Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

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    • Annual game between the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs
    • Played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
    • Usually played the last Saturday in October
    • First played: 1915College Football Data Warehouse: Florida vs Georgia
    • Overall record: Georgia 46, Florida 37, plus two tiesCollege Football Data Warehouse: Florida vs Georgia
    • 2008 meeting: Florida 49 - Georgia 10
  • The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is the nickname for the annual college football rivalry game between the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs. The game is played at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, generally in late October each year.

    The Florida Gators defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 41 to 17 in the 2009 meeting on October 31. Gators quarterback Tim Tebow also broke Hershel Walker's SEC record for the most career rushing touchdowns, as well as the most rushing yards in a career for a SEC quarterback.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4611764

  • Naming and Controversy

    The term was coined in the 1950s by former Florida sports editor Bill Kastelz. He reportedly witnessed an intoxicated fan offering a cocktail to a uniformed police officer outside of the stadium and used the phrase Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party later to describe the game.WashingtonPost.com: Shhhh! Don't Call It a Cocktail Party

    In 2006, the Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive wrote a letter to television stations, including CBS and ESPN, asking them not to refer to the game as the Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Silve reportedly sought to return the focus to the game and away from excessive use of alcohol. The networks agreed, but thousands of fans still congregate outside the stadium each year to enjoy cocktails and watch the game.WashingtonPost.com: Shhhh! Don't Call It a Cocktail Party

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