The Florida-Georgia Game in Jacksonville

No, the 2026 game leaves Jacksonville: Georgia and Florida play on Saturday, October 31, 2026 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC (City of Jacksonville game site).

The move is temporary and tied to construction at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville. The City of Jacksonville's own game site now leads with the Atlanta date, and its FAQ notes that the Atlanta game may be listed as the Invesco QQQ Atlanta Gridiron Classic, with tickets sold through Ticketmaster (City of Jacksonville FAQ). The Jacksonville Office of Sports and Entertainment does not sell tickets or parking passes for the Atlanta game. Because 2026 is an even year, Georgia is the home team.

For a Jacksonville fan making the trip, the stadium lists gates opening at 2:00 PM for the 3:30 PM start and more than 20,000 parking spots within a 20-minute walk of the stadium, and its bag rule allows clear bags no larger than 12 by 6 by 12 inches (Mercedes-Benz Stadium).

The game returns to Jacksonville for the 2028 through 2031 seasons, after a 2027 stop in Tampa, under the agreement the two universities and the City of Jacksonville announced on November 1, 2024 (City of Jacksonville).

The return is tied to the Stadium of the Future, the partnership between the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars to rebuild EverBank Stadium, which the city's game FAQ says is scheduled to be complete in August 2028 (City of Jacksonville). The city adds that the Jaguars will play at home for the 2026/27 NFL season, keeping as many games as possible in Jacksonville. UF Athletics says the 2027 game in Tampa will be the first Florida-Georgia meeting there since 1919, which was just the third meeting between the teams (UF Athletics).

The city's release describes the deal as terms to play the annual game in Jacksonville another four years (City of Jacksonville). One practical casualty of the construction years in Jacksonville is RV City, which the city says will not take place in 2026 or 2027 (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

Jacksonville has hosted the game every year since 1933 except 1994 and 1995, when Jacksonville Municipal Stadium was being built to accommodate the Jacksonville Jaguars and the schools traded home games for two years (City of Jacksonville history).

The rivalry's ties to Jacksonville predate the 1933 arrangement. The City of Jacksonville's history page dates the first game both schools recognize to 1915 in Jacksonville, a 37-0 Georgia win, while an earlier 1904 meeting in Macon is not counted by Florida because its team then came from the Florida Agricultural College at Lake City (City of Jacksonville history). Georgia Athletics counts the 1904 game and listed the all-time series at 57-44-2 in Georgia's favor entering the 2025 meeting (Georgia Athletics).

With 1994 and 1995 the only exceptions since 1933 on the city's history page, the 2026 and 2027 relocations are the second time stadium work has moved the game out of Jacksonville. In the first, Florida won 54-14 in Gainesville on October 29, 1994 and won again in Athens on October 28, 1995, and the series returned to Jacksonville on November 2, 1996 (City of Jacksonville results). The city's own pages differ on the 1995 score: the results table lists Florida 57-17, while the history timeline gives 52-17 (City of Jacksonville history).

Georgia has won eight of the last ten games played in Jacksonville, including the last five, from 2021 through the 24-20 game on November 1, 2025 (City of Jacksonville results).

Florida's last win in Jacksonville was the 44-28 game on November 7, 2020 (City of Jacksonville). Across the ten Jacksonville games in the table, the date never fell earlier than October 27 or later than November 7, and the 2026 Atlanta date of October 31 falls inside that range.

EverBank Stadium, a city-owned stadium, is being transformed into the Stadium of the Future through a partnership between the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars, with construction scheduled to be complete in August 2028 (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The city says transforming and enhancing the existing Jacksonville structure is the most sustainable and environmentally friendly way to give the Jaguars, the Florida-Georgia game and the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl a home with a state-of-the-art fan experience, and that it will also help attract events such as soccer games and concerts. Fans can watch the progress when attending Jaguars games during the NFL season, and the city calls the project one that belongs to everyone (City of Jacksonville).

In announcing the 2028 to 2031 agreement, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan described the Stadium of the Future as a world-class stadium that meets NFL standards. The city said the agreement will meet the financial and operational needs of the schools, bring tens of thousands of fans and millions in economic development to Jacksonville, and provide the opportunity for the game to be profitable for the city, and it thanked ASM Global, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) as partners in producing the event (City of Jacksonville).

At EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, the city's game FAQ, written for the 2024 game, lists a 3:30 p.m. kickoff with gates opening at 1:30 p.m. (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The same FAQ says all ASM managed stadium lots in Jacksonville, including accessible spots, are sold in advance.

The city's FAQ seats the home team on the west side of EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville: with Georgia as the home team, the Bulldogs are on the west side and the visiting Gators on the east side (City of Jacksonville).

Accessible seating in Jacksonville was handled through the EverBank Stadium ticket office at (904) 633-2000, which also answered questions about accessible parking (City of Jacksonville). Fans passed through walk-through magnetometers carrying a clear bag and then scanned mobile tickets at self-scan kiosks. Fans could store prohibited items in the Atlantic Self Storage Fan Lockers, and items could not be checked at the gates (City of Jacksonville).

Around the stadium, the city ran Information and First Aid Zones presented by Florida Blue for residents, students and visitors in downtown Jacksonville, open from noon until 30 minutes after the game, at spots including Lot P by the Veterans Memorial Wall at 1145 E Adams Street, the Babe Ruth Statue at Georgia and Duval streets, a corner across from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, and Lot E outside RV City at Talleyrand and Gator Bowl Boulevard (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

Those Jacksonville details come from FAQ answers written for the 2024 game, not for 2028. The ticket, RV City waitlist and home-team answers in that part of the city's FAQ still refer to the 2024 game, so the rules for the rebuilt stadium will need checking when the game returns (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The City of Jacksonville Office of Sports and Entertainment keeps running the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame, and its 2026 induction ceremony and luncheon takes place Friday, October 30 at noon at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta (City of Jacksonville Hall of Fame).

The Jacksonville office created the Hall of Fame to recognize records, performances and memories from the series, and its 2026 class names four former players: Andre Hastings and Brandon Boykin of Georgia and Emmitt Smith and Maurkice Pouncey of Florida (City of Jacksonville). The game website is published by the City of Jacksonville Office of Sports and Entertainment, which is reached at 214 North Hogan Street, 4th Floor, Jacksonville, FL 32202, phone (904) 255-5422 (City of Jacksonville game site).

Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the City of Jacksonville Georgia-Florida game website.