Georgia vs. Tennessee
Georgia and Tennessee have 54 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Georgia leads the series 30–22–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 9–1, and Georgia has won the last 9. Share
2027 at Georgia; 2029 at Tennessee. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Georgia wins
- 30
- Tennessee wins
- 22
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 9 Tennessee
- Current streak
- 9 Georgia
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 9–1
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–8 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 6–0 |
- Both ranked
- 20 meetings: Georgia 10, Tennessee 10; 5 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 15.2 points; 19 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Georgia
- 15–11–1 Georgia’s record at home
- At Tennessee
- 11–15–1 Tennessee’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 win1981: Georgia 44, Tennessee 0by 44 points
- Tennessee’s biggest win1936: Tennessee 46, Georgia 0by 46 points
- Upset1973: Georgia 35, Tennessee 31Georgia had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2004: Tennessee 19, Georgia 14Tennessee had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2006: Tennessee 51, Georgia 33Tennessee had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2022: Georgia 27, Tennessee 13No. 2 Tennessee at No. 1 Georgia
- Ranked showdown1998: Tennessee 22, Georgia 3No. 4 Tennessee at No. 7 Georgia
- Ranked showdown2005: Georgia 27, Tennessee 14No. 5 Georgia at No. 8 Tennessee
Coach against coach
| Years | Georgia | Series | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1925 | George Woodruff | 2–1 | Mark Banks |
| 1980–1988 | Vince Dooley | 3–0 | Johnny Majors |
| 1992–1995 | Ray Goff | 0–4 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1996–2000 | Jim Donnan | 1–4 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2001–2008 | Mark Richt | 5–3 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2010–2012 | Mark Richt | 3–0 | Derek Dooley |
| 2013–2015 | Mark Richt | 2–1 | Butch Jones |
| 2018–2020 | Kirby Smart | 3–0 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2021–2025 | Kirby Smart | 5–0 | Josh Heupel |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Woodruff 2–1 against Banks). 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
| Todd Gurley Georgia | 28 carries, 208 yards, 2 TD | 2014 Rushing | |
| Chris Brazzell II Tennessee | 6 catches, 177 yards, 3 TD | 2025 Receiving | |
| Cedric Tillman Tennessee | 10 catches, 200 yards, 1 TD | 2021 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1903 · The Montgomery advertiser, Nov 8, 1903
1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 25, 1908
1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Oct 24, 1909
1910 · The Brunswick news, Brunswick, Ga., Oct 23, 1910
1922 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 22, 1922
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 five times: 2025, 2024, 2022, 1998, 1995.
| 2025 | ABC | 12.6 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.