Georgia’s annual game against Georgia Tech will be played a day earlier this year, UGA announced Thursday afternoon. The game will take place Nov. 29, the day after Thanksgiving, and will be televised by ABC at 7:30 p.m.
This year’s game between Tech and Georgia will be played in Athens.
ESPN announced all game times for the first three weeks of the college football season Thursday. Georgia already knows its game times and television networks for its games against Clemson, Kentucky, Alabama and Florida. It also learned Friday that its game against Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7 will begin at 2 p.m. and will be livestreamed on ESPN-Plus and SEC Network-Plus.
Georgia defeated Georgia Tech 31-23 last season at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Georgia has won six consecutive games against the Yellow Jackets, with Tech’s last win against Georgia coming in 2016. That was Kirby Smart’s first year in Athens.
Tech will be entering its second season under Brent Key as the head coach. The Yellow Jackets went 7-6 last season.
The game against Tennessee Tech will be Georgia’s only home game in the month of September. Georgia opens the season against Clemson on Aug. 31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with ABC televising the game at noon.
Tennessee Tech is Georgia’s only FCS foe on the 2024 schedule. The Bulldogs will play 10 games against Power Four opponents. In addition to Georgia’s game against Clemson, the Bulldogs’ other non-conference games are against Massachusetts and Georgia Tech.
While the game against Tennessee Tech is far from a marquee matchup, it does serve a purpose for the Bulldogs. The game, should it devolve into a blowout as things usually do when Georgia plays an FCS school, would give Georgia a chance to play many of its backups and younger players.
The game represents a chance to see what backup quarterbacks Gunner Stockton, Jaden Rashada and Ryan Puglisi could do, as well as showcase some of the new recruits from Georgia’s No. 1 ranked signing class.
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