Florida State vs. Georgia
Florida State and Georgia have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1954; Georgia leads the series 7–4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 5–4, and Georgia has won the last 2. Share
2028 neutral site. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Florida State wins
- 4
- Georgia wins
- 7
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1954
- Longest streak
- 5 Georgia
- Current streak
- 2 Georgia
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 5–4
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Florida State 0, Georgia 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Florida State
- 2–2 Florida State’s record at home
- At Georgia
- 2–2 Georgia’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–3–1 Florida State first
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Florida State’s biggest win1962: Florida State 18, Georgia 0by 18 points
- Georgia’s biggest win2023: Georgia 63, Florida State 3by 60 points
- Ranked showdown2023: Georgia 63, Florida State 3No. 6 Georgia at No. 4 Florida State
- Ranked showdown2002: Georgia 26, Florida State 13No. 4 Georgia at No. 16 Florida State
Coach against coach
| Years | Florida State | Series | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–1958 | Thomas Nugent | 0–4 | Wallace Butts |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida State’s side (Nugent 0–4 against Butts). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Kendall Milton Georgia | 2023 |
| Musa Smith Georgia | 2002 |
| James Jackson Georgia | 1984 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1959
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Dec 30, 2023 | 6Georgia 63, 4Florida State 3 | Hard Rock Stadium | Orange Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 2003 | 4Georgia 26, 16Florida State 13 | Caesars Superdome | Sugar Bowl | |
| Dec 22, 1984 | Georgia 17, 15Florida State 17 | Neutral site | Citrus Bowl | |
| Oct 16, 1965 | Florida State 10, 5Georgia 3 | at Florida State | ||
| Oct 17, 1964 | 10Florida State 17, Georgia 14 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 20, 1962 | Florida State 18, Georgia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 14, 1961 | Florida State 3, Georgia 0 | at Florida State | ||
| Oct 31, 1959 | 14Georgia 42, Florida State 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 11, 1958 | Georgia 28, Florida State 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 29, 1956 | Georgia 3, Florida State 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 15, 1955 | Georgia 47, Florida State 14 | at Florida State | ||
| Sep 18, 1954 | Georgia 14, Florida State 0 | at Florida State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.