2004 SEC Championship Game: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28 | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA. | December 4, 2004
Tommy Tuberville’s undefeated Auburn Tigers capped a perfect regular season with a 38-28 win over Tennessee, claiming the school’s first SEC title in 15 years and improving to 12-0 for the first time in program history.
Jason Campbell put together a masterful performance, completing 27 of 35 passes for 374 yards and three touchdowns, and rushing for 57 yards, setting an SEC Championship Game record with 431 yards of total offense and earning MVP honors. The game was a rematch of an October meeting that Auburn had won handily, 34 to 10, in Knoxville, and this time, Tennessee, starting third-string quarterback Rick Clausen because of injuries, put up a much tougher fight.
Auburn struck first when the Tigers recovered their own fumble in the end zone for a touchdown on the opening series. Tennessee clawed back into it, with Gerald Riggs breaking off an 80-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 21 midway through the third quarter after the Vols had converted two Auburn turnovers into scores. Auburn answered right back, riding a drive extended by a pass interference call to a touchdown, and later Campbell found Devin Aromashodu for a tie-breaking 53-yard touchdown that put the Tigers ahead for good. Riggs pulled Tennessee back to within 31-28 with about 10 minutes left, but Campbell put the game away with a long touchdown pass to Ben Obomanu.
Despite finishing the season a perfect 12- 0, Auburn was left out of the BCS National Championship Game in favor of Oklahoma and USC, a decision that sparked significant outcry across the SEC and contributed to future changes in how the sport determined its champion. Auburn went on to beat Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, finishing the season undefeated, while Tennessee, at 9-3, headed to the Cotton Bowl.
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