That play sums up being a Saints fan. The XP didn't get blocked. He just flat out missed it. And that was when they were still kicking from the 2 yard line. If we win that game in OT. we're in the playoffs that year.
River city relay had me rolling, the sheer miracle of that play for the kicker to come out and just absolutely biff an extra point, the announcers made it so much funnier
The NFL has done an incredible job of keeping alive games from years ago. Restoration and preserving old media is extremely difficult to do, but games from 50+ years ago can still be seen today in great condition. My dad and I enjoy watching games that he went to live, and that is done by the conservation efforts of NFL.
The most amazing part about the Miracle at the Meadowlands' is having Merrill Reese narrating for all three of them! 1978 to still broadcasting today. What a legend!
The original MATM is the reason why today teams will get into the victory formation before snapping the ball which makes that play virtually impossible to duplicate.
0:17 Minneapolis Miracle 1:05 Mile High Miracle 1:39 Miracle at the Met 1:55 Miami Miracle 2:53 Motown Miracle 3:29 The Hail Mary 4:01 The Hail Murray 4:50 The Fail Mary 5:44 Butt Fumble 6:09 The Butt Punt 6:49 The Wrong Way Run 7:12 The Orlovsky 7:35 The Double Doink 8:28 Wide Right 9:00 River City Relay 10:01 The Fumble 10:34 Red Right 88 10:50 Tuck Rule 11:49 Music City Miracle 12:51 One Yard Short 13:23 Miracle at the Meadowlands 14:01 Miracle at the Meadowlands II 14:33 Miracle at the Meadowlands III 15:09 Philly Special 15:37 Jet Chip Wasp 16:32 65 Toss Power Trap 17:10 Fake Spike 17:35 Hook and Ladder 18:02 Ambush 18:54 Holy Roller 19:45 Las Vegas Lateral 20:41 4th and 26 21:11 Pick at the Stick 21:56 Immaculate Interception 22:38 The Helicopter 23:10 Beast Quake 23:57 Beast Quake II 24:36 The Alley Oop Pass 24:49 “He did what?” 25:26 Ghost to the Post 25:59 Sea of Hands 26:30 The Helmet Catch 27:19 The Catch 27:57 The Catch II 28:38 The Catch III 29:11 Immaculate Reception
It was the extra point actually. What's worse is that John Carney was one of the best kickers in football at the time and is in fact 5th on the career scoring list.
As a Vikings fan this is video is a perfect analogy of our history. The start gets you pumped up and before you know it your laughing about just how hard you crashed and burned.
It's amazing that Merrill Reese was the radio commentator for the Miracle at the Meadowlands in 1978 and still holds that position in 2022. He is the voice of the Eagles.
Watching those clips are like a knife in my heart as a Giants fan. Damn. Back to back. I'm not even from New York, but I love my Giants. I didn't realize how much hometown pride I had until I started watching these videos, and I started seeing Lett lowlights, and realized I must have been born a Cowboys fan, but it's buried deep, deep down, cuz those hurt, too.
and possibly ref ball... but what would the NFL be without plays that ride the gray area fringe of their rulebook. (For those who don't know at the time of this play if the ball ricochets off the steeler player and not the raider Franco can't legally catch the ball and advance it. for it to be a legal catch it needs to clearly hit the Raiders defender. Of course its also sick reflexes and awareness by Franco because if he dived to make that catch he'd also have been down by the rules of the time and also couldn't advance so his awareness here is incredible.)
@@rockstermaniac if you can't tell who it hit off 50 years later with several replay angles then they definitely couldn't tell live. Simple physics are in favor of the ball going off the raiders defender because there's no way a ball bounces that hard off of a player running the other way as opposed to directly at the ball.
The best ones are always when you remember the play by play alongside it. I'll always know Aaron Rodgers turned 32 yesterday, or Desean Jackson got a block, and Freeman DID do what. R.I.P. Franco Harris. Long live Immaculate Reception
Never heard that called anything. Just always on highlight reels. Most people don't have a name for it so probably why it's not here. Although I'm sure people can do better than The No-No Go-Go lol Edit: I do agree though that's a classic and needs a good name. After thinking about it I'm kind of mad it doesn't have one lol
Watching the "River City Relay" I kept thinking to myself, I remember this play and it was awesome but why do I feel like something terrible is about to happen? Oh right... Yeah... The heartbreak in the announcers voice as he screams "NO!" sums it all up
My uncle predicted that Carney was going to miss the extra point. He was conditioned for heartbreak because of his being a lifelong Saints fan. I want to get John Carney to send him a letter that says "You caused me to miss that extra point".
For the same team. However, Franco Harris and the Steelers fell to the 1972 undefeated Dolphins and Harrison won the SuperBowl with that play he had. RIP Franco Harris
The NFL can't stop putting smiles and sadness on our faces and it's really tough to remember how your team got beaten someday on here or won but it's also a beauty to watch as well.
Right? Started off all smiles but I gotta take a break halfway through, some of these are memories of real heartbreak. Silly sport has worked its way so deeply into our culture and lives heh. Come on Snyder, sell the damn team.
@@adammoldover8769 Oh, I notice that. That and how quick during the season like half of the cutaways for sports talk shows is awesome plays against Washington. I know, I know.
Interesting about the Seahawks "Fail Mary" is that those were back-up referees since the main refs were on strike at that time. Lots of folks think maybe this oddball call helped drive up pressure for the league to make a deal because the normal refs were back pretty soon after.
You know…I just still don’t see how Seahawks even won that. I mean the DB had possession of it from the jump to the way down. Every questionable call the seahawks were involved with, it always went there way. It’s getting a little suspicious.
@@Cyberdalii, the correct call was made. The fact that the Packer had the ball and wasn't juggling it with sole possession as he was going down, is irrelevant. The catch is not completed until the player has completely gone to the ground with possession. As it was, just before the time the defensive player who initially had a clean hold on the ball hit the ground and came to a stop, the SEAHAWKS receiver reached in and got his hands on the ball BEFORE the PACKER co-receiver hit the ground, --not landing on players who were on the ground under him or landing with two feet while his body was still moving to the ground, actually touching the ground in- bounds and coming to a stop either on his own or by being forced to by contact with a defender-- the Packer touching the ball was not fully stopped on the ground. Since the offense had full control of the ball last and both players, one on each side had control of the ball when the PACKER d-back hit the ground, dual possession goes to the team that last had full possession, that was SEATTLE just before the ball was grabbed in midair by GBAY.. If the PACKER had controlled the ball all the way to the ground before the Seahawk reached in, it would have been a pick. Watch the replay, again. It was a correct call, and after that official took abuse and was not retained once the regular officials came back, as some of the replacements were when hired as backups, he went into deep depression, had suicidal thoughts, etc. The wrong description of that play has ruined his life. That is a shame..he got the call right. Why are lines drawn thru my relevant points, RUclips?
@@robertsprouse9282 If the rolls were reversed and Green Bay had been awarded that catch, nobody would bat an eye. It was a small market team getting the call over a big market team that caused the controversy.
@@harrycooper5231, SEATTLE is a much bigger market than G.BAY..or even GB/MILW. BUT..the rulebook was clear(its been changed somewhat since= no longer does a receiver have to establish that he is a receiver, then a runner, he can both= catch in one motion while moving the ball on a lunge, and its a catch as long as he has control while opposition contact is made as he is lunging forward while going to the ground= DEZ BRYANT RULE.. back then..that was not the case=1. Receiver first, 2. then.. Runner second) and the ref still got it right. If the rolls were reversed, I'd rather have the cornbread. ROLES..
@@robertsprouse9282 WTF are you talking about? Green Bay has one of the top five biggest fan bases in the NFL. It was a discretionary call, and in the NFL discretionary calls typically go to the big market teams. You do realize the NFL is in the business of making money, right?
If the NFL decides to redo this, might as well include these two: Wide Right II (Tyler Bass missed FG, KC @ BUF, 2023-24 AFC Divisional) The Pick (Malcolm Butler’s interception, Super Bowl 49, SEA vs NE)
I was shocked and saddened to learn that Franco Harris, hero of the 'Immaculate Reception', had passed away a mere couple of days before the 50th anniversary of the play. Rest in peace, Franco Harris. -- P. S. and I'm a Raiders fan! --
Miracle in the meadowlands with desean Jackson will forever be one of the greatest football moments I’ve seen. everything leading up to it, plus the fact that the initial bobble of the punt allowed for the PERFECT route to be taken. If he caught it and started running earlier he surely would have been tackled
For Scott Norwood? That was to be his longest on grass. Except for Miami, everyone in the AFC East was on turf and that was with 5 teams in the division. A lot more turf, and flat carpet turf, back then.
Soccer-style kickers increased accuracy, but moving the hashmarks in and creating rules that have made it almost impossible to block kicks has also given kickers less to think about=cooled, if not eliminated, pressure, and has driven percentages up, although, they've dropped in the last couple of pro football seasons. Increasing the height of the uprights has also helped expand the target for kickers, and made it much easier for officials to determine if a kick is good or no good. Beginning in the mid to late '60's the NFL also began putting two officials under the goalposts on FGs and PATS.. Better grass and no baseball dirt has also improved kicking surfaces, as have no-wind and no- elements domed/retractable roof stadiums.. Yep..
There is no comparison of the kickers of the past to now. You are exactly correct. Check out the 1979 Super Bowl PIT VS LA RAMS Matt Bahr kicks a 41 yard field goal in that game and it BARELY makes it over the crossbar.
As a vikes fan, so many "Miracles" it seems have been for this team. The one team that is never great or bad, but always keeps it interesting. Heck, two games this year were absolutely defying the odds!
@@cyrussmith5242 It is all in the context. It was recorded by NFL Films at a time when the old NFL teams did not what to participate. Hank Stram liked the idea so
I don't care what anyone says...😂 The announcers after The Saints kicker- Carney missing that FG after the crazy touchdown is the funniest thing ever! I'm recording that guy screaming ""NOOOOooo"" And using it at work. 😂
“He wants to know if it’s real. They said ‘Yes, get your big butt out of here’. He does” That line will forever crack me up. 19:25 for anyone wondering
This play led to one of the many 'Raider Rules' in the NFL rulebook. Namely, only the fumbling player can recover and advance a fumble within the last two minutes of the game. Otherwise, it is returned to the spot of the fumble.....all thanks to the Holy Roller.
"The Catch 2" will always be the most memorable for me! Steve Young to Owens!! I remember that play, and will forever! And "The Catch 3" was also a highlight for me!! 49ERS RULE!!
I was at the Beastquake game. We were the 7-9 NFC West champions and got to host vs the defending SB Champion New Orleans Saints. Obviously people thought it was a ridiculous rule. But regardless I was able to buy 2 tickets and took my wife to her first Seahawks game. And when Marshawn Lynch broke that run off in the 2nd half the place went absolutely crazy!!! Watching that play still gives me goosebumps 10+ years later 😊
I remember watching this game...my bro was a Saints fan and was upset about that game not played in New Orleans....so he, like the 'Aints...declared victory to show the NFL that is was a bad rule....instead, the 'Aints helped make history as the 'Hawks were the first playoff team with a losing record to win a playoff game! I teased the HELL out of my bro....of course, he jabs back with the "at least we won a SuperBowl!"
I believe that was his 3rd or 4th miss of the game. And he had a doink earlier. I just remember him missing short to medium kicks the whole game. That was why Nagy had such a dejected look at the end
@@ryanwarner7950Parkey was actually a perfect 3/3 in FG tries before the double doink. And the Bears went for 2 on their lone TD so he didn't have an XP attempt. He did however have like 8 field goal tries hit the upright throughout the rest of the season. Just not that game.
@@EvboiMC you're right. I got confused with the game in Detroit when he doinked it 4 times. 2fg, 2xp. They later saw that his double doink in the eagles game was actually partially blocked and has been recorded as a blocked fg. Vikings Blair Walsh's kick against Seattle was still the worst I've ever seen. The sad part is when he lined up for a 27 yarder, us Vikings fan knew it was 50/50 if he'd make it. What a way to lose a playoff game at home. And dumb Zimmer still kept Walsh around the entire next season where he continued to dissapoint. Kickers.....can't live with em.....can't live without em.
I've always considered Desean Jackson's punt return touchdown the 4th Miracle at the Meadowlands. Brian Westbrook did the same back in 2003. I guess it's because it wasn't the last play of the game and the Eagles had to defend their lead for a minute, but to me at 7 years old, jumping up and down with buffalo sauce smeared on my face while my parents were screaming like they just hit the lottery, it sure felt like a miracle moment.
I was at a movie (agreed to go before the game was scheduled) with Merrill Reese in an earbud when BWest broke that return. I still remember fist pumping silently while Ben Stiller did something at a museum on screen.
That game was a turning point in our season, and that play was a godsend in a game where our offense was totally hapless, I 100% agree that that's a part of the miracle at the Meadowlands series.
@@ThatGreenGuy85 Even the few occasions when my Giants were really good, they had trouble beating the Eagles. Hope they beat the Colts coming up because if it comes down to having to beat Philly at the end of the season, Giants are not going to make the playoffs.
Agreed. Usually the Clyde Simmons one is regrettably forgotten, so I was excited to see it here. But surprised that Westbrook’s was then omitted. This is a truly great montage though.
John Carney missing wide right is still shocking and heartbreaking nearly 20 years later. Man only missed 10 XP across his entire career, and this was one of them.
@@justingolden21 agreed. That was the cry of supreme devastation. You got a glimpse into that guys soul because it jumped out of his body for a moment.
Not more than the Helmet Catch. Not more than The Philly Special. Those two really hurt. And then the unnamed play in the 2011 SB: the Manningham catch. (when the Patriots wanted Manning to throw to Manningham instead of Cruz or Nicks and they just got what they were asking for)
I seen a lot of these plays as a kid with my dad. Didn't seem real watching these highlights and remembering good times in awe of sensational plays I miss you dad Thank you for showing me love and respect for the game Thank you for these highlights made me cry!
This is one of the best videos on RUclips, no doubt. Even as a Raider fan I knew the Immaculate Reception was going to be the last clip and I still watch it all. I love the game no matter what.
If there was a Pulitzer Prize for short film clips…whoever captured the front shot of Franco Harris(R.I.P)making that reception would have got it for that year…such an iconic clip…
Im going to be a hater and say that shot sucked. No definitive evidence. Only famous because of the play. Only known because of how tantalizingly close it is to being the shot we needed but isn’t.
I’ll never forget the Philly special. I had to work that night, but being just outside Philly, not a damn lick of work was done in those final minutes of the game.
i remember watching the minneapolis miracle live with my dad and we went absolutely ballistic, especially with him being a vikings fan. one moment of my life i'll never forget
As a Saints fan, most of the last 10 years have been nothing but pain. I firmly believe that in almost every other parallel universe, Diggs is tackled and the game ends there. In almost every other parallel universe, pass interference gets called, the Saints take a knee on four downs and win the game and go back to the Super Bowl which doesn’t end up being a snooze fest. Just sucks man.
No play registers the shock value, of the Immaculate Reception. Ive never seen a crowd, and a team go that crazy. No one would know how to act, because it was an absolute miracle. The miracle of miracles. That's why its the greatest play ever, and its not even close.
I feel like Kyler gets so much credit for The Hail Murray. He did a great job getting out of pressure and making that heave but Hopkins made that play what it was. Four defenders and he caught that over all of them. DHop deserves more credit for that one. Call it the the “Hop Mary” lol
I always felt that the QB gets too much credit for successful Hail Marys. The QB is tossing it up there hoping for a miracle. The receiver really is the one who’s making the play happen being able to come down with an “anyone’s ball” kind of catch.
@@chitalian22true but the QB does deserve credit. Murray threw a perfect ball on the run. Same with Rodgers on his two Hail Mary’s. Two unbelievably perfect throws.
You're absolutely right. I'll add -- and I say this as a Steelers fan, so I'm not about to give the Raiders anything -- the Raiders got screwed by that tuck rule call. Brady had totally brought the ball back after a pump fake.
It was at the very least a clear simultaneous catch, which goes to the offense. Got that call right. Clear missed OPI though which you don't see in the video
HAHA watching the 65 toss power trap clip around 16:45 is hilarious. The way that coach talks is hilarious. How many times did we just hear the word "boys"? LMAOO
Man....I still get goosebumps when I watch the Music City Miracle. I remember it like it was yesterday when Mike Keith yelled "There are NO FLAGS ON THE FIELD". I had a feeling something big was going to happen.....and it definitely did. But I had to laugh when they showed the one yard short right after 😅
And in between those games, the Titans came to Indy and ran up and down the field against my Colts!! Funny that instant replay was put back in that year so they could actually review the lateral and see it was correct
Yea i used to think it was a forward pass til i looked where the ball was instead of the player, where the ball is is what counts and it went back about 2 inches...it was indeed a lateral
@18:57 Nothing out shines the Holy Roller and the call on the play has to be the #1 announcer call in NFL history. And throw in the Chicken for good measure. He was absolute hilarious.
I’m glad the “pick at the stick” was on here. That’s when I was the most die hard watching every second of every Niner game. That was the last game ever at Candlestick. Seemed like the Niners were about to choke because the Falcons were just making their way downfield at will. And for Navarro Bowman to take it all the way back was a perfect ending for an amazing stadium
I still think it should be criminal that they tore it down. I refuse to believe that they couldn't have renovated it to be a gem like Lambeau, Wrigley, or Fenway.
The day I learned to HATE Pete Carroll. But... then he gets to Super Bowl XLIX and makes "the worst play-call in NFL history." I feel like Darth Vader in Episode IV when he strangles the admiral using the Force.. "Your apology is accepted."
the double doink was actually tipped by somebody as it was kicked. definitely could have been a reason it doinkied but the double doink is absolutely wild. he went on to doink like 3 more kicks lol
Exactly. I hate the way he calls the games, but that was (alongside the Vikings Radio Broadcast) beautifully called because they let their emotions and disbelief out
@@BlackDawn626 The best thing about that miracle is the fact that they needed a miracle just so that they could go get slaughtered the next week. Pathetic.
One of the plays missed that I will always remember is "The Immaculate Deflection" or "The Tip" when Richard Sherman tipped a pass to Malcolm Smith for a game sealing touchdown that sent the Hawks to the Super Bowl
As a NYG Fan, from 1982, when I got home from the Navy, until I die, I've had it pretty good. We went to 5 SB's and won four. Three of them went down to the last play. Helmet catch is still a hilarious moment in our family's history. The rest of the family still jokes about how nuts I was. Never gets old.
I’ll remember the Minneapolis miracle for the rest of my life. Goosebumps every time I watch it. Sad what happened the game after though, we won’t talk about that
I still don't understand why we changed quarterbacks after the season was over. I'm sure we wouldn't have done any better with Keenum, but we should have given him a chance.
man i remember that play lol i went to sleep early didn't watch the game wake up next day didn't know who won watching highlights see the play happen and the field position of the defender before the ball lands and say ah cool Saints win it then ....... what i call the worst tackling attempt in NFL History that shit happens and I'm like WHAT THE WHAT even i could have made a better tackle then that holy fuck
@@squirrelydan3 because we traded a 1st round pick for Bradford, and you can't afford that on the bench. Plus Keenum got paid handsomely to fight for a starting job in Denver. Even if we wanted him to stay, he wouldn't start or get paid like he did.
Philly-Philly will never cease to give me goosebumps. Such an amazing play and the balls to pull out something like that in the Super Bowl of all places was incredible. I was so freaking happy when we won that SB because I always felt bad for Foles after that cheap shot he took. For him to come back to Philadelphia and help us win a SB was poetic justice. They might be on different teams and might not be as successful as they used to be, but I'll always cherish and be thankful for that fantastic season where Wentz and Foles got us our first ever Super Bowl.
Vikings fan here. 4:50 I watched that live with my grandfather, who was still a Packers fan despite having moved from Wisconsin to Colorado around 1950. He was pissed about that call until the day he died, and I still am. 12:51 My Dad was in London on business for that Super Bowl. When he called home a few days later I described the game and that play... and he said that the only SB photo in the London papers was of that final stretch. 22:50 First Super Bowl I remember watching. I was in daycare at the time and, even though we were in Minnesota they served us blue and green jello shaped like football helmets. No idea why. 24:50 That was an evening game and I had to go to bed before the end of it. Mom had to break it to me the next morning.
@@yaldabaoth2 If both players catch the ball, they give it too the offense by rule, i guess the ref thought they both caught it and gave it to Seattle even though it was clearly caught by the Packers
Need to look at all the angles. There was a great picture in the Seattle papers the next day, taken from behind the end zone, showing the Seahawk’s receivers left hand firmly clutching the ball, between the ball and the defender’s chest. He had possession with that hand and never let go. Simultaneous catch goes to the offense.
Don’t forget the refs decided not to call Tate pushing Sam Shields (Packers CB) causing Offensive PI. That game sent the NFL into uproar, and they admitted it was an interception, giving GB the very elated win
Not even a niners fan but catches 2 and 3 had a lot of meaning to it. Before TO was TO he had like 2 3 drops that game before the winning catch. And Vernon Davis’s last coach didnt believe in him before that season. So it was awesome to see them overcome adversity within themselves
You are wrong to say that Mike Singletary didn’t believe in Vernon Davis. Davis himself credits Singletary’s rant as the moment that changed everything for him
True but it doesn't compare to the original after numerous tough losses to the Cowboys in the past they finally beat them when it mattered the 49ers would go on to win their first superbowl after that magical play
0:36 gets touchdown takes off and throws helmet puts arms up facing crowd while his teammates celebrate hugging him, almost causing him to collapse onto the ground. the raw power of this moment is unmeasurable
I remember watching the play when the LT of the Seahawks recovered a fumble down by the opposite goal line and started to run it in, halfway up the field he tried to hand it off, but his whole team was telling him to keep going, that was his touchdown! I was also there for the Beast Quake... the whole stadoum was vibrating!!!
I would love to see a video explaining the success of all NFL teams that received a nickname and why they received their nickname/ what made them so good. For example the Steel Curtain and the Legion of Boom.
08:29 I clearly remember that FG attempt. That was the beginning of the term "Icing" created by Bill Parcells. Right before that kick, he called time out to stress the hell out of the kicker, and it worked. Then began the term "icing".
I'm an Eagles fan so I'm obviously partial to the Philly Special, but the ballsiest call in NFL history is definitely the Saints' onside kick in the Super Bowl vs the Colts, although I don't recall ever hearing that play referred to as "Ambush"
In the "America's Game" documentary about the 2009 Saints, Sean Payton talks about how his team was gonna run that play and he was the one who codenamed it "Ambush"
Very classy move putting the Immaculate Reception at the end......very fitting ending to a very good video! I'm 57 years old and have witnessed every one of them live on tv! Thank you!!
Not the ones from the 50s and 60s, and you would have been 7 yrs old for the Immaculate Reception, so I doubt you would have recognized the significance of the play. I was 12 yrs old for the Bears 1985 Super Bowl run, and I love football. The most significant thing that stood out to me was the Super Bowl Shuffle, Jim McMahon, William Perry, and Walter Payton. The Patriots were not "THE PATRIOTS" yet when they lost, and I didn't start really paying attention to really great plays until I was older. I knew the game and knew the players, but do you really remember every single named play you saw live as a kid? I barely remember the ones I saw as an adult, and I forget nothing. I remember Favre doinkiing the ball to himself. I thought the "dead" ball being run in for a TD was a fever dream until I started watching these clips and finally saw a Boykin highlight. Unless you own a Delorean, you didn't see all of these live on television. If you're like me, and you watch a lot of football, you probably saw the majority of them from 1972 (when you would be 7) onward, and the meaningful ones would be from about 1982 (when you were 17) onward. Mainly because we are busy doing kid things, and not focused on watching football during our childhood. Obviously, I am 7 yrs younger, but same concept. It's not something we pay as much attention to, or appreciate until we're older. No need to exaggerate. You could have just said you remember watching the majority of these live on tv. Lots of people did. Some are even old enough to have actually seen all of them live on tv. Also, some games aren't shown on tv in certain areas, so before you were able to pay to view a game, you were SOL if you lived in a certain state, but wanted to watch the Giants game, for example. You were able to watch every game, for every division, every single Sunday when no one else could? Even in the 70s, 80s, and 90s? Yes, I am writing a whole @ss paragraph in response to your bs throwaway line, because bs shouldn't go unchallenged. *80 yr old who really did watch it all live nods sagely, and says someday this one will learn to let the little things go*
Yea, but no The Catch by Ben to Holmes TO WIN THE SB. No Immaculate Extension by Ben to AB to WIN THE DIVISION. No The Tackle by Ben against the Colts TO WIN A PLAYOFF GAME against the media darlings Manning Colts. THIS IS A JOKE OF A VIDEO. This person has ZERO knowledge of the NFL and obviously hates Ben and the Steelers.
I remember watching that Seattle vs green Bay game. Jennings definitely had that pick. He had the most control of the ball and even pulled the ball to his chest when going to, and, on the ground.
@@Cruz474NO he didn't and he later admitted he didn't. Jennings clearly had it first with both feet down. IN fact, several of the real refs commented that it was a touchback. The fact that the NFL refused to support the TD call says it all
@@tomshea8382Yes and it was the last scab referee game as the NFL suddenly made a deal with the refs union after weeks of no progress. It was hilarious how fast the NFL was trying to move on from that game The fact that the NFL refused to back the call tells you that the call was wrong.
2 that I know of that are missing - "The Tackle" Big Ben saving the AFC division Championship game in 2005 and "The Immaculate Extension" The Antonio Brown Extension over the goal line to win the Christmas Day game in 2016 over the Ravens
There wasn't a person in that stadium or anyone watching on TV that wanted it more than Elway on that play alone. It was truly at that moment you knew the Broncos would win their first super bowl.
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The “NOOOOOOO!” on the River city relay you could honestly hear the pain in the announcers voice
I remember it :*(
Yeah, and that was back when place kickers might miss one PAT a year.
That missed kick eliminated the saints from playoff contention
The Jon Bois "Pretty Good" video on this is amazing.
That play sums up being a Saints fan. The XP didn't get blocked. He just flat out missed it. And that was when they were still kicking from the 2 yard line. If we win that game in OT. we're in the playoffs that year.
River city relay had me rolling, the sheer miracle of that play for the kicker to come out and just absolutely biff an extra point, the announcers made it so much funnier
That was FUXKING HILARIOUS!
It was the most Saints play ever.
NOOOO! 😮
How could he DO THAT?!?!
As a saints fan this whole video hurt
The NFL has done an incredible job of keeping alive games from years ago. Restoration and preserving old media is extremely difficult to do, but games from 50+ years ago can still be seen today in great condition. My dad and I enjoy watching games that he went to live, and that is done by the conservation efforts of NFL.
It is mostly because of the "NFL Films" organization.
Thank Steve Sabel
I mean they have to, the players arent gonna remember
@@ethanlanza6287 Ed Sabol, then Steve Sabol.
@@ethanlanza6287 yeah. That's mfer wear the man. He preserved this stuff like the damn national archives. He should be on the HOF if he isn't.
The most amazing part about the Miracle at the Meadowlands' is having Merrill Reese narrating for all three of them! 1978 to still broadcasting today. What a legend!
The Miracle Trifecta at the Meadowlands?
There are 4 actually. Brian Westbrook did it in the early 2000s on a punt return also. Just not 0 time left.
The original MATM is the reason why today teams will get into the victory formation before snapping the ball which makes that play virtually impossible to duplicate.
@@STI2000 Not only that, but that play is why victory formation was even invented.
0:17 Minneapolis Miracle
1:05 Mile High Miracle
1:39 Miracle at the Met
1:55 Miami Miracle
2:53 Motown Miracle
3:29 The Hail Mary
4:01 The Hail Murray
4:50 The Fail Mary
5:44 Butt Fumble
6:09 The Butt Punt
6:49 The Wrong Way Run
7:12 The Orlovsky
7:35 The Double Doink
8:28 Wide Right
9:00 River City Relay
10:01 The Fumble
10:34 Red Right 88
10:50 Tuck Rule
11:49 Music City Miracle
12:51 One Yard Short
13:23 Miracle at the Meadowlands
14:01 Miracle at the Meadowlands II
14:33 Miracle at the Meadowlands III
15:09 Philly Special
15:37 Jet Chip Wasp
16:32 65 Toss Power Trap
17:10 Fake Spike
17:35 Hook and Ladder
18:02 Ambush
18:54 Holy Roller
19:45 Las Vegas Lateral
20:41 4th and 26
21:11 Pick at the Stick
21:56 Immaculate Interception
22:38 The Helicopter
23:10 Beast Quake
23:57 Beast Quake II
24:36 The Alley Oop Pass
24:49 “He did what?”
25:26 Ghost to the Post
25:59 Sea of Hands
26:30 The Helmet Catch
27:19 The Catch
27:57 The Catch II
28:38 The Catch III
29:11 Immaculate Reception
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You dropped this: 👑
That's some straight up goat shit🐐
I know that took you a while. Thank you
How tf isn’t Richard Sherman's iconic tip against Michael Crabtree in the NFC Championship in here? One of the greatest clutch plays ever made by a CB
im glad that they showed the extra point attempt after the river city relay. I'd argue that gut wrenching NO is just as iconic as that run
Oh dude fr you can't show the River City Relay without the NOOOO at the end of the extra point attempt
When I first saw that replay, that painful NO took me by surprise more so than the actual miss FG.
Couldn’t even hide the emotion “How could HE do THAT?!”
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That "NO!" is the most pained call I've ever heard from an announcer. It came from his soul.
Every time I see that damn play. Every time they have to show the extra point lol. The announcer screaming "NO!!"
The guttural NO on that Saints missed FG after the insane last second touchdown is bliss.
How could he do that?!
🤣🤣🤣 you're a villain, sir.
It was the extra point actually. What's worse is that John Carney was one of the best kickers in football at the time and is in fact 5th on the career scoring list.
Man it's rough being a saints fan, we're on the wrong side of so many heartbreaking moments
GUTTURAL is the perfect word to describe it
As a Vikings fan this is video is a perfect analogy of our history. The start gets you pumped up and before you know it your laughing about just how hard you crashed and burned.
The Anderson missed kick from '97, still stings. Cunningham, Smith, Moss, Carter, Reed...that was our year...SKOL
Yep
What? You were in 4 Sper Bowls.
@@aspenrebelshould have been more. The “Hail Mary” featured at 3:52 is offensive pass interference and the victor went onto the Super Bowl.
@@thelunatick1993 Huh? What are you whining about?
It's amazing that Merrill Reese was the radio commentator for the Miracle at the Meadowlands in 1978 and still holds that position in 2022. He is the voice of the Eagles.
Seeing all those plays in a row was amazing. Love the Eagles.
Wow, called both Super Bowls. He needs to be in the Eagles Hall of Fame when he does retire someday.
@@knoahbody69 Merrill Reese is already on the Eagles HoF
Watching those clips are like a knife in my heart as a Giants fan. Damn. Back to back. I'm not even from New York, but I love my Giants. I didn't realize how much hometown pride I had until I started watching these videos, and I started seeing Lett lowlights, and realized I must have been born a Cowboys fan, but it's buried deep, deep down, cuz those hurt, too.
@@Tsunamon95 Good for him. I'm not an Eagles Fan, but I do respect the long history of the franchise.
The immaculate reception is a perfect mix of quick thinking and luck. Rip Franco and fly high knowing you made the greatest play of all time
and possibly ref ball... but what would the NFL be without plays that ride the gray area fringe of their rulebook.
(For those who don't know at the time of this play if the ball ricochets off the steeler player and not the raider Franco can't legally catch the ball and advance it. for it to be a legal catch it needs to clearly hit the Raiders defender. Of course its also sick reflexes and awareness by Franco because if he dived to make that catch he'd also have been down by the rules of the time and also couldn't advance so his awareness here is incredible.)
@@rockstermaniac if you can't tell who it hit off 50 years later with several replay angles then they definitely couldn't tell live. Simple physics are in favor of the ball going off the raiders defender because there's no way a ball bounces that hard off of a player running the other way as opposed to directly at the ball.
Yeah
@@LugiaPWNZ exactly
@@LugiaPWNZ Correct. In Physics, the way the ball traveled and what velocity logically concludes that the ball had to have bounced off of Tatum.
The best ones are always when you remember the play by play alongside it. I'll always know Aaron Rodgers turned 32 yesterday, or Desean Jackson got a block, and Freeman DID do what.
R.I.P. Franco Harris. Long live Immaculate Reception
Or my personal favorite, that Mike Jones made the tackle
That Gronkowski didn’t have the angle, or that Keenum stepped into it.
RIP FRANCO HARRIS
That Marino finally did something I had been waiting to see for years, the fake-spike pass
Or that there was an interception at the goal line by Malcom Butler
My goodness that “wrong way run” gets me EVERY FREAKING TIME!!! 😂😂😂
LOL it sounds like a Monty Python bit
“He thinks he has scored a touchdown. He’s scored a safety.” Perfect line
You're missing The No-No Go-Go. Devin Hester's FG return against the Giants.
Never heard that called anything. Just always on highlight reels. Most people don't have a name for it so probably why it's not here. Although I'm sure people can do better than The No-No Go-Go lol
Edit: I do agree though that's a classic and needs a good name. After thinking about it I'm kind of mad it doesn't have one lol
What about Ab imacculant extension
apparently its not cannon.
what are you doing here?
Damn I actually might stop watching horror movies if you're involved
Watching the "River City Relay" I kept thinking to myself, I remember this play and it was awesome but why do I feel like something terrible is about to happen?
Oh right... Yeah... The heartbreak in the announcers voice as he screams "NO!" sums it all up
My uncle predicted that Carney was going to miss the extra point. He was conditioned for heartbreak because of his being a lifelong Saints fan. I want to get John Carney to send him a letter that says "You caused me to miss that extra point".
@@scorpiusbalthazar4327 Send Carney a message if he’s on any social medias and see if he’ll send your uncle a cameo
I love how Harris did the immaculate reception and Harrison got the immaculate interception
AB Got the immaculate extension
It would’ve been a lot cooler if we had found out Harrison is actually Harris’ son.
@moodyeditz642 no shit sherlock
For the same team. However, Franco Harris and the Steelers fell to the 1972 undefeated Dolphins and Harrison won the SuperBowl with that play he had. RIP Franco Harris
me to
The Seahawks with lynch and the legion of boom were monsters
If they let Marshawn run that ball
The Seahawks would've been a brutal dynasty
The NFL can't stop putting smiles and sadness on our faces and it's really tough to remember how your team got beaten someday on here or won but it's also a beauty to watch as well.
Right? Started off all smiles but I gotta take a break halfway through, some of these are memories of real heartbreak. Silly sport has worked its way so deeply into our culture and lives heh. Come on Snyder, sell the damn team.
@@johnsimth6587 yeah, as a packers fan the emotional roller coaster that was the motown miracle followed by the fail mary 2 play later was rough
@@joaquinshook3306 the fail mary still hurts to this day
@@johnsimth6587 ^^ that last statement. I dont think Washington was in this compilation at all. Maybe that's saying something...
@@adammoldover8769 Oh, I notice that. That and how quick during the season like half of the cutaways for sports talk shows is awesome plays against Washington. I know, I know.
Jon Bois has prepared me for the River City relay, but that gut wrenching "NO" always breaks my heart.
How could he do that...
A man of culture I see
He definitely had money on the game
@@HiHi-nv1lc YOU, AINT, LYING
😂.
A whole lot of money 😆
That was him dying inside and I bet they both had money on that.
Interesting about the Seahawks "Fail Mary" is that those were back-up referees since the main refs were on strike at that time. Lots of folks think maybe this oddball call helped drive up pressure for the league to make a deal because the normal refs were back pretty soon after.
You know…I just still don’t see how Seahawks even won that. I mean the DB had possession of it from the jump to the way down. Every questionable call the seahawks were involved with, it always went there way. It’s getting a little suspicious.
@@Cyberdalii, the correct call was made.
The fact that the Packer had the ball and wasn't juggling it with sole possession as he was going down, is irrelevant.
The catch is not completed until the player has completely gone to the ground with possession.
As it was, just before the time the defensive player who initially had a clean hold on the ball hit the ground and came to a stop, the SEAHAWKS receiver reached in and got his hands on the ball BEFORE the PACKER co-receiver hit the ground, --not landing on players who were on the ground under him or landing with two feet while his body was still moving to the ground, actually touching the ground in- bounds and coming to a stop either on his own or by being forced to by contact with a defender-- the Packer touching the ball was not fully stopped on the ground. Since the offense had full control of the ball last and both players, one on each side had control of the ball when the PACKER d-back hit the ground, dual possession goes to the team that last had full possession, that was SEATTLE just before the ball was grabbed in midair by GBAY..
If the PACKER had controlled the ball all the way to the ground before the Seahawk reached in, it would have been a pick.
Watch the replay, again.
It was a correct call, and after that official took abuse and was not retained once the regular officials came back, as some of the replacements were when hired as backups, he went into deep depression, had suicidal thoughts, etc.
The wrong description of that play has ruined his life.
That is a shame..he got the call right.
Why are lines drawn thru my relevant points, RUclips?
@@robertsprouse9282 If the rolls were reversed and Green Bay had been awarded that catch, nobody would bat an eye. It was a small market team getting the call over a big market team that caused the controversy.
@@harrycooper5231, SEATTLE is a much bigger market than G.BAY..or even GB/MILW.
BUT..the rulebook was clear(its been changed somewhat since= no longer does a receiver have to establish that he is a receiver, then a runner, he can both= catch in one motion while moving the ball on a lunge, and its a catch as long as he has control while opposition contact is made as he is lunging forward while going to the ground= DEZ BRYANT RULE..
back then..that was not the case=1. Receiver first, 2. then.. Runner second) and the ref still got it right.
If the rolls were reversed, I'd rather have the cornbread.
ROLES..
@@robertsprouse9282 WTF are you talking about? Green Bay has one of the top five biggest fan bases in the NFL. It was a discretionary call, and in the NFL discretionary calls typically go to the big market teams. You do realize the NFL is in the business of making money, right?
If the NFL decides to redo this, might as well include these two:
Wide Right II (Tyler Bass missed FG, KC @ BUF, 2023-24 AFC Divisional)
The Pick (Malcolm Butler’s interception, Super Bowl 49, SEA vs NE)
"The Pick" could have also been called "They shoulda Ran the @#$% Ball!"
That Hopkins catch around three defenders is madness.
Is it just me or is the music city miracle a forward lateral
12:15
I was shocked and saddened to learn that Franco Harris, hero of the 'Immaculate Reception', had passed away a mere couple of days before the 50th anniversary of the play. Rest in peace, Franco Harris.
-- P. S. and I'm a Raiders fan! --
Same bro 😂👊
Me too. He was a great man. It's worse that his death came days before a celebration for him
Yeah when you think Steelers he’s one of the first things I think of rip
I actually learned this from you, may he rest in peace, it's funny that I thought his name was Frank O'Harris
RIP Seattle Seahawks franchise legend Franco Harris
9:50 is the most heartfelt NO I have ever heard. Lmao.
😂
no voice actor can match that😭
Haha
Lmaooo fr
Miracle in the meadowlands with desean Jackson will forever be one of the greatest football moments I’ve seen. everything leading up to it, plus the fact that the initial bobble of the punt allowed for the PERFECT route to be taken. If he caught it and started running earlier he surely would have been tackled
DeSean* Jackson ...
This really highlights the evolution of the kicking position. 47 yards was the longest of his career and thats barely a challenging kick nowdays.
For Scott Norwood? That was to be his longest on grass. Except for Miami, everyone in the AFC East was on turf and that was with 5 teams in the division. A lot more turf, and flat carpet turf, back then.
Soccer-style kickers increased accuracy, but moving the hashmarks in and creating rules that have made it almost impossible to block kicks has also given kickers less to think about=cooled, if not eliminated, pressure, and has driven percentages up, although, they've dropped in the last couple of pro football seasons. Increasing the height of the uprights has also helped expand the target for kickers, and made it much easier for officials to determine if a kick is good or no good. Beginning in the mid to late '60's the NFL also began putting two officials under the goalposts on FGs and PATS..
Better grass and no baseball dirt has also improved kicking surfaces, as have no-wind and no- elements domed/retractable roof stadiums..
Yep..
There is no comparison of the kickers of the past to now. You are exactly correct. Check out the 1979 Super Bowl PIT VS LA RAMS Matt Bahr kicks a 41 yard field goal in that game and it BARELY makes it over the crossbar.
As a vikes fan, so many "Miracles" it seems have been for this team. The one team that is never great or bad, but always keeps it interesting. Heck, two games this year were absolutely defying the odds!
it was great when eagles pummeled you guys a week later in '18
@@johnpopivchak7836 I've never watched a more depressing game.
@@johnpopivchak7836 Rent free i see. How sad 😂
@@johnpopivchak7836 We'll see if you can replicate that again in 2023 against the Vikings Skol 💜💪
@@JRM-1111 True, but I mean the Eagles do have a couple SB wins which I deem far greater than named plays.
Hearing Hank Stram and his little giggle after calling 65 toss power trap made me chuckle. He's a legend here in KC. Go chiefs!!
Lookin' sharp back in '70 in those suits!
I think I would watch an hour or so video of Hank having fun on the sidelines.
He could matriculate that ball down the field!
How about those chieeeefs?
Why was he so giddy, I'm confused. Did he trick the other team with the name of the play somehow?
@@cyrussmith5242 It is all in the context. It was recorded by NFL Films at a time when the old NFL teams did not what to participate. Hank Stram liked the idea so
I don't care what anyone says...😂 The announcers after
The Saints kicker- Carney missing that FG after the crazy touchdown is the funniest thing ever!
I'm recording that guy screaming
""NOOOOooo""
And using it at work.
😂
i’m a lifelong packers fan and for some reason joe bucks minneapolis miracle call gives me chills
He'd never got that excited before and he'll never be that excited again. I remember watching it and screamed OMG to my tv.
He is the worst commentator what are you talking about
That's undoubtedly one of his best calls ever, maybe THE best
The way it echoed was chilling! Amazing moment!
I think because Joe Buck finally became animated at a football play
A forgotten "Immaculate" play was the "Immaculate Extension" made by Antonio Brown, Christmas of 2016 vs the Ravens
@Andrew lmao
Immaculate reception after the immaculate deflection - Broncos vs Bengals 2009.
@Andrew At least he's young. Look at Russell Wilson's contract. Ouch.
Or the Immaculate Interception in Super Bowl XLIII
@@chriss.3270 its in the video lol
“He wants to know if it’s real. They said ‘Yes, get your big butt out of here’. He does”
That line will forever crack me up. 19:25 for anyone wondering
This play led to one of the many 'Raider Rules' in the NFL rulebook. Namely, only the fumbling player can recover and advance a fumble within the last two minutes of the game. Otherwise, it is returned to the spot of the fumble.....all thanks to the Holy Roller.
@@WinByTKo Funny part is you don't even need that rule for that play, that was a forward pass lol
Unfortunately the NFL has changed the rules over the years so that play sadly can never happen again.
@@WinByTKo wait what?? i had no idea this was a rule
@josephlawson5954 the NFL added the "Dave Casper rule" the following off-season
"The Catch 2" will always be the most memorable for me! Steve Young to Owens!! I remember that play, and will forever!
And "The Catch 3" was also a highlight for me!!
49ERS RULE!!
I was at the Beastquake game. We were the 7-9 NFC West champions and got to host vs the defending SB Champion New Orleans Saints. Obviously people thought it was a ridiculous rule. But regardless I was able to buy 2 tickets and took my wife to her first Seahawks game. And when Marshawn Lynch broke that run off in the 2nd half the place went absolutely crazy!!! Watching that play still gives me goosebumps 10+ years later 😊
That is awesome
Yes ! GO HAWKS
I remember watching this game...my bro was a Saints fan and was upset about that game not played in New Orleans....so he, like the 'Aints...declared victory to show the NFL that is was a bad rule....instead, the 'Aints helped make history as the 'Hawks were the first playoff team with a losing record to win a playoff game! I teased the HELL out of my bro....of course, he jabs back with the "at least we won a SuperBowl!"
@@jaydubb2092 I'm confused both teams each have one Lombardi trophy.
@@hatmoney3340 While that is true, this game happened before the Seahawks won theirs
Respect for this video. Obviously making this in honor of Harris what a star running back and great human being. Rest easy.
Nagy's face on the double doink will forever be priceless
I believe that was his 3rd or 4th miss of the game. And he had a doink earlier. I just remember him missing short to medium kicks the whole game. That was why Nagy had such a dejected look at the end
@@ryanwarner7950Parkey was actually a perfect 3/3 in FG tries before the double doink. And the Bears went for 2 on their lone TD so he didn't have an XP attempt.
He did however have like 8 field goal tries hit the upright throughout the rest of the season. Just not that game.
@@EvboiMC you're right. I got confused with the game in Detroit when he doinked it 4 times. 2fg, 2xp.
They later saw that his double doink in the eagles game was actually partially blocked and has been recorded as a blocked fg.
Vikings Blair Walsh's kick against Seattle was still the worst I've ever seen. The sad part is when he lined up for a 27 yarder, us Vikings fan knew it was 50/50 if he'd make it. What a way to lose a playoff game at home. And dumb Zimmer still kept Walsh around the entire next season where he continued to dissapoint.
Kickers.....can't live with em.....can't live without em.
The mascot's reaction is my burned in memory
I've always considered Desean Jackson's punt return touchdown the 4th Miracle at the Meadowlands. Brian Westbrook did the same back in 2003. I guess it's because it wasn't the last play of the game and the Eagles had to defend their lead for a minute, but to me at 7 years old, jumping up and down with buffalo sauce smeared on my face while my parents were screaming like they just hit the lottery, it sure felt like a miracle moment.
I was at a movie (agreed to go before the game was scheduled) with Merrill Reese in an earbud when BWest broke that return. I still remember fist pumping silently while Ben Stiller did something at a museum on screen.
That game was a turning point in our season, and that play was a godsend in a game where our offense was totally hapless, I 100% agree that that's a part of the miracle at the Meadowlands series.
@@ThatGreenGuy85 Even the few occasions when my Giants were really good, they had trouble beating the Eagles. Hope they beat the Colts coming up because if it comes down to having to beat Philly at the end of the season, Giants are not going to make the playoffs.
Agreed. Usually the Clyde Simmons one is regrettably forgotten, so I was excited to see it here. But surprised that Westbrook’s was then omitted. This is a truly great montage though.
John Carney missing wide right is still shocking and heartbreaking nearly 20 years later. Man only missed 10 XP across his entire career, and this was one of them.
I totally forgot it followed the River City Relay, the "NOOOOOO" felt like a slug to the heart dude
that was quintessential NO Aints football though
NO
OH MY GOD
HOW COULD HE DO THAT
chills to this day
@@justingolden21 agreed. That was the cry of supreme devastation. You got a glimpse into that guys soul because it jumped out of his body for a moment.
Considering the XPs were 20yd field goals from dead center at the time 10 misses is embarrassing
After the saints get a miracle TD, the kicker misses the kick and that announcer who screams NOOOOOOO .....That was his bank account going to zero!
😂
The immaculate reception will always be remembered. Fly high 🕊️🕊️🕊️
"Gronkowski didn't have the angle " will be etched into NFL history for eternity 🤣
Along with all his super bowl rings
He had all day!
Yep. I never understood why they had Gronk out there on that play.
with that DUMB AHH shi on his arm
The only thing uglier than that play were those Dolphin uniforms.
Seeing that saints interception as a kid who just a few years ago didn't know if their would ever be a Saints again after Katrina was so special.
Thank you Giants for giving us (Philly) so many great memories. If we could play you 4 times a year.
I wasn't expecting to see "The Las Vegas Lateral" to be here so soon. That gaffe is going to haunt the Patriots for years to come! 😅
When I saw that (I missed it at the time) I was like "meh, an event from just last year?" then I saw the play. Haha, wow.
Not more than the Helmet Catch. Not more than The Philly Special. Those two really hurt. And then the unnamed play in the 2011 SB: the Manningham catch. (when the Patriots wanted Manning to throw to Manningham instead of Cruz or Nicks and they just got what they were asking for)
@@thema1998 I call it the Unholy Roller
I seen a lot of these plays as a kid with my dad. Didn't seem real watching these highlights and remembering good times in awe of sensational plays I miss you dad Thank you for showing me love and respect for the game Thank you for these highlights made me cry!
This is one of the best videos on RUclips, no doubt. Even as a Raider fan I knew the Immaculate Reception was going to be the last clip and I still watch it all. I love the game no matter what.
@@Concatenate we watched tv live No RUclips Just talk about what happened and watch it on ESPN a different era for sure Thank you
RIP Franco Harris, truly one of the greatest to ever play. Much love and respect from niner land. 🙏💚✌️. Thanks for the video
I remember listening to Bill Burr's podcast while he was watching the Minneapolis Miracle live. His excitement does not disappoint
Crazy how DHop caught that in triple coverage against Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde and Tre White, all of which were in their primes
That play made the "sea of hands" look lame
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A time of pandemic tragedy.... but the fact that D'Hop was in a basically empty stadium when this happened is another small tragedy in itself.
awesome play by Franco Harris
RIP The legend
If there was a Pulitzer Prize for short film clips…whoever captured the front shot of Franco Harris(R.I.P)making that reception would have got it for that year…such an iconic clip…
Im going to be a hater and say that shot sucked. No definitive evidence. Only famous because of the play. Only known because of how tantalizingly close it is to being the shot we needed but isn’t.
It was shot by Ernie Ernst, a highly regarded cameraman from NFL Films.
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The announcer screaming about Karneys missed extra point had to have had money in that game lol
9:48 nooooo!!!! was the best part of all these plays lmao
I’ll never forget the Philly special. I had to work that night, but being just outside Philly, not a damn lick of work was done in those final minutes of the game.
That was a great time in Philly. No one arguing, no one fighting, just a lot of high fives, and a lot of happy tears.
i remember watching the minneapolis miracle live with my dad and we went absolutely ballistic, especially with him being a vikings fan. one moment of my life i'll never forget
meanwhile my dad a saints fan watching that game on tv…
Then what happened the next weekend? 😂
As a Saints fan, most of the last 10 years have been nothing but pain. I firmly believe that in almost every other parallel universe, Diggs is tackled and the game ends there. In almost every other parallel universe, pass interference gets called, the Saints take a knee on four downs and win the game and go back to the Super Bowl which doesn’t end up being a snooze fest. Just sucks man.
@@PrisonMike117go birds
No play registers the shock value, of the Immaculate Reception.
Ive never seen a crowd, and a team go that crazy.
No one would know how to act, because it was an absolute miracle.
The miracle of miracles.
That's why its the greatest play ever, and its not even close.
I think I remember hearing on a documentary that it took 15 minutes to clear the crowd from the field so the PAT attempt could be done.
The thing I love about the Murray Mary is that Fitzegerald was the first one to reach D.Hopkins to congratulate him, what an absolute unit.
I feel like Kyler gets so much credit for The Hail Murray. He did a great job getting out of pressure and making that heave but Hopkins made that play what it was. Four defenders and he caught that over all of them. DHop deserves more credit for that one. Call it the the “Hop Mary” lol
I always felt that the QB gets too much credit for successful Hail Marys. The QB is tossing it up there hoping for a miracle. The receiver really is the one who’s making the play happen being able to come down with an “anyone’s ball” kind of catch.
@@chitalian22true but the QB does deserve credit. Murray threw a perfect ball on the run. Same with Rodgers on his two Hail Mary’s. Two unbelievably perfect throws.
Looking back at "The Fail Mary" Jennings 100% caught that ball, he easily had possention on said ball
You're absolutely right. I'll add -- and I say this as a Steelers fan, so I'm not about to give the Raiders anything -- the Raiders got screwed by that tuck rule call. Brady had totally brought the ball back after a pump fake.
@@BeazerProductions Also a steelers fan, and the duo of Brady and Belechek got away with so much stuff that wouldn't fly in the rest of the league
@@johnpeterson462 Yet he still had your teams number 12 out of 16 times he played you.
It was at the very least a clear simultaneous catch, which goes to the offense. Got that call right. Clear missed OPI though which you don't see in the video
@@BHox01nah Jennings had full possession, just because you have a hand on the ball doesn’t mean you also caught it
Immaculate reception had to come last.
Enjoyed every time the Cheatriots got beat. Lots of good ones here.
HAHA watching the 65 toss power trap clip around 16:45 is hilarious. The way that coach talks is hilarious. How many times did we just hear the word "boys"? LMAOO
What's forgotten about the Beast Quake run is that the Seahawks were in the playoffs with a 7-9 record
Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I remembered that fact. For me their record being what it was takes this play to a higher level.
And the Saints were the defending SB champs. Did my heart good to watch them lose.
At the time, they were the only team in NFL history to make the playoffs with a losing record
@@berserkleySo did the 2020 Washington Football Team
Man....I still get goosebumps when I watch the Music City Miracle. I remember it like it was yesterday when Mike Keith yelled "There are NO FLAGS ON THE FIELD". I had a feeling something big was going to happen.....and it definitely did. But I had to laugh when they showed the one yard short right after 😅
And in between those games, the Titans came to Indy and ran up and down the field against my Colts!! Funny that instant replay was put back in that year so they could actually review the lateral and see it was correct
Yea i used to think it was a forward pass til i looked where the ball was instead of the player, where the ball is is what counts and it went back about 2 inches...it was indeed a lateral
How can it possibly be 25 years since the Music City Miracle?
@18:57 Nothing out shines the Holy Roller and the call on the play has to be the #1 announcer call in NFL history. And throw in the Chicken for good measure. He was absolute hilarious.
During the third Miracle at the Meadowlands, you can see the Giants coach furiously throwing his play sheets to the ground as Jackson runs on by.
The River City Relay somehow managed to be one of the most triumphant and one of the saddest moments in Saints history. How could he do that, indeed?
Yeah, that tracks for the Saints. Can't win for losing.
I’m glad the “pick at the stick” was on here. That’s when I was the most die hard watching every second of every Niner game. That was the last game ever at Candlestick. Seemed like the Niners were about to choke because the Falcons were just making their way downfield at will. And for Navarro Bowman to take it all the way back was a perfect ending for an amazing stadium
I still think it should be criminal that they tore it down. I refuse to believe that they couldn't have renovated it to be a gem like Lambeau, Wrigley, or Fenway.
That Fail Mary still hurts as a Packers fan, Jennings had that damn ball!
they def got robbed
The day I learned to HATE Pete Carroll.
But... then he gets to Super Bowl XLIX and makes "the worst play-call in NFL history."
I feel like Darth Vader in Episode IV when he strangles the admiral using the Force.. "Your apology is accepted."
Atleast it got the real refs back after that. That contract was pretty quick after
ive never seen that play before that was the most horseshit call ive ever seen
Plus the Seattle receiver committed offensive pass interference with two handed push off.
the double doink was actually tipped by somebody as it was kicked. definitely could have been a reason it doinkied but the double doink is absolutely wild. he went on to doink like 3 more kicks lol
Man, I know why Joe Buck gets some heat for how he calls games sometimes, but you CAN'T ARGUE how PERFECT he was on the Minneapolis Miracle
Exactly. I hate the way he calls the games, but that was (alongside the Vikings Radio Broadcast) beautifully called because they let their emotions and disbelief out
@@BlackDawn626 The best thing about that miracle is the fact that they needed a miracle just so that they could go get slaughtered the next week. Pathetic.
yeah, Joe Buck sucks
Imagine if he was awake for more of his games like he was for that one. He'd actually be pretty good at his job.
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One of the plays missed that I will always remember is "The Immaculate Deflection" or "The Tip" when Richard Sherman tipped a pass to Malcolm Smith for a game sealing touchdown that sent the Hawks to the Super Bowl
YES
2:30 even the Patriots fans were celebrating 😂😂😂
Thank nfl throwback for digging up all these videos and putting them together for us to enjoy
As a NYG Fan, from 1982, when I got home from the Navy, until I die, I've had it pretty good. We went to 5 SB's and won four. Three of them went down to the last play. Helmet catch is still a hilarious moment in our family's history. The rest of the family still jokes about how nuts I was. Never gets old.
The fact that there's 3 Miracles at the Meadowlands is hilarious tho
I’ll remember the Minneapolis miracle for the rest of my life. Goosebumps every time I watch it. Sad what happened the game after though, we won’t talk about that
Crazy how the Vikings are featured in like half of the plays in this viceo
I still don't understand why we changed quarterbacks after the season was over. I'm sure we wouldn't have done any better with Keenum, but we should have given him a chance.
man i remember that play lol i went to sleep early didn't watch the game wake up next day didn't know who won watching highlights see the play happen and the field position of the defender before the ball lands and say ah cool Saints win it then ....... what i call the worst tackling attempt in NFL History that shit happens and I'm like WHAT THE WHAT
even i could have made a better tackle then that holy fuck
The Philly flop 38-7 😂😂
@@squirrelydan3 because we traded a 1st round pick for Bradford, and you can't afford that on the bench. Plus Keenum got paid handsomely to fight for a starting job in Denver. Even if we wanted him to stay, he wouldn't start or get paid like he did.
Philly-Philly will never cease to give me goosebumps. Such an amazing play and the balls to pull out something like that in the Super Bowl of all places was incredible. I was so freaking happy when we won that SB because I always felt bad for Foles after that cheap shot he took. For him to come back to Philadelphia and help us win a SB was poetic justice. They might be on different teams and might not be as successful as they used to be, but I'll always cherish and be thankful for that fantastic season where Wentz and Foles got us our first ever Super Bowl.
Going back and watching there Super Bowl run gives me so much nostalgia mainly the double doink
@@TurtleBoy945that was the season after the Philly special
Just checking to see that Marc Sessler has got his sandwich.
@@PrisonMike117no, double doink was the wild card game that got us into the NFC game in 2018
@@ceemoon8556 which was after the Super Bowl, like I said.
R.I.P. Jacoby Jones loved the guy he was a stud
Vikings fan here.
4:50 I watched that live with my grandfather, who was still a Packers fan despite having moved from Wisconsin to Colorado around 1950. He was pissed about that call until the day he died, and I still am.
12:51 My Dad was in London on business for that Super Bowl. When he called home a few days later I described the game and that play... and he said that the only SB photo in the London papers was of that final stretch.
22:50 First Super Bowl I remember watching. I was in daycare at the time and, even though we were in Minnesota they served us blue and green jello shaped like football helmets. No idea why.
24:50 That was an evening game and I had to go to bed before the end of it. Mom had to break it to me the next morning.
Yeah, the packers guy definitely catches the ball, the seahawks guy only has the packers guy's arm. I don't know what the refs were thinking.
@@yaldabaoth2 If both players catch the ball, they give it too the offense by rule, i guess the ref thought they both caught it and gave it to Seattle even though it was clearly caught by the Packers
Need to look at all the angles. There was a great picture in the Seattle papers the next day, taken from behind the end zone, showing the Seahawk’s receivers left hand firmly clutching the ball, between the ball and the defender’s chest. He had possession with that hand and never let go. Simultaneous catch goes to the offense.
Was it from a camera that was available to the refs?
Don’t forget the refs decided not to call Tate pushing Sam Shields (Packers CB) causing Offensive PI. That game sent the NFL into uproar, and they admitted it was an interception, giving GB the very elated win
Foles calling his own number is crazy. Love that.
Not even a niners fan but catches 2 and 3 had a lot of meaning to it. Before TO was TO he had like 2 3 drops that game before the winning catch. And Vernon Davis’s last coach didnt believe in him before that season. So it was awesome to see them overcome adversity within themselves
You are wrong to say that Mike Singletary didn’t believe in Vernon Davis. Davis himself credits Singletary’s rant as the moment that changed everything for him
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True but it doesn't compare to the original after numerous tough losses to the Cowboys in the past they finally beat them when it mattered the 49ers would go on to win their first superbowl after that magical play
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 oh i see
*about aaron rodgers* “he turned 32 yesterday does he have a vintage moment” 😂😂😂 bro was in the middle of his prime
0:36
gets touchdown
takes off and throws helmet
puts arms up facing crowd while his teammates celebrate hugging him, almost causing him to collapse onto the ground.
the raw power of this moment is unmeasurable
You can just hear the crowd erupt when he catches it, but even more so when they realize he is going to take it for 6
I hate Joe Buck but that call was utterly perfect.
I remember watching the play when the LT of the Seahawks recovered a fumble down by the opposite goal line and started to run it in, halfway up the field he tried to hand it off, but his whole team was telling him to keep going, that was his touchdown!
I was also there for the Beast Quake... the whole stadoum was vibrating!!!
I would love to see a video explaining the success of all NFL teams that received a nickname and why they received their nickname/ what made them so good. For example the Steel Curtain and the Legion of Boom.
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4:52 I'll call it touchception. this was during the officials strike that they brought some people without NFL experience officiating.
9:46 the announcer was DEVASTATED!! 🤣🤣🤣
08:29 I clearly remember that FG attempt.
That was the beginning of the term "Icing" created by Bill Parcells.
Right before that kick, he called time out to stress the hell out of the kicker, and it worked.
Then began the term "icing".
I'm an Eagles fan so I'm obviously partial to the Philly Special, but the ballsiest call in NFL history is definitely the Saints' onside kick in the Super Bowl vs the Colts, although I don't recall ever hearing that play referred to as "Ambush"
Yeah, no one has ever called it that. “The Onside Kick,” or “The Surprise Onside Kick” would’ve made a lot more sense.
In the "America's Game" documentary about the 2009 Saints, Sean Payton talks about how his team was gonna run that play and he was the one who codenamed it "Ambush"
If a different crew besides Joe Buck and Troy Aikman had been on the call of Derrick Henry's 99 touchdown run it might have had a nickname too.
The announcer calling out Gronk before the play. Brutal.
Was there live betting back then? Coulda been a millionaire
I have have listened to Merril Reese for my whole life, my parents for their whole lives, and my grandparents for most of theirs. Legendary.
One of the most overrated shit voices of all time
A lot of these have “Miracle” in the name, butt Mark Sanchez is honored having the most unique name of them all 😂
Yeah, should've called it the Gluteus Miraculous.
@@Concatenate lol. Oh that’s good.
"butt Mark Sanchez". Pure comedy.
Very classy move putting the Immaculate Reception at the end......very fitting ending to a very good video! I'm 57 years old and have witnessed every one of them live on tv! Thank you!!
You must watch a lot of NFL if you've seen them all on Live TV. Cheers! 🙂
Not the ones from the 50s and 60s, and you would have been 7 yrs old for the Immaculate Reception, so I doubt you would have recognized the significance of the play. I was 12 yrs old for the Bears 1985 Super Bowl run, and I love football. The most significant thing that stood out to me was the Super Bowl Shuffle, Jim McMahon, William Perry, and Walter Payton. The Patriots were not "THE PATRIOTS" yet when they lost, and I didn't start really paying attention to really great plays until I was older. I knew the game and knew the players, but do you really remember every single named play you saw live as a kid? I barely remember the ones I saw as an adult, and I forget nothing. I remember Favre doinkiing the ball to himself. I thought the "dead" ball being run in for a TD was a fever dream until I started watching these clips and finally saw a Boykin highlight. Unless you own a Delorean, you didn't see all of these live on television. If you're like me, and you watch a lot of football, you probably saw the majority of them from 1972 (when you would be 7) onward, and the meaningful ones would be from about 1982 (when you were 17) onward. Mainly because we are busy doing kid things, and not focused on watching football during our childhood. Obviously, I am 7 yrs younger, but same concept. It's not something we pay as much attention to, or appreciate until we're older. No need to exaggerate. You could have just said you remember watching the majority of these live on tv. Lots of people did. Some are even old enough to have actually seen all of them live on tv. Also, some games aren't shown on tv in certain areas, so before you were able to pay to view a game, you were SOL if you lived in a certain state, but wanted to watch the Giants game, for example. You were able to watch every game, for every division, every single Sunday when no one else could? Even in the 70s, 80s, and 90s? Yes, I am writing a whole @ss paragraph in response to your bs throwaway line, because bs shouldn't go unchallenged.
*80 yr old who really did watch it all live nods sagely, and says someday this one will learn to let the little things go*
@@jenx5870 I’m sorry you think kids watching football is outlandish
Yea, but no The Catch by Ben to Holmes TO WIN THE SB. No Immaculate Extension by Ben to AB to WIN THE DIVISION. No The Tackle by Ben against the Colts TO WIN A PLAYOFF GAME against the media darlings Manning Colts. THIS IS A JOKE OF A VIDEO. This person has ZERO knowledge of the NFL and obviously hates Ben and the Steelers.
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Dopey opinion, but feel free to have it. 🤷🏽
The greatest game winner in nfl history.
which one
Rip to Franco Harris he changed football and may he rest in peace
I remember watching that Seattle vs green Bay game. Jennings definitely had that pick. He had the most control of the ball and even pulled the ball to his chest when going to, and, on the ground.
Yea, that call was bs by the refs
Tate caught it
@@Cruz474NO he didn't and he later admitted he didn't. Jennings clearly had it first with both feet down. IN fact, several of the real refs commented that it was a touchback. The fact that the NFL refused to support the TD call says it all
@@chriskay1449That was a scab referee game, wasn't it?
@@tomshea8382Yes and it was the last scab referee game as the NFL suddenly made a deal with the refs union after weeks of no progress. It was hilarious how fast the NFL was trying to move on from that game The fact that the NFL refused to back the call tells you that the call was wrong.
2 that I know of that are missing - "The Tackle" Big Ben saving the AFC division Championship game in 2005 and "The Immaculate Extension" The Antonio Brown Extension over the goal line to win the Christmas Day game in 2016 over the Ravens
"He DID WHAT?" "You couldn't film that scene in a movie and make it look that good"
I've always loved that call
Add another play on the list after Sam Hubbard's fumble recovery TD last night...The Hometown Hustle!!!
Thought it was called the hubbard yard dash
I never noticed gronkowski was even there until right now My mind this whole time thought this play was a pick returned for a touchdown
I remember that Broncos Packers Game.
When Elway ran the ball and was tackled we all knew Broncos were Super Bowl Champions! Beautiful!
There wasn't a person in that stadium or anyone watching on TV that wanted it more than Elway on that play alone. It was truly at that moment you knew the Broncos would win their first super bowl.
At 9:49 that announcer was clearly a Saints fan. That was sheer pain in his voice. Lol