The season was George Pyle's third as the head coach of the University of Florida football team.

Previously, the university's football and baseball teams had played their home games at The Ballpark, the city's municipal park in downtown Gainesville.

A former player Roy Corbett sent a letter to The Gainesville Sun congratulating the 1928 team and mentioned the nickname coming from Storter.

[3][5] [1] The season opened with a 15–3 victory over The Citadel Bulldogs[2] at the first game on University Athletic Field.

[9] Towards the end of the fourth quarter, the Gators' Dummy Taylor picked up a fumble and ran 45 yards for a touchdown, and then kicked the extra point to win.

"[10] On the winning extra point, the holder Sam Buie recalled "Doc Walker of Jacksonville bet Captain Hill of Georgia Tech, the referee, that Dummy would make it.

The Stetson Weekly Collegiate called it "the greatest football game ever played in the state of Florida.

[17] Earle "Dummy" Taylor, the only five-letter winner in team history,[18] scored 49 of the season's 84 points (including a school-record eight field goals).