It was not until 1920 that the nickname "Bulldog" was used to describe the football team, a name bestowed by sportswriters. On November 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story about school nicknames and proposed:
The Georgia Bulldogs would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity.
Shortly thereafter, another news story appeared in which the name "Bulldogs" was used several times to describe the Georgia team and the nickname has been used ever since.
Their mascot is a white bulldog named Uga.
Sanford Stadium
The University of Georgia first formed a football squad in 1892, with chemistry professor Charles Herty as head coach. The team played its first game against a team from Mercer University, in what was supposedly the first football game played in the deep south. Playing on a field that would later be called Herty Field, Georgia beat Mercer by a score of 50-0. In the second (and final) game of that inaugural "season," Georgia lost by a score of 10-0 to Auburn University. That game marked the beginning of Georgia’s longest-standing football rivalry, which is called the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.
Coach Vince Dooley
Vince Dooley held the head coach position longer than any other Bulldogs coach, leading the Bulldogs from 1964 until 1988. During his tenure as head coach, Georgia won its second consensus national championship in 1980.
2011 Georgia Bulldogs Football Schedule
09/03/11 Georgia 21 vs Boise State Broncos 35 (H) 09/10/11 Georgia 42 vs South Carolina Gamecocks 45 (H) 09/17/11 Georgia 59 vs Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 0 (H) 09/24/11 Georgia 27 vs Ole Miss Rebels 13 (A) 10/01/11 Georgia 24 vs Mississippi State Rebels 10 (H) 10/08/11 Georgia 20 vs Tennessee Volunteers 12 (A) 10/15/11 Georgia 33 vs Vanderbilt Commodores 28 (A) 10/29/11 Georgia 24 vs Florida Gators 20 (H) 11/05/11 Georgia 63 vs New Mexico State Lobos 16 (H) 11/12/11 Georgia 45 vs Auburn Tigers 7 (H) 11/19/11 Georgia 19 vs Kentucky Wildcats 10 (H) 11/26/11 Georgia 31 vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 17 (A) 12/03/11 Georgia vs LSU (SEC Championship)
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The University of Georgia first formed a football squad in 1892, with chemistry professor Charles Herty as head coach. The team played its first game against a team from Mercer University, in what was supposedly the first football game played in the deep south. Playing on a field that would later be called Herty Field, Georgia beat Mercer by a score of 50-0. In the second (and final) game of that inaugural "season," Georgia lost by a score of 10-0 to Auburn University. That game marked the beginning of Georgia’s longest-standing football rivalry, which is called the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.
