The University of Alabama announced the dates for the football team’s 2013 A-Day Spring Game and the 2013 Homecoming game.
A-Day is scheduled for 2 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, April 20, while Homecoming is set for Saturday, Oct. 5 when the Crimson Tide hosts Georgia State.
The annual A-Day Game will be televised live to a national audience by ESPN2. A-Day is the 15th and final practice of the spring. Admission will once again be free to the public. More information on A-Day, including additional activities, traffic and parking, will be available at a later date on rolltide.com.
Alabama leads the nation in spring game attendance over the last six years with a total of 516,536 fans and an average of 86,089 during that period. The largest A-Day crowd in school history came in 2011 (92,310). In head coach Nick Saban’s first year of 2007, the stadium was at full capacity prior to expansion (92,138).
Further details about Homecoming weekend activities, including a kickoff time for the game, will be released as they are finalized.
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