1895 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1895 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Bulldogs competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and completed the season with a 3–4 record, Georgia's first losing season. Georgia lost twice to North Carolina, and played Alabama for the first time.[1]

1895 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–4 (2–2 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainH. W. Stubbs
Home stadiumHerty Field
1895 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt 3 –0 –05 –3 –1
Auburn 2 –1 –02 –1 –0
Georgia 2 –2 –03 –4 –0
Sewanee 0 –2 –02 –2 –1
Alabama 0 –2 –00 –4 –0

Before the season

Georgia's entire student body consisted of 126 students.[2] This was Georgia's first year in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), a conference that it founded along with Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Vanderbilt.

This was the Georgia Bulldogs' first season under the guidance of head coach Pop Warner. Warner was hired at a salary of $34 per week.[3] While at Georgia, Warner also served as a co-coach at Iowa State.[4]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 19Wofford*
W 34–0[5]
October 26vs. North Carolina*
L 0–61,500[6]
October 31vs. North Carolina*
  • Athletic Grounds
  • Atlanta, GA
L 6–10350[7]
November 9vs. Alabama
W 30–6[8]
November 18Sewanee
W 22–0[9]
November 23at Vanderbilt
L 0–61,200[10]
November 281:30 p. m.vs. Auburn
L 6–165,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

Game summaries

Wofford

The season opened with a 34–0 defeat of Wofford.

North Carolina
1 2Total
• UNC 6 0 6
Georgia 0 0 0
  • Date: October 26
Main article: 1895 Georgia vs. North Carolina football game

It was in 1895, in the first of the two games between Georgia and North Carolina, in which North Carolina completed the first recorded forward pass,[12] even though the play was illegal at the time. According to John Heisman, the North Carolina quarterback was trying to punt the ball but, because the punt was about to be blocked, he threw the ball instead. Another North Carolina player caught the ball and scored a touchdown on a 70-yard play. Georgia coach Pop Warner complained to the referee that the play was illegal, however, the referee let the play stand because he did not see the pass.[12]

Georgia's starting lineup was Ferrell (left end), Price (left tackle), Connally (left guard), Cochran (center), Moore (right guard), Kent (right tackle), Killorin (right end), Barrow (quarterback), Nalley (left halfback), Morris (right halfback), and Stubbs (fullback).[13]

Alabama

On November 2, Georgia beat Alabama 30–6.[13]

Sewanee

In Atlanta, Georgia beat Sewanee 22–0.

Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt beat Georgia 6–0. The Bulldogs disputed the touchdown and left the contest in a forfeit. Pomeroy fumbled and Vanderbilt's Elliott scored.[14]

Georgia's starting lineup was: Clark (left end), Price (left tackle), Middlebrooks (left guard), Cochran (center), Walker (right guard), Kent (right tackle), Ferrell (right end), Barrow (quarterback), Nalley (left halfback), Morris (right halfback), Stubbs (fullback).[15]

Auburn

Though the game was scheduled for 1:30 p. m., bickering between officials delayed the contest.[16] John Heisman tried a hidden ball trick in the 16–6 win over Georgia, which Warner was to later use at Carlisle to defeat Harvard.

Georgia's starting lineup was: Morris (left end), Price (left tacle), Middlebrooks (left guard), Cochran (center), Walker (right guard), Kent (right tackle), Ferrell (right end), Barrow (quarterback), Pomeroy (left halfback), Nalley (right halfback), Stubbs (fullback).[17]

References
  1. "Alabama All-Time Vs Georgia". prideofthetide.com. 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  2. Reed, Thomas Walter (c. 1949). "Chapter XI: The Administration of Chancellor William E. Boggs Through the Session of 1898". History of the University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia. p. 1696.
  3. 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.
  4. 2006 Iowas State Cyclone Football, page 136
  5. "Georgia boys win, the Woffords, of South Carolina, were not in it at any time". The Atlanta Constitution. October 20, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "The Georgians didn't score and the University of North Carolina win by 6 to 0". The News and Observer. October 27, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Carolina won out, the score was 10 to 6 against the Georgia boys". The Atlanta Constitution. November 1, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Athens 30, Tuscaloosa 6". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Georgia giants, the Royal Purple goes down before the Black and Red". The Atlanta Constitution. November 19, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Georgians make a claim of foul, Vanderbilt however is given the game played at Nashville". The Chicago Tribune. November 24, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Auburn wins at Atlanta, the Georgia boys beaten by a score of 16 to 6". The Morning News. November 29, 1895. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Tar Heels Credited with Throwing First Forward Pass". Tar Heel Times. tarheeltimes.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  13. Woodruff 1928, p. 39
  14. "VU, Georgia Grid Series Weird One". The Tennessean. October 16, 1954. p. 12. Retrieved November 7, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  15. Woodruff 1928, p. 46
  16. Woodruff 1928, p. 48
  17. Woodruff 1928, p. 49

Additional sources
  • Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 1.
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