Temple at Florida
Saturday, December 3, 1938 Share
Temple beat Florida 20–12. It was their second meeting; after it, Temple led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 76°F
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 5, 1938, page 5
Read the text
POP WARMERS OWLS TR0UNCE FLORIDA, 2O-12 GAINESVILLE, Dec. 5. Jimmy Powers 102-yard touchdown run from the kickoff set the pace last Saturday afternoon for Temple, as Pop Warmers Owls trounced Flori- da 20 to 12.
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 54% to win. Temple won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Temple–Florida gameTemple leads 2–1 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1987 | Florida 34, Temple 3 | |
| 1938 | Temple 20, Florida 12 | |
| 1937 | Temple 7, Florida 6 |
Around this game
Temple
- Next gamevs. GeorgetownSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonTemple in 1938
- ProgramTemple history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. StetsonSept. 23, 1939
- SeasonFlorida in 1938
- ProgramFlorida history and records