Georgia Bulldogs football under E. E. Jones
Encyclopedia
The 1900 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 2-4-0 record, no improvement at all over the previous year's mark under coach Gordon Saussy
(2-3-1). Although the season started well with back-to-back victories, including Georgia's fourth straight victory over , it ended with four consecutive losses. In fact, Georgia was outscored 99-0 in the last two games of the season at the hands of and Auburn
.
Matters were not helped by the fact that Georgia only had three starting players return to the team from the 1899 team
. One of the star players on the 1900 team was a young man who weighed only 110 pounds, but made up for his lack of size with skill, speed, agility and leadership skills. A notable player from the 1900 season was center
Harold Hirsch
. Hirsch would play for Georgia during the 1900 and 1901 seasons and would then go on to become an influential attorney. In 1932, the University of Georgia School of Law
moved into a building called the Harold Hirsch Law Building, named for this former Georgia football player.
|+ Georgia Bulldogs - 1900 Season
Source:
Gordon Saussy
-External links:* *...
(2-3-1). Although the season started well with back-to-back victories, including Georgia's fourth straight victory over , it ended with four consecutive losses. In fact, Georgia was outscored 99-0 in the last two games of the season at the hands of and Auburn
1900 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1900 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1900 college football season. The team went undefeated at 4–0, outscoring opponents 148–5. Auburn was the co-champion of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. This was Billy Watkins's first season as head...
.
Matters were not helped by the fact that Georgia only had three starting players return to the team from the 1899 team
Georgia Bulldogs football under Gordon Saussy
-1899 Season: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 . 1899 saw the first meeting between the Georgia Bulldogs and Tennessee...
. One of the star players on the 1900 team was a young man who weighed only 110 pounds, but made up for his lack of size with skill, speed, agility and leadership skills. A notable player from the 1900 season was center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
Harold Hirsch
Harold Hirsch
Harold U. Hirsch played football at the University of Georgia from 1900 to 1901, studied law at Columbia University and was the general counsel for The Coca-Cola Company for more than thirty years....
. Hirsch would play for Georgia during the 1900 and 1901 seasons and would then go on to become an influential attorney. In 1932, the University of Georgia School of Law
University of Georgia School of Law
The University of Georgia School of Law is a graduate school of the University of Georgia. Founded in 1859 and located in Athens, Georgia, USA, Georgia Law was formerly known as the Lumpkin School of Law. The Law School is the second oldest of the University's schools and colleges. The University...
moved into a building called the Harold Hirsch Law Building, named for this former Georgia football player.
|+ Georgia Bulldogs - 1900 Season
Source:
Related Pages
- Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs footballThe Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...
- Southeastern ConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceThe Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
- University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Sources
- Georgia Football Through the Years
- History of Georgia Head Coaches
- 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 3464-3465
- Harold Hirsch profile