Florida at Miami
Saturday, November 28, 1953 Share
Miami beat Florida 14–10. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Miami led the series 8–7.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 54°FAttendance 55,530
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 29, 1953, page 63
Read the text
DUKE, IS NORTH CAROLINA,2 2O( MIAMI, Fla. Nov. 28.-Don Bosseler, a rugged freshman half back, leaped across the Florida goal in the last period tonight to give Miami’s fired-up Hurricanes a 14–10 victory over the Gators in the 18th game of one of the South’s most bitter foot ball rivalrieS.. Bosseler’s scoring lunge, at the end of 58-yard Miami drive, climaxed a fourth-quarter come back in which the Hurricanes overwhelmed the Gators, who went into the game favored to win by two touchdowns. Miami lost one touchdown early in the final period when Whitley Rouviere fumbled as he smashed across the Florida goal on a fourth-down play and the Gators covered the ball in the end zone. But the Hurricanes drove right
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 59% to win. Miami won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Florida–Miami gameMiami leads 31–27 in 58 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.
| 2025 | Miami 26, Florida 7 | |
| 2024 | Miami 41, Florida 17 | |
| 2019 | Florida 24, Miami 20 | |
| 2013 | Miami 21, Florida 16 | |
| 2008 | Florida 26, Miami 3 | |
| 2004 | Miami 27, Florida 10 | Peach Bowl |
Around this game
Florida
- Next gameat RiceSept. 18, 1954
- SeasonFlorida in 1953
- ProgramFlorida history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. FurmanSept. 24, 1954
- SeasonMiami in 1953
- ProgramMiami history and records

