Herty Field

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Herty Field
UGA's first football field, circa 2005
Location	Herty Drive Athens, Georgia 30602
Opened	Fall 1891
Owner	University of Georgia
Operator	University of Georgia
Tenants
Georgia Bulldogs (football and baseball)

Herty Field, also known as Alumni Athletic Field,^[1] was the original on-campus playing venue for football and baseball at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia. It opened in the Fall of 1891 and hosting the first UGA home football game against Mercer University on January 30, 1892.

Before its use for athletics, the field was a marching ground. Under the direction of Dr. Charles Herty, a professor of Chemistry at UGA and the creator of the UGA varsity football and baseball teams, the field was landscaped to host games and practices for the University's varsity and intramural activities.^[1]

Outside of his faculty duties, Herty also served as the Instructor in Physical Culture from 1894 to 1896 and as Physical Director from 1896 until his resignation from UGA in November 1901. He led efforts to improve the field including raising USD$1,900.00 in 1897 from UGA alumni to further landscape the field and build bleachers. The field was originally referred to as Alumni Athletic Field; however, the name was changed to Herty Field after several years.^[1]

Herty Field was converted into a parking lot in the 1940s; however, it was converted back into a greenspace in 1999.^[2]

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sharpe, Wilton (2005). "Chapter 11". Bulldog Madness: Great Eras in Georgia Football. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House. pp. 203–204. ISBN 1-58182-447-5.
↑ "Having a Field Day". Columns Faculty/Staff News (University of Georgia). September 9, 1999. Retrieved 2007-01-03.

Coordinates: 33°57′21″N 83°22′32″W / 33.955962°N 83.375588°W / 33.955962; -83.375588

v t e Georgia Bulldogs football

Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida (Okefenokee Oar) Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee

Culture & lore	Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band Prayer at Jordan–Hare

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 2013 2014

National championship seasons in bold

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