The Georgia Bulldogs football program speaks to the University of Georgia in the game of American football. The Bulldogs contend in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They play their home diversions at historic Sanford Stadiumon the university’s Athens, Georgia, grounds. Georgia’s debut season was in 1892. UGA claims two agreement national titles (1942 and 1980); the AP and Coaches Polls have each voted the Bulldogs the national hero once (1980); Georgia has additionally been named the National Champion by no less than one surveying expert in three different seasons (1927, 1946 and 1968).
The Bulldogs have won 15 meeting titles, including 13 SEC titles (tied for second-most untouched), and have showed up in 54 bowl diversions, tied for second-most record-breaking. The program has likewise created two Heisman Trophy winners, four number-one National Football League (NFL) draft picks, and numerous champs of other national honors. The group is known for its storied history, one of a kind customs, and out of control fan base. Georgia has prevailed upon 800 recreations in their history, putting them eleventh record-breaking in wins.
History
Meeting affiliations
Georgia was an establishing individual from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, one of the main university athletic meetings framed in the United States. Georgia took an interest in the SIAA from its foundation in 1895 until 1921. Amid its residency in the SIAA, Georgia was gathering co-champion in two years, 1896 and 1920. In 1921, the Bulldogs, alongside 12 different groups, left the SIAA and shaped the Southern Conference. During its chance in the Southern Conference, the group never won a meeting title. In 1932, the Georgia Bulldogs left the Southern Conference to shape and join the SEC, where Georgia has won the second-most SEC football titles, with 13, behind Alabama (24) and tied with Tennessee.
Independent (1891– 1895)
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1896– 1920)
Southern Conference (1921– 1932)
Southeastern Conference (1933– display)
Head mentors
Fundamental article: List of Georgia Bulldogs head football mentors
Head mentors of the Bulldogs dating from 1892.
No. Name Seasons Record Pct.
1 Charles Herty 1892 1– 1 .500
2 Ernest Brown 1893 2– 2– 1 .500
3 Robert Winston 1894 5– 1 .833
4 Glenn “Pop” Warner 1895– 1896 7– 4 .636
5 Charles McCarthy 1897– 1898 6– 3 .667
6 Gordon Saussy 1899 2– 3– 1 .417
7 E. E. Jones 1900 2– 4 .333
8 Billy Reynolds 1901– 1902 5– 7– 3 .433
9, 11 Marvin D. Dickinson 1903, 1905 4– 9 .308
10 Charles A. Barnard 1904 1– 5 .167
12 W. S. Whitney 1906– 1907 6– 7– 2 .467
13 Branch Bocock 1908 5– 2– 1 .688
14 and 15 James Coulter & Frank Dobson 1909 1– 4– 2 .286
16 W. A. Cunningham 1910– 1919 43– 18– 9 .679
17 Herman Stegeman 1920– 1922 20– 6– 3 .741
18 George “Child” Woodruff 1923– 1927 30– 16– 1 .649
19 Harry Mehre 1928– 1937 59– 34– 6 .626
20 Joel Hunt 1938 5– 4– 1 .550
21 Wally Butts 1939– 1960 140– 86– 9 .615
22 Johnny Griffith 1961– 1963 10– 16– 4 .400
23 Vince Dooley 1964– 1988 201– 77– 10 .715
24 Ray Goff 1989– 1995 46– 34– 1 .574
25 Jim Donnan 1996– 2000 40– 19 .678
26 Mark Richt 2001– 2015 145– 51 .740
27 Kirby Smart 2016– present 21– 7 .750
Instructing grants
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
Vince Dooley – 2001
Paul “Bear” Bryant Award
Vince Dooley – 1980
Broyles Award
Brian VanGorder – 2003
School Football Hall of Fame
Glenn “Pop” Warner, accepted in 1951
Joel Hunt, accepted in 1967
Wally Butts, accepted in 1997
Vince Dooley, accepted in 1995
Epithets
The primary say of “Bulldogs” in relationship with Georgia games happened on November 28, 1901, at the Georgia-Auburn football game played in Atlanta. The Georgia fans had an identification saying “Eat `em Georgia” and a photo of a bulldog tearing a bit of fabric”; notwithstanding, it was not until 1920 that the epithet “Bulldog” was utilized to depict the athletic groups at the University of Georgia. Customarily, the decision of a Bulldog as the UGA mascot was credited to the institute of matriculation of its organizer and first president, Abraham Baldwin, who moved on from Yale University. Prior to that time, Georgia groups were typically known as the “Red and Black.” On November 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote an anecdote about school epithets and proposed:
The Georgia Bulldogs would sound great in light of the fact that there is a sure poise about a bulldog, and also fierceness.
After a 0-0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1920, Atlanta Constitution writer Cliff Wheatley utilized the name “Bulldogs” in his story five times. The name has been utilized from that point forward.