Georgia vs. South Carolina
Georgia and South Carolina have 73 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Georgia leads the series 52–19–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 8–2, and Georgia has won the last 4. Share
2027 at Georgia; 2028 at South Carolina; 2029 at Georgia. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Georgia wins
- 52
- South Carolina wins
- 19
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 10 Georgia
- Current streak
- 4 Georgia
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 8–2
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 7–0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 4–0 |
- Both ranked
- 10 meetings: Georgia 4, South Carolina 6; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 14.3 points; 27 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Georgia
- 30–9 Georgia’s record at home
- At South Carolina
- 10–22–2 South Carolina’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 11
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Georgia’s biggest win2022: Georgia 48, South Carolina 7by 41 points
- South Carolina’s biggest win2012: South Carolina 35, Georgia 7by 28 points
- Upset2019: South Carolina 20, Georgia 17South Carolina had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1993: South Carolina 23, Georgia 21South Carolina had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1989: South Carolina 24, Georgia 20South Carolina had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2012: South Carolina 35, Georgia 7No. 5 Georgia at No. 6 South Carolina
- Ranked showdown2013: Georgia 41, South Carolina 30No. 6 South Carolina at No. 11 Georgia
- Ranked showdown1980: Georgia 13, South Carolina 10No. 14 South Carolina at No. 4 Georgia
Coach against coach
| Years | Georgia | Series | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939–1941 | Wallace Butts | 3–0 | Rex Enright |
| 1958–1960 | Wallace Butts | 1–2 | Warren Giese |
| 1961–1963 | Johnny Griffith | 2–0–1 | Marvin Bass |
| 1966–1974 | Vince Dooley | 7–0 | Paul Dietzel |
| 1975–1981 | Vince Dooley | 5–2 | Jim Carlen |
| 1983–1988 | Vince Dooley | 4–2 | Joe Morrison |
| 1989–1993 | Ray Goff | 1–2 | Sparky Woods |
| 1996–1998 | Jim Donnan | 2–1 | Brad Scott |
| 2001–2004 | Mark Richt | 3–1 | Lou Holtz |
| 2005–2015 | Mark Richt | 6–5 | Steve Spurrier |
| 2016–2019 | Kirby Smart | 3–1 | Will Muschamp |
| 2021–2023 | Kirby Smart | 3–0 | Shane Beamer |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Butts 3–0 against Enright). 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
| Israel Mukuamu South Carolina | 11 tackles, 3 INT, 1 TD | 2019 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1903 · The Savannah morning news, Georgia, Oct 18, 1903

1904 · The Savannah morning news, Georgia, Oct 27, 1904

1920 · Pine Bluff daily graphic, Arkansas, Oct 10, 1920

1937 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1937

1940 · The Nome nugget, Oct 7, 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 twice: 2012, 2004.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.