Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry

Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry
First meetingNovember 3, 1894
Georgia, 40–0
Latest meetingSeptember 16, 2023
Georgia, 24–14
Statistics
Meetings total76
All-time seriesGeorgia leads 55–19–2
Largest victoryGeorgia, 48–7 (2022)
Longest win streakGeorgia, 10 (1908–1941, 1966–1977)
Current win streakGeorgia, 4 (2020–present)
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South Carolina
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Locations of Georgia and South Carolina

The Georgia–South Carolina football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Bulldogs and South Carolina Gamecocks. The series started in 1894 and was played intermittently over the next several decades. The series then became much more frequent, being played almost every year from 1958 to 1989. After the Gamecocks joined the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the rivalry was played annually from 1992 to 2023. As a result of SEC expansion, it ceased to be an annual matchup in 2024, although there is speculation that the two could become permanent annual rivals again if the SEC moves to a nine-game conference schedule. Georgia leads the series 55–19–2.

Both of these SEC members coincidentally are flagship universities of their respective state systems, and are classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a Research I university, the same designation as their sibling science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools from the ACC — with which they also have intense rivalries: Georgia's Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate rivalry with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and South Carolina's Palmetto Bowl game against the Clemson Tigers.

It has been described as South Carolina's "only true rivalry game" in the SEC, as well as a game that "may not have always had national significance, but always mattered in the South". Although Georgia and South Carolina no longer play annually, the two programs remain rivals in recruiting, often pursuing many of the same players.