Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry

Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry
First meetingNovember 11, 1899
Tennessee, 5–0
Latest meetingNovember 16, 2024
Georgia, 31–17
Next meetingSeptember 13, 2025
Statistics
Meetings total54
All-time seriesGeorgia leads 29–23–2
Largest victoryTennessee, 46–0 (1936)
Longest win streakTennessee, 9 (1989–1999)
Current win streakGeorgia, 8 (2017–present)
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Locations of Georgia and Tennessee

The Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Bulldogs football team of the University of Georgia and Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee. The series is led by Georgia 29–23–2. Both teams are founding members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Georgia and Tennessee are the second (867) and third (855) winningest football programs in SEC history, behind only Alabama. The rivalry has never been contested anyplace besides Knoxville, Tennessee or Athens, Georgia, and alternates between the two respective campuses. Games in odd-numbered years are played in Knoxville, and even-numbered years in Athens.