doug flutie threw the hail mary pass on october 28, 1922.
doug flutie threw the hail mary pass on october 28, 1922.
when did doug flutie throw the hail mary pass?
october 28, 1922
arguably the most memorable and replayed hail mary pass came on november 23, 1984, in a game now known as "hail flutie". boston college was losing to miami (fl) with six seconds left on the clock when their quarterback doug flutie threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to gerard phelan, succeeding primarily because miami's secondary stood on the goal line to keep the receivers in front of them without covering a post route behind them. miami's defense was based on the assumption that flutie couldn't throw the ball as far as the end zone, but flutie hit phelan in stride against a flatfooted defense a yard deep in the end zone. to commemorate the play, a statue of flutie in his hail mary passing pose was unveiled outside alumni stadium at boston college on november 7, 2008.
hail mary pass
flutie gained national attention in 1984 when he led the eagles to victory in a high-scoring, back-and-forth game against the miami hurricanes (led by qb bernie kosar). the game was nationally televised on cbs the day after thanksgiving and thus had a huge audience. miami staged a dramatic drive to take the lead, 45–41, in the closing minute of the game. boston college then took possession at its own 22-yard line with 28 seconds to go. after two passes moved the ball another 30 yards, only 6 seconds remained. on the last play of the game, flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a "hail mary pass" that was caught in the end zone by gerard phelan, giving bc a 47–45 win. flutie won the heisman trophy a week later, but the voting had finished before the game; flutie said, however, that "without the hail mary pass i think i could have been very easily forgotten".
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