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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…

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…

Football players and others standing with the goat that served as a mascot for the two games of the 1892 season. While never an official mascot such as the Bulldog is today, the goat, decorated with a blanket emblazoned with ‘UG’ across its back…

This park, which stood near the present site of Phoenix Park in Southwest Atlanta, was the site of many Georgia football games in the 1890s, as Atlanta was both a convenient place to travel for both teams and fans, but also because it was home to…

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

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…

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…

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.

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…