UGA to celebrate national championship with parade and ceremony

Bulldog offensive lineman Chris Brown celebrates after Georgia's national championship win on January 9, 2023.
Tony Walsh/UGAAA

Fresh off an historic second consecutive national championship, the Georgia Bulldogs will be honored in their hometown on Saturday.

The festivities will start at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14 with a parade down Lumpkin Street, followed by a Dawg Walk at 1:00 and a ceremony in Sanford Stadium at 2:00. Campus will open to visitors at 7:00 a.m. and gates at the stadium will open at noon. Lumpkin Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from noon until 1:15 p.m.

Tickets will be made available to the public starting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday.

For more information, see the UGA Athletic Association's website.

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Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.