The season was Bob Woodruff's first of ten as the new head coach of the Florida Gators football team.

[note 1] The highlights of the season included two Southeastern Conference (SEC) victories over the Auburn Tigers (27–7) and the No.

20 ranking after the Vanderbilt game marked their first-ever appearance in the top twenty of the weekly Associated Press Poll.

Woodruff's 1950 Florida Gators finished 5–5 overall and 2–4 in the SEC, placing tenth among twelve conference teams.

[2] Also of note, lights were installed at Florida Field during the summer of 1950, and the Gators opened the season with their first home night game, a 7–3 win over The Citadel.