2004 SEC Championship Game: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28 | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA. | December 4, 2004
Tommy Tuberville's undefeated Auburn Tigers capped a perfect regular season with a 38-28 win over Tennessee, claiming the school's first SEC title in 15 years and improving to 12-0 for the first time in program history.
Jason Campbell put together a masterful performance, completing 27 of 35 passes for 374 yards and three touchdowns, and rushing for 57 yards, setting an SEC Championship Game record with 431 yards of total offense and earning MVP honors. The game was a rematch of an October meeting that Auburn had won handily, 34 to 10, in Knoxville, and this time, Tennessee, starting third-string quarterback Rick Clausen because of injuries, put up a much tougher fight.
Auburn struck first when the Tigers recovered their own fumble in the end zone for a touchdown on the opening series. Tennessee clawed back into it, with Gerald Riggs breaking off an 80-yard touchdown run to tie the ga...
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