Newberry at Florida

Saturday, October 9, 1920

Florida beat Newberry 21–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayNewberry1–⁠7 in 1920
0
HomeFlorida5–⁠3 in 1920
21

FinalHigh 80°F, low 49°F

Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1921) gives Florida 20–⁠0, as two scans of the guide read it (the scan on the Internet Archive).

In the newspapers

  • The The herald and news's story: FLORIDA VICTORY OVER NEwBERRY Allisators Outplay South Carolina Luthcrans.

    The herald and news, Newberry S.C., October 12, 1920, page 7

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    FLORIDA VICTORY OVER NEwBERRY Allisators Outplay South Carolina Luthcrans. The State. Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. “a con sistens> and at times brilliant offense rave the Florida Alligators a decisive win over Ncwberry college on Fleming field today, the South Carolinlans going down in defeat, Il to 0: The Caters had the edge. on their opponeats IN practically: every style OF play, bucking the line for frequent gains . and. using both fake plays and the. forward pass with telling effecS’ sNewbc:Iy kicked off and the Flor ida eleven, using straight football began & drive which resulted in touchdown in the first ten minutes Of pla:. B. Anderson carrying the bail owe. The second counter came in the third quarter when Hughes on fake play got away for g. aV ward cash to the goal line. The Lutheran defense. which had held the Gators scoreless in the second PERIOD again came into play and the third ouarter ended with Florida in pos session of the ball on its three yard line. A long forward pass open ing the fourth quarter brought shc ball to the center Of the field and a few minutes later G.. Anderson broke through only to be downed on the five yard line. The third touchdown came in the next play. Carton kicked all ...ree goals. The South Casolinians were slisht- “ errst;c, at times playing the uni versity eleven to standsShi anu again, often in crucial moments otfering title defense. Blystone az ouarte- was the Lutherans’ best oet’ running his team with rare Judgment under difficulties and standing out both in defensive. and offensive

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Florida leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Newberry

Florida