Shocking/Weird Stats or Facts about SEC football programs

Inspired by this tweet by Tony Barnhart:

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Tony Barnhart ? @MrCFB Follow

Did you know (and I didn't) that Auburn has posted consecutive seasons of 10 or more wins just once (1988-89)? This team could be the second

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Honestly didn't know that and found it hard to believe.

What other lesser known facts or statistics exist out there about various programs in the conference? I'll collect the various responses and post them here.


Submissions:

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Florida has won 3 national titles, but never has had an undefeated season.

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- Hawgeye

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SC beat every SECe team in '11, but didn't play in SECCG.

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- CockInYourEar

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Tennessee is currently in the midst of 4 consecutive losing seasons, the longest such streak in their history.

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- Hawgeye

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LSU football program was the quickest to win a national title after their inaugural season.(3 years)

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- Dire Wolf

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Despite being two of the most premier and successful programs in college football history, UGA and Oklahoma have never played.

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- WG Dawg

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Last year was the first time since 1976, and only the 3rd time since WWII, that Miss State finished a season with three straight wins.

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- msudawg1200

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Tony Dorsett played both his first and last career games against UGA (4 years apart)

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- WG Dawg and parkjas2001

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Ole Miss has beaten both Bama and LSU in same season only twice, 1968 and 2001.

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- msudawg1200

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Auburn went 53 years, LSU went 45 years, Texas went 35 years, and Ohio State went 34 years between national titles. All of which are longer droughts than the one UGA is currently in...yet apparently we are the biggest underachievers evarrrr.

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- WG Dawg

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Heading into the 2004 season, Auburn had as many SEC titles as Georgia tech, who left the conference 40 years earlier.

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- WG Dawg

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Despite both being founding members of the SEC, Mississippi State and Georgia Tech never played each other in the 40 years they were in the conference together.

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- Kingcmo

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Over the last 30 years, LSU is 10-4 against Bama in the state of Alabama, and Bama is 10-3-1 against LSU in the state of Louisiana. The visting team dominates that series since Coach Bryant retired to the tune of 20 wins, 7 losses, and 1 tie (in Baton Rouge).

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- Crimson Legend

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OM has won in Tuscaloosa....once.

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- RebFeBrees

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SC hasn't beaten Auburn in over 80 years.

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- diddydirtyAubie

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LSU and Michigan have never played each other.

LSU hasn't lost to the PAC 12 since 1979. (all-time record vs PAC12 is 22-4.)

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- magildachunks

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LSU has played A&M more than the following fellow SEC charter members: Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Auburn.

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- cokebottleag

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Tulane has as many SEC football championships as Kentucky, MSU, Vandy, SC, Arkansas, A&M, and Missouri combined.

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- msudawg1200

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On election years going back to 1984 the Alabama/ LSU game has decided who wins the presidency, with Bama representing the Democrats, and LSU representing the Republicans.

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- Carolina Tide

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Auburn has more perfect seasons than UGA, LSU and UF combined.

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- marschallcotiger

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Florida has 3x as much championship hardware as Georgia and 2x as much as Tennessee.

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- Korin

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Kentucky has only beaten Alabama twice (1922 and 1997)

UA is 168-33-7 vs. the state of Mississippi.

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- pvilleguru

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Bear Bryant's record in Denny Stadium(now Bryant-Denny) was 74-2. He lost to Florida in 1963, and to Southern Miss in 1982, which was his last game coached in Denny.

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- msudawg1200

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Ole Miss has never beaten Alabama, LSU, and State in the same year.

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- DMagic

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Archie and Eli Manning are 4-2 vs. Alabama. All other Ole Miss QB's are 3-46-2 against the Tide.

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- msudawg1200

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Since joining the SEC, Arkansas head coaches are 0-5-1 against Mississippi St in their first season as head coach. In all other seasons combined they are 15-1.

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- TheChesireHog

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From 1980-84, State beat LSU 5 times in a row. Since then they are 3-26 against the Tigers.

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- msudawg1200

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The most recent team to win back to back SEC titles is Tennessee. The most recent team to make back to back SEC title game appearance is Georgia.

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- Prof

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In 2010 Greg McElroy came 13 yards short of being the first Bama QB to pass for 3000 yards. Oddly enough, 13 was the number of National Titles Bama claimed at the time.

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- AllBamaDoesIsWin

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This decade, only two SEC teams have not had a winning season.....Kentucky and Tennessee...all other league teams have had at least one winning season.

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- Hawgeye

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2014 will mark the first season Arkansas & South Carolina have not played in the regular season since both joined the league in 1992.

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- Hawgeye

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Ole Miss has never beaten a #1 ranked team in football.

Ole Miss has never played a team from the Pac 12.

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- DCRebel

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Spurrier 23-1 in season opening games as a college HC... His only loss was to South Carolina in 1989 in his last season at Duke.

SC and UGA have played more times than UF-FSU.

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- theGarnetWay

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LSU was the first American college team to play on foreign soil, playing in the 1907 Bacardi Bowl at La Tropical Stadium in Havana, Cuba. LSU beat Havana University 56-0.

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- LSUgusto

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UT and UGA played only 20 times before expansion put them in the same division. UT and UF only met 21 times before expansion.

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- Master of Sinanju

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Despite being one of the dominant programs in the country during the 60s and 70s, Alabama went nearly 9 full years without winning a bowl game from Jan 2nd, 1967 to Dec 31st, 1975. Alabama went 0-7-1 in bowls during that time.

Alabama is the only school in the country with at least 4 Rose Bowl, 4 Orange Bowl, and 4 Sugar Bowl wins.

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- Govt Tide

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Ole Miss hasn't scored an offensive touchdown in Starkville since 2009.

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- pivey14

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Although Jackie Sherrill is the all time winningest coach in Mississippi State history, he finished his career with a .500 career record at 75 - 75.

Bear Bryant coached at Kentucky and A&M for 11 years prior to coaching at Alabama. Bryant also led Kentucky to the Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl. Kentucky's final AP poll rankings under Bryant included #11 in 1949, #7 in 1950, #15 in 1951, #20 in 1952 and #16 in 1953.

Bryant led A&M to the SWC championship. The following year, 1957, Bryant's star back John David Crow won the Heisman Trophy (the only Bryant player to ever earn that award).

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- YouDontKnowBro

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Florida beat every SECe team in '02, but didn't play in SECCG.

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- Donkeypunch

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Arkansas is the only team to meet, but not beat tOSU in the postseason? Sure, they didn't technically lose, but they didn't win either

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- BuckeyeFan87

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The Arkansas/Ole Miss rivalry was cancelled after 1961 due to fans fighting and hatred among fan bases. The series would renew again in 1981.

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- Hawgeye