Engineers". The Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Gators beat Stetson in final game". The Bradenton Herald. December 2, 1934. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.