ND Careers defined by a single play

ND Careers defined by a single play
by SixShutouts66 (2019-05-29 21:09:42)

Many athletes are remembered for a single play in their career. In many cases, such as Bill Buckner, a successful player is remembered primarily for a failure; or in others, an easily forgettable player is remembered for one single moment in the sun.

Which ND football player is now remembered for a single play that overshadowed everything else he did. Some examples:

Dick Lynch - TD run in game that snapped Oklahoma's 47 game unbeaten streak
Kinnon Tatum - goal line hit against USC
Bob Meeker - phantom hold against USC in 1964

Replies:

Pinkett's 76 yard TD at #1 Pitt his freshman year * - btd 2019-06-10 14:14:29
Greg Davis. * - jakers 2019-06-02 23:09:41
Rod Smith’s interception against Tennessee - Camarillo Brillo 2019-05-31 23:39:13
Ty Willingham. Punting at the BC 30 yard line. - RallyingSon 2019-05-31 17:24:12
George Streeter- Miami, Pat Eilers- Miami * - Ajax 2019-05-31 17:13:32
Here's some others - SixShutouts66 2019-05-31 14:37:32
Dick Lynch TD vs Oklahoma 1957 * - T-Bone 2019-05-31 11:32:39
Robin Weber in the Sugar Bowl - Odschool 2019-05-31 06:49:10
- That play defined ND for me until the day I attended ND - Raoul 2019-06-01 11:04:01
- Weber's quotes about 'the catch' - olson 2019-05-31 08:48:45
  - One other thing he said - RocketShark 2019-05-31 16:34:07
    - Having been there - D8NDomer 2019-05-31 18:08:30
Dan Shannon-tackle on kickoff against Sooners in 1952 - ND27-OK21 2019-05-30 19:34:32
- Yes * - tjm 2019-05-30 20:11:08
Scott Hempel - D8NDomer 2019-05-30 18:29:29
- I was sitting near 50 yard line on USC side. Students had - harv79pangborn 2019-05-31 10:48:58
Art Parisien ND QB - olson 2019-05-30 17:47:35
- Stupid, or just stuck in habits? - ndtnguy 2019-05-31 10:48:22
- Was Ward Bond on that U$C team? * - D8NDomer 2019-05-30 18:20:49
  - No, Ward Bond played vs ND in 1928,'29 & '30=#14 tackle * - olson 2019-05-30 19:41:45
    - One of my all-time favorite actors. * - RocketShark 2019-05-31 09:28:05
David Grimes - the Pac-12-stolen catch vs Stanford - gordonbombay 2019-05-30 15:58:38
- It defined instant reply for me. * - Revue Party 2019-06-01 18:59:25
Kinnon Tatum vs USC in 1995 (link) - doug dascenzo 2019-05-30 15:49:33
- My vote * - mattchell 2019-06-01 16:53:53
Pat Terrell “knocking it away” vs Miami * * - BeatPS0607 2019-05-30 15:47:26
Didn't define career, but when I see/hear the name "Penick" - GeronimoRumplestiltskin 2019-05-30 14:21:33
- I think "tutor." - Revue Party 2019-06-01 18:54:21
- I was @ a funeral last week & a guy brought that game up - rhodyjack 2019-05-31 13:02:59
- ...and Lindsey Nelson with the call... * - harv79pangborn 2019-05-31 10:52:57
Rob McGarry vs. Purdue 1980 - TimNeely 2019-05-30 13:37:10
Marc Edwards fumble against BC in 1994 ended the Holtz era. - domer4 2019-05-30 13:04:20
Stan Smagala INT return @USC 1988 * - NDCuse 2019-05-30 12:58:31
- Good choice. I was in Section 2, lower peristyle end zone - usmcirish 2019-05-30 21:10:25
Ivory Covington against Army on the two point conversion * - domer86 2019-05-30 12:39:44
Eric Pennick, 85 yd. TD run against Southern Cal, 1973 * - HoundDog1973 2019-05-30 11:14:36
Deke Cooper - RoosRule 2019-05-30 11:10:40
#1 Harry O, #2 Quinn to the Shark Ucla Game * - ndharvey 2019-05-30 10:53:58
- Smardzija set td and receiving-yard records - ndtnguy 2019-05-31 10:56:55
  - My buddy shut it off before that play - fastenatingguy 2019-06-01 16:33:00
Robert Hughes v Gallipo USC 2010 - KnightlyRevue 2019-05-30 10:44:00
Tom Zbikowski punt return against USC - 2005 - KnightlyRevue 2019-05-30 10:40:31
- I like his strip TD against MSU better - DBCooper 2019-05-30 12:40:04
- Thank you - HTownND 2019-05-30 11:16:28
  - I've told the story before - gordonbombay 2019-05-30 15:56:10
    - FHSUIrish stood beside me as Zibby ran almost right at us. - OITLinebacker 2019-06-03 08:41:59
Bob Crable's FG block against the skunkbears (link) - PattyMulligan 2019-05-30 10:23:43
- Disagree about "defining" - Khaddafi 2019-06-01 11:54:21
Bobby Brown...Bull$hit Unsportsmanlike Penalty at UM * - MR_IRISH 2019-05-30 09:57:39
- "moose ears".... * - harv79pangborn 2019-05-31 10:58:41
- Wasn’t there also a late hit on the ensuing kickoff? - bluengold07 2019-05-30 12:27:36
Frank Stams - drilling Rodney Peete - Irish Jim 2019-05-30 09:49:46
- Loved that. I remember Peete getting up (barely) and pulling - other_guy 2019-05-30 10:35:52
Johnny 'One Play' O'Brien vs. Army 1928 * - oldtownirish 2019-05-30 09:49:39
Reggie Brooks - Michigan 92 TD * (link) - spunkmeier 2019-05-30 09:48:21
Derek Brown is a decent Buckner comparison. Both good - Carlos Huerta 2019-05-30 09:21:54
- Remember Tony Roberts call on the play. IIRC, Lou Holtz had - harv79pangborn 2019-05-31 10:57:00
Chris Brown vs. OU. * - Irish Tool 2019-05-30 09:21:48
Harry Oliver’s 51 yd game winning kick over scUM in ‘80 * - Frank Drebin 2019-05-30 08:22:59
Harry Oliver * - SorinBasement 2019-05-30 08:22:16
- of course * - Domer84 2019-06-05 23:04:17
Jim Sanson - Texas * - MR_IRISH 2019-05-30 07:49:23
- Or USC * - reagan84 2019-05-30 08:19:50
  - so true * - MR_IRISH 2019-05-30 09:25:05
    - So awful. * - usmcirish 2019-05-30 21:06:44
Ray Zellars vs. Purdue in '94 (link) - RIBS 2019-05-30 07:45:24
- In 2018 that would have been called targeting. It wasn’t. - 1NDGal 2019-05-31 14:01:44
- The only time that I was in the stadium that.... - NJND96 2019-05-30 09:25:51
- going into that game - ram 2019-05-30 08:49:14
  - Mike Alstott - RIBS 2019-05-30 09:49:25
    - Purdue's best all-time player not named Woodson or a QB - Prof_Frink 2019-05-30 11:03:55
- My favorite * - wildesilas 2019-05-30 08:29:39
Shifting Gears, but Dwight Clay * - JSDomer 2019-05-30 05:51:20
Glen Earl * - Nathan 2019-05-30 00:47:29
Irv Smith...dragging IU defenders to endzone. * - Norm 2019-05-30 00:03:29
- I love that play * - Santos L Halper 2019-05-30 07:55:27
Pete Bercich against Boston College 1993 - LADomer 2019-05-29 23:40:15
- Have to agree. - SXSW 2019-05-30 11:44:37
- Only if you started following ND football that play. * - Bruno95 2019-05-30 07:24:32
  - and stopped. - Flann 2019-05-30 09:00:46
    - The fact that I don't remember that kind of proves the point - LADomer 2019-05-30 13:53:48
      - It proves a point, alright. * - Bruno95 2019-05-30 20:37:21
      - Well, yeah. But Bill Buckner's just a ballplayer - Flann 2019-05-30 20:04:05
Rudy - one game - one play - one tackle. * - NDTwice 2019-05-29 23:15:23
Good Pat Dillingham and Bad Pat Dillingham * - IrishGeek 2019-05-29 22:49:38
- I still see that bad pass in my nightmares. Egads. * - Wooderson 2019-05-30 07:52:23
  - It happened right in front of me - notredomer2005 2019-05-30 09:04:25
Jim Bulger to Clarence Ellis in the 1971 Cotton Bowl. - ArasEra 2019-05-29 22:48:48
- Great call * - oldtownirish 2019-05-30 09:47:02
- Shows Ara's prep - having that play ready for an injury * - ND740305 2019-05-30 08:57:32
Robin Webber. From Clements. * - Homeboy73 2019-05-29 22:28:28
- Definitely.... * - Wolfetone 2019-05-30 07:53:50
Ambrose Wooden on 4th and 9 against USC in 2005 * - Maud-Dib 2019-05-29 22:26:43
- He had good coverage * - DBCooper 2019-05-30 08:51:39
  - No matter how many replays and angles I see of that play... - CMillar 2019-05-30 09:10:07
- Ah, man, come on. Ouch. * - 1NDGal 2019-05-29 23:38:50
Hate to say Dillingham - nd06 2019-05-29 22:09:00
Ivory Covington tackle at the goal line vs. Army. (link) - Em_525 2019-05-29 22:08:24
- Was he from Jersey? - PaulsboroNJIrish 2019-05-30 12:32:34
- “The low man wins”. Loved that play. * - Homeboy73 2019-05-29 22:33:06
- Total block in the back by #79 on the TD * - El Kabong 2019-05-29 22:18:28
Koyak against Stanford in 2014 * - bluengold07 2019-05-29 22:04:28
Emmett Mosley fumble at Ohio State in 1995 - Athlete37 2019-05-29 21:23:18