university of georgia started playing football in the southern intercollegiate athletic association in 1896.
when did university of georgia start playing football in the southern intercollegiate athletic association?
1896
1896 southern intercollegiate athletic association football season





















































the 1896 southern intercollegiate athletic association football season was the college football games played by the members schools of the southern intercollegiate athletic association as part of the 1896 college football season. the season began on october 3.





















































coach pop warner's conference champion georgia team beat north carolina 24–16 in a close game. "for the first time in southern football history the football supremacy of virginia and north carolina was successfully challenged." against john heisman's auburn team, georgia also had the first successful onside kick in the south.
1896 southern intercollegiate athletic association football season
after the 1972 season, the central intercollegiate athletic association, far western football conference, great lakes intercollegiate athletic conference, gulf south conference, lone star conference, missouri intercollegiate athletic association, north central conference, northern intercollegiate conference, pennsylvania state athletic conference, rocky mountain athletic conference, the southern intercollegiate athletic conference, and the southland conference became part of division ii. the inaugural ncaa division ii football championship was played in sacramento, california in december 1973 following the 1973 ncaa division ii football season. division ii is differentiated from division i by its reduced number of athletic scholarships. at the same time, the college athletic conference, college conference of illinois and wisconsin, independent college athletic conference, iowa intercollegiate athletic conference, michigan intercollegiate athletic association, middle atlantic conference, midwest collegiate athletic conference, minnesota intercollegiate athletic conference, new england football conference, new jersey state athletic conference, northwest conference, southern intercollegiate athletic conference, southern california intercollegiate athletic conference, and the wisconsin intercollegiate athletic conference became members of division iii. the inaugural ncaa division iii football championship was played in phenix city, alabama in december 1973 following the 1973 ncaa division iii football season. division iii schools, unlike higher ncaa divisions, are not permitted to grant any athletic scholarships.
list of college football seasons