The season was Ray Graves' first of ten and one of his three most successful as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team.
Days before their second game of the season would officially begin, a gambler named Aaron Wagman and a University of Florida student named Phil Silber were arrested due to an attempted bribe at fullback Jon MacBeth before their season-opening game against their in-state college rivals in Florida State University began.
These arrests would help lead to the full discovery of what eventually was called the 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal, led by former NBA All-Star Jack Molinas.
[3] That game would later be played without a hitch, though MacBeth would help later testify in court in order to maintain his innocence throughout the situation.
Baylor dropped a pass for the two-point conversion and the win, and quarterback Libertore was voted game MVP.