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McBokonon
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I picked this one because I flew out from AZ just to go to this game. It was cold, the Steelers were hanging by a thread, we were all nervous as hell and then this happened:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJwAvvUTc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJwAvvUTc8
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
December 16, 1990. Oilers at Chiefs.
Early 2nd quarter. Steve DeBerg drops back to pass, but instead hands off to Barry Word on a draw play. Gain of 3 yards.
Looking back on it now, the play seems so innocuous. But at the time, it was magical.
Early 2nd quarter. Steve DeBerg drops back to pass, but instead hands off to Barry Word on a draw play. Gain of 3 yards.
Looking back on it now, the play seems so innocuous. But at the time, it was magical.
fantasysharkctb
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Music City Miracle.
Completely agree with you! By the way, great thread topic!
Jan Stenerud missed chip shot field goal as time expired in 1971 Xmas day playoff game with Dolphins...Dolphins win in OT, propelled to 3 straight Super Bowl appearances. That little dynasty doesnt start without that play!
Spin
Footballguy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2I4_UP8_2MJust because I was at that game. Absolutely insane. I still get goosebumps watching it.
Super Bowl XXXII This play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja69mTbL388
I knew the broncos were going to win their first Super Bowl after this famous play.
at Elway's comment at about the 1:00 mark. "5 inch vertical jump." 
I knew the broncos were going to win their first Super Bowl after this famous play.
at Elway's comment at about the 1:00 mark. "5 inch vertical jump." 
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Clinton
Footballguy
A lot of them were on Thanksgiving too!
Northbound Train
Footballguy
Vinatieri's FG against Rams in SB to hit hugeeeeee moneyline payday 
CalBear
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kellumsboys
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pigskin pimp
Footballguy
For this year...
...the Vikings picking Greg Lewis off the scrap heap, at the SF-MIN game with my 8 year boy, surrounded by all purple and one guy in a Vernon Davis jersey, watching Old Man River connect with Lewis to pull out a victory in the waning seconds.
So I'd to thank Green Bay for the old, wavering, quarterback management didn't want.
...the Vikings picking Greg Lewis off the scrap heap, at the SF-MIN game with my 8 year boy, surrounded by all purple and one guy in a Vernon Davis jersey, watching Old Man River connect with Lewis to pull out a victory in the waning seconds.
So I'd to thank Green Bay for the old, wavering, quarterback management didn't want.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
80 yarder and then later an 82 yard sweep right...outran one DB on the sideline, then made a great comeback. Same game Herman Moore made a wicked catch and run (79 yards) he didn't score on but oufaked 3 Bucs to get to the 7. Barry scored his 3rd TD on a 7 yard pass on the next play.http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxs...99710120tam.htm
Sad thing, though...I was thinking about great Sanders runs (the one the DB tore up his knee trying to follow his cutback, or bouncing out of a pile to reverse his field, or spinning out of tackle by pivoting on his hand, etc)...but how many were actually one great meaningful play that changed a season?
I'm a bit jealous reading about playoff or SB plays that everyone remembers...Barry was superb, but Lions fans don't really have a play to remember, there's no one game that meant the ultimate reward. Three great #20s (Lem Barney, Billy Sims, and Sanders) and 52 years of frustration.
proteus126
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John Riggins running for a 43 yard TD on 4th and 1 against the Dolphins in Superbowl XVII.
road warrior
Footballguy
Aikman's slant pass to Alvin Harper which pretty much sealed the 1992 NFC Championship Game against the Niners.
Andy Herron
Footballguy
One that is right up there for me is one that I always recollect this time of year.
Clint Longley to Drew Pearson for a 50-yard TD and the win in the closing seconds against the Redskins on Thanksgiving Day in 1974.
Among then Redskins coach George Allen's post-game remarks, "What's a Longley?"
You'd have to know some surrounding circumstances entailing that game to fully appreciate it. The jubilation was immense.
Clint Longley to Drew Pearson for a 50-yard TD and the win in the closing seconds against the Redskins on Thanksgiving Day in 1974.
Among then Redskins coach George Allen's post-game remarks, "What's a Longley?"
You'd have to know some surrounding circumstances entailing that game to fully appreciate it. The jubilation was immense.
adrenaline
Footballguy
The day after his father died Brett Favre threw a 43 yard TD pass to Javon Walker .
Andy Herron
Footballguy
That play-call was one of the gutsiest I've ever seen.Furthermore, it was Michael Irvin that was supposed to lineup on that side on that play, but Irvin suggested to Harper in the huddle that they switch sides.I forget what his reasoning was.
sho nuff
Footballguy
That one is great...but for me it was the first TD pass to Rison in that game. Just let me know Favre was on his game and not throwing wild high passes as he used to in the beginning of some games.
Bankerguy
Footballguy
Ace Right 896 F Flat.A crossing pattern to Irvin and 10 yard curl for Harper. Every time this was called previously in the game that ball went to Harper. Irvin being Irvin (With just over 4 minutes to go) told Harper to switch after hearing the play call. SF blitzed and Harper adjusted to a slant and Aikman hit him as his second read.The rest is history.
Jewell
Footballguy
turfman said:
As a Patriot fan, this may is my least favorite play ever. It may also be, IMHO, the greatest play in Super Bowl history. 2004 AFC Championship, Patriots @ Steelers: The Steelers go fo it on 4th-and-1 and fumble. On the very next play Brady sticks a knife in the Steelers with a 60 yard bomb that hits a streaking Deion Branch perfectly in stride. A hush comes over the stadium. Perfect play. Perfect time for it.Link (Start at 1:02)
hauser42
Footballguy
Don Beebe's catch against the 49ers on MNF. No one touched and he got up to run and score a big TD and Packers won in OT. Robert Brooks blew out his knee that night and it showed the Packers had depth. Was there and that stadium was rocking after the catch and never settled down till game was over.
pats3in4
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Vinatieri's 48yd FG to win SB36. After McGinest's hold on Faulk that allowed a 14pt swing, then Terrence Shaw and Tebucky Jones looking like keystone cops trying to tackle Ricky Proehl on his game-tying TD, it looked like the Pats were trying hard to join the ranks of the (pre-2004) Red Sox as title-chokers. To see Brady, JR Redmond and Troy Brown get the team in position to win it was awesome, but Vinatieri had to close. I saw SB25 and remember Norwood's famous miss all too well and there was no way the Pats' D was going to hold in OT should they lose the coin toss, so that FG was it. He nailed it with at least 10yds to spare. Absolutely killed it, right down the middle.
Close 2nd: The Tuck Rule. Gave Vinatieri the chance to hit one of the most unlikely game-tying FGs in the history of the game. Gave Brady the chance to continue his 2nd-half excellence into OT for the win. Gave the Pats a chance to pull off a monumental upset in Pittsburgh, even letting Bledsoe get one final act of redemption before leaving town. Gave the Pats a chance to pull of one of the biggest upsets in SB history vs. that Rams team. Allowed any potential Brady vs. Bledsoe controversy to die before the offseason heated up, clearing the path that the team was definitely Brady's going forward.
Close 2nd: The Tuck Rule. Gave Vinatieri the chance to hit one of the most unlikely game-tying FGs in the history of the game. Gave Brady the chance to continue his 2nd-half excellence into OT for the win. Gave the Pats a chance to pull off a monumental upset in Pittsburgh, even letting Bledsoe get one final act of redemption before leaving town. Gave the Pats a chance to pull of one of the biggest upsets in SB history vs. that Rams team. Allowed any potential Brady vs. Bledsoe controversy to die before the offseason heated up, clearing the path that the team was definitely Brady's going forward.
flooredyas
Footballguy
Mid to late 70's. Chicago vs. Detroit and the game goes into overtime. Chicago's returner (Eddie Payton?) returns it for a TD in 12 seconds. The shortest OT ever.
What was so awesome for me, was that dinner was ready and everyone was calling me, with my response being, just let me see the kickoff. I came to dinner all smiles.
What was so awesome for me, was that dinner was ready and everyone was calling me, with my response being, just let me see the kickoff. I came to dinner all smiles.
doeseatplace
Footballguy
As someone who was huddled around the tube with a family of Redskins fans, I remember this like it was yesterday, but not as fondly as you doAndy Herron said:
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
David WilliamsOne of his teammates accidently broke his nose during the celebrationMy uncle broke his big toe when he kicked the t.v. console (cracked the CRT tube to boot)Ranks right up there as most memorable family Thanksgiving
Andy Herron
Footballguy
I understand, but for the youngsters on the board, let me elaborate.Earlier in that week, Redskins DL Darin Talbert openly proclaimed that they would target Roger Staubach with thoughts of putting him out of the game (back then, you could get away with that kind of thing). Sure enough, early in the 3rd quarter, Staubach was put out with a concussion with the Cowboys down 23-10. Enter Clint Longley, a wry rookie kid with a big arm but low on the accuracy or mentality scale (he had issues). Tom Landry called him "the mad bomber" because he would continually hit his observation deck during the previous training camp with his throws. The kid had never thrown an NFL pass til that day. He obviously brought them back that day for the win in a most dramatic fashion. The guy was just "nuts," and was known for hunting rattlesnakes. He once showed up at then Cowboys safety Charlie Waters house with a shetland pony in the back seat of his Cadillac convertible during the offseason one day for a visit, but that's another story.
After meeting with and sharing conversation with his nephew a few years ago, I learned that Clint Longley led a very troubled life. He had become so separated from his family that he didn't even attend his own mother's funeral. Sad story. He had problems. After the 1974 season, he was released by the Cowboys after getting into a locker room fight with Roger Staubach. Clint had felt he had earned the right to contend to be the next starting QB for the Cowboys. San Diego picked him up briefly but was again released. Longley had thoughts and was fighting for the right of being the Chargers starting QB over a guy named Dan Fouts that the Chargers had drafted the previous year. His short NFL career was over. Last anybody knows, including his family, he was living a life of seclusion somewhere in south Texas. Weird, sad story, but I'll never forget that day in 1974. It was one of the most dramatic games I've ever seen as a Cowboys fan.
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Andy Herron
Footballguy
Local radio made several references to this game today as most memorable Thanksgiving Day games in Cowboys history.
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Northbound Train
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Buffaloes
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John Mobley batting down Brett Favre's pass on 4th down to seal Denver's 1st Super Bowl win.
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