Mere hours before his death, Franco Harris had an opportunity to reflect on his fabled Immaculate Reception ahead of the play’s 50th anniversary in one of his final interviews HereWeGo
Mere hours before his death, Harris had an opportunity to reflect on his fabled Immaculate Reception ahead of the play’s 50th anniversary in one of his final interviews. Arguably the most famous highlight in NFL history, the legendary running back hauled in a deflected pass on fourth down just before it hit the ground and ran for a game-winning, 60-yard touchdown to beat the Raiders in a AFC divisional playoff game on Dec. 23, 1972.
As Harris watched the play unfold, he said he made the call to go to the ball, a lesson the former Penn State star said longtime Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno “preached to us all four years.” Sixty yards later, Harris was in the end zone, which, as he explained, is a sequence that still blew his mind five decades later.
Harris continued, “When I see the film, and I see it in real time, it just blows my mind how quick that is. … I have no idea how I reacted so quickly and got it and kept in stride. And even looked up a little bit to try and get the lay of the land. I’m saying, ‘How did all that happen in just those few seconds?’ It didn’t make any sense. Like, I just don’t understand it.
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