Maryland at Florida
Saturday, December 3, 1927 Share
Florida beat Maryland 7–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Florida led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 63°F, 0.29 in. of rainAttendance 2,000
In the newspapers
Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, December 4, 1927, page 1
Read the text
florida Caters Defeat Maryland JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Dec. 3-lP) The Florida Caters defeated the University Of Maryland on a rain soaked filed here this afternoon by a score Of z to 6. Roth e~levens scored their only touchdowns in the second period.
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maryland–Florida gameFlorida leads 12–6 in 18 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.
| 2001 | Florida 56, Maryland 23 | Orange Bowl |
| 1981 | Florida 15, Maryland 10 | |
| 1980 | Florida 35, Maryland 20 | Tangerine Bowl |
| 1975 | Maryland 13, Florida 0 | Gator Bowl |
| 1974 | Florida 17, Maryland 10 | |
| 1971 | Florida 27, Maryland 23 |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gamevs. Washington (Maryland)Sept. 29, 1928
- SeasonMaryland in 1927
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. Florida SouthernOct. 6, 1928
- SeasonFlorida in 1927
- ProgramFlorida history and records