For many years, the SEC allowed schools to arrange their own conference schedules, which sometimes resulted in unusual or imbalanced conference slates that varied according to traditional opponents and the university's athletic budget. UT survived several close calls to complete their first perfect season (12–0) since 1938 and claimed their first national championship since 1951 with a 23–16 victory over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl[51]. Tennessee won that match up at a neutral site in Tampa, 24-0. But, in an era where plays were not yet reviewed, Florida escaped Neyland Stadium with the win and eventually won the SEC championship over Auburn later that season. Florida wide receiver Dallas Baker was caught slapping the face mask of Jonathan Wade. 6 when the No. The Vols entered ranked No. But though Florida beat Tennessee in 1997, upset losses to LSU and Georgia propelled Tennessee to their own SEC championship in Manning's senior year. Following Tennessee’s SEC title winning season in 1969, they were set to play Florida in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville in a rare conference bowl match up. The Volunteers have six national titles in their history, with the last being in 1998. The game began as a defensive struggle, with UT holding a slim 7–3 lead at the half. The Vols won at home, 13-12, although neither team would play for a Rose Bowl that season. Florida has held the advantage since then, especially since the schools became SEC East rivals in 1992.

However, both the Gators and Vols faded to losing records in 2017, and both programs dismissed their once-promising head coaches before the end of the season. Fittingly, the game's MVP was a defensive player – Florida linebacker Mike Kelley, who had an interception, a fumble recovery, a blocked punt recovered for a TD, a sack, and 17 tackles. [34], In the week before the 1991 game, media reports began circulating that former UT assistant coach Jack Sells, who had been fired before that season for his role in recruiting violations, had allegedly faxed UF defensive coordinator Ron Zook, himself a former Tennessee assistant, the Vols' offensive gameplan. After holding Florida, it was the Gators’ turn to try and even the score and force a second overtime.

For his part, Fulmer later admitted that the UT staff had copies of the Gators' offensive playbooks at the time. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Tennessee would not lose another game all season, finishing 11–1 after a Citrus Bowl victory over Ohio State. [64], Lane Kiffin replaced Phil Fulmer as Tennessee's new head coach before the 2009 season.

Yet another terrible loss to the Crimson Tide. At first, Zook denied receiving any information, but he soon clarified his statement and said that Sells had sent him a fax of "newspaper clippings" about the upcoming game.

Not so long ago, the Florida and Tennessee game was the one circled on every college football fan’s calendar. Interesting Rivalry Facts. Gaffney held the ball for a brief moment before it was quickly slapped away by Volunteers cornerback Willie Miles.

It was not to be. Tennessee came back from a 21-0 first half deficit in 2016 to beat the Gators and end Florida's series-long winning streak at 11 games, and Florida won in 2017 with a Hail Mary pass on the last play of the game. Three Gators – Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow – have won the Heisman. When it was UF's turn, placekicker Collins Cooper missed an answering 32-yard field goal attempt, giving UT a 20–17 win and inspiring the jubilant home fans to rush the turf of Neyland Stadium and tear down the goalposts. Due to the tragic events of 9/11 earlier that year, this would be the final game on the SEC slate, and it would feature the two best teams in the conference. The rivalry has sometimes served as the conference opener and is often the first significant test of the season for one or both of the teams. But the roots of this game go back further than just the last 27 years.

9 coming into the matchup with Johnny Majors' 3–0–2 and No. Lane Kiffin replaced Fulmer as Tennessee's coach in 2009.

3 in the final polls, with the AP Poll placing the Gators ahead and the Coaches' Poll reversing the order. They next faced off in the 1969 Gator Bowl. [33] The Gators fumbled on their next possession and would turn the ball over six times in the second half. The program's first win did not come until October 25, 1892, when they defeated Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, by a score of 25–0. The ruling on the field was a touchdown, and the Gators won 27-23. Florida began the next decade with a 27–23 victory in Knoxville in front of a national record crowd of 108,768 fans. Both Tampa and Jacksonville have hosted the rivalry game, but since 1969, the battles have taken place in either Knoxville or Gainesville. The winner would represent the SEC East and face LSU in the SEC Championship. 2 Florida in town, Martin and No. Some Florida players accused Tennessee of watering down the field, causing the muddy playing surface. He continued that trend throughout the game, totaling up 226 yards and a pair of touchdowns. My SEC Vibes column appears every Thursday and it’ll make your life better. For the third time in five seasons, the No. Tennessee finally brought back some of that intensity this game once had when they overcame a 21 point deficit to break the streak in Neyland last season, in the form of 38-28 win, thus proving that ducks can in fact pull a truck. The teams would not become regular opponents for decades, and the Gators would not earn its first victory over the Vols for nearly a quarter century. 2. UT fans, who denounced Dickey as a "traitor", eagerly anticipated the match-up and were not disappointed, as the Vols beat his new Florida squad 38–7 behind quarterback Bobby Scott's then-school record 385 passing yards.

From 50 yards out, Wilhoit hit the ball between the uprights, giving Tennessee the 30-28 victory. After a brief conference with the referee, the call was confirmed despite strident protests from the UT coaching staff and loud boos from the crowd. During the mid-1990s, the second highest ranked SEC squad was usually invited to play in the Citrus Bowl after the season.

[65], The game was a relatively uneventful 23–13 Florida win, but the coaches' verbal sparring continued in the post-game press conferences. [60] Florida was invited to the Orange Bowl, where they beat Maryland 56–23.[61]. “I want to finish what I started after not being able to play in the postseason,” Lewis said. Grossman took the snap, and like 2000, Gaffney was the target. However, they were invited to play in the 1969 Gator Bowl, setting up a rare all-SEC bowl matchup and the only time the squads have faced off outside of the regular season. 17), and the game was relegated to a noon kickoff on CBS. [55], But in 2001, despite the teams' identical records and much to the chagrin of the Vols, the Gators were 17-and-a-half point favorites at kickoff. During his last season as Florida's coach, Dickey hired a recently retired Florida alum to his first coaching job as the Gators' quarterback coach: Steve Spurrier.

[22][23][24] However, no wrongdoing was discovered and Dickey was the Gator head coach for 1970. Tennessee, SEC East Champs. Woodruff had played football at Tennessee, but he had been Dickey's head football coach at Florida and had also served as UF's athletic director immediately preceding Ray Graves.

The highlight of this period was a 1928 season-ending matchup between undefeated squads in Knoxville that the Volunteers won 13–12. 6 and the Gators No.

Ainge was able to get the Vols into field goal range with 13 seconds to go.

Fit To A Tee – September 19, 1998 – Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, TN) – Peyton Manning was gone, and in stepped Tee Martin to lead the Volunteers. Tennessee pulled away in the second half to win 24–10 for their second victory in Gainesville. That wouldn’t the last nail biter that Tennessee team would play in, but they did enough en route to an SEC and national championship to complement breaking the streak over Florida. Although Knoxville is nearby, he did not seriously consider attending UT because he was an excellent passer and the Vols ran a single-wing offense at the time which featured a running quarterback. The winner went to Atlanta to play LSU and if they could win in the Georgia Dome, they were going to play Miami for a national championship. Florida's starting QB under Bob Woodruff, originator of Tennessee's "Power T" helmets and checkerboard endzones, This page was last edited on 10 September 2020, at 05:44. Collins Cooper was the Florida kicker that would try to extend the game.

The Gators currently have a 10-game winning streak of their own, dating back to their 16-7 win in 2005. However, the 1969 Gator Bowl is much more memorable for the coaching changes and rumors of coaching changes that surrounded the contest. The extra point gave Florida a 27–23 victory. New coaches Dan Mullen of Florida and Jeremy Pruitt of Tennessee met in 2018 and 2019, both Gator victories. With six seconds left, placekicker James Wilhoit, who had missed wide right a game-tying extra point earlier in the quarter, earned redemption by hitting a 50-yard field goal, giving his team a 30–28 victory. Florida gained one first down, then were stopped on the subsequent third down play and began to send in the punt team with under a minute left in the game and the clock running.

However, an inability to finish drives led to a school record five field goals from kicker Alex Walls and a slim 23–20 lead. Like the game in Knoxville four years previously, the 2004 UF/UT contest on Tennessee's home field also ended in controversy involving an official's call.[62]. At his introductory press conference, Kiffin boldly predicted that he would "sing Rocky Top all night" in Gainesville after his team beat Florida the following September. There was once a time when Florida wouldn’t be anywhere near the likes of Alabama, Georgia Tech, or Georgia in terms of Tennessee’s most hated rivals.

In yet another link between the programs, Spurrier had been a star quarterback at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee during the early 1960s. Dickey resigned as Florida's coach after the 1978 season, ending a largely disappointing tenure at Florida and eventually returning to Knoxville in 1985 to become Tennessee's athletic director. Two coaches had voted the Gators out of their top ten, allowing the Vols to slip above them in the final rankings. Urban Meyer left Florida after the 2010 season, and while the program suffered through sub-par seasons under coach Will Muschamp (who was the Gators' coach from 2011 to 2014) their win streak over Tennessee continued during the first half of the decade.

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