Florida at Miami

Saturday, November 23, 1963

Florida beat Miami 27–⁠21. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Miami led the series 13–⁠12.

AwayFlorida6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1963
27
HomeMiami3–⁠7 in 1963
21

FinalAttendance 57,773

In the newspapers

  • The The chronicle's story

    The chronicle, Mississippi, November 25, 1963, page 1

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    areas only night game; I’M beaten, 18th ranked Memphis State will be host to Houston: 2Oth-ranked Georgia Tech will be host to Georgia; Tennessee will be host to Vanderbilt and Florida host to Florida State. This pas t Saturday, the Southeast went ahead with its football schedule even though most of the games across the nation we’re either postponed or Cancelled because Of the assassination of President Kennedy. Auburn, spanked by another great performance by junior quarterback Jimmy Sidle, top ped Florida State 21–⁠15 for its eighth win in nine games; Flor ida outslugged Miami 27–⁠21 despite brilliant passing by George Mira; Louisiana State beat Tulane 200; Tennessee beat Ken lucky 1910; Vanderbilt got its first win of the season by wal Looping George Washington $40; and Southern Mississippi defeat

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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami leads 31–⁠27 in 58 meetings, counting the 33 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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