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* Another example of a goalkeeper goal at the death happened on September 20, 2023 on the first matchday of the 2023–24 Champions League group stage. Atlético Madrid took a 1–0 lead at Lazio in the 29th minute, and it stayed that way well into stoppage time. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Lazio earned a corner, and keeper Ivan Provedel came up into attack. The ball fell to Luis Alberto on the edge of the penalty area, and he crossed into the inner box, where an onrushing Provedel met the mall to head in an improbable equalizer on the game's final touch. Provedel became the fourth keeper to score in the Champions League, and the second to do so from open play.
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* Another example of a goalkeeper goal at the death happened on September 20, 2023 on the first matchday of the 2023–24 Champions League group stage. Atlético Madrid took a 1–0 lead at Lazio in the 29th minute, and it stayed that way well into stoppage time. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Lazio earned a corner, and keeper Ivan Provedel came up into attack. The ball fell to Luis Alberto on the edge of the penalty area, and he crossed into the inner box, where an onrushing Provedel met the mall ball to head in an improbable equalizer on the game's final touch. Provedel became the fourth keeper to score in the Champions League, and the second to do so from open play.
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* Another example of a goalkeeper goal at the death happened on September 20, 2023 on the first matchday of the 2023–24 Champions League group stage. Atlético Madrid took a 1–0 lead at Lazio in the 29th minute, and it stayed that way well into stoppage time. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Lazio earned a corner, and keeper Ivan Provedel came up into attack. The ball fell to Luis Alberto on the edge of the penalty area, and he crossed into the inner box, where an onrushing Provedel met the mall to head in an improbable equalizer on the game's final touch. Provedel became the fourth keeper to score in the Champions League, and the second to do so from open play.
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The Marshall–Xavier game immortalized in We Are Marshall was Marshall's SECOND game in 1971... but it WAS the Herd's home opener.
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* Given how much ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' follows the standard Hollywood sports movie template, even though it's BasedOnATrueStory, viewers maybe be surprised to learn that the 1971 game between Marshall and Xavier that's depicted at the film's climax [[AluminumChristmasTrees really did end the way the movie showed it]]: Marshall, playing its first game with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits team cobbled together after the entire 1970 team died in a plane crash toward the end of the season, trailed 13-9 but had the ball on the Xavier 13-yard line with just :08 left on the clock. QB Reggie Oliver threw a screen pass to Terry Gardner, who scampered to the end zone as the clock ran out, giving Marshall the 15-13 win.
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The Jets had a walk-off punt return TD tonight. In the same stadium as De Sean Jackson's feat, no less.
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* Colonial Athletic Association men's semifinals, William & Mary vs. Hofstra, March 8, 2015. The game went to double overtime, so there were three "last plays". Eventually, W&M's Dixon hit a three-pointer to win. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQq1WDgVGo The highlights are here.]]
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* Colonial Athletic Association Association[[note]]the first word of the conference name was changed to "Coastal" in 2023[[/note]] men's semifinals, William & Mary vs. Hofstra, March 8, 2015. The game went to double overtime, so there were three "last plays". Eventually, W&M's Dixon hit a three-pointer to win. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQq1WDgVGo The highlights are here.]]
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** In regular-season games, if the teams remain tied when the overtime period ends, in which case the game is declared a tie. [[note]]That outcome is exceptionally rare; since the introduction of regular-season overtime in 1974, there have been only 26 NFL games that ended in a tie, and even with the shortened overtime period introduced in 2017, the average is still about one tie per season in the entire league combined.[[/note]] But in most cases, even a tie game will be fought down to the last play, because whichever team has the ball in the final seconds will fight to the last play to get a win (or to ''get'' a tie if they're trailing). This doesn't apply in the post-season, since [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne a tie result in the post-season would be game-breaking]]; in those games, a game that's tied at the end of the overtime period will go into a second overtime period and so on until one team wins. Double-overtime games are rare -- only six have been played since overtime rules were instituted, most recently in the 2012 season -- and there has never been a triple-OT game.
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** And 13 years after that in the season opener of ''Series/MondayNightFootball'', the ''other'' occupant of the Giants' new stadium, the New York Jets, pulled off one of these. On the fourth play from scrimmage against the Buffalo Bills, Jets QB Aaron Rodgers suffered a torn Achilles. However, the Jets managed to keep the Bills in check, turning over the Bills' star QB Josh Allen four times (three [=INTs=], one lost fumble), and had a 16–13 lead until the Bills' kicker connected on a 50-yard field goal that bounced off the upright and over the crossbar to send the game to overtime. After the Bills went three-and-out on the first possession of overtime, they punted... and Xavier Gipson ran it back to the house for a 22–16 win.
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* Every UsefulNotes/{{basketball}} game ends with a desperate [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzer_beater buzzer-beater]] (a shot released before the game timer ends but doesn't go in the basket until after it ends; considered legal in basketball). Often from across the court.
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* Ten World Series have ended in this way, with the home team winning the last game on a walkoff. However, four of those occurred before Game 7, so those Series would have continued if the road team had won that game. Six World Series have been won in true Down To The Last Play fashion, with the home team winning in the last at-bat of a winner-take-all final game:
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* However, all six of the World Series victories listed above came with the game tied before the last play, so in each of them the game would have continued if the batter had made an out. In fact, in the history of baseball's postseason dating back to 1903, only one postseason series has truly come Down to the Last Play—a hit by the home team, in the bottom of the last inning of the decisive game, with the home team trailing with two outs, which turned defeat into victory. That was the 1992 National League Championship Series between the Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates, in which Francisco Cabrera of the Braves drove a single to left in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 7, scoring two runs, winning the game 3–2 and winning the series 4–3.
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** In 1912, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Giants[[hottip:*: now in San Francisco]] on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game '''8''' (the series used a best-of-nine format at the time). Game 2 was called on account of darkness with the game tied.
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** In Game 7 of 2014, the Kansas City Royals had Alex Gordon on 3rd as the tying run in the bottom of the 9th. A phenomenal Series-long performance by Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner was arguably all that stopped Kansas City, as it ended in a foul-out by Salvador Perez.
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** In 1912, the Red Sox beat the New York Giants[[hottip:*: now in San Francisco]] on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game '''8'''. Game 2 was called on account of darkness with the game tied.
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* ''VideoGame/QuakeIII'': The capture limit for the One Flag CTF challenge "One Cap to Win" in Arena Arcade is 1.
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Of course, this is not to say that [[TheHero the hero team]] will necessarily be successful and win the game in this final play. It's become a trope itself to have the final shot miss, the closing field goal go wide right, or that last deep fly ball to die at the warning track in order to present a DownerEnding and teach an {{Aesop}} that you can't always win and it's okay to lose sometimes. Often such loss is non-standard. For an example, scoring your own goal or face planting right before the finish line. (And also note that it ''doesn't'' make the example an aversion or subversion of this trope-- the game is still decided on the final play, even if not in the protagonists' favor.) In Real Life examples this is even more prominent; close games that come Down to the Last Play are often contested by two evenly-matched teams, both of which are deserving of the win, and thus there isn't a clear protagonist if one is not in either team's fanbase.
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Of course, this is not to say that [[TheHero the hero team]] will necessarily be successful and win the game in this final play. It's become a trope itself to have the final shot miss, the closing field goal go wide right, or that last deep fly ball to die at the warning track in order to present a DownerEnding and teach an {{Aesop}} AnAesop that you can't always win and it's okay to lose sometimes. Often such loss is non-standard. For an example, scoring your own goal or face planting right before the finish line. (And also note that it ''doesn't'' make the example an aversion or subversion of this trope-- the game is still decided on the final play, even if not in the protagonists' favor.) In Real Life examples this is even more prominent; close games that come Down to the Last Play are often contested by two evenly-matched teams, both of which are deserving of the win, and thus there isn't a clear protagonist if one is not in either team's fanbase.
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* In Chapter 58 of the ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' manga, Megumi's four-member softball club forms a team with Keiichi, Belldandy, Urd, Skuld, and Sora to play against N.I.T.'s baseball team, composed entirely of {{Jerkass}}es. During the bottom of the ninth, Megumi's team is ahead by one run when [[spoiler:it looks like it's going to be a DownerEnding when the opposing team scores two runs in the ninth inning, but the first runner failed to actually touch home plate, meaning he's out, and Megumi's softball club wins by one run.]]
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* {{Downplayed}} in ''Manga/HidamariSketch''. Arts A's victory in the medley brought them victory... over Arts B. School-wise, they're still second last.
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* ''Anime/PuraOrePrideOfOrange'' starts with Yu scoring the World Cup of Hockey winner in the last second of regulation time, giving Team Japan the victory over Team Canada. [[spoiler:It ends with Manaka poking in the final goal of the All-Japan Championship B ice hockey tournament in the last second of regulation time, giving the Dream Monkeys the victory over Snow White]].
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/Cars1''. The race at the start of the film results in a three-way tie. However, in the tiebreaker race, [[spoiler:Lightning [=McQueen=] is well ahead of the competition as he approaches the finish line but stops short to go help the King after he crashes, forfeiting the win.]]
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* In the movie ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective,'' the backstory of Ray Finkle, the primary villain, involves the disastrous loss of that year's Super Bowl by one point due to Finkle missing the 26-yard field goal that would have won the game for the Miami Dolphins. Finkle lost his mind as a result and was committed to a mental hospital, and blames the whole thing on Dan Marino, who, according to Finkle, didn't hold the ball "laces out" like he was supposed to. His vendetta against Marino and the Dolphins would lead to the plot of the movie.
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* ''Film/TheFencer'': In the finals of the fencing tournament, the score is tied, the Moscow team has priority (meaning they win if it's a tie), and the team's best fencer is injured. Little Marta is their last hope. [[spoiler:She manages to score a touch with a second to spare, winning the whole tournament]].
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* In the 2006 film InspiredBy Vince Papale, ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'', the movie ends with the first home game of the Philadelphia Eagles -- one which they win without going into overtime because Papale [[spoiler:calls an audible and then forces a fumble on the resulting punt, which he picks up and runs in for a touchdown.]]
* ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', where the comeback comes from the OpposingSportsTeam, with [[spoiler:Kit Keller getting the big hit and then plowing over her sister to score the winning run.]]
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** ''Major League 2'', however, plays the trope traditionally. With his team clinging to a one-run lead, in a move that would be unheard of in real baseball, [[spoiler:Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn intentionally walks the guy he's pitted against, which results in the bases being loaded, in order to set up a confrontation with Parkman, the opposing team's big power hitter and the movie's central antagonist. Vaughn, of course, strikes Parkman out and wins the game.]][[note]]This may be a nod to [[spoiler:Satchel Paige, who was said to have done the same thing to get to Josh Gibson]] in RealLife.[[/note]]
** ''Major League Back to the Minors'' [[spoiler:ends on a home run by the big-hitting prospect, despite the fact that there were no outs in the game and it was an exhibition.]]
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* ''Film/{{Mr 3000}}'' and ''Film/MrBaseball'' not only both have "Mr." in their title, but both also [[spoiler:end on a game-winning run scored by a bunt. Both bunts also prevent the titular character from making it into the record books (it leaves Bernie Mac stranded on 2,999 hits in the former, and it breaks Tom Selleck's home-run streak in the latter).]]
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* In the ''Film/RememberTheTitans''. movie, the Titans overcame a 7-3 deficit by using a trick play (ironic in that, before the season began, Coach Boon looked down his nose at trick plays, as it were) for a 75-yard touchdown run in the final seconds of the game to win the state championship. Averted by the real-life 1971 T.C. Williams Titans; in the championship game, the opposing team was not only shut out, but ended up with negative rushing yardage.
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* ''Series/TheRottenTomatoesShow'' [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this phenomenon in a song performed by Brett called Last Second Plays.
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* In the final moments of the last game of ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'', the score is tied at 0 - 0 (because the enemy team decided they would rather win by injuring enough players on the good team to force them to forfeit). Naturally, the LoveInterest shows up when they reach the point where they are one player short, and she and the main character combine their Kung Fu to make the ultimate shot and win the game.
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* ''Film/TeenWolf'': Scott (Creator/MichaelJFox) starts using his newfound [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf powers]] to win basketball games for his high school, at the expense of alienating his teammates who see him hogging the ball, and the glory, for himself. Eventually Scott decides to [[IJustWantToBeNormal retire the wolf]], right before the BigGame against the rival Dragons, and that game ends up coming down to Scott being fouled by the JerkJock just as time expires with the Beavers down by 1, and Scott has to make the free throws -- something that wouldn't be a problem for him in [[VoluntaryTransformation his wolf form]], but in human form he usually [[ParalysisByAnalysis misses them by overthinking about them]]. [[spoiler:[[BookEnds This time around]], he sinks them, securing the win for the Beavers]].
* ''Film/{{Thunderstruck}}'' has the final game for Brian's team feature the home team down two points, ten seconds left on the clock, and possession of the ball by the klutzy protagonist. [[spoiler:He passes to a more competent player, who shoots a 3-pointer, but is blocked, leading to Brian making his only 3-pointer in the film other than when he had Durant's "talent"]].
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** The [[FilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''The Philosopher's Stone'' emphasises this element of it further, although the likelihood is far more that this is a case of sloppy research than deliberately [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] this trope - Wood explains to Harry, ''directly after explaining scoring rules with the Quaffles'', that "you catch [the snitch], Potter, and we win."
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** The [[FilmOfTheBook [[TheFilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''The Philosopher's Stone'' emphasises this element of it further, although the likelihood is far more that this is a case of sloppy research than deliberately [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing this trope - Wood explains to Harry, ''directly after explaining scoring rules with the Quaffles'', that "you catch [the snitch], Potter, and we win."
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* In the second ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'' novel, ''Blue Adept'', protagonist Stile is pitted against former [[TournamentArc Great Tournament]] champion [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Rifleman]] in a game of American Football. At the end of the game, Stile is down by only two points, but Rifleman was guarding against the surprise drop kicks Stile had been using to stay in contention[[note]]Stile, only vaguely familiar with the sport, had loaded up on bruisers when assembling his team of androids, neglecting offensive skill players or a kicker, forcing him to take take both roles. Stile lacked the size to operate in short yardage situations and the skill to make kicks at long range, forcing to go for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_kick drop kicks]] as soon as he got in range[[/note]]. Stile was in the middle of a run when the game clock hit all zeros. Stile slowed to a dejected walk, thinking he had lost. Until he heard his robot companion Sheen yell "Run, you dummy" from the stands. He then remembered that the game didn't end until this final play ended. The play ended in a wild scramble down the field, ending in [[spoiler: a fumble into the endzone and a dogpile on top of the ball, which one of Stile's players ended up with.]]
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* In the second ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'' novel, ''Blue Adept'', protagonist Stile is pitted against former [[TournamentArc Great Tournament]] champion [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Rifleman]] in a game of American Football. At the end of the game, Stile is down by only two points, but Rifleman was guarding against the surprise drop kicks Stile had been using to stay in contention[[note]]Stile, only vaguely familiar with the sport, had loaded up on bruisers when assembling his team of androids, neglecting offensive skill players or a kicker, forcing him to take take both roles. Stile lacked the size to operate in short yardage situations and the skill to make kicks at long range, forcing to go for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_kick drop kicks]] as soon as he got in range[[/note]]. Stile was in the middle of a run when the game clock hit all zeros. Stile slowed to a dejected walk, thinking he had lost. Until he heard his robot companion Sheen yell "Run, you dummy" from the stands. He then remembered that the game didn't end until this final play ended. The play ended in a wild scramble down the field, ending in [[spoiler: a fumble into the endzone and a dogpile on top of the ball, which one of Stile's players ended up with.]]with]].
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* In one episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Will is shown to be a very good basketball player, making all sorts of trick shots throughout the game. With his team down at the end, however, he's about to take a shot... when his cousin Carlton, wanting some glory himself, starts grappling with him for the ball, takes it, shoots, [[spoiler:and misses horribly.]]
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* In one episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Will is shown to be a very good basketball player, making all sorts of trick shots throughout the game. With his team down at the end, however, he's about to take a shot... when his cousin Carlton, wanting some glory himself, starts grappling with him for the ball, takes it, shoots, [[spoiler:and misses horribly.]]horribly]].
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* Challenges on ''Series/TopGear''. The presenters sometimes lampshade the ridiculousness of this, and sometimes insist it really ''was'' that close.
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** Inverted in the race across London. [[spoiler:Richard]] takes the lead instantly at the start and never relinquishes it.
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* Challenges on ''Series/TopGear''. ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}''. The presenters sometimes lampshade the ridiculousness of this, and sometimes insist it really ''was'' that close.
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* Two simultaneous examples in the season four premier of ''Series/StrangerThings''. Lucas' basketball final only has enough time for one more play before the clock runs out, and Lucas is brought in from the bench for the first time in the season. Meanwhile, the D&D Club is down to only two surviving players in their battle against Vecna - Dustin and Erica, who can kill him if they manage to hit before his turn but will certainly die if he gets his own attack off. Both events are cut together with equal weight, both of them ending on a final throw. [[spoiler:Lucas gets his shot in to just beat the other team, and Erica rolls a natural 20 to obliterate Vecna]].
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* Two simultaneous examples in the season four premier of ''Series/StrangerThings''. Lucas' basketball final only has enough time for one more play before the clock runs out, and Lucas is brought in from the bench for the first time in the season. Meanwhile, the D&D Club is down to only two surviving players in their battle against Vecna - Dustin and Erica, who can kill him if they manage to hit before his turn but will certainly die if he gets his own attack off. Both events are cut together with equal weight, both of them ending on a final throw. [[spoiler:Lucas gets his shot in to just beat the other team, and Erica rolls a natural 20 to obliterate Vecna]].Vecna.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MarioSuperstarBaseball'''s intro movie shows a game between Mario and Wario which ends in a walk-off home run by Mario. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that the game was already tied, and the home run causes them to win by 2 runs, but a walk-off is a walk-off.
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* ''VideoGame/MarioSuperstarBaseball'''s intro movie shows a game between Mario and Wario which ends in a walk-off home run by Mario. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that the game was already tied, and the home run causes them to win by 2 runs, but a walk-off is a walk-off.
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* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'': In Season 3, Franchise/{{Sonic}} and the crew participate in a ''VideoGame/TecmoBowl'' game they rigged so they could get loads of money for losing. However, Sonic gets carried away with a winning streak, so Tails tries to get everyone riled up with a RousingSpeech to get them quickly lose the game... until VideoGame/EarthwormJim points out they only have two seconds before the game is over, leaving Tails to enact [[TimeForPlanB Plan B]], by having a tank plowed onto the field for instant disqualification.
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* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'': In Season 3, Franchise/{{Sonic}} Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} and the crew participate in a ''VideoGame/TecmoBowl'' game they rigged so they could get loads of money for losing. However, Sonic gets carried away with a winning streak, so Tails tries to get everyone riled up with a RousingSpeech to get them quickly lose the game... until VideoGame/EarthwormJim points out they only have two seconds before the game is over, leaving Tails to enact [[TimeForPlanB Plan B]], by having a tank plowed onto the field for instant disqualification.
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** At the 2020 Super GT season finale at Fuji Speedway, the [=KeePer=] TOM'S Toyota Supra team were dominating the race and was on track to secure the title for both them and driver Ryo Hirakawa when they ran out of fuel ''on the last corner of the last lap of the race''. This allowed championship rival Team Kunimitsu's Raybrig NSX to steal the title on the final stretch to the line, giving them the perfect BittersweetEnding for their long-time sponsor Raybrig who exited the series at the conclusion of the 2020 season after sponsoring the team for [[LongRunner 24 consecutive seasons]].
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** At the 2020 Super GT season finale at Fuji Speedway, the [=KeePer=] TOM'S Toyota Supra team were dominating the race and was on track to secure the title for both them and driver Ryo Hirakawa when they ran out of fuel ''on the last corner of the last lap of the race''. This allowed championship rival Team Kunimitsu's Raybrig NSX to steal the title on the final stretch to the line, giving them the perfect BittersweetEnding for their long-time sponsor Raybrig who exited the series at the conclusion of the 2020 season after sponsoring the team for [[LongRunner [[LongRunners 24 consecutive seasons]].
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* The Findlay Oilers won the 2009 NCAA Division II National College Basketball championship by defeating the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ro7no6ecaI buzzer-beater]] three-pointer.
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* The Findlay Oilers won the 2009 NCAA Division II National College Basketball championship by defeating the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ro7no6ecaI buzzer-beater]] buzzer-beater three-pointer.
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* In 2014's NCAA Division III playoffs, The University of Texas at Dallas Comets hosted the regional for their division. The final of said regional pitted them up against Whitworth, a school from Washington state. The game went to overtime off of a Whitworth basket to close out regulation, and UTD fell behind by seven early in the overtime. They came roaring back thanks to good free throw shooting and poor free throws by Whitworth, making it 77–75 with 9.6 seconds left to play. UTD fouled the inbounder, stopping the clock with 7.1 left and forcing a one-and-one free throw, which was missed. With the final 7.1 seconds, UTD dribbled the ball upcourt, and then put up a shot at 0.4 seconds left. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVv_UMwGBNU The last 9.6 seconds of clock time can be seen here.]]
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* In 2014's NCAA Division III playoffs, The University of Texas at Dallas Comets hosted the regional for their division. The final of said regional pitted them up against Whitworth, a school from Washington state. The game went to overtime off of a Whitworth basket to close out regulation, and UTD fell behind by seven early in the overtime. They came roaring back thanks to good free throw shooting and poor free throws by Whitworth, making it 77–75 with 9.6 seconds left to play. UTD fouled the inbounder, stopping the clock with 7.1 left and forcing a one-and-one free throw, which was missed. With the final 7.1 seconds, UTD dribbled the ball upcourt, and then put up a shot at 0.4 seconds left. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVv_UMwGBNU The last 9.6 seconds of clock time can be seen here.]]
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* The 1990 college game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Utah Utes. The Utes had blown an early 19-0 lead and the game was tied 29-29 late in the fourth quarter. Minnesota blocked a Utah punt, and after a couple plays, with :08 remaining in the game[[note]]College football didn't have overtime back then[[/note]], Gopher kicker Brent Berglund was set to be the game's hero, once he made a sure-thing 29-yard field goal as time ran out. Instead, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1mb_O6PT4 the Utes blocked the field goal]], then defensive back [=LaVon=] Edwards scooped up the ball and ran untouched to the end zone, giving Utah the 35-29 victory.
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* The 1990 college game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Utah Utes. The Utes had blown an early 19-0 lead and the game was tied 29-29 late in the fourth quarter. Minnesota blocked a Utah punt, and after a couple plays, with :08 remaining in the game[[note]]College football didn't have overtime back then[[/note]], Gopher kicker Brent Berglund was set to be the game's hero, once he made a sure-thing 29-yard field goal as time ran out. Instead, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1mb_O6PT4 the Utes blocked the field goal]], goal, then defensive back [=LaVon=] Edwards scooped up the ball and ran untouched to the end zone, giving Utah the 35-29 victory.
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* [=ComedySportz=]. This is a popular improvisational theater "sport" [[http://www.comedysportz.com/find_us.html played around the world]]. It's played between two teams trying to get laughs from the audience. Because their goal is only to get laughs, they don't really care who wins or loses. As a result of this, they will do what the audience wants, and they know that the audience will like it when it is down to the last point. As such, a referee will always go out of his/her way in order to make the scores even, by being more strict or more lenient on the given teams. Players will do this as well, by trying to lose if they are winning by a landslide. The most frequent players even lampshade this, by commenting that it seems to happen a lot.
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* [=ComedySportz=]. This is a popular improvisational theater "sport" [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20110611043208/http://www.comedysportz.com/find_us.html played around the world]]. It's played between two teams trying to get laughs from the audience. Because their goal is only to get laughs, they don't really care who wins or loses. As a result of this, they will do what the audience wants, and they know that the audience will like it when it is down to the last point. As such, a referee will always go out of his/her way in order to make the scores even, by being more strict or more lenient on the given teams. Players will do this as well, by trying to lose if they are winning by a landslide. The most frequent players even lampshade this, by commenting that it seems to happen a lot.
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* A boxing case happened at the 2020 Usefulnotes/OlympicGames. Oleksandr Khyzhniak won the first two rounds. The third and final one had Hebert Conceição [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj866hRRiGo managing to connect a punch to the face that sent the opponent to the ground]], knockout and gold medal!
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* A boxing case happened at the 2020 Usefulnotes/OlympicGames. Oleksandr Khyzhniak won the first two rounds. The third and final one had Hebert Conceição [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj866hRRiGo managing to connect a punch to the face that sent the opponent to the ground]], ground, knockout and gold medal!
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* In ''The Cricket Match'' by John Parker, the eponymous match comes down to the final over, with the last two batsmen in and needing six runs to win.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Last Man", Kembleford is playing a vital cricket for ownership of the local cricket ground. With three balls left and six runs needed to win, the opposing team engages in some UnnecessaryRoughness to knock out Kembleford's star player with a cricket ball to the head. Kembleford already being a man down, Lady Felecia goes in as last man, and hits a six on the final ball.
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* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Last Man", Kembleford is playing a vital cricket match for ownership of the local cricket ground. With three balls left and six runs needed to win, the opposing team engages in some UnnecessaryRoughness to knock out Kembleford's star player with a cricket ball to the head. Kembleford already being a man down, Lady Felecia goes in as last man, and hits a six on the final ball.
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* Invoked by the title of ''Literature/ProjectHailMary'', the story of a desperate, long-range mission deemed unlikely to succeed. [[spoiler:The epilogue implies that it worked, although the protagonist's situation means he doesn't know for sure and probably won't survive long enough to find out.]]
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* In baseball, since the teams take turns with the visitors batting in the top of the inning and the home team batting in the bottom, a Down to the Last Play moment can really only happen to the home team. This is often referred to as a "walkoff" - originally to signify the losing pitcher having to "walk off" the mound alone and (for the moment) unloved, but now the term is more focused on the home team (and their fans) walking off the field in celebration once the winning run scores.
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* In baseball, since the teams take turns with the visitors batting in the top of the inning and the home team batting in the bottom, a Down to the Last Play moment can really only happen to the home team. This is often referred to as a "walkoff" - – originally to signify the losing pitcher having to "walk off" the mound alone and (for the moment) unloved, but now the term is more focused on the home team (and their fans) walking off the field in celebration once the winning run scores.
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** In ''Der Film'', the University team's commanders claim that the exhibition match between them and Oarai [[TheCavalry and their friends from the other schools]] will be an easy victory, but by the time of the final showdown, of the sixty machines that joined the match, only five remain. And in the end, only one is still standing: Maho's Tiger I.
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* The video for the Music/RichardMarx song "Take This Heart" puts him in the situation of pinch-hitting for the Chicago Cubs during the World Series. In the bottom of the ninth, with two out and two strikes, he hits a home run to win the game and the Series -- and then the whole thing turns out to be AllJustADream.
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* The video for the Music/RichardMarx song "Take This Heart" puts him in the situation of pinch-hitting for the Chicago Cubs during the seventh game of the World Series. In the bottom of the ninth, with two out and two strikes, he hits a home run to win the game and the Series -- and then the whole thing turns out to be AllJustADream.
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* Every UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} game ends with either (a.) a dramatic walk-off home run, (b.) a clutch strikeout or incredible defensive play while the tying and/or winning runs are on base, or (c.) a super-close play at home plate. Full counts are terribly common. And the home team's always trailing in the bottom of the ninth.[[note]] Granted, if the home team ''isn't'' either trailing or tied, you don't play the bottom of the ninth at all.[[/note]]
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* Every UsefulNotes/{{baseball}} game ends with either (a.) a dramatic walk-off home run, (b.) a clutch strikeout or incredible defensive play while the tying and/or winning runs are on base, or (c.) a super-close play at home plate. Full counts are terribly common. And the home team's always trailing in the bottom of the ninth.[[note]] Granted, if the home team ''isn't'' either trailing or tied, you don't play is leading after the bottom top of he ninth, the ninth at all.game ends right then and they win.[[/note]]
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* Every bowling game comes down to either striking out or converting an extremely tough split.
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* In the second ''Literature/ApprenticeAdept'' novel, ''Blue Adept'', protagonist Stile is pitted against former [[TournamentArc Great Tournament]] champion [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Rifleman]] in a game of American Football. At the end of the game, Stile is down by only two points, but Rifleman was guarding against the surprise drop kicks Stile had been using to stay in contention[[note]]Stile, only vaguely familiar with the sport, had loaded up on bruisers when assembling his team of androids, neglecting offensive skill players or a kicker, forcing him to take take both roles. Stile lacked the size to operate in short yardage situations and the skill to make kicks at long range, forcing to go for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_kick drop kicks]] as soon as he got in range[[/note]]. Stile was in the middle of a run when the game clock hit all zeros. Stile slowed to a dejected walk, thinking he had lost. Until he heard his robot companion Sheen yell "Run, you dummy" from the stands. He then remembered that the game didn't end until this final play ended. The play ended in a wild scramble down the field, ending in [[spoiler: a fumble into the endzone and a dogpile on top of the ball, which one of Stile's players ended up with.]]
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* In the 1968 edition of their storied rivalry game (with both teams entering the game undefeated), Yale led Harvard 29-13 late in the fourth quarter. Harvard cut it to 29-21 with :42 left in the game, then recovered an onside kick (which Yale strangely didn't seem to think Harvard would attempt, sending out their normal kickoff return unit). Thanks in part to a 15-yard facemask penalty on Yale, Harvard found themselves on the Yale 8-yard line with :03 left, and Frank Champi threw a touchdown pass to Vic Gatto to make it 29-27, then threw a successful two-point conversion to end the game as a 29-29 tie, with Harvard having scored 16 points in the final 42 seconds. The next day, the headline for their student newspaper, ''The Harvard Crimson'', was [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29"]]. Creator/TommyLeeJones played for Harvard in that game.
* Given how much ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' follows the standard Hollywood sports movie template, even though it's BasedOnATrueStory, viewers maybe be surprised to learn that the 1971 game between Marshall and Xavier that's depicted at the film's climax [[AluminumChristmasTrees really did end the way the movie showed it]]: Marshall, playing its first game with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits team cobbled together after the entire 1970 team died in a plane crash toward the end of the season, trailed 13-9 but had the ball on the Xavier 13-yard line with just :08 left on the clock. QB Reggie Oliver threw a screen pass to Terry Gardner, who scampered to the end zone as the clock ran out, giving Marshall the 15-13 win.
* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Mark Driscoll hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But after CSU's players rushed onto the field to celebrate, a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was assessed, pushing the PAT attempt much farther back than normal, and CSU kicker Clark Kemble appeared to kick it wide left, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box and the stands as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
* Given how much ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' follows the standard Hollywood sports movie template, even though it's BasedOnATrueStory, viewers maybe be surprised to learn that the 1971 game between Marshall and Xavier that's depicted at the film's climax [[AluminumChristmasTrees really did end the way the movie showed it]]: Marshall, playing its first game with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits team cobbled together after the entire 1970 team died in a plane crash toward the end of the season, trailed 13-9 but had the ball on the Xavier 13-yard line with just :08 left on the clock. QB Reggie Oliver threw a screen pass to Terry Gardner, who scampered to the end zone as the clock ran out, giving Marshall the 15-13 win.
* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Mark Driscoll hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But after CSU's players rushed onto the field to celebrate, a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was assessed, pushing the PAT attempt much farther back than normal, and CSU kicker Clark Kemble appeared to kick it wide left, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box and the stands as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
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* Hail Flutie, the 1984 BC-Miami game that ended with a Hail Mary pass from Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan, giving Boston College a 47–45 win.
** Two other famous game-winning college Hail Marys: 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU's Jim [=McMahon=] to Clay Brown for a 46–45 win over SMU; 1994, Colorado at Michigan, Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook, Colorado wins 27–26.
* One stands head and shoulders above all others in terms of sheer insanity. It is known, even to Wikipedia, simply as "The Play". In 1982, college football teams representing arch-rivals California[[note]]the flagship campus in Berkeley, to be specific - nine of the ten undergraduate campuses of the University of California system run their own NCAA-affiliated programs (UC Merced was founded in 2005 and is a part of the NAIA)[[/note]] and Stanford played their season-ending game. After a spectacular drive led by John Elway, Stanford took a 20–19 lead on a field goal with four seconds left, meaning Cal had to return the ensuing kickoff all the way or they'd lose (theoretically, they could down it promptly and try for a Hail Mary, but that's much more difficult). In the equivalent of a rugby play, Cal used five laterals to keep the play alive until they ran it into the end zone and scored a touchdown. Bonus points because the Stanford band and team thought they had ''already won'', and were filing onto the field – at one point, they were at least 20 yards downfield – for their victory tune – and a band member got clobbered in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY It has to be seen to be believed, really.]][[note]]One of the passes may have been thrown after the player was already down by contact, and so Stanford to this day refuses to acknowledge the game as a Cal win. However, the Stanford band and players entering the field should itself have resulted in a penalty, and that particular penalty would have allowed the referees to award a touchdown to Cal; even if they decided not to go that far, since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, Cal would have at least gotten an additional shot at the end zone -- or, depending on ball placement, to kick a winning field goal of their own -- off the penalty.[[/note]]
** 33 years after The Play, the son of Richard Rodgers, one of the receivers involved in that play, would play a critical role in a last-second victory of his own in a game that would come to be known as the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_in_Motown Miracle in Motown]]", which was actually won on an extra play ''after'' the normal end of regulation. Rodgers' son, also named Richard Rodgers, was a starting tight end for the Green Bay Packers in 2015, and was part of a huge comeback in their Week 13 away game against the Detroit Lions in which the Packers surged back from a 20-0 halftime deficit to close the gap to two points going into their final drive. On what was to have been the final play, quarterback Aaron Rodgers (no relation to Richard) was tackled after the game clock had run out (ironically after catching a lateral pass from Richard Rodgers), but the defender making the tackle committed a face mask penalty in the process; since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, this resulted in the game being extended for one more play. This time, Aaron Rodgers evaded a sack and launched the ball nearly 70 yards down the field to the end zone (and so high it almost hit the rafters), where Richard Rodgers hauled it in for a game-winning touchdown.
** Two other famous game-winning college Hail Marys: 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU's Jim [=McMahon=] to Clay Brown for a 46–45 win over SMU; 1994, Colorado at Michigan, Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook, Colorado wins 27–26.
* One stands head and shoulders above all others in terms of sheer insanity. It is known, even to Wikipedia, simply as "The Play". In 1982, college football teams representing arch-rivals California[[note]]the flagship campus in Berkeley, to be specific - nine of the ten undergraduate campuses of the University of California system run their own NCAA-affiliated programs (UC Merced was founded in 2005 and is a part of the NAIA)[[/note]] and Stanford played their season-ending game. After a spectacular drive led by John Elway, Stanford took a 20–19 lead on a field goal with four seconds left, meaning Cal had to return the ensuing kickoff all the way or they'd lose (theoretically, they could down it promptly and try for a Hail Mary, but that's much more difficult). In the equivalent of a rugby play, Cal used five laterals to keep the play alive until they ran it into the end zone and scored a touchdown. Bonus points because the Stanford band and team thought they had ''already won'', and were filing onto the field – at one point, they were at least 20 yards downfield – for their victory tune – and a band member got clobbered in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY It has to be seen to be believed, really.]][[note]]One of the passes may have been thrown after the player was already down by contact, and so Stanford to this day refuses to acknowledge the game as a Cal win. However, the Stanford band and players entering the field should itself have resulted in a penalty, and that particular penalty would have allowed the referees to award a touchdown to Cal; even if they decided not to go that far, since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, Cal would have at least gotten an additional shot at the end zone -- or, depending on ball placement, to kick a winning field goal of their own -- off the penalty.[[/note]]
** 33 years after The Play, the son of Richard Rodgers, one of the receivers involved in that play, would play a critical role in a last-second victory of his own in a game that would come to be known as the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_in_Motown Miracle in Motown]]", which was actually won on an extra play ''after'' the normal end of regulation. Rodgers' son, also named Richard Rodgers, was a starting tight end for the Green Bay Packers in 2015, and was part of a huge comeback in their Week 13 away game against the Detroit Lions in which the Packers surged back from a 20-0 halftime deficit to close the gap to two points going into their final drive. On what was to have been the final play, quarterback Aaron Rodgers (no relation to Richard) was tackled after the game clock had run out (ironically after catching a lateral pass from Richard Rodgers), but the defender making the tackle committed a face mask penalty in the process; since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, this resulted in the game being extended for one more play. This time, Aaron Rodgers evaded a sack and launched the ball nearly 70 yards down the field to the end zone (and so high it almost hit the rafters), where Richard Rodgers hauled it in for a game-winning touchdown.
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* Hail Flutie, the 1984 BC-Miami game that ended with a Hail Mary pass from Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan, giving Boston College a 47–45 win.
** Two other famous game-winning college Hail Marys: 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU's Jim [=McMahon=] to Clay Brown for a 46–45 win over SMU; 1994, Colorado at Michigan, Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook, Colorado wins 27–26.
* One stands head and shoulders above all others in terms of sheer insanity. It is known, even to Wikipedia, simply as "The Play". In 1982, college football teams representing arch-rivals California[[note]]the flagship campus in Berkeley, to be specific - nine of the ten undergraduate campuses of the University of California system run their own NCAA-affiliated programs (UC Merced was founded in 2005 and is a part of the NAIA)[[/note]] and Stanford played their season-ending game. After a spectacular drive led by John Elway, Stanford took a 20–19 lead on a field goal with four seconds left, meaning Cal had to return the ensuing kickoff all the way or they'd lose (theoretically, they could down it promptly and try for a Hail Mary, but that's much more difficult). In the equivalent of a rugby play, Cal used five laterals to keep the play alive until they ran it into the end zone and scored a touchdown. Bonus points because the Stanford band and team thought they had ''already won'', and were filing onto the field – at one point, they were at least 20 yards downfield – for their victory tune – and a band member got clobbered in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY It has to be seen to be believed, really.]][[note]]One of the passes may have been thrown after the player was already down by contact, and so Stanford to this day refuses to acknowledge the game as a Cal win. However, the Stanford band and players entering the field should itself have resulted in a penalty, and that particular penalty would have allowed the referees to award a touchdown to Cal; even if they decided not to go that far, since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, Cal would have at least gotten an additional shot at the end zone -- or, depending on ball placement, to kick a winning field goal of their own -- off the penalty.[[/note]]
**33 years after The Play, Play in the Cal-Stanford game (mentioned below), the son of Richard Rodgers, one of the receivers involved in that play, Cal's receivers, would play a critical role in a last-second victory of his own in a game that would come to be known as the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_in_Motown Miracle in Motown]]", which was actually won on an extra play ''after'' the normal end of regulation. Rodgers' son, also named Richard Rodgers, was a starting tight end for the Green Bay Packers in 2015, and was part of a huge comeback in their Week 13 away game against the Detroit Lions in which the Packers surged back from a 20-0 halftime deficit to close the gap to two points going into their final drive. On what was to have been the final play, quarterback Aaron Rodgers (no relation to Richard) was tackled after the game clock had run out (ironically after catching a lateral pass from Richard Rodgers), but the defender making the tackle committed a face mask penalty in the process; since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, this resulted in the game being extended for one more play. This time, Aaron Rodgers evaded a sack and launched the ball nearly 70 yards down the field to the end zone (and so high it almost hit the rafters), where Richard Rodgers hauled it in for a game-winning touchdown.
** Two other famous game-winning college Hail Marys: 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU's Jim [=McMahon=] to Clay Brown for a 46–45 win over SMU; 1994, Colorado at Michigan, Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook, Colorado wins 27–26.
* One stands head and shoulders above all others in terms of sheer insanity. It is known, even to Wikipedia, simply as "The Play". In 1982, college football teams representing arch-rivals California[[note]]the flagship campus in Berkeley, to be specific - nine of the ten undergraduate campuses of the University of California system run their own NCAA-affiliated programs (UC Merced was founded in 2005 and is a part of the NAIA)[[/note]] and Stanford played their season-ending game. After a spectacular drive led by John Elway, Stanford took a 20–19 lead on a field goal with four seconds left, meaning Cal had to return the ensuing kickoff all the way or they'd lose (theoretically, they could down it promptly and try for a Hail Mary, but that's much more difficult). In the equivalent of a rugby play, Cal used five laterals to keep the play alive until they ran it into the end zone and scored a touchdown. Bonus points because the Stanford band and team thought they had ''already won'', and were filing onto the field – at one point, they were at least 20 yards downfield – for their victory tune – and a band member got clobbered in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY It has to be seen to be believed, really.]][[note]]One of the passes may have been thrown after the player was already down by contact, and so Stanford to this day refuses to acknowledge the game as a Cal win. However, the Stanford band and players entering the field should itself have resulted in a penalty, and that particular penalty would have allowed the referees to award a touchdown to Cal; even if they decided not to go that far, since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, Cal would have at least gotten an additional shot at the end zone -- or, depending on ball placement, to kick a winning field goal of their own -- off the penalty.[[/note]]
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* The 1990 college game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Utah Utes. The Utes had blown an early 19-0 lead and the game was tied 29-29 late in the fourth quarter. Minnesota blocked a Utah punt, and after a couple plays, with :08 remaining in the game[[note]]College football didn't have overtime back then[[/note]], Gopher kicker Brent Berglund was set to be the game's hero, once he made a sure-thing 29-yard field goal as time ran out. Instead, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1mb_O6PT4 the Utes blocked the field goal]], then defensive back [=LaVon=] Edwards scooped up the ball and ran untouched to the end zone, giving Utah the 35-29 victory.
* A rare example of both sides of the trope showing up: 1994 Texas HS football: Plano East pulls off a near-impossible 24-point comeback with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. With only seconds on the clock and only the final kickoff to perform, John Tyler High takes the kickoff right back up the field, pulling off the Miracle Win[=/=]DownerEnding combo. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg The play-by-play is almost as entertaining, for different reasons.]]
* A rare example of both sides of the trope showing up: 1994 Texas HS football: Plano East pulls off a near-impossible 24-point comeback with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. With only seconds on the clock and only the final kickoff to perform, John Tyler High takes the kickoff right back up the field, pulling off the Miracle Win[=/=]DownerEnding combo. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg The play-by-play is almost as entertaining, for different reasons.]]
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* In an October 2007 NCAA Division III game, the Trinity (Texas) Tigers trailed the Millsaps (Mississippi) Majors 24-22 with two seconds remaining in the game, with the ball on their own 39-yard line. After completing a short pass, Trinity needed to keep the ball in play and avoid a game-ending tackle, and they did so via ''15'' laterals (three times as many as Cal used in The Play), moving the ball 61 yards for a touchdown with no time on the clock and a 28-24 win. It took 1 minute and 3 seconds to play final two seconds of game time, believed to be the longest play in college football history.
* Boise State, a huge underdog to the perennial-powerhouse Oklahoma Sooners, won the 2007 Fiesta Bowl by scoring on three trick plays on the last play of the game and in overtime. The touchdown scoring ones (a hook and ladder, and a halfback pass) and the final 2-point conversion to win in overtime (a Statue of Liberty play) were all well-known trick plays that fail more often than they succeed. To add to the theatrical quality, the player who made the winning score popped the question to his cheerleader girlfriend after the game (on national TV). She said yes.
* 2007 Arena Football playoff game between the Chicago Rush and Colorado Crush. (Apparently the Arena League had never heard of the OneSteveLimit, as these two teams were even in the same division.) Colorado (the home team) had a three-point lead, but was forced to make a goal-line stand against Chicago on the final play. Colorado made an apparent game-winning interception, the confetti was dropped from the rafters...only to discover that a penalty had been called on the play (for holding the intended receiver of the pass), forcing a do-over. Chicago then went for a game-tying field goal, made it, and forced overtime...the start of which was delayed by over ''15 minutes'' to clear all of the confetti from the field. Fortunately for the Crush, they won in OT anyway.
* In the 2009 Grey Cup (final of the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague) game, the Montreal Alouettes were down 27–25, 43 yards from the Saskatchewan Roughriders' goal when time ran out (and this was, indeed, after a comeback from 27–11 early in the fourth quarter). A 43-yard field goal attempt fell short, but Saskatchewan would receive a 10-yard penalty for having 13 men on the field, and Montreal got to try again. The 33-yard attempt was successful, and Montreal won 28–27. Actually, it's even more clever. The Alouettes knew the Roughriders had one too many players, and they went in as fast as possible and rushed their kick before the other team realised they were in fault. It was a XanatosGambit: Either they scored and won, or they missed, called the penalty, and got to try again much closer.
* During the 2010 CFL season in a Week 18 matchup, the Alouettes were tied with the Toronto Argonauts 30-all with 9 seconds left in regulation. Either a successful field goal OR Toronto failing to get the ball out of their end zone should the field goal attempt go wide, scoring a single, would give Montreal the win, otherwise the game would go into overtime. Montreal's field goal attempt does go wide, Toronto kicks the ball out of the back of their end zone, Montreal receives the punt at Toronto's 22-yard line, then punts it back into Toronto's end zone, Toronto tries to kick the ball back out of their end zone while it's on the ground, however, Montreal swats the ball near the goal line and recovers the fumble for the game-winning touchdown. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg video]] breaks down what happens.
* The 2010 Music City Bowl between North Carolina and Tennessee had a similar last-second gambit to the aforementioned Grey Cup incident, except a bit more awkward. Trailing 20–17 in the 4th, a North Carolina field goal would send the game to overtime. In the dying seconds, the Tar Heels sloppily rushed a field goal unit with ''way'' too many players onto the field, and T.J. Yates spiked the ball with only one second left. The point of the play was to stop the clock on the ensuing penalty (since Yates had spiked the ball before time ran out), in order to get one more chance for an ''actual'' field goal attempt. Confusion ensued when time ran out: a flag was thrown, but the referee declared the game over, and the Volunteers began storming the field in celebration. Eventually, the officials clicked into the Tar Heels' ruse, giving them a 10-yard penalty and putting a single second back on the clock. North Carolina got their field goal, and won the game 30–27 in double overtime.
** The incident led to an ObviousRulePatch by the NCAA in subsequent seasons; in 2011, the rules were changed so that 10 seconds must run from the clock if a foul which stops it is assessed (or a timeout can be taken).
* Boise State, a huge underdog to the perennial-powerhouse Oklahoma Sooners, won the 2007 Fiesta Bowl by scoring on three trick plays on the last play of the game and in overtime. The touchdown scoring ones (a hook and ladder, and a halfback pass) and the final 2-point conversion to win in overtime (a Statue of Liberty play) were all well-known trick plays that fail more often than they succeed. To add to the theatrical quality, the player who made the winning score popped the question to his cheerleader girlfriend after the game (on national TV). She said yes.
* 2007 Arena Football playoff game between the Chicago Rush and Colorado Crush. (Apparently the Arena League had never heard of the OneSteveLimit, as these two teams were even in the same division.) Colorado (the home team) had a three-point lead, but was forced to make a goal-line stand against Chicago on the final play. Colorado made an apparent game-winning interception, the confetti was dropped from the rafters...only to discover that a penalty had been called on the play (for holding the intended receiver of the pass), forcing a do-over. Chicago then went for a game-tying field goal, made it, and forced overtime...the start of which was delayed by over ''15 minutes'' to clear all of the confetti from the field. Fortunately for the Crush, they won in OT anyway.
* In the 2009 Grey Cup (final of the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague) game, the Montreal Alouettes were down 27–25, 43 yards from the Saskatchewan Roughriders' goal when time ran out (and this was, indeed, after a comeback from 27–11 early in the fourth quarter). A 43-yard field goal attempt fell short, but Saskatchewan would receive a 10-yard penalty for having 13 men on the field, and Montreal got to try again. The 33-yard attempt was successful, and Montreal won 28–27. Actually, it's even more clever. The Alouettes knew the Roughriders had one too many players, and they went in as fast as possible and rushed their kick before the other team realised they were in fault. It was a XanatosGambit: Either they scored and won, or they missed, called the penalty, and got to try again much closer.
* During the 2010 CFL season in a Week 18 matchup, the Alouettes were tied with the Toronto Argonauts 30-all with 9 seconds left in regulation. Either a successful field goal OR Toronto failing to get the ball out of their end zone should the field goal attempt go wide, scoring a single, would give Montreal the win, otherwise the game would go into overtime. Montreal's field goal attempt does go wide, Toronto kicks the ball out of the back of their end zone, Montreal receives the punt at Toronto's 22-yard line, then punts it back into Toronto's end zone, Toronto tries to kick the ball back out of their end zone while it's on the ground, however, Montreal swats the ball near the goal line and recovers the fumble for the game-winning touchdown. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg video]] breaks down what happens.
* The 2010 Music City Bowl between North Carolina and Tennessee had a similar last-second gambit to the aforementioned Grey Cup incident, except a bit more awkward. Trailing 20–17 in the 4th, a North Carolina field goal would send the game to overtime. In the dying seconds, the Tar Heels sloppily rushed a field goal unit with ''way'' too many players onto the field, and T.J. Yates spiked the ball with only one second left. The point of the play was to stop the clock on the ensuing penalty (since Yates had spiked the ball before time ran out), in order to get one more chance for an ''actual'' field goal attempt. Confusion ensued when time ran out: a flag was thrown, but the referee declared the game over, and the Volunteers began storming the field in celebration. Eventually, the officials clicked into the Tar Heels' ruse, giving them a 10-yard penalty and putting a single second back on the clock. North Carolina got their field goal, and won the game 30–27 in double overtime.
** The incident led to an ObviousRulePatch by the NCAA in subsequent seasons; in 2011, the rules were changed so that 10 seconds must run from the clock if a foul which stops it is assessed (or a timeout can be taken).
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* 2013 Auburn Tigers football team:
** After an embarrassing 3-9 season in 2012 (with no wins against SEC opponents, including a 49-0 CurbStompBattle at the Iron Bowl -- their traditional, season-ending cross-state rivalry with Alabama), the Auburn Tigers were experiencing a resurgence. One of their most notable comebacks came on November 16, 2013 -- hosting another traditional rival, the Georgia Bulldogs. In the final 40 seconds, Georgia was leading 38-37. But then, Auburn QB Nick Marshall threw a 73-yard Hail Mary, which got a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8tl0Q2pQg lucky bounce]] off two Georgia defensemen into the hands of their wide receiver, who took it the rest of the way for a game-winning touchdown. The "Prayer at Jordan–Hare" was shaping up to be the most iconic moment of Auburn's 2013 season...
** ...until two weeks later at the Iron Bowl. Alabama had entered the season as two-time national champions, and were in their traditional form throughout. Going into the Iron Bowl, Alabama and Auburn were ranked at #1 and #4 in the nation respectively; for the first time ever, the winner of the game would clinch the SEC's west division and advance to the conference championship. Following an Auburn drive that scored a touchdown, tying the game at 28 with only 34 seconds left, Bama took over in their territory. Auburn stopped them from scoring and even forced a player out of bounds just as time expired, which stopped the clock. The play was reviewed, and one second was put back on the clock. Alabama attempted a 57-yard field goal. If it missed, the game would just go to overtime. Their starter had missed three earlier that game, so they put in the backup. He kicked the ball well, but it fell short, where Auburn returner Chris Davis waited. Davis then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR7s2m5Z5GA returned it all the way back to Alabama's end zone for a touchdown]] to win the game 34–28, in what would later be known as the "Kick Six".
** Auburn went on to win the SEC championship. Thanks to #10 Michigan State upsetting #2 Ohio State to take the Big Ten championship, Auburn got pushed up to #2 on the BCS rankings and played in the BCS Championship Game, where they lost to Florida State.
* At the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlgN85wB6U 2015 Michigan State vs. Michigan]] football game, Michigan was up 23–21 when they were set to punt the ball away with 10 seconds left on 4th and 2. Except the snap was fumbled and the ball went straight to MSU's Jalen Watts-Jackson, who ran it back for the game-winning touchdown as time expired. Not a bad way to beat your in-state rival for the 7th time in 8 years. A Grand Rapids news station was even caught off-guard by the ending, where a mix-up caused a sportscaster outside the stadium to [[http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/local-news-delivers-entire-report-on-michigan-beating-m-1737161749 report that Michigan had won]].
** After an embarrassing 3-9 season in 2012 (with no wins against SEC opponents, including a 49-0 CurbStompBattle at the Iron Bowl -- their traditional, season-ending cross-state rivalry with Alabama), the Auburn Tigers were experiencing a resurgence. One of their most notable comebacks came on November 16, 2013 -- hosting another traditional rival, the Georgia Bulldogs. In the final 40 seconds, Georgia was leading 38-37. But then, Auburn QB Nick Marshall threw a 73-yard Hail Mary, which got a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8tl0Q2pQg lucky bounce]] off two Georgia defensemen into the hands of their wide receiver, who took it the rest of the way for a game-winning touchdown. The "Prayer at Jordan–Hare" was shaping up to be the most iconic moment of Auburn's 2013 season...
** ...until two weeks later at the Iron Bowl. Alabama had entered the season as two-time national champions, and were in their traditional form throughout. Going into the Iron Bowl, Alabama and Auburn were ranked at #1 and #4 in the nation respectively; for the first time ever, the winner of the game would clinch the SEC's west division and advance to the conference championship. Following an Auburn drive that scored a touchdown, tying the game at 28 with only 34 seconds left, Bama took over in their territory. Auburn stopped them from scoring and even forced a player out of bounds just as time expired, which stopped the clock. The play was reviewed, and one second was put back on the clock. Alabama attempted a 57-yard field goal. If it missed, the game would just go to overtime. Their starter had missed three earlier that game, so they put in the backup. He kicked the ball well, but it fell short, where Auburn returner Chris Davis waited. Davis then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR7s2m5Z5GA returned it all the way back to Alabama's end zone for a touchdown]] to win the game 34–28, in what would later be known as the "Kick Six".
** Auburn went on to win the SEC championship. Thanks to #10 Michigan State upsetting #2 Ohio State to take the Big Ten championship, Auburn got pushed up to #2 on the BCS rankings and played in the BCS Championship Game, where they lost to Florida State.
* At the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlgN85wB6U 2015 Michigan State vs. Michigan]] football game, Michigan was up 23–21 when they were set to punt the ball away with 10 seconds left on 4th and 2. Except the snap was fumbled and the ball went straight to MSU's Jalen Watts-Jackson, who ran it back for the game-winning touchdown as time expired. Not a bad way to beat your in-state rival for the 7th time in 8 years. A Grand Rapids news station was even caught off-guard by the ending, where a mix-up caused a sportscaster outside the stadium to [[http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/local-news-delivers-entire-report-on-michigan-beating-m-1737161749 report that Michigan had won]].
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* Alabama again, this time in 2018. The College Football Championship game against the Georgia Bulldogs. Real give-and-take thriller, especially at the end, tied 20-20. Alabama's Andy Pappanastos lines up to kick for the championships. He ''slips''... and the kick goes ''wide'', meaning the game goes into Overtime. Georgia gets the ball first and despite setbacks, takes the lead with a 51-yard field goal from Rodrigo Blankenship. Alabama's turn, and now they ''must'' score. First play, freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa gets sacked bad. But, ''next play'', he finds [=DeVonta=] Smith and connects for the Championship-winning touchdown!
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* In 2021, in a high school game against Hamilton High School (AZ) and Bishop Gorman High School (NV), Hamilton, despite being down 7-24 with less than 1:10 remaining in regulation, [[MiracleRally managed to score 18 points in that time to win the game 25-24]]. Now down 10-24 after a successful field goal, Hamilton recovered the onside kick to cut Bishop Gorman's lead to 24-17 with 30 seconds remaining. Then Hamilton successfully recovers ''another'' onside kick, bringing the score to 24-23 with 8 seconds left. [[WhoNeedsOvertime Rather than going for a kick for the tie and overtime]], Hamilton runs the ball in for the eventual game-winning 2-point conversion. Bishop Gorman had one last opportunity to get a game-ending touchdown in their favor, but a failed lateral pitch allowed Hamilton to recover the fumble, sealing their victory.
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* In the 1968 edition of their storied rivalry game (with both teams entering the game undefeated), Yale led Harvard 29-13 late in the fourth quarter. Harvard cut it to 29-21 with :42 left in the game, then recovered an onside kick (which Yale strangely didn't seem to think Harvard would attempt, sending out their normal kickoff return unit). Thanks in part to a 15-yard facemask penalty on Yale, Harvard found themselves on the Yale 8-yard line with :03 left, and Frank Champi threw a touchdown pass to Vic Gatto to make it 29-27, then threw a successful two-point conversion to end the game as a 29-29 tie, with Harvard having scored 16 points in the final 42 seconds. The next day, the headline for their student newspaper, ''The Harvard Crimson'', was [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29"]]. Creator/TommyLeeJones played for Harvard in that game.
* Given how much ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' follows the standard Hollywood sports movie template, even though it's BasedOnATrueStory, viewers maybe be surprised to learn that the 1971 game between Marshall and Xavier that's depicted at the film's climax [[AluminumChristmasTrees really did end the way the movie showed it]]: Marshall, playing its first game with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits team cobbled together after the entire 1970 team died in a plane crash toward the end of the season, trailed 13-9 but had the ball on the Xavier 13-yard line with just :08 left on the clock. QB Reggie Oliver threw a screen pass to Terry Gardner, who scampered to the end zone as the clock ran out, giving Marshall the 15-13 win.
* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Mark Driscoll hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But after CSU's players rushed onto the field to celebrate, a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was assessed, pushing the PAT attempt much farther back than normal, and CSU kicker Clark Kemble appeared to kick it wide left, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box and the stands as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
* Hail Flutie, the 1984 BC-Miami game that ended with a Hail Mary pass from Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan, giving Boston College a 47–45 win.
** Two other famous game-winning college Hail Marys: 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU's Jim [=McMahon=] to Clay Brown for a 46–45 win over SMU; 1994, Colorado at Michigan, Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook, Colorado wins 27–26.
* One stands head and shoulders above all others in terms of sheer insanity. It is known, even to Wikipedia, simply as "The Play". In 1982, college football teams representing arch-rivals California[[note]]the flagship campus in Berkeley, to be specific - nine of the ten undergraduate campuses of the University of California system run their own NCAA-affiliated programs (UC Merced was founded in 2005 and is a part of the NAIA)[[/note]] and Stanford played their season-ending game. After a spectacular drive led by John Elway, Stanford took a 20–19 lead on a field goal with four seconds left, meaning Cal had to return the ensuing kickoff all the way or they'd lose (theoretically, they could down it promptly and try for a Hail Mary, but that's much more difficult). In the equivalent of a rugby play, Cal used five laterals to keep the play alive until they ran it into the end zone and scored a touchdown. Bonus points because the Stanford band and team thought they had ''already won'', and were filing onto the field – at one point, they were at least 20 yards downfield – for their victory tune – and a band member got clobbered in the process. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY It has to be seen to be believed, really.]][[note]]One of the passes may have been thrown after the player was already down by contact, and so Stanford to this day refuses to acknowledge the game as a Cal win. However, the Stanford band and players entering the field should itself have resulted in a penalty, and that particular penalty would have allowed the referees to award a touchdown to Cal; even if they decided not to go that far, since the game cannot end on a defensive penalty, Cal would have at least gotten an additional shot at the end zone -- or, depending on ball placement, to kick a winning field goal of their own -- off the penalty.[[/note]]
* The 1990 college game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Utah Utes. The Utes had blown an early 19-0 lead and the game was tied 29-29 late in the fourth quarter. Minnesota blocked a Utah punt, and after a couple plays, with :08 remaining in the game[[note]]College football didn't have overtime back then[[/note]], Gopher kicker Brent Berglund was set to be the game's hero, once he made a sure-thing 29-yard field goal as time ran out. Instead, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1mb_O6PT4 the Utes blocked the field goal]], then defensive back [=LaVon=] Edwards scooped up the ball and ran untouched to the end zone, giving Utah the 35-29 victory.
* In an October 2007 NCAA Division III game, the Trinity (Texas) Tigers trailed the Millsaps (Mississippi) Majors 24-22 with two seconds remaining in the game, with the ball on their own 39-yard line. After completing a short pass, Trinity needed to keep the ball in play and avoid a game-ending tackle, and they did so via ''15'' laterals (three times as many as Cal used in The Play), moving the ball 61 yards for a touchdown with no time on the clock and a 28-24 win. It took 1 minute and 3 seconds to play final two seconds of game time, believed to be the longest play in college football history.
* Boise State, a huge underdog to the perennial-powerhouse Oklahoma Sooners, won the 2007 Fiesta Bowl by scoring on three trick plays on the last play of the game and in overtime. The touchdown scoring ones (a hook and ladder, and a halfback pass) and the final 2-point conversion to win in overtime (a Statue of Liberty play) were all well-known trick plays that fail more often than they succeed. To add to the theatrical quality, the player who made the winning score popped the question to his cheerleader girlfriend after the game (on national TV). She said yes.
* The 2010 Music City Bowl between North Carolina and Tennessee had a similar last-second gambit to the aforementioned Grey Cup incident, except a bit more awkward. Trailing 20–17 in the 4th, a North Carolina field goal would send the game to overtime. In the dying seconds, the Tar Heels sloppily rushed a field goal unit with ''way'' too many players onto the field, and T.J. Yates spiked the ball with only one second left. The point of the play was to stop the clock on the ensuing penalty (since Yates had spiked the ball before time ran out), in order to get one more chance for an ''actual'' field goal attempt. Confusion ensued when time ran out: a flag was thrown, but the referee declared the game over, and the Volunteers began storming the field in celebration. Eventually, the officials clicked into the Tar Heels' ruse, giving them a 10-yard penalty and putting a single second back on the clock. North Carolina got their field goal, and won the game 30–27 in double overtime.
** The incident led to an ObviousRulePatch by the NCAA in subsequent seasons; in 2011, the rules were changed so that 10 seconds must run from the clock if a foul which stops it is assessed (or a timeout can be taken).
* 2013 Auburn Tigers football team:
** After an embarrassing 3-9 season in 2012 (with no wins against SEC opponents, including a 49-0 CurbStompBattle at the Iron Bowl -- their traditional, season-ending cross-state rivalry with Alabama), the Auburn Tigers were experiencing a resurgence. One of their most notable comebacks came on November 16, 2013 -- hosting another traditional rival, the Georgia Bulldogs. In the final 40 seconds, Georgia was leading 38-37. But then, Auburn QB Nick Marshall threw a 73-yard Hail Mary, which got a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8tl0Q2pQg lucky bounce]] off two Georgia defensemen into the hands of their wide receiver, who took it the rest of the way for a game-winning touchdown. The "Prayer at Jordan–Hare" was shaping up to be the most iconic moment of Auburn's 2013 season...
** ...until two weeks later at the Iron Bowl. Alabama had entered the season as two-time national champions, and were in their traditional form throughout. Going into the Iron Bowl, Alabama and Auburn were ranked at #1 and #4 in the nation respectively; for the first time ever, the winner of the game would clinch the SEC's west division and advance to the conference championship. Following an Auburn drive that scored a touchdown, tying the game at 28 with only 34 seconds left, Bama took over in their territory. Auburn stopped them from scoring and even forced a player out of bounds just as time expired, which stopped the clock. The play was reviewed, and one second was put back on the clock. Alabama attempted a 57-yard field goal. If it missed, the game would just go to overtime. Their starter had missed three earlier that game, so they put in the backup. He kicked the ball well, but it fell short, where Auburn returner Chris Davis waited. Davis then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR7s2m5Z5GA returned it all the way back to Alabama's end zone for a touchdown]] to win the game 34–28, in what would later be known as the "Kick Six".
** Auburn went on to win the SEC championship. Thanks to #10 Michigan State upsetting #2 Ohio State to take the Big Ten championship, Auburn got pushed up to #2 on the BCS rankings and played in the BCS Championship Game, where they lost to Florida State.
* At the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlgN85wB6U 2015 Michigan State vs. Michigan]] football game, Michigan was up 23–21 when they were set to punt the ball away with 10 seconds left on 4th and 2. Except the snap was fumbled and the ball went straight to MSU's Jalen Watts-Jackson, who ran it back for the game-winning touchdown as time expired. Not a bad way to beat your in-state rival for the 7th time in 8 years. A Grand Rapids news station was even caught off-guard by the ending, where a mix-up caused a sportscaster outside the stadium to [[http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/local-news-delivers-entire-report-on-michigan-beating-m-1737161749 report that Michigan had won]].
* Alabama again, this time in 2018. The College Football Championship game against the Georgia Bulldogs. Real give-and-take thriller, especially at the end, tied 20-20. Alabama's Andy Pappanastos lines up to kick for the championships. He ''slips''... and the kick goes ''wide'', meaning the game goes into Overtime. Georgia gets the ball first and despite setbacks, takes the lead with a 51-yard field goal from Rodrigo Blankenship. Alabama's turn, and now they ''must'' score. First play, freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa gets sacked bad. But, ''next play'', he finds [=DeVonta=] Smith and connects for the Championship-winning touchdown!
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* In the 2009 Grey Cup (final of the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague) game, the Montreal Alouettes were down 27–25, 43 yards from the Saskatchewan Roughriders' goal when time ran out (and this was, indeed, after a comeback from 27–11 early in the fourth quarter). A 43-yard field goal attempt fell short, but Saskatchewan would receive a 10-yard penalty for having 13 men on the field, and Montreal got to try again. The 33-yard attempt was successful, and Montreal won 28–27. Actually, it's even more clever. The Alouettes knew the Roughriders had one too many players, and they went in as fast as possible and rushed their kick before the other team realised they were in fault. It was a XanatosGambit: Either they scored and won, or they missed, called the penalty, and got to try again much closer.
* During the 2010 CFL season in a Week 18 matchup, the Alouettes were tied with the Toronto Argonauts 30-all with 9 seconds left in regulation. Either a successful field goal OR Toronto failing to get the ball out of their end zone should the field goal attempt go wide, scoring a single, would give Montreal the win, otherwise the game would go into overtime. Montreal's field goal attempt does go wide, Toronto kicks the ball out of the back of their end zone, Montreal receives the punt at Toronto's 22-yard line, then punts it back into Toronto's end zone, Toronto tries to kick the ball back out of their end zone while it's on the ground, however, Montreal swats the ball near the goal line and recovers the fumble for the game-winning touchdown. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg video]] breaks down what happens.
!!Arena Football
* 2007 Arena Football playoff game between the Chicago Rush and Colorado Crush. (Apparently the Arena League had never heard of the OneSteveLimit, as these two teams were even in the same division.) Colorado (the home team) had a three-point lead, but was forced to make a goal-line stand against Chicago on the final play. Colorado made an apparent game-winning interception, the confetti was dropped from the rafters...only to discover that a penalty had been called on the play (for holding the intended receiver of the pass), forcing a do-over. Chicago then went for a game-tying field goal, made it, and forced overtime...the start of which was delayed by over ''15 minutes'' to clear all of the confetti from the field. Fortunately for the Crush, they won in OT anyway.
!!High School
* A rare example of both sides of the trope showing up: 1994 Texas HS football: Plano East pulls off a near-impossible 24-point comeback with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. With only seconds on the clock and only the final kickoff to perform, John Tyler High takes the kickoff right back up the field, pulling off the Miracle Win[=/=]DownerEnding combo. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHkABO0VwCg The play-by-play is almost as entertaining, for different reasons.]]
* In 2021, in a high school game against Hamilton High School (AZ) and Bishop Gorman High School (NV), Hamilton, despite being down 7-24 with less than 1:10 remaining in regulation, [[MiracleRally managed to score 18 points in that time to win the game 25-24]]. Now down 10-24 after a successful field goal, Hamilton recovered the onside kick to cut Bishop Gorman's lead to 24-17 with 30 seconds remaining. Then Hamilton successfully recovers ''another'' onside kick, bringing the score to 24-23 with 8 seconds left. [[WhoNeedsOvertime Rather than going for a kick for the tie and overtime]], Hamilton runs the ball in for the eventual game-winning 2-point conversion. Bishop Gorman had one last opportunity to get a game-ending touchdown in their favor, but a failed lateral pitch allowed Hamilton to recover the fumble, sealing their victory.
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* Given how much ''Film/WeAreMarshall'' follows the standard Hollywood sports movie template, even though it's BasedOnATrueStory, viewers maybe be surprised to learn that the 1971 game between Marshall and Xavier that's depicted at the film's climax [[AluminumChristmasTrees really did end the way the movie showed it]]: Marshall, playing its first game with a RagtagBunchOfMisfits team cobbled together after the entire 1970 team died in a plane crash toward the end of the season, trailed 13-9 but had the ball on the Xavier 13-yard line with just :08 left on the clock. QB Reggie Oliver threw a screen pass to Terry Gardner, who scampered to the end zone as the clock ran out, giving Marshall the 15-13 win.
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* Cycling: UsefulNotes/TourDeFrance 1989. After winning the Tour de France for the first time in 1986, in 1987, Greg [=LeMond=] was seriously injured in an hunting incident; his recovery took two years. The last stage of the 1989 Tour de France was a time-trail; Laurent Fignon was leading [=LeMond=] by 50 seconds, by many considered to be a decisive lead, considering the final time trail was a mere 25 km. Using (for the time) unorthodox equipment (flat aerobars; teardrop shaped helmet), [=LeMond=] beat Fignot by 58 seconds, winning the Tour de France by the smallest margin ever: 8 seconds. That's 8 seconds after 22 days, 3,285 km and 87h 38m 35s of cycling (a difference of 0.0025%). [=LeMond=] would win the Tour de France for a third and final time in 1990.
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* Cycling: UsefulNotes/TourDeFrance 1989. After winning the Tour de France for the first time in 1986, in 1987, Greg [=LeMond=] was seriously injured in an hunting incident; his recovery took two years. The last stage of the 1989 Tour de France was a time-trail; In 1989, [=LeMond=] and Laurent Fignon were neck-and-neck by the time they reached Paris for the final stage, which was an individual time trial (ITT). Fignon was leading [=LeMond=] by 50 seconds, by many considered to be a decisive lead, considering the final time trail trial was a mere 25 km. Using (for the time) unorthodox equipment (flat aerobars; teardrop shaped helmet), [=LeMond=] beat Fignot by 58 seconds, winning the Tour de France by the smallest margin ever: 8 seconds. That's 8 seconds after 22 days, 3,285 km and 87h 38m 35s of cycling (a difference of 0.0025%). [=LeMond=] would win the Tour de France for a third and final time in 1990.
** Fignon1990. Largely because of later pushed campaigning by Fignon, the Tour organizers no longer schedule an idea through to management, that ITT for the final stage wouldn't be an ITT, and that stage, making it a casual affair with the general classification would be largely safe by and the time they reached that final stage.riders taking things easy, content to enjoy the thrill of having finished the race.
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!!As this is an {{Ending Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].
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* In an October 2007 NCAA Division III game, Trinity University of Texas Tigers trailed the Millsaps College Majors 24-22 with two seconds remaining in the game, with the ball on their own 39-yard line. After completing a short pass, Trinity needed to keep the ball in play and avoid a game-ending tackle, and they did so via ''15'' laterals (three times as many as Cal used in The Play), moving the ball 61 yards for a touchdown with no time on the clock and a 28-24 win. It took 1 minute and 3 seconds to play final two seconds of game time, believed to be the longest play in college football history.
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* In an October 2007 NCAA Division III game, the Trinity University of Texas (Texas) Tigers trailed the Millsaps College (Mississippi) Majors 24-22 with two seconds remaining in the game, with the ball on their own 39-yard line. After completing a short pass, Trinity needed to keep the ball in play and avoid a game-ending tackle, and they did so via ''15'' laterals (three times as many as Cal used in The Play), moving the ball 61 yards for a touchdown with no time on the clock and a 28-24 win. It took 1 minute and 3 seconds to play final two seconds of game time, believed to be the longest play in college football history.
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* In an October 2007 NCAA Division III game, Trinity University of Texas Tigers trailed the Millsaps College Majors 24-22 with two seconds remaining in the game, with the ball on their own 39-yard line. After completing a short pass, Trinity needed to keep the ball in play and avoid a game-ending tackle, and they did so via ''15'' laterals (three times as many as Cal used in The Play), moving the ball 61 yards for a touchdown with no time on the clock and a 28-24 win. It took 1 minute and 3 seconds to play final two seconds of game time, believed to be the longest play in college football history.
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* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Mark Driscoll hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But a 15-yard penalty for excessive celebration after the TD pushed the PAT attempt much farther back than normal, and CSU kicker Clark Kemble appeared to kick it wide left, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box and the stands as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
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* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Mark Driscoll hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But after CSU's players rushed onto the field to celebrate, a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for excessive celebration after the TD pushed was assessed, pushing the PAT attempt much farther back than normal, and CSU kicker Clark Kemble appeared to kick it wide left, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box and the stands as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
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* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Jack Graham hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But the kick appeared to miss, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
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* One of the crazier college football examples was Colorado State hosting BYU in 1974. BYU led 26-6 midway through the 3rd quarter, but CSU clawed back to narrow the lead to 33-27 late in the game, getting the ball back with 1:10 remaining. The drive sputtered deep in BYU territory, and BYU got the ball back on their own 16-yard line with :06 left, needing to run one play to seal the victory. But BYU quarterback Gary Sheide fumbled the snap, CSU recovered, and with :03 on the clock, CSU QB Jack Graham Mark Driscoll hit Willie Miller for a 15-yard TD pass, tying the game at 33 as the clock ran out, with CSU just needing to make the extra point to pull out the win. But a 15-yard penalty for excessive celebration after the kick TD pushed the PAT attempt much farther back than normal, and CSU kicker Clark Kemble appeared to miss, kick it wide left, which, in the era before overtime, would finish the game as a 33-33 tie. One referee signaled the PAT as no good, but a second referee in the back of the end zone held his arms up, and the scoreboard gave CSU a 34-33 win. But shortly afterwards, CSU's score was changed back to 33. For the next 20 minutes, confusion reigned in the press box and the stands as the score constantly changed back-and-forth. Finally someone tracked down the referee who raised his arms, and he confirmed that he was ''not'' signaling the kick as good, but rather, since referees were supposed to signal the end of the game by holding up the ball, but the ball on the missed kick sailed into the stands, he just held up his arms instead, and the score was finalized at 33-33.
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* The Findlay Oilers won the 2009 Division II National College Basketball championship on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ro7no6ecaI buzzer-beater]].
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* The Christopher Newport University Captains won the 2023 NCAA Division III championship over the Mount Union Purple Raiders, 74-72, on a layup at the buzzer.
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* Harvard scored 16 points in the last 42 seconds of their 1968 game against Yale to tie 29-29. The next day, the headline for their student newspaper, ''The Harvard Crimson'', was [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29"]]. Creator/TommyLeeJones played for Harvard in that game.
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* In the 1968 edition of their storied rivalry game (with both teams entering the game undefeated), Yale led Harvard 29-13 late in the fourth quarter. Harvard cut it to 29-21 with :42 left in the game, then recovered an onside kick (which Yale strangely didn't seem to think Harvard would attempt, sending out their normal kickoff return unit). Thanks in part to a 15-yard facemask penalty on Yale, Harvard found themselves on the Yale 8-yard line with :03 left, and Frank Champi threw a touchdown pass to Vic Gatto to make it 29-27, then threw a successful two-point conversion to end the game as a 29-29 tie, with Harvard having scored 16 points in the last final 42 seconds of their 1968 game against Yale to tie 29-29.seconds. The next day, the headline for their student newspaper, ''The Harvard Crimson'', was [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29"]]. Creator/TommyLeeJones played for Harvard in that game.
