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The 2010 SEC Championship Game
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative against the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Thus far, nine...

was played on December 4, 2010, in the Georgia Dome

Georgia Dome

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in Atlanta, Georgia, to determine the 2010

2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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football

College football

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champion of the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

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(SEC). The game featured the Auburn Tigers

2010 Auburn Tigers football team

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, the champion of the West Division, and the South Carolina Gamecocks

2010 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2010 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Steve Spurrier, who was in his sixth season at USC...

, champion of the East Division. South Carolina was the designated "home team". The SEC East is 11–8 in SEC Championship games, with the Florida Gators accounting for seven of the 11 victories.

Auburn defeated South Carolina 35-27 in Auburn during the regular season.

The game began at 4:00 p.m. EST

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and was televised by CBS Sports

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, for the tenth straight season. It featured Auburn's Heisman trophy

Heisman Trophy

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contending quarterback Cam Newton

Cam Newton

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against South Carolina's Stephen Garcia

Stephen Garcia

Stephen Garcia is an American football quarterback formerly of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference. He is from Lutz, Florida and attended Thomas Jefferson High School where he had 8,000 yards passing and 83 touchdowns as well as 1,345 yards rushing and 17...

; running backs Marcus Lattimore

Marcus Lattimore

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(South Carolina) and Mike Dyer (Auburn); and receivers Alshon Jeffery (South Carolina) and Darvin Adams

Darvin Adams

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(Auburn). Gene Chizik

Gene Chizik

Eugene "Gene" Chizik is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Auburn University football team, a position he has held since the 2009 season. Chizik's 2010 Auburn Tigers football team completed a 14–0 season with a victory over Oregon in the BCS...

and Steve Spurrier

Steve Spurrier

Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach...

were the coaches of the teams.

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