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13-1. The post season included dominant victories over Arkansas and Florida State.
Florida Gators. The Bulldogs perfect season went down the drain with a 20-13 loss in Jacksonville.
8. The stunning loss to Florida, occurred on the same day two other undefeated teams went down (VA Tech and Notre Dame).
| Who did the Dawgs play in the SEC Championship, what Bowl game did they play in, and what team did they play against in that Bowl game? | Georgia Bulldogs Football
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Arkansas, Sugar Bowl, FSU. The Bulldogs rolled over Arkansas in the Georgia Dome 30-3, to clinch the conference title and claimed a berth in the BCS Sugar Bowl, where they defeated FSU 26-13, before a capacity crowd in the Superdome.
#3. After the stunning overtime defeat of Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, the Hurricanes dropped to #2, leaving the Bulldogs in a solace #3.
1982. In Herschel Walker's final season at Georgia, the Bulldogs claimed their last SEC championship. But 2003 was their time to shine.
51-7 UGA. The 51-7 margin marked one of the largest series history. Go Dawgs!
Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson emerged as a star receiver for the Bulldogs after the injuries of Gibson and Gary decimated the team.
1000 yard rushing season. Musa Smith had carried on a great tailback tradition at the University of Georgia, that included such names as Terrell Davis, Olandis Gary, Garrison Hearst, Robert Edwards, and the greatest of all-time, Herschel Walker.
Jonathan Sullivan. Sullivan was drafted number six by the New Orleans Saints in a surprise move.
Theron Sapp. During the last game of the 1957 season, Sapp made a great play against Georgia Tech on Grant Field in Atlanta, and earned him Georgia immortality. Georgia had lost eight straight to Tech, but when Sapp scored the winning touchdown from the one on fourth down, the drought had ended. A poem, written by Harold M. Walker, was called, “The Man Who Broke the Drought”.
| When Georgia played its first intercollegiate football game against Auburn on February 22, 1892, its unofficial mascot was what? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #2
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Goat. He wore a black coat with red “U.G.” lettering on each side.
Uga IV. In 1982, Uga IV became the first mascot to attend the Downtown Athletic Club’s Heisman Trophy presentation ceremony. He flew to New York on Delta Airlines. Also aboard the aircraft was the eventual winner of the award, Herschel Walker.
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1956. Uga I’s first road trip was to Chapel Hill, on October 13, 1956, and he was dog-napped by a group of fraternity boys for the University of North Carolina.
| What Georgia football player kicked the winning field goal against Georgia Tech, during both his freshman and senior seasons? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #2
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Kanon Parkman. Kanon Parkman kicked the winning field goal to beat Georgia Tech 18-15 in 1991, and in 1995 Parkman kicked the winning field goal to beat Tech 18-17.
Charley Trippi. One of Georgia's greatest players, Charley Trippi (1942-45-46) was known as “Georgia’s Italian Stallion.” Georgia Tech’s legendary coach Bobby Dodd called Trippi the greatest player he had ever seen.
Wally Butts. Legendary Georgia head coach Wally Butts, led Georgia to its first ever Bowl appearance on January 1, 1942, in Miami’s Orange Bowl against TCU. Georgia won the game 40-26.
Charlie Martin. Charlie Martin, who came to Athens in the fall of 1908, came up with the idea to plant the hedges around Sanford Stadium. Though he never played football for Georgia, he did work for the Athletic Department.
Yes. Coach Glen “Pop” Warner coached at Georgia from 1895-1896. He was signed to a weekly salary for 10n weeks and later received an increase per week in 1896. He led Georgia to its first undefeated season in 1896.
Joel Eaves. Vince Dooley replaced legendary Athletic Director Joel Eaves in 1979. Joel Eaves served as Georgia’s Athletic Director from November 1963 to Jul 1979.
Tony Dorsett. In 1973, Tony Dorsett’s rushed for over 100 yards in his first college game in Athens, Georgia. He went on to set the freshman single season rushing record. In his final game, January 1, 1977, he set a Sugar Bowl rushing record of 202 yards as Pittsburgh won the National Championship after defeating Georgia 27-3.
Herty Field, Athens, GA, 1892. Georgia played and won its first football game 52-0 against Mercer, at Herty Field. The field, located on the North Campus of the University of Georgia, was named after Dr Charles Herty, the man who introduced football to Georgia.
1896. Coach Glenn Warner guided Georgia to its first undefeated season in 1896. Georgia defeated Wofford, North Carolina, Sewanee, and Auburn to finish 4-0.
| How many Southeastern Conference Championships did Coach Vince Dooley win during his 25 years as head coach at Georgia? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #1
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Six. Coach Dooley won his six SEC championships at Georgia in 1966, ’68, ’76, ’80, ’81, and ’82.
| Who scored all 15 points in Georgia’s 15-0 victory over Yale, during the dedication game of Sanford stadium in 1929? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #1
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Vernon “Catfish” Smith. Vernon Smith scored Georgia’s first TD on a short pass from Spurgeon Chandler, and then kicked the extra point. He tackled Yale’s scat-back for a safety, and later recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for the other TD. He was one of the first All-Americans to play at Georgia.
| What was the name of the book written about an alleged scandal that occurred between University of Alabama head football coach Bear Bryant, and Georgia’s Athletic Director, Wally Butts, prior to the 1962 season opener? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #1
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“Fumble”. “Fumble,” written by James Kirby, was about an alleged telephone conversation accidentally overheard by George Burnett, an insurance salesman. The case went to the United States District Court and the actual trial lasted 11 days.
| During the 1980 Clemson game, Scott Woerner, Georgia’s Senior All-American Cornerback, guided Georgia to a 20-16 victory. Early in the game he returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, and, several minutes later, intercepted a pass and returned it 98 yards before being tackled on the two-yard line. What little known fact would add special significance about his incredible performance that day? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #1
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He was not on a scholarship. Scott Woerner had recently lost his scholarship for violating team rules. In fact, he did not start against Clemson, however, his scholarship was returned immediately after the game.
Horace King, ’71. Horace King was the first African-American to play football at Georgia. He was awarded an athletic scholarship by Vince Dooley’s coaching staff in 1971. He went on to have a successful professional football career in the National Football League with the Detroit Lions.
Herschel Walker and Frank Sinkwich. Frank Sinkwich won the Heisman Trophy in 1942, while leading Georgia to its first Bowl game and an 11-1 season. Herschel Walker was selected as the Heisman Trophy winner in 1982, while leading Georgia to an 11-1 record and a Sugar Bowl berth against Penn State for Georgia’s second shot at a National Title in three years.
Terrell Davis and Jake Scott. Jake Scott, a defensive back, was selected Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) while playing with the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VII, in 1972. In 1998, Terrell Davis, a running back, was selected MVP of Super Bowl XXXVIII, while playing for the Denver Broncos.
| When Georgia’s Richard Vonalbade Gammon died in 1897 while playing football for the University of Georgia, who was credited with saving football at both Georgia and in the entire South? | Georgia Bulldogs Football #3
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Gammon's mother. As a result of Gammon’s death, Georgia’s legislature and State Senate passed a measure prohibiting football at all universities in the state; however, Richard Vonalbade Gammon’s mother wrote a letter to Governor W.Y. Atkinson requesting, "grant me the right to request that his death should not be used to defeat the most cherished object of his life." A Bronze plaque was given to the University of Georgia by the University of Virginia commemorating Richard Vonalbade Gammon’s death. He had been fatally injured during the Georgia-Virginia game in 1897 at Atlanta’s Brisbine Park.
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