Georgia Bulldogs football under Branch Bocock
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1908 season
The 1908 Georgia Bulldogs footballGeorgia Bulldogs football
The Georgia Bulldogs football team represents the University of Georgia in football. The Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference and are frequently a top-25 team. The University of Georgia has had a football team since 1892 and has an all-time record of 738–398–54...
team completed the season with a 5-2-1 record. Georgia had victories against Clemson
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and South Carolina
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, but lost to one of its main rivals, Auburn
Auburn Tigers football
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. This was the team's first and only season under the guidance of head coach Branch Bocock
Branch Bocock
Branch Bocock was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia , Virginia Tech , the University of North Carolina , Louisiana State University , the University of South Carolina , and The College of...
, although he had coached three games in 1907 for head coach
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Bull Whitney
W. S. Whitney
W. S. "Bull" Whitney was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia during the 1906 and 1907 seasons. Whitney coached at Georgia when the forward pass became legal in 1906 and was the first coach there to implement passing plays...
. One of the players on the 1908 team was quarterback
Quarterback
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George "Kid" Woodruff
George Cecil Woodruff
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. After a successful season, Woodruff traveled abroad in 1909 and returned to the University in 1910 and 1911 and eventually became the head coach of the Bulldogs in 1923.
The game against Alabama
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on November 14, 1908 was the 100th game played by the football team since starting in 1892. Georgia tied Alabama in that game, bringing Georgia's record in the first 100 games to 45-47-8, 0.490 winning percentage.
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