The season was the second for Josh Cody as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team.

The highlight of the season was the Gators' only 1930s win over the Georgia (6–0) in Jacksonville, Florida, but the season was mostly remembered for its disappointments—three one-point losses to Temple (7–6), Mississippi State (14–13), and Clemson (10–9).

Cody's 1937 Florida Gators finished 4–7 overall and 3–4 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing eighth of thirteen SEC teams in the conference standings.

[1] [1] Mayberry starred in a close loss to coach Pop Warner's Temple Owls,[13] keeping the 10,000 spectators "in an uproar for nearly three periods.

[17] Mayberry also intercepted six passes when the Gators' opponents only threw 57 balls,[18][19] and was a first-team All-SEC selection by the conference coaches and sportswriters on behalf of the Associated Press.