What is the greatest football game of all time?

My vote goes to the 1930 matchup when the Los Angeles Fire Department defeated Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks 31-6.
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/bigsky/northern_arizona/opponents_records.php?teamid=1777

where the Raiders beat the Steelers..:-)

When Flutie threw the "Hail Mary" pass to Gerard Phelan in 1984!

We were having dinner in a restaurant in Concord, MA, and could see into the bar where they had the game on tv. Practically the whole place erupted when that pass was caught. That has to be one of the finest moments in college football history. (At least for BC fans.)

If I remember correctly it was the day after THanksgiving.

Why not the Colorado v Michigan game by using the standard of a hail mary?

I'm not a big football fan. I happened to see this game so that's why I mentioned it.

Actually most of that year was great for BC. The way Flutie scrambled around was amazing.

So I'm sure there are good head-to-head, momentum swinging games that could rate higher.

n/t

They lost 6-0 back in 1893
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/boston_college/opponents_records.php?teamid=3495

;)

FLUTIE FOR PREZ!!
Not that I'm biased or anything...says this BC student :D

...which is sorta like being an atheist in the bible belt, I don't know for sure which was the best.

But we're told every year about the "ice bowl". Heard about it so many times, it's gaining the status of Creation Myth. I think it's actually in the Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Bible by now.

Evidently it was this game that was played when the temperature was close to absolute zero. All the superfluid helium creeping out of the helium balloons was causing these quantum-mechanical effects or something. I don't know, I usually tune it out when people start talking about it.

The Ice Bowl was the 1967 NFL Championship game between the Cowboys and the Packers. I'm still in trauma.

It was -13 degrees that day with a wind chill in the -40s. The cold was bad enough but somehow by accidental coincidence the heaters at the stadium went out - but only on the Cowboys' side of the field. And then they miraculously came back on after the game was over. Gee...I believe that was purely coincidental. :eyes:

The Cowboys fell behind early but came back to lead 17-14 late in the fourth quarter. The Packers ended up winning it on a QB sneak at the end of the game.

was there or had a relative there that day...which means that attendance at Lambeau Field was somewhere in the the range of 3-4 million...heeheehee.

We lost 41 -- 45. But it was the greatest game I have ever seen.

The only time my team(Arizona State) faced off against Oklahoma we won 32-21.

It was heartbreaking but the most exciting game I've ever witnessed.

On edit: Also the 1971 Nebraska team was voted the #1 collge team of all time by ESPN
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/best.html

A proud Nebraska grad (2002).

It was an amazing game. The best I have ever seen. As far as pro football is concerned, I would have to say the Colts and Gaints..1958.

Here is another link to an article regarding the "Game of the Century".

http://espn.go.com/classic/s/ou_neb_memories_schenkel.html

this was the greatest game of the century

but the score was 35 - 31

and we won it

hate to date myself, but I remember very well, being glued to the TV for this game

Too bad they are struggling so much these days. At least the Sooners are kicking ass again.

Jack Mildren vs Jerry Tagge

Johnny Rodgers, Jeff Kinney, Rich Glover, Larry Jacobsen

don't remember who OU had at Running Back - but their wishbone was awesome (but, thankfully, just a hair shy of Nebraska's offense)

http://www.d2football.com/Champions/index.htm

Seriously. A fantastic game. A rematch of the championship game the year before. 4 overtimes I think. My best friend's Dad played at CN and I asked him about it last year he said he still hasn't gotten over it.

Two years ago the UVa-Ga.Tech game was fantastic too. My wife and I went to it, UVa won on a hook-and-lateral they hadn't practiced since the first week of spring ball. It was easily in the top 5 games I've ever seen on TV or not. This one wasn't on TV which added to the back and forth flow of the game.

was the 1998 Big XII championship game. we came back to beat Kansas State in OT to win our only Big XII title to date. Now we are in 10th place in the conference.

but for the "best game of all time", (to include the entire game, as well as who you saw it with and all around expectations), I would have to say Superbowl III, Jets/Colts. Even the more mundane moments kept fans on the edge of their seats. The whole thing was electric, and made for the future of post season football.


:bounce: BTW: I was for the Jets, and I was not disappointed!

edited for a stupid mistake in format

I'd have to go with the South Albany vs. West Albany game of 1976, when Kelly Luther hit Wade Starbuck with a 90 yard touchdown pass in the game's final minute to pull out a 13-10 victory, mostly because of the stirring -30 yard drive South put together to require that the winning play cover 90 yards.

Runner up would be Linfield (naturally) over Pacific Lutheran, 35-33 in the 1988 matchup. PLU dominated the game, but Linfield came back with a series of improbable big plays.

Third on the list, because I wasn't there, would be Linfield's 33-22 victory over Northern Iowa in the 1984 NAIA Division II title game, in which Linfield trailed 22-0 midway through the third quarter.

Fourth, which I was there for, would be the 1978 NAIA Division II playoff game which Linfield lost to California Lutheran (what is it with these Lutherans?!) 29-28, blowing a 28-10 fourth quarter lead.

in first sudden death overtime game.This game really brought a lot of attention to pro football and began its start as the dominant team sport of the US.Also brought a lot of attention to the then obscure Johnny Unitas,making him the gold standard of QBs for years to come.

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with Dwight Clark and "the Catch." Joe Montana had 4 minutes, and he was back near their 10 yard line. Then Mr. Ice in His Veins drove the Niners down the field, and it all culminated in Clark's catch. Stunning.

And here's an interesting fact: That game actually had higher ratings than many Super Bowls.

First the Ice Bowl and now THAT game. I remember watching it with my dad and crying when Dwight Clark caught that ball. :-(

When the Cowboys blocked the potential winning field goal, only to have Leon Lett chase down the still-spinning football at the goal line, muff it, and the Dolphins recovered in the end zone and won in the most impossible finish since Herman Edwards at the Meadowlands.

Nah, I like VelmaD; I won't mention that game at all.

BENT OAFER! :spank:

I have a horrible feeling I'm gonna be seeing the replay of that every day between now and the Dallas-Miami game this Thanksgiving. *huge sigh* :eyes:

I know better than mess with Texas women!

If you got a paddlin' for not saying anything imagine what I would have had to do to you if you had. Scary isn't it? ;-)

That should take some of the sting out of it.

After the catch Ed "Too Tall" Jones told Montana, "You've just beaten America's team." Montana replied, "Well then, you can sit at home with the rest of America and watch the Super Bowl."

Unbelievable game- the one thing most people don't remember, though, is that the Cowboys almost came back again. I forget the 49er safety that did it, but a Cowboy receiver was on his way for about a 70-yard touchdown when he was caught only by an ankle and tripped up. That one ankle-grab won the game.

The Bucs were magnificent!!

"The Play"

Nothing more need be said.

On Thanksgiving Day at Tiger Stadium; only Packers loss that year. Sacked Bart Starr something like seven times (or more). I was there, at 11, and have never forgotten it. Been absolutely hooked on football ever since. Lots of other great games, but that one got me started, so it's my pick.

Chargers 41
Dolphins 38

Winslow was amazing that night! I've seen a lot of great games,including the BC-Miami tilt,but this Chargers-Fins game was the best one in my mind.

Winslow was a monster in that game. I wasn't a Chargers fan, but I was pulling for them by the end of that game.

Kellen Winslow (SENIOR, not Junior) almost killed himself in that game. Exciting as hell, and if I'm not mistaken, it went into two overtimes???

Both teams fought their tail off, I only seen highlights of that game but I wish I could've seen that game live.

The longest ever was Miami versus KC.... That's my favorite game... The San Diego game was my second...

Pro has to be the 1969 Superbowl with Joe Willie.

Wehn the guy from Alabama (geez I forgot his name he went on to play for the Browns I believe-Langdon?) ran down the Miami player and took the ball away from him. It was incredible.

St. Johns fumbled when the could have kicked an easy field goal.

Everett recovered and ran 95 yards for a touchdown.

HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

But 'Da Bears' O line is no match for the Broncos top 5 defense.

HAHAHAHAHaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Good one.

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That's me.

Best team in history.

There has never been a defense like that since.

:evilgrin:

If they can win one more time before I die I will be happy.

I won a bet with my girlfriend on that game, too....hee hee....

scored on a quarterback keeper to lead the inmates over the guards in "The Longest Yard."? That was awesome....

every game michigan has ever lost.

"The Heidi Game featured five lead changes and a dizzying show of aerial acrobatics. Namath passed for 381 yards and a touchdown, Lamonica for 311 yards and four touchdowns. Maynard caught 10 passes for 228 yards. The game also included 19 penalties for 238 yards."

and if you gotta ask, you weren't watching it, or later, Heidi.