It’s the most wonderful time of the year – according to many SEC fans, anyway! And if you are one of those fans, you are probably hoping for some tasty game day foods for your SEC tailgates and parties. Luckily, I’ve joined up with some amazing food bloggers to bring you the best SEC tailgating foods for every team in the SEC. Try a few of these recipes for this season’s collegiate tailgating parties! We’ve broken down the football foods by SEC team as well as a general list of great football foods. Of course, these foods are also perfect for SEC basketball game day foods, baseball game day foods, or any of your other favorite SEC sports teams!
So which SEC football team are you scanning for on this list? Woo Pig Sooie! In my house, we call those hogs, of course…but no judgement here!
Whether you are planning menu options for LSU tailgating, Ole Miss tailgating, Georgia tailgating, Kentucky tailgating, or any other SEC collegiate tailgating, this post is for you!
We have a host of game day recipes – dips and spreads, sliders, sandwiches, chili dogs, corn dogs, air fryer recipes, etc. Surely, there is something for you on this list. The list is broken down by SEC team food suggestions and then there is a more general list, too. However, pretty much any recipe on the list could be used for any team tailgating party. These are simply suggestions by color, state or region, and even mascot (in a few cases).
These SEC football foods will elevate your next football party. Or add them to your SEC basketball party ideas. For some, the best part about a football tailgate party is the game day food! We have air fryer recipes like air fryer corn dogs, air fryer wings, bacon wrapped little smokies recipes, crockpot meatballs, muffuletta dip, jambalaya, stuffed peppers, ham sliders, fried boudin balls, and more!
Of course, there are two camps – those that think it is okay to eat foods made of your mascot (pork sandwiches for the Arkansas Razorbacks, for example) and those who do not think it is okay. Which camp are you when it comes to basketball game foods or football foods?
If you are searching for the best SEC tailgating foods, you are likely interested in collegiate tailgating festivities, no? Or at least some in-house game day festivities for an SEC basketball watch party? Be sure to check out my game day quotes for fun game day letter boards! Actually, most of the quotes featured in that post are for any games – NFL, Little League, youth sports, SEC, etc.
The Best SEC Tailgating Foods - Party Foods by Team
Find the best foods for your SEC tailgate party! We have football recipes to represent every SEC team in the conference! No matter which team you are rooting for, hopefully you can find some fun SEC food to serve!
Georgia Bulldogs Food
Serve this fun UGA tailgate food at your tailgate gathering. Veteran tailgaters enjoy boiled peanuts and even pimento cheese (dip and sandwich spread). Don't forget the chili dawgs! For a color theme, keep it red and black as much as possible! And don't forget the peach dishes! After all, Georgia is the Peach State!
These air fryer corn dogs would be great to serve while rooting on the Georgia Bulldogs!
Pimento cheese is a popular spread in Georgia where most pimento is produced. It makes it the perfect game day appetizer for a Georgia Bulldogs game.
Serve this fresh peach salsa (peach pico de gallo) from Winding Creek Ranch with some tortilla chips for a fresh but easy tailgate snack!
Kentucky Wildcats Food
Kentucky hot brown sliders, Kentucky hot brown dip, bourbon adult beverages are just a few of the fun options for Kentucky Wildcats food. Don't forget you can also go with a blue and white food theme! Anything with cat paw prints is festive too.
Make this smoked salmon cheese ball for the Kentucky Wildcats!
This beer cheese dip from In the Kitch will play nicely into your Kentucky Wildcats tailgate party! After all, Kentucky does offer the Beer Cheese Festival in Winchester every June! Serve this dip with saltine crackers or celery sticks.
Tennessee Volunteers Food
Some Tennessee Volunteers food ideas include recipes with country ham, Jack Daniels drinks, and Memphis style barbecue. Don't forget all foods orange and the moon pies!
To celebrate the Tennessee Volunteers, the Alma mater of Rachel from Craving Some Creativity, try her shredded chicken nachos. She speaks of the love of layered and smothered foods in this state.
If you are hosting or attending a football party at home, look no further than this chili Texas cheese fries recipe - which can be served up individually or assembled sheet pan style.
The great thing about this ham salad is the versatility. At your next Tennessee football party, serve this ham salad as a dip, as a sandwich base or as a spread for crackers.
Vanderbilt Commodores Food
For Vanderbilt football food, you will want to include color themes of black and gold. Again, you can't go wrong with Jack Daniels, ham recipes, sweet tea, and baked beans.
Hot Ham and Cheese Pinwheels | Ham and Cheese Roll-Up Appetizers
These hot ham and cheese pinwheels from Bless This Mess will go fast at your Vanderbilt football tailgate party!
These easy baked beans will feed a crowd at our Vanderbilt tailgate party!
Who doesn't like ham sliders? This recipe from Amanda's Cookin' will be perfect for your Vanderbilt tailgate party.
Florida Gators Food
Wow your fellow party guests or tailgating friends with these fun ideas for Florida Gators food. Blue and orange colored food make for a festive Florida Gators theme.
Erica from Erica's Recipes suggests her shrimp stuffed jalapenos as a University of Florida tailgate food.
Did you know Florida produces one of the largest crops of radishes in the United States? This makes this recipe for cream cheese crackers with radishes fitting for a Florida Gators tailgate or football party!
The air fryer will be your best friend during a Florida Gators party food! Aubry from Aubry's Kitchen enjoys making these air fryer frozen chicken wings.
Missouri Tigers Food
Foods with a black and gold color theme and general game day foods will be right on target for your Missouri Tigers tailgates!
Imagine the delight of your tailgate attendees when they get the best of both worlds with these golden colored buffalo chicken jalapeno poppers!
Grits and Gouda offers a perfect golden party food with these bacon-wrapped cheesy tator tots - a great touch to a Missouri Tigers football party!
South Carolina Gamecocks Food
Complement the love of barbecue in South Carolina with barbecue style appetizers and sides. The color theme is garnet red and black if you wish to play up a color theme.
For a South Carolina Gamecocks tailgate, it couldn't get much easier than Crockpot BBQ meatballs!
This easy sour cream dip brings a hint of barbecue flavor for a fun barbecue themed appetizer for a South Carolina Gamecocks tailgate.
Air Fryer Everything suggests these easy air fryer curly fries as a party snack for a South Carolina Gamecocks game.
This slow cooker barbecue pork sandwich recipe couldn't make South Carolina Gamecocks party any easier!
Alabama Crimson Tide Food
Crimson red and white will bring delight when it comes to your Alabama Crimson Tide football party!
Also, some Alabama friends say Conecuh sausage recipes are popular for their Crimson Tide tailgate parties. What is Conecuh sausage? It is sausage made right in Conecuh County in Alabama. It is often served in gumbo, jambalaya, and other Cajun style dishes.
These red velvet cookies will make the perfect red and white dessert for a Crimson Tide tailgate!
These meatball slider crackers will play up the red and white theme of an Alabama Crimson Tide party.
Expedite your kitchen prep with this Instant Pot chicken and sausage jambalaya. Bonus points if you use Conecuh sausage for an Auburn tailgate!
Arkansas Razorbacks Food
Red and white! Red and white! Stick to that color theme and any fun dishes with pork to nibble on while you call those Hogs!
These air fryer pizza rolls turn a freezer staple into a a quick and easy Razorback party food! Get the pepperoni pizza rolls, of course!
Here at The Gifted Gabber, we like to go retro when supporting our Hogs! These pork appetizers on rye bread are hearty and filling and are a fun Arkansas Hogs tailgate food!
Mississippi Rebels Food
Colors of cardinal red and navy blue would be festive on an Ole' Miss tailgate party table. By the way, I hear from close sources that Ole Miss offers one of the coolest tailgate experiences in the country.
What football tailgate is complete without Little Smokies? At your Ole Miss tailgate, turn on that slow cooker and enjoy your football game with this recipe from Cheese Curd in Paradise.
Given that the history of the fried pickle tracks back to Robinsonville, Mississippi, it is fitting to serve this super easy (and super delicious) dill pickle dip! Serve with tortilla chips and you will have a close fried pickle dip!
Texas A&M Aggies Food
Foods decked in maroon and white are the way to go for a Texas Aggies football party!
This Beer Corn Crack Dip is so addictive and it's only a five minute prep and 20 minutes to cook recipe that is going to blow you away while you cheer on those Aggies!
Texas Aggie Maroon Out Meatballs Meatballs with Jelly Sauce are a delicious party appetizer featuring ground beef meatballs, covered in a sweet and (slightly) spicy chipotle-raspberry barbecue sauce.
Auburn Tigers Food
Auburn colors are burnt orange and navy blue. Cheddar cheeses and blue corn tortilla chips would bring these colors to your Auburn football party food.
Bring a vegetarian option, fall color, and Auburn color to your Auburn tailgate menu with these baked sweet potatoes from Splash of Taste!
Speaking of orange, these Cheetos air fryer cheese sticks from Two Kids and a Coupon will add a pop of fun and interest to your Auburn football party!
The buffalo chicken dip from The Forked Spoon is bound to please your Auburn fans! It's orange color is perfect for an Auburn color scheme!
LSU Tigers Food
It may take a little thinking but foods in purple and gold will elevate your LSU tailgate. And don't skimp on that delicious southern Louisiana food!
A famous food from Louisiana is the delicious Boudin Sausage. These fried Boudin Balls are the perfect tailgating snack in honor of LSU! Geaux Tigers!
Muffulettas are a Louisiana classic sandwich & there is nothing tastier than celebrating an LSU game than with this low-carb version.
Cheer on those LSU Tigers while you dig into this delicious cheesy Hot Pepperoni Muffuletta Dip. It's cheesy, briny, meaty and oh so good!
Mississippi State Bulldogs Food
We have another Bulldogs team, folks! This one can be fun with anything hot dog, corn dog or chili dog related! Mississippi State colors are maroon and white.
These mini corn dogs by Sugar and Soul are the perfect snack size for your Mississippi State Bulldogs tailgate!
Lil' Smokies appetizers are always a hit! Try Beyond the Chicken Coop's Pigs in a Blanket for your Mississippi State tailgate party.
From Valerie's Kitchen presents a genius idea for prepping and serving chili dogs for a crowd! What a clever idea to use at your next Mississippi State Bulldogs football party!
Football Food for Any Team
I Food Real's Crock Pot buffalo chicken chili brings you all the best of chicken wings in a less messy format.
Cream cheese AND Doritos? These Doritos Cheese Balls by Miss in the Kitchen will surely be a hit at any SEC football tailgate!
If you are into football food for the smoker, check out this tasty jalapeno stuffed chicken recipe!
Smoked Meatballs with Bacon & BBQ - Keto, Low Carb, Gluten-Free
These bacon and barbecue pork smoked meatballs could work for any SEC tailgate - no matter the team!
Add some gluten free menu items to your Ole Miss tailgate this year! The red tint of these gluten free chicken wings will tie into the red and blue color theme. Don't forget the Blue Cheese dressing!
This layered taco dip is a hit for any occasion. Serve it with tortilla chips at your tailgate and watch it disappear.
These baked meatballs by Slow the Cook Down can be made ahead of your tailgate party! As a twist, they involve pineapple AND hot sauce!
Another way to prepare Little Smokies sausages is presented by Masala Herb with these bacon wrapped Little Smokies.
The Spice Train's mini stuffed peppers are perfect for any football party!
White Chocolate Popcorn | Almond Bark Puffcorn – The Gifted Gabber
The brilliant thing about this white chocolate popcorn (white chocolate puffcorn) is that it can be embellished with sprinkles and colored chocolate drizzle to match any color scheme! Dress it up in your favorite football team colors!
These ham and cream cheese roll ups offer a twist on the typical roll ups! Serve them at any football tailgate and watch them disappear!
Thanks to all the amazing bloggers who contributed these great SEC tailgating foods!
Oh, and one more thing…Woo Pig!
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