Two years ago, the Texas Longhorns joined the SEC, alongside the Oklahoma Sooners, and almost immediately, the Horns were flying toward the top of the conference.
Appearing in the SEC Championship game during their first season in the conference and nearing an undefeated SEC schedule in year two, Texas has made its presence known in the most dominant college football conference in the country.
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However, the Horns and head coach Steve Sarkisian have faced one major speed bump since joining the SEC and even in the few years leading up to the move: Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs.
Texas and Georgia is quickly becoming a conference rivalry
- Nov. 15, 2025 - 10-35 Georgia win
- Dec. 7, 2024 - 19-22 Georgia win (SEC Championship)
- Oct. 19, 2024 - 30-15 Georgia win
- Jan. 1, 2019 - 28-21 Texas win (Sugar Bowl)
- Jan. 2, 1984 - 9-10 Georgia win (Cotton Bowl)
- Sept. 20, 1958 - 13-8 Texas win
- Sept. 21, 1957 - 26-7 Texas win
- Jan. 1, 1948 - 41-28 Texas win (Orange Bowl)
The two powerhouse programs have met on the football field on eight occasions since 1949. Since the Longhorns joined the Bulldogs' conference in 2024, they have faced off three times.
Since joining the SEC, Sarkisian and the Horns have failed time and time (and time) again to find answers to the questions that Smart and the Dawgs pose. However, it wasn't always a one-sided affair. In fact, the series history is perfectly split, with both Texas and Georgia boasting four wins over the other.
At the end of the 1948 season, the Horns and the Dawgs met in the Orange Bowl, and Texas walked away with a dominant 41-28 victory. Then, in 1957 and 1958, the pair played a "home-and-away" series, in which the Longhorns secured two more wins over the Bulldogs.
Wrapping up the 1983 season, Texas and Georgia played in the Cotton Bowl, and the Dawgs secured their first-ever victory over the Longhorns, earning a 10-9 win.
It wasn't until January 1, 2019, that the two would meet again, and many of you already know what happened. After Bevo charged UGA, the Horns secured a 28-21 win over the Bulldogs, and Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger (in)famously said, "We're baaaaaaack!"
After that Sugar Bowl win for Ehlinger and the Longhorns, the drought began for Texas, with Georgia winning both meetings in the 2024 season, including the SEC Championship win for the Bulldogs, as well as the regular-season meeting in 2025.
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Over the last 80 years, there hasn't been any consistent back-and-forth between the two teams when it comes to which team walked away victorious.
However, as Sarkisian continues to recruit powerhouse rosters and builds Texas back into a National Championship-contending program, that back-and-forth should come to the forefront.
The Longhorns and the Bulldogs already don't like each other, but so far, Georgia has looked and felt pretty untouchable for Texas. This season, the rivalry could finally be cemented if the pair end up in the SEC Championship game again, and the Horns walk away with the conference title instead of the Dawgs.
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