It’s Homecoming Week for UGA

Homecoming week activities, culminating with Saturday’s homecoming game vs the Vanderbilt Commodores, continue at the University of Georgia. The Homecoming Parade is set for Friday evening in downtown Athens.

From UGA Media Relations...

WHAT:

• This year, the University of Georgia celebrates the 100th anniversary of Homecoming.
• UGA’s first formal Homecoming event was held on Nov. 18, 1922–almost 140 years after the university was chartered–when alumni and students gathered on a Friday evening to listen to speeches from faculty, coaches, members of the football team and visiting alumni. This rally was followed by an evening of entertainment and dancing.
• On game day – Saturday, Sept. 23 – students sang college songs and performed comic sketches. Alumni enjoyed a luncheon at Denmark Hall, then made their way downtown for the first Homecoming parade. Later that day, the football team beat Newberry 82-13 and secured its first Homecoming victory.
• The first Homecoming spirit decoration competition was held in 1936, and subsequent years brought additional contests, including competitions for banner decoration, street painting and float building.
• Twenty-four years after Homecoming began at UGA, the first Homecoming Queen was crowned in 1946. In 1995, the Homecoming Committee voted to add a King to Homecoming royalty.

WHEN:

• UGA’s 100th Homecoming celebration will take place October 9-15, 2022
• The carnival, hosted by the student union, will take place at Legion Field on Thursday, October 13 from 7 – 11 p.m.
• The homecoming parade will take place in downtown Athens on Friday, October 14 at 6 p.m.
• The NPHC Step Show will take place at the Fine Arts Theatre on Friday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m.
• The Homecoming game against Vanderbilt will take place on Saturday, October 15 with kickoff at 3:30 p.m., and Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned at half-time.

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