The 1951 Florida Gators football team represented the

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during the

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. The season was

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's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included two intersectional victories over the

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(13–0) and the Loyola Lions (40–7), and two

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(SEC) victories over the

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(33–13) during Florida's

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and the

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(30–21) in

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. For the second year in a row, Woodruff's 1951 Florida Gators finished 5–5 overall and 2–4 in the SEC, placing ninth among twelve conference teams.

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