GAINESVILLE, Fla
. – The 10-game Florida Football schedule for the 2020 season was unveiled by the Southeastern Conference Monday evening during special programming on the SEC Network.
The Gators' season opener – a Sept. 26 road trip to Ole Miss – was announced on the Paul Finebaum Show earlier in the day. Florida's home opener will be against South Carolina the following Saturday (Oct. 3).
This season will mark the first time since 1987 the Gators' opening game is on the road. Florida traveled to Miami that year.
2020 Florida Football Schedule
Week 1 (Sept. 26) – at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)
Week 2 (Oct. 3 ) – South Carolina (Gainesville, Fla.)
Week 3 (Oct. 10) – at Texas A&M (College Station, Texas)
Week 4 (Oct. 17) – LSU (Gainesville, Fla.)
Week 5 (Oct. 24) – Missouri (Gainesville, Fla.)
Week 6 (Oct. 31) – OPEN
Week 7 (Nov. 7) – vs. Georgia (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Week 8 (Nov. 14) – Arkansas (Gainesville, Fla.)
Week 9 (Nov. 21) – at Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.)
Week 10 (Nov. 28) – Kentucky (Gainesville, Fla.)
Week 11 (Dec. 5) – at Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
SEC Championship Game (Atlanta, Ga.) – Dec. 19
The Gators' season opener against Ole Miss marks their first trip to Oxford since 2007. Florida and Ole Miss last met in 2015, when the Gators won a 38-10 blowout over the No. 3-ranked Rebels in The Swamp. Florida trails Ole Miss in the series, 11-12-1. The Gators and Rebels last faced each other in a season-opening matchup back in 1989.
Florida welcomes South Carolina to The Swamp on Oct. 3 for the first home game of the conference-only slate, with the Gators eyeing a third consecutive win over the Gamecocks. Florida holds a 28-9-3 edge in the series against South Carolina. Last season, Florida defeated South Carolina, 38-27, in Columbia.
UF gets right back on the road and faces Texas A&M the following Saturday, Oct. 10. Florida has played Texas A&M four times in its history, and the two programs have only met twice since the Aggies joined the SEC. The two programs split those four meetings, with the last coming in The Swamp in 2017. The last matchup in College Station came in 2012, with the Gators earning a 20-17 victory.
Florida will host LSU (Oct. 17) and Missouri (Oct. 24) on consecutive weekends.
The last time LSU traveled to Gainesville, the Gators played in front of a raucous crowd of 90,283 and a national television audience on CBS. Florida came away with a 27-19 win, which was sealed with a fourth-quarter interception return touchdown. LSU leads the overall series, 34-29-3.
The Gators have faced Missouri annually since 2012, with Florida holding a 6-3 advantage in the series. Last season, Florida went to Columbia and returned home with a 23-6 win.
Following their lone open date, the Gators will once again face Georgia at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. The long-standing rivalry series between the two programs dates back to 1915, with Florida holding a 21-9 record in the series since 1990.
Florida will then return home for a Nov. 14 tilt with Arkansas. It will be the first game between the two programs since 2016, when the Gators traveled to Fayetteville. Florida has won nine of the 11 meetings in the series, including a 30-10 victory in 2013, the last time the two met in Gainesville.
The Gators make their first of two trips to the state of Tennessee when they travel to Nashville for a Nov. 21 game against Vanderbilt. Florida holds a massive edge in the series (41-20-2) and have won each its last six games against the Commodores. Prior to last year's 56-0 victory in The Swamp, Florida emerged from Nashville with a 37-27 win over Vanderbilt in 2018.
Florida closes out its home schedule Nov. 28 against Kentucky. The Gators have won 32 of the last 33 meetings and hold a 52-18 record in the series. Last season's game in Lexington saw redshirt senior quarterback
Kyle Trask lead the Gators to a 29-21 comeback victory over the Wildcats.
The final regular season matchup will pit Florida against SEC East Division rival Tennessee in Knoxville. The Gators have won 14 of the last 15 matchups in the series, as well as each of the last three. Florida's last trip to Neyland Stadium resulted in a 47-21 runaway victory. Last year, the Gators thumped Tennessee to the tune of 34-3 in The Swamp.
