2006-10-12 06:08:50 · 3 answers · asked by Tapout 4 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
It was a pass that bounded out of a collision between former Pittsburgh Steeler running back Frenchy Fuqua and Oakland Raider defensive back Jack "The Assassin" Tatum toward Fuqua's teammate Franco Harris, who made an amazing shoetop catch and ran into the endzone for the game-winning score as time expired, knocking the Raiders out of the Super Bowl. The play came to be known as the Immaculate Reception because a rule of the day stated that if the ball touched ONLY Fuqua or touched him FIRST, the play would've been ruled as offensive pass interference. But since the ball appeared to have touched both Fuqua and Tatum simultaneously, (according to refs and Steeler fans) the play was allowed to stand forever bringing controversy to pass eligibility rules until said rule pertaining to ball in flight contact was reworked to involve only ineligible receivers such as linemen or covered ends.
2006-10-12 09:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Famous ricocheted reception by Franco Harris and he ran it in for a TD after it deflected off of a Raiders' players shoulder.
2006-10-12 06:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What he said is the short version. Long version in the attached link. Also in that link is a link to audio and video accounts.
2006-10-12 06:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by SoccerClipCincy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋