Georgia Bulldogs football under W. A. Cunningham
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William A. "Bill" Cunningham
was the 14th head football
coach of the University of Georgia
Bulldogs football team
and served for ten years from 1910 to 1919. Since Georgia did not play in 1917 and 1918 as a result of World War I, he only coached eight seasons. Cunningham compiled a 43–18–9 coaching record and seven winning seasons.
team completed the season with a 6–2–1 record. The team started with two tune-up games that Georgia won by a combined score of 180–0. The Bulldogs notched victories over Alabama
and , ending a five game losing streak to Tech. Georgia did lose to rival Auburn
, but the first season under new head coach Bill Cunningham was certainly an improvement over prior years.
The 1910 season marked the debut of more than a new coach, it also marked the debut of Bob McWhorter
, one of the most notable players in Georgia history. McWhorter was a four-year letterman, lettering first in 1910. He played halfback
.
team completed the season with a 7–1–1 record. The only blemishes on the season were a loss to Vanderbilt
and a tie with Auburn
. Vanderbilt went on to win its second straight SIAA conference title. The season provided second consecutive victories over Alabama
and and the first victory in a number of years against Sewanee
. The captain of the 1911 team and one of the star players was quarterback
George "Kid" Woodruff
. Wooodruff became the third Georgia player to later become head coach of the Bulldogs when he assumed that role in 1923.
The 1911 season was Georgia's 20th football season. After 20 years of football, the Bulldogs had played 127 games and had a 60–55–12 record (a 0.520 winning percentage).
In 1911 Weldy Benson kicked the longest field goal in history 83 yrds.
team completed the season with a 6–1–1, but its 46–0 loss to Vanderbilt
was a big disappointment. Vanderbilt completed its 1912 season undefeated and won its third straight SIAA conference title. The otherwise strong season also include a tie with Sewanee
. Bob McWhorter
continued to overpower Georgia's opponents.
team completed the season with a 6–2–0 record. This team played Virginia
for the first time since the tragic game of 1897 in which a Georgia player died. Bob McWhorter
also played his last games for the Bulldogs in the 1913 season and also became the first player to be selected as an All-America
n. Georgia also played its first game in Georgia Tech
's new stadium, coming away with a victory. The 108–0 victory over Alabama Presbyterian in the first game of the season represents the largest margin of victory in Georgia football history.
team completed the season with a 3–5–1 record. In addition to losing four-year letterman and All-America
n Bob McWhorter, Georgia also lost more than ten experienced players. The inexperience showed in lopsided losses to North Carolina, Virginia
and Clemson
. The season ended on a positive note with a tie between Georgia and Auburn
. Quarterback
David Paddock was also selected as an All-American in 1914.
team completed the season with a 5–2–2 record. Tennessee-Chattanooga
joined the SIAA in 1914, so the 1915 game was a conference game. However, due to losses to Virginia
and Auburn
, Georgia finished 3–2–2 in the SIAA.
team completed the season with a 6–3 record. Beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1958, Georgia and Auburn
played every game except one in Columbus, Georgia
at the A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium
. Coach Cunningham was the key to getting this series located at the neutral location in Columbus. Georgia beat Virginia
for the first time in 1916. The years only losses came in Georgia's first game against Navy
and against its rivals, and Auburn
.
The 1919 Georgia Bulldogs football
team completed the season with a 4–2–3 record. The Bulldogs won their first four games, but struggled in the last five games. The two losses came against Alabama
and Auburn
. This was Coach Cunningham's last season as the head coach
for Georgia. The record for the decade was the same as the coach's record: 43–18–9.
W. A. Cunningham
-External links:* at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com* Reed, Thomas Walter . Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. History of the University of Georgia; Chapter XVII: Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947...
was the 14th head football
American football
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coach of the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The 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...
Bulldogs football team
Georgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
and served for ten years from 1910 to 1919. Since Georgia did not play in 1917 and 1918 as a result of World War I, he only coached eight seasons. Cunningham compiled a 43–18–9 coaching record and seven winning seasons.
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1910 season
The 1910 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 6–2–1 record. The team started with two tune-up games that Georgia won by a combined score of 180–0. The Bulldogs notched victories over Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
and , ending a five game losing streak to Tech. Georgia did lose to rival Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
, but the first season under new head coach Bill Cunningham was certainly an improvement over prior years.
The 1910 season marked the debut of more than a new coach, it also marked the debut of Bob McWhorter
Bob McWhorter
Robert Ligon "Bob" McWhorter played football and baseball at the University of Georgia. As a halfback, he scored 61 touchdowns from 1910 to 1913. In 1913, McWhorter became UGA’s first All-American. He was the captain of both the baseball and football teams in his senior year...
, one of the most notable players in Georgia history. McWhorter was a four-year letterman, lettering first in 1910. He played halfback
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
.
1911 season
The 1911 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 7–1–1 record. The only blemishes on the season were a loss to Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
and a tie with Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
. Vanderbilt went on to win its second straight SIAA conference title. The season provided second consecutive victories over Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
and and the first victory in a number of years against Sewanee
Sewanee, The University of the South
The University of the South is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by twenty-eight southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church and its School of Theology is an official seminary of the church. The university's School of Letters offers graduate...
. The captain of the 1911 team and one of the star players was quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
George "Kid" Woodruff
George Cecil Woodruff
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. Wooodruff became the third Georgia player to later become head coach of the Bulldogs when he assumed that role in 1923.
The 1911 season was Georgia's 20th football season. After 20 years of football, the Bulldogs had played 127 games and had a 60–55–12 record (a 0.520 winning percentage).
In 1911 Weldy Benson kicked the longest field goal in history 83 yrds.
1912 season
The 1912 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 6–1–1, but its 46–0 loss to Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores football
The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...
was a big disappointment. Vanderbilt completed its 1912 season undefeated and won its third straight SIAA conference title. The otherwise strong season also include a tie with Sewanee
Sewanee, The University of the South
The University of the South is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by twenty-eight southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church and its School of Theology is an official seminary of the church. The university's School of Letters offers graduate...
. Bob McWhorter
Bob McWhorter
Robert Ligon "Bob" McWhorter played football and baseball at the University of Georgia. As a halfback, he scored 61 touchdowns from 1910 to 1913. In 1913, McWhorter became UGA’s first All-American. He was the captain of both the baseball and football teams in his senior year...
continued to overpower Georgia's opponents.
1913 season
The 1913 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 6–2–0 record. This team played Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
for the first time since the tragic game of 1897 in which a Georgia player died. Bob McWhorter
Bob McWhorter
Robert Ligon "Bob" McWhorter played football and baseball at the University of Georgia. As a halfback, he scored 61 touchdowns from 1910 to 1913. In 1913, McWhorter became UGA’s first All-American. He was the captain of both the baseball and football teams in his senior year...
also played his last games for the Bulldogs in the 1913 season and also became the first player to be selected as an All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n. Georgia also played its first game in Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that...
's new stadium, coming away with a victory. The 108–0 victory over Alabama Presbyterian in the first game of the season represents the largest margin of victory in Georgia football history.
1914 season
The 1914 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 3–5–1 record. In addition to losing four-year letterman and All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n Bob McWhorter, Georgia also lost more than ten experienced players. The inexperience showed in lopsided losses to North Carolina, Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
and Clemson
Clemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
. The season ended on a positive note with a tie between Georgia and Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
. Quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
David Paddock was also selected as an All-American in 1914.
1915 season
The 1915 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 5–2–2 record. Tennessee-Chattanooga
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" , is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System; the others being in...
joined the SIAA in 1914, so the 1915 game was a conference game. However, due to losses to Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
and Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
, Georgia finished 3–2–2 in the SIAA.
1916 season
The 1916 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 6–3 record. Beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1958, Georgia and Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
played every game except one in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
at the A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium
A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium
A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium is a 15,000-seat sports stadium located in Columbus, Georgia. It was the site of football games between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers from 1916 until 1958...
. Coach Cunningham was the key to getting this series located at the neutral location in Columbus. Georgia beat Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
for the first time in 1916. The years only losses came in Georgia's first game against Navy
Navy Midshipmen football
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I-A college football. They are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007...
and against its rivals, and Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
.
1919 season
The 1919 Georgia Bulldogs football
Georgia Bulldogs football
The 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...
team completed the season with a 4–2–3 record. The Bulldogs won their first four games, but struggled in the last five games. The two losses came against Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
and Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
. This was Coach Cunningham's last season as the head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
for Georgia. The record for the decade was the same as the coach's record: 43–18–9.
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