100 top college plays

[2Stater]

46. Silence Is Golden
Don Hutson grabs long TD after miscommunication
Jan. 1, 1935: Late in the first half of the 1935 Rose Bowl against Stanford, Alabama coach Frank Thomas, nursing a 16-7 lead, sent end Don Hutson onto the field to tell quarterback Joe Riley to run the ball. However, NCAA rules didn't allow players entering the game to speak until one play elapsed. Riley, seeing his All-American teammate, assumed Thomas wanted a long pass. The first of Hutson's two long scoring catches sealed Alabama's 29-13 victory.

-- Ivan Maisel

[SUPERCOACH]

46. Silence Is Golden
Don Hutson grabs long TD after miscommunication
Jan. 1, 1935: Late in the first half of the 1935 Rose Bowl against Stanford, Alabama coach Frank Thomas, nursing a 16-7 lead, sent end Don Hutson onto the field to tell quarterback Joe Riley to run the ball. However, NCAA rules didn't allow players entering the game to speak until one play elapsed. Riley, seeing his All-American teammate, assumed Thomas wanted a long pass. The first of Hutson's two long scoring catches sealed Alabama's 29-13 victory.

-- Ivan Maisel

I never heard this story before.

[2Stater]

34. Bootleg Series
Alan Lowry slips past Alabama in Cotton Bowl
Jan. 1, 1973: In what turned out to be the final meeting between coaching giants Bear Bryant and Darrell Royal, Texas quarterback Alan Lowry scored on a 34-yard bootleg with 4:22 to play to beat Alabama 17-13 in the Cotton Bowl. Lowry, playing with tonsillitis, hid the ball on his hip after taking the snap and then hugged the left sideline on his way to the end zone. To this day, Alabama fans insist he stepped out of bounds at the 10.

-- Chris Low

Hmm...I wasn't aware that it was only Alabama fans that saw him step out of bounds. Since it was on national TV, I figured the whole country saw him step out of bounds.

[2Stater]

27. Route Sitter
Antonio Langham seals SEC title game with pick-six
Dec. 5, 1992: Florida had been running a similar curl route all game. So this time, Antonio Langham sat on the route and broke just as Florida's Shane Matthews was releasing the ball. Langham easily intercepted the pass and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown with just more than three minutes left, snapping a 21-21 tie and keeping Alabama unbeaten in a thrilling 28-21 victory over Florida in the inaugural SEC championship game in Birmingham, Ala.

-- Chris Low

I think we all remember this play.

[Terrie1959]

#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.

Being married to a husker fan, I get this story ALL the TIME!  Of course, I then ask how many National Championships Nebraska has.... usually shuts him up for a bit :-D

[2Stater]

#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.

Being married to a husker fan, I get this story ALL the TIME!  Of course, I then ask how many National Championships Nebraska has.... usually shuts him up for a bit :-D

Especially lately. 

[bamaboo]

The Kick" nuff said

[BAMAWV]

#34

Jan. 1, 1973: In what turned out to be the final meeting between coaching giants Bear Bryant and Darrell Royal, Texas quarterback Alan Lowry scored on a 34-yard bootleg with 4:22 to play to beat Alabama 17-13 in the Cotton Bowl. Lowry, playing with tonsillitis, hid the ball on his hip after taking the snap and then hugged the left sideline on his way to the end zone. To this day, Alabama fans insist he stepped out of bounds at the 10.

 

[BAMAWV]

#27
Dec. 5, 1992: Florida had been running a similar curl route all game. So this time, Antonio Langham sat on the route and broke just as Florida's Shane Matthews was releasing the ball. Langham easily intercepted the pass and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown with just more than three minutes left, snapping a 21-21 tie and keeping Alabama unbeaten in a thrilling 28-21 victory over Florida in the inaugural SEC championship game in Birmingham, Ala.

[BAMAWV]

#6

Nov. 23, 1996: It was truly a memorable night in Tuscaloosa. The Tide had to win to return to the SEC championship game and sprang to an early 17-point lead before Auburn scored the next 23. With just minutes left, quarterback Freddie Kitchens took the Tide down the field before throwing a 6-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Riddle with 26 seconds left. An extra point sealed the 24-23 win, and coach Gene Stallings announced he would retire after the bowl game.

 

[BAMAWV]

BTW, the "Bush Push" is #1 (yawn).

[cbbama99]

#6

Nov. 23, 1996: It was truly a memorable night in Tuscaloosa. The Tide had to win to return to the SEC championship game and sprang to an early 17-point lead before Auburn scored the next 23. With just minutes left, quarterback Freddie Kitchens took the Tide down the field before throwing a 6-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Riddle with 26 seconds left. An extra point sealed the 24-23 win, and coach Gene Stallings announced he would retire after the bowl game.

 

They got the location wrong. I was at the game and it was in the Ham. When Riddle went in, the whole student section went crazy. We were hugging people we didn't even know.

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