No. 1 Alabama and No. 11 Florida will meet for a league-record 10th time in the SEC Championship game Saturday night (8 pm, CBS). The SEC Championship Game made its debut in 1992 and has become a southern cultural institution in the 28 games since. Florida and Alabama have by far the most appearances of any SEC programs, with 13 each, with Alabama the leader over Florida in SEC Championship game wins by a mark of 8-7. Alabama has won 5 of the 9 meetings with Florida overall, including the last three (2009, 2015, 2016), but the two schools have played some memorable contests in those 9 meetings, whether the game was played in Birmingham or Atlanta.

Here’s a look at the best 5 SEC Championship games between the Gators and the Tide, a series that has seen dynasties emerge, Hall of Fame coaches cement legacies, both programs clinch national championship game appearances, Heisman Trophies, and inspired filmmakers and storytellers for 3 decades.

5. 1996: No. 4 Florida 45, No. 11 Alabama 30

Florida arrived in Atlanta 10-1 but heartbroken after dropping a 24-21 game against then No. 2 Florida State in Tallahassee only a week earlier. A big issue for the Gators in the FSU game had been protecting senior quarterback Danny Wuerffel, and Alabama, with a defense ranked in the top 10 in college football, figured to be another tough matchup for the Gators in that respect.

Early on, that was the case, as Florida fell behind after pressure forced an early Wuerffel turnover on the Gators’ first possession. After that, however, Wuerffel put on a show, throwing for 401 yards and an SEC Championship record 6 touchdowns in guiding the Gators to their 4th consecutive SEC Championship, a streak of SEC dominance that remains unequaled.

As will become a trend in this piece — the Gators won the national championship a month later, avenging their loss to FSU with a 52-20 rout of the Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl.

4. 2008: No. 2 Florida 31, No. 1 Alabama 20

Ahead of schedule in Year 2 under Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide rolled into Atlanta undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the country in total defense. Florida countered with a top 5 offense and 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow in what was a “play-in” game for a BCS Championship berth.

Despite the No. 1 ranking and despite Florida being without talismanic playmaker Percy Harvin, Alabama arrived in Atlanta as 10-point underdogs. The basis for this was largely Tebow and the eye test. While Alabama was winning with a game manager at quarterback in John Parker Wilson and a stout defense, the Gators had simply been obliterating the opposition since a shocking early-season loss to Ole Miss. Tim Tebow delivered what would famously become dubbed “the promise” after the Ole Miss loss, promising that his Gators team would be the hardest-working team in college football after the defeat. When the Gators arrived in Atlanta, it looked as if Tebow was keeping his word: Florida’s average margin of victory over their last 8 games was 39.6, demonstrating Florida’s might.

The game was tremendous, a back and forth affair that saw Alabama take a 20-17 lead into the 4th quarter.

That’s when Tebow time arrived. Tebow entered the 4th quarter 9-of-17 passing for only 128 yards, but connected on all 5 pass attempts in the 4th quarter for 80 yards, tossing a touchdown and using his legs and arm to lead Florida on scoring drives of 62 and 65 yards to put the Tide away 31-20.

Following the game, Saban praised Tebow, saying he had “never in all his years of coaching football seen a player so singularly determined to win.” Tebow didn’t win the Heisman a week later, losing a close vote to Sam Bradford of Oklahoma. But Tebow would have his vengeance for that a month later anyway, as the Gators defeated the Sooners in Miami to capture the program’s 3rd — and most recent — claimed national championship.

3. 2009: No. 2 Alabama 32, No. 1 Florida 13

Forever known in Alabama lore as the game that made Tebow cry, the Tide had their revenge for 2008 a season later, dominating the second half to hand Florida its first defeat in 23 games.

The Tide blew a 19-13 game at the half wide open in the 3rd quarter when Greg McElroy, who played beautifully in outdueling Tebow, led the team on a 74-yard touchdown drive to extend the lead to 13 early in the 3rd quarter. From there, the Alabama defense stifled the Gators, keeping Florida off the scoreboard in the second half and sealing the game when Javier Arenas intercepted Tebow in the end zone as Florida tried to finish a drive and cut into the lead in the 4th quarter.

The game marked the first and to this date the last time that 2 unbeaten teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 have met in the SEC Championship Game. Alabama defeated Texas in the Rose Bowl the following month to win Saban’s first national championship at Alabama, marking the beginning of Saban’s reign over the SEC and, for all intents and purposes, the end of Urban Meyer’s brief but dominant tenure at Florida.

No. 2: 1994: No. 6 Florida 24, No. 3 Alabama 23

Alabama came to Atlanta needing a win to have a chance to play for at least a share of the national championship through the bowl coalition. The Gators had finished 9-1-1, but arrived at the first SEC Championship Game played in Atlanta reeling after blowing a 31-3 4th quarter lead at Florida State the week prior and settling for a tie.

In a terrific back and forth game that featured a little of everything, Alabama took the lead 23-17 when linebacker Dwayne Rudd intercepted Wuerffel and took the pass to the house with under 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter. The Gators responded with a long drive led by the powerful Fred Taylor, who helped the Gators convert a 4th-and-1 and get into Alabama territory with under 6 minutes remaining.

That’s when Spurrier went to his bag of tricks, calling for a double pass — Wuerffel to Chris Doering to Aubrey Hill on 2nd-and-long to set up the Gators inside the Alabama 5 (16:30 mark of video).

Florida scored on a Wuerffel dart to Doering a play later and win 24-23, vanquishing Alabama’s last great chance for a second national championship under Gene Stallings.

1. 1992: No. 2 Alabama 28, No. 12 Florida 21

It’s impossible to believe now, but once upon a time, playing a conference championship game was a real gamble. The bowl system privileged conference tie-ins over merit, and it was a huge gamble to any team’s championship dreams to play an extra football game. SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer didn’t care. He sensed the sport was changing and wanted to be an innovator, feasting on the SEC’s expansion and passion for the sport to showcase the league in a title game shown on national television.

The move paid off, but so much of that is due to Alabama and Florida’s football teams, who played one of the greatest college football games ever played at Legion Field in Birmingham in 1992.

Florida entered 8-3, but Steve Spurrier admired Stallings and Alabama and knew what an honor and opportunity it was to play the Tide for a championship. The Gators played their best game of the season, and tied the Crimson Tide at 21 after Shane Matthews led Florida on a long drive capped by Errict Rhett midway through the 4th quarter. The Gators then forced a punt, and had the ball with a chance to go win the game when Antonio Langham made a play that carried Alabama into the national championship game and carried SEC football into three decades of national dominance.

Langham’s pick-6 inspired the ESPN SEC Storied Film “The Play that Changed College Football”, as Langham’s pick averted the disastrous scenario where a blueblood lost a national title because they played an extra game and instead captured the hearts and minds of the country in the process. The SEC has never been the same.