The two teams are next scheduled to meet September 20, 2025, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Florida required six home football games to maintain funding levels for its athletic department, so the school decided to fill out its three game non-conference schedule with two teams that did not require a home-and-home arrangement plus Florida State, ending the series with Miami.

[3][2] Upon being hired as Florida's head ball coach in 1990, Steve Spurrier mentioned at his introductory press conference that he wanted to resume the annual series with Miami, and the schools actually signed a contract to play again beginning in 1992.

[2] During his long tenure at Florida, former athletic director Jeremy Foley reiterated financial concerns as well as SEC expansion as reasons for not renewing the series on an annual basis, though he remained open to playing Miami in occasional neutral-site games.

[5][6] The Gators and Hurricanes have met on the gridiron eight times since the annual series ended, with Miami holding a 6–2 edge in those contests.

In response, Brandon Mitchell, president of the University of Miami's Category 5 spirit club, replied: "The War Canoe was intended for the yearly rivalry and .

Florida also holds a 4–3 record on neutral fields at Jacksonville (2), Tampa (1), New Orleans (1), Atlanta (1) and Orlando (2).

Miami won the last game between the two schools, 41-17 on August 32, 2024, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville.

Their behavior so incensed Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger, then in his second year, that he called a time out to tack on a 25-yard field goal on the game's final play in a 31–7 victory.

The Gators routed Miami 28–3 in Gainesville, to give the Canes their only loss during their 1983 national championship season.

[12] Florida entered the game as a rare road favorite in the Orange Bowl, over a young Canes team.

The Canes did not lose at home again until September 24, 1994 (38–20 to Washington), an NCAA record winning streak of 58 games.

Berlin, who committed to play for Steve Spurrier as part of Florida's recruiting class in 2000, transferred to Miami in the spring of 2002 after Ron Zook took over as head coach.

Berlin stumbled early on and threw two costly interceptions, and Florida capitalized to take a 33–10 lead by midway through the third quarter.

With 25 seconds left on the game clock, and leading 23–3, Florida kicked a fourth-down field goal to make it 26–3 rather than taking a knee and turning the ball over on downs.

Many Miami fans still accuse Meyer of kicking the field goal to allow the Gators to beat the 22-point spread.

In the post-game handshake, Miami's Randy Shannon barely touched his hand to Florida coach Urban Meyer without looking at him.

Florida threw a deep touchdown pass late in the game to try to score, only to be nullified by a Gators' holding penalty.

"Why don't we talk about the players that played a great, hard-nosed football game and quit measuring up to worrying about Florida.