A college football team accidentally recreated their own version of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Immaculate Reception”.
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Even if you weren’t born in 1972 you probably know all about the “Immaculate Reception” game which featured the Pittsburgh Steelers winning an AFC playoff game in stunning fashion.
It all went down with just seconds remaining in the game and Pittsburgh trailing by a point. That’s when Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw threw a pass to John Fuqua who immediately lost possession of the ball as he was hit going across the field.
In the right place at the right time was fullback Franco Harris who picked the ball up before it fell to the chilly turf and ran it in for a touchdown giving the Pittsburgh Steelers an improbable victory.
Now four decades later a similar play has surfaced, this time courtesy of Hanover college in Indiana who had their own version of the “Immaculate Reception”.
No, they weren’t in a playoff game – hell, Hanover was still without a victory on the season when the play occurred but it was a hell of a way to enter the win column.
Hanover quarterback Tanner Parker, needing to get his team in the end zone figured he’d unleash a deep pass down the field but unfortunately it was thrown into double coverage. As the wide receiver attempted to come back for the ball, he was pinwheeled between two defenders and ended up kicking the ball into the air.
It just so happened that Ricky Windell, another wide receiver was in perfect placement for the kick and ended up grabbing the ball out of the air and running it in for a 70-yard touchdown.
The stakes weren’t nearly as high as they were for the 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers, but damn that was a pretty impressive play.
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