As Alabama’s Adam Griffith attempted a 57-yard field goal to win the 2013 Iron Bowl, CBS Announcer Verne Lundquist said the words, “On the way!”

The phrase had a special meaning for Stephanie Newton of Brentwood, Tenn. – nine months pregnant with her second child, a boy, due in a week’s time.

Because, once Auburn’s Chris Davis was safely in the end zone 109 yards later, Newton realized her baby was going to arrive a lot sooner than expected.

And now, a decade later, John Banks Newton is getting ready to once again celebrate his birthday, as his family remembers their connection to one of the most celebrated plays in college football history.

“Any time a kid is born, it’s special,” Stephanie said. “But when you have something that’s such a memory… It was fun to tell everybody, ‘My water broke watching the Auburn-Alabama game.’”

Stephanie, who grew up in Alabama, said she’s “neutral” when it comes to the state’s most bitter rivalry. Her in-laws, however, are Auburn grads.

On Nov. 30, 2013, she gathered with her sister-in-law’s family, her in-laws, and her family to watch the game. They had celebrated Thanksgiving, and she spent part of the day Christmas shopping.

By this time, Stephanie had been to the hospital three times with false alarms, so there was no reason to believe that the baby was imminent. Instead, she was prepared for a nice afternoon of family time, watching the biggest game of the year – No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Auburn for the SEC West.

“There was no reason for me to think today was the day. It was pretty out of the blue. Even if I was feeling something, I probably dismissed it,” she said.

Stephanie cheered for Auburn along with her in-laws, and the excitement was already at a fever pitch after Nick Marshall found Sammie Coates for the tying touchdown with 32 seconds left in the game. Then Alabama drove to the Auburn 38-yard-line and Nick Saban lobbied for the final second of the game to be placed back on the clock.

You all know what happened next in the stadium.

Here’s what happened in Brentwood:

“We were all standing up watching the kick,” Stephanie remembered. “If they make it, game’s over. If not, overtime. As you started to see (Davis’ return) happen, people are jumping around, they’re screaming. We were celebrating as it happened. The celebrating continued after the win.”

As a sea of orange and blue clad revelers swelled the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Stephanie’s family high-fived and clapped.

And Stephanie realized something else had occurred.

“I left the room and I was kinda like, ‘Is this happening?’” she said.

This was Stephanie’s second child – her daughter Addison was three at the time. She knew that once she arrived at the hospital, she wouldn’t be allowed to eat.

“The game went late. We hadn’t eaten dinner,” she said. “So we didn’t tell anybody. I said something to my husband, and then I was like, ‘We need to eat dinner!’”

Once the meal was over, it was time for more celebrating.

“I said, ‘Okay, I think I’m about to go have this baby.’ And everybody freaked out,” she said.

Waiting for the delivery, they sat in the hospital, where the topic of conversation inevitably was the Iron Bowl. On the television, into the morning, the replay of Davis crossing the field, headed for the goal line, was already in heavy rotation.

And then, around 4 a.m. that Sunday morning, their son was born, and his name has a sports connection – just not the one you might expect. The Newtons, fans of the Chicago Cubs, named the boy for Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, just as their daughter bears the name of the street outside Wrigley Field.

But the game is never far from their minds. Every year, the family gets together, much like it did that day, to celebrate his birthday.

Earlier this fall, when Auburn visited Vanderbilt, John and his family attended the game.

“We traditionally have his birthday party for the Iron Bowl,” she said. “We started taking his picture with the screen with the final score. We watch the game with the family every year. Now being almost 10, he loves football and understands how rare that was. He loves the story too.”