1984 display newspaper DOUG FLUTIE 's last play "Hail Mary" pass on the final play of the game is complete and BOSTON COLLEGE WINS over MIAMI in this most famous ending of a college football game 

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This is arguably the most dramatic "HAIL MARY" finish in college football history !!  

SEE PHOTO-----An ORIGINAL sports section of a NEWSPAPER, the Des Moines Register (IA) dated Nov 24, 1984. This newspaper has a large front page photo and headline with coverage of what many believe to be the most dramatic and exciting final play in NCAA college football history- Boston College quarterback DOUG FLUTIE 's last play  "hail Mary" pass that was caught, the result being a Boston College win over Florida by a score of 47-45 !! 

This has a great display and coverage of the "HAIL FLUTIE GAME" with the play that many believe was the most dramatic final play in college football history- DOUG FLUTIE's last play "hail Mary" pass for Boston College vs Miami.

The Hail Flutie game is a college football game that took place between the Boston College Eagles and University of Miami Hurricanes on November 23, 1984. It has been regarded by FOX Sports writer Kevin Hench as among the most memorable moments in sports. The game is most notable for a last-second Hail Mary pass from quarterback Doug Flutie to wide receiver Gerard Phelan to give Boston College the win. Miami was the defending national champion and entered the game ranked 12th in the nation. Boston College was ranked 10th with a record of 8–2 and had already accepted an invitation to the Cotton Bowl Classic at the end of the season. The game was played at the Miami Orange Bowl, and televised nationally by CBS, with Brent Musburger, Ara Parseghian, and Pat Haden commentating.

Notable achievements in the game included:

  • The Hurricanes' Bernie Kosar passed for a school-record 447 yards.
  • Miami running back Melvin Bratton ran for four touchdowns.
  • Flutie passed for 472 yards and four touchdowns and became the first collegiate quarterback ever to surpass 10,000 yards passing in a college career.

Boston College jumped out to an early 14–0 lead in the first quarter before quarterback Bernie Kosar and Miami stormed back to tie. The two quarterbacks played phenomenal games, combining for 59–84, 919 yards, and 5 touchdowns. With 28 seconds left, Boston College trailed 45–41. Three quick plays took the Eagles from their own 20-yard line to the Hurricanes' 48-yard line.

Flutie called it the "55 Flood Tip" play, which the receivers were going to run straight routes into the end zone. Then they were to tip the football to another receiver. Flutie scrambled to his right, narrowly averting a sack. He threw the football from his own 37, requiring the 5' 9" quarterback to throw the ball at least 63 yards against 30 mph winds, after having already thrown the football 45 times during the game.

The Miami defensive backs doubted his ability to throw the ball into the end zone, so they paid no attention to Phelan as he ran behind them. The ball came straight down over the mass of players untouched into Phelan's arms for the 47–45 win.

Flutie won the Heisman Trophy shortly afterward. He later said "Without the Hail Mary pass I think I could have been very easily forgotten. We would have gone to the same bowl game, the Heisman voting was already in, and the direction [of his career], everything would have been the same, except that pass put this label on me as 'It's never over 'til it's over' guy".

This issue is the complete sports news section only, NOT the entire newspaper. Great for display purposes  !!!

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