[2] Last year, first-year head coach Charles J. McCoy had churned out a Florida team in the top half of the SIAA.

Leading the backfield was Rammy Ramsdell, "the Gators' first quarterback of note,"[4] and first scholarship athlete at the University of Florida.

[4] Assisting the team was Z. J. Stanley, the head coach of the Maryville Scots the previous year.

Florida played hard for three quarters, until Wren scored the winning touchdown in the final period.

[15] "After scoring one touchdown Sewanee was content to allow Florida to exhaust herself in vain attempts to find the weak spot in the Purple defense.

[19] In a torrential rain,[5] Florida met Tulane for the first time and upset the Olive and Blue 14–7, the highlight of the season.

[20] Rammy Ramsdell scored the game-winning touchdown, "crashing through center" and zig-zagging 60 yards to the endzone.