2013 SEC Championship Game

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DateDecember 7, 2013
Season2013
2013 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
2013 SEC Championship logo
1234Total
Missouri 101715042
Auburn 1414171459
DateDecember 7, 2013
Season2013
StadiumGeorgia Dome
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
MVPRB Tre Mason, Auburn
FavoriteMissouri by 2[1]
RefereeHubert Owens
Attendance75,632
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
Westwood One
AnnouncersCBS: Verne Lundquist (play-by-play)
Gary Danielson (color)
Tracy Wolfson (sideline)
Westwood One: John Tautges (play-by-play)
Terry Donahue (color)
Chris Doering (sideline)
SEC Championship Game
  2012  2014  
2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x 71  122 
No. 4 South Carolina 62  112 
Georgia 53  85 
No. 24 Vanderbilt 44  94 
Florida 35  48 
Tennessee 26  57 
Kentucky 08  210 
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$ 71  122 
No. 7 Alabama x% 71  112 
No. 14 LSU * 53  103 
No. 18 Texas A&M 44  94 
Mississippi State 35  76 
Ole Miss * 35  85 
Arkansas 08  39 
Championship: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss' Music City Bowl win) due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 SEC Championship Game was a college football game that was played on Saturday, December 7, 2013 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, 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. The winner of this game had the chance to play Florida State for the National Championship if Ohio State were to lose to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship (which they did). In the highest-scoring contest in the game's 21-year history, Auburn won 59–42. They narrowly lost the BCS National Championship to Florida State 34–31 and finished #2 in the nation with a 12–2 (7–1 SEC) record. Missouri won the Cotton Bowl Classic 41–31 over Oklahoma State and finished #5 in the nation with an identical 12–2 (7–1 SEC) record.

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

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).

Missouri and Auburn combined for a total of 101 points the most in the history of the SEC Championship Game.

Teams

Scoring summary

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