1909_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team

1909 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1909 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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The 1909 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1909 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 1–4–2 record. The offensive production was quite low, with only 14 points being scored over the course of seven games. The only victory was overTennessee.[1] Georgia suffered its fifth straight loss to Georgia Tech and also lost to rivals Clemson and Auburn. In 1909, the team had an unusual situation with the first-ever co-head coaches at Georgia, James Coulter and Frank Dobson. 1909 was the only year either of them served as head coach at Georgia.

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The first decade of the 1900s was not kind to Georgia. The Bulldogs played 70 games and had a losing record of 24–38–8, a winning percentage of just .400. This decade was the worst decade in Georgia football history. There were also seven different head coaches during the ten-year period.

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Sources

  • Reed, Thomas Walter (1949). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. History of the University of Georgia; Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947 imprint pages 3496–3497

References

  1. "1909 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. "Georgia plays tie with Citadel". The Atlanta Journal. October 10, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Georgia ties in second battle". The Macon News. October 16, 1909. Retrieved September 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Field goal wins for Georgia team". The Atlanta Constitution. October 24, 1909. Retrieved August 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Alabama wins over Georgia in hard game". The Atlanta Constitution. October 31, 1909. Retrieved February 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Clemson defeats Georgia 5 to 0". Nashville Banner. November 11, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tech defeats Georgia". The Charlotte Observer. November 21, 1909. Retrieved May 16, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Georgia's game fight prevents big score". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 26, 1909. Retrieved February 13, 2022 via Newspapers.com.



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