This was Major James Van Fleet's first of two seasons as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team.

[2] Notably, Florida alumni and students celebrated their first-ever homecoming with a 19–7 victory over the Mercer Baptists.

The Gators tied the defending SoCon champion Georgia Tech Golden Tornado, and the highlight of the 1923 season was a 16–6 upset of coach Wallace Wade's previously undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide on a muddy, rain-soaked field in Birmingham, Alabama in the final game of the year.

[4] The team included Cy Williams, Goldy Goldstein, Edgar Jones, and Bill Middlekauff.

[15] In the third quarter Army's passing game began to work, leading to a touchdown by William H. Wood.

In the fourth quarter, Tiny Hewitt broke through the line for a 35-yard run, leading to the final score by quarterback George Smythe.

[15] The Gators contest with coach Bill Alexander's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado brought interest after the prior week's game with Army.

[17] In front of 12,000 at Grant Field, the Gators were up 7–0 until a rush of substitutes in the fourth quarter got Tech the tying score.

[23] Sources:[24] On Plant Field in Tampa, the Gators defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 16–7.

Wake Forest was held scoreless in the first half while Florida scored two touchdowns with one extra point and a field goal.

[24] In front of the largest crowd yet to see a game in Gainesville (5,000), Florida defeated coach Stanley L. Robinson's Mercer Baptists at its first ever homecoming 19–7.

After an exchange of punts, Luckett ran for 53 yards on a double pass play, setting up another Aggie touchdown.

[31] On a muddy field with pools of water, the Gators upset[32] the previously undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide with a comeback, 16–6 victory on Thanksgiving Day,[33][34][35] putting the Florida program in the national spotlight for the first time.

In an attempt to drum up publicity, Champ Pickens photographed a stuffed alligator and drew tiny Crimsons swarming around it.

[39] The punting of Ark Newton and the line play of captain Robbie Robinson (in his final game) and Goldy Goldstein also helped the Gators get the victory.

[39] In the first half, Alabama's Grant Gillis won the punting battle and Florida was on the defensive, turning back multiple scoring threats from inside the 10-yard line.

[40] The Gators eschewed their stockings in the second half, due to the rain and mud, and waited until the last minute to come out for the kickoff, while Alabama was already lined up.

[42] Robbie Robinson, Goldy Goldstein and Ark Newton became the first Gators to make the composite All-Southern team.

The following chart provides a visual depiction of Florida's lineup during the 1923 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses.