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Week 9 SEC attendance figures: Gators legends on hand to see the Dawgs fall again
By John Hollis
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Things boded well from the outset for Florida before the start of the Gators’ annual showdown with rival Georgia.
How can you lose when you have three former Heisman Trophy and national championship winners there for support?
That was the case at EverBank Field on Saturday as Tim Tebow, Danny Wuerffel and Steve Spurrier gathered on the set of the SEC Network to talk about the game.
Tebow works as on-air personality for SEC Network, but later changed into more comfortable clothes (bottom) before making his way to the Gators’ sideline.
Photos from @SECNetwork broadcast w/ @TimTebow @DannyWuerffel @SteveSpurrierUF #SECNation #UFvsUGA, by @courtnerz https://t.co/QhBacRPB8E pic.twitter.com/ZmdSE1Uoyw
— Florida Gators Football (@GatorsFB) October 29, 2016
Florida easily won, 24-10, before a crowd of 84,681 to extend its mastery over the Dawgs to three consecutive games.
The Gators and Dawgs didn’t draw the largest crowd, however. That honor went to Texas A&M, which just missed on another 100,000 crowd.
Here are the Week 9 attendance figures in the SEC:
Nothing like boat time w/ @SteveSpurrierUF before #UFvsUGA. Thanks to Gale Lemerand for hosting us. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/Sn6tZGLA4a
— Danny Wuerffel (@DannyWuerffel) October 29, 2016
| Attendance | Game | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99,960 | New Mexico State at Texas A&M | Oct. 29 | Kyle Field |
| 84,681 | Florida vs. Georgia | Oct. 29 | EverBank Field (Jacksonville) |
| 78,696 | Tennessee at South Carolina | Oct. 29 | Williams-Brice Stadium |
| 65,927 | Auburn at Ole Miss | Oct. 29 | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium |
| 58,019 | Samford at Mississippi State | Oct. 29 | Davis Wade Stadium |
| 50,234 | Kentucky at Missouri | Oct. 29 | Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field |
John Hollis is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers Georgia and Florida.
