Meyer rushed from home to hospital with chest pains after SEC loss

Hours after his team's loss to Alabama in the SEC championship game in Atlanta, Florida coach Urban Meyer was rushed to the hospital complaining of chest pains.

Meyer's wife placed the 9-1-1 call at 4:30 a.m. Dec. 6 after her husband awoke briefly that morning and tried to get out of bed, but fell to the floor. The AJC obtained the audio and a transcript of the call from the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.

"He's never had any cardiac issues," said Shelley Meyer, who told the operator her husband had taken an Ambien sleeping pill several hours earlier. She said her husband had previously experienced chest pains due to anxiety.

During the call, Shelley Meyer said her husband was breathing and had a pulse, but would not wake up. She said he complained of a tingling sensation on his side.

"Urban. Urban. Wake up," Shelley Meyer said during the call.

Urban Meyer was taken by ambulance to Shands Medical Center in Gainesville, according to the transcript.

The university previously said Meyer was admitted to the hospital due to dehydration.