Today marks the 117th Anniversary of the first football game for the University of Georgia. On January 30, 1892, Georgia played Mercer University at Herty Field on North Campus. Georgia would defeat Mercer 50-0 and would begin its winning tradition. Three weeks later, the team would head to Piedmont Park in Atlanta to take on Auburn and the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry was born.
The University of Georgia Football Team, circa 1892
8 comments:
I hear there was a killer tailgate before that game...
Thanks for the reminder of the birthday of our passion.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't North Campus back then, it was just campus.
And who won the first game of the South's Oldest Rivalry?
Who's won the last 3?
And who leads the series?
UGA won our 1st Football Game ever, 50 to nothing. As stated herein.
As for Auburn, and your joke of an athletics' department and school who fired Tommy Tuberville twice to replace him both times with wuss coaches who never have done a damn thing to make your 1 fan happy who pays for all your BS over there; I have no idea why the guy who wrote the blog could not bring himself to point out that The South's Oldest Rivalry did not start until February 20, 1892 and that indeed Auburn won that football game 10-0 over UGA.
The series record with Auburn is 51-53-8, two games down.
As for your question about the North Campus and the South Campus. It has ALWAYS been the North Campus and the South Campus. The ravine was not traversed to enable access from the North Campus to the South Campus until The Bridge was built.
Auburn still has no bridge. Just toilet paper in your tree when you win. Jeez Louise. What a crappy school Auburn is. Can I say that about All Barn ?
Tommy Tuberville not only Lost his Last 3 Games in a Row to UGA to end up with NOT A WINNING RECORD against UGA. Tubs also never had a quarterback, not once.
And what quarterback does UGA currently have in the NFL? Jason Campbell happens to be the starting quarterback with the Redskins. He also led the Tigers to a perfect season where we were snubbed for the National Title...something UGA has wanted but failed to do with such a highlt touted quarterback!
Also Anon, Auburn fired Tommy once; the bastard, oops, board member, Bobby Lowder, ATTEMPTED to fire Tommy and replace him with Petrino. All Auburn fans are disgusted by these actions and I will flatly agree with you that the replacement is not good. Tubbs was a damn fine coach, a good man and someone with integrity. The only other coach I can say that compares is his friend Richt.
That all being said, CALM THE FUCK DOWN. Seriously! You don't know who I am, you don't know who I know and you don't know where I've lived. I read this blog and comment because these are my friends. These guys know I root for UGA when they don't play AUburn.
Get over it. Auburn fans are not Florida or South Carolina fans. We don't spit in your drinks, we don't piss on your stadium. We play good football and enjoy the SEC for what it is, good sports with great fans. For you to bring up inaccurate facts and rant for no reason makes you no better than an LSU or Alabama fan. Have some class and take a little friendly joke.
Also Anon, Auburn fired Tommy once; the bastard, oops, board member, Bobby Lowder, ATTEMPTED to fire Tommy and replace him with Petrino. All Auburn fans are disgusted by these actions and I will flatly agree with you that the replacement is not good. Tubbs was a damn fine coach, a good man and someone with integrity. The only other coach I can say that compares is his friend Richt.
That all being said, CALM THE FUCK DOWN. Seriously! You don't know who I am, you don't know who I know and you don't where I've lived. I read this blog and comment because these are my friends. These guys know I root for UGA when they don't play AUburn.
Get over it. Auburn fans are not Florida or South Carolina fans. We don't spit in your drinks, we don't piss on your stadium. We play good football and enjoy the SEC for what it is, good sports with great fans. For you to bring up inaccurate facts and rant for know reason makes you no better than an LSU or Alabama fan. Have some class and take a little friendly joke.
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