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It is sent to Jeptha Wade, the president of the Pacific Telegraph Company. On the same day, Frank Fuller, acting governor of Utah, sent a message to President Lincoln. [110] 24 October 1861: The first transcontinental telegraph across the United States is completed at Salt Lake City, Utah, causing the Pony Express to close two days later.
Georgia State closed the regular season with a 31–10 loss to Appalachian State [43] and a 24–10 loss to Idaho. [44] The Panthers accepted a berth in the 2017 Cure Bowl, a game they won over Western Kentucky by a score of 27–17. [45] Coach Elliott resigned as head football coach from Georgia State in February 2024. [46]
In 1866 the first transatlantic telegraph cable was completed, connecting America and Europe. [13] The completion of the First transcontinental telegraph in 1861 allowed messages to be sent from coast to coast in a matter of hours rather than weeks. In the late 1860s and 1870s, the telegraph expanded rapidly westward, connecting cities like ...
The first team name to represent Georgia State was the Owls, used between 1940 and 1947, used as a representation of the schools title at the time of "Georgia Evening College." Between 1947 and 1963, GSU teams went by the name "Ramblers," although no reasoning for why has been presented.
Appalachian State defeated Georgia State 37-3 in Atlanta on Oct. 10. The university has invested millions of dollars into football, with much of the money coming from student fees, but so far has little to show for it. Game attendance rarely exceeds 10,000 fans in a stadium that seats 80,000, and the team has lost most of its games.
The event featured the first-ever indoor pro football games. The first professional indoor game came on December 29, 1902, when the Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the "New York team" 5–0. Syracuse would go on to win the 1902 Series, while the Franklin Athletic Club won the Series in 1903. The World Series only lasted two seasons. [3] [223]
Football returned in 1916 when Washington State shut out Brown 14-0 to begin the New Year's Day tradition in earnest. The first New Year's game held in the Rose Bowl stadium occurred in 1923 when ...
This is a list of seasons completed by the Georgia State Panthers football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Georgia State University in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. Georgia State has played their home games at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia ...