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University of Georgia | |
First season | 1892 |
Bowl record | 38-21-3 (.637) |
NY6 appearances | 10 |
NY6 bowl record | 8–2 (.857) |
CFP appearances | 3 (2017, 2021, 2022) |
CFP record | 5-1 (.833) |
First bowl appearance | 1942 Orange Bowl |
Last bowl appearance | 2023 Orange Bowl |
Longest win streak | 7 (2020–Current) |
Longest losing streak | 4 (1974-1978) |
Most bowl appearances | 11 (Sugar Bowl) |
The Georgia Bulldogs football team competes on behalf of the University of Georgia in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision in the Southeastern Conference. Although not participating in its first bowl game until 1942, the Bulldogs are second in the number of bowl appearances (62) and second in the number of bowl victories (38), as of the 2023 season. [1]
In the calendar year 2023, the Bulldogs broke the record for the biggest bowl margin of victory twice. On January 9, 2023, Georgia beat TCU by a score of 65-7, taking the record from LSU, Army and Tulsa who each had 56 point victories in bowl games. [2] Topping their own record 355 days later on December 30, 2023, Georgia defeated FSU by a margin of 60 points (63-3) in the Orange Bowl. [3]
As of 2024, Georgia holds the longest active bowl appearance streak at 27 seasons and is tied with Virginia Tech at fourth place in the all-time longest bowl appearance streak. [4]
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Bowl | Record | Appearances | Last | Winning % |
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Duke's Mayo Bowl (played game under Belk Bowl title) | 1–0 | 1 | 2014 season | 1.000 |
Bluebonnet Bowl (defunct) | 0–1 | 1 | 1978 season | .000 |
Citrus Bowl (played game under Tangerine Bowl, Citrus Bowl, and Capital One Bowl titles) | 4–1–1 | 6 | 2012 season | .750 |
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | 5–2 | 7 | 2022 season | .714 |
Cotton Bowl Classic | 2–1 | 3 | 1983 season | .667 |
Independence Bowl | 2–0 | 2 | 2009 season | 1.000 |
Liberty Bowl | 2–2 | 4 | 2016 season | .500 |
Music City Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2001 season | .000 |
Oahu Bowl (defunct) | 1–0 | 1 | 2000 season | 1.000 |
Oil Bowl (defunct) | 1–0 | 1 | 1945 season | 1.000 |
Outback Bowl (played games under Hall of Fame Bowl and Outback Bowl titles) | 3–2 | 5 | 2011 season | .600 |
Orange Bowl | 4–1 | 5 | 2023 season | .800 |
Presidential Cup Bowl (defunct) | 0–1 | 1 | 1950 season | .000 |
Rose Bowl | 2–0 | 2 | 2017 season | 1.000 |
Sugar Bowl | 5–6 | 11 | 2019 season | .455 |
Sun Bowl | 1–1–1 | 3 | 1985 season | .500 |
Gator Bowl (played games under Gator Bowl and Taxslayer Bowl titles) | 3–1–1 | 5 | 2015 season | .700 |
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 led by Georgia 29–23–2. Both teams are founding members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Georgia and Tennessee are the second (867) and third (855) winningest football programs in SEC history, behind only Alabama. The rivalry has never been contested anyplace besides Knoxville, Tennessee or Athens, Georgia, and alternates between the two respective campuses. Games in odd-numbered years are played in Knoxville, and even-numbered years in Athens.
The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game that was played on January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The ninth College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2022 season. It was the final game of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP) and, aside from any all-star games following after, was the culminating game of the 2022–23 bowl season. The game began at approximately 4:45 p.m. PST and was televised by ESPN.