Florida entered the championship game with a record of 8–2, all in conference play. Their losses came against Texas A&M and LSU, each by three points. Florida compiled a record of 7–5 in prior SEC Championship Games, having last appeared in 2016 and having last won in 2008.
Alabama entered the championship game with a record of 10–0, all in conference play. The scored at least 38 points in each of their regular season games, and won each contest by at least 15 points. Alabama compiled a record of 8–4 in prior SEC Championship Games; after last losing in 2008, they won each of their next six appearances (2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018).
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The 2020 SEC Championship Game presented by Dr Pepper was a college football game played on Saturday December 19 2020 at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta Georgia The game determined the 2020 champion of the Southeastern Conference SEC 2 The game the 29th SEC Championship featured the Florida Gators champions of the East division and the Alabama Crimson Tide champions of the West division 2020 SEC Championship GameConference ChampionshipAlabama Crimson Tide Florida Gators 10 0 8 2 52 46Head coach Nick Saban Head coach Dan MullenAPCoachesCFP111 APCoachesCFP111171234 TotalAlabama 1421017 52Florida 1071415 46DateDecember 19 2020Season2020StadiumMercedes Benz StadiumLocationAtlanta GeorgiaMVPNajee Harris RB Alabama FavoriteAlabama by 16 5 1 RefereeMatt LoefflerHalftime showDr Pepper Tuition Giveaway featuring Dude PerfectAttendance16 520United States TV coverageNetworkCBSAnnouncersBrad Nessler play by play Gary Danielson color commentator Jamie Erdahl sideline reporter Gene Steratore rules analyst SEC Championship Game lt 2019 2021 gt 2020 Southeastern Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionNo 13 Florida x 8 2 8 4 No 7 Georgia 7 2 8 2 Missouri 5 5 5 5 Kentucky 4 6 5 6 Tennessee 3 7 3 7 South Carolina 2 8 2 8 Vanderbilt 0 9 0 9 West DivisionNo 1 Alabama x 10 0 13 0 No 4 Texas A amp M 8 1 9 1 Auburn 6 4 6 5 LSU 5 5 5 5 Ole Miss 4 5 5 5 Arkansas 3 7 3 7 Mississippi State 3 7 4 7 Championship Alabama 52 Florida 46 College Football Playoff champion College Football Playoff participant Conference championx Division champion co champions ineligible for postseason due to self imposed banNote Due to COVID 19 the SEC played a conference only schedule Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Florida 1 2 Alabama 2 Game summary 2 1 Statistics 3 References 4 External linksTeams editFlorida edit Main article 2020 Florida Gators football team Florida entered the championship game with a record of 8 2 all in conference play Their losses came against Texas A amp M and LSU each by three points Florida compiled a record of 7 5 in prior SEC Championship Games having last appeared in 2016 and having last won in 2008 Alabama edit Main article 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Alabama entered the championship game with a record of 10 0 all in conference play The scored at least 38 points in each of their regular season games and won each contest by at least 15 points Alabama compiled a record of 8 4 in prior SEC Championship Games after last losing in 2008 they won each of their next six appearances 2009 2012 2014 2015 2016 and 2018 Game summary edit2020 SEC Championship Game Period 1 2 34TotalNo 1 Alabama 14 21 01752No 7 Florida 10 7 141546at Mercedes Benz Stadium Atlanta Georgia Date Saturday December 19 2020Game time 8 00 p m ESTGame weather n a game played indoors Referee Matt LoefflerTV announcers CBS Brad Nessler play by play Gary Danielson analyst Jamie Erdahl sideline Game informationFirst quarter 12 20 BAMA Najee Harris 8 yard rush Will Reichard kick Drive 9 plays 70 yards 2 40 Alabama 7 0 10 05 FLA Kadarius Toney 51 yard pass from Kyle Trask Evan McPherson kick Drive 6 plays 73 yards 2 09 Tied 7 7 6 07 BAMA DeVonta Smith 31 yard pass from Mac Jones Will Reichard kick Drive 1 play 31 yards 0 14 Alabama 14 7 1 57 FLA Evan McPherson 40 yard field goal Drive 10 plays 56 yards 4 04 Alabama 14 10 Second quarter 11 27 BAMA Najee Harris 7 yard pass from Mac Jones Will Reichard kick Drive 12 plays 73 yards 5 23 Alabama 21 10 2 28 BAMA Najee Harris 23 yard pass from Mac Jones Will Reichard kick Drive 13 plays 70 yards 5 59 Alabama 28 10 1 09 FLA Kyle Trask 1 yard rush Evan McPherson kick Drive 4 plays 75 yards 1 19 Alabama 28 17 0 06 BAMA Najee Harris 17 yard pass from Mac Jones Will Reichard kick Drive 8 plays 78 yards 0 58 Alabama 35 17 Third quarter 13 25 FLA Trevon Grimes 50 yard pass from Kyle Trask Evan McPherson kick Drive 4 plays 75 yards 1 35 Alabama 35 24 0 18 FLA Nay Quan Wright 3 yard rush Evan McPherson kick Drive 12 plays 80 yards 4 58 Alabama 35 31 Fourth quarter 11 29 BAMA Najee Harris 1 yard rush Will Reichard kick Drive 10 plays 75 yards 3 49 Alabama 42 31 9 53 BAMA Will Reichard 20 yard field goal Drive 4 plays 8 yards 1 28 Alabama 45 31 6 33 FLA Dameon Pierce 1 yard rush Evan McPherson kick Drive 9 plays 75 yards 3 20 Alabama 45 38 4 59 BAMA DeVonta Smith 15 yard pass from Mac Jones Will Reichard kick Drive 4 plays 66 yards 1 31 Alabama 52 38 2 07 FLA Kyle Pitts 22 yard pass from Kyle Trask 2 point rush good Drive 10 plays 75 yards 2 52 Alabama 52 46 Statistics edit Statistics BAMA FLAFirst downs 33 26Plays yards 83 605 66 462Rushes yards 40 187 26 54Passing yards 418 408Passing comp att int 33 43 1 26 40 0Time of possession 34 21 25 39Team Category Player StatisticsAlabama Passing Mac Jones 33 43 418 yards 5 TD 1 INTRushing Najee Harris 31 carries 178 yards 2 TDReceiving DeVonta Smith 15 receptions 184 yards 2 TDFlorida Passing Kyle Trask 26 40 408 yards 3 TDRushing Emory Jones 2 carries 24 yardsReceiving Kadarius Toney 8 receptions 153 yards 1 TDReferences edit ESPN Game Summary Alabama vs Florida December 19 2020 ESPN com Retrieved December 19 2020 Championship Football secsports com Southeastern Conference Retrieved December 3 2020 External links editGame statistics at statbroadcast com nbsp This college football related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 SEC Championship Game amp oldid 1211738964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,