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SEC FOOTBALL 2008 SEC Final 2008-09 Football Report Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) Southeastern Conference Media Relations E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2007 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Last 5 *Florida 7-1 .875 359 100 13-1 .929 611 181 9-4 6-1 4-0 3-0 5-0 6-0 W 10 5-0 Georgia 6-2 .750 215 214 10-3 .769 409 319 11-2 4-2 5-0 1-1 4-1 4-3 W 1 3-2 Vanderbilt 4-4 .500 144 174 7-6 .538 249 255 5-7 3-3 3-3 1-0 2-3 3-2 W 1 2-3 South Carolina 4-4 .500 163 186 7-6 .538 270 274 6-6 5-2 2-3 0-1 2-3 0-3 L 3 2-3 Tennessee 3-5 .375 129 149 5-7 .417 208 201 9-3 4-3 1-4 0-0 2-3 0-4 W 2 2-3 Kentucky 2-6 .250 143 238 7-6 .538 294 279 8-5 4-3 2-3 1-0 0-5 0-3 W 1 2-3 WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2007 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Last 5 #Alabama 8-0 1.000 255 115 12-2 .857 422 200 7-6 7-0 4-0 1-2 5-0 3-2 L 2 3-2 Ole Miss 5-3 .625 208 149 9-4 .692 417 247 3-9 5-2 3-2 1-0 4-1 3-2 W 6 5-0 LSU 3-5 .375 207 254 8-5 .615 402 314 12-2 5-3 2-2 1-0 2-3 2-3 W 1 2-3 Arkansas 2-6 .250 167 248 5-7 .417 263 374 8-4 3-3 1-4 1-0 2-3 2-3 W 1 2-3 Auburn 2-6 .250 93 149 5-7 .417 208 216 8-4 4-3 1-4 0-0 1-4 0-4 L 2 1-4 Mississippi State 2-6 .250 97 204 4-8 .333 183 296 7-5 4-2 0-6 0-0 1-4 1-4 L 1 2-3 NOTES: 2007 - Final Record from 2007 season / vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable / * - Eastern Division, SEC and National Champion / # - Western Division Champion and SEC Championship Game Representative 2008 SEC QUICK HITTERS • Florida defeated Oklahoma, 24-14, in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. • The SEC finished the 2008 season with eight teams earning at least seven-or-more 8 in Miami, Fla. The Gators give the SEC its third consecutive national championship victories for the third straight season. Every SEC team has reached at least seven (LSU, 2007; Florida 2006), its fifth title in 11 years of the BCS and its seventh since wins at least once during the last two seasons. conference expansion in 1992. It is the SEC’s 19th national championship in its his- tory (counting only AP, UPI, FWAA and USA Today polls). • The SEC drew 6.4 million fans to its games in 2008, the most by any conference in 2008. In 83 game dates, the SEC averaged 76,832 fans per game, which is the high- • The SEC is the only league to currently have four football coaches who have won a est mark in NCAA history. SEC games filled stadiums at 98.41 percent of capacity, national championship as a head coach. whcih is the highest since 1999. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina (won title in 1996 while at Florida) Nick Saban, Alabama (won title in 2003 while at LSU) • SEC student-athletes and coaches won six major awards during the 2008 season Urban Meyer, Florida (won titles in 2006 and 2008) - Florida QB Tim Tebow (Maxwell Player of the Year and Wuerffel Trophy), Alabama Les Miles, LSU (won title in 2007) OT Andre Smith (Outland Trophy), Alabama coach Nick Saban (Walter Camp Coach of the Year, Home Depot Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year). The SEC • The SEC had four teams ranked in the top 15 of the final Associated PressUSA has won a major National Player of the Year Award four times in the last six seasons Today coaches polls - the most of any conference. Since 1983, the SEC has placed (2003 - Eli Manning, Ole Miss, Maxwell; 2007 - Tim Tebow, Florida, Maxwell & four teams in the top 15 of the AP poll 13 times (out of 26 years) and the USA Today Heisman; 2007 - Darren McFadden, Arkansas; Camp; 2008 - Tebow, Maxwell). poll ten times. The SEC has had four teams ranked in the top 15 in five of the last six seasons in the AP poll (four in a row) and four of the last nine seasons in the USA • The SEC had 13 football student-athletes earn first-team All-America mention in Today poll. 2008. Included are seven consensus All-Americas: Alabama OT Andre Smith, Ole Miss OT Michael Oher, Alabama C Antoine Caldwell, Alabama NG Terrence Cody, Florida LB • The SEC finished the 2008-09 bowl season with a 6-2 record. During the last three Brandon Spikes, Tennessee DB Eric Berry and Florida RS Brandon James. Also earn- bowl seasons, the SEC is 19-7 (.731) - the highest win total of any conference and the ing first-team honors were Vanderbillt DB D.J. Moore, LSU OG Herman Johnson, Ole second highest winning percentage of any conference (Big East - 12-4, .750). No other Miss DT Peria Jerry, Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno, Alabama DB Rashad Johnson and conference has won more than 12 bowl games during the last three seasons. Florida ATH Percy Harvin. • In 2008, the SEC led all NCAA FBS conferences with a 76.7 winning percentage in non-conference games. The SEC posted a 43-13 overall non-conference mark, edging out the Big 12 Conference with a 42-13 mark (76.4 percent) . It marks the third year in a row that the SEC has led all NCAA FBS conferences in non-conference winning percentage. 2008 SEC Football • Page 2 Final Release 2008 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (12-2, 8-0 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (13-1, 7-1 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (92,138) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Home: 7-0 Away: 4-0 Neutral: 1-2 vs. Division: 5-0 vs. Top 25: 3-2 Home: 6-1 Away: 4-0 Neutral: 3-0 vs. Division: 5-0 vs. Top 25: 6-0 Total Home Attendance: 644,966 Average Home Attendance: 92,138 Total Home Attendance: 633,807 Average Home Attendance: 90,544 Aug. 30 *vs. Clemson [ABC] (9/9) W 34-10 70,097 Aug. 30 HAWAII [RAYCOM] W 56-10 90,575 Sept. 6 TULANE W 20-6 92,138 Sept. 6 MIAMI, FL. [ESPN] W 26-3 90,833 Sept. 13 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 41-7 92,138 Sept. 20 at Tennessee [CBS] W 30-6 106,138 Sept. 20 at Arkansas [RAYCOM] W 49-14 72,315 Sept. 27 OLE MISS [RAYCOM] L 30-31 90,106 Sept. 27 at Georgia [ESPN] (3/3) W 41-30 92,746 Oct. 4 at Arkansas [RAYCOM] W 38-7 70,072 Oct. 4 KENTUCKY [CBS] W 17-14 92,138 Oct. 11 LSU [CBS] (4/3) W 51-21 90,684 Oct. 18 OLE MISS [CBS] W 24-20 92,138 Oct. 25 KENTUCKY (HC) [RAYCOM] W 63-5 90,589 Oct. 25 at Tennessee [ESPN] W 29-9 106,138 Nov. 1 *vs. Georgia [CBS] (8/8) W 49-10 84,649 Nov. 1 ARKANSAS STATE (HC) W 35-0 92,138 Nov. 8 at Vanderbilt [ESPN2] W 42-14 39,773 Nov. 8 at LSU [CBS] (15/15) (1OT) W 27-21 93,039 Nov. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA [CBS] (24/23) W 56-6 90,646 Nov. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE [ESPN] W 32-7 92,138 Nov. 22 THE CITADEL W 70-19 90,374 Nov. 29 AUBURN [CBS] W 36-0 92,138 Nov. 29 at Florida State [ABC] (23/24) W 45-15 83,237 Dec. 6 *vs. Florida [CBS] (2/4) L 20-31 75,892 Dec. 6 vs. Alabama [CBS] (1/1) W 31-20 75,892 (SEC Championship Game • Atlanta, Ga.) (SEC Championship Game • Atlanta, Ga.) Jan. 8 vs. Oklahoma [FOX] (2/1) W 24-14 78.468 Jan. 2 vs. Utah [FOX] (7/7) L 17-31 71,872 (FedEx BCS National Championship Game • Miami, Fla.) (Allstate Sugar Bowl • New Orleans, La.) * - Jacksonville, Fla. * - at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. GEORGIA BULLDOGS (10-3, 6-2 SEC) ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (5-7, 2-6 SEC) Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,727) Home: 4-2 Away: 5-0 Neutral: 1-1 vs. Division: 4-1 vs. Top 25: 4-3 Home: 3-3 Away: 1-4 vs. Neutral: 1-0 vs. Division: 2-3 vs. Top 25: 2-3 Total Home Attendance: 556,476 Average Home Attendance: 92,746 Total Home Attendance: 412,438 Average Home Attendance: 68,740 Aug. 30 GEORGIA SOUTHERN [PPV] W 45-21 92,746 Aug. 30 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 28-24 70,537 Sept. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN [FSNS] W 56-17 92,746 Sept.