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THE NATION’S LONGEST-RUNNING KICKOFF GAME The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game reinvented the season-opening, neutral-site game, paving the way for blockbuster games on opening weekend. The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game is a great opportunity for us to play on a national stage to kick off the college football season. The atmosphere was unbelievable. – Auburn Head Coach Gus Malzahn #6 #25 FINAL 31 SCORE 24 The Old Leather Helmet Trophy represents the origins of college football rivalries and is worn only by the winner of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game each year. COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S OPENING WEEKEND TRADITION CONTINUES SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 2016 SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 2017 MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 2017 GEORGIA VS NORTH CAROLINA ALABAMA VS FLORIDA STATE GEORGIA TECH VS TENNESSEE Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Weekend 2017 will mark the first college football games played in the brand new Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Team Ole Miss carded a score of -11 to take home first place and $100,000 in charity and scholarship. THE COUNTRY’S PREMIER HEAD COACH & CELEBRITY CHARITY GOLF EVENT The annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament features head football coaches and celebrities competing for their share of a $540,000 scholarship purse. Each year, the three-day event distributes more than $600,000 in charity and hosts more than 700 guests, including head coaches, celebrities, PGA golfers and Chick-fil-A vendors at the picturesque Reynolds Lake Oconee resort. What the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge does for charities, for college football, and for us as coaches is something that I look forward to each and every year. Nobody does it better than the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, that’s for sure. $7 million $6million $5million $4million $3 million $2million $1million – Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP & CHARITY SINCE 2007 PLACE: TEAM: SCORE: 1 2 (T) 2 (T) 2 (T) 5 6 (T) 6 (T) 8 (T) ® 8 (T) 10 11 11 13 Coach Division Celebrity Division Ole Miss (Hugh Freeze / Wesley Walls) Georgia (Kirby Smart / David Dukes) Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson / Jon Barry) NC State (Dave Doeren / Terry Harvey) Auburn (Gus Malzahn / Bo Jackson) South Carolina (Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe) Mississippi State (Dan Mullen / Fred McCrary) Cincinnati (Tommy Tuberville / J.K. Schaffer) Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer / Cam Young) Clemson (Dabo Swinney / Steve Fuller) Alabama (Nick Saban / Chris Mohr) North Carolina (Larry Fedora / B.J. Surhoff) Houston (Tom Herman / Andre Ware) LONG DRIVE WINNERS: Dave Doeren NC State Jon Barry Georgia Tech SCHOLARSHIP WINNINGS: -11 $ 100,000 -9 $ 55,000 -9 $ 55,000 -9 $ 55,000 -8 $ 45,000 -7 $ 35,000 -7 $ 35,000 -6 $ 30,000 -6 $ 30,000 -5 $ 20,000 -3 $ 20,000 -3 $ 20,000 -1 $ 20,000 261 yards $ 5,000 285 yards $ 5,000 $0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Coach Division CLOSEST TO THE PIN WINNERS: Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 5’2” $ 5,000 Since its creation in 2007, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge has distributed $6 million in scholarship and charity. Celebrity Division Cam Young Virginia Tech 12’6” $ 5,000 The 2016 main event field included 26 NCAA head football coaches and celebrity alumni. New Georgia Head Coach and first-time Challenge participant Kirby Smart led Team Georgia to a second-place finish. Newly retired coaches Frank Beamer and Steve Spurrier each received an additional $20,000 for their foundations in honor of their final appearance in the event.
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