# Biggest comebacks with x:xx remaining? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 11, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121 "2009-11-11T01:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/21 "2009-11-11T18:18:49Z")
L.A. Kings in the playoffs had a great comeback. They call it [The Miracle On Manchester](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWWhswwZog) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/22 "2009-11-11T18:41:02Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > [How about ten points in 54 seconds as a comparison?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhoAuSamgr4) Duke scores ten in a row against Maryland to force overtime, where they won. > [@DigitalC](#): > > [Tracy McGrady scores 13 points in 30 some seconds to singlehandedly beat the Spurs in 04.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceLlz7dOOvY) McGrady should have been a legend up there with Kobe, Lebron and Wade, what a waste of talent. Speaking of which, that’s Jay Williams scoring the first eight points for Duke in that run againts Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/23 "2009-11-11T19:26:09Z")
Greg Lemond in the 1989 Tour de France was behind by 50 seconds on the last stage to the leader Laurent Fignon. In an amazing time trial ride he beat Fignon by 58 seconds, in one of the fastest legs ever ridden in the Tour. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/24 "2009-11-11T20:00:03Z")
Ireland v. Germany in Japan during the 2002 World Cup. Ireland were down by 1 and had been the better side in the second half. Deep into injury time, Finnan to Quinn to Keane who blasts it past Kahn. Amazing result. The Germans looked stunned. I can still remember Ballack’s face. He didn’t know where he was. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/25 "2009-11-11T23:25:54Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Greg Lemond in the 1989 Tour de France was behind by 50 seconds on the last stage to the leader Laurent Fignon. In an amazing time trial ride he beat Fignon by 58 seconds This gets my vote. It was an astonishing effort - he made up a time deficit widely thought to be about twice what should have been possible, and thus won the closest Tour ever. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/26 "2009-11-12T01:28:24Z")
Another great and famous World Series comeback – bottom of the tenth, two outs, nobody on, team down by two runs and only one strike away from losing the series. \ Then the ball goes between Buckner’s legs! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/27 "2009-11-12T02:23:25Z")
Not a record and not “last minute” but last year LSU (at home!) was losing to Troy 31-3 more than halfway through the 3rd quarter. Came back to win. Tennis: a 34-year old Jimmy Connors down 1-6, 1-6, 1-4 to Michael Pernfors comes back in the third set to force a tiebreaker and win 7-5. And then goes on to win the match in 5 sets. I was never a tennis nut or anything but loved watching Connors. I remember watching this match on TV. Connors was absolutely amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/28 "2009-11-12T13:49:50Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Speaking of which, that’s Jay Williams scoring the first eight points for Duke in that run againts Maryland. Speaking of which, future (at the time) Dukie [John Scheyer scored 21 points in 75 seconds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEjogKE7voY) in a high school game his senior year. It wasn’t enough to win the game, however. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/29 "2009-11-12T14:42:38Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Then the ball goes between Buckner’s legs! If we’re gonna go there… 2004 ALCS - Sox are down 3 games to 0, down by one run in the 9th inning against the best closer in baseball. Dave Roberts on first, stolen base, base hit scores him, then walk off win in the 12th. They didn’t lose another game that season. Can you believe it? ---
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/30 "2009-11-12T16:48:10Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > There’s KU’s 9 point recovery with 2 minutes to go in the Final against Memphis in '08, but that was to put it into overtime. Along similar lines, every Tar Heel knows about Eight in Seventeen against dook in 1974, where the Heels scored 8 points in 17 seconds to tie the game, send it in to OT and then win it. And this was before the three point shot. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/31 "2009-11-12T17:42:42Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Maryland trailed Miami by around 28 points at halftime and came back to win. That is one of the biggest college FB comebacks. > > In college BB UNC scored 8 points in the last 17 seconds to tie Duke and won in OT. And there was no 3 point shot back then. Interseting facts about these two: 1. The quarterback for the Terps was Frank Reich, who coincidentally replaced Jim Kelly (out from an injury I think) and led the Bills in that 32 point comeback against Houston in the AFC playoffs. 2. The UNC-dook (that’s how it’s spelled by all true Tar Heel fans d-o-o-k) game was in 1974. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/32 "2009-11-12T18:28:19Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > The UNC-dook (that’s how it’s spelled by all true Tar Heel fans d-o-o-k) game was in 1974. Proving yet again that said fans’ sense of humor got stuck in the third grade and never got loose. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/33 "2009-11-12T18:31:17Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Proving yet again that said fans’ sense of humor got stuck in the third grade and never got loose. I assumed UNC fans just can’t spell. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/34 "2009-11-12T19:40:55Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > L.A. Kings in the playoffs had a great comeback. They call it [The Miracle On Manchester](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWWhswwZog) Which is ev en more remarkable considering how strong Edmonton was and how bad the Kings were. I think it was a 2 team league and the Oilers finished first in points and the Kings finished 16th. Not far behind is the [Stunner at Staples](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFoWggfpKrg) which I was lucky enough to attend. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/35 "2009-11-12T19:49:09Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Proving yet again that said fans’ sense of humor got stuck in the third grade and never got loose. Symptom of too much time spent on the Internet: the last word in the quoted sentence looked misspelled to me at first. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/36 "2009-11-12T20:09:56Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Which is ev en more remarkable considering how strong Edmonton was and how bad the Kings were. I think it was a 2 team league and the Oilers finished first in points and the Kings finished 16th. > > Not far behind is the [Stunner at Staples](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFoWggfpKrg) which I was lucky enough to attend. Yeah I was watching that game with a few family members at my grandma’s house. What a blast! Too bad the next round was a flop. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121/37 "2009-11-12T21:18:44Z")
FA Cup (soccer) game in England 2004. Manchester City at Spurs. City won only one of last 18 games. A team in turmoil. One… two… three goals down at half time. Must be all over. Things can’t get worse. …except their best striker had an injury and was substituted. Then they had a player sent off. So down to 10 men. No chance. Unbelievably, they managed to come back and score four times in the second half without reply to win 4-3 in normal time. Best English soccer come back ever. got beat in the next round, mind [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-comebacks-with-x-xx-remaining/517121.md?page=1)