University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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fvfighitgiifsy Chicago Bears, Monk Gafford was a lad the Gators saw too little of in their game with Auburn, l-le was continually getting Gvvay from them. These stars and others gave the Gators a lot of trouble in l943. ln a year that saw the South out- standing in football power, the Saurians not only tound tough going among their Opponents, but also found tough luck trailing them from start to tinish. The Liebmen maintained their fighting Silirit and wound up the season by Qiving mighty Georgia Tech a much Stronger battle than expected, That lOSS, although the sixth in a row, re- mains a highlight because the Florida Qriclders would not say die in a dis- astrous season. Tl-IE RECORD Florida 7 Jax, Naval Air Station 20 Florida 45 Randolph Macon .... O Florida 26 Tampa ............ 6 Florida 6 Auburn ....... .. O l:lOVlCla 3 Villanova ....... .. I3 Florida I2 Mississippi State ..... 26 Florida O Maryland ..... .. i3 Florida' O Georgia ..... .. 75 Florida O Miami ........ .. l2 Florida O Georgia Tech .. . .. 20 l:lC1. lO6 Opponents .. .. l92 Double-barrel--Jones pitches with his rightg Bracken throws from Port Arthur

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-MJ-I' The Braintrust Coaches Lieb, Dermody, Pittman and Cherry work on strategy. Main 4 Managers Gholson and Wood 0 , 10,4 S e Lieb shoves grid knawIedge into heads of linesmen rid The first war-time football season for the University of Florida, since World War l caused its abandonment for one season back in l9l8, was one scarce in highlights that gridders and fans like to remember, Perhaps the saddest highlight came when Florida was bowled over by the University of Georgia's Rose Bowl bound aggregation by F' a 73 to O score. A highlight Gatormen like to remember is the 6 to O Florida win over a favored Auburn eleven, lt was the Gator's lone triumph over a Southeastern Conference foe, Fullback Bill Corry drove over right guard for the score after accurate passing by right half-back Andy Bracken had put the ball into position. There was one trip during the season the Gators will never forget because of its hard- ships. While en route to Philadelphia for a tussle with Villanova, they were caught in a flood, which they managed to overcome. But the Villanova Wildcats proved too much to conquer andthe Saurians fell i3 to 3. During the '43 season Florida faced some of the leading backs in the nation, On the Georgia team were All-American Frank Sink- wich and Lamar Davis, both as fleet as they come, Mississippi State sported Blondy Black, a passing and running star, Georgia Tech had Clint Castleberry, the freshman sensation of the year. On the Jacksonville Naval Air Station team was a galaxy of stars headed by All-American George McAfee, formerly with Duke and the labovelg but uses finesse on backs lbelowl The charge of the beef brigade-Konetsky, Lee, and Klutka

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Fliers Take Saurians, 2.0-7 .IACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL STADIUM, Sept. I9 - The University of Florida furnished the local U. S, Naval Air Station football team with surprisingly strong op- position here yesterday, but finally succumbed in their super-heated contest' 20-7. The Fliers were doped to win by almost any score they cared to roll up, but the Gators held their more experienced fces, many of them former All-Americans in college and professional stars, scoreless through first half, Striking swift' at the outset of the third period, the Fliers scored and took a 7-0 lead, but the Gators snapped back to tie it up when Carry plunged over for a touchdown. That was the last gasp on the offense for the Gators, as George McAfee and Co romped to two more quick touchdowns, All of the scoring was in that third period Randolph Trampled 45-0 FLORIDA FIELD, Gainesville, Sept. 26---Flashing a type of offense that hasn't been seen in these parts since the days of the famous Phantom Four , the University of Florida piled up a 45-0 decision over Randolph-Macon here tonight to balance their tables for their football season, to date. In running up the tally of 45, the Gators really looked good, They ran their plays with o precision that glad- dened the heart of Coach Tom Lieb, and it is needless to soy that they all worked. Tampa Beaten 26-6 TAMPA, Oct. 34-Florida's Gators defeated but did not outclass a determined University of Tampa team here this afternoon before 7,000 fans in a sweltering heat, Two Florida touchdowns came as a result of pecr kicks and a third from a fumble deep in Tampa ter- ritory. The Gators maintained a scoring drive in the thiril quarter when Fullback Bill Carry, a hardvhitting 200- peunder, ripped the Spartan line to shreads. MIMS DUI-IART ,1il.14fi.s ill'