The team with the biggest beef is UT. They have to play Florida and Alabama every year.
LSU has a legitimate complaint about having Florida as their permanent east opponent. Florida has a better program than UT and Florida owns UT. All this UT is better historically is ancient history. UT won the first 10 games in the UT-Florida series.
Since I graduated from UA in 1976 the Vols have beaten Florida 6 times. In the chart below, the game winner is in the middle column; the series score is in the last column on the right.
LSU has a legitimate complaint about having Florida as their permanent east opponent. Florida has a better program than UT and Florida owns UT. All this UT is better historically is ancient history. UT won the first 10 games in the UT-Florida series.
Since I graduated from UA in 1976 the Vols have beaten Florida 6 times. In the chart below, the game winner is in the middle column; the series score is in the last column on the right.
October 23, 1976 | Knoxville, TN | #11 Florida | Tennessee | 20–18 | UT 13-3 |
October 22, 1977 | Gainesville, FL | #19 Florida | Tennessee | 27–17 | UT 13-4 |
October 13, 1984 | Knoxville, TN | #18 Florida | Tennessee | 43–30 | UT 13-5 |
October 12, 1985 | Gainesville, FL | #7 Florida | #14 Tennessee | 17–10 | UT 13-6 |
October 13, 1990 | Knoxville, TN | #5 Tennessee | #9 Florida | 45–3 | UT 14-6 |
October 12, 1991 | Gainesville, FL | #10 Florida | #4 Tennessee | 35–18 | UT 14-7 |
September 19, 1992 | Knoxville, TN | #14 Tennessee | #4 Florida | 31–14 | UT 15-7 |
September 18, 1993 | Gainesville, FL | #9 Florida | #5 Tennessee | 41–34 | UT 15-8 |
September 17, 1994 | Knoxville, TN | #1 Florida | #15 Tennessee | 31–0 | UT 15-9 |
September 16, 1995 | Gainesville, FL | #4 Florida | #8 Tennessee | 62–37 | UT 15-10 |
September 21, 1996 | Knoxville, TN | #4 Florida | #2 Tennessee | 35–29 | UT 15-11 |
September 20, 1997 | Gainesville, FL | #1 Florida | #4 Tennessee | 33–20 | UT 15-12 |
September 19, 1998 | Knoxville, TN | #6 Tennessee | #2 Florida | 20–17 | UT 16-12 |
September 18, 1999 | Gainesville, FL | #4 Florida | #2 Tennessee | 23–21 | UT 16-13 |
September 16, 2000 | Knoxville, TN | #6 Florida | #11 Tennessee | 27–23 | UT 16-14 |
December 1, 2001 | Gainesville, FL | #5 Tennessee | #2 Florida | 34–32 | UT 17-14 |
September 21, 2002 | Knoxville, TN | #10 Florida | #4 Tennessee | 30–13 | UT 17-15 |
September 20, 2003 | Gainesville, FL | #12 Tennessee | #17 Florida | 24–10 | UT 18-15 |
September 18, 2004 | Knoxville, TN | #11 Tennessee | #13 Florida | 30–28 | UT 19-15 |
September 17, 2005 | Gainesville, FL | #6 Florida | #5 Tennessee | 16–7 | UT 19-16 |
September 16, 2006 | Knoxville, TN | #6 Florida | #17 Tennessee | 21–20 | UT 19-17 |
September 15, 2007 | Gainesville, FL | #3 Florida | #22 Tennessee | 59–20 | UT 19-18 |
September 20, 2008 | Knoxville, TN | #4 Florida | Tennessee | 30–6 | Tied 19-19 |
September 19, 2009 | Gainesville, FL | #1 Florida | Tennessee | 23–13 | UF 20-19 |
September 18, 2010 | Knoxville, TN | #10 Florida | Tennessee | 31–17 | UF 21-19 |
September 17, 2011 | Gainesville, FL | #16 Florida | Tennessee | 33–23 | UF 22-19 |
September 15, 2012 | Knoxville, TN | #18 Florida | #23 Tennessee | 37–20 | UF 23-19 |