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1693:
1692:Head coach:
1680:Chick Shiver
1582:
1581:
1535:Vince Dooley
1494:
1470:
1455:Frank Dobson
1355:Ernest Brown
1346:
1257:D'Wan Mathis
1220:Hutson Mason
1212:Aaron Murray
1206:(2006, 2009)
1172:David Greene
1055:Andy Johnson
801:
661:. Retrieved
656:
643:
622:. Retrieved
613:
604:
595:
578:– via
572:. Retrieved
567:
558:
536:
521:
392:
387:
349:
339:
316:
300:Knute Rockne
292:Frank Thomas
285:
277:Ernest Brown
262:
239:
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168:
167:
76:(1968-11-16)
25:
1730:1968 deaths
1725:1888 births
1704:Harry Mehre
1700:Jim Crowley
1698:Assistants
1686:Bobby Hooks
1575:Kirby Smart
1561:(2001–2015)
1553:(1996–2000)
1545:(1989–1995)
1537:(1964–1988)
1529:(1961–1963)
1521:(1939–1960)
1519:Wally Butts
1505:(1928–1937)
1503:Harry Mehre
1497:(1923–1927)
1489:(1920–1922)
1473:(1917–1918)
1465:(1910–1916)
1437:(1906–1907)
1405:(1901–1902)
1395:E. E. Jones
1381:(1897–1898)
1373:(1895–1896)
1281:Carson Beck
1275:(2020–2021)
1267:(2020–2022)
1251:(2017–2019)
1243:(2016–2017)
1241:Jacob Eason
1230:(2015–2016)
1222:(2013–2014)
1214:(2010–2013)
1198:(2006–2008)
1190:(2005–2006)
1182:(2004–2005)
1174:(2001–2004)
1161:(1998–2000)
1140:(1995–1997)
1132:(1991–1994)
1086:(1979–1981)
1073:(1975–1976)
1057:(1971–1973)
1049:(1968–1970)
1031:(1961–1963)
1023:(1959–1960)
1015:(1957–1959)
997:(1950–1952)
984:(1945–1948)
911:(1929–1931)
893:(1926–1927)
885:(1923–1925)
845:(1919–1920)
843:Buck Cheves
832:(1913–1915)
663:January 12,
400:(1923–1927)
304:Jim Crowley
298:, who were
296:Harry Mehre
254:Kirk Newell
242:World War I
217:quarterback
121:Quarterback
117:Position(s)
1719:Categories
1668:Ike Boland
1656:Gene Smith
1559:Mark Richt
1551:Jim Donnan
1371:Pop Warner
1273:JT Daniels
1249:Jake Fromm
1146:Hines Ward
1130:Eric Zeier
1084:Buck Belue
1047:Mike Cavan
982:John Rauch
550:References
376:Conference
288:Notre Dame
57:1888-11-29
1644:Roy Estes
1511:Joel Hunt
1138:Mike Bobo
574:March 29,
379:Standing
252:. He was
136:1923–1927
103:1910–1911
93:1907–1908
1674:Tom Nash
1577:(2016– )
1569:# (2015)
1543:Ray Goff
1071:Ray Goff
675:Archived
522:Georgia:
373:Overall
219:for the
195:Born in
1471:No team
1347:No team
1204:Joe Cox
637:Sources
541:30–16–1
526:30–16–1
504:Georgia
481:Georgia
458:Georgia
435:Georgia
412:Georgia
248:of the
158:30–16–1
155:Overall
140:Georgia
107:Georgia
97:Georgia
1513:(1938)
1481:(1919)
1457:(1909)
1453:&
1445:(1908)
1429:(1905)
1421:(1904)
1413:(1903)
1397:(1900)
1389:(1899)
1365:(1894)
1357:(1893)
1349:(1892)
1341:(1891)
1259:(2020)
1148:(1995)
1119:(1990)
1065:(1974)
877:(1922)
869:(1922)
861:(1921)
853:(1920)
756:(1897)
748:(1896)
537:Total:
336:Legacy
213:Athens
83:, U.S.
66:, U.S.
529:21–10
491:T–4th
445:T–2nd
416:5–3–1
370:Team
367:Year
665:2007
626:2023
576:2015
499:1927
476:1926
468:14th
453:1925
430:1924
407:1923
294:and
279:and
71:Died
51:Born
1684:29
1678:26
1672:19
1666:18
1660:12
1654:10
514:5th
511:6–1
508:9–1
488:4–2
485:5–4
465:2–4
462:4–5
442:5–1
439:7–3
422:5th
419:4–2
211:in
1721::
1702:,
1648:8
1642:3
1636:1
655:.
603:.
566:.
283:.
273:$
129:HC
1616:e
1609:t
1602:v
1317:e
1310:t
1303:v
707:e
700:t
693:v
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628:.
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