2019 SEC Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 7, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Joe Burrow (QB, LSU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | LSU by 7[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | James Carter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 74,150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color commentator), Jamie Erdahl (sideline reporter) & Gene Steratore (rules analyst) (CBS) Ryan Radtke, Derek Rackley and Olivia Harlan (Westwood One) Dave Neal, David Archer and Stephen Hartzell (SEC Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2019 SEC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game determined the 2019 champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[2] The game featured the East division champions the University of Georgia Bulldogs (Georgia) and the West division champions the Louisiana State University Tigers (LSU). Beginning in 1992, this served as the conference's 28th annual championship game. After a dominating performance by transfer quarterback Joe Burrow, LSU became the 2019 SEC champions winning the game by a final score of 37–10. The strong performance not only earned LSU the 2019 SEC Championship trophy but it contributed to earning the No.1 seed in the 2019 College Football Playoffs. After their loss, Georgia moved to the fifth spot in the rankings and earned a bid to play in their second consecutive Allstate Sugar Bowl.