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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 11:42 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 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 2:04 am to beaver
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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
**Most expert agree with 1990
***Some claim 2000
****Some claim 2012
fify
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:54 am to beaver
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1839 - Missouri (1890)
1848 - Ole Miss (1890)
1873 - Vanderbilt (1890)
1794 - Tennessee (1891)
1785 - Georgia (1892)
1801 - South Carolina (1892*)
1831 - Alabama (1892)
1856 - Auburn (1892)
1865 - Kentucky (1892)
1860 - LSU (1893)
1871 - Arkansas (1894)
1876 - Texas A&M (1894)
1878 - Mississippi State (1895)
1853 - Florida (1906)
Big Three.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:06 am to beaver
UK's 1865 date is no coincidence. It was the ag arm of an older private school, now known as Transylvania University, that was founded in 1780 as the first school west of the mountains. Because Lexington changed hands repeatedly during the war, a few Transylvania buildings were burned down and UK spun off.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:18 am to beaver
Of the teams in this list, is LSU the only school to have moved their campus location? We're on our fourth campus location...
1869
(October 15) Pineville campus building burns.
(November 1) Classes resume in Baton Rouge at Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind.
1886
LSU moves from quarters at the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind to the federal garrison grounds (now the site of the state capitol).
(September) Department of the Interior transfers title of Baton Rouge Arsenal to the state.
D.F. Boyd conducts repairs on new campus without reimbursement from the Board of Supervisors and resigns to teach. LSU moves to new campus.
1926
(April 30) Present campus is dedicated.
History of LSU
I believe that LSU has the newest campus in the SEC.
1869
(October 15) Pineville campus building burns.
(November 1) Classes resume in Baton Rouge at Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind.
1886
LSU moves from quarters at the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind to the federal garrison grounds (now the site of the state capitol).
(September) Department of the Interior transfers title of Baton Rouge Arsenal to the state.
D.F. Boyd conducts repairs on new campus without reimbursement from the Board of Supervisors and resigns to teach. LSU moves to new campus.
1926
(April 30) Present campus is dedicated.
History of LSU
I believe that LSU has the newest campus in the SEC.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 7:01 am to beaver
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)
**Stopped playing in 2008
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)
**Stopped playing in 2008
Posted on 7/2/14 at 7:31 am to beaver
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1801 - South Carolina (1892*)
We were an elite institution from 1801 until the Civil War, comparable to UVA. Then, the Civil War, the Radical Republicans, and Ben Tillman trashed our school.
Such a shame.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 8:27 am to beaver
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1856 - Auburn (1892)
Actually it was East Alabama Male College. Wasn't "auburn" till the 60s.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 11:21 am to beaver
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1801 - South Carolina (1892*)
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* Denotes a dispute. Some claim 2010
this made the whole thing worth it!
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