The improbable 93 -
yard touchdown play sealed the Bulldogs 26 - 21 victory as Georgia moved into the No. 1 ranking and went on to win the 1980 National Championship.
Not exact matches
After sitting behind Blaine Gabbert to start the 2016 season, Kaepernick
played 12 games for the 49ers, completing 59 % of his passes for over 2,200
yards, 16
touchdowns, four interceptions, and a 90.7 passer rating — decent numbers, all things considered.
In 2017: Washington continued to
play a major role in the Cowboys offense, going for 1,423
yards and 12
touchdowns.
How they can do it: They'll need LeSean McCoy (currently questionable) to
play, as McCoy accounted for eight of their 28 offensive
touchdowns and over 50 % of their rushing
yards in 2017.
After a breakout season in which he threw for 3,547
yards, 22
touchdowns, and 7 interceptions while completing 67 % of his passes, Keenum will have to prove himself on the big stage against a tough group of defenses, regardless of who the Vikings
play.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's Steelers lost as Denver quarterback Tim Tebow (No. 15) threw an 80 -
yard touchdown pass on the first
play of overtime for a 29 - 23 victory Sunday.
Two
plays later, Barrett scores his 48th career
touchdown from a
yard out.
On the next
play, Hernandez was rewarded with a 7 -
yard touchdown reception to give New England an early lead, 7 - 0.
Matt Stafford threw for 385
yards and three
touchdowns the first time the Lions
played the Packers.
Tom Brady marched his team down the field 70
yards in eight
plays, finishing the drive with another
touchdown pass to Hernandez to give the Patriots a 21 - 0 lead.
Thirteen
plays, 80
yards, five minutes,
touchdown.
A deep
touchdown pass from Brady to Brandon Lloyd capped off a six -
play, 82 -
yard drive and gave New England a 14 - 0 lead.
Michigan 16, South Carolina 3, 9:56: Michigan drove 72
yards across seven
plays and 3:34 of clock time on its first drive of the second half, capped by a 1 -
yard Ben Mason
touchdown run.
McSorley has
played with fire a couple of times, but he's 16 - for - 21 for 196
yards and a
touchdown, and he's rushed four times for 26
yards.
They averaged just 3.6
yards per
play over their next eight possessions and found themselves down 35 - 13 until a last - second, garbage - time
touchdown.
Rookie Archie Manning completed 16 passes for 218
yards and one
touchdown as NEW ORLEANS upset Los Angeles 24 - 20, but it was Manning's one -
yard touchdown run on the last
play of the game that won it for the Saints.
The embattled quarterback has been more effective than tailback Leonard Fournette, scrambling to daylight throughout a 14 -
play, 86 -
yard drive that finally snapped this game's
touchdown drought.
On the verge of getting their doors blown off, the Trojans respond with a 10 -
play, 65 -
yard touchdown drive.
Memphis» first
play of the game against ECU was an 89 -
yard touchdown pass.
He stiff - arms a well - positioned defender for a seven -
yard touchdown on the first
play of the quarter.
But after Grier threw an interception on West Virginia's second possession of the third quarter, Hill laid a perfect ball over the shoulder of receiver Jaelen Raegor on the next
play for a 45 -
yard touchdown to give TCU a 14 - point lead.
Washington watched the Aztecs
play North Carolina on the road in 2014 and was riveted by the way Pumphrey took the fight to the 21st - ranked Tar Heels, running for 100
yards and two
touchdowns in an eventual 31 — 27 North Carolina win.
He gets a tiptoe down in bounds, keeping OSU alive and setting up the next
play: an 18 -
yard touchdown strike to Johnson.
It didn't always work (Florida State finished with 10 tackles for loss)-- but the Wolfpack did find some big
plays, including a 71 -
yard touchdown catch - and - run on which Jakobi Meyers left FSU star safety Derwin James swiping at air on a cutback en route to the end zone.
Rod Perry got Foreman with a driving swipe at the two -
yard line, but two
plays later he went over for the
touchdown.
LSU had loaded up on big
plays — a 100 -
yard kickoff return by Leonard Fournette, a 75 -
yard pass from Anthony Jennings to John Diarse, an 89 -
yard rush by Fournette * — while Notre Dame had ground out long
touchdown drives: 15
plays and 66
yards, 11
plays and 75
yards, 10
plays and 59
yards.
In 12 NFL seasons, Vick has managed to rack up 22,093 passing
yards with 131
touchdowns and 87 interceptions, but he will forever be synonymous with his ability to make
plays with his legs.
He
played with the Patriots in 2007 and was productive, catching 46 passes for 697
yards and three
touchdowns.
Deshaun Watson was the best quarterback Alabama
played, and he showed it, passing for 405
yards and four
touchdowns.
After LSU opened up the second half with another long, balanced drive that ended with Jeremy Hill's 7 -
yard touchdown run, the teams would trade punts on 5 -
play drives before South Carolina would luck out on a somewhat flukey pass
play.
McCarron
played in seven games for the Bengals in 2015 and finished with 854
yards, six
touchdowns, and two picks.
Five
plays later Aikman threw a six -
yard touchdown pass to tight end Eric Bjornson to send the game into overtime, and then he completed all five of his pass attempts in OT to set up Chris Boniol's game - deciding 29 -
yard field goal.
Smith was the top fantasy quarterback in 2017 among the eight
playing this weekend, while the Titans were a bottom - 10 defense in
yards and
touchdowns allowed to opposing quarterbacks.
On the first
play from scrimmage, he caught a pass and brought it 75
yards for a
touchdown.
He hauled in a Kevin Hogan pass for a 50 -
yard score just three minutes later, then caught a 12 -
yard touchdown pass to finish a seven -
play drive.
This set up Sammy Johnson's 12 -
yard touchdown run with 33 seconds to
play.
Twenty years from now players will be watching footage of Galloway, who last season averaged 20.1
yards per catch and a
touchdown every 4.3 times he touched the ball on a
play from scrimmage.
The
play, which ended at the Huskies» 12 -
yard line, led to a
touchdown that gave the Irish a 30 — 27 lead.
The Bears put a field goal drive together just before the half, but on their first possession after intermission, the Niners marched 78
yards on 13
plays, most of them short passes underneath the coverage, for a
touchdown.
Whatever Big 8 pride I had came out in droves during the Fiesta Bowl, which saw stoic Tom Osborne defeat cocky Steve Spurrier and saw Tommie Frazier rip off one of the most famous
plays in college football history; he ran into a wall of Florida defenders, then ran right through the wall for a 75 -
yard touchdown.
Against the Raiders on Nov. 6, his 36 -
yard romp on the second - to - last
play set up the winning
touchdown.
Two
plays later, Jake Coker connected with O.J. Howard on a 51 -
yard touchdown pass, and Alabama had a lead it would never again relinquish.
After a couple penalties and some teeeerible red zone
play - calling, Matt Ryan avoided a sack, twisted and turned, then dumped off a 6 -
yard touchdown pass to Devonta Freeman.
There were those two AFC Championship Games: the one in Cleveland in January 1987, after John Elway drove the Denver Broncos 98
yards to tie the game with 39 seconds left in regulation — a series forever known as the Drive — then took them down the field again in overtime to keep Schottenheimer's Browns out of the Super Bowl; and the one in Denver a year later, after Cleveland's Earnest Byner fumbled with 1:12 left while going in for what would have been the tying
touchdown — a
play forever known as the Fumble.
Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins: I know a lot of people believe Antonio Brown is the best wide receiver in the league, but Hopkins put up 111 catches for 1,500 +
yards and 11
touchdowns with your drunk uncle
playing quarterback.
Boone and the Blue Devils hit on some big
plays, including
touchdown throws of 54
yards to Jamison Crowder along with 37 and 45
yards to Conner Vernon.
Kaepernick wasn't the facilitator of San Francisco's offense in the NFC Championship, though he did
play well, completing 16 of 21 passes for 233
yards and a
touchdown.
Run or pass, there were big
plays, even before Ezekiel Elliott's game - icing 85 -
yard touchdown.
Flacco has
played at an exceptionally high level this postseason, completing 54.8 percent of his passes for 853
yards, while throwing eight
touchdowns without throwing an interception.
Kessler completed 18 of 32 passes for 221
yards, a
touchdown, and a pick, but the interception came late in the fourth quarter, and his night will be remembered mostly for getting sacked by Jack Cichy on three consecutive
plays late in the third quarter.