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The 1907 University of Georgia football team compiled a 4-3-1 and was coached by W.S. 'Bull' Whitney. The use of 'ringers' (paid semi-professional football players) in latter part of the season marred this team's reputation; 'Bull' Whitney was asked…

This team, under the leadership of Glenn ‘Pop’ Warner (on the left of this photo wearing a sweater with the letter ‘C’), was Georgia’s first (and one of only three) undefeated season, with a record of 4-0. ‘Pop’ Warner was paid $40 per…

Ridley lettered from 1900 through 1902 and was the team captain in 1902. This photograph clearly shows New College and the edge of Herty Field. Herty Field was not a manicured playing surface, but was rocky and worn. A small set of bleachers for…

Sanford Field, located where the Tate Student Center parking lot is now, was constructed in 1911 as a home for the University’s football and baseball teams. The football team played there until Sanford Stadium was constructed nearby in 1929. The…

This team posted a record of 5-2-1 under Coach Branch Bocock. This would be Bocock's only full season as head football coach at Georgia.

Joseph Brown Connally was a football player on the University of Georgia's undefeated 1896 team. In 1918, while serving in the U.S. Army in combat on the Western Front, Connally was exposed to poison gas. He was invalided home, then finally died of…

One of the greatest Georgia players of this era, Ketron was renowned for his ‘battle cry’ of “War Eagle”. (Ketron was also known to spit tobacco juice in the face of his opponents.) Ketron, who hailed from Habersham County in northern…

This newspaper graphic charts every drive for both the Georgia and Georgia Tech football teams during the 1913 contest between the two schools.

Coach from 1910 through 1919 (with the exception of 1917 and 1918 when Georgia didn’t field a team), Cunningham was the first Georgia coach to last for more than two years. His arrival at Georgia ushered in a new era for the team, which had been…

This is a photograph of the 1897 University of Georgia football team taken sometime before October 30 1897. On that date, Richard Vonalbade 'Von' Gammon was killed during a game against the University of Virginia at Brisbane Park in Atlanta. Von…