Florida–Georgia

The story of the Florida–Georgia

First played in 1915, the Florida–Georgia between Florida and Georgia is one of college football's great annual fights — 111-plus years of bragging rights, family arguments and games that decided seasons.

The Florida–Georgia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the University of Florida Gators and the University of Georgia Bulldogs, both members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The programs first met in 1904 or 1915 and have played every season since 1926 except for a war-time interruption in 1943. It is one of the most prominent rivalry games in college football, and it has been held in Jacksonville, Florida, since 1933, with only two exceptions, making it one of the few remaining neutral-site rivalries in college football. The game attracts huge crowds to Jacksonville, and the associated tailgating and other events earned it the nickname of the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", although that name hasn't been officially used since 2006, as the schools and the SEC did not want to be seen as promoting excessive alcohol consumption.