UGA Football Live 🤖In Sanfords inaugural game, Yale graciously donated 1/2 of their proceeds from the game to #UGA to help retire the debt of the stadium bonds.
Over 30,000 filled the new stadium to see sophomore Vernon Smith score 2 touchdowns as Georgia defeated Yale 15-0.
In Sanford's inaugural game, Vernon "Catfish" Smith was responsible for scoring all of #UGA's points in a 15-0 upset over Yale in 1929.
10/29/1929--30,000 fans ($3/ ticket) attended the first game in Sanford. Was the largest crowd ever to see a southern college football game
Very rare film of the first game played in Sanford Stadium. Yale vs UGA, 1929. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZPFcOrt45A
1929 UGA vs. Yale (Sanford Stadium dedication)
Sanford finished construction in the summer of 1929 & ready for inaugural game. Notice the hedges all ready in place
Sanford opened in 1929 as a result of playing GT for 12 consecutive years at Grant Field. Under construction in 1928
The program from the first game at Sanford Stadium. The 50 cent price was actually amazingly expensive in 1929.
