For a look at Alabama's part in the conference's 2011 campaign, see SEC Football by the Numbers: Alabama's Championship Season.

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Teams in the nation that played a tougher schedule than LSU during the 2011 season, according to the NCAA. The NCAA figures its toughest-schedule rankings based on what all of a team's FBS opponents did against their FBS opponents (not including the team in question). Games against non-FBS teams don't count. LSU's opponents compiled a 94-45 record, a .676 winning percentage that put the Tigers well ahead of second-place Kansas (79-47, .627). Auburn was third (83-51, .619), Oklahoma State fourth (90-56, .616), Alabama fifth (78-51, .605) and Tennessee sixth (73-58, .603). The schedule ranks for the rest of the SEC teams were Ole Miss 11th (73-49, .598), Georgia 15th (84-60, .583), South Carolina 22nd (75-56, .573), Arkansas 25th (74-57, .565), Mississippi State 25th (74-57, .565), Florida 30th (74-59, .556), Vanderbilt 41st (68-60, .531), and Kentucky 59th (61-58, .513). LSU became the 11th SEC team to top the NCAA's toughest-schedule rankings since they started in 1977. (Bowls were not included in the rankings until 2002.) Other SEC teams to play the toughest schedule were Auburn in 1983, Florida in 1986, LSU in 1993, Florida in 1996, Auburn in 1998, Alabama in 1999, Florida in 2000, Alabama in 2003, Florida in 2006 and Mississippi State in 2009.

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Losses in nine bowls for teams with Auburn coach Gene Chizik on the coaching staff. Chizik was a graduate assistant for Clemson's victories in the 1988 Citrus and 1989 Gator, defensive coordinator for Auburn's victories in the 2003 Capital One, 2003 Music City and 2005 Sugar, defensive coordinator for Texas' victory in the 2006 Rose and head coach for Auburn's victories in the 2010 Outback, last season's BCS national championship game and this season's Chick-fil-A.

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Times that Ole Miss had a Player of the Week in the SEC this season, the only team to get shut out of the league honors. The SEC selected Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams players of the week as well as an Offensive Lineman, Defensive Lineman and Freshman of the Week during the regular season. Ole Miss was the only team shut out of the weekly honors. Players from Georgia and LSU earned weekly honors 14 times apiece, Arkansas had 12, South Carolina 11, Alabama 10, Vanderbilt 6, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi State five apiece and Tennessee four.

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Times that the SEC has produced teams with unbeaten, untied records for three consecutive seasons. LSU was in line to do something that had never been done in the league's history until the Tigers lost their final game 21-0 to Alabama. Alabama went 14-0 in 2009, and Auburn went 14-0 in 2010. The SEC has had unbeaten, untied teams in consecutive seasons four other times -- 1980 Georgia and 1979 Alabama, 1962 Ole Miss and 1961 Alabama, 1958 LSU and 1957 Auburn, and 1946 Georgia and 1945 Alabama.

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SEC coach with more conference losses than Houston Nutt, who will not return as Ole Miss' coach for the 2012 season. Nutt compiled a 52-60 record in conference games in 14 seasons with Arkansas and Ole Miss (going 0-8 with the Rebels in 2011), tying him for second on the SEC loss list with Georgia's Wally Butts (67-60-5) and Mississippi State's Jackie Sherrill (42-60-1). The only SEC coach with more conference losses is Shug Jordan, who had a 97-63-5 on-the-field record in league games in 25 years at Auburn.

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Player in SEC history with more receiving yards than South Carolina WR Alshon Jeffery, who is leaving the Gamecocks a season early for the NFL after catching 183 passes for 3,042 yards in three years. Jeffery joins Georgia WR Terrence Edwards, who had 3,093 yards on 204 catches from 1999 through 2002, and LSU WR Josh Reed, who had 3,001 yards on 167 catches from 1999 through 2001, as the only SEC players with more than 3,000 receiving yards.

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SEC coach with more conference victories than Steve Spurrier, who has compiled a 111-39 record in league regular-season games at South Carolina and Florida. Only Bear Bryant, who had a 159-46-9 record at Alabama and Kentucky, has more SEC victories.

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Top-10 finish in The Associated Press poll for South Carolina. The Gamecocks came in ninth in the final poll for the 2011 season. South Carolina's previous best finish had been 11th in 1984.

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SEC punter with a better career average than Georgia's Drew Butler, who finished his career with an average of 45.44 yards per punt. Among SEC players with at least 100 punts, only Vanderbilt's Ricky Anderson has a better career average. Anderson averaged 45.65 yards per punt for the Commodores in 1983 and 1984. Butler entered 2011 with a 46.1-yard average, but dropped behind Anderson by averaging 44.24 yards per punt during the season.

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Field-goal attempt missed against Auburn during the 2011 season. Opposing kickers made 18 of their 19 field-goal attempts against the Tigers. Five teams in the nation had only one field-goal attempt missed against them in 2011.

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Arkansas QB who has been an All-SEC first-team selection -- current signal-caller Tyler Wilson, who was the first-team QB for both the AP and the coaches All-SEC teams this season. Wilson became the Razorbacks' first first-team all-conference QB since Quinn Grovey was the All-Southwest Conference QB in 1988.

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Time that Tennessee has lost seven conference games in one season -- 2011, when the Vols went 1-7 in SEC play. The only other season in which Tennessee had lost six league games was 1962, when the Vols went 2-6.

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Interceptions by LSU DB Ron Brooks this season, both returned for TDs. Brooks and Vanderbilt's Trey Wilson were the only SEC players to turn two picks into TDs this season. Conference defenders ran back 22 interceptions for TDs during the 2011 season.

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Runs of at least 30 yards given up by LSU during the 2011 season, the fewest in the nation. Ole Miss QB Barry Brunetti broke a 47-yard run in the Tigers' 52-3 victory over the Rebels on Nov. 19, and Alabama RB Trent Richardson, on the final carry of his collegiate career, swept 34 yards for a TD during the Crimson Tide's 21-0 victory over LSU in the BCS championship game.

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SEC players who averaged at least 10 tackles per game during the 2011 season -- both on Kentucky. LB Danny Trevathan averaged 11.9 tackles per game and S Winston Guy averaged 10.

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Tennessee players who have led the SEC in receiving, including WR Da'Rick Rogers in the 2011 season. Rogers caught 67 passes in 12 games, one more reception than Arkansas WR Jarius Wright. Tennessee's Joey Kent was the SEC's leading receiver in 1996, and the Volunteers' Larry Seivers topped the conference in 1975 and 1976. Since 1970, the SEC's leading receiver has been the player with the most receptions per game. From 1952 through 1969, the leading receiver was the player with the most total catches. Before that, the top receiver was judged to be the player with the most receiving yards.

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Consecutive seasons that the winner of the Thorpe Award, presented annually since 1986 to the nation's best defensive back, has been an SEC player. LSU CB Morris Claiborne won the award in 2011 after Tigers CB Patrick Peterson earned it in 2010 and Tennessee S Eric Berry received it in 2009. Other SEC winners of the Thorpe have been Carlos Rogers, Auburn, 2004; Lawrence Wright, Florida, 1996; and Antonio Langham, Alabama, 1993.

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Consecutive seasons in which the Arkansas single-season records for passes and completions have been broken. QB Ryan Mallett set the marks in 2009 with 403 passes and 225 completions, then broke them the next season with 411 passes and 266 completions. QB Tyler Wilson passed those marks with 438 passes and 277 completions in 2011.

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Consensus All-American players from South Carolina, with DE Melvin Ingram becoming the Gamecocks' first consensus All-American since 1984 after the 2011 season. South Carolina's other consensus All-Americans were RB George Rogers in 1980 and G Del Wilkes in 1984.

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SEC defensive backs who were consensus All-Americans in 2011, the second time in three seasons that the SEC had three consensus DBs. Alabama S Mark Barron and LSU CBs Morris Claiborne and Tyrann Mathieu earned consensus All-American recognition in 2011. In 2009, Tennessee S Eric Berry, Florida CB Joe Haden and Alabama CB Javier Arenas were consensus All-Americans. This marked the ninth consecutive season that the SEC had at least one consensus All-American DB, and the league has had 15 consensus All-American DBs during that span. In addition to the trios of 2009 and 2011, the SEC's other consensus All-American DBs since 2003 have been Florida's Keiwan Ratliff in 2003, Georgia's Thomas Davis and Auburn's Carlos Rogers in 2004, Georgia's Greg Blue in 2005, LSU's LaRon Landry and Florida's Reggie Nelson in 2006, LSU's Craig Steltz in 2007, Berry in 2008, and LSU's Patrick Peterson in 2010.

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SEC running backs who outrushed Tennessee during the 2011 season. Alabama's Trent Richardson, Auburn's Mike Dyer, Vanderbilt's Zac Stacy and Mississippi State's Vick Ballard all surpassed Tennessee's team total of 1,008 rushing yards.

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SEC teams at the top of the national ratings for pass-efficiency defense in the 2011 season, with Alabama at No. 1 with a rating of 83.69, South Carolina second at 94.22, LSU third at 95.58 and Georgia fourth at 98.74.

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Kickoffs returned for TDs by Georgia CB Brandon Boykin, who ended his career tied with former Tennessee WR Willie Gault and former Arkansas RB Felix Jones for the most in SEC history. Boykin ran for two TDs, caught a scoring pass and returned a punt 92 yards for a TD this season, but did not have a kickoff return for a score during the 2011 season. Boykin wound up 55 yards short of the SEC record for career kickoff-return yards set by Florida WR Brandon James from 2006 through 2009. James had 2,718 yards on an SEC record 112 kickoff returns. Boykin finished with 2,663 yards on 110 returns. James averaged 24.27 yards per return. Boykin averaged 24.21 yards per return.

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Of the 13 games between NCAA FBS teams in which one of the teams netted negative rushing yards that involved SEC defenses during the 2011 season. Tennessee had minus-21 and Florida had minus-19 rushing yards against Georgia. Florida held Tennessee to minus-9 rushing yards. Kent State netted minus-9 rushing yards against Alabama.

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Punts returned for TDs this season by Arkansas WR Joe Adams, tying the SEC record for most in one season that was set by Kentucky WR Derek Abney in 2002. Adams scored the four TDs with only 19 returns. For his career, Adams has scored on five of his 36 punt returns. The SEC record holder, former Alabama CB Javier Arenas, scored seven TDs on 125 punt-returns.

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Times in the 17-year history of the Bednarik Award that the honor has gone to players from the same school in consecutive seasons. LSU CB Tyrann Mathieu won the 2011 award as the nation's best defensive player after Tigers CB Patrick Peterson received it in 2010. Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald won the first two awards in 1995 and 1996. Penn State's Paul Posluszny won the award in 2005 and 2006, and the Nittany Lions' Dan Connor won it in 2007. The only other SEC player to receive the Bedarnik is Georgia DE David Pollack in 2004.

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Consecutive seasons that LB Jerry Franklin was Arkansas' leading tackler. Franklin had 101 tackles in the 2011 season and 382 in his career, the second-most in school history behind the 408 that Tony Bua recorded from 2000 through 2003.

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Yards gained per pass attempt during the 2011 season for Kentucky, the lowest average in the nation. The Wildcats threw 336 passes in 2011, seventh-most in the SEC, but finished last in the conference with 1,627 passing yards.

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Consecutive bowls won by Auburn and Mississippi State, tied with Rutgers for the longest active streak in the nation. Auburn defeated Virginia 43-24 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl after the 2011 season to extend its streak. After a 24-10 setback against Wisconsin, the Tigers beat Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton on Jan. 1, 2007, Clemson 23-20 in overtime in the Chick-fil-A on Dec. 31, 2007, Northwestern 38-35 in the Outback on Jan. 1, 2010, and Oregon 22-19 in the BCS championship game on Jan. 10, 2011. Mississippi State defeated Wake Forest 24-17 in the Music City Bowl to cap the 2011 season. After a 38-11 setback against Texas in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 1999, the Bulldogs beat Clemson 17-7 in the Peach on Dec. 30, 1999, Texas A&M 43-41 in overtime in the Independence on Dec. 31, 2000, Central Florida 10-3 in the Liberty on Dec. 29, 2007, and Michigan 52-14 in the Gator on Jan. 1, 2011.

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SEC teams with at least 10 victories in the 2011 season, the most in league history. LSU won 13 games, Alabama 12, Arkansas and South Carolina 11 apiece and Georgia 10. The SEC had four teams with at least 10 victories in 2010 and 2006.

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Of its 26 fumbles during the 2011 season that Tennessee lost. The Volunteers' recovery rate of 76.9 percent was the best in the nation.

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Punts blocked by Florida RB Chris Rainey, the SEC career record. Rainey blocked a punt in the Gator Bowl against Ohio State.

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Conference victories for South Carolina in 2011, the first time since the Gamecocks joined the SEC in 1992 that they won six league games in one season.

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SEC players who carried the ball more times in the 2011 season than South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore, even though the Gamecocks sophomore played in only seven games because of an injury. Lattimore averaged 23.3 carries per game. Next best was league rushing leader Trent Richardson of Alabama, who had 21.8 carries per game.

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TDs scored by LSU defensive backs during the 2011 season, one more than the number of passing TDs that the Tigers allowed. Tyrann Mathieu scored four TDs, and Ron Brooks and Morris Claiborne bhad two apiece.

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Tackles for loss per game allowed by Ole Miss, the most in the nation during the 2011 season. The Rebels lost yardage on 108 of their 773 plays.

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Turnovers by LSU during the 2011 season, tied with Wisconsin for the fewest in the nation. The Tigers lost five fumbles and five interceptions.

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Victories for South Carolina in the 2011 season to set a school record. The Gamecocks' previous high in one season had been 10 wins by the 1984 team. Arkansas also won 11 games in the 2011 season, tying the school record set in 1964 and equaled in 1977.

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Years since an SEC team successfully defended the conference championship. The most recent team to win back-to-back SEC championships was Tennessee in 1997 and 1998. LSU will try to break the streak next season.

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Consecutive conference losses suffered by Ole Miss, the longest losing streak in SEC play in the Rebels' history. Ole Miss hasn't won a league contest since topping Kentucky 42-35 on Oct. 2, 2010.

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SEC players who have returned an interception 100 yards, including Vanderbilt LB Archibald Barnes, who did it against Tennessee on Nov. 19. The Commodores lost that game 27-21 in overtime on a 90-yard interception return by the Volunteers' Eric Gordon.

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Career interceptions by Vanderbilt CB Casey Hayward, tied for the most in school history. Leonard Coleman established the record with 15 interceptions from 1980 through 1983. Hayward intercepted seven passes in the 2011 season.

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SEC teams have posted an 8-0 SEC record, including LSU this season. Since the standardization of the eight-game league schedule with the SEC's split into divisions starting with the 1992 season, 11 other teams have posted 8-0 conference records -- Alabama in 1992, Auburn in 1993, Alabama in 1994, Florida in 1995, Florida in 1996, Tennessee in 1998, Auburn in 2004, Alabama in 2008, Alabama and Florida in 2009, and Auburn in 2010. From the league's first season in 1933 through the 1991 season, 44 teams posted unbeaten and untied conference records. However, only three of those 44 played eight SEC games -- Tulane in 1934, Alabama in 1964 and Alabama in 1973.

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Years since Florida was outscored by its SEC rivals. The Gators were outscored 191-166 in going 3-5 in conference games. Consequently, the Florida suffered its first losing season in the conference since 1986. Florida hadn't been outscored by its SEC opponents since 1988, when the Gators posted a 4-3 conference record but were outscored 106-99.

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Consecutive winning seasons for Florida, the longest streak in the nation. Virginia Tech is second with 19. The Gators beat Ohio State 24-17 in the Gator Bowl to finish 7-6 in 2011. Florida hasn't had a losing record in the past 32 seasons, also the longest streak in the nation, with Virginia Tech second at 19. Florida's most recent losing campaign was an 0-10-1 showing in 1979. Since then, the Gators have finished above .500 every season except 1987, when they went 6-6.

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Years since Vanderbilt outscored its opponents over the course of the season, something that the Commodores did in 2011 for the first time since 1982. Vanderbilt outscored its opponents 347-281 while posting a 6-7 record in 2011. The Commodores outscored their opponents 293-242 in going 8-4 in 1982.

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Games won by Auburn under coach Gene Chizik in the past three seasons, the most games won by a Tigers coach in his first three years. Terry Bowden went 28-5-1 in his first three seasons on the Plains.

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Fumbles by Vanderbilt's opponents during the 2011 season, the most in the nation. Unfortunately for the Commodores, they recovered only 10 of those loose balls, a 30.3 percent recovery rate that was the fourth-worst in the nation.

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Years since Arkansas finished higher in The Associated Press poll than it this season. The Razorbacks ranked fifth in the final poll of the 2011 season, their best showing since coming in third in 1977.

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Consecutive seasons in which Kentucky has failed to finish above .500 against SEC competition, the longest drought without a winning mark in conference history. The Wildcats haven't had a winning record in league play since going 6-0 in 1977. Kentucky had a 2-6 SEC record in 2011.

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Years between seven-game losing streaks for Ole Miss, which ended the 2011 season by losing its final seven games. It was the Rebels' first seven-game skid since 1974.

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Points scored by Auburn in its 19-point victory over Virginia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, the most points that the Tigers have scored in any of their 37 bowls. The previous record had been set in Auburn's 38-35 overtime victory against Northwestern in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1, 2010.

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Consecutive games started for Mississippi State G Quentin Saulsberry -- every game of his collegiate career. In the Music City Bowl, Saulsberry and SS Charles Mitchell became the first Bulldogs to play in 50 games.

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Yards per kickoff averaged by Auburn PK Cody Parkey during the 2011 season, the longest in the nation. Parkey had 57.6 percent of his 66 kickoffs go for touchbacks.

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Points scored by Tennessee in SEC games in the 2011 season, the fewest for the Volunteers against their conference rivals since they put up 89 in 1975. That team of Volunteers posted a 3-3 SEC record. This year's squad went 1-7. Tennessee's average of 11.5 points per game was its lowest in conference competition since the 1964 team scored 32 points in seven games, an average of 4.6.

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Years between consecutive losing seasons for Tennessee. The Volunteers finished 5-7 in 2011 after going 6-7 last year, giving them their first back-to-back losing records since 1910 and 1911, when Tennessee was 3-5-1 and 3-4-2, respectively.

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Points given up by South Carolina in its eight conference games this season, the fewest that the Gamecocks have given up against their SEC schedule.

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Career receptions by Arkansas WR Jarius Wright to establish a school record. Wright finished his career four receptions ahead of teammate Joe Adams, who also was a senior. Wright also set the school career record for receiving yards with 2,934. Wright finished ranked fifth in SEC history in career receiving yards behind Georgia's Terrence Edwards, South Carolina's Alshon Jeffery, LSU's Josh Reed and Vanderbilt's Boo Mitchell.

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Punt-return yards for Arkansas WR Joe Adams against Missouri State on Sept. 11, the most in the nation for one player in one game during the 2011 season. Adams took back two of his six punt returns in the game for TDs.

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Points given up by Auburn in its eight SEC games in the 2011 season, the most that the Tigers have yielded in conference competition. The current team broke the record of the 228 points given up by the 1948 team, which went 0-7 in the SEC. Overall, Auburn gave up 376 points during the 2011 season, also a record number. The 2009 team yielded 358.

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Consecutive games without being shut out for Florida, the third-longest streak in NCAA history. BYU went 361 games between shutouts from 1975 into 2003. Michigan currently owns a 349-game scoring streak. Florida's most recent shutout loss was a 16-0 setback against Auburn on Oct. 29, 1988.

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Points scored by Vanderbilt in the 2011 season, the most for the Commodores in one campaign since the 1915 squad ran up 513 in 10 games. That team had victories of 100-0 over Henderson State and 91-0 over Ole Miss on consecutive Saturdays.

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Points scored by Georgia PK Blair Walsh, the most in SEC history. Walsh broke the mark of 409 set by Georgia PK Billy Bennett from 2000 through 2003 with a 47-yard field goal in the second overtime of the Outback Bowl. He missed his first shot at breaking the record -- a 42-yarder that would have won the game in the first overtime. Georgia lost to Michigan State 33-30 in triple-overtime in the Outback. Walsh missed 14 field-goal attempts during the 2011 season (21 for 35) after missing 13 in his first three seasons (55 for 68). Walsh made at least one field goal in 45 games, an NCAA record.

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Rushing yards for RB Zac Stacy, the most in one season in Vanderbilt history. Stacy, the Commodores' fourth 1,000-yard rusher, broke the school record held Corey Harris, who ran for 1,103 yards in 1991. Jermaine Johnson ran for 1,072 yards in 1995, and Frank Mordica ran for 1,065 yards in 1978.