Tide to hold annual spring football game April 18

Published 5:01 pm Saturday, January 17, 2009

TUSCALOOSA — The University of Alabama has scheduled its annual A-Day game concluding spring football practice for Saturday, April 18 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

The school said admission will be free and kickoff is tentatively set for 2 p.m.

Spring practice is tentatively scheduled to start on March 23.

Since Nick Saban took over two spring ago, Alabama has led the nation in spring game attendance with a combined total of 170,338 in the two games.

In Saban’s first year, a capacity crowd of 92,138 watched the 2007 spring game.