Miami at Florida

Saturday, November 18, 1950

No. 17 Miami beat Florida 20–⁠14. It was their 12th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 6–⁠6.

Away17Miami9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1950
20
HomeFlorida5–⁠5 in 1950
14

FinalHigh 75°F, low 45°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Miami 20-14 Winner Over Florida After Revamping Lineup

    Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 55

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    Miami 20–⁠14 Winner Over Florida After Revamping Lineup GAINESVILLE, Fla, Nov. ia Bob Schneidenbach, powerful run ming fullback. turned into a pass ing quarterback and Jim Dooley, great defensive back, moved up to offense to click off three touch downs and a 2O-14 Miami victory over Florida today. Filling in for the injured Jack Hackett and Frank Smith, Schneidenbach and Dooley played great ball to get Miami its seventh vic tory of 1850. They tied Louisville last week. Florida’s courageous sophomores gave sellout 10000 crowd cause to cheer with their best defensive game Of the season that now reads five wins and four defeats. Florida never got it’s offense In gear until the closing minutes. Sophomore passing star Haywood Sullivan had Miami end Walt Chwalik on, his neck every time he dropped back to toss. Carapella Stars In Line. And Miami tackle AL Carapella was kingpin in a solid smacking line that completely smothered the Gator running attack. Miami tried time after time before finally cashing it’s first touch down in the second period on a 30-yard pass from Schneidenbach to Tom Jelly. Early in the third. a Florida tumble on it’s own % set up Miami’s second score. Dooley ran 20 yards for the six points. Miami’s final touchdown came after Florida Halfback Loren Broadus fumbled on the Miami 30 and the Hurricanes marched 70 yards. Schneidenbach powered across from the one. Gordon Watson converted after the first two Miami touchdowns. Florida’s first touchdown was a gift. Miami Sophomore Center Ar mano Vari snapped way over Ell mer Tremont’s head as he went back to punt. The ball went into the end zone when Florida End John Patsy fell on it. Late in the last period Florida went 68 yards with Bubba McGowan circling end to score after Sui livan set it up with a 24-yard scar’per down the sidelines. HUI bert Brooks kicked ~, extra points. Miami Power Prevails. Mlami’s power-both on offense and defense-eventually overcame the fired-up Florida team that would have easily whipped any or dinary team today. Only Sullivan’s passes, usually the best Florida weapon. were off form. A stiff wind may have been a factor along with the charging ChWalik that made many of his tosses sail we’ll beyond End Jim French and Sullivan’s other tar gets. He threw 18 times, connecting for six but for a net of only 49 yards Schneidenbach had six good ones in 16 tries, but his covered 156 yards and scored touchdown.

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.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Miami 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami leads 31–⁠27 in 58 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

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2019Florida 24, Miami 20
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2008Florida 26, Miami 3
2004Miami 27, Florida 10Peach Bowl

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