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SEC Championship Game Chuck Dunlap (Primary SEC Football Contact) • [email protected] • @SEC_Chuck Southeastern Conference Communications Office Ben Beaty (Secondary Football Contact) • [email protected] • @BenBeaty SECsports.com • CollegePressBox.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Top 10 Streak %Georgia 7-1 .875 202 84 11-1 .917 395 125 6-1 4-0 1-0 5-1 4-0 2-0 W6 Florida 6-2 .750 249 136 10-2 .833 396 173 6-0 3-1 1-1 5-1 1-2 1-2 W3 Tennessee 5-3 .625 160 186 7-5 .583 291 260 5-3 2-2 0-0 4-2 0-3 0-3 W5 South Carolina 3-5 .375 159 221 4-8 .333 269 313 3-4 1-3 0-1 3-3 1-3 1-3 L3 Kentucky 3-5 .375 145 160 7-5 .583 316 221 6-2 1-3 0-0 2-4 0-2 0-2 W3 Vanderbilt 1-7 .125 102 287 3-9 .250 198 381 3-4 0-5 0-0 1-5 1-3 0-3 L1 *Missouri 3-5 375 143 179 6-6 .500 304 233 5-2 1-4 0-0 1-5 0-2 0-1 W1 % - SEC Championship Game Eastern Division Representative; * - Not eligible for postseason play WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Top 10 Streak ^LSU 8-0 1.000 377 204 12-0 1.000 584 265 7-0 5-0 0-0 6-0 4-0 4-0 W12 Alabama 6-2 .750 360 203 10-2 .833 579 226 6-1 3-1 1-0 4-2 1-2 0-1 L1 Auburn 5-3 .625 250 180 9-3 .750 408 223 6-1 2-2 1-0 5-1 3-3 1-3 W2 Texas A&M 4-4 .500 202 224 7-5 .583 360 272 5-2 1-3 1-0 3-3 0-5 0-5 L2 Mississippi State 3-5 .375 186 256 6-6 .500 331 337 4-3 1-3 1-0 2-4 0-3 0-3 W2 Ole Miss 2-6 .250 208 243 4-8 .333 319 318 4-3 0-5 0-0 1-5 0-3 0-2 L2 Arkansas 0-8 .000 139 319 2-10 .167 257 442 2-5 0-4 0-1 0-6 0-4 0-2 L9 ^ - SEC Championship Game Western Division Representative NOTES: The SEC is a national-best 11-10 in non-conference games vs. teams that have a winning record and leads the nation with 17 non-conference wins versus bowl eligible teams. vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 (AP, USA Today) when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable 2019 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Georgia (V) vs. LSU (H) most-watched and highest-rated regular-season college football game on any network in Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 • 4 p.m. ET (3 p.m. CT) seven years with a 10.1/23 rating/share and 17.5 million viewers. It also marked the second Atlanta, Ga. • Mercedes-Benz Stadium (73,000) most-watched SEC Championship ever in 26 years since the game debuted in 1992. CBS Sports The 2009 SEC Championship Game earned an 11.8 rating and a 24 share, marking the highest-rated SEC Championship Game in history. The game matched the No. 1 Florida Gators (12-0) vs. the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-0). THE TEAMS: Georgia (11-1, 7-1 SEC) is the Eastern Division Champion and the visiting team. LSU (12-0, 8-0 SEC) is the Western Division Champion and the home team. Georgia and LSU are RADIO: Managed by IMG College, the SEC Radio Network will broadcast the game to the 11- two of just three teams in the nation with seven wins vs. teams with a winning record. state SEC region and around the nation on SiriusXM. (SEC Radio Network: DAVE NEAL, Play-by- Play; DAVE ARCHER, Analyst; STEPHEN HARTZELL, Sidelines). The broadcast can be heard on NATIONAL RANKINGS: LSU comes into the game as the No. 1-ranked team in the nation in the Sirius 137, XM 190. The Georgia Radio Network is on Sirius 139, XM 191 and the LSU Radio Associated Press and USA Today polls. Georgia is the No. 4-ranked team in the nation. This is the Network is on Sirius 84, XM 84. second consecutive season of a top five matchup in the SEC Championship Game, the first such occurrence since 2012 and 2013. SERIES: Georgia and LSU will meet for the 32nd time on Saturday, with LSU leading the all- time series 17-13-1. The two teams last squared off during the 2018 regular season in Baton SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Only once since 2006 (2014) has the winner of the SEC Rouge, with LSU winning 36-16. It was Georgia’s only loss of the season entering the SEC Championship Game failed to advance to the national championship game. The game, which Championship Game. started in 1992, is in its 28th year. It was a result of conference expansion, which saw Arkansas Georgia leads the SEC and is second nationally in Scoring Defense, allowing just 10.4 points and South Carolina become the first members added in SEC history. Over 1.8 million fans have a game while LSU ranks first in the league and second nationally in Scoring Offense at 48.7 witnessed the pageantry of the game first-hand, with 25 sellouts in its history, including the points per game. Georgia and Clemson are the only FBS teams not to allow more than 20 last 24 consecutive contests. (Only 1993 and 1995 were not). The first two games were played points in a game this season. Georgia is 7-3 against top 10 teams in the Kirby Smart era, at Legion Field in Birmingham and the game was played at the Georgia Dome from 1994-2016. including 2-0 this year. Two of the games so far have been on the road and six have come at This will mark the third SEC Championship Game played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. neutral sites, including two victories in Jacksonville the last two years. The Bulldogs are 1-5 all- time against a top-ranked team and all five games have been at neutral sites. Currently, LSU is SEC CHAMPIONS: Georgia will be vying for its 14th SEC Championship and second in the last ranked No. 1 in the AP and Coaches poll. Ed Orgeron is 9-3 versus Top 10 opponents as the head three seasons. LSU is aiming for its 12th SEC Championship and first since 2011. coach at LSU. TELEVISION: CBS Sports will televise the game nationally for the 18th straight year (BRAD IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: LSU and Georgia are meeting in the SEC championship NESSLER, Play-by-Play; GARY DANIELSON, Analyst; JAMIE ERDAHL, Sidelines; CRAIG SILVER, game for the fourth time; only Alabama and Florida have met more frequently (nine times). Producer). CBS has aired the game nationally since 2001. ABC Sports televised the game from The Tigers won two of the previous three meetings. Georgia is the third school to reach three 1992-2000. straight SEC championship games. Florida appeared in each of the first five (1992-96) and Alabama has a pair of three-game streaks (1992-94 and 2014-16). LSU is an SEC-best 4-1 in TV RATINGS: Last season’s SEC Championship Game between Georgia and Alabama was the SEC Championship Games, while Georgia is 3-4 in its previous seven appearances. SECSports.com • CollegePressBox.com • SECSportsMedia.com • @SEC SEC on Facebook, Instagram, Shapchat #ItJustMeansMore 2019 SEC Football SEC Championship Game 2019 SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME GEORGIA (Eastern Division Champion) vs. LSU (Western Division Champion) 4:00 p.m. ET • Atlanta, Ga. • Mercedes-Benz Stadium (73,000) LIVE TV: CBS (Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Gary Danielson, analyst, Jamie Erdahl, sideline) [www.cbssports.com] LIVE RADIO: SEC Radio Network (Dave Neal, play-by-play; Dave Archer, analyst, Stephen Hartzell, sideline) [www.secsports.com] GEORGIA BULLDOGS (11-1, 7-1 SEC) LSU TIGERS (12-0, 8-0 SEC) Head Coach: Kirby Smart (Georgia, ‘98) Head Coach: Ed Orgeron (Northwestern State, ‘84) Overall/Years: 43-11 (.796) / 4th season Overall/Years: 53-36 (.596) / 8th season Georgia/Years: 43-11 (.796) / 4th season LSU/Years: 37-9 (.804) / 4th season vs. SEC (regular season): 25-7 (.781) / 4th Season vs. SEC (regular season): 26-30 (.464) / 7th Season In SEC Championship Games: 1-1 In SEC Championship Games: 0-0 2019 Schedule: See page 2 2019 Schedule: See page 2 National Rankings: 4 AP/4 Coaches National Rankings: 1 AP/1 Coaches SEC Championships: 13 (1942, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1976, SEC Championships: 11 (1935, 1936, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1986, 2001, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2005, 2017) 2003, 2007 2011) All-Time in SEC Championship Games: 3-4 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, All-Time in SEC Championship Games: 4-1 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2018) 2011) Current Winning Streak: Won 6 Current Winning Streak: Won 13 Key Players Key Players PK Rodrigo Blankenship (6-1, 191, Sr., Marietta, Ga.) QB Joe Burrow (6-4, 216, Sr., Athens, Ohio) One of three finalists for the 2019 Lou Groza Award, which is given to Has thrown 44 touchdown passes in 2019.