Florida Gators football , 1910 – 19 The Florida Gators football team represents the University of Florida in the sport of American football . The University of Florida fielded its first official varsity football team in the fall of 1906 , and has fielded a team every season since then , with the exception of 1943 . During the 1910s , the Florida football team competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) , and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) after 1910 . The University of Florida adopted the " Florida Gators " nickname for its sports teams in 1911 ; the earlier Florida football teams were known simply as " Florida " or the " Orange and Blue . " The Gators played their home games on the university ' s Gainesville , Florida campus . This article is a game - by - game list of the Florida Gators ' ten football seasons from 1910 to 1919 . During the 1910s , the Gators were coached by George E . Pyle ( 1909 – 1913 ) , Charles J . " C . J . " McCoy ( 1914 – 1916 ) and Alfred L . " Al " Buser ( 1917 – 1919 ) . Pyle , McCoy and Buser compiled an overall record of 36 – 24 – 2 ( . 597 ) during the decade . 1910 . Season overview . The 1910 college football season was George E . Pyle ' s second as the head coach of the University of Florida football team . The Florida football team lost to the Mercer Bears for the fourth time in four tries , but also defeated three first - time collegiate opponents , Georgia A & M ( 52 – 0 ) , The Citadel Bulldogs ( 6 – 2 ) , and the College of Charleston Cougars ( 34 – 0 ) , and beat the in - state rival Rollins College Tars ( 38 – 0 ) for the third consecutive meeting . Pyle ' s 1910 Florida football team finished its fifth varsity football season undefeated on its home field , with an overall record of 6 – 1 and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association { SIAA ) record of 1 – 1 . 1911 . Season overview . The 1911 college football season was George Pyle ' s third as the head coach of the University of Florida football team , and it was a pivotal year in the growth of the young Florida football program . Florida played four different college football teams from the state of South Carolina , including The Citadel Bulldogs , the South Carolina Gamecocks , the Clemson Tigers and the College of Charleston Cougars , and finished 3 – 0 – 1 against the four South Carolina college teams and returned home to Gainesville to celebrate with their new nickname : the " Florida Gators . " Pyle ' s newly - christened Florida Gators finished their sixth varsity football season 5 – 0 – 1 — the first , and to date , the only undefeated season in the history of the Florida Gators football program . 1912 . Season overview . The 1912 college football season was the fourth for George Pyle as the Florida Gators football team ' s head coach . The 1912 season marked several first - time events for the Florida Gators : the first full season that the Florida football team would compete as the " Florida Gators " ; the first games that they played against two future rivals , coach Mike Donahue ' s Auburn Tigers and coach John Heisman ' s Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ( both games were losses ) ; their first - ever victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks ; their first season played in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) ; and the first time they ever participated in a post - season bowl game . Pyle ' s 1912 Florida Gators finished their seventh varsity football season with an SIAA conference record of 1 – 2 and an overall winning record of 5 – 2 – 1 , including a 28 – 0 victory over the Vedado Tennis Club in the Bacardi Bowl played in Havana , Cuba on Christmas Day 1912 . 1913 . Season overview . The 1913 college football season was George Pyle ' s fifth and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . The highlight of the Gators ' 1913 campaign was an incredible 144 – 0 victory over the Florida Southern Moccasins , followed five days later by a 0 – 55 loss to an Auburn Tigers team that would finish its season undefeated and untied . The Gators also defeated the Mercer Bears , 24 – 0 , for their first win in six games against the Bears . Pyle ' s 1913 Florida Gators completed their eighth varsity football season with an overall record of 4 – 3 and their fourth year in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) with a conference record of 2 – 3 ; George Pyle finished his five - year tenure as the coach of the Florida Gators with an overall record of 26 – 7 – 3 . After leaving Florida , Pyle became the athletic director of the West Virginia Mountaineers . 1914 . Season overview . The 1914 college football season was Charles J . " C . J . " McCoy ' s first year of three as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . McCoy ' s Gators extended their previous winning streaks over the Florida Southern Moccasins , The Citadel Bulldogs and the Mercer Bears , and enjoyed first - time victories against the King College Tornados and the Wofford College Terriers , but the Gators also suffered stinging Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) losses to the undefeated Auburn Tigers ( 0 – 20 ) and the ( 0 – 26 ) . McCoy ' s 1914 Florida Gators completed their ninth varsity football season on a four - game winning streak , with an overall record of 5 – 2 and an SIAA conference record of 1 – 2 . 1915 . Season overview . The 1915 college football season was C . J . McCoy ' s second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . The Gators ' 1915 season was one of mixed results . The Gators lengthened their winning records against the Florida Southern Moccasins , The Citadel Bulldogs and the Mercer Bears , and defeated the Tulane Green Wave in their first - ever meeting . However , the Gators also continued their losing streaks against the Auburn Tigers and the , and lost their first - ever game against the Georgia Bulldogs 0 – 37 in Jacksonville , Florida . McCoy ' s 1915 Florida Gators completed their tenth varsity football season with an overall record of 4 – 3 and their sixth year in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) with a conference record of 2 – 3 . 1916 . Season overview . The 1916 college football season was C . J . McCoy ' s third and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . Believing that he had the makings of a great Gators squad , McCoy assembled the most ambitious and difficult Gators football schedule to date . McCoy ' s plans were thwarted , however , by a series of injuries and academic ineligibility problems , beginning when the Gators ' starting quarterback , Ashley " Rammy " Ramsdell , broke his leg playing baseball against the Auburn Tigers . Depleted of first - string football talent and lacking depth , McCoy ' s 1916 Florida Gators ended their season disastrously with an overall record of 0 – 5 and a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) conference record of 0 – 4 . C . J . McCoy finished his three - year tenure as the Gators ' coach with an overall record of 9 – 10 . 1917 . Season overview . The 1917 college football season was Alfred L . " Al " Buser ' s first of three as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . Buser was a former All - American lineman for the Wisconsin Badgers , and promised to bring a Midwestern power football style of play to revive the Gators after the winless 1916 season . The 1917 season , however , was also a disappointment . The Gators extended their winning streak over the Florida Southern Moccasins to four games , but their only Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) victory was a 21 – 13 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks , and they endured their sixth straight loss to coach Mike Donahue ' s Auburn Tigers . Buser ' s 1917 Florida Gators completed their football season with an SIAA conference record of 1 – 4 and an overall record of 2 – 4 . 1918 . < br > Season overview . The 1918 college football season was the second for Al Buser as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . The Gators ' ranks were depleted by the Spanish flu and the loss of World War I military volunteers and draftees , and the 1918 Gators played only one game — a 2 – 14 loss to a football team from Camp Johnston , a U . S . Army training installation in nearby Jacksonville , Florida . Buser ' s Gators did not play a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) conference schedule in 1918 . 1919 . Season overview . The 1919 college football season was Al Buser ' s third and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team . Florida students , fans and alumni had learned to suffer through football losses to major Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( SIAA ) opponents like the Georgia Bulldogs and Tulane Green Wave , but the 0 – 7 loss to the Florida Southern was viewed by many as an unacceptable failure . Nevertheless , Buser ' s 1919 Florida Gators completed their football season with an improved overall record of 5 – 3 and an SIAA conference record of 2 – 2 . Al Buser finished his three - year tenure as the Gators ' athletic director and football coach with an overall record of 7 – 8 , and he later became the athletic director for Hamline University .