2013 SEC Championship Game

For the SEC men's basketball championship of the same year, see 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.
2013 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship

2013 SEC Championship logo.
1234 Total
Missouri 1017150 42
Auburn 14141714 59
Date December 7, 2013
Season 2013
Stadium Georgia Dome
Location Atlanta, Georgia
MVP RB Tre Mason, Auburn
Favorite Missouri by 2[1]
Referee Hubert Owens
Attendance 75,632
United States TV coverage
Network CBS
Westwood One
Announcers Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color) & Tracy Wolfson (sideline)- CBS
John Tautges (play-by-play), Terry Donahue (color) & Chris Doering (sideline)- Westwood One
2013 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#5 Missouri x   7 1         12 2  
#4 South Carolina   6 2         11 2  
Georgia   5 3         8 5  
#24 Vanderbilt   4 4         9 4  
Florida   3 5         4 8  
Tennessee   2 6         5 7  
Kentucky   0 8         2 10  
Western Division
#2 Auburn xy$   7 1         12 2  
#7 Alabama x%   7 1         11 2  
#14 LSU   5 3         10 3  
#18 Texas A&M   4 4         9 4  
Mississippi State   3 5         7 6  
Ole Miss   3 5         8 5  
Arkansas   0 8         3 9  
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 2013 SEC Championship Game was a college football game that was played on Saturday, December 7, 2013 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, with the kickoff at 4:12pm ET. The 22nd annual SEC Championship Game, determined the 2013 champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game was played between the Auburn Tigers, champions of the SEC's Western division, and the Missouri Tigers, champions of SEC's Eastern division. In the highest-scoring contest in the game's 21-year history, Auburn won 59–42.

Auburn was the designated home team. The game was televised by CBS Sports for the 13th straight year.

Notes

The winner of this game the last seven seasons has gone on to play for the BCS National Championship posting a record of 6–1. In 2011, SEC Champion LSU played fellow conference and division team Alabama for the National Championship, marking first time two teams from the same conference and division played for the title. Alabama won 21–0.

Neither 2013 division champion was bowl-eligible the previous year. In 2012 Missouri had a record of 5–7 (2–6 SEC), and Auburn was 3–9 (0–8 SEC).

Teams

Missouri

After missing out on a bowl the previous season, the Tigers rebounded to win their first-ever SEC East title. They were hoping to lock up their first conference title and first major-bowl appearance since the 1969 season.

Auburn

Only a year after their worst season in 60 years--including a winless SEC record--Auburn completed one of the biggest turnarounds in NCAA history. An upset win over rival Alabama gave them the SEC West title and a chance at playing for the national championship.

Scoring summary

1st quarter scoring:

2nd quarter scoring:

3rd quarter scoring:

4th quarter scoring:

Statistics

Statistics[3] Auburn Missouri
First Downs 30 22
Total offense, plays yards 85–677 71–534
Rushes-yards (net)–TD 74-545–7 34-231–1
Passing yards (net)–TD 132–1 303–3
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 9–11–0 21–37–1
Fumbles, Number-Lost 3–2 1–0
Penalties, Number-Yds 10–63 7–40
Punts, Number-Yds (avg) 3–120 (40.0) 5–225 (45.0)
Kickoffs, Number-Yds (avg) 9–585 (65.0) 8–500 (62.5)
Sacks By, Number-Yds 3–14 1–6
Field Goals, Good-Att 1–2 2–2
Points off turnovers 0 10 (2 fumbles)
Time of Possession 34:20 25:40

References

  1. Odds Dec. 1, 2013; Retrieved Dec. 31, 2013
  2. Link to the AP Poll
  3. Team Statistics
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