Georgia Bulldogs football under Kid Woodruff Georg " Kid " Woodruff was the 16th head coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs college football team and served in that role from 1923 to 1927 . He was the third former Georgia player to serve as head coach and compiled a 30 – 16 – 1 record ( . 649 winning percentage ) . 1923 season . The 1923 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 5 – 3 – 1 record . One of the assistant coaches was Harry Mehre , who would succeed Woodruff as head coach in 1928 . Bulldogs tackle Joe Bennett was named an All - America n for the second year in 1923 , becoming the first two time All - American in Georgia Bulldog football history . The 1923 season was 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 ) . During the first 30 years of Georgia football , the Bulldogs compiled a 115 – 79 – 23 through 217 games for a 0 . 583 winning percentage . 1924 season . The 1924 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 7 – 3 – 0 . This was the team ' s second season under coach George " Kid " Woodruff and the season included a narrow 7 – 6 loss to football powerhouse Yale . The other losses in the season came in the last two games against Alabama and Centre College . Six of the seven wins in the season were shutout s . 1925 season . The 1925 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 4 – 5 season . This was the team ' s third under head coach Woodruff and his only losing season as a coach . In 1925 , Georgia played for the first time since 1916 , losing 3 – 0 in Atlanta . 1926 season . The 1926 Georgia Bulldogs football team completed the season with a 5 – 4 – 0 record . This season included Georgia ' s fifth straight loss to Alabama and fourth straight loss to Yale . 1927 season . The 1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team had a 9 – 1 – 0 record and , for the first time in the history of the Georgia Bulldogs football program , could stake a claim to being National Champion . Called the " dream and wonder team " the Bulldogs were ranked No . 1 in the nation with one regular season game remaining , but were upset by by a score of 12 – 0 at Grant Field in Atlanta , Georgia . Nevertheless , at the end of the season , Georgia was ranked number 1 in two polls recognized by the NCAA . The Bulldogs were also listed as number 1 in two other polls of the 1927 season , but most recognize Illinois as the 1927 National Champion . Oddly enough , Georgia did not win the Southern Conference championship in 1927 as a result of their loss to Georgia Tech in the last game of the season . Georgia Tech ( 7 – 0 – 1 in the conference ) , NC State ( 4 – 0 – 0 in the conference ) and Tennessee ( 5 – 0 – 1 ) all finished undefeated in the Southern Conference that year . The season featured Georgia ' s first - ever win against Yale and six shutout s . It was the win over Yale that propelled the Bulldogs to the national spotlight . The November 24 , 1927 game against Alabama was the first game played in newly - completed Legion Field and snapped a five game losing streak against Alabama . The 1927 team was anchored by two All - America n ends , Chick Shiver ( Shiver was also the team captain ) and Tom Nash ( Nash was a consensus All - American ) . This was the last season that George " Kid " Woodruff served as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs football team and the team ' s 34th season of college football .