College Football - Southeastern Conference

History - Important facts - Teams - Winners

Important Facts

• The Southeastern Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which was established in December 1932 and with base in Birmingham, Alabama.
  


• It is one of the co-founder of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and current member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
  


• The NCAA awarded the SEC a go signal authorization to conduct a yearly football championship game between the champions of the Eastern Conference division against the champions of the Western Conference division.
  


• The SEC sent six of its teams to post-season bowl games in 2005-2006. For the 25th straight season, the SEC has recorded the largest total attendance figure of any conference in the nation.
  

SEC College Football Awards

Heisman Trophy (Outstanding Player)

• Frank Sinkwich, Georgia HB, 1942
• Bill Cannon, LSU HB, 1959
• Steve Spurrier, Florida QB, 1966
• Pat Sullivan, Auburn QB, 1971
• Herschel Walker, Georgia HB, 1982
• Bo Jackson, Auburn HB, 1985
• Danny Wuerffel, Florida QB, 1996
• Tim Tebow, Florida, 2007

Maxwell Award (Outstanding Player)

• Charley Trippi, Georgia HB, 1946
• Herschel Walker, Georgia HB, 1982
• Danny Wuerffel, Florida, 1996
• Payton Manning, Tennessee, 1997
• Tim Tebow, Florida, 2007

Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year Award)

• Pat Sullivan, Auburn, 1971
• Herschel Walker, Georgia, 1982
• Bo Jackson, Auburn, 1985
• Danny Wuerffel, Florida, 1996
• Darren McFadden, Arkansas, 2007

Outland Trophy (Outstanding Interior Lineman)

• Bob Gain, Kentucky T, 1950
• Zeke Smith, Auburn G, 1958
• Steve DeLong, Tennessee T, 1964
• Bill Stanfill, Georgia T, 1968
• Tracy Rocker, Auburn DT, 1988
• Chris Samuels, Alabama OT, 1999
• John Henderson, Tennessee, 2000
• Glenn Dorsey, LSU, 2007

Vince Lombardi Award (Outstanding Lineman)

• Cornelius Bennett, Alabama LB, 1986
• Tracy Rocker, Auburn DT, 1988
• Glenn Dorsey, LSU, 2007