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1924 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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1924 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Fletcher
Home stadiumSanford Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alabama $ 5 0 0 8 1 0
Florida 2 0 1 6 2 2
Georgia 5 1 0 7 3 0
Tulane 4 1 0 8 1 0
Washington and Lee 4 1 1 6 3 1
South Carolina 3 2 0 7 3 0
Sewanee * 3 2 0 6 4 0
Mississippi A&M 3 2 0 5 4 0
Virginia 3 2 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 1 5 3 1
Vanderbilt * 3 3 0 6 3 1
VPI 2 2 3 4 2 3
VMI 2 3 1 6 3 1
Kentucky 2 3 0 4 5 0
North Carolina 2 3 0 4 5 0
Auburn 2 4 1 4 4 1
Maryland 1 2 1 3 3 3
NC State 1 4 1 2 4 2
LSU 0 3 0 5 4 0
Ole Miss 0 3 0 4 5 0
Clemson 0 3 0 2 6 0
Tennessee 0 4 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SIAA

The 1924 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1924 Southern Conference football season. In the team's second season under head coach George Cecil Woodruff, the Bulldogs completed the season with a record of 7–3.[1] It included a narrow 7–6 loss to football powerhouse Yale. The other losses in the season came in the last two games against Southern Conference (SoCon) champion Alabama and Southern champion Centre. Six of the seven wins in the season were shutouts.

The season was also notable for the victory over Vanderbilt by a single Scrappy Moore drop kick,'[2] in which All-American Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar also suffered his career ending injury.[3] Moore's field goal was the last made by a Bulldog until seventeen years later when Frank Sinkwich did so against Florida with a broken jaw in 1941.

All-Southerns included end Smack Thompson and tackle Jim Taylor.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Mercer*W 26–78,000[4]
October 4South Carolina
W 18–0[5]
October 11at Yale*L 6–7[6]
October 18vs. Furman*
W 23–0[7][8]
October 25at VanderbiltW 3–0[9]
November 1Tennesseedagger
W 33–0[10]
November 8at VirginiaW 7–0[11]
November 15vs. Auburn
W 6–0[12]
November 27at AlabamaL 0–3316,000[13]
November 29at Centre*L 7–14[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "1924 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bell Collapses, Victory Proves Too Much". The Red and Black. October 30, 1924.
  3. ^ "Stricken Star Will Recover". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 13, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Red and Black defeats Mercer eleven, 26 to 7". The Atlanta Constitution. September 28, 1924. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ga. defeats Carolina 18 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 5, 1924. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Yale Catches Tartar in Georgia and Barely Wins by 7 to 6 Score". The Hartford Courant. October 12, 1924 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia and Furman clash in Augusta". The Atlanta Journal. October 18, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Furman weakens in last half and is defeated". The Greenville News. October 19, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Drop kick by Moore gives Georgia victory over Vanderbilt". The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 26, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Georgia alumni watch Bulldogs trample Tennessee". The Atlanta Constitution. November 2, 1924. Retrieved August 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cavaliers fall before Bulldogs". The Birmingham News. November 9, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Columbus boy stars as Georgis defeats Tigers 6–0". The Columbus Ledger. November 16, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Alabama wins Southern Conference football title: Crimson defeats Georgia 33 to 0 in crucial game". The Times-Picayune. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. November 28, 1924. p. 13.
  14. ^ "Crown goes to Centre in 14–7 game". The Courier-Journal. November 30, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.