1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Bulldogs competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and compiled a 4–2 record. The team got off to 4–0 start that included a second straight victory over Georgia Tech, but finished with losses to Auburn and North Carolina. 1898 also marked the first time the Bulldogs beat Vanderbilt in three tries. This was the team's second and final season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.

1898 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–2 (3–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainH. S. Walden
Home stadiumHerty Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee 3 0 0 4 0 0
Auburn 2 0 0 2 1 0
LSU 1 0 0 1 0 0
Georgia 3 1 0 4 2 0
Clemson 1 1 0 3 1 0
Tulane 1 1 0 1 1 0
Vanderbilt 1 2 0 1 5 0
Mississippi 0 1 0 1 1 0
Texas 0 1 0 5 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0 0 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 0 0 4 0
Kentucky State# 0 0 0 7 0 0
Cumberland (TN) 0 0 0 0 0 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # – State champion

The backfield was led by quarterbacks "Kid" Huff and F. K. McCutcheon, and fullback A. Clarence Jones, one of the south's best punters. Jones was selected All-Southern by W. A. Lambeth of Virginia. Quarterback Huff saved a touchdown in the Vanderbilt game when he tackled the large Wallace Crutchfield.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8ClemsonW 20–8[1]
October 15Atlanta Athletic Club*
  • Herty Field
  • Athens, GA
W 14–0[2]
October 22Georgia Tech
W 15–0[3]
October 29vs. VanderbiltW 4–02,000[4]
November 12vs. North Carolina*
L 44–0[5]
November 24vs. Auburn
L 18–17[6][7]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  1. ^ "Georgia defeats Clemson College". The Atlanta Journal. October 10, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Georgia defeats Atlanta's team". The Atlanta Journal. October 17, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "University Defeats Techs". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. October 24, 1898.
  4. ^ "Fast work wins it; Fleetness of the Georgia players defeats Vanderbilt's eleven there". The Nashville American. October 30, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Carolina defeats Georgia". The Washington Post. November 13, 1898. Retrieved April 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Auburn pluck too much for Georgia". The Times-Democrat. November 25, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Auburn's fast team too much for Georgia and the captain of that team laid down and took his men off the field". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 25, 1898. Retrieved February 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia 1898 results". georgiadogs.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2012.