1996 SEC Championship Game

College football game

Conference Championship

1996 SEC Championship logo.

Alabama Crimson Tide

Florida Gators

(9–2)

(10–1)

Head coach:
Gene Stallings

Head coach:
Steve Spurrier

AP	Coaches
11	11

AP	Coaches
4	4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Alabama	7	7	14	2	30
Florida	6	18	14	7	45

Date

December 7, 1996

Season

1996

Stadium

Georgia Dome

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

MVP

QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida

Favorite

Florida by 14½^[1]

Referee

Aster Sizemore

Attendance

74,132

United States TV coverage

Network

ABC

Nielsen ratings

7.0

SEC Championship Game
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1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 9 Tennessee	7	–	1	10	–	2
South Carolina	4	–	4	6	–	5
Kentucky	3	–	5	4	–	7
Georgia	3	–	5	5	–	6
Vanderbilt	0	–	8	2	–	9
Western Division
No. 11 Alabama xy	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 12 LSU x	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 24 Auburn	4	–	4	8	–	4
Mississippi State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Ole Miss	2	–	6	5	–	6
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 SEC Championship Game was won by the Florida Gators 45–30 over the Alabama Crimson Tide. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 7, 1996, and was televised to a national audience on ABC.

References

^ "SEC Championship History". Retrieved November 27, 2012.

External links

Recap of the game from SECsports.com

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