1896 Georgia Bulldogs football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1896 Georgia Bulldogs football 1896uga.jpg 285 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 4–0 2–0 Pop Warner 2nd Rufus B. Nalley Herty Field SIAA co-champion The 1896 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. As a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the team 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.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=181 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Conference Championships College Football Data Warehouse April 5, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014352/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=181 September 30, 2007 Before the season This was the Georgia Bulldogs' second and final season under the guidance of head coach Pop Warner who had continued as coach for a second season at a salary of $40 per week for ten weeks.Reed Thomas Walter c. 1949 Athens, Georgia University of Georgia History of the University of Georgia Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c17?seq=26 "It was rare in those days that a coach lasted more than one season".Woodruff 1928 53 Several veterans returned from last season. Rufus B. Nalley and Richard Von Albade Gammon were both in the backfield, with Gammon at quarterback,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523// Atlanta Constitution Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had February 19, 1911 March 8, 2015 52 Newspapers.com and Nalley as captain. Schedule October 24 w y y 1896 Wofford Terriers Wofford Spartanburg, SC 26–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-georgia-wins-over-wo/136902410/ The Atlanta Journal Georgia wins over Wofford October 27, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com October 31 w y y North Carolina Brisbine Park Atlanta, GA 24–16 3,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-football-yesterday/136902506/ The News and Observer Football yesterday November 1, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com November 9 w Sewanee Herty Field Athens, GA 26–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-foot-ball-at-athens-un/136902701/ The Morning News Foot ball at Athens; University of Georgia beats Sewanee 26 to 0 November 10, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com November 26 w y Auburn Brisbine Park Atlanta, GA rivalry 12–6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald-auburn-knocked-ou/136902762/ Birmingham State Herald Auburn knocked out November 27, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1896-schedule.html Georgia 1896 results georgiadogs.com July 12, 2011 January 1, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110101035753/http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1896-schedule.html dead Season summary Wofford The season opened in Spartanburg with a 26–0 defeat of Wofford. North Carolina UNC 10 6 Georgia 18 6 Brisbane ParkAtlanta, GA 3,000 In "the first big football game of the season", Georgia beat North Carolina 24–16 in a close game. "For the first time in Southern football history the football supremacy of Virginia and North Carolina was successfully challenged." thumb|left|200px|Coach Warner on the Georgia sidelines. The first touchdown came when George Whitfield Price went around right tackle for 8 yards. "There were yells of 'Price', 'Price' everywhere".Woodruff 1928 58 Carolina's Heyward then got his own touchdown through right tackle. Later, Carolina's Belden made a great punt, which went over Lovejoy's head. Wright fell on it for a touchdown, giving Carolina the lead. Then guard Wright Blanche broke through and tied the score with a 30-yard run between right end and tackle. He then later went around right end to put the Bulldogs up by a score as the first half ended. A blocked kick from Blanch and Key led to Georgia's final touchdown.Woodruff 1928 59 After Green ran for 40 yards on a fake buck, Heyward scored the last touchdown for Carolina from 5 yards out.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5239259/the_atlanta_constitution/ 21 November 1, 1896 Georgia Wins Out The Atlanta Constitution May 12, 2016 Newspapers.com The starting lineup was Wight (left end), Price (left tackle), Blanch (left guard), Atkinson (center, Middlebrooke (right guard), Kent (right tackle), Watson (right end), Gammon (quarterback), Nalley (left halfback), Cothrell (right halfback), Lovejoy (fullback).Woodruff 1928 60 Sewanee The Bulldogs defeated the Sewanee Tigers 26–0. Sewanee's offense was weak.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5302446/the_atlanta_constitution/ 2 Georgia Defeated Sewanee The Atlanta Constitution November 10, 1896 May 18, 2016 Newspapers.com Auburn Auburn 0 6 Georgia 6 6 Piedmont ParkAtlanta, GA In the rivalry game with John Heisman's Auburn to decide the conference, Georgia won 12–6 to close its first undefeated season. Georgia's quarterback the following season Reynolds Tichenor was at the same spot for the Tigers. Lovejoy scored Georgia's first touchdown, without Nalley using signals. The next touchdown came on another trick, with an onside kick to get the ball. Walter Cothran followed this with an 80-yard touchdown run. Tichenor then had a long punt return for Auburn.https://books.google.com/books?id=cxziB-y0NQcC&pg=PT91 Triumph Books Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told 2006 9781617490484 Tichenor once said he had been sprawled on the ground, when a big Georgia lineman jumped at him, knees first, with Tichenor rolling out of the way just in time. "The fellow was very polite," Tichenor said. "We both got up and he apologized very profusely for having missed me." Tichenor later transferred to Georgia to attend law school.http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/SC/index.html History of the Early S.I.A.A. Atlanta Basketball Tournament The starting lineup was Wight (left end), Price (left tackle), Walker (left guard), Atkinson (center, Blanch (right guard), Walden (right tackle), Dougherty (right end), Gammon (quarterback), Nalley (left halfback), Pomeroy (right halfback), Lovejoy (fullback).Woodruff 1928 65 Postseason The 1896 team is considered one of Georgia's early great ones. Georgia did not win another conference championship until the 1920 season. References Additional sources A History of Southern Football 1890–1928 Woodruff Fuzzy 1 1928 Georgia Category:Georgia Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Georgia Bulldogs football