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The Florida–Georgia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the University of Florida Gators and the University of Georgia Bulldogs. The game was first played in 1915, and has been played every season since 1926, with the sole exception of a war-time interruption in 1943. This match-up between Southeastern Conference opponents is one of the most prominent rivalry games in college football, and has been held in Jacksonville, Florida since 1933, with only two exceptions, making it one of the few remaining neutral-site rivalries. The game attracts huge crowds to Jacksonville, and the associated tailgating and other events earned it the nickname of the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party". == Series history == The two universities do not agree on when the rivalry began. The University of Georgia's athletic department counts a 1904 match its football squad played against a team from a school known as the University of Florida.〔''( 2011 Georgia Football Media Guide )'', University of Georgia Athletic Department, Athens, Georgia, pp. 157 & 158 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011.〕 The game was held in Macon, Georgia, and Georgia won 52–0.〔 However, this was not the modern University of Florida in Gainesville, but one of its four predecessor institutions: a school previously known as Florida Agricultural College, based in Lake City.〔Florida Agricultural College was founded as the state's land-grant college in 1884, and pursuant to an act of the Florida Legislature was known as the "University of Florida" from 1903 until it was abolished by the legislature's passage of the Buckman Act in 1905, which merged it and three other schools into the modern University of Florida. ''See'' Carl Van Ness & Kevin McCarthy, ''Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future: The University of Florida, 1853–2003,'' University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 6–10, 12–13 (2003).〕 Florida's University Athletic Association does not include this game in the series record,〔''( 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide )'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 116 & 126 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011.〕 as it occurred before the modern university was established by the Florida Legislature in 1905,〔Van Ness & McCarthy, ''Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future'', pp. 12–13.〕 and before the new entity fielded its first officially-recognized football team in 1906.〔 UGA sports historian Dan Magill sums up Georgia's attitude: "That's where Florida was back then. We can't help it if they got run out of (City )." The first game acknowledged by both schools was held in Jacksonville in 1915. The rivalry has been renewed annually since 1926, except for the 1943 season when Florida did not field a team due to World War II.〔"( The rivalry: Florida vs. Georgia )," CBS Sports (undated 2001). Retrieved August 20, 2011.〕 For most of its history, the game has been played at neutral sites. From 1916 to 1932, it was played at several sites in Georgia (Athens and Savannah), and Florida (Tampa, Gainesville, and Jacksonville).〔College Football Data Warehouse, (Florida vs. Georgia ). Retrieved August 19, 2011.〕 Every year since 1933, the game has been held in Jacksonville, except for 1994 and 1995, when the contest was held at the respective schools' campus stadiums due to the reconstruction of what is now EverBank Field for the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars expansion team.〔Stewart Verney, "( Money, not tradition keeps Florida–Georgia game in Jacksonville )," ''Jacksonville Business Journal'' (October 5, 2010). Retrieved August 20, 2011.〕 The stadium was not available for play in 1994 due to construction, so that year's game was played in Gainesville, FL. In 1995 the stadium was available (and was used by the Jacksonville Jaguars for their ten home games), but for fairness, the 1995 game was played in Athens, GA. The game has often had championship implications, with both teams competitive in the Southeastern Conference. Florida, which did not win the SEC title until 1991, had its hopes dashed several times by a loss to Georgia in Jacksonville. The game took on new importance when the SEC split into Eastern and Western Divisions in 1992, with both Florida and Georgia in the Eastern Division. As the two teams have frequently led the division, the game has often effectively determined who will represent the Eastern Division in the SEC Championship Game.〔 To date, Florida has ten Eastern Division titles while Georgia has five. While the two universities agree that Georgia leads the overall series, they disagree as to the overall series record due to the disputed 1904 game. As of the 2014 contest, Georgia leads with a 50–41–2 record by its reckoning,〔 and 49–41–2 by Florida's count.〔 Georgia dominated the series before 1951 and had a 15-5 record in the 1970s and 1980s. Florida compiled an 18-3 record against Georgia from 1990 to 2010.〔 The designated "home" team alternates from year to year,〔"(Games similar to Florida–Georgia )," ''Financial News & Daily Record'' (July 23, 2009). Retrieved August 20, 2011.〕 with ticket distribution split evenly between the fans of the two teams.〔Marc Weiszer, "( Florida–Georgia tickets not going up )," ''The Florida Times-Union'' (February 25, 2011). Retrieved August 20, 2011.〕 In past years, fans from Florida and Georgia were assigned seats grouped in alternating sections of the stadium, and the contrasting colors worn by the fans (red and black for Georgia, orange and blue for Florida) created a "beach ball" visual effect in the stands. Recently the seating arrangement has split the stadium lengthwise and fans sit on the side corresponding to the sideline their team occupies. Before the game, festivities and partying takes place at the Jacksonville Landing, a riverfront plaza facing the St. Johns River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florida–Georgia football rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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