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Steve Spurrier and the Florida Gators won their 4th SEC Championship in 5 years at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta – defeating Gene Stallings and the Alabama Crimson Tide in a wild 45-30 shootout. At the outset, Alabama stifled Florida’s offense – led by Heisman Trophy winning QB Danny Wuerffel – holding the Gators scoreless on their first 3 possessions and grabbing an early 7-0 lead off a 36-yard TD pass from Freddie Kitchens to RB Dennis Riddle (1:16-mark). Wuerffel eventually got the ‘Fun-and-Gun’ humming, tossing 3 consecutive TD passes (to Ike Hillard 2:02, Reidal Anthony 3:10 and Elijah Williams 4:08 respectively) to give Florida a 24-7 2nd-qtr lead. Alabama was able to answer just before the half, with an 8-yard TD pass from Kitchens to Michael Vaughn (6:57-mark) trimming the Gators lead to 24-14 at intermission. A muffed snap on a Florida punt (7:40-mark) set up Alabama at the Gators 5-yard line early in the 3rd-qtr. Riddle capitalized to make the score 24-21 and the shootout at the Georgie Dome was on. After Wuerffel tossed his 4th TD of the night (9:19-mark), Alabama responded with an electric 94-yard bomb from Kitchens to Vaughn to again trim the deficit to three at 31-28 (9:59-mark). It took Florida all of 57 seconds to respond – this time with an 85-yard Wuerffel-to-Jacquez Green deep ball (11:33-mark). Early in the 4th-qtr, Wuerffel tossed his 6th TD pass of the game (13:54-mark) and 39th of the season – this one again to Reidal Anthony (his 3rd of the night) to …