Kentucky at Florida

Saturday, December 4, 1937

Florida beat Kentucky 6–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 5–⁠2 as played.

AwayKentucky4–⁠6 in 1937
0
HomeFlorida4–⁠7 in 1937
6

FinalHigh 65°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MANN|NG'S SPRINT Wins FOR FLORIDA Mayberry's Sub Travels So Yards Across Goal to Beat Kentucky, 60.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 5, 1937, page 35

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    MANN|NG’S SPRINT Wins FOR FLORIDA Mayberry’s Sub Travels So Yards Across Goal to Beat Kentucky, 60. - AINESV1LLE, Fla, Dec. A. 1 Florida cashed in on Ed \ Manning’s 59-yard run today to turn back Kentucky 6 to 0 in the seasons finale for both football teams. Closing out his brilliant career, Walter Mayberry led the Gators Though wide-open. rough and tumble play. Both teams set up sterling pass defenses and interceptions halted q number Of promising advances. 1t was Manning, Mayberry’s substitute, who spanked the 85-yard drive to the lone touchdown in the third period. Kentucky had taken the kickoff and smashed deep into Gator territory after Vincent Robinson returned the kick A yards to the Florida II.

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome daily nugget, December 4, 1937, page 1

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    Football Scores fBv The Associated PressI Florida 6 Kentucky 0 Tennessee 32 Mississippi 0 DuqueSne 9 Miss. State 0 Kentucky State ‘ La. Tech ‘ Rice Is So Methodist 2 Texas A. and M. 42 Frisco 0 Oregon 6 Arizona 20 So. Calf. l9 UCLA Is

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)

Kentucky 51% to win. Florida won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Florida leads 54–⁠21; as played, 54–⁠22 in 76 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Kentucky 38, Florida 7
2024Florida 48, Kentucky 20
2023Kentucky 33, Florida 14
2022Kentucky 26, Florida 16
2021Kentucky 20, Florida 13
2020Florida 34, Kentucky 10

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