Remember that 31-game winning streak that the University of Florida football team had against Kentucky? 

Sure, you might remember that. 

It began with a 27-14 win against Kentucky in 1987. 

The Wildcats snapped the streak with a 27-16 win in Gainesville in 2018. 

But the streak almost ended after just six games. 

On Sept. 11, 1993, the Gators faced a 3rd-and-10 at the Kentucky 29-yard line trailing 20-17 with just seconds remaining. 

Back then there was no overtime, so it was do or die time in Lexington. 

Then redshirt freshman quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who went on to win a Heisman Trophy and national championship three years later, completed a pass down the middle to Doering with three seconds to play as the Gators stunned the Wildcats, 24-20, and extended the winning streak in the series to seven.

Here’s the game-winning drive. 

The historic play is even older than Google, which celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday. 

“It still kind of gives me chills just hearing that (radio broadcast), I think partially because of the Mick Hubert call, which was iconic,” Doering said on SEC this Morning a couple of weeks ago about the 30-year ‘Catchiversary.’ “For me, that changed the trajectory of my life…I caught 31 touchdowns in the SEC. That was the second of my career, 29 after that, but that’s the one everyone kind of associates with me.” 

Doering (1992-1995) held the record for most career receiving touchdowns in the SEC by himself for almost 20 years until Alabama’s Amari Cooper (2012-2014) tied the record (31) in 2014. 

However, Alabama’s DeVonta Smith (2017-2020) set a new record a few years ago with 46 touchdowns. Smith, who went on to win the Heisman Trophy and is now with the Philadelphia Eagles, holds school records for career receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions. 

The 1993 Gator game was not on TV, but you still remember where you were when it happened. 

Just like I remember where I was when Georgia’s Buck Belue hit Lindsey Scott on a game-winning 92-yard touchdown pass to stun the Gators in 1980. 

It was the most heartbreaking loss I’ve experienced as a Gator fan. 

I’m sure Kentucky felt the same following Doering’s last-second touchdown catch. 

It’s been over 40 years since that Georgia loss and I’ll never forget it. 

I’ll also always remember Wuerffel to Doering. 

But if you thought that it’s been a long time since Doering’s dramatic touchdown reception, it’s been even longer since the Wildcats have won three in a row against the Gators. 

Kentucky seeks its third straight win in the series for the first time since winning four in a row from 1948-1951. 

Last year in Gainesville, then No. 20 Kentucky upset No. 12 Florida, 26-16, for their second straight win over the Gators. 

It was also Kentucky coach Mark Stoops’ 61st victory at UK, surpassing legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and into first place on the Wildcats’ all-time victory list. 

“You’ve got to be a tough son-of-a-bee to come into this place and win,” Stoops said after last year’s win in The Swamp. “That’s what we showed. We may win or lose, but we’re tough.” 

With the score tied at 16-16, former Gator quarterback Anthony Richardson, who was selected fourth overall in this year’s NFL Draft, was intercepted by Kentucky cornerback Keidron Smith, who took it to the house for the game-winning touchdown. 

The pick-6 with 3:25 to play in the third quarter proved to be the difference, as the Wildcats tacked on a 26-yard field goal with 1:24 to play to seal their third win in the series in the past five games. 

On Saturday at noon (ESPN), Florida visits Kentucky in Lexington for the 34th time in the 74th all-time meeting between the two programs. 

Prior to Florida’s 20-13 loss at Kentucky in 2021, the Gators had not lost to the Wildcats in Lexington in 35 years (1986), owning 16 straight road wins in the series. 

But history almost changed one fateful night in 1993.