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The Florida–Tennessee football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida and the Tennessee Volunteers football team of the University of Tennessee. The Gators and Vols first met on the gridiron in 1916, and have competed in the same conference since Florida and Tennessee joined the now-defunct Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1910 and 1895, respectively. However, a recognized rivalry did not develop until the early 1990s due to the infrequency of earlier meetings; in the first seventy-six years (1916–1991) of the series, the two teams played just twenty-one times. In 1992, when the Southeastern Conference (SEC) expanded to twelve universities and split into two divisions, Florida and Tennessee were both placed in the SEC's Eastern Division, and have met annually on the football field since then. The rivalry quickly blossomed in intensity and importance, as both squads were perennial SEC and national championship contenders throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. == Schedule == Florida and Tennessee's football teams first met in 1916, when both schools were members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. They each joined the Southern Conference in the 1920s, and were founding members of the Southeastern Conference in 1932. Despite these common affiliations, a true rivalry did not develop between the programs for a long time because they played so sparingly. Florida and Tennessee met infrequently for over half a century, often going many years without meeting on the gridiron. From 1916 to 1969, they played on a total of 13 occasions. The SEC became a 10-member league in the late-1960s, and a new scheduling formula had the teams play slightly more often, meeting seven times over the next 21 seasons. The SEC became a 12-member league in 1992 and split into two divisions. Both Florida and Tennessee were placed in the SEC's Eastern Division, and they have met annually ever since. Florida and Tennessee met on the third Saturday of September almost every year from 1992 to 2013, with the rivalry often serving as the first significant test of the season for both teams. (The lone exception during this period was 2001, when the game was postponed until December 1 due to the September 11th terrorist attacks.) The traditional scheduling was briefly discontinued in 2014, when the addition of two new members to the SEC temporarily scrambled the usual dates of many traditional conference rivalries and moved the Florida–Tennessee game to October. The game was moved back to its usual late-September date for 2015. 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–Tennessee football rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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