
SMU: BYU quarterback Jim McMahon completed a 41-yard Hail Mary to Clay Brown on the game's final play for a 46–45 win. 1940 - In 1940, Georgetown quarterback Joe McFadden used a play referred to as the "'Hail Mary' pass." An Associated Press article published in December 1940 noted: "A 'Hail Mary' pass, in the talk of the Washington eleven, is one that is thrown with a prayer because the odds against completion are big." Ĭontemporary use of the term "Hail Mary Pass".

Shakespeare's game-winning pass became known as the "Hail Mary pass." In 1969, the game was selected in a poll by the Associated Press as the "game of the century", the best game in the first 100 years of college football. One nun told a reporter of overhearing a colleague in her convent "gamefully bargaining" and eventually "threatening" the Poor Souls and saints for another Notre Dame touchdown. Red Barber, who broadcast the game on radio, later called it "the greatest college football game I ever called." Radio announcer Tom Manning added, "I always said Shakespeare had a pair of rosary beads and a bottle of holy water in his back pocket." The media picked up stories of the Catholic faithful praying for Notre Dame as they listened to the game on the radio. Shakespeare threw a pass into the end zone, which was caught by Wayne Millner on his knees for an 18–13 win. With the clock running out, the ball was snapped to the fullback who handed it to Shakespeare on what appeared to be a reverse. William Shakespeare (nicknamed the "Merchant of Menace") replaced Pilney. Pilney was injured and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher. With less than a minute left in the game, Notre Dame quarterback Andy Pilney ran 30 yards to the Ohio State 19-yard line. Notre Dame scored two touchdowns to cut Ohio State's lead to 13–12.

Notre Dame trailed 3–0 in the second half and had been unable to move the ball effectively. 1922 - On October 28, 1922, the term "Hail Mary play" was used by Knute Rockne's Notre Dame in a victory over Georgia Tech.4 List of passes often mistakenly referred to as a "Hail Mary".Kansas City have the odds in their favor, so they'll need to guard against complacency. As for Kansas City, they will face off against Jacksonville. The Jets are limping into the contest on a three-game losing streak.

Next week Denver take on the Jets at 1:00 p.m. The victory kept Kansas City perfect at 4-0. The loss dropped Denver back to even at 2-2.
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Kareem Hunt and Patrick Mahomes were among the main playmakers for Kansas City as the former rushed for 121 yards and 1 touchdown and the latter accumulated 304 passing yards and punched in 1 rushing TD. The defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Royce Freeman, who rushed for 67 yards and 1 touchdown, and Phillip Lindsay, who rushed for 69 yards and 1 touchdown. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Denver of the 24-27 loss they experienced in the two teams' previous head-to-head. Denver didn't finish too far behind, but the team still lost 23-27 to Kansas City. Denver were the first on the board but had to settle for second at the end of their matchup against Kansas City on Monday.
