1927 Florida Gators football team

The 1927 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. The season was Harold Sebring's third and last season as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. After suffering a 0–12 upset loss at the hands of the Davidson College Wildcats, the Gators rallied to defeat the Auburn Tigers 33–6, defeating the Tigers for the first time and ending a six-game losing streak, and to upset coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide 13–6. Sebring's 1927 Florida Gators finished 7–3 overall, and 5–2 in the Southern Conference, placing sixth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.

1927 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
CaptainBill Middlekauff
Home stadiumFleming Field
Uniform
1927 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia Tech + 7 0 18 1 1
Tennessee + 5 0 18 0 1
NC State + 4 0 09 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 28 1 2
No. 8 Georgia 6 1 09 1 0
Florida 5 2 07 3 0
Ole Miss 3 2 05 3 1
Virginia 4 4 05 4 0
Clemson 2 2 05 3 1
Alabama 3 4 15 4 1
LSU 2 3 14 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 05 3 0
Washington and Lee 2 3 04 4 1
VPI 2 3 05 4 0
Maryland 3 5 04 7 0
South Carolina 2 4 04 5 0
VMI 2 4 06 4 0
Tulane 2 5 12 5 1
North Carolina 2 5 04 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 02 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 03 6 1
Auburn 0 6 10 7 2
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The loss to Davidson featured captain Frank Oosterhoudt, who was later declared ineligible, and replaced at captain by Bill Middlekauff. With Middlekauff at captain, the Gators suffered just two further losses: to conference co-champions NC State; and to Georgia's "Dream and Wonder team". NC State was led by Hall of Famer and Gainesville native Jack McDowall.

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