Florida at Maryland
Saturday, October 28, 1939 Share
Florida beat Maryland 14–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 5–3.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 52°F, 0.12 in. of rainAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 29, 1939, page 31
Read the text
Maryland Never Threatens Florida Grabs Breaks to Score 70 ctoy 20 Years Ago In The Star Maryland States football squad leaves tomorrow night for New Haven, where 1t will meet Yale Saturday. Several players are on the injured list. Bob Martin, former A. Z. r. heavyweight champion, made . successful pro debut in Philadelphia by stopping Joe Bonds in the 10th round Of . scheduled 15-round match. The failure of iris Speaker to reach the 800 mark in batting during the past season is at tributed to his inability to hit Athletic pitchers in Shibe Park. Speaker was able to get but four hits there all season.
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)
Maryland 52% to win. Florida won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Florida–Maryland gameFlorida leads 12–6 in 18 meetings, counting the 10 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
Florida
- Next gameat South CarolinaNov. 4, 1939
- SeasonFlorida in 1939
- ProgramFlorida history and records
Maryland
- Next gameat Penn StateNov. 4, 1939
- SeasonMaryland in 1939
- ProgramMaryland history and records