Posted on 11/30/2013 4:41:05 PM PST by xzins
With only a second left on the clock, Chris Davis caught a 57-yard field-goal attempt that fell short, got up the left side and returned it 100 yards to give the No. 4 Tigers a 34-28 win over No. 1 Alabama and the SEC West title.
Now, Auburn (11-1, 7-1 SEC) has a shot at the SEC title and possibly a national championship all left on the table.
For the second straight game, the clock was running down, and the Tigers had little time left.
That's when Nick Marshall came up with another play.
After a drive spent handing the ball off over and over again, Marshall kept the ball on the zone read, then pulled up short and floated a pass to a wide-open Sammie Coates, who raced in with a 39-yard touchdown to tie the game.
Badly needing some momentum to erase a 21-7 deficit, Auburn went back to the running game that has carried the Tigers all season.
Held without a rushing yard for most of the second quarter, Auburn ripped off a 7-play, 81-yard drive near the end of the first half, punctuated by a 40-yard burst from Mason up the middle to set up his own 2-yard score.
And then, given the ball to start the second half, Auburn kept the momentum going, alternating Marshall and Mason on a nine-play, 69-yard drive that Marshall capped by firing a 13-yard strike to C.J. Uzomah in the corner of the end zone to tie the game at 21.
But after AJ McCarron's 99-yard strike to Amari Toomer, the Tigers had trouble getting going offensively, and the defense came up big with two stops, a fourth-down stand by Carl Lawson and a blocked field goal by Robenson Therezie that set up Auburn's final drive to set up a trip to Atlanta
So is Alabama still number one???
We’ll find out Monday.
Not a chance. The Al coach has to feel pretty stupid.
Two missed fourth down conversions, 100 yard return on a missed field goal...
Ain’t that somethin’
Bad decisions all around for the Tide.
Should have started over time, not asked for the one second.
Should have known the kicker can’t kick itbthat far.
Also, guy who ran it back Went OB.
Crazy!
CArZy all the way.
Can’t believe it.
A fellow soldier from Auburn would call Auburn, “The REAL University of Alabama”....
If you would ask him “Is Alabama still number one?”, he would say:
“Sure We are”
:>)
What an ending! Revenge is so sweet. Last year Bama smoked Auburn. Now waiting for the Mizzou game....my Alma Mater.
Gawd, I love football. It’s my favorite time of year.
Go Tigers!!!!!!!
So exciting!! My daughter goes to FSU and her middle name is Auburn(my husband’s alumni).
Saw #11 guy by the last name of Davis just run, run, run with the football to win it for Auburn.
Think they said 105 yds...lol
My 87 yo old momma was yelling with the rest of us.
Never seen people rush the field like that.
Unreal game
Got the name right, Chris Davis.
very good
Yeah, why not let it go to overtime? What an disappointing & loosing call! Now let’s see what Texas A&M and Missouri do!
Never saw such devotion as that which comes from Auburn football fans.
A rookie kicker and too much distance left.a.lot of open green space. Kind of a.Crimson meltdown of mistakes in less.than one second.
which was Alabama’s 4th missed field goal of the game...
The crowd went crazy. I don't know if they sell alcohol at college football games, but there were thousands of people who'd really been loosened up.
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