A-Day Game Scheduled for Saturday, April 18
1/16/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 16, 2009
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama will hold its annual A-Day Game to conclude spring football practice on Saturday, April 18 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Admission will again be free to the public and kickoff is tentatively set for 2:00 p.m. Further details on television coverage and events surrounding A-Day will be released at a later date.
The Crimson Tide football team is tentatively scheduled to hold the first spring practice of 2009 on March 23. UA spring break is the week prior, March 16-20.
Over the last two seasons, Alabama leads the country in spring game attendance with a combined total of 170,338. UA set a college football record in the spring of 2007 as a capacity crowd of 92,138 watched head coach Nick Saban’s first A-Day at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Last year’s attendance of 78,200 led the SEC and was the second-largest in the country.
2008 Spring Game Attendances
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1. Alabama |
78,200 |
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2. Florida |
61,000 |
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3. Arkansas |
40,200 |
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4. Auburn |
35,000 |
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5. LSU |
33,624 |
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6. South Carolina |
31,125 |
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7. Tennessee |
28,898 |
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8. Ole Miss |
28,311 |
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9. Georgia |
19,874 |
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10. Kentucky |
8,500 |
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11. Mississippi State |
6,000 |
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12.Vanderbilt |
2,500 |
