Bowl Facts
About the Game
• Average margin of victory is 8.6 points in the last 20 years.
• Holds record for largest attendance in the history of the Georgia Dome: 75,406 in 2006 (Georgia vs. Virginia Tech).
• 13 straight sellouts (through 2009 Bowl).
• Highest-attended non-BCS bowl game.
• $78 million in cumulative payout ranks 8th nationally.
• Two of the top six bowl game broadcast ratings in ESPN history.
• Average rating is 5.0 over the last three years (through 2006 Bowl).
• From 1969 until 1980, the Atlanta Marathon was held the weekend of the game, and until 1975 that event was sponsored by the game.
About Charitable Contributions
• Ranks first in giving among all bowl games—$3.47 million in charitable and scholarship contributions in the last six years. Charitable gifts in 2007 totaled $1,048,000.
• Pledged $180,000 annually to the National Football Foundation’s Play It Smart program.
• Endows a $100,000 scholarship at each participating university annually.
• Is one of three bowls to receive an NCAA grant for the Youth Football Program.
• Holds annual Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater— a golf event featuring NCAA head coaches and celebrity alumni competing for $350,000 in scholarship money.
Read more about this topic: Chick-fil-A Bowl
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