1916 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1916 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record6–3 (5–2 SIAA)
Head coachW. A. Cunningham (7th season)
CaptainTom Thrash
Home stadiumSanford Field
Uniform
10sUGAuniform.png
Seasons
← 1915
1919 →
1916 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 5 0 0     8 0 1
Tennessee + 6 0 1     8 0 1
Vanderbilt 4 1 1     7 1 1
LSU 3 1 1     7 1 2
The Citadel 3 1 0     6 1 1
Tulane 2 1 1     4 3 1
Kentucky 2 1 2     4 1 2
Auburn 6 2 0     6 2 0
Georgia 5 2 0     6 3 0
Alabama 4 3 0     6 3 0
Sewanee 2 2 2     5 2 2
Centre 1 1 1     5 1 3
Georgetown (KY) 1 1 0     2 1 0
Mississippi A&M 3 4 0     4 4 1
Mississippi College 2 3 0     4 3 0
Clemson 2 4 0     3 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 0     2 7 0
Louisville 1 2 0     2 3 1
Wofford 1 2 0     2 7 0
Transylvania 1 2 1     1 2 1
Furman 1 3 0     4 5 0
Chattanooga 1 4 0     3 5 0
Howard 0 1 0     0 1 0
Mercer 0 3 0     1 6 0
Florida 0 4 0     0 5 0
Ole Miss 0 6 0     3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1916 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 6–3 record.[1]

Before the season

Tom Thrash was captain.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30The CitadelW 6–0
October 7vs. ClemsonAnderson, SC (rivalry)W 26–0
October 14Florida
W 21–0
October 21at Virginia*W 13–7
October 28at Navy*L 3–27
November 4AuburnL 0–3
November 11Furman
  • Sanford Field
  • Athens, GA
W 49–0
November 18Georgia Tech
L 0–21
November 30at AlabamaW 3–0
  • *Non-conference game

Game summaries

The Citadel

To open the season, Georgia gave The Citadel the team's only loss

Clemson

In the second week of play, Georgia beat Clemson.

Florida

Florida at Georgia
1 234Total
Florida 0 000 0
Georgia 0 0714 21

Georgia beat the winless Florida Gators 21–0 in Athens. The contest was scoreless in the first half.[3] Georgia had to send in two stars who were resting with dislocated shoulders.[3] Walter Neville scored the game's first touchdown.[3]

The starting lineup was Pew (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Ferguson (left guard), Garmany (center), Beaseley (right guard), Wingate (right tackle), Tate (right end), Dessendorff (quarterback), Coleman (left halfback), McLaws (right halfback), Neville (fullback).[3]

Virginia

Georgia beat Virginia for the first time in 1916.

Navy

The year's first loss came in Georgia's first game against Navy.

Auburn

Beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1958, Georgia and Auburn played every game except one in Columbus, Georgia at the A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium. Coach Cunningham was the key to getting this series located at the neutral location in Columbus.

Furman

The Bulldogs beat Furman.

Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech at Georgia
1 234Total
Ga. Tech 0 777 21
Georgia 0 000 0
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Sanford Field
    Athens, GA
  • Game attendance: 10,000
  • Referee: Nicholls (Chicago)

Georgia loss to rival Georgia Tech 21–0 in Tech's only road game.[4] After a scoreless first quarter, Talley Johnston ran for 25 yards around right end, and plunges from Tommy Spence soon got a touchdown.[4] In the third quarter, Spence scored again. Tech was then aided by a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty by Georgia.[4] The drive ended with a 15–yard touchdown run from Everett Strupper.[4] The starting lineup was: Tate (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Wingate (left guard), Garmany (center), Beasley (right guard), McConnell (right tackle), Dexendorf (right end), Donnelly (quarterback), McLaws (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), and Neville (fullback).[4]

Alabama

Georgia beat Alabama 3–0. William Donnelly made a kick from placement.[5] The starting lineup was Neville (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Garmany (left guard), Pew (center), Wingate (right guard), McConnell (right tackle), Tate (right end), Donnelly (quarterback), Coleman (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Dezendorff (fullback).[5]

References

  1. ^ "1916 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Team Captains".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Florida Eleven Worried Georgia". The Atlanta Constitution. October 15, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved July 10, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Georgia Easy For For Tech Eleven". The Charlotte Observer. November 19, 1916. p. 13. Retrieved April 22, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ a b http://www.rolltide.com/documents/2016/8/18//1916_season.pdf?id=7610#page=3

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