Georgia and Georgia Tech will help open the 2022 college football season with appearances in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Georgia will face Oregon at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, and Tech will face Clemson at 8 p.m. Monday.
Here are some quick facts on the games:
* Both Oregon and Georgia will wear their home jerseys. Georgia will bring back its old block numbers in its red jersey with silver pants combo. Oregon will sport its all-green uniforms.
* Oregon and Georgia will face off for the first time in 45 years. The teams last met in 1977, when the Bulldogs defeated the Ducks 27-16 in the first week of the season.
* A combined 17 players from Georgia and Oregon were named to their preseason all-conference teams, including five first-team selections for the Bulldogs and four for the Ducks.
* Clemson holds the lone ACC victory in 13 appearances in Chick-fil-A Kickoff games after defeating Auburn 26-19 to begin the 2012 season.
* The intraconference clash between ACC schools Tech and Clemson will mark the first time members of the same conference face off in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game’s history.
* Tech still holds 13 records from its double-overtime loss to Tennessee (42-41) in 2017, including most net yards rushing (535), most total first downs (33) and most touchdowns rushing (six).
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