Greatest Endings

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If you are interested there is some good reading on Collegefootballnews.com about the top 100 greatest endings in college football. They have gone through the bottom 30 and Auburn has already been mention several times. Just shows you that the Tigers like to play em down to the wire. What are some of your favorite endings in an Auburn game or another one.

AU ending would probably be 2000- UGA, it was sweet to beat the Dawgs in OT

29-26,have Ben sneak it in,chalk one up for the Georgia boy.

Other favorite ending would be the 97 Egg Bowl, Tubby goes for two and Stewart Patridge completes and Rebs bag the Dawgs 15-14, talk about Riverboat Gambler

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No. 95  Georgia 24 ... Auburn 21, November 16, 2002

At the time: Georgia was on the verge of being back among the nation's elite starting the season 9-1 and with a chance to win the SEC East. Auburn turned its mediocre season around with a three game winning streak for a 7-3 record with hopes of an SEC West crown.

The setup: Georgia got a fumble recovery in the end zone for a touchdown from Jon Stinchcomb and a one-yard TD run from David Greene, but it wasn't enough. Auburn's Ronnie Brown ran for a 53-yard touchdown and Jason Campbell ran for a touchdown and threw for another on the way to a late 21-17 lead.

The ending: On 4th and 15 on the Auburn 20 with 1:24 to play, Greene heaved the ball to the back of the end zone where Michael Johnson, who caught 13 passes for 139 yards, made a leaping grab for what would turn out to be the game-winning touchdown. Auburn had one final shot, but the Georgia defense held.

How they ended up: Auburn beat Alabama the following week meaning the lost to Georgia proved to cost a spot in the SEC title game. A win over Penn State in the Capital One Bowl ended a 9-4 season. Georgia trounced Georgia Tech two weeks after the road win over Auburn and beat Arkansas to win the SEC title game. The Bulldogs closed out a 13-1 season with a 26-13 win over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl.

No. 94  Auburn 10 ... Florida 7, November 4, 1989

At the time: Florida was on a roll. After losing the season-opener to Ole Miss, the Gators won six straight with a shot at the SEC championship led by star running back Emmitt Smith. But not everything was looking good for the program as scandal forced head coach Galen Hall to quit following a dramatic 16-13 win over LSU. Auburn was 5-2 with losses to powerhouse Tennessee and Florida State teams.

The setup: The defenses controlled the game from the beginning with each offense struggling to get anything going. Smith was able to capitalize on Auburn QB Reggie Slack's fumble with a five-yard touchdown run. Auburn was only able to manage a 47-yard Win Lyle field goal that bounced off the crossbar.

The ending: With 45 seconds to play, Auburn had the ball on the Florida 25 facing fourth and 11. Slack found an uncovered Shane Wasden on the right side of the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with 26 seconds remaining. A final Florida Hail Mary fell incomplete.

How they ended up: Auburn won its final four games to end with a six-game winning streak and a 10-2 record beating Ohio State in the Hall of Fame Bowl to finish sixth in the nation. Florida collapsed losing three of its final four games ending with a 34-7 loss to Washington in the Freedom Bowl. The next year, Steve Spurrier took over the head coaching job.

[Longtrainn 2]

I would have to say that Georgia 2000, Florida 2001, Syracuse 2002, and LSU 2004 are probably the best during the Tuberville era (that we won, at least).

[quietfan 233]

Greatest Auburn ending of all time, and greatest Iron Bowl ending of all time--and therefore deserving of a much higher ranking that the #80 they give it (IMHO):

http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Almanac...ishes_80_71.htm

No. 80  Auburn 17 ... Alabama 16, December 2, 1972

PUNT, BAMA, PUNT!

[WarTim 3,457]

'89 AU/FL game was special. (Shane Wasden is my lovelly Bride's all time favorite AU Player.)

'90 AU/fsu We had to listen to that stupid fsu "war chant" the entire game. When we kicked the field goal at the end to win it, we promptly turned to the fsu section and gave it right back to 'em ! ! !

p.s. How abut favorite START of a game? ('04 Carnell takes it 80 yards to the house on first play and uat knew it was over for them before they ever got to touch the ball ! ! !)

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The interception game will be high on that list.

[RadioWryn 0]

What about 1997 Bama?

Bama kills AU's Western Conference Dreams with a win, yet Ed Scissum fumbles, Mike DuBose fires his OC, and Holmes was "good, good, good.." for the 4th time - AU 18-17.

Few remember that Scissum ran the ensuing kickoff close to midfield, 15-yd facemask gave Bama a 58-yard FG try for the win, which was well short as time expired.

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But a recent classic, why doesn't '04 LSU/Auburn rank up there even higher than '94 LSU?

[Auburn85 432]

94 Auburn Florida

97 Auburn- Alabama

01 Auburn -Florida

94 Auburn-LSU

72 Auburn-Alabama

04 Auburn LSU

82 Auburn-Alabama

OTHERS:

02 Kentucky LSU

94 Florida -Florida St. (tie)

04 Troy-Missouri

04 Miami -Louisville

95 Auburn -Arkansa(although we lost)