Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry
| First meeting | November 11, 1899 Tennessee 5, Georgia 0 |
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| Latest meeting | October 1, 2016 Tennessee 34, Georgia 31 |
| Next meeting | September 30, 2017 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 45 |
| All-time series | Tennessee leads, 23–21–2 |
| Largest victory | Tennessee, 46–0 (1936) |
| Longest win streak | Tennessee, 9 (1989–99) |
| Current win streak | Tennessee, 2 (2015–present) |
The Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Bulldogs football team of the University of Georgia and Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee. The series is currently 23–21–2 Tennessee. Both teams are founding members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Tennessee and Georgia are the second and third winningest football programs in SEC history, behind only Alabama.
From 1899 to 1989, UT and UGA met only 21 times before the Southeastern Conference (SEC) expanded to twelve members and split into two divisions of six members each, West and East. (The conference expanded by 2 members (Texas A&M and Missouri) in 2012; therefore the SEC West and East divisions have currently seven members each.) Since 1992, the Dawgs and Vols have both been in the SEC's Eastern Division and have met annually on the football field. The largest margin of victory overall was Tennessee by 46 points in 1936 at Sanford Stadium in Athens in their 46–0 victory. The largest margin of victory for Georgia is by 44 points in 1981 at Sanford Stadium in their 44–0 victory. The longest win streak for Georgia is 5, twice, from 2010–14 and from 1909–24. The longest win streak for Tennessee is 9 from 1989–99.
The Georgia–Tennessee rivalry quickly became one of the biggest rivals in the SEC. Throughout the 1990s, Tennessee went 9–0 vs Georgia, holding a nine-game win streak. Georgia ended the streak in 2000 when they defeated the 21–10. In 2001, former Georgia Head coach Mark Richt became the coach. He led the Bulldogs to a three-game winning streak against the Volunteers in his first three years. In 2007, Tennessee defeated Georgia 35–14 to win the tie breaker for conference title game. Georgia held a 6–4 record against Tennessee in the 2000s.
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