Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" pass as time expired to lift Boston College over the University of Miami, 47-45
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@FranktheTank704 жыл бұрын
If you've never thrown a football, it's hard to appreciate how big of an arm that was.
@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si4 жыл бұрын
Nerf doesn't count.
@user-qu5md4js3d4 жыл бұрын
Agreed he hammered that ball down the field, and a nice straight spiral to boot.
@thelonias18144 жыл бұрын
Not to forget it’s heavier from the weather.
@aspenrebel4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, exhausted, dirty, muddy, etc.
@aspenrebel4 жыл бұрын
@@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si Nope!!!
@MustangMike0124 жыл бұрын
I was a sophomore in high school when I watched this live with my mom. I'll never forget how happy we were. Miss you Mom...
@ikigai474 жыл бұрын
@Goggle products it's the end of a long, hard fought game with partying college students. they were exhausted. this isn't madden on ps4
@gerrilevin2794 жыл бұрын
@@MustangMike012 God Bless Trump 2020
@drumtravelfun4 жыл бұрын
RIP.
@marcjohnson43854 жыл бұрын
@Goggle products Get out of the basement much
@Luke18_134 жыл бұрын
@wogjuan good on ya mate, you've got a good heart to pass your condolences to him. Cheers. 🤙🏼
@TheDude40776 жыл бұрын
Within seconds of the win He's shaking hands with opponents and looking for Kosar to do the same, great sportsmanship
@mrupsingod4 жыл бұрын
He was a great person, proud he was a bear in his comeback!!!
@haoleboysurfec27304 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'll never forget this. What a bullet throw as well.
@matthewbradley33954 жыл бұрын
There is video of Kosar immediately headed to the locker room. I've seen another angle from his front that shows him crying his eyes out like a little girl. BTW...there is a road in Natick, MA...Flute's hometown...named Flutie Pass. It runs between the Natick Mall and Shopper's World in Framingham.
@Kill-Dozer4 жыл бұрын
@mike toni Why would he ask the opposing team wheres the ball its still in the end zone under pile of bodies.
@randomshitking92104 жыл бұрын
@mike toni true
@jasonb64683 жыл бұрын
Flutie was such a baller. I saw him play in the nfl game. He managed the game clock to perfection. Just a genius to the game of football.
@diffened8 ай бұрын
Flutie just used to win games. Too bad they said he was too small. He could have had a great NFL career.
@ronniebaker45494 жыл бұрын
1984, what a great year. My son was born in June of 1984 and we lost his mother to an auto accident in June of 1986. If I could go back to 1984 it would be amazing.
@jpr18458 ай бұрын
Awwwwww. So Sorry About Your Wife. Yes 💯 Wish we could go back to '84, I had more Energy/Hair/Focus, Just Youth Period. AWWWSEME year for Music & Movies as well🩵💙😁
@Trumpisgod6 ай бұрын
Then you’d have to see your wife die again.
@ronniebaker45496 ай бұрын
@@Trumpisgod RW extremists are sick fucks. Troll a trump lackey and stay in the slow lane.
@ronniebaker45496 ай бұрын
@@Trumpisgod only a trump lackey would say something so stupid. You can not recognize stupid by how they look but you can recognize them by the red hats
@xl0003 ай бұрын
@@Trumpisgod maybe he could warn her or something ?
@examancer4 жыл бұрын
"Women, children, and Doug Flutie first" is among the all time best one liners
@CrazyLinguiniLegs4 жыл бұрын
In some kind of synchronicity, I am seeing this video for the first time at 3:00am this morning after the fire alarm in my building woke me up.
@john-pierrerichard17914 жыл бұрын
Doug Flutie and his roommate .. Another great one 😆😆😆
@RJsermon3 жыл бұрын
You can't say that anymore. We have to pretend that women are equal.
@barretthendrix87513 жыл бұрын
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee!
@markdemell37173 жыл бұрын
My comment mirrors yours. Check out Fluties CFL hilites ,3 cups ,3 playoffs mvp and 6 time league mvp,Take care ,greetings from Quebec ,Canada.
@HBSThugLife5 жыл бұрын
5’9” QB throwing 65 yard pass to win... speechless.
@jamessolomon42524 жыл бұрын
Unlike Rudy,Rudy, Doug Flutie had talent to play football.
@bernieudo43994 жыл бұрын
Do remember this game. Reminds me of a scout who said "it's not the size of the man...it's the size of the heart."Mr. Clutch. Was he too small for the pros? Flutie held his own in the USFL. Wished the NJG were integrated into the NFL during the strike season. Flutie @ QB w/Walker @ RB would've been better than replacements.
@mwb59874 жыл бұрын
Yeah with about 3 holds would have been called back now
@mm-gl7sz4 жыл бұрын
@@bernieudo4399 Flute should have been qb for the Buffalo Bills in the 1999 Tennessee playoff game not Rob Johnson and everyone knew it including his coach Wade Phillips who admitted after Ralph Wilson died that Wilson decided Rob Johnson should start against Tennessee . I believe if FlutIe starts that game never comes down to the Music City Miracle because the Bills would have had a bigger lead at the end that the miracle illegal forward pass touchdown would have made no difference
@dfin1004 жыл бұрын
bernie udo also had a legendary career in canada’s CFL.
@dukethekiddjr.russell88314 жыл бұрын
Damn I watched this live. How time flies
@dukethekiddjr.russell88314 жыл бұрын
@Tony N I was 21 and in Tucson Arizona. I was working at a Bakery and I was the only BC fan I had my whole weeks salary on this game. Boy did I get Lucky!!
@waterhead0014 жыл бұрын
I was a Junior in High School. I watched this game with my Father. Hard to believe this was 35 years ago.
@pajasa624 жыл бұрын
I saw that too live. One of my first thoughts after I calmed down was..."How many yards was that pass?"
@mdsakhawatulislam4 жыл бұрын
Yup. I call myself lucky to watch a memorable game live like that.
@tonydiaz25414 жыл бұрын
I was in a Holiday Inn in Chicago yelling! Surprised no one called the cops.
@amerocker4 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen this play in 35 years. It still looks good. 😊
@lkabong55294 жыл бұрын
@Goggle products do you still drool when you're picking your nose?
@mriedlinger11 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest pass in the history of NCAA football...period.
@binkyxz34 жыл бұрын
@M Detlef 😬
@utcougar4 жыл бұрын
Greatest pass but don’t forget the old 2005 seasons national championship game. When Vince young slid into the end zone on 4th down for the win. I think that was the greatest play ever
@umarabdul-ali68684 жыл бұрын
To you of course but to me Dan Marino to Brown in the Sugar bowl against Hershel Walker and the Georgia Bulldogs, same scenario seconds left on the clock Marino drops back then launches it ,hitting Brown falling down in the endzone, I really enjoyed this BC moment but the pitt vs Georgia iz just az satisfying.
@pmp19674 жыл бұрын
I'd vote for Kordell Stewart vs Michigan in 1994.
@JourneyToTheTruthandTR4 жыл бұрын
Guess you never heard of John Elway?
@matthewhiggins8851 Жыл бұрын
It's pretty simple...they didn't think he could throw it that far...watched every second of this game (broke a lamp in my friend's house celebrating) and it's still one of the greatest games in any sport I've ever seen.
@tanler79537 жыл бұрын
I watched Doug play in the CFL for many years. After Flutie left Buffalo, I stopped watching football altogether. I really liked his attitude. He repeated this "miracle" pattern in his CFL career many times. Using the last few minutes on the clock he would come up with unexpected razzle-dazzle and get a touchdown or move the ball close enough for a field goal. He was endlessly creative. He made football a joy to watch.
@lancebaker13745 жыл бұрын
"After Flutie left Buffalo," Huh? Why was he in Buffalo????
@30AndHatingIt4 жыл бұрын
@@lancebaker1374 Were you living under a rock in the late 90's?
@franktoledo63424 жыл бұрын
You need to watch #6 QB for the Steelers they call him duck his placement and the catches have been great talk about facemask on the reciever and still coming up with the ball.
@RobTheNotary4 жыл бұрын
Tan Ler I saw him play in the Cotton Bowl January 1, 1985 I was at the University of Houston at the time
@billysbikesbrews71834 жыл бұрын
@@RobTheNotary I was at that game.. flew down from Boston.. the weather could of been better...
@sandyacombs8 жыл бұрын
Clearly the defenders didn't think Flutie could throw that far.....and they were wrong.
@kroakie48 жыл бұрын
He knocked everybody off their seat with that throw!
@hey_joe70694 жыл бұрын
... and it was a partly cloudy Saturday.
@eridumesh15624 жыл бұрын
Pun Jab I yu
@aspenrebel4 жыл бұрын
Clearly!!!
@tomtalley21923 жыл бұрын
@@hey_joe7069 Actually, it was a Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I went back to college to write a paper, and watched it on my 13 inch color TV.
@kgatch113a3 жыл бұрын
My dad passed away 3 years ago.....So he and I watched the game together. He thought Boston was done and walked into the kitchen. I stayed and watched and start screaming and he came running back in. He ALWAYS missed the big play, for years, after that, until the Christian Laetnner shot for Duke....This always makes me smile and think about him.
@thelastmanonearth2631 Жыл бұрын
This culminating with the Christian Laettner shot just hit every one of my childhood feels all in one go. Pretty impressive, dude!
@surfguy875 ай бұрын
lol, my father was the same - sitting through countless hours of games (Rugby in his case), to always miss the miracle moments. Hilarious.
@bensexton2545 жыл бұрын
63 yards through the air in a 20 mph breeze... Talk about a cannon for an arm!
@Shatamx9 жыл бұрын
A 5'9 QB tossing a ball 64 yards against 20mph wind is why the Canes D backs payed no attention to him as he ran past them. That was a Jimmy Johnson defending champions team Flutie did that to. Honestly one of the greatest endings to a game in history.
@brandonjacobs54529 жыл бұрын
Flutie was 5'6
@govrom129 жыл бұрын
+Brandon Jacobs, and that's why Flutie was able to play professional football because he had a cannon for an arm. Maybe as strong as John Elway or Dan Marino. You can only imagine how much more successful he would have been as a pro if he was a few inches taller. Look at Drew Brees. He's only 6'0 and he has nowhere near the arm strength Flutie had, but he's had a pretty good NFL career.
@Snowboy20157 жыл бұрын
and he played like he was 6'5
@Crusader18157 жыл бұрын
Flutie had a great arm but also a great mind and great heart. The NFL was dumb as a box of rocks to let him go. He had all that success, and one bad game with the Bears (when the Bears were just not running his kind of offense) and he was shipped off to the CFL... where he won 3 Grey Cups and outclassed the whole league. One of the greatest QBs ever, and definitely one of the most entertaining.
@michaelcabrera53515 жыл бұрын
#98 slipped.
@Nhamp20003 жыл бұрын
Can't believe it's been 36 years. I remember this like it was yesterday. I was 17, and had my whole life in front of me...
@roarbertbearatheon8565 Жыл бұрын
Could be worse, brother
@aspenrebel10 ай бұрын
Now coming up on 39 years!! It now 9/30/23. I remember this play, and game, like it was yesterday.
@DodgerFan19887 жыл бұрын
Dude threw it from his own 37 yard line!
@haoleboysurfec27304 жыл бұрын
It was a bullet.
@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago4 жыл бұрын
@@haoleboysurfec2730 Howitzer
@brandonsmith77874 жыл бұрын
That's about 73 yards
@haoleboysurfec27304 жыл бұрын
@@brandonsmith7787 IMO the only reason it was "catchable" is because it was a frozen rope over the defense. If it hung up there any longer it most likely would have been knocked away.
@brandonsmith77874 жыл бұрын
@@haoleboysurfec2730 like you said in the previous comment, the pass was a bullet
@SCfanIam1004 жыл бұрын
A 5'8" 175lb QB throws a pass from his own 37 that would have hit the ground 2 yards deep in the other end zone. Now that's a 65 yard pass and that is what is most amazing to me.
@aviavi47172 жыл бұрын
Doug Flutie class act . Greatest pass in the history of NCAA.
@aspenrebel10 ай бұрын
"The Pass".
@chuckwest70459 ай бұрын
Flutie's a class act but that pass is the most overrated pass in college football history. Two good but not great teams played a close game with nothing on the line.
@aspenrebel9 ай бұрын
@@chuckwest7045 Phhhlllllppppttttt!!!!😝
@chuckwest70459 ай бұрын
@@aspenrebel In other words.....I'm correct.
@user-kx3fx4eo9i9 ай бұрын
@@chuckwest7045 you better think again chuckie
@NewEnglandViews4 жыл бұрын
64 yards in the air... Hello?! 💥
@pondababa41974 жыл бұрын
Insane
@aspenrebel4 жыл бұрын
Hi!!!
@cpetrizzi Жыл бұрын
In another 40 years, we'll all say Flutie threw the ball 65 yards, against the wind, in the rain and sleet, through an F5 tornado. And still completed the pass.
@blujay91919 ай бұрын
Uphill.
@HairHoFla9 ай бұрын
It was a hell of a pass
@PETERODZZ9 ай бұрын
😅
@QBAN20108 ай бұрын
But he did
@ihavegymnastics8 ай бұрын
LOL
@roguecheddar4 жыл бұрын
Damn I hate the NFL for how they misused Doug Flutie, this kid could frickin ball! He deserved so much more.
@1974greymalkin4 жыл бұрын
The Patriots gave him a shot. He did fairly well for us.
@roguecheddar4 жыл бұрын
@@1974greymalkin yep, his drop kick was awesome.
@davidpetrusewicz77294 жыл бұрын
When I was younger Doug Flutie was coming to Quincy Ma to autograph and meet people. My Grand mother drove me to go see Doug Flutie as Soon as I got there I was so excited I got out ran up the the 6 steps to see him. And waited to see him. Behind me I was so surprised that Flutie escorted my Grand mother up those 6 steps and held door open for my grandma said that the nicest boy my grandma said that boy can do no harm. He such a good boy. She was talking about Flutie. So as my roll model I always hold doors open for people and help older people up stairs. And down stairs.
@williamwilkinson87353 жыл бұрын
Do no harm huh? Well he sure didn't help the bears in the 1986 playoffs ..
@geoffreycurrie59493 жыл бұрын
Gentleman. Keep it up.
@mizofan4 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. The Bills had their chance in the play-offs and blew it- should have trusted in Flutie
@ericwiitala54073 жыл бұрын
I grew up just north of Boston and was watching this game with my parents. I can remember all of us leaping off the couch and just cheering and yelling. Absolutely incredible football game.
@aspenrebel10 ай бұрын
Saugus? M'Fa;? Lynn, Lynn, The City of Sin, you'll never come out the way you went in?
@bradleykeith77284 жыл бұрын
Doug!!! Most unappreciated QB in the history of Football. Love Doug.
@ruffian29523 жыл бұрын
The spectre of a scab followed him.
@drygordspellweaver87613 жыл бұрын
He had his own cereal...
@summerlakephotog82394 жыл бұрын
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee!
@bombasticbushkin49854 жыл бұрын
He became the greatest quarterback in CFL history and a joy to watch. Warren Moon was the only one close to him in that regard.
@MG684 жыл бұрын
Both of them had amazing careers in the CFL
@Chuck_Houck_Coop4 ай бұрын
Wow. Thank you Mike Gieseler. This is so much better quality than all of the other "Hail Flutie" videos on KZfaq.
@gregz37754 жыл бұрын
Doug Flutie is my favorite, favorite college football player ever. And i graduated from Auburn University
@domenicochelmsford8 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest football moments. RIP to Flutie's parents.
@jmsteingrim3 жыл бұрын
8 years old....most of the family was over for another holiday meal....hearing my dad and uncles cheer and scream in joy is one thing that I still remember to this day!
@tomitstube3 жыл бұрын
i watched this game, what this video doesn't tell you is how the game continually built up to this moment, multiple lead changes, back and forth it went all game. kosar and flutie had over 900 yards passing. 92 points scored. i remember my wife coming in the room and going "what's going on?" i'm like "this is unbelievable". one of the greatest games ever.
@josephthibeault99193 жыл бұрын
I had just adopted a puppy dachshund. Flutie scored, I jumped yelling, it was the puppy's 1st football game. She became a sports fan.
@robertvantine28103 жыл бұрын
I had not head the name Doug Flutie before this game. Saw this pass, which was the longest one I had ever seen at that point. Became a fan from this moment on.
@marvelandgroup8 жыл бұрын
He might be short but what an arm. 65 yard pass
@jennyplatypus89618 жыл бұрын
Is 5'10 short for football? To me that seems tall? But i know nothing about football
@mamodoukane288 жыл бұрын
he was around 5'8 back then
@netrioter5 жыл бұрын
@@Holy_hand-grenade joe c..3 foot 9 with a 10 foot dick
@netrioter5 жыл бұрын
@@jennyplatypus8961 they want 6 foot 5 and up.. Peyton Manning is 6 foot 5. Flutie was a bear..Mike Ditka said hes going to be special. He called it. He had no choice in trading him to NE..who traded him to tbe CFL
@brandonsmith77874 жыл бұрын
He threw the ball from his own 37 yard line. That's about 73 yards
@handlethis045 жыл бұрын
I watched this live with my father and brother. I was only 8 years old, but remember it as if it happened yesterday. Doug Flutie was one of the most exciting football players I've ever seen play the game. Side note-Buffalo Bills and Wade Phillips should be ashamed of themselves. Flutie should have played that playoff game and if he had the Bills would have won. Doug Flutie was the ultimate playmaker.
@davidlafleche11425 жыл бұрын
The Patriots should have dumped Tony Eason, and given Flutie the job. He is the only QB who is BETTER than Brady.
@mm-gl7sz4 жыл бұрын
@@davidlafleche1142 they might have had a chance in 85 against the bears if they had done exactly that. But I think he was still in college then, He would play for the Bears a year later his first in the NFL. But they still could have won a super bowl with him be fore they became bad in the late 80s early 90s
@mm-gl7sz4 жыл бұрын
It wasn't Phillips fault. He said after Ralph Wilson died that Wilson made the decision to start Johnson in the playoff game and ordered Wade to start Johnson. Wade said he wanted to start Flutie. And Doug himself said that game doesn't come down to the Music City miracle if he starts. Meaning with him the Bills would have had a bigger lead and the game is over at that point and the Music City miracle is nothing more than a garbage time touchdown if Tennessee even attempts it which I doubt they do considering they would have had no chance to win the game. I tend to believe Doug because I saw him play live at what was then Rich Stadium and is now New Era field after he had a poor game I think it was against a bad Giants team. Doug bounced right back and played great and the Bills won pretty easily against Pete Carrolls Patriots the year before Belichick took over and 2 years before Brady took the starting qb job
@thomasaquinas1574 жыл бұрын
I'm still disgusted by how his career was mishandled by every NFL team he played for. I can't think of a better player who was treated worse. At least the CFL welcomed him.
@taxitalknyc76004 жыл бұрын
Had Doug Flutie in my cab when he came into LGA to pick up the Heisman Award !! GREAT guy !!! ;) PS - 02:33 65 yard pass in the air from a 5'9" QB... - HOLY MOLY !! What an arm !!! ~:O
@creativecorner20714 жыл бұрын
“Women and children and Doug Flutie first”
@mesa45924 жыл бұрын
Sux to be the dude at the bottom of that pile. Catches the game winning pass and can't breathe to save his life
@Capt_Killingfield4 жыл бұрын
I was just gonna comment on the same but you saved me. I would have been terrified. "He just won the game, lets go crush him!" lmao
@kroakie48 жыл бұрын
I'm by no means a football fan, but I can appreciate a legend in any sport or activity. I saw Flutie on Dancing With The Stars, and he's even good at dancing! Wow!
@molonlabeiv97218 күн бұрын
Graduated in 84. Watched 4th quarter with my mom. Met Flutie a few years later. Humble man, praised Offensive line and Phelan. Great moment!
@HowardLive12 жыл бұрын
@quincee33 This game was played on Black Friday 1984, the day after Thanksgiving. Saw the entire game on a piddling 13-inch TV but the memory will be burned into my brain forever. :-)
@daviddesrosiers74343 жыл бұрын
I was in the orange bowl that day, horrible weather. I still have the 🎫 ticket 🎟
@billysbikesbrews71834 жыл бұрын
Damn.. I was at the game.. I still have the program.. then I went to the Cotton bowl to see them play Houston.. it was cold and snowed.. Back to this game.. I drove from Boston to see this game.. It was an unbelievable game.. when I was leaving a lot of my friends thought they were going to lose.. when I came back .. All they could say was Best game Ever.. Doug Flutie is for real..
@billysbikesbrews71833 жыл бұрын
@@howarddamico1237 it was so cold.. my Dad bought a Houston Cougar snow hat.. no Boston College was available 😁
@joey0077d4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this game with my Dad. Sitting in front of the T.V. Telling him. The one with the ball last wins. It was a back and forth game. Awesome!!!
@daviddesrosiers74343 жыл бұрын
I was at the game in Miami. I was 22 yrs old living in Tampa, made the trip orange bowl
@LeoWhalen19335 ай бұрын
I'll never forget watching this game one Saturday morning in the late 90s on ESPN classic. My dad and older brother watched it with me. I didn't know about the game. I was enthralled. I thought for sure BC was going to lose. My sports knowledge at that time was limited, but not to the fact that Miami was the class of college football in the 1980s. As a hockey player growing up in suburban Boston, this game made me fall in love with the sport and I ended up playing out of pure love through high school.
@kelseymariel21273 жыл бұрын
Was magical being a freshman home on break at the time. He did it! My house erupted and the phone started ringing off the hook. Surreal can only describe walking into the tiny BC bookstore at the time and looking at the Heisman trophy while picking up books for the semester.
@jimtilton9 жыл бұрын
I was at this game sitting in the NW corner of the Orange Bowl and still cannot believe what I saw. Sad part of it was most of the Boston College fans had left the stadium and missed the miracle ending.
@bmasters1981 Жыл бұрын
The same was true four years later in the World Series, where Kirk Gibson of the Dodgers hit that 2-run game-winning homer off Eckersley (many fans in L.A. didn't think it could be done; they missed a whale of an ending).
@jamessamuelperry4 жыл бұрын
Was one of the best players to ever play in the Canadian Football League.
@richsalzer2556 Жыл бұрын
I had just played my first year in the USFL. All us under six foot QBs worshipped Flutie.
@jimmy11544 жыл бұрын
The play that made Flutie famous. Throws the pass to his roommate. They underestimated Flutie's arm and let the receiver get behind them.
@umarabdul-ali68684 жыл бұрын
So true and well said.
@PFBM863 ай бұрын
No it didn't LOL he had already been voted as the Heisman Trophy winner before this game was played, kinda hard to pull that off without being famous
@ChosenOne-jk6go4 жыл бұрын
I remember sitting at my grandfathers house watching the game with him and both of our jaws dropping! We knew Flutie was for real!!!!!
@mensrea12514 жыл бұрын
Flutie was basically a variation of Russell Wilson or Drew Brees. In the right system, he would have flourished in the NFL. His mobility, vision and his football IQ was something else. Too bad no one took a chance on him until he was past his prime. Even then, you could see the magic he brought to the table for the Bills. Ah, what might have been.
@nonsense15584 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see him play up in Calgary when he was with the CFL. You're right. He could of been an NFL Hall of Fame QB if somebody was willing to take the chance on him when he was younger. Flutie was just a tad bit shorter than both Wilson and Brees, but he was more mobile and had a much stronger arm than either one of them possesses. One of the sad what ifs in NFL history.
@socalfive3 жыл бұрын
Flutie mentored Drew Brees in San Diego.
@ndspeedster3 жыл бұрын
he was way too small to make it in the nfl.. he can't even see over his own offensive line.. but he set about every record in canada playing up there. go figure.
@ruffian29523 жыл бұрын
His organized labor IQ sucked....scab.
@gavanhillebold31313 жыл бұрын
@@ndspeedster Flutie would of been flattened in the NFL. like a pancake
@mattlayton4128 ай бұрын
I went to a cfl game when the US had teams in the League. Anyway, everyone was waiting for Doug after the game, and my Dad and I went to our car at the back of the Stadium and who's coming out of the Stadium, Doug Flutie!!!! I ended up getting his autograph!!!
@j3any3s3 жыл бұрын
I had just turned 10 and flutie was my favorite. I was home alone and remember running down my hallway screaming when that amazing play happened
@jackkitchen7374 жыл бұрын
Who else here watched this on CBS at the time? I was a freshman in college at the time. Incredible play, and one could not help but root for Flutie. This was awesome.
@Rick-remlrp4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the end of this game at a relatives house. What an ending :)
@matt215714 жыл бұрын
Watched the CBS broadcast at my grandmother’s house (she would pass away only nine months later). Was just getting into football and this was a HUGE moment of that fandom.
@mitchbanner40944 жыл бұрын
I did. I was 19. Living with Granny Cook at her house. On a 19 inch Sears black and white tv.
@zzbudzz4 жыл бұрын
I watched this game live when i was 12 , I was Miami fan
@thomasaquinas1574 жыл бұрын
I was a senior in college watching it in a frat house with another Boston friend, and two Miami fans. They were razzing us... until the last play.
@RedElephantStampede4 жыл бұрын
Flutie was something else I tell you. I watched him beat Bama in ‘83 and ‘84. Just an outstanding athlete.
@MG684 жыл бұрын
Roll Tide !!
@curtc21944 жыл бұрын
Watched this game at a bar in Lexington Kentucky with my beloved sister who has since passed away...precious memory and a fantastic finish to a great game!
@johnnyretro338 жыл бұрын
as many times as i've watched this, i noticed something in the video for the first time tonight. as phelan gets up to celebrate he gets a tap on the chest by the miami dfender #2 as he trots by. i'm not sure if it meant anything or not at the time, but i think it was a cool gesture...
@Madmun3574 жыл бұрын
Good catch. Looked congratulatory.
@ebayerr4 жыл бұрын
johnnyretro33 : Thanks. it's at the 1:22 mark. #2 just came from nowhere and gives him a congrats like a high five.
@paulbudrean5714 жыл бұрын
ebayerr Yeah, I like that. Good sportsmanship.
@paulbudrean5714 жыл бұрын
ebayerr Kind of a love ❤️ tap.
@paulya12693 жыл бұрын
IMO the greatest Hail Mary of all time. Flutie....Legend.
@danielcollins98504 жыл бұрын
One of the best passes I’ve ever seen.
@verngreenway48868 ай бұрын
I watched this as a senior in college (at OU. On TV)... so impressive! He couldn't get an NFL job (too small?!). So he ended up in the CFL playing for the Calgary Stampeders in the stadium across the road from where I grew up. By far, the best QB in the league. Then to the NFL. Size isn't that important. My favorite QB EVER!!
@haile8194 жыл бұрын
I was 11 when i saw this game. My sister and older cousin did some kind of jiu jit su move on me where i couldnt move and escape so i had to watch the game with them. Oh my i thank them for that bc i saw one of the best game of my life. Memories are awesome
@janetaldrich77474 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this when it happened. We were in a car dealership and they had the TV on. Just wow. (And as a Browns fan ... poor Bernie)
@jasong95024 жыл бұрын
That’s why he wasn’t on the wheaties box, he deserved his own cereal... Flutie flakes!
@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si4 жыл бұрын
Defensive tackle wants to rename it "Flutie Crunch" .
@siler74 жыл бұрын
He was small, but still too big to fit in a Wheaties box.
@discoshart3 жыл бұрын
Flutie Loops
@williamwilkinson87353 жыл бұрын
lol ....Flutie Flakes .....I remember watching Jimmy Johnson take a box of those and destroy it after the beat fluite and the Bills in the playoffs ....funniest thing i have seen in along time hahahahahaha
@williamwilkinson87353 жыл бұрын
@@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si that's what Trace Armstrong did to flutie at the end of that playoff game he crunched him so hard he fumbled the ball
@mrfloxin4 жыл бұрын
The video is 35 years old. The video is still fun to watch after all these years later. I did watch the the game back in 1984. It will go down a classic game of all time.
@michaelwilson10203 жыл бұрын
I'll say it again, the 80's were the greatest years ever. From the sports legends to music. Someone for the love of God invent the hit tub time machine.
@Crusader18156 жыл бұрын
A curse forever upon the people who tore down the Orange Bowl. Site of 5 Super Bowls and this, the greatest college football game ever played. It should have remained there forever.
@wallpaper2a5514 жыл бұрын
Today there are MANY high-scoring close games both in college & also in the nfl….but only a handful of them are as SWEET as this (memorable) game! I'm thinking for instance of the Rams/Chiefs game from last year.
@scottsullivan75824 жыл бұрын
Doug aka the great superbosl loser. 🤗😊🤗
@williamwilkinson87353 жыл бұрын
It wasn't the greatest game ever played ..I can make a list of at least 20 bigger games the Canes played in the OB...best probably being Jan 1st of 84 beating Nebraska 31-30 for the 83 national championship...
@ChildOfThe1970s3 жыл бұрын
@@scottsullivan7582 When did Flutie lose a Super Bowl?? When the Bills went, it was Jim Kelly and Frank Reich the one year Kelly got injured.
@juliansmith19512 жыл бұрын
@@ChildOfThe1970s Now the Miami marlins ballpark is there now
@Jondsmusic4 жыл бұрын
I remember this game as a little kid. Everyone in my family counted us out but I believed we’d win and we did! Never underestimate the power of faith and belief!
@JD-iu3vi3 жыл бұрын
What number were you?
@Jondsmusic3 жыл бұрын
@@JD-iu3vi you mean how old was I? Why would that even matter?
@winycityfightfan9 жыл бұрын
I`ll never forget watching this football game.
@govrom129 жыл бұрын
+Soxfan73 , one of the best football games I've ever watched and man that was over thirty years ago, lol...
@jonburrows26844 жыл бұрын
#metoo
@Statuskuo753 жыл бұрын
It occurred to me after watching so many times...they didnt think Flutie could throw that far.
@mankokennewick58024 жыл бұрын
Everytime I watch this play it gives me goosebumps
@AGTsakumis3 жыл бұрын
I've always had a very hard time viewing this as a 'Hail Mary' pass. Flutie saw him and launched his arm rocket. The end.
@mander401012 жыл бұрын
If you don’t remember where you were when this happened,, you weren’t paying attention. I was atmy step-mother’s parents house and was watching with my dad. The single most amzing things I’ve seen in sports.
@MG682 жыл бұрын
I was watching the game on my TV in my bedroom....because I am the only person in my family into sports
@amypeterson46154 жыл бұрын
My favorite football player of all time. And I am a Boston/New England Patriots fan. 1984 was the last great college football season. BYU won the National Championship and Flutie's Miracle in Miami. BC ended up #4 in the nation that year. Such events will never happen again with the playoff system in place.
@davidregalado52464 жыл бұрын
Imagine if buffalo had let flutie play instead of Johnson.
@PApro4 жыл бұрын
Well thats just it, Wade Phillips is, was and always will be garbage! I knew the day they hired him the hope was over. I can only imagine how Marv felt watching him run his hard work into the ground. Flutie carried Buffalo to the playoffs only to be cut as starter game one for what? Because Wade Phillips is a complete moron and he never should have been coach to begin with.
@jameslichtenberger97894 жыл бұрын
I remember that and it was maddening to say the least
@michael_zarbo4 жыл бұрын
I love the bills but not letting flutie play really made me upset
@RichV203 жыл бұрын
@@PApro Wade wanted Flutie to start, but owner Ralph Wilson wanted him to start $25 million QB Rob Johnson, or else.
@dr.andersonsghost43153 жыл бұрын
Factually incorrect. Wade wanted Flutie to start, but he was overruled by the owner.
@brucephoenix39894 жыл бұрын
No one has mentioned that BKosar had just done a last minute drive himself for a td, left just enough time on the clock🤷♂️🏈
@ackmino4 жыл бұрын
I watched this game live. Kosar had a fantastic game. It was an offensive slugfest all game.
@Xmarduk4 жыл бұрын
Back in the early 90s, I got to see Kosar subbing for Aikman (shoulder injury) when Dallas played in Atlanta. Was my first time seeing an NFL game in person. I remember being blown away at how relatively small pro stadiums are compared to most colleges. Sorry for the seemingly irrelevant comment, just hadn’t thought about that in years!
@forallthatisunreal4 жыл бұрын
2nd place is where losers are bracketed, no matter the trials and tribulations.
@auroraborealis41854 жыл бұрын
The announcer said at one point, "Whoever has the ball last will win". He was right.
@kjkalways84704 жыл бұрын
I grew up and still live in Natick, MA and everyone still loves and talks about Doug Flutie! Near the Natick mall they had a road called “Flutie Pass!” So Cool! It’s gone now due to construction... He and his wife, Laurie-(Natick H.S Sweethearts!) Used to go to Sacred Heart Church in South Natick before it closed down... My family and I would see them and no one bothered them.... this was back in the early to mid 1990’s... I’m 44 now so I didn’t go to school with him obviously... but his nephew played “pee-wee football 🏈 “ ages 11-14yrs old approximately and I was a year or 2 younger and was one of the Cheerleaders for peewee football... I’ll never forget being this awkward 12 yr old girl in 1987 going up to Doug Flutie, and asking him for his autograph! He was so nice and I still have it on the back on some piece of paper my Mom had in her pocketbook that day!! LOL!!! 😃😆🙌👍🏈🙌🤗 He has wonderful grown up kids and comes from a great family... He will Forever Be our Natick Hometown Hero!! 🏈👍🙌
@veg1run4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful story !
@kjkalways84704 жыл бұрын
Kit Carson Thanks so much!!❤️🥰👍😍❤️
@veg1run4 жыл бұрын
@@kjkalways8470 You're Welcome
@kjkalways84704 жыл бұрын
Kit Carson 🤗❤️⭐️🥰
@wallpaper2a5514 жыл бұрын
Yeah thanks for an interesting story! :-)
@leiperfamily77074 жыл бұрын
Most incredible pass I have ever seen
@Buc_Stops_Here3 жыл бұрын
I always found it interesting that he did this... and had to play in the CFL for many years. Meanwhile Bernie Kosar, who lost, got signed in the NFL and played for many years the Cleveland Browns (now Baltimore Ravens).
@Holy_hand-grenade7 жыл бұрын
Most gorgeous deep throw i've ever seen. It's like the hand of God guided it to the promised land.
@TheNYgolfer3 жыл бұрын
Until I read your comment I thought it was all the work of Doug Flutie
@travvypoo6 жыл бұрын
People like Flutie make football fun to watch.
@fz1000red3 жыл бұрын
I was in Marine Corps bootcamp when this happened. Of course that means I didn't know about it until a week later when the paper my dad sent me showed up. Tell you what, you'd have one hell of a time trying to make that height and distance on an empty football field! Just you and the ball with no distractions or other concerns, and it still won't happen.
@MG683 жыл бұрын
I was still in HS, waiting to go to Navy boot camp
@Riles31523 жыл бұрын
This was one of the greatest and most entertaining college football games of all time BEFORE the hail Mary.
@SKF3583 жыл бұрын
Back when college football was on real grass, and when it was real great. That time has ended. Sadly.
@mchefsmith4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching that game‼️ was talking about it this evening and had to pull up the old footage. 😎🤩💯
@Neal_YouTube3 жыл бұрын
I watched this live back when I cared about football. Was nuts.
@Dmagetbrain3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest moments in American sports history.
@chuckwest70459 ай бұрын
What was at stake? There were two Top 15 teams playing a meaningless game that just happened to be on TV.
@daveperala47234 жыл бұрын
It was on this date in history, Doug Flutie became one of the most hated men in Miami.
@scottsullivan75824 жыл бұрын
And the most loved in 4 superbowl by losing all 4 of them, and two to my cowboys.🤗😊🤗
@davearbuthnut2414 жыл бұрын
@@scottsullivan7582 4? Wasn't that Jim Kelly?
@craniostomy4 жыл бұрын
Disagree. In 1984, fans in general and athletes in particular could take a loss and remain civilized. This whole genuine (and childish) hatred for players and teams ignores the whole point of any contest, and shifts the focus onto the nosebleed section wannabe's.
@ruffian29523 жыл бұрын
If not most hated in Miami at least in 1987 his scab action made him loathed by union workers.
@ryanbutler83333 жыл бұрын
@@craniostomy Not Kosar obviously.
@KlineDeere4 жыл бұрын
Why the fffffffff does the 80s look so damn good no matter what angle you look them from
@guadalahonky40023 жыл бұрын
November 23, 1984. My 18th birthday and I was sitting a in barber chair getting my haircut at Kilrad's in Watertown, SD. Unbelievable pass. My introduction to Doug Flutie, who would later QB my Chargers in 2002.
@govrom129 жыл бұрын
I was a senior in high school when I watched this game. Yes, there have been other spectacular Hail Mary endings, but this was one is still the best. I say that because the entire game was played in a steady rain. Bernie Kosar and Doug Flutie led their teams up and down the field. There was no defense to speak of in that game and both teams combined for nearly a thousand yards total offense combined. I think the game is posted here on YT. Check it out if you like wide open football.
@wallpaper2a5514 жыл бұрын
Today there are MANY high-scoring close games both in college & also in the nfl….but only a handful of them are as SWEET as this (memorable) game! I'm thinking for instance of the Rams/Chiefs game from last year.
@zzbudzz4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this game live ...I was 12 ..damn i'm getting old :(
@markh25723 жыл бұрын
Definitely remember it; home from college for Thanksgiving.
@oleberg6154 жыл бұрын
I was a junior in high school and remember the sportsmanship that was shown by Doug awesome roll model for me
@gerrilevin2794 жыл бұрын
great guy--humble---great career --said on late night Letterman CFL is more exciting than NFL--LETTERMAN changed subject.
@Wad95919 жыл бұрын
You would have to live 3 lifetimes, have a four leaf clover, a rabbits foot, and 100 boxes of Lucky Charms to ever see a pass like that again. To happen as it did with no other choice but to throw the Hail Mary and to see the pass complete, is nothing short of miraculous. I would be willing to wager that this will never happen again under these circumstances.
@protoman13658 жыл бұрын
The packers managed to pull it off against the lions this year, it can happen a few times in a lifetime.
@Shatamx7 жыл бұрын
In a Dome. This was with 20mph winds going against the ball...
@edtide257 жыл бұрын
Wad9591 2016 Georgia Tennessee game
@ethos27814 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS A GOLDEN AGE FOR MY GENERATION... I STILL REMEMBER THIS MIRACLE. Also notice NO Tattoos... Just Great Sportsman ship! Cheers✌
@darrenwhite5444 жыл бұрын
I was a freshman in high school and remember watching this how time flies