Most memorable play(s)/moments in your program's history. Provide footage if possible
Doesn't matter what sport but it has to be something special. So since I started this thread I will give you two UAB plays that were pretty awesome and both happen in front of a tv national audience (ESPN and CBS).
Twins Ronell and Donell Taylor play vs #1 seed UK in the 2004 NCAA Tourney 2nd Round Game which UAB won 76-75.
QB Darrell Hackney stiffs arm a TCU defensive lineman trying to tackle him. Announcer says some QBs get away from pressure like Doug Flutie. Hackney gets away from pressure like Godzilla! BTW, Hackney looks like Biz Markie...lol!
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2020 03:16 PM by HiddenDragon.)
RE: Most memorable play(s) in your program's history. Provide footage if possible.
This is an oldie but goodie for old Miner fans like me.
Back in 1965 the Miners were in the last year as Texas Western and had a new coach, Bobby Dobbs, who came in from the Canadian league.
The Turning Point
El Paso Herald-Post, November 16, 1965
Stevens took the Miners 76 yards in the fourth quarter including three long completions to Wallace to set up a touchdown that made it a one-score game, 19-13. Then the magic happened.
First Utah drove the ball all the way down to the Miner eight-yard line but with just 24 seconds remaining, rather than kicking a field goal to salt the game away; the Utes went for it on fourth down and the Miner defense held.
Stevens then had sixteen seconds and 92 yards to make something happen. Stevens dropped back into his own end zone looking for Hughes, but the Utes had him bracketed, as Stevens went through his progression when saw the 6'2 Wallace and lofted a ball to him. Wallace ran under it at the 48 and streaked down the left sideline in front of a stunned 8,000 Ute fans as time expired. Joe Cook knocked the point after through, and Texas Western had an improbable, season-defining moment. The moment was memorialized in a painting by noted El Paso artist Tom Lea entitled "Turning Point" that hangs in the Larry K. Durham Athletic Center today. Wallace's 92-yard catch is still the longest play in UTEP history and was part of his four catch 164-yard day.
Texas Western went on to beat TCU in the Sun Bowl, 13-12.
>> For the historic era, there's "one of the most famous plays in college football history," which occurred during Rice's 28-6 defeat of Alabama in the 1954 Cotton Bowl:
RE: Most memorable play(s) in your program's history. Provide footage if possible.
Tech WR Troy Edwards' 21 catches for an NCAA record 405 yards and 4 TDs (a fifth called back by the Big12 homer refs) at Nebraska was the best single-game performance. However, Edwards didn't have the best catch at Nebraska. That happened when Tech played at Nebraska again about 10 years later. Here is that play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkT-mv93rB0
RE: Most memorable play(s) in your program's history. Provide footage if possible.
I agree with SideShowJoe that our most memorable play was definitely the recent punt return against Arkansas. It was posted on our North Texas board at the time that the exposure from the play was worth over $2 million from it going viral in advertising dollars for the university.
(This post was last modified: 07-19-2020 01:14 AM by Magic95Fan.)
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(07-18-2020 09:48 PM)DogsWin1 Wrote: Tech WR Troy Edwards' 21 catches for an NCAA record 405 yards and 4 TDs (a fifth called back by the Big12 homer refs) at Nebraska was the best single-game performance. However, Edwards didn't have the best catch at Nebraska. That happened when Tech played at Nebraska again about 10 years later. Here is that play.
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Most memorable play(s)/moments in your program's history. Provide footage if possible
