Florida vs. Vanderbilt
Florida and Vanderbilt first met in 1945 and have played 57 times; Florida leads the series 44–11–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Florida 9–1. Share
- Florida wins
- 44
- Vanderbilt wins
- 11
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1945
- Longest streak
- 22 Florida
- Current streak
- 1 Florida
- Last 10 meetings
- Florida 9–1
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 7–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 8–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 10–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–1 |
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Florida
- 24–3–1 Florida’s record at home
- At Vanderbilt
- 8–20–1 Vanderbilt’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Florida’s biggest win2001: Florida 71, Vanderbilt 13by 58 points
- Vanderbilt’s biggest win1946: Vanderbilt 20, Florida 0by 20 points
- Upset1950: Florida 31, Vanderbilt 27Florida had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2013: Vanderbilt 34, Florida 17Vanderbilt had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2022: Vanderbilt 31, Florida 24Vanderbilt had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Florida | Series | Vanderbilt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1952 | Bob Woodruff | 2–1 | Bill Edwards |
| 1955–1959 | Bob Woodruff | 2–2–1 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1960–1962 | Ray Graves | 3–0 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1967–1969 | Ray Graves | 2–0–1 | Bill Pace |
| 1992–1994 | Steve Spurrier | 3–0 | Gerry DiNardo |
| 1997–2001 | Steve Spurrier | 5–0 | Woody Widenhofer |
| 2002–2004 | Ron Zook | 3–0 | Bobby Johnson |
| 2005–2009 | Urban Meyer | 5–0 | Bobby Johnson |
| 2011–2013 | Will Muschamp | 2–1 | James Franklin |
| 2015–2017 | Jim McElwain | 3–0 | Derek Mason |
| 2018–2020 | Dan Mullen | 3–0 | Derek Mason |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida’s side (Woodruff 2–1 against Edwards). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Daejon Reynolds Florida | 8 catches, 165 yards, 2 TD | 2022 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 13, 1946

1949 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 16, 1949

1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1950

1952 · The Key West citizen, Florida, Oct 24, 1952

1955 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1955
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.