Georgia Bulldogs football under Gordon Saussy

1899 Season

1899 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1899 record 2-3-1 (2-3-1 SIAA)
Head coach Gordon Saussy
Home stadium Herty Field
Seasons
« 1898 1900 »

The 1899 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a disappointing 2-3-1 record. However, a season higlight was the third-straight victory over Georgia Tech. 1899 saw the first meeting between the Georgia Bulldogs and Tennessee (a loss for Georgia). This was the team's first and only season under the guidance of head coach Gordon Saussy.

The 1890s saw the football program at Georgia get a good start. Through the eight seasons that the Bulldogs played in the 1890s, Georgia had a cumulative record of 23-14-2, a winning percentage of .615.

Georgia Bulldogs - 1899 Season

Date Opponent Site Result
10/07/1899 Clemson Herty Field • Athens, GA W 11-0  
10/21/1899 vs. Sewanee Atlanta, GA L 0-12  
10/28/1899 Georgia Tech Herty Field • Athens (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) W 33-0  
11/11/1899 at Tennessee Knoxville, TN L 0-5  
11/18/1899 vs. Auburn Atlanta (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) T 0-0  
11/30/1899 vs. North Carolina Atlanta L 0-5  
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

Source:"Football Through the Years". georgiadogs.com. http://www.georgiadogs.com/attachments1/1566.pdf?SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800. Retrieved 2006-12-21. 

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