Florida vs. Tennessee
Florida and Tennessee first met in 1916 and have played 55 times; Florida leads the series 32–23. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Florida 6–4, and Tennessee has won the last 2. Share
2027 at Tennessee; 2029 at Florida. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Florida wins
- 32
- Tennessee wins
- 23
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 11 Florida
- Current streak
- 2 Tennessee
- Last 10 meetings
- Florida 6–4
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–3 |
- Both ranked
- 25 meetings: Florida 16, Tennessee 9; 11 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 13.4 points; 21 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Florida
- 17–9 Florida’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 14–14 Tennessee’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Florida first
- Shutouts
- 7
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Florida’s biggest win2007: Florida 59, Tennessee 20by 39 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1990: Tennessee 45, Florida 3by 42 points
- Upset2001: Tennessee 34, Florida 32Tennessee had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1999: Florida 23, Tennessee 21No. 2 Tennessee at No. 4 Florida
- Ranked showdown1996: Florida 35, Tennessee 29No. 4 Florida at No. 2 Tennessee
- Ranked showdown2001: Tennessee 34, Florida 32No. 5 Tennessee at No. 2 Florida
- Ranked showdown1997: Florida 33, Tennessee 20No. 4 Tennessee at No. 3 Florida
Coach against coach
| Years | Florida | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–1932 | Charlie Bachman | 0–3 | Bob Neyland |
| 1970–1976 | Doug Dickey | 1–2 | Bill Battle |
| 1992–2001 | Steve Spurrier | 7–3 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2002–2004 | Ron Zook | 1–2 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2005–2008 | Urban Meyer | 4–0 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2015–2017 | Jim McElwain | 2–1 | Butch Jones |
| 2018–2020 | Dan Mullen | 3–0 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2022–2024 | Billy Napier | 1–2 | Josh Heupel |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida’s side (Bachman 0–3 against Neyland). 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
Biggest days
| Kyle Trask Florida | 35 of 49, 433 yards, 4 TD | 2020 Passing |
Named most valuable
| Mike Kelley Florida | 1969 |
| Curt Watson Tennessee | 1969 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 23, 1921
1928 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Dec 10, 1928
1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Dec 5, 1932
1933 · Evening star, Oct 29, 1933
1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 27, 1940
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game nine times: 2022, 2016, 2012, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996.
| 2025 | ABC | 4.8 million viewers |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.