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2008 SEC Championship Game: Florida 31, Alabama 20 | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA. | December 6, 2008 In the first-ever meeting of the number one and number two ranked teams in a conference championship game, Urban Meyer's Florida Gators rallied in the fourth quarter to knock off top-ranked Alabama 31-20, snapping the Crimson Tide's 13-game winning streak and ending their bid for a perfect season. The game lived up to the billing from the opening series. Florida drove 59 yards to take a 7-0 lead on a Tim Tebow touchdown pass to Carl Moore, but Alabama answered immediately, with John Parker Wilson hitting freshman Julio Jones for a 64-yard gain that set up a Glenn Coffee touchdown run on the very next play. Alabama took its first lead late in the quarter on a Leigh Tiffin field goal. Florida responded with 10 unanswered points in the second quarter, including a field goal and a Tebow touchdown pass to David Nelson, to take a 17-10 lead into halftime. Alabama dominated the third quarter,...

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