The series record
Florida leads, but it took a while. Tennessee won the first ten meetings, from 1916 to 1953, and Florida's first win was 14-0 in Knoxville in 1954.
In Gainesville. Tennessee has won the last two.
Through the 2025 game.
Every game at a glance
One square per game since 1916, a row per decade. Hover or tap a square for the score. The early rows are thin because the teams met only 19 times before 1990. They've played every year since.
No game in 2026
This is the first season since 1989 without a Florida-Tennessee game. The SEC plays nine conference games now, and Florida's three permanent opponents are Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina. Tennessee isn't one of them, so the series goes to every other year. Florida plays in Knoxville in 2027, and Tennessee comes back to Gainesville in 2029.
The last two went to Tennessee: 23-17 in overtime in Knoxville in 2024, then 31-11 in Gainesville last November, the Vols' first win at Florida since 2003.
The Spurrier and Fulmer years
The game became a yearly one in 1990, and when the SEC split into divisions in 1992 both teams landed in the East. It was usually played early in the season, which is where the "Third Saturday in September" nickname comes from.
Steve Spurrier's first trip to Knoxville as Florida's coach ended 45-3 Tennessee in 1990, still the biggest margin in the series. Florida went 7-3 against the Vols in the 1990s anyway, and the 41-34 win in 1993 was Phillip Fulmer's first loss as Tennessee's head coach.
The 2001 game was set for Sept. 15 and moved to Dec. 1 after the September 11 attacks, with the SEC East riding on it. Tennessee won 34-32 in Gainesville, its first win there in 30 years, and went on to play LSU for the SEC title.
Biggest wins and longest runs
- Tennessee's biggest win is that 45-3 game in 1990. It also won 40-0 in 1944.
- Florida's biggest is 59-20 in Gainesville in 2007.
- Florida won 11 straight from 2005 to 2015. Tennessee ended it in Knoxville in 2016, coming back from 21-0 down to win 38-28.
- In 2017 Feleipe Franks threw a 63-yard Hail Mary to Tyrie Cleveland with nine seconds left, and Florida won 26-20.
- The only bowl meeting was the 1969 Gator Bowl, 14-13 Florida. Tennessee's coach that day, Doug Dickey, then took the Florida job and coached the Gators from 1970.
Every result
Newest first. A green edge means Florida won.
| Year | Result | Where | Florida margin | Florida coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tennessee 31, Florida 11 | Gainesville | -20 | Billy Gonzales (interim) |
| 2024 | Tennessee 23, Florida 17 Overtime | Knoxville | -6 | Billy Napier |
| 2023 | Florida 29, Tennessee 16 | Gainesville | +13 | Billy Napier |
| 2022 | Tennessee 38, Florida 33 | Knoxville | -5 | Billy Napier |
| 2021 | Florida 38, Tennessee 14 | Gainesville | +24 | Dan Mullen |
| 2020 | Florida 31, Tennessee 19 | Knoxville | +12 | Dan Mullen |
| 2019 | Florida 34, Tennessee 3 | Gainesville | +31 | Dan Mullen |
| 2018 | Florida 47, Tennessee 21 | Knoxville | +26 | Dan Mullen |
| 2017 | Florida 26, Tennessee 20 | Gainesville | +6 | Jim McElwain |
| 2016 | Tennessee 38, Florida 28 | Knoxville | -10 | Jim McElwain |
| 2015 | Florida 28, Tennessee 27 | Gainesville | +1 | Jim McElwain |
| 2014 | Florida 10, Tennessee 9 | Knoxville | +1 | Will Muschamp |
| 2013 | Florida 31, Tennessee 17 | Gainesville | +14 | Will Muschamp |
| 2012 | Florida 37, Tennessee 20 | Knoxville | +17 | Will Muschamp |
| 2011 | Florida 33, Tennessee 23 | Gainesville | +10 | Will Muschamp |
Show the other 40 games, back to 1916
| Year | Result | Where | Florida margin | Florida coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Florida 31, Tennessee 17 | Knoxville | +14 | Urban Meyer |
| 2009 | Florida 23, Tennessee 13 | Gainesville | +10 | Urban Meyer |
| 2008 | Florida 30, Tennessee 6 | Knoxville | +24 | Urban Meyer |
| 2007 | Florida 59, Tennessee 20 | Gainesville | +39 | Urban Meyer |
| 2006 | Florida 21, Tennessee 20 | Knoxville | +1 | Urban Meyer |
| 2005 | Florida 16, Tennessee 7 | Gainesville | +9 | Urban Meyer |
| 2004 | Tennessee 30, Florida 28 | Knoxville | -2 | Ron Zook |
| 2003 | Tennessee 24, Florida 10 | Gainesville | -14 | Ron Zook |
| 2002 | Florida 30, Tennessee 13 | Knoxville | +17 | Ron Zook |
| 2001 | Tennessee 34, Florida 32 Postponed from Sept. 15 after the Sept. 11 attacks; Winner was to represent the SEC East in the SEC Championship | Gainesville | -2 | Steve Spurrier |
| 2000 | Florida 27, Tennessee 23 | Knoxville | +4 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1999 | Florida 23, Tennessee 21 | Gainesville | +2 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1998 | Tennessee 20, Florida 17 Overtime | Knoxville | -3 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1997 | Florida 33, Tennessee 20 | Gainesville | +13 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1996 | Florida 35, Tennessee 29 | Knoxville | +6 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1995 | Florida 62, Tennessee 37 | Gainesville | +25 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1994 | Florida 31, Tennessee 0 | Knoxville | +31 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1993 | Florida 41, Tennessee 34 | Gainesville | +7 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1992 | Tennessee 31, Florida 14 | Knoxville | -17 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1991 | Florida 35, Tennessee 18 | Gainesville | +17 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1990 | Tennessee 45, Florida 3 | Knoxville | -42 | Steve Spurrier |
| 1985 | Florida 17, Tennessee 10 | Gainesville | +7 | Galen Hall |
| 1984 | Florida 43, Tennessee 30 | Knoxville | +13 | Galen Hall (interim) |
| 1977 | Florida 27, Tennessee 17 | Gainesville | +10 | Doug Dickey |
| 1976 | Florida 20, Tennessee 18 | Knoxville | +2 | Doug Dickey |
| 1971 | Tennessee 20, Florida 13 | Gainesville | -7 | Doug Dickey |
| 1970 | Tennessee 38, Florida 7 | Knoxville | -31 | Doug Dickey |
| 1969 | Florida 14, Tennessee 13 Gator Bowl (bowl game) | Jacksonville | +1 | Ray Graves |
| 1955 | Tennessee 20, Florida 0 | Gainesville | -20 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1954 | Florida 14, Tennessee 0 Florida's first win in the series | Knoxville | +14 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1953 | Tennessee 9, Florida 7 | Gainesville | -2 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1952 | Tennessee 26, Florida 12 | Knoxville | -14 | Bob Woodruff |
| 1944 | Tennessee 40, Florida 0 | Knoxville | -40 | Tom Lieb |
| 1940 | Tennessee 14, Florida 0 | Knoxville | -14 | Tom Lieb |
| 1933 | Tennessee 13, Florida 6 | Knoxville | -7 | Dennis K. Stanley |
| 1932 | Tennessee 32, Florida 13 | Jacksonville | -19 | Charlie Bachman |
| 1930 | Tennessee 13, Florida 6 | Jacksonville | -7 | Charlie Bachman |
| 1928 | Tennessee 13, Florida 12 | Knoxville | -1 | Charlie Bachman |
| 1921 | Tennessee 9, Florida 0 | Knoxville | -9 | William G. Kline |
| 1916 | Tennessee 24, Florida 0 First meeting | Tampa | -24 | C. J. McCoy |
Results from Wikipedia's Florida–Tennessee rivalry page, checked game by game against Winsipedia (Oct 26, 2026); the two agree on every score, date and site, and a season-page date conflict for 1930 was settled as December 6.
Sources
Results come from Wikipedia's rivalry page, checked game by game against Winsipedia; the two agree on every score, date and site. Florida's coach for each game is from Wikipedia's list of Florida coaches and the season pages, which is where Galen Hall's interim tag on the 1984 game comes from. The 2001 postponement is from the 2001 season page and the 2017 Hail Mary from the 2017 season page. The 2026 schedule and the every-other-year rotation are from Sports Illustrated's 2026 schedule story and its look at the next four SEC schedules. Spot an error? Tell us.