For much of this, credit goes to Jon Scott for his great UK statistics page. I also tried to look up play-by-play lists or articles for games that were available because his site specifically (from what I could see) has a list of biggest halftime deficits (which, by the way, is a tie between the 1994 LSU game and the 2004 Louisville game at 16 points).
Because this information can be difficult to find and sort properly, I wouldn't be surprised if I made an error or two...so let me know if I did.
Biggest deficit in an eventual win:
1) at LSU (1994) - 31 points in the second half
2) at Vanderbilt (1997) - 22 points in the first half
tie-3) vs Vanderbilt (2017) - 19 points in the first half, 13 in the second half
tie-3) vs Florida (1994) - 19 points in the first half, 10 at halftime
tie-3) vs Arkansas (1995 SEC Championship) - 19 points in the first half
tie-6) at Florida (2020) - 18 points in the second half
tie-6) vs Duke (1998 Elite 8) - 18 points in the first half (and then 17 in the second)
tie-6) vs Arkansas (2006) - 18 points in the first half, 12 at halftime
9) at West Virginia (2018) - 17 points (in both the first and second halves)
10) at Louisville (2004) - 16 points at halftime
(and then lots of games where we trailed by 15 or fewer at some point)
Biggest road deficit in the second half of an eventual win:
1) at LSU (1994) - 31 points
2) at Florida (2020) - 18 points
3) at West Virginia (2018) - 17 points
4) at Louisville (2004) - 16 points
Again, this is based on what I was able to find so far. It may be incomplete.
Because this information can be difficult to find and sort properly, I wouldn't be surprised if I made an error or two...so let me know if I did.
Biggest deficit in an eventual win:
1) at LSU (1994) - 31 points in the second half
2) at Vanderbilt (1997) - 22 points in the first half
tie-3) vs Vanderbilt (2017) - 19 points in the first half, 13 in the second half
tie-3) vs Florida (1994) - 19 points in the first half, 10 at halftime
tie-3) vs Arkansas (1995 SEC Championship) - 19 points in the first half
tie-6) at Florida (2020) - 18 points in the second half
tie-6) vs Duke (1998 Elite 8) - 18 points in the first half (and then 17 in the second)
tie-6) vs Arkansas (2006) - 18 points in the first half, 12 at halftime
9) at West Virginia (2018) - 17 points (in both the first and second halves)
10) at Louisville (2004) - 16 points at halftime
(and then lots of games where we trailed by 15 or fewer at some point)
Biggest road deficit in the second half of an eventual win:
1) at LSU (1994) - 31 points
2) at Florida (2020) - 18 points
3) at West Virginia (2018) - 17 points
4) at Louisville (2004) - 16 points
Again, this is based on what I was able to find so far. It may be incomplete.
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