Top 12 most shocking Super Bowl moments

Garo Yepremian Ruins Miami’s Bid For A Shutout

The Miami Dolphins came into the 1973 season on a mission, having lost the Super Bowl the previous season to the Cowboys. Don Shula’s squad won every game it played in the regular season, and defeated Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the playoffs to make it back to the Super Bowl.

Despite their perfect 16-0 record going in, the Dolphins were a one-point underdog against the Washington Redskins, who went 11-3 in the regular season.

The game was completely dominated by the Dolphins until there were just two minutes left in the game. The Dolphins were ahead 14-0 and had intercepted Redskins quarterback Billy Kilmer 3 times en route to holding them to 228 total yards. The Dolphins were driving to run out the clock and complete their perfect season when they brought in kicker Garo Yepremian for a 41 yard field goal to ice the game.

The kick was blocked. Instead of falling on the ball, Yepremian inexplicably picked it up and attempted what vaguely resembled a pass. The ball slipped out of his hand, so he decided to bat it forward like a volleyball (because, hey, why not). It was picked out of the air by cornerback Mike Bass to give Washington its only score of the game.

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