The season was Jack Forsythe's second as the head coach of the University of Florida football team.

[1] The Orange and Blue lost to the Mercer Bears for the second season in a row, beat the Rollins College Tars in Gainesville, Florida, and tied the Tars on their home field in Winter Park, Florida.

[6][note 1] After a scoreless first half, Roy Corbett ran 65 yards to set up a touchdown run by coach Forsythe.

Merchants in Gainesville closed the stores from 3 to 4:30 p. m. to allow their workers to attend a State Championship game.

In the second, Florida got a touchdown on an 8-yard run by Jim Shands and a 35-yard drop kick from Mal Haughton.