Georgia-Tennessee history

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Georgia-Tennessee Greatest Games

The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
72/100
Overtime
2

Series context

Completed meetings
54
Series record
Georgia 30-22-2 Tennessee
Tracked years
1899-2025
Trophy
No named trophy

Series ranking

The rivalry's top 25 games

25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  1. 2002Week 8

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 13, Georgia 18

    Winner: Georgia

    No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Georgia · 5-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    66

    Game score

  2. 2004Week 7

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 19, Georgia 14

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 17 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Georgia · 5-point margin

    Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15

    62

    Game score

  3. 1999Week 7

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 20, Tennessee 37

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 10 Georgia vs. No. 6 Tennessee · 17-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  4. 1969Week 8

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 17, Georgia 3

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 16 Georgia · 14-point margin

    Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15

    54

    Game score

  5. 2001Week 7

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 26, Tennessee 24

    Winner: Georgia

    Unranked Georgia vs. No. 6 Tennessee · 2-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15

    53

    Game score

  6. 1998Week 7

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 22, Georgia 3

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Georgia · 19-point margin

    Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  7. 1989Week 6

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 14, Tennessee 17

    Winner: Tennessee

    Unranked Georgia vs. No. 6 Tennessee · 3-point margin

    Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    52

    Game score

  8. 1995Week 3

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 27, Tennessee 30

    Winner: Tennessee

    Unranked Georgia vs. No. 8 Tennessee · 3-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  9. 1992Week 3

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 34, Georgia 31

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 20 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Georgia · 3-point margin

    Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15

    50

    Game score

  10. 1980Week 2

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 16, Tennessee 15

    Winner: Georgia

    No. 12 Georgia vs. Unranked Tennessee · 1-point margin

    Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    48

    Game score

  11. 1988Week 2

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 17, Georgia 28

    Winner: Georgia

    No. 18 Tennessee vs. No. 12 Georgia · 11-point margin

    Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15

    46

    Game score

  12. 1996Week 8

    Tennessee at Georgia

    Tennessee 29, Georgia 17

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 7 Tennessee vs. Unranked Georgia · 12-point margin

    Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15

    42

    Game score

  13. 1973Week 10

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 35, Tennessee 31

    Winner: Georgia

    Unranked Georgia vs. No. 16 Tennessee · 4-point margin

    Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    41

    Game score

  14. 1997Week 8

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 13, Tennessee 38

    Winner: Tennessee

    No. 13 Georgia vs. No. 9 Tennessee · 25-point margin

    Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 10/35 · Overtime 0/15

    40

    Game score

  15. 2003Week 8

    Georgia at Tennessee

    Georgia 41, Tennessee 14

    Winner: Georgia

    No. 8 Georgia vs. No. 13 Tennessee · 27-point margin

    Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 8/35 · Overtime 0/15

    39

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.