1939 Florida

5–⁠5–⁠1 (0–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Josh Cody.

Florida, 1939
Photo: 1939 Florida Gators football team, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Florida in 1939, game by game: won vs. Stetson 21–0; lost at Texas 0–12; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–14; won at Boston College 7–0; won vs. Tampa 7–0; won at Maryland 14–0; lost at South Carolina 0–6; lost vs. Georgia 2–6; won at Miami 13–0; lost vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech 7–21; tied at Auburn 7–7+21−14Won 21–0 vs. Stetson+21StetsonLost 0–12 at Texas-12TexasLost 0–14 vs. Mississippi State-14Mississippi Sta…Won 7–0 at Boston College+7Boston CollegeWon 7–0 vs. Tampa+7TampaWon 14–0 at Maryland+14MarylandLost 0–6 at South Carolina-6South CarolinaLost 2–6 vs. Georgia-4GeorgiaWon 13–0 at Miami+13MiamiLost 7–21 vs. No. 19 Georgia Tech-14No. 19 Georgia TechTied 7–7 at Auburn0Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Auburn 7–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠3–⁠1 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
78–⁠66
Coach
Josh Cody
Elo
1423 +4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.1 No. 41 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Clark Goff

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 5Clark Goff OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech6–⁠08–⁠216
Tulane5–⁠08–⁠1–⁠15
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠27–⁠2
Kentucky2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Alabama2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠35–⁠6
LSU1–⁠54–⁠5
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠7–⁠1
Florida0–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Sewanee0–⁠33–⁠5

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