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SEC schools by year of their founding
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:38 pm
I was curious so I looked it up. I figured I might as well share here. All dates come from Wikipedia, however I am sure some douche will say "technically we were founded a month before blah blah blah" who gives a shite
Year founded - School name (First year of football)
1785 - Georgia (1892)
1794 - Tennessee (1891)
1801 - South Carolina (1892*)
1831 - Alabama (1892)
1839 - Missouri (1890)
1848 - Ole Miss (1890)
1853 - Florida (1906)
1856 - Auburn (1892)
1860 - LSU (1893)
1865 - Kentucky (1892)
1871 - Arkansas (1894)
1873 - Vanderbilt (1890)
1876 - Texas A&M (1894)
1878 - Mississippi State (1895)
* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
Year founded - School name (First year of football)
1785 - Georgia (1892)
1794 - Tennessee (1891)
1801 - South Carolina (1892*)
1831 - Alabama (1892)
1839 - Missouri (1890)
1848 - Ole Miss (1890)
1853 - Florida (1906)
1856 - Auburn (1892)
1860 - LSU (1893)
1865 - Kentucky (1892)
1871 - Arkansas (1894)
1873 - Vanderbilt (1890)
1876 - Texas A&M (1894)
1878 - Mississippi State (1895)
* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
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Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:39 pm to beaver
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1860 - LSU (1893)
Yeahhhhhh.....they didn't start playing football until 2000.
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:40 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:42 pm to beaver
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* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
Posted on 7/1/14 at 11:49 pm to beaver
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1860 - LSU (1893)
It's first superintendent was (then) Colonel William Tecumseh Sherman.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:00 am to beaver
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1785 - Georgia (1892)
Was Georgia still a criminal colony back then? Kinda funny that Georgia was founded for that purpose and over two centuries later their football players still honor their roots.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:02 am to Crimson G
Ty flourney smith might be able to answer that one for you.
Or is he not thaaaat criminal?
Or is he not thaaaat criminal?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:02 am to beaver
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1785 - Georgia (1892)
I feel sad for the 100 years of students that didn't get to know the joy of football.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:05 am to beaver
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* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
chuckled.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:08 am to beaver
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* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:15 am to beaver
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1785 - Georgia (1892)
1794 - Tennessee (1891)
1801 - South Carolina (1892*)
1831 - Alabama (1892)
1839 - Missouri (1890)
1848 - Ole Miss (1890)
1853 - Florida (1906)
1856 - Auburn (1892)
1860 - LSU (1893)
1865 - Kentucky (1892)
1871 - Arkansas (1894)
1873 - Vanderbilt (1890)
1876 - Texas A&M (1894)
1878 - Mississippi State (1895)
UF was the last school to start a football program (only SEC school to wait until the 20th century).....very interesting
Eta: looks like football became very popular in the 1890's
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 12:17 am
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:23 am to beaver
University of Georgia. Founded 1785
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:25 am to beaver
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* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
That would be me. Anyone can have a bad century.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:26 am to beaver
quote:Florida claims 1853, but in reality the school wasn't founded until 1906. The oldest building on campus was built in 1906.
1853 - Florida (1906)
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:31 am to Tolbert1906
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Florida claims 1853, but in reality the school wasn't founded until 1906. The oldest building on campus was built in 1906.
So what happened for 53 years? That's a pretty big gap to be a mistake.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:47 am to Tolbert1906
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Florida claims 1853, but in reality the school wasn't founded until 1906. The oldest building on campus was built in 1906.
His dates are way off on UF clearly, they started playing football in 1990.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 12:51 am to TheCheshireHog
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So what happened for 53 years? That's a pretty big gap to be a mistake.
It is not a mistake, it is just that the UF we know today was the result of a merger of different state institutions when the state decided to reorganize the state university system. The founding date we use is from the oldest of the institutions that make up UF.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 1:05 am
Posted on 7/2/14 at 1:34 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
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Yeahhhhhh.....they didn't start playing football until 2000.
Funny, so when is A&M going to start playing the game?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 1:41 am to Old Money
We stopped playing in '64. Just an FYI. took about a 50 year hiatus.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 1:53 am to KCM0Tiger
Of course a Mizzou fan would be the first to laugh at that
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