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To: DouglasKC
Lol, I know what you mean, but no...he actually did catch a touchdown pass!

"...United Press International: November 14, 1971; Bobby Douglass' 35-yard touchdown conversion pass to burly Dick Butkus squeezed the Chicago Bears to a 16-15 victory over the front running Washington Redskins Sunday. The Bears seemed doomed to settle for a tie when, after Cyril Pinder's 40 yard touchdown dash in the fourth quarter,Gene Hamlin's center snap to Douglass, who was holding for kicker Mac Percival, sailed over Douglass' head. Hardly fazed, Douglass raced back, picked up the ball and dodged at least two tacklers around the 35 yard line as he steered downfield. Then spotted Butkus, the all-pro middle linebacker, who gets into the offensive backfield only to block in kicking situations, in the end zone. Douglass laid the ball perfectly in Butkus' arms and, although the Redskins protested feverishly, the reception and the vital one point stood up for the Bears' victory..."

163 posted on 04/10/2015 5:39:17 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: rlmorel
"...United Press International: November 14, 1971; Bobby Douglass' 35-yard touchdown conversion pass to burly Dick Butkus squeezed the Chicago Bears to a 16-15 victory over the front running Washington Redskins Sunday. The Bears seemed doomed to settle for a tie when, after Cyril Pinder's 40 yard touchdown dash in the fourth quarter,Gene Hamlin's center snap to Douglass, who was holding for kicker Mac Percival, sailed over Douglass' head. Hardly fazed, Douglass raced back, picked up the ball and dodged at least two tacklers around the 35 yard line as he steered downfield. Then spotted Butkus, the all-pro middle linebacker, who gets into the offensive backfield only to block in kicking situations, in the end zone. Douglass laid the ball perfectly in Butkus' arms and, although the Redskins protested feverishly, the reception and the vital one point stood up for the Bears' victory..."

AH okay...I see where the discrepancy is...this wasn't a touchdown but a reception for a 1 point conversion AFTER a touchdown...not technically a touchdown. But I see your point...this would have been a really exciting play to see!

170 posted on 04/11/2015 5:19:44 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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