{"id":422092,"date":"2024-07-03T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?page_id=422092"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:13:31","slug":"georgia-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/georgia-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia football has been around for a long time and has a rich history. The University of Georgia first started playing football back in 1892. The program claims 4 national championships &#8212; 1942, 1980, 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the program has produced plenty of NFL Draft picks, some elite coaches and some memorable seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the links below to learn more about the rich history of the Georgia football program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top 25 Players in Georgia Football History<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/georgia-history\/draft-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia All-Time First-Round NFL Draft Picks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/georgia-history\/georgia-coaching-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia Coaching History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/coaches\/kirby-smart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirby Smart Coach Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bulldogs also have several long-time rivals, most of whom also play in the SEC. Check out these links to learn more about the matchups between the Bulldogs and their biggest rivals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/matchups\/florida-vs-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia vs. Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/matchups\/tennessee-vs-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia vs. Tennessee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/matchups\/auburn-vs-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia vs. Auburn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/matchups\/lsu-vs-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia vs. LSU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/matchups\/alabama-vs-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia vs. Alabama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/matchups\/georgia-vs-kentucky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia vs. Kentucky<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia football has been around for a long time and has a rich history. The University of Georgia first started playing football back in 1892. The program claims 4 national championships &#8212; 1942, 1980, 2021 and 2022. Over the years, the program has produced plenty of NFL Draft picks, some elite coaches and some memorable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226253,"featured_media":422093,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"standard.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6504],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422092","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evergreen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422092"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424357,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422092\/revisions\/424357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}