1893 Georgia Bulldogs football team
| 1893 Georgia Bulldogs football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1893 record | 2–2–1 |
| Head coach | Ernest Brown (1st season) |
| Captain | George Butler |
| Home stadium | Herty Field |
The 1893 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1893 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 2–2–1 record. 1893 saw the Bulldogs play their first games against Georgia Tech, losing 28–6, Vanderbilt, losing 10–35, and Furman, winning 22–8. The rivalries with Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt continue to the present day, while the last game played against Furman was played in 1950. Today, the game with Georgia Tech is today known as "Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate."
One of the notable players on the team for the 1893 season was Blanton Winship, a law student at Georgia. Winship played tackle that year only, but went on to become a military lawyer, a veteran of both the Spanish–American War and World War I, the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army and the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4 | Georgia Tech | Herty Field • Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) | L 6–28 | ||||||
| November 11 | at Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) | L 10–35 | ||||||
| November 30 | at Savannah A. C. | Savannah, Georgia | T 0–0 | ||||||
| December 1 | at Augusta A. C. | Augusta, Georgia | W 24–0 | ||||||
| December 9 | vs. Furman | Augusta, Georgia | W 35–10 | ||||||
Source:"1893 Football Schedule". georgiadogs.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
Sources
- Reed, Thomas Walter (c. 1949). "Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947". History of the University of Georgia. dlg.galileo.usg.edu. pp. 3432–3438. Retrieved December 21, 2006.
- "Georgia Football History: Former Head Coaches". georgiadogs.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2012.