about for years on end.
The Giants were down 24-20 with very little time left when they execute a "triple reverse" that frees up Joe Morrison for an easy game-winning TD.
The play starts at 5:27 with Tarkenton handing off to Ernie Koy who sweeps right**, and then hands the ball off to Homer Jones on a reverse, who then flips the ball back to Tarkenton.
The 6-minute game summary is fun to watch, but the last play of the game is the most fun by far!
P.S. The 1967 Giants offense was good enough to go to the playoffs, but their defense really sucked, and so the team treated its fans to a 7-7 record which for the 1960s wasn't too shabby!
**Check out the two Guards who do a reverse pivot from right to left!
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Also I think watching this settles the argument about what the classic uniforms look like.
it was the Left Tackle (Willie Young) and the Right Guard (Bookie Bolin) who reverse pivot. It looks like the Left Guard (Pete Case) blocks down. Incidentally, the Center was Greg Larson and the Right Tackle Francis Peay.
The Giants were away and it was definitely televised!
NY Daily News
https://i.imgur.com/eYwS0wk.jpg
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://i.imgur.com/WqmD420.jpg
Pittsburgh Press (they dubbed the play "The Wellington Special"!)
https://i.imgur.com/vmLdfpz.jpg
Check Mercein had misses a FG and PAT earlier in the game, which ultimately necessitated the razzle-dazzle paly call late in the game.
https://i.imgur.com/wllADLv.jpg
Actually, they weren’t, at least for me