The series record
Miami leads, and all of that lead comes from the games after 1987. Florida went 25-24 in the 49 yearly games from 1938 to 1987. Miami has won seven of the nine meetings since.
In Miami Gardens. Miami has won the last two.
Through the 2025 game.
Every game at a glance
One square per game since 1938, a row per decade. Hover or tap a square for the score. The empty 1990s row is the end of the yearly series.
Why it stopped
The yearly game ended after 1987. The SEC went from six conference games to seven, and Florida needed six home games a year to keep its athletic budget where it was, so Miami came off the schedule. A deal to bring it back in 1992 fell apart when the SEC went to eight conference games and added a title game, and Florida canceled it.
Since then it has been occasional: two bowl games, regular-season games in 2002 and 2003, a home-and-home in 2008 and 2013, the 2019 Camping World Kickoff in Orlando, and another home-and-home in 2024 and 2025. Miami won both of the last two, 41-17 in Gainesville and 26-7 in Miami Gardens. Nothing is scheduled now. FBSchedules lists no Miami game on Florida's schedule through 2037.
The Gator Flop
Nov. 27, 1971, the season finale in the Orange Bowl. Florida led 45-8 late and Miami had the ball. John Reaves was 14 yards short of the NCAA career passing record, so Florida's defense lay down and let Miami quarterback John Hornibrook score from the 8. Reaves got the ball back and broke the record on a pass to Carlos Alvarez. It ended 45-16, and Miami coach Fran Curci wouldn't shake Doug Dickey's hand.
The canoe
The trophy was the Seminole War Canoe, carved by Seminoles from a 200-year-old cypress and donated on behalf of the city of Hollywood. Wikipedia dates the donation to 1950; a 2010 story in The Alligator says 1955. Miami won the last yearly game, 31-4 in 1987, and the canoe went on permanent display in UM's Sports Hall of Fame in Coral Gables. It stayed there after Florida won in 2008. In 2010 UF's Student Senate passed a unanimous resolution asking for it back "to UF soil as soon as possible," and Miami's student government president answered that students had no authority to give it up.
Biggest wins and longest runs
- Florida's biggest win is 46-6 at Burdine Stadium in Miami in 1940.
- Miami's is that 31-4 game in 1987.
- Florida won seven straight from 1971 to 1977. Miami's longest run is six, from 1986 to 2004, spanning the long break after 1987.
- The 1976 game in Orlando was the first major game at the newly expanded stadium, and its new upper deck "noticeably swayed" whenever fans stood up. Florida won 19-10.
- The bowl games both went Miami's way: 37-20 in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2, 2001, and 27-10 in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 31, 2004, with Charlie Strong as Florida's interim coach after Ron Zook was fired.
Every result
Newest first. A green edge means Florida won.
| Year | Result | Where | Florida margin | Florida coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami 26, Florida 7 | Miami Gardens | -19 | Billy Napier |
| 2024 | Miami 41, Florida 17 | Gainesville | -24 | Billy Napier |
| 2019 | Florida 24, Miami 20 Camping World Kickoff | Orlando | +4 | Dan Mullen |
| 2013 | Miami 21, Florida 16 | Miami Gardens | -5 | Will Muschamp |
| 2008 | Florida 26, Miami 3 | Gainesville | +23 | Urban Meyer |
| 2004 | Miami 27, Florida 10 Peach Bowl | Atlanta | -17 | Charlie Strong (interim) |
| 2003 | Miami 38, Florida 33 | Miami | -5 | Ron Zook |
| 2002 | Miami 41, Florida 16 | Gainesville | -25 | Ron Zook |
| 2000 | Miami 37, Florida 20 Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2, 2001 | New Orleans | -17 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1987 | Miami 31, Florida 4 Last game of the annual series | Miami | -27 | Galen Hall |
| 1986 | Miami 23, Florida 15 | Gainesville | -8 | Galen Hall |
| 1985 | Florida 35, Miami 23 | Miami | +12 | Galen Hall |
| 1984 | Miami 32, Florida 20 | Tampa | -12 | Charley Pell |
| 1983 | Florida 28, Miami 3 | Gainesville | +25 | Charley Pell |
| 1982 | Florida 17, Miami 14 | Gainesville | +3 | Charley Pell |
Show the other 43 games, back to 1938
| Year | Result | Where | Florida margin | Florida coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Miami 21, Florida 20 | Miami | -1 | Charley Pell |
| 1980 | Miami 31, Florida 7 | Gainesville | -24 | Charley Pell |
| 1979 | Miami 30, Florida 24 | Miami | -6 | Charley Pell |
| 1978 | Miami 22, Florida 21 | Gainesville | -1 | Doug Dickey |
| 1977 | Florida 31, Miami 14 | Miami | +17 | Doug Dickey |
| 1976 | Florida 19, Miami 10 | Orlando | +9 | Doug Dickey |
| 1975 | Florida 15, Miami 11 | Miami | +4 | Doug Dickey |
| 1974 | Florida 31, Miami 7 | Gainesville | +24 | Doug Dickey |
| 1973 | Florida 14, Miami 7 | Miami | +7 | Doug Dickey |
| 1972 | Florida 17, Miami 6 | Gainesville | +11 | Doug Dickey |
| 1971 | Florida 45, Miami 16 The "Gator Flop" game | Miami | +29 | Doug Dickey |
| 1970 | Miami 14, Florida 13 | Gainesville | -1 | Doug Dickey |
| 1969 | Florida 35, Miami 16 | Miami | +19 | Ray Graves |
| 1968 | Florida 14, Miami 10 | Gainesville | +4 | Ray Graves |
| 1967 | Miami 20, Florida 13 | Miami | -7 | Ray Graves |
| 1966 | Miami 21, Florida 16 | Gainesville | -5 | Ray Graves |
| 1965 | Miami 16, Florida 13 | Miami | -3 | Ray Graves |
| 1964 | Florida 12, Miami 10 | Gainesville | +2 | Ray Graves |
| 1963 | Florida 27, Miami 21 | Miami | +6 | Ray Graves |
| 1962 | Miami 17, Florida 15 | Miami | -2 | Ray Graves |
| 1961 | Miami 15, Florida 6 | Gainesville | -9 | Ray Graves |
| 1960 | Florida 18, Miami 0 | Miami | +18 | Ray Graves |
| 1959 | Florida 23, Miami 14 | Jacksonville | +9 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1958 | Florida 12, Miami 9 | Jacksonville | +3 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1957 | Florida 14, Miami 0 | Miami | +14 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1956 | Miami 20, Florida 7 | Gainesville | -13 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1955 | Miami 7, Florida 6 | Miami | -1 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1954 | Miami 14, Florida 0 | Gainesville | -14 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1953 | Miami 14, Florida 10 | Miami | -4 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1952 | Florida 43, Miami 6 | Gainesville | +37 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1951 | Miami 21, Florida 6 | Miami | -15 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1950 | Miami 20, Florida 14 | Gainesville | -6 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1949 | Miami 28, Florida 13 | Miami | -15 | Raymond Wolf |
| 1948 | Florida 27, Miami 13 | Gainesville | +14 | Raymond Wolf |
| 1947 | Florida 7, Miami 6 | Miami | +1 | Raymond Wolf |
| 1946 | Miami 20, Florida 13 | Gainesville | -7 | Raymond Wolf |
| 1945 | Miami 7, Florida 6 | Miami | -1 | Tom Lieb |
| 1944 | Florida 13, Miami 0 | Miami | +13 | Tom Lieb |
| 1942 | Miami 12, Florida 0 | Miami | -12 | Tom Lieb |
| 1941 | Florida 14, Miami 0 | Miami | +14 | Tom Lieb |
| 1940 | Florida 46, Miami 6 | Miami | +40 | Tom Lieb |
| 1939 | Florida 13, Miami 0 | Miami | +13 | Josh Cody |
| 1938 | Miami 19, Florida 7 First meeting | Gainesville | -12 | Josh Cody |
Results from Wikipedia's Florida-Miami rivalry page, checked game by game against Winsipedia and Florida's season pages (Oct 26, 2026); the two agree on every game except 1950, where Wikipedia's 28-14 was set aside for the 20-14 that Winsipedia and both schools' 1950 season pages give.
Sources
Results come from Wikipedia's rivalry page, checked game by game against Winsipedia and Florida's season pages. The account of why the yearly game stopped is from the same Wikipedia page. The two results sources disagree on one game: Wikipedia's table has 1950 as 28-14 Miami, while Winsipedia and both schools' 1950 season pages have 20-14, which we use. The Gator Flop is from the 1971 season page, the canoe from Wikipedia and The Alligator, the 1976 stadium from Wikipedia's Camping World Stadium page, and the empty future schedule from FBSchedules. Spot an error? Tell us.