1923 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1923 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1923 college football season; the 30th season of football played at Georgia since the football program started in 1892 (no football was played in 1917 or 1918 during World War I). Led by first-year head coach and former player George Cecil Woodruff, the Bulldogs completed the season with a 5–3–1 record.^[1] One of the assistant coaches was Harry Mehre, who was to succeed Woodruff as head coach in 1928. Bulldogs tackle and captain Joe Bennett was named an All-American for the second year in 1923, becoming the first two-time All-American in Georgia Bulldogs football history.^[2]

1923 Georgia Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–3–1 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	George Cecil Woodruff (1st season)
Captain	Joe Bennett
Home stadium	Sanford Field
Seasons ← 1922 1924 →

1923 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington & Lee +	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt * +	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
VPI	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Maryland	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4			3	–	2	–	4
NC State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions * co-member of SIAA

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Mercer*	Sanford Field Athens, GA	W 7–0		[3]
October 6	Oglethorpe*	Sanford Field Athens, GA	W 20–0		[4]
October 13	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–40		[5]
October 20	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 17–0		[6]
November 3	vs. Auburn	Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (rivalry)	W 7–0		[7]
November 10	Virginia	Sanford Field Athens, GA	W 13–0		[8]
November 17	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–35	15,000	[9]
November 24	at Alabama	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (rivalry)	L 0–36		[10]
December 1	Centre*	Sanford Field Athens, GA	T 3–3		[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming