With the highly-anticipated Florida versus Alabama match-up today for the SEC Championship, we have made the easy decision to remember one of the finer meetings between these two programs with the SEC crown in the balance. The SEC Championship game was established in 1992 after the conference expanded to 12 teams with the addition of Arkansas and South Carolina. Alabama and Florida were the two best programs in the conference then, as now, and met in that first game, which was won by the Tide 28-21. Alabama then went on to win the national title by beating Miami in the Sugar Bowl and the current edition of the team looks to do the same this year. The two schools met again in 1993 and 1994 and Remember When looks back at the exciting 1994 game that pitted no. 3 Alabama and no. 6 Florida for SEC glory.
Florida 24 Alabama 22 (Atlanta): In nerve-wracking SEC title game, Florida (10-1-1) silenced lingering doubt about big game ability, and Alabama (11-1) saw national title shot evaporate. Crimson Tide opened scoring as QB Jay Barker (10-19/181y, TD, 2 INTs) passed 70y to WR Curtis Brown on perfectly-threaded arrow. But, Barker banged up his throwing shoulder as Gators took 17-10 H lead on 2 TDs by QB Danny Wuerffel. Bama K Michael Proctor made 47 and 48y FGs in 3rd Q, and when LB Dwayne Rudd ran in 23y INT in 4th Q, Tide led 22-17. Coach Gene Stallings was criticized for not trying 2-pt conv, but kicked instead for 23-17 edge. At this point, Gators dipped into coach Steve Spurrier's bag of tricks and came up with 20y lateral double-pass from Wuerffel to WR Chris Doering to WR Aubrey Hill, who carried to 2YL. Doering caught TD pass on next play, and K Judd Davis made winning kick with 5:29 to go.
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