2009 SEC Championship Game: Alabama 32, Florida 13 | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA. | December 5, 2009
In a rematch billed as the Game of the Century, the first-ever conference title game to feature a matchup of undefeated number one and number two ranked teams, Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide avenged the previous year's loss to Florida, beating the Gators 32 to 13 in front of 75,514 fans to punch a ticket to the BCS National Championship Game.
Alabama controlled the game from start to finish. Leigh Tiffin opened the scoring with a 48-yard field goal, and Mark Ingram punched in a 7-yard touchdown run to make it 9-0 in the first quarter. Florida answered with a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to David Nelson to cut it to 12-10, but Ingram scored again on a 3-yard run to push the lead back to 19-10. A late Caleb Sturgis field goal brought Florida within six at halftime, 19-13, but that was as close as the Gators would get. Alabama took the ball to start the second half, and after a Florida punt...
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