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Georgia football: Top 10 decades in the Bulldogs 125 year history

By Kyle Funderburk

Apr 22, 2017; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart reacts on the field during the second half during the Georgia Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. Red defeated Black 25-22. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 22, 2017; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart reacts on the field during the second half during the Georgia Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. Red defeated Black 25-22. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 16, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; General view of Sanford Stadium during the first half of the Georgia Bulldogs Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 16, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; General view of Sanford Stadium during the first half of the Georgia Bulldogs Spring Game at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

6. 1920’s (60-31-4)

If the teens made Georgia winners than the twenties made Georgia champions. Georgia kicked off the decade by winning the last Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship before the founding of the Southern Conference. Then they ended the decade by building one of the best stadiums in college football.

In 1920 Georgia finally made it through a long season undefeated. That team finished 8-0-1 with all eight wins coming from inside the SIAA. Their only blemish was a 0-0 tie against Virginia. One team in the SIAA did finish with more wins than Georgia that year. Alabama ended the year 10-1-0, but that one loss came against Georgia in Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta.

The 1920 team was the first Georgia team to be named champions. Besides their SIAA Championship, one selector named them National Champions. However, 1920 is the only national title that Georgia doesn’t claim.

H.J. Stegeman only coached the Bulldogs football team from 1920-to-1922 but they didn’t let up in the George Woodruff era.

In 1927, Woodruff’s Georgia team won the second National Championship in school history with a 9-1 season. Unlike the 1920 season, the program claims 1927, maybe because three sources named Georgia as champion and because the Bulldogs had the most wins of the five national champions of that year.

The decade came to a close with Harry Mehre as head coach and the opening of Sanford Stadium. What Georgia fan wouldn’t want another decade like the 1920’s?

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