South Carolina .28SEC Championship Game.29 2010 Auburn Tigers football team
auburn defeated south carolina in sec championship game score of 56 17. amount of points scored in history of championship game , largest margin of victory.
as had been through previous twelve games of season, auburn offense led quarterback cam newton, threw career-best 335 yards. newton threw 4 touchdown passes , ran 2 more touchdowns tigers tied school record wins in season 13th victory. tigers went ahead on fourth play scrimmage, 12-yard pass newton onterrio mccalebb. highlight of opening drive 62-yard pass newton darvin adams. gamecocks came tie game on 25-yard touchdown pass stephen garcia patrick dimarco. however, auburn scored on next 2 possessions lead 21–7 @ end of first quarter.
there no scoring in second quarter until south carolina cut auburn lead 21–14 16 seconds remaining in period. garcia threw 1-yard touchdown pass wide receiver alshon jeffery. tigers returned ensuing kickoff own 41-yard line. on first play newton threw 8-yard pass emory blake, newton threw hail mary pass towards gamecocks end zone deflected carolina defender , caught adams improbable 51-yard touchdown pass on last play of first half, making score 28–14.
the tigers scored 2 touchdowns in third quarter. first on 1-yard run newton 7:56 remaining in period. on gamecocks’ next possession, auburn’s t’sharvan bell intercepted garcia pass , returned 10 yards touchdown, making score 42–14 in auburn’s favor , putting game out of reach.
the tigers set several sec championship game offensive records in victory. 56 points eclipsed previous mark held 1996 florida team, scored 45 points. newton’s 408 total yards (335 passing, 73 rushing) total yards gained individual, , darvin adams’ 217 receiving yards record.
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