Ranking the Worst Ways Sports Teams Have Lost Games 

Quick Note - the 1990 Colorado vs Missouri 5th Down Game was initially in this video at about the 30 minute mark, but we have since removed that segment due to a copyright dispute

The Rangers being 1 strike away from winning the World Series TWICE in one game, and then losing, is just unimaginably painful

The Kick Six from the 2013 Iron Bowl belongs here for sure The game was tied with one second left when Alabama went for a 57 yard field goal to win it You would think the two possible outcomes here are to make the field goal and win or miss it and go to overtime, but the kick ended up being short enough that an Auburn player was able to receive it in the back of the endzone and run it back for a game winning touchdown

Losing 7-1 at the World Cup a semi-final on it's own soil is hard to beat. That game became a trauma and a synonym of failure and pain in Brazil

Weird not to see Jeff Francoeur hitting into the only walk-off unassisted triple play in MLB history, especially from a Mets fan

Surprised you didn't mention the Steve Smith own goal during the 1986 NHL playoffs which ended up being the game-winning goal to eliminate his own team. And on his own birthday. Thankfully for him though, he (as well as the goalie he scored on) would go on to win three Stanley Cups with that same team over the next half-decade, which must have been a massive relief considering how brutal the mistake had been.

I can't believe the Double Doink didn't make the list. I still have nightmares about that one.

"If winning required nothing and you still lost, that's as far as you can go." 😂

The CFL 2009 Grey Cup "too many men on the field" game has gotta be up there for heartbreaking ways to lose a championship

The skate in the crease rule has been removed from the game for this reason. You may not enter the crease after the goaltender has frozen the puck. A goal may also be disallowed if there was incidental contact with the goaltender within the crease.

This is gonna be a painful one

Toronto Maple Leafs losing to the Carolina Hurricanes when they had an emergency backup goalie (who was a 42 year old Zamboni driver that worked for the Leafs) in net was also pretty bad.

I'm surprised you didn't mention J.R. Smith in messing up the 2018 NBA Finals. That was one of the biggest moments in sports at the time. Still an awesome video though.

Panthers losing the Super Bowl on a kick out of bounds, the Tuck Rule game (not just the call but also the insane kick afterwards) and UNC losing a national championship on a buzzer beater directly following an insane game-tying shot, and the NOLA no-call are all good additions to a potential part 2.

Honestly, the Gordon Hayward shot would have been a way higher entry on this list if it DID go in, because the circumstances for Duke to have lost like that would have been insane

the kick 6 in the 2013 iron bowl has to be an honorable mention at least surprised it wasn't on here. the music city miracle // uva losing to furman in this years tournament // villanova's buzzer-beater to beat unc in the championship after paige hits an incredible 3 to take the lead.

I was at the Michigan State Michigan game with the fumbled snap. Incredible game to be at as an MSU fan. I’ve never seen a crowd go so quiet.

My favorite heart-wrenching loss is one that was enthralling to me but probably traumatic for Islanders fans. The Lightning and Islanders played game 2 of the eastern conference finals in 2020 in the Covid Bubble. During the game, the Lightning lost two of their best forwards, one to injury (Brayden Point) and one to an ejection (Alex Killorn). With 9 forwards on the Tampa bench and 10 seconds from overtime, all the Islanders had to do was not get scored on and they likely would have won simply due to exhaustion from Lightning players, but Nikita Kucherov scored the winner on a lazy defensive clear attempt by an Islanders defenseman with 8 seconds to play and the Lightning took a 2-0 lead in the series.

Not only did the Seahawks throw it at the goal line, but then they jumped offside on the ensuing defensive possession to give the pats enough room to kneel out the game rather than needing to run a real play to avoid a safety

About the "Band is on the field one", coming from a family of both band geeks and sports players, our consensus was that someone from the Stanford band needed to step up and make a tackle! They'll settle it another way, but you don't lose and you at least earn a bit of street-cred in the process. Imagine the stories, "BAND GEEK MAKES TACKLE AT 1". Instant gold!

Great vid. I think Jeff Francoeur hitting into a game ending, unassisted triple play would make for a good entry, even though the Mets were already losing, just because of how rare that is. Another great entry would be the 1929 Rose Bowl. Georgia Tech won 8-7 over the University of California, with the difference being a safety scored when Roy Riegels ran 69 yards to his own endzone in the first half.

To clarify the 2010 World Cup, this was the tournament to lead to the introduction of goal line technology. I'd never seen anyone discuss whether the ball had already crossed the goal line. There had already been an embarrassing situation in the Round of 16 when English midfielder Frank Lampard took a shot that went several feet over the goal line, in fact, bouncing off the turf well inside the net, but it was deemed a non goal. At the time the score was 2-1 Germany and this goal would have tied the game. Germany went on to win 4-1, but it's impossible to know whether England might have played a better second half had they tied the game. As for Luis Suarez who was a controversial figure on multiple occasions (he liked biting players it seemed), but what he did was clearly a red card offense which also led to a last second penalty attempt. One that was promptly missed by Asamoah Gyan. Sure, it's illegal, but Ghana weren't cheated. Gyan, like a list of players failed with the game on his foot. True, with the penalty occurring at "the death" in the 120th they did not also have to play short one man, Suarez was duly punished, and missed the next game, a semi final loss.

Seeing Leon Lett slide into that football always warms my heart.

There's this high school football game where one team goes ahead in the last few seconds on a Hail Mary, and then the other team runs the kickoff back for the winning TD. The audio is amazing and if you haven't heard it, you really need to. Great video as usual! Edit: also, the Cubs/Marlins NLCS from 2003 ( the Steve Bartman game). There was a blown double play opportunity that happened right before that play that would have ended the game.

Plano East vs. John Tyler has to be on this list. Imagine recovering 3 onside kicks in the last 3 minutes of a game, scoring 4 TDs in that time to overcome a 24 point deficit... now you're up 3 with 20 seconds left, all you have to do is not allow the guy to run back the kick 97 yards for a score. Well you can guess what happened

What everyone fails to remember about Game 6.. First 2 Mets came up and made easy flyouts.. Gary Carter singled, Kevin Mitchell singled. Ray Knight had 2 strikes on him with 2 outs before he hit his single. Then Mookie had 2 strikes on him before the wild pitch that tied the game. The Red Sox were one strike away from winning the World Series TWICE in that inning!!!

What Luis Castillo did reminds me of something the Orioles did earlier this year when Ryan McKenna dropped an easy third out ball with the Orioles up by one and then Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer and the Orioles lost.

I remember that Arkansas game like it was yesterday. I was working at a summer camp for kids and we had to tell them the Razorbacks lost the World Series. There was even discussion about whether or not we should tell them or we should let their parents tell them. A truly painful painful day.

I’m glad the ending of the dodgers vs rays game 4 of the 2020 WS wasn’t on here.. I’m assuming since the dodgers ended up winning the series, but that was one of the most gut wrenching ways to lose on multiple fronts

This was a quality video, I really enjoyed it! I feel like as an Australian I've gotta share a couple of heartbreakers from the AFL season this year. Just last week, Adelaide vs. Sydney. Adelaide comes back from a large deficit to be down by 2 points with a minute left. Ben Keays has a difficult shot on goal that he curls just inside the post for a goal (worth 6 points). But the goal umpire disagrees, he immediately calls that it hit the goalpost, which is only worth 1 point. The AFL has a video review system in place for specifically this scenario, a close decision where the call could easily be missed. But because the umpire was confident, he didn't call for a review. It turns out the ball never hit the post, and that botched call cost Adelaide not only the game, but their chance of making the finals/playoffs as well with one week left in the season. And from earlier in the season, North Melbourne vs. Sydney (weird that Sydney were on the winning side of both of these). A dismal North side have lost their last 7 games straight. With North holding a 3 point lead, with the ball deep forward for Sydney, the umpire suddenly whistles a Sydney free kick for an interchange breach, a rule I have never seen called in all my time watching AFL. Basically, over the course of a game a team is allowed to make 75 subs. And since North made a 76th (an inexplicable mistake since the sub count is being constantly monitored), Sydney was given a free kick, deep forward that was basically impossible to miss. Sydney kicks the goal, takes the lead, and holds on to win. With 1 week left in the season, North's losing streak is now up to 20. They've had plenty of close losses, but that might just be the worst of them.

This video was a lot of fun but I am surprised some of these weren't on the list. Damian Lillard sending the Thunder home with a ridiculous near half court shot in the NBA playoffs, The Green Bay Packers beating the Dallas Cowboys in the 2016 playoffs with a highly unlikely 3rd and 20 conversion and a 56 yard game winner from Crosby all in the span of less than two minutes, The San Jose Sharks reverse sweep to the L.A. Kings that led to them being the only team in NHL history to blow a 3-0 series lead and the Kings then went on to win the cup the same year, or a couple legendary Vikings chokes. The Vikings blowing the 1998 NFC title game with their pro bowl kicker Gary Anderson missing his first kick out of 122 consecutive tries, The Vikings loss to the Cardinals on a last second TD pass that cost them the playoffs in 2003, and the 2009 NFC title game where Favre throws an interception with 12 seconds left in a tie game with the Vikings that cost them a potential Super Bowl appearance if Brett just ran forward for 5 yards. Or how about the Saints losing to the Rams in the 2018 NFC title game? They were in position to win the game and kick a game winning field goal at least but they lost because of an obvious pass interference penalty that went uncalled. Then they lost the game in OT and the Rams went to the Super Bowl.

9:10 Not only did the angels lose with the game ending when a batted ball hit the runner, but on the very same day the diamondbacks lost to the dodgers with the game ending the exact same way

As a Vikings fan, I personally had one of the worst experiences ever in watching my Vikes when Blair Walsh missed a Chip Shot FG to win the game. Although, this was outside in terribly cold weather, but I was probably 10 at the time, so all I cared about was the Vikings winning lol

I would have put the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup final on this list as well. Trent Boult takes the catch at the boundary to send Ben Stokes back to the sheds... but his heel was touching the rope so it counts as a six. Stokes remains alive and winds up basically winning the World Cup for England. As a Kiwi fan, I was shell-shocked for a couple of months after that one.

That 2006 NFC Wild Card game is something that would haunt my dad for years, and he NEVER forgave Tony Romo for it. Before I ever started really paying attention to sports, the only thing I really knew about football was “Tony Romo sucks” because of one play in 2006. And Tony Romo didn’t even suck. He had some injury problems, but all-in-all he was a good quarterback. But man. That one play and all my dad wanted from the cowboys for the decade afterwards was for them to get rid of him

The "River City Relay" will always be a sports moment burned into my mind... Such an amazing series of events, all immediately and brutally undone by missing a kick that's so easy to make that people often make a legitimate and reasonable argument that it shouldn't even exist... Just insane.

as a hockey fan, the 2019 sharks vs. golden knights round 1 game 7 finale was a pretty big moment (or series of moments). i guess it was a choke for the knights, but the entire reason the sharks came back to win was because of joe pavelski’s injury that gave them a 5 minute power play.

As a Lions fan the face mask penalty that lead to the hail mary from Aaron Rodgers to beat us should be considered for the next list if you do another one. Great video as usual 🤙

A couple of painful losses come to mind as a tortured MN Vikings fan. The Andersen missed field goal, and the Walsh missed field goal. Andersen was solid all year, and Walsh had a very short kick to make. One of these years, the suffering will end... Right?

The Kick 6 Iron Bowl in 2013 was a crazy way to lose. The game was going into OT, but the Bama coach decided to fight the timing of the clock, and they got 1 play back. They went for a 57yd FG, and Auburn ran that ball back 109 yards for a game-winning TD! That brought Alabama literally from top ranked all year, to not being in the playoffs. Also Alabama/Auburn is the most intense college rivalry, maybe 2nd to Ohio St/Michigan. Amazing for an Auburn fan, but must have been heartbreaking to be a Bama fan!

Michael A Taylor had an 0-5 day (with 5 strikeouts) and was fielding a single in the bottom of the ninth with the Nats up 3-2, only to let the ball routinely go past his glove and allowing the runner on base and Puig (who hit the single) to run all the way home to score the winning run. Honestly nowhere close to the top of worst ways to win, but a worthy mention.

Liverpool vs Everton deserved to be on here. Holding the game to a tie for 90 minutes just for the ball to bounce on the crossbar three times and fall right to a wide open striker for the easy tap in. Plus this game was a huge rivalry.

You failed to mention in the 1978 Giants Eagles game, was up until that point, most teams did not take a knee. It was considered wimpy or sissy, to take a knee. (back then) Then after this game, the whole paradigm switched, and it became standard to take a knee, even if you do it 3 times in a row.

Calling a penalty a free kick gave me brain damage, and it didn't cross the line at all lmao

I'll add one from the CFL In the 2009 Grey Cup between the Saskatchewan Rougriders and the Montreal Alouettes, the Rougriders were up 27-25 with 3 seconds left in the game when Montreal lined up for a game winning feild goal, which they missed, seemingly clinching the win for Saskatchewan, but shortly after the Roughriders we're called for having to many men on the field, Montreal got to retake the feild goal, which they hit this 2nd time around and won the game 28-27

Another really heartbreaking one was BYU vs. Utah. The utah crowd stormed the field 3 separate times in the final seconds of the game when plays were going on, and it ended with a missed field goal that would've sent it to overtime hitting the wrong side of the goal post. I dig remember what year it was, but it was wild

Good to see the dropped return throw make it onto the list at 36:12. I remember how shocking it was when it happened and yet I almost never see it on these Worst Losses lists. I still think Game 6 of 2011 was more painful, even if it's more of a Choke.

Pete Carroll's shrill cry of "OH NO!" when the interception happened in the Super Bowl, NEVER ceases to make me chuckle. EDIT: Also, to anyone who watched the Mets play that entire '86 regular season - the playoff comeback wins were actually no surprise. I was like ten years old but I expected it because it was always happening. Out of 108 wins that season, FORTY ONE of them were come from behind victories. That's nearly 40% of their win total. They did that ALL season long well into the Houston NLCS series, and then gave it to the Red Sox as well. Much respect to that Boston team. They can hold their heads high knowing that they fought us every step of the way. AND it's still easily one of the best World Series EVER played.

First thing that came to my mind was 2019 ALCS, but honestly I think the 1960 World Series seriously deserved a mention. Yankees had outscored the Pirates by a lot in that series but close wins by the Bucs got it to a game 7. Yankees were winning 7-4 going into the bottom of the 8th, until their shortstop Tony Kubek got drilled in the throat by a bad hop and had to come out of the game, which sparked a 5 run rally to make it 9-7 Pirates. Then in the top of the 9th the Yankees somehow miraculously tie the game up again, only to lose to the famous Mazeroski home run in the bottom half. For all the championships they've won the Yankees have some real bad losses to go with them Which reminds me of another awful one, the 1926 World Series game 7, when the Yankees were down 3-2 in the 9th and Ruth drew a walk; he then tried to steal second to everybody's surprise and got caught stealing to end the series. Luckily for Babe he made sure that wasn't what he was known for as soon as possible because he hit 60 home runs in the year after.

21:42 Eric Hosmer also did this in Houston in 2018 (it was a 1-0 game too!) but no one talks about it, my version of the most painful loss as a padres fan The Grant Williams “I’m making both” game also deserves a mention because of how hilarious it was

As a Raptors fan I remember watching Mo Pete's shot against the Wizards. What makes it even crazier is that Peterson hadn't played at all that night and had just been subbed into the game.

As a Bills fan, I could probably suggest Wide Right, but in terms of the play, it’s just a missed field goal (albeit in the Super Bowl). The 13 Seconds game against the Chiefs was so much more devastating since Josh Allen never got a possession in OT after doing everything he needed to win. There’s also the fumbled snap game against Minnesota last year.

As Motorsports fan, i think 2021 Abu Dhabi GP from F1 (that last lap pass for Verstappen) and the 2016 Homestead 400 from NASCAR (i still hated that late block for Carl Edwards with 10 to go), should have mentioned

As a St Louis Cardinals fan, I COULD ABSOLUTELY see being a little depressed that night and probably the next week when thinking about losing a World Series the way they did. And that year with being a Wild Card team, the Rangers were THE last team I wanted to play. But again like many times before, the Cardinals Devil Magic comes outta nowhere 😂 (which that magic is looking flat this year 💀)

Yeah that Michigan fumbled punt haunts my dreams. I think about it every year when they play each other now. Some of the other ones that haunt my memories: - April 5th, 1993: NCAA Basketball National Championship Game, Michigan down 73-71 with like 15 seconds left against UNC, Chris Webber calls a time out that Michigan did not have, gives UNC the ball and a technical free throw, basically ends the game - January 6th, 2019: Bears down one to the Eagles in the Wild card game with 10 seconds left set up for a walk off field goal to win it... Double Doink - August 6th, 2023: USWNT gets knocked from the World Cup in the Round of 16 by Sweden in a penalty shoot out; the winning goal was over the line by a millimeter. - Just last night the LA Sparks were down 1 to the Chicago Sky and they had the ball with 15 seconds left, they got 2 offensive rebounds and still couldn't do it, they now have to win more games than Chicago does for the rest of the season or they likely won't make the playoffs, but if they had won Chicago likely would be eliminated within the week.

34:52 OMG thank you SO much for acknowledging this because so many ppl have forgotten about this. You sir are THE MAN!!!

There was an SF Giants playoff game against the Marlins where the Marlins had (I think) a runner on third. Ball gets hit into the outfield to Marvin Bernard. He made a hard throw home, right on target. But the ball was just a little too low and clipped the pitching rubber and went straight up. Marlins win. I remember being absolutely devastated when it happened. I think it was the first time the wild card series was played - it was one of the Marlins first championship seasons.

the trombone player in the Cal vs Stanford game getting pnwed will never not be hilarious to me

THIS is so good! Enjoy your sense of humor, comedic timing is something you probably dont even realize you have...but you have it! Gotta wonder where my Oilers losing a playoff to the Bills when going into the half they were ahead 37-7.

The 2019 Cricket world cup final is a good one, England and New Zealand tied after 50 overs, and after a tiebreaker over, so the officials broke the tie by counting all the boundaries both teams scored (where the ball goes into the boundary or gets hit over it), which had never been used before, and fans argued was unfair as teams don't take their amount of boundaries into account when playing

Incredible video. My one small gripe is the Suarez handball was nowhere near over the goal line

Some more hockey ones could be here Devils once own-goaled three times in a 6-5 OT loss vs the Ducks Devils had 3 goals disallowed vs the maple leafs in a 2-1 loss Canucks allowed a 3 on 0 in OT to let up an easy goal for the blues Great video

0:57 "Losing even when it seems inconceivable..." after mentioning The Princess Bride 🤣

I love being halfway through this having already seen some of the most classic ones, knowing it somehow will get worse and worse. Great video!!

As a Detroit sports fan (and Michigan wolverines) I don't know why I'm putting myself through this😭

Patrick Stefan’s missed net is top tier

October 29, 2015 - MLS Cup Playoffs Single-elimination game that goes to a penalty kick shootout. Saad Abdul-Salaam steps up with a chance to put Sporting Kansas City through. He bangs it off of one post, it TOES THE LINE over to the other post, DEFLECTS OFF THE OTHER POST, and stays out. Two players later, SKC loses when the goalkeeper misses. Portland goes on to win the championship and name the bar in Providence Park (their stadium) the Double Post Bar, which is fitting because this moment drove me to drink.

Incredible video! Deserves way more recognition! Good shit

These videos are so good you can tell how much work mike puts in for these

One from earlier this year is the Knicks somehow letting a game where they are up by 9 with 35 seconds left go to OT (where they lost), the game-tying shot coming off an intentionally missed free throw by Luka that two different Knicks players failed to rebound and sent right into Doncic's hands for the shot.

Found this video after it was recommended on my page. So glad I gave it a watch. Now subscribed to your page. I most definitely need to see a part two sometime in the future!

Terrific video, well documented, beautifully conceived, and articulately written. Thanks!

Perhaps the worst bit of Michigan State's punt return is that neither team got to celebrate because Jalen Watts-Jackson, the guy who picked up the loose ball and ran it in, broke his leg right after he scored and none of his teammates realized until after they were dogpiling him

Add the Miami Hurricanes to this list.

About the Miracle at the Meadowlands: The "victory formation," the kneel-down, DID NOT EXIST at the time--in fact, it was created BECAUSE of this play, to prevent it from happening again. The play still deserves to be on this list. But it should not have been that high.

The only loss that made me cry: The Bils-Dolphins 1979. The Dolphins were 18-0 vs. the Bills in the 1970's. The Bills were losing 19-17 with the ball on the Miami 1 with under a minute to go. Kicker Tom Dempsey missed the field goal wide left.

I think everyone won in the end after that Green Bay- Seattle game. Also, I expected a game- ending triple play to be on this list.

Wasn’t the “miracle at the meadowlands” what gave birth to “victory formation”? I thought I heard that in one of those NFL top ten shows.

Spot on about Buckner not being the goat in '86. Calvin Schiraldi and Bob Stanley blew that game for the Red Sox, not Buckner. Anybody who watched that game knew that Boston had resorted to old ways and thrown that game (and in cynical Sox fans' minds, the Series) away long before that ball went through Buckner's legs. But.... Ridiculous breakdown of Suarez' handball vs Ghana in 2010, though. Any footballer in the world would've done the exact same thing that Suarez did in that situation. (for proof of that, just look 2 feet to Suarez' right...Fucile was attempting to do the *exact same thing* , though he failed to get his hand on the ball) Asamoah Gyan, the Ghanaian player who missed the PK said himself that he would've done the same thing Suarez did. You do whatever you can to keep your teams' chances alive and take whatever consequences come with it. For Suarez, that was a red card, a next-game ban, and a PK to Ghana. Steep price, but that's what the rules of soccer/football mandate. He knew the rules and the rules were applied to him. Then Ghana missed the justly-awarded PK. Saying that Suarez "broke the rules" in that moment is like saying that an offensive tackle "broke the rules" by holding a defensive lineman who had him beat on a swim move. It's completely disingenuous to explain it like that, and is totally ridiculous to call it "cheating." It was an infraction. An infraction whose sanction is clearly outlined in the rules. Holding isn't cheating. It's a 10-yard penalty. Handling the ball in the box is not cheating. It's a red card, suspension and PK to the other team. And no, the ball did not fully cross the goal line. Utter nonsense suggesting that was actually a goal.

such a great video, man. Really respect the work and effort put into it. Keep it up!

Kinda surprised you didn’t mention Central Michigan vs Oklahoma State in 2016 where the refs basically flubbed their way to giving CMU an untimed down off of what should’ve been a game ending intentional grounding and they won with a Hail Mary into a lateral

The Penn state vs Illinois game was brutal

You can do a whole video about this JUST about recent Nebraska football losses. Being a Husker fan is pure pain

Another honorable mention that most people may not know about: 2019 CFB Kansas vs Texas Tech Kansas is kicking a potential game winning field goal and Texas Tech blocks it. Similar to the Cowboys-Dolphins game, all Texas Tech has to do is not touch the ball and then they go to overtime. But that’s not what happens. Instead, Texas Tech’s Zach McPherson picks up the ball, runs around for a little bit, AND THEN LATERALS THE BALL TO NO ONE as Kansas recovers with a second to go. They kick the game winning field goal and Kansas wins 34-31.

I’m here after the Miami-Georgia Tech fiasco

Great video but for me the most painful loss as a Detroit Lions fan was Rodgers and I think also the refs teaming up to beat us with time expired

The Jeff Francoeur/Eric Bruntlett unassisted triple play is the kind of moment that keeps me up at night.

Winnipeg Jets vs St Louis Blues, March 11, 2015. The Jets are down 4-1 but storm back in the 3rd period to tie the game 4-4. With the city of Winnipeg not having seen playoff hockey since the early 90’s and the Jets having captured the game’s momentum, it seemed that the jets were one step closer to clinching their coveted playoff spot against one of the teams they were chasing. With 1:06 left on the clock, Barrett Jackman floats a dump in towards the Jets end, and Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec let’s in the worst goal I have ever seen in my life. Jets had to wait another month to officially claim their first playoff berth in 25 years

I saw something in eSports the other day that might be a complete new one of this sort of absolutely crushing ways to lose. In the top Korean LoL league (LCK), the final series of the season was between the 1st place team and a team fighting for playoffs. In the best of three, the 1st place team easily won game 1...and then subbed in their developmental league roster for game 2. Imagine if the Astros went into game 162 after already clinching the AL West and just sent out the starting lineup for the Space Cowboys (their AAA affiliate). Worse yet, the developmental team roster *won* game 2, clinching the win for the 1st place team who didn't need it and eliminating their opponent. Even worse, in this league they interview both the winning and losing teams after the final series of the season on the main broadcast. I saw this and straight up said they shouldn't bother, because that has to be humiliating, to lose to a developmental team in the most high stakes game of the entire season for them and then have to come up and answer questions for the media and fans when you *know* at least someone on the roster isn't coming back next season.

you can add miami not nealing vs georgia tech to this list

"do I have to say anyhting else" boy I was in the other room listening, it would have helped 😂

About the Miracle at the Meadowlands: no, a QB kneeldown to end a down was not a legitimate play until 1985 (if the QB knelt down, play would continue until the QB got tackled). What the Giants should have done was a series of QB sneaks. Yes, the Giants were upset that their OC called a handoff, but it falls on Larry Csonka because he refused to take the handoff under protest and threw the game. However, a simple QB kneeldown would not have done anything. Similarly, a spike to stop the clock was not legal until 1993 (in 1987, the QB could chuck the ball out of bounds immediately upon receiving the snap without an intentional grounding penalty). Rules change, but fans like to apply modern rules to older games thinking they would have worked. On a related note, the *main* controversy about the Immaculate Reception was that the ball appeared to hit Steelers receiver Frenchy Fuqua and was then caught by Franco Harris; double-touching a forward pass was not legal until 1978. If the ball hit Fuqua without touching Raiders DB Jack Tatum, it would have been declared incomplete the instant Harris touched it. The other dumb thing about the Immaculate Reception is that they called a pass to the middle of the field on 4th and 10 with 20 seconds left and no time outs. If Fuqua made that reception, the game was over (the Steelers wouldn't have had time to bring in their kicking unit for a 40 yard field attempt as mentioned before, spiking/throwing the ball away to stop the clock was not yet legal). And the Leon Lett field goal: that was a. the last time the Dolphins would win a game that season and b. the last time the Cowboys would lose (they won the Super Bowl).

This is a fun video! I wish I was there when suggestions were being taken becaus while this one is super recent and (thankfully IMO) didn't end up in a series loss, Derrick White's game-winner in Game 6 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat sucked the soul outta me. Literal milliseconds was the difference there, I don't even think the Heat players had time to react. This was at the Heat's own building too. That win tied the series after a 3-0 series lead for the Heat. A tie series after a 3-0 lead has only happened 3 times before then in the NBA, with the last instance being 20 years prior. (There has never been a reverse sweep in the NBA.) If the Celtics won Game 7... dear god, I don't even wanna think about that. (Yes, I am a Heat fan. Getting destroyed 4-1 in the FInals was nothing compared to this.)

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Great Video! Interesting topic, would love more like it!

As a Texans fan, I've gone numb to watching my team lose horrible games. But the absolute worst game I have ever watched was the Divisional game against the Chiefs on January 12, 2020.

Slim pickings for hockey fans here, but in terms of ridiculous ways to lose, I'd love to suggest a classic Mike Smith moment against the Sabres in OT At one point, the puck deflected so high in the air that no one could see it and Mike Smith, trying to make sure he wouldn't knock it accidentally, backed up into his own net. Problem is, the puck actually fell right into his pants before he backed up, and therefore, Smith butt-traveled the puck right into the net himself. They went to see the replay and called it a good goal and the game was over

Bengals 30 yards of defensive penalties with 18 seconds to go in the 2016 Wildcard game to put the Steelers into easy field goal range was the most brutal and unexpected out-of-nowhere loss imaginable. Unless you followed the Bengals that year, and then it was also kind of inevitable.

@StarkRavingSports My man..., it is my humble opinion that you are in my top three, best YT sports content narrators! Truly, sir. You are SO on point with 1) cadence, 2) pacing, 3) elocution, 4) emphasis and I could go on, dude! To your channel, (homage) I say: "Louis, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship!"

Game 6 2013 NBA Finals, Spurs ahead 3-2 in the series, they're winning by 3 points, few seconds left, champagne is being brought out... Tim Duncan wasn't on the court Miami misses the 3pt, grabs the rebound.... Then Ray Allen happens. Spurs lost in overtime and then in game 7. That one still hurts.