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1957 Florida

6–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1957, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 27–0; won at Kentucky 14–7; lost vs. Mississippi State 20–29; won vs. No. 10 LSU 22–14; lost at No. 4 Auburn 0–13; won vs. Georgia 22–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 14–7; tied at Georgia Tech 0–0; won at Miami 14–0+27−13Won 27–0 vs. Wake Forest+27Wake ForestWon 14–7 at Kentucky+7KentuckyLost 20–29 vs. Mississippi State-9Mississippi Sta…Won 22–14 vs. No. 10 LSU+8No. 10 LSULost 0–13 at No. 4 Auburn-13No. 4 AuburnWon 22–0 vs. Georgia+22GeorgiaWon 14–7 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltTied 0–0 at Georgia Tech0Georgia TechWon 14–0 at Miami+14Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsWake ForestW 27–⁠070%
Oct 5atKentuckyW 14–⁠751%
Oct 19vsMississippi StateL 20–⁠2971%
Oct 26vs10LSUW 22–⁠1460%
Nov 2at4AuburnL 0–⁠1330%
Nov 9vsGeorgiaW 22–⁠067%
Nov 16vsVanderbiltW 14–⁠762%
Nov 23atGeorgia TechT 0–⁠035%
Nov 30atMiamiW 14–⁠043%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 14–⁠0; No. 17 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 19
  2. Wk 11: 20
  3. Final: 17
Record
6–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 17
Points
133–⁠70
Coach
Bob Woodruff
Elo
1633 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.3 No. 14 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Charley Mitchell OGCleveland Browns

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Jimmy RountreeBAP-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Dan PelhamEUP-2
  • Charlie MitchellOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

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