A numerical look at the Georgia-North Carolina game in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff:
8-2: Record of SEC teams in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff, led by Alabama at 4-0
1-6: Record of ACC teams in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff, with the only victory being Clemson's win over Auburn in 2012
0-1: Record of both Georgia and North Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff, the Bulldogs losing to Boise State in the 2011 game and the Tar Heels losing to LSU in the 2010 game
$7.25 million: Combined payout to Georgia and North Carolina for Saturday's game
16-12-2: Georgia's all-time record vs. North Carolina in football, including wins in all four games played since 1964 (the most recent is the 1971 Gator Bowl, when Vince Dooley's Bulldogs defeated his brother Bill Dooley's Tar Heels 7-3).
1895: Year of the first Georgia-North Carolina football game, a 6-0 North Carolina win in Atlanta
92-27-3: Georgia's all-time record in season openers, including 16-3 in the past 19 openers
11: Consecutive wins by North Carolina last season between its season-opening loss to South Carolina and its ACC Championship game loss to Clemson
645: Rushing yards allowed by North Carolina in its final game last season, a 49-38 loss to Baylor in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando
CHARTING UGA COACHES’ DEBUTS
With Kirby Smart making his debut as Georgia’s head coach, here is a look at how the past six UGA head coaches fared in their first game:
Coach / 1st season / 1st game
Wallace Butts / 1939 / UGA defeated Citadel 26-0 in Athens
Johnny Griffith / 1961 / UGA lost to Alabama 32-6 in Athens
Vince Dooley / 1964 / UGA lost to Alabama 31-3 in Tuscaloosa
Ray Goff / 1989 / UGA defeated Baylor 15-3 in Athens
Jim Donnan / 1996 / UGA lost to Southern Miss 11-7 in Athens
Mark Richt / 2001 / UGA defeated Arkansas State 45-17 in Athens