Georgia Pop Warner

warner on georgia sidelines.

in warner s first season @ georgia, hired @ salary of $34 per week. school charter member of southern intercollegiate athletic association (siaa), first athletic conference in south. football team had 3 wins , 4 losses, including loss north carolina not-yet-legal forward pass. rehired @ salary of $40 per week, , next season georgia had 1 of school s first great teams. undefeated record, team won first conference title. avenged loss north carolina, winning 24–16, first time in southern football history football supremacy of virginia , north carolina challenged.

during 2 years warner played 2 games against john heisman, future coaching legend. heisman head coach @ auburn university, , faced each other in 1895 , 1896 games of deep south s oldest rivalry, annual confrontation has continued present day. in 1895, auburn tigers defeated bulldogs 12–6. auburn team led quarterback reynolds tick tichenor, known punt returns. tichenor had executed first hidden-ball trick in earlier auburn game against vanderbilt, , used again against georgia. next year, tichenor faced georgia s richard von albade gammon, star quarterback in first year under warner. both quarterbacks played and, unlike previous year, warner s team won 16–6. second touchdown came right after first onside kick in south.

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