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1929 Florida

8–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Charlie Bachman.

Florida, 1929
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Schedule and results

Florida in 1929, game by game: won vs. Florida Southern 54–0; won vs. VMI 12–7; won at Auburn 19–0; lost at Georgia Tech 6–19; won vs. Georgia 18–6; lost at Harvard 0–14; won vs. Clemson 13–7; won at South Carolina 20–7; won vs. Washington and Lee 25–7; won vs. Oregon 20–6+54−14Won 54–0 vs. Florida Southern+54Florida SouthernWon 12–7 vs. VMI+5VMIWon 19–0 at Auburn+19AuburnLost 6–19 at Georgia Tech-13Georgia TechWon 18–6 vs. Georgia+12GeorgiaLost 0–14 at Harvard-14HarvardWon 13–7 vs. Clemson+6ClemsonWon 20–7 at South Carolina+13South CarolinaWon 25–7 vs. Washington and Lee+18Washington and …Won 20–6 vs. Oregon+14Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsFlorida SouthernW 54–⁠094%
Oct 5vsVMIW 12–⁠768%
Oct 11atAuburnW 19–⁠077%
Oct 19atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠1944%
Oct 26vsGeorgiaW 18–⁠663%
Nov 2atHarvardL 0–⁠1462%
Nov 16vsClemsonW 13–⁠765%
Nov 23atSouth CarolinaW 20–⁠758%
Nov 28vsWashington and LeeW 25–⁠784%
Dec 7vsOregonW 20–⁠671%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 20–⁠6; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The tied 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1929.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 4th in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
187–⁠73
Coach
Charlie Bachman
Elo
1656 +46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.2 No. 40 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Rainey Cawthon
Offense
Notre Dame Box

1929 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulane6–⁠09–⁠0
Tennessee6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠1
North Carolina7–⁠19–⁠1
Florida6–⁠18–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠17–⁠2
Kentucky3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
VMI4–⁠28–⁠2
Georgia4–⁠26–⁠4
Duke2–⁠14–⁠6
LSU3–⁠26–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠36–⁠3
Clemson3–⁠38–⁠3
Virginia Tech2–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠53–⁠6
Virginia1–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Maryland1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
South Carolina2–⁠56–⁠5
Washington and Lee1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠4–⁠21–⁠6–⁠2
Mississippi State0–⁠3–⁠11–⁠5–⁠2
Sewanee0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠2
Auburn0–⁠72–⁠7
NC State0–⁠51–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.