1939 Florida Gators football team

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.[2]

1939 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1939 record	5–5–1 (0–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Josh Cody (4th season)
Captain	Clark Goff
Home stadium	Florida Field (Capacity: 22,000)[1]
Uniform

1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Georgia Tech +	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Alabama	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Florida	0	–	3	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Sewanee	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Stetson*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 21–0
September 30	at Texas*	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–12
October 7	Mississippi State	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–14
October 12	at Boston College*	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 7–0
October 21	Tampa*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 7–0
October 28	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 14–0
November 4	at South Carolina*	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–6
November 11	vs. Georgia	Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	L 2–6
November 18	at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	W 13–0
November 25	No. 19 Georgia Tech	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 7–21
November 30	at Auburn	Auburn Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	T 7–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

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]

References

1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2006 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
3. College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Josh Cody Member Biography. Retrieved August 30, 2010.