Florida vs. Georgia Football Game

Something more than football victory is at stake when the Florida Gators meet the University of Georgia Bulldogs in late-October at Jacksonville EverBank Stadium. The annual slug fest, dubbed “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party,” is a battle of tailgating skills in addition to a historically bitter football rivalry.

The teams first met in 1915, and the game has rotated sites occasionally over the years, but is most frequently played in Jacksonville, a near-neutral site between the two schools.

The rivalry is fairly close over the years, with the Gators having taken 39 games to the Bulldogs 46 and counting. Fans of both teams have their attention divided between the actual gridiron action and the pregame festivities.

For the immediate future the game will be continue to be played at Jacksonville Municipal. With a capacity of more than 76,000, the stadium is on the banks of the Saint John River – a perfect place for a cocktail party.