1907 Florida football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1907 Florida football Gators1907.jpg 285 Independent 4–1–1 Jack Forsythe 2nd Roy W. Corbett Minnesota shift The Ballpark State co-champion The 1907 Florida football team represented the University of Florida during the 1907 college football season. The season was Jack Forsythe's second as the head coach of the University of Florida football team.Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 7–11 (2007). The Orange and Blue lost to the Mercer Bears for the second season in a row, beat the Rollins College Tars in Gainesville, Florida, and tied the Tars on their home field in Winter Park, Florida. Forsythe's 1907 Florida football team posted an overall record of 4–1–1 in their second varsity season. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143532/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015-12-08 , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015. Before the season thumb|130px|Roy Corbett Only four men from the 1906 team returned.McEwen 1974 40 Captain Roy Corbett was also the athletics editor of the Florida Pennant.https://books.google.com/books?id=o9qcRV21QkgC SEC Football Trivia Ernie Couch 30 July 2001 Thomas Nelson Inc Google Books The team featured newcomer William A. Shands, future state senator and namesake of Shands Hospital.McCarthy 2000 13 Schedule October 12 l y Mercer Macon, GA 0–6 October 26 w y Columbia Agricultural College Savannah, GA 6–0 November 9? w 1907 Rollins Tars Rollins The Ballpark Gainesville, FL 9–4 November 16 w y Riverside Athletic Club Jacksonville, FL 21–0 November 28 w Riverside Athletic Club The Ballpark Gainesville, FL 17–0 November 30? t y Rollins Winter Park, FL 0–0 Game summaries Mercer The season opened with the Mercer Baptists beating Florida 6–0. Sam Jameson, son of Mercer president S. Y. Jameson, sustained a broken collarbone while tackling a Florida player.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5964528/the_atlanta_constitution/ 8 October 13, 1907 The Atlanta Constitution Broke His Collarbone But Saved Mercer Team July 22, 2016 Newspapers.com Mercer scored on a blocked kick.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6024845/gainesville_daily_sun/ Mercer Defeats University Boys 2 October 13, 1907 July 27, 2016 Gainesville Daily Sun Newspapers.com Columbia Florida 0 6 Columbia 0 0 Savannah, GA 600+ Next, Florida gained a 6–0 upset win over Columbia Agricultural College of Savannah.McEwen 1974 41note A team photo is captioned "We licked Savannah 6 - 0. Hallelujah!!!" After a scoreless first half, Roy Corbett ran 65 yards to set up a touchdown run by coach Forsythe.Carlson 2007 11 Forsythe also averaged 45 yards per punt.Carlson 2007 8 The win led to a parade in the streets.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6024427/gainesville_daily_sun/ 4 University Boys Were The Winners Gainesville Daily Sun October 28, 1907 July 27, 2016 Newspapers.com Rollins Rollins 4 0 Florida 0 9 Gainesville, FL Against the 1907 Rollins Tars Rollins Tars, Florida won 9–4. Merchants in Gainesville closed the stores from 3 to 4:30 p. m. to allow their workers to attend a State Championship game.Carlson 2007 12 "Grit" Gibbs played with a fever which turned out to be malaria.Carlson 2007 9 Clarence Boyer made a placekick in the first half for Rollins. In the second, Florida got a touchdown on an 8-yard run by Jim Shands and a 35-yard drop kick from Mal Haughton.http://archives.rollins.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/students/id/587/rec/1 Football, 1907 :: Student Lives at Rollinshttps://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/CFM/id/20041/rec/1 Sandspur, Vol. 14 No. 01, 1908. :: Central Florida Memory digital.library.ucf.edu Riverside A. C. Florida beat the Riverside Athletic Club 21–0 in Jacksonville. Forsythe repeatedly ran for gains.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6024635/gainesville_daily_sun/ 3 University Boys Won Easy Victory Gainesville Daily Sun November 17, 1907 July 27, 2016 Newspapers.com Riverside A. C. In a rematch, Florida beat the Riverside Athletic Club 17–0 in Gainesville.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6024728/gainesville_daily_sun/ 3 University Boys Won Easy Victory Gainesville Daily Sun November 29, 1907 July 27, 2016 Newspapers.com Rollins In a rematch, Florida fought Rollins to a scoreless tie in Winter Park. Postseason Both Florida and Stetson claimed state titles.http://www.gohatters.com/pdf8/748668.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14600 A History of Stetson Football dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125820/http://www.gohatters.com/pdf8/748668.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14600 2016-03-04 note Another Florida team picture is captioned "Champions of Florida '07". Notes note References Bibliography Carlson Norm University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators Whitman Publishing, LLC Atlanta, Georgia 2007 0-7948-2298-3 McCarthy Kevin M https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tk-IQepI6cC Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football Arcadia Publishing Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 2000 978-0-7385-0559-6 McEwen Tom The Gators: A Story of Florida Football The Strode Publishers Huntsville, Alabama 1974 0-87397-025-X Florida Category:Florida Gators football seasons Florida football