Stetson at Florida
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
Florida beat Stetson 45–0. It was their 15th meeting; Florida leads the series 14–1.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 58°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1953, page 69
Read the text
Dukes Late Squirt Beats Pudue Tar Heel Rally Tops Deacon Florida Drubs Stetson For Its First Victory GAINESVILLE, Fla, Oct. TO- Florida’s Gators won their first football game of the season by walloping Stetson. 45–0, tonight, Six players scored Florida S seven touchdownS. Freshman Jackie Simpson scored twice after being called back twice by penalties. Florida - - z IA 1S-45 Florida scoring Touchdowns--Dear ting, Simpson l2l. Cason, Haddock. Ives, Barrow. Conversions-Casares, Speers, I,an~hom
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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Stetson–Florida gameFlorida leads 14–1 in 15 meetings.
| 1953 | Florida 45, Stetson 0 | |
| 1952 | Florida 33, Stetson 6 | |
| 1939 | Florida 21, Stetson 0 | |
| 1938 | Stetson 16, Florida 14 | |
| 1937 | Florida 18, Stetson 0 | |
| 1936 | Florida 32, Stetson 0 |
Around this game
Stetson
- Next gameat DavidsonSept. 25, 1954
- SeasonStetson in 1953
- ProgramStetson history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. The CitadelOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonFlorida in 1953
- ProgramFlorida history and records