Mercer at Florida

Saturday, October 18, 1919

Florida beat Mercer 48–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 4–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayMercer0–⁠2 in 1919
0
HomeFlorida5–⁠3 in 1919
48

FinalHigh 85°F, low 68°F, 0.65 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story: FLORIDA WINS, 49 TO O ou'nlnHs Mercer on Sea of Mud with lsnin Failing Most OF time.

    Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 19, 1919, page 18

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    FLORIDA WINS, 49 TO O ou’nlnHs Mercer on Sea of Mud with lsnin Failing Most OF time. “a INt!SN lIL.E. oct. ls.-O1 GO, ~ nna ana with rain falling most Of The ,’‘A”, Florida -outplayed Mercer :oaav ~ a score OF – TO o. The Gators rslti on straight football ana VIII, ‘apiain Sparkman’s smashing the lin ana Anderson sEirt!ng ends had no trouble. while a staiwar- defense moi cE.fE emergency. messing up nineteen out Of twenty forward pa SSes three 81 winch “erc converted into Florida gains. ‘ur 4 touchdown. when Thomas ace” !Urty Yards after interccpt!ng

  • The Pine Bluff daily graphic's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    Pine Bluff daily graphic, Pine Bluff, Ark., October 19, 1919, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. Harvard Z, Brown 0. Syracuse “a, Pittsburg 8. Chicago 16, Purdue O. Georgia 13, Sewanee 0. Louisiana 13, Mississippi 0. Durant State Normal 80, Okla home Baptists 0. Georgia Tech 20, Vanderbilt 0. Mississippi A and M 6, Tennessee 0. Ohio State 40, Kentucky State O. Utah Aggies 7, Montana 0. Army 7, Maine 0. Michigan 20, Michigan Aggies 0. Kendall CT, Oklahoma Central Normal 0. Arkansas 20, Rolla 0. Texas A and M IL, Harvard Payne o. Rice 20, Southwestern O. Notre Dame IA, Nebraska 8. Tulane 81, Spring Hill 0. Yale 3, Boston College 5. Illinois 8, Iowa Z. Oklahoma IL, Texas Z. Minnesota 20, Indiana 6. Detroit At; Bethany O. North Dakota ID; South Dakota >. Wabash 10; Western State Nor NAL 81. Milliken II; Bradley O. Oberlin 81; Mount Union 13. Florida 48; Mercer 0. Middle Tenn Normal 48; Chattanooga 0. Colorado 26; Denver 7. Carnegie Tech 16; Case 0. Delaware 0; Dickinson 20. Haskell Indians 81; Wentworth 0. | y Mass Aggiess n; Worcester Poly Q. St. Louis d. O: Lombard o. Washburn o; Kansas 0. w. and J. 16; Westminster 0. Johns Hopkins 33; Gallaudet 9. Mount st. Marys o; St. Johns “a. Utah 81; Colorado Aggies “a. Williams 25; Columbia O. Tufts 10; Norwich z. | Amherst 45; trinity I. Wooster 10; Western Reserve e.. Holy Cross 4 Springfield 0. Dubuque 80; Grinnell 4.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Florida 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Florida leads 10–⁠3–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1928Florida 73, Mercer 0
1927Florida 32, Mercer 6
1926Mercer 6, Florida 3
1925Florida 24, Mercer 0
1924Mercer 10, Florida 0
1923Florida 19, Mercer 7

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