The 1932 Florida Gators football team represented the

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during the

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. The season was

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's fifth and last as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. In the Gators' final year as members of the

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, they finished twentieth of twenty-three teams in the conference standings.''2009 Southern Conference Football Media Guide''
Year-by-Year Standings
Southern Conference, Spartanburg, South Carolina, p. 74 (2009). Retrieved August 30, 2010.

Before the season

Coach Bachman expected the Gators to win half of their games. The Florida squad was full of sophomores.

Schedule

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'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.

Game summaries

Sewanee

The Gators opened the season with their only conference victory, a 19–0 shutout of the struggling

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. Hub McAnly ran a school record 91 yards for one score.

The Citadel

*Source: In the second week of play, Florida beat

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in the rain 27–7.

NC State

*Source: In Tampa, the Gators lost to the

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17–6. An Al Rogero touchdown made the score 7–6, but in the fourth quarter the Wolfpack put the game out of reach.

Georgia

There was little enthusiasm as Florida departed for Athens, battered by injuries and demotions due to rule infractions. Florida lost to the

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12–33.

North Carolina

In Chapel Hill, the Gators were defeated by the

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13–18. The Tar Heels' Johnny Daniel returned the opening kickoff 95 yards.

Auburn

SoCon champion

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defeated Florida 21–6.

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was taken out of a game for the first time in his career.

Georgia Tech

Florida was the underdog going into the

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game, losing 6–0.

Tennessee

*Source: Expected to be the hardest game since the beginning of the season, rival

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beat Florida 13–32. Beattie Feathers scored after the opening kickoff.

UCLA

Notwithstanding the Gators' Depression-era struggles and 3–6 overall win–loss record, Bachman managed to end his tenure on a high note with a 12–2 intersectional upset of the

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in his final game.

Postseason

After the season, Bachman resigned, though left some idea he might still return to Florida. Bachman ultimately accepted an offer to become the head coach of the

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, and he was later inducted into the

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as a coach in 1978.College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Charlie Bachman Member Biography Retrieved August 30, 2010.

References

Bibliography

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