1896 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1896 Georgia Bulldogs football
SIAA Co-Champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1896 record 4–0 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach Glenn “Pop” Warner
Home stadium Herty Field
1896 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
LSU + 4 0 0     6 0 0
Georgia + 3 0 0     4 0 0
Tennessee 1 0 0     4 0 0
Vanderbilt 3 0 1     3 2 2
Auburn 3 1 0     3 1 0
Georgia Tech 1 1 1     1 1 1
Texas 1 1 0     4 2 1
Alabama 1 1 0     2 1 0
Kentucky State 1 1 0     3 6 0
Sewanee 2 3 0     3 3 0
Tulane 1 2 0     3 2 0
Nashville 0 1 1     0 1 1
Mercer 0 2 1     0 2 1
North Carolina 0 1 0     3 4 1
SW Presbyterian 0 1 0     0 1 0
Ole Miss 0 2 0     1 2 0
Mississippi A&M 0 2 0     0 4 0
Clemson 0 0 0     2 1 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1896 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1896 college football season. The team competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and provided Georgia with its first undefeated season, compiling a 4–0 record and defeating North Carolina for the first time. The Bulldogs were co-champions of the SIAA with LSU, who joined the conference in 1896.[1] This was the Georgia Bulldogs' second and final season under the guidance of legendary head coach Glenn “Pop” Warner who had continued as coach for a second season at a salary of $40 per week for ten weeks.[2] Georgia did not win another conference championship until the 1920 season. Rufus B. Nalley and Richard Von Albade Gammon were both in the backfield, with Gammon at quarterback.[3] The conference was decided against the rivalry with Auburn, which featured Georgia's quarterback the following season Reynolds Tichenor at the same spot for the Tigers.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 24 at Wofford* Spartanburg, SC W 26–0  
October 31 North Carolina Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA W 24–16  
November 10 Sewanee Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA W 26–0  
November 30 vs. Auburn Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 12–6  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

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References

  1. "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Conference Championships". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  2. Reed, Thomas Walter (c. 1949). "Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947". History of the University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia.
  3. "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Georgia 1896 results". georgiadogs.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
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