Georgia Adds Lettermen’s Game to G-Day

Athens, Ga.—- Approximately 80 Georgia football letterwinners from six different decades will return to Sanford Stadium next Saturday to take part in a flag football game prior to the Bulldogs’ G-Day Spring Game on April 11. The contest will begin at 11:15 a.m. and precede the G-Day contest at 1:05.

“It’s always enjoyable to have former players come back to show they’re still very much a part of our program,“ head coach Mark Richt said. “It will be even more special to have so many return at once. I’m sure it will be an entertaining contest.“

Athens residents Mack Guest and Jack Davis will serve as the coaches of the two teams. Bobby Poss will serve as the public address announcer.

Ten former All-SEC standouts headline the list. Those players are: Scott Adams, Kentrell Curry, Tony Cushenberry, Guest, Jim McCullough, Curt McGill, David McKnight, Pud Mosteller, Curt Mull and Greg “Muddy” Waters.

Foots Clemens, a linebacker from 1952-54, is the oldest former player scheduled to participate.

This year¹s G-Day Game will begin at 1:05 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN. There will be no admission fee charged and Sanford Stadium gates will open at 10:30 a.m. Gates utilized for the public on April 11 will be the main gate under the Sanford Drive bridge as well as gates 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9.

In lieu of an admission fee, fans are encouraged to bring food donations to benefit the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. Among the items most needed are soups, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, cereal, rice, pasta and pop-top canned goods.

“I would like to encourage the fans not only to participate in the food drive but also just be there at G-Day to show the rest of the country what the Bulldog Nation is all about,“ Richt said.