G-Day 2021 set for Saturday, April 17 Photo: Athens Banner-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Content Services, LLC
G-Day 2021 has been set for Saturday, April 17, according to a report by UGASports.com. G-Day is Georgia’s annual Red vs. Black Spring game.
With G-Day on April 17 this year, the annual game will fall two weekends after Easter (Sunday, April 4, 2021) and one week after the Masters golf tournament (April 8-11, 2021). Kickoff for the G-Day game will be announced later and it will likely be televised by an ESPN network or the SEC Network.
According to the report by UGASports.com, the Bulldogs will begin Spring practice on Tuesday, March 16. Georgia will practice a total of 15 times, which includes the G-Day game.
Bulldogs top Bearcats, 24-21, in Peach Bowl thriller Photo: Tony Walsh/UGA
ATLANTA – Redshirt sophomore Jack Podlesny’s 53-yard field goal with three seconds remaining completed a remarkable 24-21 comeback victory for the ninth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (8-2, 7-2 SEC) over the eighth-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats (9-1, 6-0 AAC) Friday afternoon at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in front of 15,301 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and an ESPN television audience.
Trailing 21-10 entering the fourth quarter, Georgia posted 14 unanswered points in the final period to clinch the largest comeback of head coach Kirby Smart’s tenure in Athens.
Podlesny’s kick was the first game-winning field goal for Georgia since Rodrigo Blankenship’s 25-yarder to defeat Kentucky in 2016. It was also the third bowl-winning kick in program history and the longest game winner overall since Kevin Butler’s 60-yard boot against Clemson in 1984. For his efforts, Podlesny was named the Pea