Florida vs. Stetson

Florida and Stetson have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1911; Florida leads the series 14–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Florida 9–⁠1, and Florida has won the last 3.

Florida wins
14
Stetson wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1911
Longest streak
11 Florida
Current streak
3 Florida
Last 10 meetings
Florida 9–⁠1
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s3–⁠0
1920s3–⁠0
1930s6–⁠1
1950s2–⁠0
Average margin
26.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida
12–⁠1 Florida’s record at home
At Stetson
0–⁠2 Stetson’s record at home
Shutouts
12

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida’s biggest win1919: Florida 64, Stetson 0by 64 points
  2. Stetson’s biggest win1938: Stetson 16, Florida 14by 2 points
  3. Upset1938: Stetson 16, Florida 14Stetson had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida and Stetson, 1911 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 Evening star's story of the 1919 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS.

    1919 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1919

  • The The Pensacola journal's story of the 1920 game: GATORS OUTPLAY STETS0N ELEVEN Florida U Has Easy Tims With stet. son, Crossing Their Lire for Three Scores.

    1920 · The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., Nov 21, 1920

  • The Atlanta tri-weekly journal's story of the 1923 game: GEORGIA DEFEATS VIRGINIA, IS J; TECH HOLDS PENN STATE

    1923 · Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 13, 1923

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: FLORIDA VICTORIOUS IN FINAL CLASH, 14-0 Stetson Puts Up Unexpectedly Stiff Defense-'Gators Get Marker on Break.

    1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 2, 1934

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Dukes Late Squirt Beats Pudue Tar Heel Rally Tops Deacon Florida Drubs Stetson For Its First Victory

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 11, 1953

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 10, 1953Florida 45, Stetson 0at Florida
Sep 20, 1952Florida 33, Stetson 6at Florida
Sep 23, 1939Florida 21, Stetson 0at Florida
Sep 24, 1938Stetson 16, Florida 14at Florida
Oct 2, 1937Florida 18, Stetson 0at Florida
Oct 17, 1936Florida 32, Stetson 0at Florida
Sep 28, 1935Florida 34, Stetson 0at Florida
Dec 1, 1934Florida 14, Stetson 0at Florida
Sep 30, 1933Florida 28, Stetson 0at Florida
Nov 10, 1923Florida 27, Stetson 0at Stetson
Nov 20, 1920Florida 21, Stetson 0at Florida
Nov 11, 1920Florida 26, Stetson 0at Florida
Nov 15, 1919Florida 64, Stetson 0at Florida
Nov 15, 1912Florida 23, Stetson 7at Florida
Nov 11, 1911Florida 27, Stetson 0at Stetson

Every game is listed as played on the field.