Many of you nailed it. The lone highlight in an otherwise horrible 1996 season, which included the game I sat through in a torrential downpour to eventually watch Hines Ward go ass over tea kettle into the endzone to narrowly beat Texas Tech.

This game was a doozie. Including Uga V trying to bite Robert Baker to a hail mary to the first overtime game in SEC history.

There’s a great write-up about it from the DawgPost, definitely worth a read and a quick reminder that we’re a far, far ways away from the way things used to be. In case you were a young one during the 90s, here’s a sad reminder from the write up:

In 1993, Georgia had lost to its main three SEC foes by a combined score of 113-60. In 1994, the Dawgs lost in lopsided affairs to the Gators and Vols, but managed to stun No. 3 Auburn at Jordan–Hare Stadium by with a 23-23 tie. 1995 saw a close loss to the No. 8 Vols, a blowout loss to the No. 3 Gators in Sanford Stadium and a six-point loss to No. 20 Auburn, which was the final game before the hedges surrounding the playing surface at Sanford Stadium were replaced to get ready for Olympic Soccer in the summer of 1996. 

The start of the Donnan era in Athens was unimpressive, too. Georgia opened with back-to-back losses to Southern Miss and South Carolina, both lowly programs. The Dawgs needed a summersault from Hines Ward and a field goal miss from Texas Tech to get the first win of the season in a rain-soaked Sanford Stadium. 

Still, the Gators and Vols proved too much for Georgia, which was not in their class. No. 7 Tennessee and Peyton Manning routined Georgia 29-17 in Athens. After a two-year hiatus, the Cocktail Party arrived in Jacksonville again, this time with the No. 1 Gators winning by 40.

How long has it been since Tennessee and Florida beat us in the same year? Off the top of my head I’m guessing it was Kirby’s first year as head coach and it took a Hail Mary between two current NFL players to get that done.

Again…golden times, ladies and gents.