Georgia Bulldogs football under Kid Woodruff

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

1923 season

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

1924 season

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

1925 season

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

1926 season

1926 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
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 season included Georgia's fifth straight loss to Alabama and fourth straight loss to Yale.

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

1927 season

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

Related Pages

• Georgia Bulldogs football
• Southeastern Conference
• University of Georgia

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Notes

Sources

• "Football Through the Years". Georgia Bulldogs 2006 Media Guide. georgiadogs.com. 2006. http://www.georgiadogs.com/attachments1/1566.pdf?SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800. Retrieved 2007-01-12. 
• Reed, Thomas Walter (c1949). "Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947". History of the University of Georgia. dlg.galileo.usg.edu. pp. 3543–3561. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c17?seq=128. Retrieved 2007-01-12. 
• "Alabama All-Time Vs Georgia". prideofthetide.com. http://www.prideofthetide.com/all-timeUGA.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-12. 
• "Homecoming Games". UGA Sports Communications. 2006-08-01. http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=523358. Retrieved 2007-01-13. 
• "Team Captains". UGA Sports Communications. 2006-08-01. http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=525973. Retrieved 2007-01-12.