Florida at Miami

Saturday, November 28, 1953

Miami beat Florida 14–⁠10. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Miami led the series 8–⁠7.

AwayFlorida3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1953
10
HomeMiami4–⁠5 in 1953
14

FinalHigh 74°F, low 54°FAttendance 55,530

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DUKE, IS NORTH CAROLINA,2 2O(

    Evening star, November 29, 1953, page 63

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    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.

Miami leads 31–⁠27 in 58 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Miami 26, Florida 7
2024Miami 41, Florida 17
2019Florida 24, Miami 20
2013Miami 21, Florida 16
2008Florida 26, Miami 3
2004Miami 27, Florida 10Peach Bowl

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