last time georgia won sec championship was in georgia.
when was last time georgia won sec championship?
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the 2017 sec championship game was played on december 2, 2017 at mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta, georgia, and determined the 2017 football champion of the southeastern conference (sec). this was the first sec conference football championship at the mercedes-benz stadium. the game featured the eastern division champion, 2017 georgia bulldogs football team against the western division co-champion, the 2017 auburn tigers football team. this championship game was a rematch of their rivalry game, played on november 11, 2017. in that earlier game, auburn beat georgia by a score of 40-17. in this rematch, georgia won the sec championship by beating auburn 28-7. to date, this game marks the only time that any permanent cross division rivals have faced off in the sec championship game. this was also the first sec championship game with new sec on cbs announcer brad nessler replacing verne lundquist, who retired in 2016. the game was televised nationally by cbs.
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mississippi state university, then mississippi a&m, began playing football in 1895 under the nickname "maroons". the sport continues to be a favorite among the bulldog faithful. home games are played at davis wade stadium at scott field, the second oldest football stadium in ncaa division i-fbs, which has a seating capacity of 61,337. the largest crowd in attendance was 62,945 when no. 3 msu beat no. 2 auburn on october 11, 2014. after this game, the bulldogs took over as ap number 1 in the ap rankings. over its history, mississippi state has produced an sec championship team in 1941 and a divisional championship team in 1998, along with 16 postseason bowl appearances. the bulldogs represented the sec western division in the 1998 sec championship game, falling to #1 tennessee 14-24. jackie sherrill, who was the head coach of the bulldogs from 1991 to 2003, is msu's all-time winningest coach. sherrill led msu to 6 postseason bowl games and an appearance in the sec championship game in 1998. allyn mckeen, who led the bulldogs to its first and only sec championship in 1941, has the highest winning percentage (.764). some also credit mckeen with a national championship in 1940. the bulldogs finished off a 9-0-1 season with a tenth victory over georgetown 14-7 in the orange bowl, and finished at no. 9 in the ap poll, although some gave national title recognition to msu. the university does not claim nor acknowledge this feat. in 2003, msu became the first school to hire an african-american head football coach in the sec. in 2007, croom led the bulldogs to regular season wins over auburn, alabama, and ole miss before defeating c-usa champion ucf 10-3 in the liberty bowl. croom was also named the 2007 sec coach of the year. the 2014 bulldogs spent five weeks as the #1 team in the nation. they were #1 in the first ever college football playoff poll. during this season, the bulldogs had three consecutive top 10 wins at lsu, vs. texas a&m, and vs. auburn to become the fastest team to ever go from unranked to #1. overall, mississippi state has produced 38 all-americans, 171 all-sec selections, and 124 nfl players, including 11 first-round draft picks. mississippi state competes in the annual battle for the golden egg against in-state archrival ole miss, while also maintaining rivalries with alabama and kentucky. the team was previously coached by dan mullen, former florida offensive coordinator, who led the 2006 and 2008 gators to national championships. during his time at msu, mullen led the bulldogs to five bowl victories in, and five wins over in-state rival ole miss since his hiring. mississippi state recently hired joe moorhead as its head coach after mullen accepted the hc job at the university of florida.
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