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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1916
| team = Georgia Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 6–3
| conf_record = 5–2
| head_coach = [[W. A. Cunningham]]
| hc_year = 7th
| captain = [[Tom Thrash]]
| stadium = [[Sanford Field]]
| next_year = 1919
| uniform = 10sUGAuniform.png
}}
{{1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The '''1916 Georgia Bulldogs football team''' represented the [[University of Georgia]] during the [[1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season]]. Led by seventh-year head coach [[W. A. Cunningham]], the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 5–2 in SIAA play.<ref>{{cite web|title=1916 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=July 29, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia/1916-schedule.html}}</ref> [[Tom Thrash]] was the team captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082408aaa.html|title=Team Captains|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211084631/http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082408aaa.html|archive-date=December 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1916 The Citadel Bulldogs football team|The Citadel]]
| site_stadium = [[Sanford Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Athens, Georgia|Athens, GA]]
| score = 6–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-georgia-given-scare/148525063/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=Georgia given scare|date=October 1, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1916 Clemson Tigers football team|Clemson]]
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Anderson, South Carolina|Anderson, SC]]
| gamename = [[Clemson–Georgia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 26–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-heavier-georgi/148510449/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Heavier Georgia players romp on Clemson eleven|date=October 8, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1916 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| site_stadium = Sanford Field
| site_cityst = Athens, GA
| gamename = [[Florida–Georgia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 21–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-georgia-beat-florida/148509131/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=Georgia beat Florida, 21–0|date=October 15, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1916 Virginia Orange and Blue football team|Virginia]]
| site_stadium = [[Lambeth Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville, VA]]
| score = 13–7
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-georgians-hand-vir/148525284/|work=The News and Observer|title=Georgians hand Virginians first wallop in 3 years|date=October 22, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1916 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]
| site_stadium = [[Worden Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis, MD]]
| score = 3–27
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-navy-has-easy-time-i/148525387/|work=The Washington Post|title=Navy has easy time in downing Georgia|date=October 29, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1916 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]
| site_stadium = Lane's Field
| site_cityst = [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus, GA]]
| gamename = [[Deep South's Oldest Rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 0–3
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-placement-goal/148525735/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Placement goal gives Plainsmen win over Georgia|date=November 5, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1916 Furman Baptists football team|Furman]]
| site_stadium = Sanford Field
| site_cityst = Athens, GA
| score = 49–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Furman Is Easy For Red And Black |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108755154/the-atlanta-constitution/ |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|The Atlanta Constitution]] |location=[[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]] |date=November 12, 1916 |page=3 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
| site_stadium = Sanford Field
| site_cityst = Athens, GA
| gamename = [[Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate|rivalry]]
| score = 0–21
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginian-pilot-tech-easily-won-game/148525906/|work=The Virginian-Pilot|title=Tech easily won game|date=November 19, 1916|accessdate=June 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1916 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
| site_stadium = [[Rickwood Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]]
| gamename = [[Alabama–Georgia football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 3–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71295385/georgia-victor-in-great-battle/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Georgia victor in great battle|date=December 1, 1916|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==Game summaries==
===The Citadel===
To open the season, Georgia gave The Citadel the team's only loss

===Clemson===
In the second week of play, Georgia beat Clemson.

===Florida===
{{AFB game box start
| Title = '''Florida at Georgia'''
| Visitor = Florida
| Host ='''Georgia'''
| V1 = 0| V2 =0| V3 =0| V4 =0
| H1 = 0| H2 =0| H3 =7| H4 =14
| Date = October 14
| Location = [[Sanford Field]]<br>[[Athens, GA]]
| StartTime =
| ElapsedTime =
| Attendance =
| Weather =
| Referee =Streit
}}
*'''Sources:'''<ref name=georgia/>
{{AFB game box end}}
Georgia beat the winless [[1916 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]] 21–0 in Athens. The contest was scoreless in the first half.<ref name=georgia/> Georgia had to send in two stars who were resting with dislocated shoulders.<ref name=georgia>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5851743/the_atlanta_constitution/|page=3|date=October 15, 1916|access-date=July 10, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Florida Eleven Worried Georgia}} {{Open access}}</ref> [[Walter Neville]] scored the game's first touchdown.<ref name=georgia/>

The starting lineup was Pew (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Ferguson (left guard), Garmany (center), Beaseley (right guard), Wingate (right tackle), Tate (right end), Dessendorff (quarterback), Coleman (left halfback), McLaws (right halfback), Neville (fullback).<ref name=georgia/>

===Virginia===
Georgia beat [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]] for the first time in 1916.

===Navy===
The year's first loss came in Georgia's first game against [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]].

===Auburn===
Beginning in 1916 and continuing until 1958, Georgia and [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] played every game except one in [[Columbus, Georgia]] at the [[A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium]]. Coach Cunningham was the key to getting this series located at the neutral location in Columbus.

===Furman===
The Bulldogs beat Furman.

===Georgia Tech===
{{AFB game box start
| Title = '''Georgia Tech at Georgia'''
| Visitor = '''Ga. Tech'''
| Host =Georgia
| V1 = 0| V2 =7| V3 =7| V4 =7
| H1 = 0| H2 =0| H3 =0| H4 =0
| Date = November 18
| Location = Sanford Field<br />[[Athens, GA]]
| StartTime =
| ElapsedTime =
| Attendance =10,000
| Weather =
| Referee =Nicholls (Chicago)
}}
*'''Sources:'''<ref name=":0"/>
{{AFB game box end}}
Georgia loss to rival [[1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] 21–0 in Tech's only road game.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5021066/the_charlotte_observer/|work=The Charlotte Observer|page=13|title=Georgia Easy For For Tech Eleven|access-date=April 22, 2016|date=November 19, 1916|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> After a scoreless first quarter, Talley Johnston ran for 25 yards around right end, and plunges from [[Tommy Spence]] soon got a touchdown.<ref name=":0"/> In the third quarter, Spence scored again. Tech was then aided by a half-the-distance-to-the-goal penalty by Georgia.<ref name=":0"/> The drive ended with a 15–yard touchdown run from [[Everett Strupper]].<ref name=":0"/> The starting lineup was: Tate (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Wingate (left guard), Garmany (center), Beasley (right guard), McConnell (right tackle), Dexendorf (right end), Donnelly (quarterback), McLaws (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), and Neville (fullback).<ref name=":0"/>

===Alabama===
Georgia beat Alabama 3–0. William Donnelly made a kick from placement.<ref name=rtr>[http://www.rolltide.com/documents/2016/8/18//1916_season.pdf?id=7610#page=3 https://admin.xosn.com/fls/80...1910s/1916.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=8000 - University of Alabama Athletics]</ref> The starting lineup was Neville (left end), Thrash (left tackle), Garmany (left guard), Pew (center), Wingate (right guard), McConnell (right tackle), Tate (right end), Donnelly (quarterback), Coleman (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Dezendorff (fullback).<ref name=rtr/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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