on a cold, drizzling, dreary day in auburn, coach steve spurrier's fourth-ranked 1993 gators amassed 560 yards of total offense, including 386 yards passing by quarterback danny wuerffel and 196 yards rushing by tailback errict rhett. but the gators' offensive fireworks were not enough for the win, as auburn's defense sacked wuerffel four times and made two key interceptions. the two teams were tied at 35 with 1:21 left in the game, when tigers placekicker scott etheridge booted a 41-yard field to beat the gators, 38–35.