Maryland at Florida

Saturday, October 19, 1940

Florida beat Maryland 19–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 6–⁠3.

AwayMaryland2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1940
0
HomeFlorida5–⁠5 in 1940
19

FinalHigh 82°F, low 48°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kentucky Rou w. Florida Passes Beat Maryland Navy Easily Tops Da Win, Lose or Draw Odor Of Arnico SweIIed the Score

    Evening star, October 20, 1940, page 28

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    Kentucky Rou w. Florida Passes Beat Maryland Navy Easily Tops Da Win, Lose or Draw Odor Of Arnico SweIIed the Score Odor Of Arnicu SweIIed the Score LEXINGTON 1s-Kentucky a. George Washington o. wasn’t sounds day when good Kentucky its good battered George washington decidedly OF. could nothing right and the Wildcats could do nothing wrong for the ab angle G. W. without Tim Swett Koko Bsrausks Except for few nnouos minutes with the Kentucky nhuence and peeved TT tie Tc-.ri gr2 bound You welcome Mr. Ecin.2Tt. 0-Ths automatically should qualify Maryland Mop Mississippi State 25 Florida Tina another We still think that Marylands includes football

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.

Florida leads 12–⁠6 in 18 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2001Florida 56, Maryland 23Orange Bowl
1981Florida 15, Maryland 10
1980Florida 35, Maryland 20Tangerine Bowl
1975Maryland 13, Florida 0Gator Bowl
1974Florida 17, Maryland 10
1971Florida 27, Maryland 23

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