They failed to recover a second onside kick, but the defense held and the ensuing SMU punt was blocked. After a TD pass, BYU recovered the onside kick and scored quickly again to cut the lead to 45–39 with 1:58 left.
Here are the other most memorable Hail Mary plays in college football to date:ġ980–BYU/SMU: SMU held a 45–25 fourth-quarter lead with less than 3 minutes left in this Holiday Bowl classic before Jim McMahon and the Cougars mounted an incredible comeback. History says we’ll be replaying this rare, game-winning pass for years to come. Normally, defenses are taught to make sure you don’t let a receiver get behind you-and Nebraska did just that-but they got too deep and Mathews found room in front of them and snuck in for the game-winning catch. When BYU backup quarterback Tanner Mangum threw a last second Hail Mary pass, which found Mitch Mathews for a game-winning 42-yard score at Nebraska Saturday, it became an instant classic.Īlthough there were better plays made by both teams, the one that most directly affected the outcome was simply a desperate prayer thrown into the end zone, with the hope that the Nebraska defense would provide an opening-and they did.
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