New bobblehead celebrates Georgia-Florida rivalry ahead of Jacksonville showdown

MILWAUKEE — Just in time for one of college football’s most storied rivalries, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a new collectible honoring the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs ahead of Saturday’s annual clash in Jacksonville.

The officially licensed, limited-edition bobblehead features Florida’s mascot, Albert, and Georgia’s Hairy Dawg standing side-by-side on a football field base that reads “GATORS” in one end zone and “BULLDOGS” in the other. Both mascots are dressed in their school colors, flashing the No. 1 sign and holding a football marked with their team’s logo.

The bobbleheads are now available exclusively in the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Online Store at this link.

Each bobblehead will be individually numbered to 2,025 and is available exclusively through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum for $50, plus a flat-rate shipping fee of $8 per order. The pieces are expected to ship in April 2025.

“We’re excited to unveil this bobblehead commemorating the Florida vs. Georgia Football Rivalry ahead of Saturday’s game in Jacksonville,” said Phil Sklar, co-founder and CEO of the museum. “This bobblehead will be the perfect way for Florida and Georgia fans, alumni, students, faculty, and staff to show off their school pride.”

The release coincides with the renewal of the annual rivalry game, which has been played in Jacksonville for nearly a century. The matchup will shift to Atlanta in 2026 and Tampa in 2027 before returning to Jacksonville from 2028 through 2031.

The schools even disagree on when the rivalry began — Georgia lists the first meeting as 1904, while Florida claims 1915, noting that the 1904 game was played by a predecessor institution. Regardless, the Bulldogs hold a narrow edge in the all-time series, 56-44-2 by Georgia’s count (57-44-2 by Florida’s).

Since 1933, the matchup has become one of the few remaining neutral-site games in college football, drawing tens of thousands to Jacksonville each fall for what’s often called “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.”

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, located in Milwaukee, opened to the public in 2019 and continues to produce officially licensed, high-quality collectibles celebrating sports and pop culture traditions.