It was two days some time recently Christmas in 1972, and the Steelers required a wonder. Down a point at Pittsburgh’s Three Streams Stadium within the Divisional playoffs against Oakland with 22 seconds and no timeouts cleared out, it was fourth-and-10 from their possess 40. In their four decades of presence, the Steelers had never won a playoff diversion. QB Terry Bradshaw dropped back, looked for recipients, and niftily dodging two would be sacks a long pass down the center towards running back John Fuqua.
But arriving along side the ball was hard-hitting Pillagers security Jack Tatum, who ricocheted the ball back toward Steeler domain, ordained for the turf. Incredibly, Pittsburgh’s Franco Harris, a 230-pound rookie running back, seized the ball inside millimeters of the ground and rushed down the cleared out sideline for a 60-yard landing and a 13-7 triumph.
Unimaginably, Pittsburgh’s Franco Harris, a 230-pound rookie running back, seized the ball inside millimeters of the ground and rushed down the cleared out sideline for a 60-yard landing and a 13-7 triumph. Although Pittsburgh would drop, 21-17, within the AFC Championship to the inevitable Super Bowl winning Dolphins.
The “Immaculate Reception” spoken to a sort of starting to the enchanted extend of four Super Bowl titles in six a long time that would cement the 1970s Steelers as one of the NFL’s awesome traditions.