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ATHENS - UGA Football’s huge matchup with the Alabama Crimson Tide will be a night game on ABC.
Kirby Smart’s Dawgs will host the Tide Between the Hedges for the first time in his tenure as UGA football coach. The two programs have combined to win four national titles since Kirby took over as the Dawgs head coach ten seasons ago.
Last year’s 41-34 Alabama win was an instant classic. The No. 2 Bulldogs fell on the final play of the game as No. 3 Alabama intercepted a Carson Beck pass in the end zone intended for Colbie Young.
Georgia went on to win the SEC Championship and play in the College Football Playoff. Alabama missed the CFP for the second time in two years. The game will be one of the biggest of the 2025 season.
Alabama kicks off 2025 traveling to Florida State before hosting the Big Ten’s Wisconsin two weeks later. Georgia’s main test before the Tide rolls into town is a trip to Neyland Stadium to play the Tennessee Vols the afternoon of September 13th. Both programs have an off week scheduled before the mammoth showdown Between the Hedges.
Alabama has not visited Athens since 2015. The two programs have played significant games multiple times recently. Alabama beat Georgia 26-23 for the 2017 national championship. A season later the Tide beat Georgia for the 2018 SEC championship. In 2021, Alabama knocked Georgia off again for the SEC title. But five weeks later Kelee Ringo and the Bulldogs beat Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide for the national title 33-18. Alabama upset the Dawgs to win the SEC in 2023.
Georgia enters the 2025 season with high expectations once more. Kirby’s tenth season in Athens features seven home games - and neutral-site showdowns with two of the program’s major rivals. UGA football will face the Gators in Jacksonville once again, but add a Black Friday fight with Tech at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Both of those games are scheduled for 3:30 kickoffs on ABC.
The Bulldogs have two massive home games in 2025. Georgia will host Alabama on September 27. The two programs have combined to win five national titles since Alabama last visited Athens in 2015. Texas makes its first appearance in Athens in program history. The two programs met in the 2024 SEC Championship Game in December. The Bulldogs beat Texas in overtime to win Georgia’s 15th SEC title - second most all time.
Kirby’s Dawgs look get back to the College Football Playoff in 2025. The Bulldogs fell to Notre Dame in January at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The loss concluded the Dawgs’ 11-3 season in 2024. As of late May 2025, UGA is considered one of the favorites to win the national title according to BET MGM (Ohio State, +500 | Texas +500 | UGA +650 | Penn State +750 | Oregon +800).