For the SEC men's basketball championship, see 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament.
College football game
2008 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
2008 SEC Championship logo.
Alabama Crimson Tide
Florida Gators
(12–0)
(11–1)
20
31
Head coach: Nick Saban
Head coach: Urban Meyer
AP
Coaches
BCS
1
1
1
AP
Coaches
BCS
2
4
4
1
2
3
4
Total
Alabama
10
0
10
0
20
Florida
7
10
0
14
31
Date
December 6, 2008
Season
2008
Stadium
Georgia Dome
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
MVP
QB Tim Tebow, Florida
Favorite
Florida by 10[1]
National anthem
Million Dollar Band The Pride of the Sunshine
Referee
Tom Ritter
Halftime show
Million Dollar Band The Pride of the Sunshine
Attendance
75,892
United States TV coverage
Network
CBS
Announcers
Verne Lundquist play-by-play Gary Danielson color Tracy Wolfson sideline
Nielsen ratings
10.4 [2]
SEC Championship Game
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2009 >
2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#
7
–
1
13
–
1
No. 13 Georgia
6
–
2
10
–
3
Vanderbilt
4
–
4
7
–
6
South Carolina
4
–
4
7
–
6
Tennessee
3
–
5
5
–
7
Kentucky
2
–
6
7
–
6
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%
8
–
0
12
–
2
No. 14 Ole Miss
5
–
3
9
–
4
LSU
3
–
5
8
–
5
Arkansas
2
–
6
5
–
7
Auburn
2
–
6
5
–
7
Mississippi State
2
–
6
4
–
8
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
# – BCS National Champion
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
% – BCS at-large representative
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2008 Dr Pepper SEC Championship Game was played December 6, 2008, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia to determine the 2008 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Gators were classified as the home team. Before this game was played, the designated "home team", chosen on an alternating basis, was 10–6 (11–6 after Florida's win in this game) in SEC Championship Games. The SEC East is 10–6 in SEC Championship games (11–6 after Florida's win), with the Florida Gators accounting for six of the 10 victories. (seven after this game) Before this game, Alabama had represented the SEC West five times in the conference championship game with a 2–3 record.
The game was televised by CBS Sports and kicked off at 4:00 pm EST.
^"Alabama vs Florida NCAAF line movements - 09.18.2021 | VegasInsider".
^Rapoport, Ian (December 7, 2008). "Alabama-Florida on CBS championship best ever rating for an SEC game". The Birmingham News. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
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