Georgia football has a chance of ending 2021 with a bang as they take on Michigan football in the 2021 Orange Bowl. This game also serves as a College Football Playoff semifinal, with the winner advancing to the National Championship in Indianapolis.
Georgia comes into this game with a 12-1 record and looking to overcome a humiliating loss in the SEC Championship game against Alabama.
They return to the CFP after their last appearance ended in a Tua Tagovailoa touchdown pass back in 2018. The Wolverines are making their first-ever CFP appearance after winning the Big 10 title for the first time since 2004.
The Bulldogs and Wolverines have not played each other since 1965. They have played twice, both times in Ann Arbor, and they have one win each.
Georgia football will get to play in one of college football’s most iconic bowl games on New Year’s Eve, and the stakes could not be higher.
If you like blue-blood college football teams, this is the game for you. Michigan has the most all-time wins in college football history, and Georgia will be in the top 10 in that category by next season. Both are also near the top 10 in bowl game appearances.
This meeting will be each team’s fourth-ever appearance in the Orange Bowl, which was first played on January 1, 1935. Since then, it has been held annually, serving as one of college football’s premier bowl games.
Let’s turn back the clock and re-visit Georgia’s three previous trips to the Orange Bowl as we get set for the showdown next Friday night.