coach tommy tuberville's unranked 2001 auburn tigers were 21-point underdogs when they met coach steve spurrier's no. 1 florida gators at jordan–hare stadium. gators quarterback rex grossman completed twenty-five of forty-two passes for 364 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw four interceptions. the gators dominated statistically, but the tigers' bend-but-don't-break defense held the gators rushing game to negative yardage. tigers back-up quarterback daniel cobb was not so flashy, but played mistake-free football, and the game was tied at 20 late in the fourth quarter. with 10 seconds left, tigers placekicker damon duval nailed a 44-yard field goal and the tigers upset the top-ranked gators 23–20.