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History. Conference affiliations. Georgia was a founding member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, one of the first collegiate athletic conferences formed in the United States. Georgia participated in the SIAA from its establishment in 1895 until 1921.
- 37–21–3 (.631)
- 1892
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- Kirby Smart, 8th season, 87–15 (.853)
Georgia's football program began in 1892, when Dr. Charles Herty, a chemistry professor and former player at Johns Hopkins, assembled a team and arranged a game against Mercer University on January 30, 1892. This was the first intercollegiate football game played in the deep south.
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Sep 2, 2023 · Believe it or not, there was a time when UGA's football team took to the gridiron without their canine nickname. As explained by the school's library, the football program was born in 1892.
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May 20, 2005 · As many as six Bulldogs teams have been considered national champions, winning titles in 1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1980, 2021, and 2022. Courtesy of Georgia Archives. In 1927 Georgia started the season 9-0 before losing in Athens to the Georgia Institute of Technology, UGA’s archrival.
Feb 23, 2017 Updated Sep 23, 2021. 9 min to read. Richard Appleby (left), Clarence Pope (middle) and Horace King (right) graduated from Clarke Central High School in Athens and became the three of...
Sep 19, 2023 · The University of Georgia chose the bulldog as its mascot in 1956 when a bulldog, introduced by the Seiler family, debuted at a UGA football game. The coach's request to make the dog the...
Covered With Glory: Football at UGA, 1892-1917. A Brief History of Football at UGA, 1892-1917; The Tragedy of Von Gammon; Origin of a Tradition: Ringing the Chapel Bell; A Controversial Beginning To A Bitter Rivalry; Yearly Records; Football Lettermen, Pre-1917; Georgia-Auburn Chalice; Fifteen Coaches in Twenty-Five Years; The Uniform