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The Chick-fil-A ’s second Playoff Semifinal featured a top-four matchup between No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 1 LSU. The Tigers defeated the Sooners 63-28 on the way to winning the CFP National Championship in .

CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL & MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM RECORD

“These guys have done as good a job of any “I’d like to thank the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl that I've been around at balancing trying to for giving us an outstanding week by allowing give the teams a great experience, but also us time to prepare, giving us great facilities allowing us the space to get ready for an and great food, but also making us feel at important game. It was first class all the way.” home with great hospitality.”

Oklahoma LSU Head Coach

Oklahoma defeated LSU 2-1 to win this year’s LSU WR set Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl records for the LSU won its record sixth Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Battle for Bowl Week competition and the coveted most receiving yards (227) and receiving touchdowns (4). In total, this and its first-ever Semifinal Battle for Bowl Week Championship Belt. year’s game broke or tied 18 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl records. with its victory over No. 4 Oklahoma.

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FUTURE FINAL MATCHUPS 42 SCORE 3

ALABAMA VS

SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 2021

“I’d like to thank the people at the OLE MISS Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game for putting VS on a first-class event that we have LOUISVILLE always enjoyed being a part of.” – Alabama Head Coach MONDAY, SEPT. 6, 2021

OREGON VS $ 7.75 million $ 83.5 million TOTAL TEAM ALL-TIME PAYOUT IN 2019 TEAM PAYOUTS SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 2022

CLEMSON VS

ALABAMA WON MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 2022 TOTAL 5.3M ITS RECORD-SETTING SIXTH VIEWERS IN 2019 CHICK-FIL-A KICKOFF GAME

AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF CLEMSON VS higher than the attendance of 36 GEORGIA 69,170 bowl games last year all-time 1.04M attendance SATURDAY, AUG. 31, 2024

TRUE TASTE OF MUSIC KICKS OFF OPENING WEEKEND 150TH KICKOFF BREAKFAST PRESENTED BY DELTA

To kick off the start of college football’s Peach Bowl, Inc. hosted its second annual 150th anniversary in the Capital of True Taste of Music event on the eve of this College Football, Peach Bowl, Inc. hosted year’s Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Chris Hall, a panel led by Mr. College Football, Tony an award-winning chef and owner of Local Barnhart, that featured head coaches and Three paired his gourmet cuisine with the athletic directors from Georgia, Georgia acoustics of feature artist Edwin McCain Tech, Georgia State and Kennesaw State to and singer-songwriter Michael Tolcher at the discuss the impact college football has had Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame. on community, education and leadership. Former Ole Miss head football coach Matt Luke and celebrity partner Wesley Walls captured the Rebels’ fourth consecutive Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge title, while former college football coaches and Tom O’Brien were the Legends Division winners.

THE COUNTRY’S PREMIER SCHOLARSHIP PLACE: TEAM: SCORE: HEAD COACH & CELEBRITY WINNINGS: Ole Miss 1 -13 $100,000 CHARITY GOLF EVENT Matt Luke, Wesley Walls Georgia The annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf 2 -11 $90,000 features head football coaches and celebrities , David Dukes Clemson

80 3 (T) -9 $65,000 competing for their share of a $650,000 scholarship purse. , Bill Spiers Each year, the three-day event distributes $800,000 in charity 2019 Georgia Tech 3 (T) -9 $65,000 and hosts more than 700 guests, including head coaches, 831, 0 Paul Johnson, Jon Barry $ celebrities, PGA golfers and Chick-fil-A vendors at the North Carolina 3 (T) -9 $65,000 picturesque Reynolds Lake Oconee resort. 2018 , Roy Williams Ohio State 2017 3 (T) -9 $65,000 I think the camaraderie this event brings is great. It’s rare that I get , Jeff Logan Auburn the opportunity to be around my peers. The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl 2016 7 (T) -8 $35,000 gives a lot of money to the schools and they also give us an opportunity , Tim Hudson Pittsburgh to win money for our particular charities that we personally support. 2015 7 (T) -8 $35,000 It’s a win-win-win for everybody and a lot of fun. , John Congemi 2014 Florida – Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney 9 (T) -7 $28,300 , Judd Davis 2013 NC State 9 (T) -7 $28,300 Dave Doeren, Terry Harvey 2012 UConn 9 (T) -7 $28,300 Randy Edsall, Dan Orlovsky 2011 Notre Dame 12 -5 $25,100 Brian Kelly, Jimmy Dunne 2010 LONG DRIVE WINNERS: 2009 Charitable and Scholarship Donations Matt Luke 275 Coach Division $5,000 2008 Ole Miss yards Bill Spiers 292 Celebrity Division $5,000 2007 Clemson yards

CLOSEST TO THE PIN WINNERS: The 2019 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl main competition and Legends field featured six Dodd $8.4 Gus Malzahn winners, three of the last five College Football Playoff National Championship winning coaches MILLION Coach Division 16’7”″ $5,000 and two of the four head coaches who led their teams to last season’s College Football Playoff. ALL-TIME Auburn In total, this past year’s field has won seven national championships, 37 FBS conference Bill Spiers Celebrity Division 8’ $5,000 championships and has 1,345 career wins. Clemson

Auburn’s Gus Malzahn won his second consecutive Closest to Matt Luke and Wesley Walls carded nine birdies and two eagles Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, along with celebrity partner the Pin title. to win the Rebels’ fourth consecutive Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Bill Spiers, finished at -9 to secure a top-three finish at the event. Challenge by two strokes. COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MOST CHARITABLE BOWL ORGANIZATION

Since 2002, Peach Bowl, Inc. – through funds derived from its Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament – has donated and committed $57.2 million MILLION $ IN TOTAL DONATIONS in charity and scholarship contributions to organizations in need. 57.2 Peach Bowl LegACy Fund In September, Peach Bowl, Inc. announced a historic $20 million gift to Children’s Healthcare of . The donation represents the largest donation ever given by the Peach Bowl and one of the largest ever received by Children’s. The $20 million commitment will establish the Peach Bowl LegACy Fund, which will be hyper-focused on funding clinical drug trials for the most promising new drugs and treatments for children fighting cancer. The LegACy Fund is named in honor of Anna Charles (AC) Hollis – the six-year-old daughter of Benji Hollis, the Peach Bowl’s VP of Sales – who lost her fight with leukemia Sept. 16, 2018.

In 2020, ESPN named Peach Bowl, Inc. one of four national finalists for its Corporate Community Impact Award – a category in the annual Sports Humanitarian Awards. The finalist designation recognized the creation of the Peach Bowl LegACy Fund to fight childhood cancer and included a $25,000 award for the LegACy Fund.

As the original recruiter and founding sponsor of the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame, the Peach Bowl College Football Hall of Fame is committed to the success of our sport’s national shrine. The Bowl has contributed $13 million to help the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame relocate, design, build, enhance and refurbish its fan experience.

Atlanta Public Schools

LITERACY INITIATIVE Peach Bowl, Inc., in partnership with the Chick-fil-A Foundation, the College Football Playoff Foundation and the Atlanta Football Host Committee, invested $2 million in a three-year literacy training initiative to train teachers in advanced reading instruction. Reading proficiency has increased dramatically among K-5 students.

Endowed Scholarship ACADEMIC MENTORING PROGRAM The Peach Bowl’s academic mentoring program provides an Academic Coach to maximize their students’ potential by helping them improve study habits, prepare the SAT and ACT, and apply and transition to college. The Bowl has invested $2.2 million in the program which has helped students achieve higher GPAs and graduation rates.

The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl has made a strong commitment to helping Atlanta students further their secondary education. The Endowed Scholarship Program currently operates scholarships at 32 universities with scholarship assets totaling $7.4 million. Relief Efforts

Peach Bowl, Inc. is dedicated to healing those in need – in our community and others – whenever that need arises. The Peach Bowl’s relief efforts and special project investments total $6.8 million and have supported organizations such as the American Red Cross, WinShape Homes Foundation, Georgia National Guard and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. COVID-19

Stepping up during a critical time in the mitigation of the Coronavirus, Peach Bowl,Inc. donated $1.09 million in support of Governor Brian Kemp’s plan to scale COVID-19 screening and testing statewide in Georgia. The donation helped provide for the telemedicine screening mobile application developed by Augusta University Health System which allows people to be screened for the virus virtually, 24/7, with no appointment required and at no cost.