As the Steelers began their home sell-out streak in 1972, blackouts have never been needed in the Pittsburgh area. The play is still disputed by those involved, particularly by living personnel from the Raiders and their fans, who insist the Raiders should have won. "Oh, yeah. After Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler scored a touchdown on a 30-yard run with 1:17 left to go, the Pittsburgh Steelers trailed the Oakland Raiders 7-6, facing fourth-and-10 on their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds remaining in the game and no time-outs. Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw (1 in diagram), under great pressure from Raiders linemen Tony Cline and Horace Jones, threw the ball to the Raiders' 35-yard line, toward halfback John "Frenchy" Fuqua.
We would have had a 3rd party intervene during a replay anyway . Solving the hot dog identity crisis once and for all. One official, Back Judge Adrian Burk, signaled that the play was a touchdown, but the other game officials did not immediately make any signal. Tatum's hit knocked Fuqua to the ground and sent the ball sailing backward several yards, end over end.
You can't see in the replay where his right foot is when he, its a pretty easy one. "We got a touchdown,"[8][14] answered Swearingen, who then went back onto the field to signal the ruling to the crowd. The Immaculate Reception likely hit the ground.
Now, from the angle I'm coming from, the outside in, Jack Tatum's coming from an angle straight ahead. It occurred in the AFC divisional playoff game of the National Football League (NFL), between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 1972. He grabbed it with five seconds to go and scored!
Boston took Swearingen to a baseball dugout in the stadium. "[9] NFL officials Jim Kensil and Val Pinchbeck, who were in the press box with McNally, also deny that replay was used in making the decision on the play. The two last met in the playoffs in 1983 when the eventual Super Bowl champion Raiders crushed the Steelers 38-10.
In fact, before this game, the only playoff game the team had ever played was a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1947 after the two teams finished tied for the Eastern Division championship. Five seconds to go! I think that was Colorado against Missouri.
Since the AFL-NFL Merger, the Steelers have the NFL's best record (surpassing Miami in 2007 because of the Dolphins' recent struggles), have had a league-low three head coaches, and have had only nine losing seasons, none worse than 5–11. [5] (Terry Bradshaw's assertion that a special television was rigged up on the sideline so that Swearingen could watch the replay[7] is not supported by other accounts.) Head coach Chuck Noll called a pass play, 66 Circle Option, intended for receiver Barry Pearson,[2] a rookie who was playing in his first NFL game.
The only other known NBC video was an end zone shot from above and behind the goalposts depicting Harris scooping the ball before it touched the ground.
[42], For Super Bowl XLIX, Wix.com ran an ad featuring retired football players using its tools to build websites for their new businesses, including Franco Harris who creates a fictional wedding planning website called "Immaculate Receptions" named after the famous play.[43]. [5][8][9] According to McNally, Swearingen "never asked me about the rule, and never asked what I saw. In 2004 John Fetkovich, an emeritus professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon University, analyzed the NFL Films clip of the play. The Immaculate Reception was actually the first touchdown the Steelers ever scored in the postseason (they were shut out against the Eagles in the 1947 playoff game).
Twenty-two seconds remaining. ^^^^^ exactly correct. They had long been regarded as one of the league's doormats (as the 1944 Card-Pitt merger was 0-10 and was ridiculed as the "Carpitts," a play on the word "carpet"). [19], John Madden, coach of the 1972 Raiders, has said that he will never get over the play, and has indicated that he's bothered more by the delay between the end of the play and the final signal of touchdown than by which player the ball truly hit. Send link. Terry Bradshaw’s pass was deflected by Jack Tatum, and Harris scooped it up and scored. Harris is going...5 seconds left on the clock. Collison breaks it down, Giants' OF Perez clears waivers, outrighted to minors, Just a number: At 66, Dusty looks to win big in golden years, By the numbers: Giants' 2015 season highlights, Giants GM Evans: $200 million for Greinke 'a tall order', Mark Kotsay to interview for A's bench coach position, Beane: A's have decision to make at third base, A's claim OF Andrew Lambo off waivers from Pirates, By the numbers: A's 2015 season highlights, Sharks opt for rest again ahead of visit from Ducks, Shot of the Game: Burns' quick slap opens scoring vs Panthers, Sharks looking for more offense from their defense, Rewind: Strong start helps Sharks, Stalock to 5-2 win, Jerry Jones backs Greg Hardy after disturbing photos surface, Hyde out, Boldin doubtful as 49ers face Falcons, Kaepernick talks benching: 'Don't believe that's accurate', 49ers' Brooks fined for horse-collar tackle vs Rams, Injury report: Mack, Woodson probable vs Steelers, Week 9: Top 10 Raiders, Steelers to watch, Raiders LB Armstrong fined for unnecessary roughness, Corralling Roethlisberger 'all-week emphasis' for Raiders, Shot of the Game: Festus follows blocked shot with monster dunk, Instant Replay: Curry stays hot as Warriors hold off Nuggets, Warriors' Bogut getting close to return from concussion, Gameday: Draymond vs Faried promises lots of action, energy, SJSU rally falls short as BYU prevents two-point conversion, Clemson atop first 2015 College Football Playoff ranking, Cal one of three Pac 12 teams in preseason AP Top 25, Stanford drops one spot after barely beating WSU, STL: Mets, Royals primed for entertaining World Series battle, Beane: Health with A's pitchers 'always my biggest fear', A's could be active in deep free agent market, Instant Replay: Kings can't complete comeback vs Rockets, Kap responds to Chryst's assessment: 'I don't believe that's accurate', Musgrave believes he knows why Carr's on upward trajectory, US women's soccer star Abby Wambach retires.
(except when Pac refs). '"[8][13] After Swearingen hung up the phone Boston asked, "What do we got?" My biggest takeaway: BYUTV criminally under-rated the 1996 season.
There was no season except for 84 that was better then the 96 season.
Harris used a stiff arm to ward off Raiders defensive back Jimmy Warren (5), and went in for a touchdown. Looks like his foot contacts the sideline before the ball enters the endzone. Pittsburgh sportscaster Myron Cope, in a 1997 article[12] and in his 2002 book Quintuple Yoi!,[27] related that two days after the game he reviewed film taken by local Pittsburgh TV station WTAE-TV, and that the film showed "[n]o question about it – Bradshaw's pass struck Tatum squarely on his right shoulder."
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