1939 Florida Gators football team explained

Year:1939
Team:Florida Gators
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:5–5–1
Conf Record:0–3–1
Head Coach:Josh Cody
Hc Year:4th
Captain:Clark Goff
Stadium:Florida Field
Uniform:30sGatoruniform3.png

The 1939 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1939 college football season. The season was the fourth and final year for Josh Cody as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Cody's 1939 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5–1 overall record, but with a winless 0–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth of thirteen teams in the SEC.

Florida was ranked at No. 95 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Schedule

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Postseason

After leaving Florida, Josh Cody would later become the long-time head coach of the Temple Owls men's basketball team and the Temple University athletic director, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth. E. E. Litkenhous. Johnson City Sunday Press. December 31, 1939. 11. Newspapers.com.
  2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1326}} Josh Cody Member Biography]. Retrieved August 30, 2010.