Georgia Bulldogs football under Charles McCarthy

Charles McCarthy coached the Georgia Bulldogs for two seasons: 1897 and 1898. Over the course of those two seasons, he led the Bulldogs to a combined 6-3 record, including back-to-back victories over Georgia Tech.

Contents 1 1897 Season 2 1898 Season 3 Related Pages 4 Sources

1897 Season

1897 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1897 record	2-1-0 (2-0-0 SIAA)
Head coach	Charles McCarthy
Home stadium	Herty Field
Seasons « 1896 1898 »

The 1897 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 2-1-0 record. In the 1897 season, Georgia beat Georgia Tech for the first time and met both Clemson and Virginia for the first time. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' first season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.

It was in the Virginia game of 1897 that tragedy struck the Georgia Bulldogs. In the second half of that game, a Georgia fullback named Richard Vonalbade ("Von") Gammon, was fatally injured in a play. In reaction to his death, the Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mercer football teams disbanded, the Atlanta Journal ran a headline proclaiming, the "Death Knell of Football" and the Georgia legislature passed a bill to outlaw football in the state of Georgia. As the bill sat on the desk of Georgia Governor William Yates Atkinson, a letter that Gammon's mother, Rosalind Gammon, had written to the state legislature was revealed. In her letter, she pleaded with the legislators not to pass the bill because her son so loved football. As a result reading her letter, Governor Atkinson vetoed the bill to ban football in Georgia.

Georgia Bulldogs - 1897 Season

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/09/1897	Clemson	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 24-0
10/23/1897	Georgia Tech	Herty Field • Athens (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	W 28-0
10/30/1897	vs. Virginia*	Atlanta, GA	L 4-17
*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. 

1898 Season

1898 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1898 record	4-2-0 (3-2-0 SIAA)
Head coach	Charles McCarthy
Home stadium	Herty Field
Seasons « 1897 1899 »

The 1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team compiled a 4-2-0 record. The team got off to 4-0 start that included a second straight victory over Georgia Tech, but finished with losses to Auburn and North Carolina. 1898 also marked the first time the Bulldogs beat Vanderbilt in three tries. This was the team's second and final season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.

Georgia Bulldogs - 1898 Season

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
10/08/1898	Clemson	Herty Field • Athens, GA	W 20-8
10/15/1898	Atlanta AC*	Herty Field • Athens	W 14-0
10/22/1898	Georgia Tech	Herty Field • Athens (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	W 15-0
11/29/1898	vs. Vanderbilt	Atlanta, Georgia	W 4-0
11/12/1898	vs. North Carolina	Macon, Georgia	L 0-44
11/24/1898	vs. Auburn	Atlanta (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 17-18
*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. 

Related Pages

• Georgia Bulldogs football
• Southeastern Conference
• University of Georgia

Georgia Bulldogs football Venues Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present) Bowls & rivalries Bowl games Auburn Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia Tech) Georgia vs. Florida Football Classic Culture & lore Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band People Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Seasons 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 National championship seasons in bold

Sources

• Georgia Football Through the Years
• Reed, Thomas Walter (1949). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. History of the University of Georgia; Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947 imprint pages 3441-3445
• This Day in Georgia History: October 30, Ed Jackson and Charly Pou, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia
• This Day in Georgia History: November 11, Ed Jackson and Charly Pou, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia