1950 Florida Gators football team

1950 Florida Gators football
First night game at Florida Field, Sept. 23, 1950
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1950 record	5–5 (2–4 10th SEC)
Head coach	Bob Woodruff
Home stadium	Florida Field

1950 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Kentucky $	5	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#16 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#20 Tulane	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	3
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1950 college football season. The season was Bob Woodruff's first of ten as the new head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Woodruff was a former college football player and assistant for coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers, who made his name as an up-and-coming young head coach leading the Baylor Bears for three seasons in the late 1940s. Like Neyland, Woodruff emphasized stout defense, the kicking game and a ball control offense. Perhaps ironically, in Woodruff's first season of 1950 the Gators offense, led by quarterback Haywood Sullivan and offensive coordinator Frank Broyles, posted record numbers. Sullivan was the first sophomore in SEC history to throw for more than 1,000 yards in a season. He set nine school records.^{[note 1]} The highlights of the season included two Southeastern Conference (SEC) victories over the Auburn Tigers (27–7) and the thirteenth-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores (31–27)—the first season since 1940 in which the Gators won two or more SEC games. The Gators' twentieth 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]

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
9–23–1950	The Citadel*		Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 7–3
9–30–1950	Duquesne*		Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 27–14
10–7–1950	Georgia Tech		Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	L 13–16
10–14–1950	Auburn		Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida (HC)	W 27–7
10–21–1950	No. 13 Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 31–27
10–28–1950	Furman*	No. 20	Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 19–7
11–4–1950	No. 5 Kentucky	No. 17	McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	L 6–40
11–11–1950	Georgia		Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	L 0–6
11–18–1950	No. 17 Miami*		Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida	L 14–20
11–25–1950	No. 17 Alabama		Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	L 13–41
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.^[2]

Notes

1. These included average (50.3%), yardage (1,170), and average for a single game (7 for 7 against Kentucky).^[1]

References

1. see Golenbock, Go Gators!, p. 58
2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 109–110 (2015). Retrieved August 15, 2015.