100 top college plays

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I guess they are doing these in segments of 20. I can't get #80 and below. The Tommy Lewis tackle of Rice's running back Dickie Maegle was #95.

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#98 Oct. 20, 1928: Gene McEver returned the game's opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to help Tennessee beat heavily favored Alabama 15-13 at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The game rekindled the Alabama-Tennessee series, and the Vols and their third-year coach, Robert Neyland, launched themselves into the upper tier of Southern college football powerhouses. That win was also part of a 33-game stretch in which Tennessee didn't lose a game from 1926-30.

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#95 95. Out Of Bounds
Dickie Maegle awarded TD after illegal tackle
Jan. 1, 1954: With Rice leading 7-6, Owls star Dickie Maegle caught a kickoff at his 5-yard line and took off down the Alabama sideline. Tide fullback Tommy Lewis, watching from the sideline, would have none of it. Lewis, sans helmet, raced onto the field and flattened Maegle just past midfield. The officials, sticklers for rules, awarded Maegle the touchdown. Lewis gained celebrity that remains unwanted to this day. His explanation: "I guess I'm too full of Alabama."

-- Ivan Maisel

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#90

 A Rolling Moss
Randy Moss takes screen pass the distance
Sept. 6, 1997: Marshall was playing its second game as an FBS program, and Randy Moss made it memorable with two long touchdowns -- but this one was especially good. On a third-and-6 from the Marshall 10-yard line, Moss took an inside screen pass from fellow future NFL player Chad Pennington and discovered his teammates had failed to do much blocking. Undeterred, Moss eluded five Army Cadets on the play with a dazzling repertoir of cuts, hurdles and stiff-arms and undiluted speed. Goodbye, defense. Hello, world.

-- Pat Forde

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#89

Oct. 31, 1959: In perhaps the most famous play in SEC history, LSU's Billy Cannon broke seven tackles in taking back a punt 89 yards for a touchdown on Halloween night to lift No. 1-ranked LSU to a 7-3 victory over No. 3-ranked Ole Miss at Tiger Stadium. He fielded the punt on the bounce at his own 11 and began shedding Ole Miss defenders before finally breaking into the clear. Cannon won the Heisman Trophy that season.

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  Where are you going with this?

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Where are you going with this?

I picked out the ones relative to the Tide, one in SEC history most on here remember, and one in todays threads (Randy Moss). Cliff's BAMAWV Notes.

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Where are you going with this?

I picked out the ones relative to the Tide, one in SEC history most on here remember, and one in todays threads (Randy Moss). Cliff's BAMAWV Notes.

I gotcha. Thought for a minute there that you were gonna do them all. 

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#77

Jan. 1, 1972: Defending champion Nebraska entered the game undefeated staring across at No. 2 Alabama and Bear Bryant, carrying an 11-0 record. This one was over quickly, though, courtesy of a Johnny Rodgers 77-yard punt return on the final play of the first quarter that put Nebraska up 14-0 on the way to a 38-6 win for a national title. The Huskers led 28-0 at the half after adding 14 points in the second quarter.

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#77

Jan. 1, 1972: Defending champion Nebraska entered the game undefeated staring across at No. 2 Alabama and Bear Bryant, carrying an 11-0 record. This one was over quickly, though, courtesy of a Johnny Rodgers 77-yard punt return on the final play of the first quarter that put Nebraska up 14-0 on the way to a 38-6 win for a national title. The Huskers led 28-0 at the half after adding 14 points in the second quarter.

Ouch.

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#71

Dec. 3, 1983: A year after leading Auburn to a victory over rival Alabama with a last-minute touchdown run in the Iron Bowl, Tigers running back Bo Jackson ran for 256 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-20 win over the Crimson Tide in 1983. Alabama, in its first season under coach Ray Perkins, took a 20-16 lead late in the second half. But then Jackson scored on a 71-yard touchdown run, giving the Tigers their first SEC title since 1957 and a Sugar Bowl appearance.

 

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#61 Johnny Mack Brown seals Alabama win in Rose Bowl
Jan. 1, 1926: Alabama wasn't the first or even third choice for the 1926 Rose Bowl, and even after Alabama accepted the invitation, many thought bringing a team from the South would hurt the game's tradition. Alabama trailed Washington 12-0 at halftime but scored three touchdowns in the third quarter. Pooley Hubert's 61-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Mack Brown cemented Alabama's 20-19 victory and is considered by some to be the play that elevated Southern football.

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#61 Johnny Mack Brown seals Alabama win in Rose Bowl
Jan. 1, 1926: Alabama wasn't the first or even third choice for the 1926 Rose Bowl, and even after Alabama accepted the invitation, many thought bringing a team from the South would hurt the game's tradition. Alabama trailed Washington 12-0 at halftime but scored three touchdowns in the third quarter. Pooley Hubert's 61-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Mack Brown cemented Alabama's 20-19 victory and is considered by some to be the play that elevated Southern football.

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#61 Johnny Mack Brown seals Alabama win in Rose Bowl
Jan. 1, 1926: Alabama wasn't the first or even third choice for the 1926 Rose Bowl, and even after Alabama accepted the invitation, many thought bringing a team from the South would hurt the game's tradition. Alabama trailed Washington 12-0 at halftime but scored three touchdowns in the third quarter. Pooley Hubert's 61-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Mack Brown cemented Alabama's 20-19 victory and is considered by some to be the play that elevated Southern football.

Absolutely true. It was according to my grandfather.

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Don't know where WV is today, so I'll pick up where he left off.

47. Run In The Mud
Ken Stabler runs in lone score in Iron Bowl clash
Dec. 2, 1967: The playing surface at Legion Field had turned into a quagmire after days of rain, and neither offense could get untracked. Alabama finally got some decent field position after a mishandled punt snap, and quarterback Ken Stabler capitalized with his fabled "Run in the Mud." He kept the ball on an option play, got key blocks from Dennis Holman and Mike Hall and romped through the mud for the only touchdown of the game in a 7-3 win over Auburn.

-- Chris Low

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