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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
1954 Cotton Bowl in which a Bama backup player, Tommy Lewis, jumps from the sideline and tackles Rice player Dickey Maegle to keep him from getting a touchdown. :)

The officials let the touchdown that didn't happen count. :)

6 posted on 08/14/2019 10:47:13 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

The same thing happened in a game between Oregon and TCU sometime in the 1970’s. TCU was in the depths of futility at that time. A TCU player came off the bench to tackle an Oregon player running for an easy touchdown. He said he did it to inspire the team....


18 posted on 08/14/2019 11:51:24 AM PDT by jimtorr
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