Maryland at Florida
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
Florida beat Maryland 19–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 6–3.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 48°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 20, 1940, page 28
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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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maryland–Florida gameFlorida leads 12–6 in 18 meetings, counting the nine 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. McDanielOct. 25, 1940
- SeasonMaryland in 1940
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Florida
- Next gameat TennesseeOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonFlorida in 1940
- ProgramFlorida history and records

