2003 SEC Championship Game

College football game

Conference Championship

2003 SEC Championship logo.

Georgia Bulldogs

LSU Tigers

(10–2)

(11–1)

Head coach:
Mark Richt

Head coach:
Nick Saban

AP	Coaches	BCS
5	5	7

AP	Coaches	BCS
3	3	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	3	10	0	13
LSU	8	9	7	10	34

Date

December 6, 2003

Season

2003

Stadium

Georgia Dome

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

MVP

RB Justin Vincent, LSU

Favorite

LSU by 3^[1]

National anthem

Georgia Redcoat Marching Band
Tiger Marching Band

Referee

Tom Ritter

Halftime show

Georgia Redcoat Marching Band
Tiger Marching Band

Attendance

74,913

United States TV coverage

Network

CBS

Announcers

Verne Lundquist play-by-play
Todd Blackledge color
Jill Arrington sideline

SEC Championship Game
< 2002	2004 >

2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy	6	–	2	11	–	3
No. 15 Tennessee x	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 24 Florida x	6	–	2	8	–	5
South Carolina	2	–	6	5	–	7
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	2	–	10
Kentucky	1	–	7	4	–	8
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 13 Ole Miss x	7	–	1	10	–	3
Auburn	5	–	3	8	–	5
Arkansas	4	–	4	9	–	4
Alabama	2	–	6	4	–	9
Mississippi State	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 SEC Championship Game was won by the LSU Tigers 34–13 over the Georgia Bulldogs. The game was played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.

References

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

External links

Recap of the game at ESPN.com
Story at LSUSports.net Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine

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