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Florida 28, Alabama 13 TIDE FACT: Alabama represented the SEC Alabama Football December 4, 1993 Western Division in four of the first five champi- vs. Florida Legion Field • Birmingham, Ala. onship games. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Playing the game with- the Tide a first down at the UA 49. Burgdorf com- to Rhett and scampered in from the 2-yard line to out starting quarterback Jay Barker and All-SEC pleted two passes on the drive and Tarrant Lynch give UF 14-10 halftime lead. defensive back Antonio Langham, Alabama fell to hammered the ball in from the 1-yard line to put the high-powered Florida Gators, 28-13, in the the Tide in front 7-0 with 10:13 left in the first Alabama trimmed the lead to 14-13 with 2:14 1993 SEC Championship Game at Legion Field. quarter. remaining in the third quarter as Proctor booted a 25-yard field goal. Florida’s high-octane offense erased an early The Tide held its lead until late in the first quarter deficit and three of the Gators’ four scoring drives when the Gators took advantage of Sorola Florida answered back with another quick drive took less than two minutes. Palmer’s 32-yard punt return to the UA 44. After and some trickery of its own. Facing a fourth-and- a 4-yard run by Errict Rhett, Dean completed three 8 from its own 37, the Gators executed a fake UF quarterback Terry Dean threw for 256 yards straight passes to tie the game. Jackson caught punt with punter Shayne Edge racing 30 yards and two touchdowns against a depleted UA sec- back-to-back 16 yard passes and Houston’s 13- around right end to give Florida a first down at the ondary. His favorite target was Willie Jackson, who yard TD grab tied the game at 7-7 with 1:02 left UA 43. caught nine passes for 114 yards and one touch- in the quarter. down. Jack Jackson and Harrison Houston also On the next play, Dean fired a 43-yard TD pass to had TD grabs in the win. On its ensuing possession, Alabama marched to Jack Jackson to put the Gators ahead to stay at 21- the Gators 28-yard line before settling for Michael 13 with 28 seconds left in the third quarter. Tommy Johnson had five tackles and two pass Proctor’s 45-yard field goal that put the Tide back Alabama threw an interception on its next play break-ups for the Tide. in front at 10-7 with 12:02 left in the first half. from scrimmage and Florida turned the miscue into a 28-13 lead as Rhett capped a 9-play, 54- Alabama took the opening kickoff and backup Florida took the lead for good late in the second yard drive with a 3-yard run with 11:59 left in the quarterback Brian Burgdorf led the team on an 8- quarter in what looked like a carbon copy o the game play, 71-yard scoring drive. Alabama used some first scoring drive. Palmer’s 33-yard punt return trickery on its first play of the game as David set the Gators up at the UA 35. After a pair of com- Palmer threw a 20-yard pass to Burgdorf giving pletions and two running plays, Dean faked a pitch SCORING SUMMARY ALABAMA FLORIDA Florida 7 7 7 7 - 28 RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD LG RUSHING Att. Gain Lost Net TD LG Alabama 7 3 3 0 - 13 David Palmer 16 95 2 93 0 12 Errict Rhett 22 102 14 88 1 14 Chris Anderson 8 41 15 26 0 12 Shane Edge 1 20 0 20 0 20 FIRST QUARTER Brian Burgdorf 6 19 12 7 0 7 Terry Dean 8 19 24 -5 1 16 UA – Tarrant Lynch 1-yard run (10:13) Tarrant Lynch 1 1 0 1 1 1 (Michael Proctror PAT) (8 plays, 71 yards, 4:47 TOP) Brian Steger 1 1 0 1 0 1 PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yards TD LG UF – Harrison Houston 13-yard pass from Terry Dean (1:02) Taraus Turner 1 1 0 1 0 1 Terry Dean 37 20 2 256 2 43 (Judd Davis PAT) (4 plays, 44 yards, 1:43 TOP) Sherman Williams 6 7 11 -4 0 4 Chris Doring 1 1 0 15 0 15 SECOND QUARTER Kevin Lee 1 0 7 -7 0 - UA – Proctor 45-yard field goal (12:02) RECEIVING No. Yards TD LG (9 plays, 44 yards, 4:00 TOP) PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yards TD LG W. Jackson 9 114 0 33 UF – Dean 2-yard run (1:10) Brian Burgdorf 12 9 0 71 0 17 Jack Jackson 4 62 1 43 (Davis PAT) (6 plays, 35 yards, 1:44 TOP) David Palmer 16 8 1 90 0 20 Harrison Houston 2 48 1 35 THIRD QUARTER Freddie Kitchens 1 0 1 0 0 0 Errict Rhett 2 17 0 11 UA – Proctor 25-yard field goal (2:14) Charlie Dean 2 4 0 5 (11 plays, 45 yards, 4:19 TOP) RECEIVING No. Yards TD LG Terry Dean 1 15 0 15 UF – Jack Jackson 43-yard pass from Dean (0:28) Toderick Malone 3 37 0 17 Kelvin Randolph 1 11 0 11 (Davis PAT) (7 plays, 80 yards, 1:46 TOP) David Palmer 3 23 0 10 FOURTH QUARTER Chris Anderson 3 18 0 17 PUNTING No. Yards Avg. LG UF – Errict Rhett 3-yard run (11:59) Kevin Lee 2 23 0 14 Shayne Edge 7 276 39.4 43 (Davis PAT) (9 plays, 54 yards, 3:22 TOP) Tarrant Lynch 2 13 0 9 Sherman Williams 2 11 0 7 PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. LG TD ATTENDANCE – 76,345 (capacity - 83, 091) Brian Burgdorf 1 20 0 20 Sorola Palmer 5 95 19.0 33 0 Chad Key 1 17 0 17 TEAM STATISTICS UA UF KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yards Avg. LG TD First Downs 17 20 PUNTING No. Yards Avg. LG Jack Jackson 1 17 17.0 17 0 Rushing 9 6 Bryne Diehl 7 305 43.6 56 Passing 7 14 INTERCEPTION RETURNS No. Yards Avg. LG TD Penalty 1 0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. LG TD Michael Gilmore 2 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing Attempts 40 31 David Palmer 4 32 8.0 28 0 Yards Gained Rushing 165 141 FIELD GOALS FG-FGA Good Missed Yards Lost Rushing 47 38 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yards Avg. LG TD None Net Yards Rushing 118 103 David Palmer 2 50 25.0 27 0 Net Yards Passing 161 271 Chris Anderson 2 44 22.0 29 0 DEFENSIVE LEADERS Passes Attempted 29 38 Tackles – Larry Kennedy 13; Ben Hanks 9; Ed Robinson 6; Monty Passes Completed 17 21 INTERCEPTION RETURNS No. Yards Avg. LG TD Grow 6; William Gaines 5 Interceptions Thrown 2 2 Tommy Johnson 2 18 9.0 18 0 Total Offensive Plays 69 69 Sacks (1-10) - Monty Grow (1-10) Total Net Yards 279 374 FIELD GOALS FG-FGA Good Missed Average Gain Per Play 4.04 5.42 Michael Proctor 2-2 45, 25 - Tackles For Loss (7-28) – Monty Grow (2-15); Mark Campbell (1-6); Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-0 1-0 Shea Showers (1-3); Kevin Carter (1-2); Larry Kennedy (1-1); Henry Penalties: Number-Yards 6-70 13-95 DEFENSIVE LEADERS McMillian (1-1). Number of Punts-Yards 7-305 7-276 Tackles – Chris Donnelly 12; Willie Gaston 11; Sam Shade 7; Cedric Average Yards Per Punt 43.6 39.4 Samuel 7; Lemanski Hall 6; Tommy Johnson 5. Passes Broken Up (3) - Larry Kennedy (1); Ed Robinson (1); David Punt Returns: Number-Yards 4-32 5-95 Barnard (1). Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards 4-94 1-17 Sacks (2-15) – Michael Rogers (1-8); Lemanski Hall (1-7) Interceptions: Number-Yards 2-18 2-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 Tackles For Loss (4-16) – Lemanski Hall (1-8); Michael Rogers (1-6); Time of Possession 32:17 27;43 Sam Shade (1-1); Mario Morris (1-1). Third Down Conversions 5-16 4-14 Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 2-2 Passes Broken Up (3) – Tommy Johnson (2); Damien Jeffries (1) Sacks By: Number-Yards 2 (-11) 2 (-15).