coach bob woodruff's gators and coach shug jordan's tigers played nine games against each other between 1951 and 1959, only three of which were decided by more than ten points. however, none was closer than the game between the unranked 1958 florida gators and the defending national champions and fourth-ranked auburn tigers, a game in which neither team scored more than six points. late in the fourth quarter, with the tigers leading 6–3 on the strength of a single touchdown and a missed extra point, the stingy gators defense pinned the tigers offense behind their own three-yard-line. rather than risk a turnover, jordan ordered tigers quarterback johnny kern to kneel in their own end zone, intentionally scoring a safety for the gators, but earning a free punt for the tigers. the tigers kicked it away, and their defense held on to win 6–5.