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Florida vs. Mercer

Florida and Mercer first met in 1910 and have played 14 times; Florida leads the series 10–⁠3–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Florida 8–⁠2, and Florida has won the last 2.

Florida wins
10
Mercer wins
3
Ties
1
First meeting
1910
Longest streak
7 Florida
Current streak
2 Florida
Last 10 meetings
Florida 8–⁠2
Most recent
1928

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s4–⁠1–⁠1
1920s6–⁠2
Average margin
22.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida
9–⁠0 Florida’s record at home
At Mercer
3–⁠1–⁠1 Mercer’s record at home
Shutouts
9

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida’s biggest win1928: Florida 73, Mercer 0by 73 points
  2. Mercer’s biggest win1910: Mercer 13, Florida 0by 13 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida and Mercer, 1910 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story of the 1912 game: MERCER AND FLORIDA TEAMS PLAY TO A TIE

    1912 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 29, 1912

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1913 game: FLORIDA ELEVEN DEFEATS MERCER

    1913 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 28, 1913

  • The Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current's story of the 1919 game: FLORIDA WINS, 49 TO O ou'nlnHs Mercer on Sea of Mud with lsnin Failing Most OF time.

    1919 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 19, 1919

  • The The Pensacola journal's story of the 1920 game: FLORIDA GATORS ROMP ON MERCER Gainesville CoIlegians Win At Vail dosta BY 80 to 0.

    1920 · The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., Oct 30, 1920

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: |,Sp()IR,lSI FLORIDA PLAYS ! A. M. SATURDAY. Gators Play Mississippi Team At Cramton Bowl

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 17, 1924

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 20, 1928Florida 73, Mercer 0at Florida
Oct 29, 1927Florida 32, Mercer 6at Florida
Oct 16, 1926Mercer 6, Florida 3at Mercer
Oct 3, 1925Florida 24, Mercer 0at Florida
Nov 14, 1924Mercer 10, Florida 0at Mercer
Nov 3, 1923Florida 19, Mercer 7at Florida
Oct 15, 1921Florida 7, Mercer 0at Florida
Oct 29, 1920Florida 30, Mercer 0at Florida
Oct 18, 1919Florida 48, Mercer 0at Florida
Nov 25, 1915Florida 34, Mercer 7at Mercer
Nov 26, 1914Florida 14, Mercer 0at Florida
Nov 27, 1913Florida 24, Mercer 0at Florida
Nov 28, 1912Mercer 0, Florida 0at Mercer
Oct 22, 1910Mercer 13, Florida 0at Mercer

Every game is listed as played on the field.