1910 Florida football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1910 Florida football 1910 Florida Gators football team.png 285 Independent 6–1 George E. Pyle 2nd Earle Taylor The Ballpark 1911 The 1910 Florida football team represented the University of Florida during the 1910 college football season. The season was George E. Pyle's second as the head coach of the University of Florida football team. Pyle's 1910 Florida football team finished its fifth varsity football season undefeated on its home field, with an overall record of 6–1. 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 The team was captained by Earle Taylor, the only five-time letterman in school history.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19550912&id=hScTAAAAIBAJ&pg=906,63765&hl=en Ocala Star Banner September 12, 1955 Dummy Taylor Dies at Gainesville Home 6 Schedule October 8 w y Gainesville Guards The Ballpark Gainesville, FL 23–0 October 15 w y y 1910 Georgia Southwestern State Hurricanes Third District A&M Jacksonville, FL 52–0 October 22 l y Mercer Central City Park Macon, GA 0–13 November 5 w y The Citadel Jacksonville, FL 6–2 November 12 w y y 1910 Rollins Tars Rollins Winter Park, FL 38–0 November 19 w y 1910 College of Charleston Maroons College of Charleston The Ballpark Gainesville, FL 34–0 November 26 w y y Columbia Athletic Club Lake City, FL 33–0 Game summaries Gainesville Guards The season opened with a 23–0 defeat of the Gainesville Guards. Georgia A&M Florida defeated Third District A&M, 52–0. Mercer The season's only blemish was a 13–0 loss to the Mercer Baptists.http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/SPEC/archome/1910.htm Malaria was the most common diagnosis made by the University Physicianhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Xe7ZcAhJ-uoC&pg=PA5 Spitting on Diamonds: A Spitball Pitcher's Journey to the Major Leagues, 1911-1919 Clyde H. Hogg 1 January 2005 University of Missouri Press 9780826264824 Google Books It was Florida's fourth consecutive loss to Mercer. It took until the second half for Mercer to get going. A former player Roy Corbett sent a letter to The Gainesville Sun congratulating the 1928 team and mentioned the Gators nickname coming from Neal "Bo Gator" Storter.https://books.google.com/books?id=AaVuAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 33. How the Gators Got Their Name Pat Dooley 100 Things Florida Fans Should Know & do Before They die September 2013 33 9781623682934 Carl Van Ness's research also posits Storter as the name's origin.Florida: News for Alumni and Friends of the University of Florida The Cannon Incident of 1909 Carl Van Ness 2006 7 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00073685/00011/7j?search=%22neal+storter%22 Storter himself denied the above and stated the nickname 'Gators' came when a Macon Telegraph reporter declared "Macon to be invaded by a bunch of alligators from Florida" before the game with Mercer in 1910.http://www.alligator.org/app/pt2/060201hundred.php Good Ol' Boys Olivia Ormos February 1, 2006 July 15, 2016 October 2, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181002012244/http://www.alligator.org/app/pt2/060201hundred.php dead The starting lineup was Swanson (left end), Wagner (left tackle), Price (left guard), Storter (center), Barker (right guard), Robles (right tackle), Boule (right end), Edgerton (quarterback), Tenney (left halfback), Taylor (right halfback), Vidal (fullback).https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5964937/the_atlanta_constitution/ 6 Baptists Win Over Florida P. L. Johnston October 23, 1910 The Atlanta Constitution July 22, 2016 Newspapers.com The Citadel Florida faced The Citadel Bulldogs for the first time and won 6–2. Aside from the loss to Mercer, only The Citadel scored on the Gators when Dummy Taylor was trapped in the endzone for a safety.Carlson 2007 15 Dummy Taylor ran 55 yards for the touchdown.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5981744/the_atlanta_constitution/ 5 Florida 6, Citadel 2 November 6, 1910 The Atlanta Constitution July 23, 2016 Newspapers.com Rollins Florida beat the in-state rival, 1910 Rollins Tars Rollins, 38–0, for the third consecutive meeting. Charleston Florida beat the 1910 College of Charleston Maroons College of Charleston, 34–0. Columbia A. C. To close the season, Florida defeated the Columbia Athletic Club 33–0, its third successive shutout and 30-point victory.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F6NPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6741%2C4328785 UF Better Than 1974 Ocala Star Banner October 22, 1975 The win for the Gainesville squad over it a Lake City institution, its former home, was the highlight of the season.McEwen 1974 46 References Bibliography Carlson Norm University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators Whitman Publishing, LLC Atlanta, Georgia 2007 978-0-7948-2298-9 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