Florida at Mercer

Thursday, November 28, 1912

Florida and Mercer tied 0–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Mercer led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayFlorida5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1912
0
HomeMercer5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1912
0

Final0.51 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story: MERCER AND FLORIDA TEAMS PLAY TO A TIE

    Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., November 29, 1912, page 1

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    MERCER AND FLORIDA TEAMS PLAY TO A TIE JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Nov. 2s.-1Ier. Ger and Florida played an TO game on the local gridiron, the contest being witnessed by a large crowd Mercer outweighed the Floridans several pounds to the man, but the Alligators put up stiff battle throughout Both teams attempted goals from the field, Mercer once from the 25-yRrd line, but none of the attempts were success full

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 29, 1912, page 9 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS At Columbus. ohio State 2, Mich igan s5. At Chicago: Notre Dame ss, Mar quette Q. At Washington. Pa; Bucknen 2, Washington and Jefferson 22. At Pittsburg: Pennsylvania State 37. Pittsburg 0. At Lancaster Pa: Lehigh 29r Frank lin and Marshall 0. At Easton. Pa: Lafayette 19 Dick inson 1s At Detroit: Detroit University 27. Layola College 6. At Lexington. Ky. Central Univer- sity 1S, Transylyania University 6. At Austin, Tex: Texas University 4s, Arkansas 0. At Dallas. Tex: Texas A and M. 57. Baylor University 0. Al Philadelphia; Pennsylvania 2. Al New orlsans L $. U. 2l. Tu- lane 3. At Richmond. Va: University of vir- ginia 66, University of North Carolina O. At Bristol: King College Q, Roanoke College O. At Norfolk: Washington and Lee 1s. A. and M. 6. At Charlotte: Davidson 13, Wake Forest [. At Chattanooga i~ Chattanooga Uni versity 1S U $. Cavalry O. Al Athens, Ga: University of Geor- gia 12. Auburn G. At Admission; Alabama Presbyterian College Ss, Alabama Normal College o. At Jacksonvflie:@ Mercer 0. Univer- ] sity of Florida 0. At Columbia, $. C.: University of South Carolina 2s. citidel 2

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)

Mercer 61% to win.

Florida leads 10–⁠3–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
1928Florida 73, Mercer 0
1927Florida 32, Mercer 6
1926Mercer 6, Florida 3
1925Florida 24, Mercer 0
1924Mercer 10, Florida 0
1923Florida 19, Mercer 7

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