The season was Alfred L. Buser's first of three as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team.
[2] Coach Buser was a former All-American lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers, and promised to bring a Midwestern power football style of play to revive the Gators after the winless 1916 season.
[4] [2] On opening day, Florida came from behind with three touchdowns in the third quarter to beat South Carolina 21–13.
[13] Florida endured its sixth-straight loss to coach Mike Donahue's Auburn team.
[15] On Thanksgiving, in the school's first-ever game against the Kentucky Wildcats, Florida lost 52–0.