Georgia Bulldogs football under Kid Woodruff

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Georg "Kid" Woodruff was the 16th head coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs college football team and served in that role from 1923 to 1927. He was the third former Georgia player to serve as head coach and compiled a 30-16-1 record (.649 winning percentage).

Contents: 1923 Season - 1924 Season - 1925 Season - 1926 Season - 1927 Season - Related Pages - Notes - Sources

[edit] 1923 Season

1923 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southern
1923 Record 5-3-1 (4-2-0 Southern)
Head Coach George "Kid" Woodruff

Home Stadium

 Sanford Field
Seasons
« 1922 1924 »

The 1923 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 5-3-1 record. One of the assistant coaches was Harry Mehre, who would succeed Woodruff as head coach in 1928. Bulldogs tackle Joe Bennett was named an All-American for the second year in 1923, becoming the first two time All-American in Georgia Bulldog football history.

The 1923 season was the 30th season of football played at Georgia since the football program started in 1892 (no football was played in 1917 or 1918 during World War I). During the first 30 years of Georgia football, the Bulldogs compiled a 115-79-23 through 217 games for a 0.583 winning percentage.

Date Opponent Site Result
09/29/1923* Mercer Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 7-0 
10/06/1923 Oglethorpe University Sanford Field • Athens W 20-0 
10/13/1923* at Yale New Haven, CT L 40-0 
10/20/1923 at Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 17-0 
11/03/1923 vs. Auburn McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 7-0 
11/10/1923† Virginia Sanford Field • Athens W 13-0 
11/17/1923 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN L 35-0 
11/24/1923 at Alabama Crampton Bowl • Montgomery, AL L 36-0 
12/01/1923* Centre College Sanford Field • Athens T 3-3 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming.

[edit] 1924 Season

1924 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southern
1924 Record 7-3-0 (6-1-0 Southern)
Head Coach George "Kid" Woodruff

Home Stadium

 Sanford Field
Seasons
« 1923 1925 »

The 1924 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 7-3-0. This was the team's second season under coach George "Kid" Woodruff and the season included a narrow 7-6 loss to football powerhouse Yale. The other losses in the season came in the last two games against Alabama and Centre College. Six of the seven wins in the season were shutouts.

Date Opponent Site Result
09/27/1924* at Mercer Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 26-7 
10/04/1924 South Carolina Sanford Field • Athens W 18-0 
10/11/1924* at Yale New Haven, CT L 7-6 
10/18/1924 vs. Furman Augusta, GA W 22-0 
10/25/1924 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 3-0 
11/01/1924† Tennessee Sanford Field • Athens W 33-0 
11/08/1924 at Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W  
11/15/1924 vs. Auburn McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 6-0 
11/25/1924 at Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 33-0 
11/26/1924* at Centre College Danville, KY L  
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming.

[edit] 1925 Season

1925 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southern
1925 Record 4-5-0 (3-4-0 Southern)
Head Coach George "Kid" Woodruff

Home Stadium

 Sanford Field
Seasons
« 1924 1926 »

The 1925 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 4-5 season. This was the team's third under head coach Woodruff and his only losing season as a coach. In 1925, Georgia played Georgia Tech for the first time since 1916, losing 3-0 in Atlanta.

Date Opponent Site Result
09/26/1925* at Mercer Macon, GA W 32-0 
10/03/1925 Virginia Sanford Field • Athens, GA L 7-6 
10/10/1925* at Yale New Haven, CT L 35-7 
10/17/1925 vs. Furman Augusta, GA W 21-0 
10/24/1925† Vanderbilt Sanford Field • Athens W 26-7 
10/31/1925 at Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 12-7 
11/07/1925 vs. Auburn McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 34-0 
11/14/1925 at Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) L 3-0 
11/26/1925 at Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 27-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming.

[edit] 1926 Season

1926 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southern
1926 Record 5-4-0 ( Southern)
Head Coach George "Kid" Woodruff

Home Stadium

 Sanford Field
Seasons
« 1925 1927 »

The 1926 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 5-4-0 record. This seson included Georgia's fifth straight loss to Alabama and fourth straight loss to Yale.

Date Opponent Site Result
09/25/1926* Mercer Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 20-0 
10/02/1926 at Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 21-0 
10/09/1926* at Yale New Haven, CT L 10-0 
10/16/1926 Furman Sanford Field • Athens L 14-7 
10/23/1926 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN L 14-13 
10/30/1926† Florida Sanford Field • Athens W 32-9 
11/06/1926 vs. Auburn McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 16-0 
11/13/1926 at Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 14-13 
11/25/1926 at Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 33-6 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming.

[edit] 1927 Season

1927 Georgia Bulldogs football
National Champion (Boand, Poling)
Conference Southern
1927 Record 9-1-0 (7-1-0 Southern)
Head Coach George "Kid" Woodruff

Home Stadium

 Sanford Field
Seasons
« 1926 1928 »

The 1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team had a 9-1-0 record and, for the first time in the history of the Georgia Bulldogs football program, could stake a claim to being National Champion. Called the "dream and wonder team" the Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in the nation with one regular season game remaining, but were upset by Georgia Tech by a score of 12-0 at Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Nevertheless, at the end of the season, Georgia was ranked number 1 in two polls recognized by the NCAA.[2] The Bulldogs were also listed as number 1 in two other polls of the 1927 season, but most recognize Illinois as the 1927 National Champion.[3]

Oddly enough, Georgia did not win the Southern Conference championship in 1923 as a result of their loss to Georgia Tech in the last game of the season. Georgia Tech (6-0-1 in the conference), NC State (4-0-0 in the conference) and Tennessee (5-0-1) all finished undefeated in the Southern Conference that year.[4]

The season featured Georgia's first-ever win against Yale and six shutouts. It was the win over Yale that propelled the Bulldogs to the national spotlight. The November 24, 1927 game against Alabama was the first game played in newly-completed Legion Field and snapped a five game losing streak against Alabama. The 1927 team was anchored by two All-American ends, Chick Shiver (Shiver was also the team captain) and Tom Nash (Nash was a consensus All-American). This was the last season that George "Kid" Woodruff served as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs football team and the team's 34th season of college football.

Date Opponent Site Result
10/01/1927† Virginia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 32-0 
10/08/1927* at Yale New Haven, CT W 14-10 
10/15/1927 Furman Sanford Field • Athens W 32-0 
10/22/1927 vs. Auburn McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 33-0 
10/29/1927 at Tulane New Orleans, LA W 31-0 
11/05/1927 at Florida Jacksonville, FL W 28-0 
11/12/1927 Clemson Sanford Field • Athens W 32-0 
11/19/1927* Mercer University Sanford Field • Athens W 26-7 
11/24/1927 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 20-7 
12/03/1927 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 12-0 
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming.

[edit] Related Pages

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National Championships: 1942 • 1980

Conference Championships: 1896 • 1920 • 1942 • 1946 • 1948 • 1959 • 1966 • 1968 • 1976 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 2002 • 2005

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Football National Championships (HTML) (English). UGA Sports Communications (2006-08-02). Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
  2. ^ Past Division I-A Football National Champions (HTML) (English). ncaa.org. Retrieved on 2007-01-13. Georgia was listed number one by Boand System and Poling System. Illinois was listed number one in five of the nine polls recognized by the NCAA.
  3. ^ 1927 National Championships (HTML) (English). College Football Data Warehouse (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-13. Georgia also listed number 1 by 1st-N-Goal and James Howell. Illinois was listed number one in a total of 14 polls.
  4. ^ Conference Championships - Southern Conference (HTML) (English). College Football Data Warehouse (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-13.

[edit] Sources