Georgia Bulldogs football under Charles McCarthy

Charles McCarthy coached the Georgia Bulldogs for two seasons: 1897 and 1898. Over the course of those two seasons, he led the Bulldogs to a combined 6–3 record, including back-to-back victories over Georgia Tech.

1897 Season
The 1897 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed as a member of the SIAA for the 1897 college football season and completed the season with a 2–1 record. In the 1897 season, Georgia beat for the first time and met both Clemson and  for the first time. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' first season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.

It was in the Virginia game of 1897 that tragedy struck the Georgia Bulldogs. In the second half of that game, a Georgia fullback named Richard Vonalbade ("Von") Gammon, was fatally injured in a play. In reaction to his death, the Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mercer football teams disbanded, the Atlanta Journal ran a headline proclaiming, the "Death Knell of Football" and the Georgia legislature passed a bill to outlaw football in the state of Georgia. As the bill sat on the desk of Georgia Governor William Yates Atkinson, a letter that Gammon's mother, Rosalind Burns Gammon, had written to the state legislature was revealed. In her letter, she pleaded with the legislators not to pass the bill because her son so loved football. As a result reading her letter, Governor Atkinson vetoed the bill to ban football in Georgia.


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1898 Season
The 1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team competed as a member of the SIAA for the 1898 college football season and compiled a 4–2 record. The team got off to 4–0 start that included a second straight victory over, but finished with losses to Auburn and North Carolina. 1898 also marked the first time the Bulldogs beat Vanderbilt in three tries. This was the team's second and final season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.


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