Gatorade couldn’t help favored Florida beat Auburn in 1965

Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 10.17.58 AMFlorida is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Gatorade Saturday. They will not commemorate the 50th anniversary of their 1965 game against Auburn.

Because despite the experimental energy elixir powering the team (at least part of it or something), they lost—again.

And they weren’t just flavored—they were favored, too. Everyone said Florida would win by a touchdown and Bud Wilkinson would narrate an Auburn defeat—on homecoming, no less—for a regional NBC audience.

Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 10.21.31 AMInstead, Auburn mounted a second half comeback. And the Fighting Gatorades were supposed to own the second half. That’s when the stuff kicked in, made a…