The Giant’s collapse cumlinated with Desean Jackson’s “walk-off” punt return TD. Can anyone else recall a “walk-off” kick return TD?
The Music City Miracle was as close as I can remember, but the Titans did have to kick off with 3 seconds left so it’s not quite there.
How about The Play? It’s college football, but it was a “walk-off” kick return.
I’m sure there have been some in overtime games in the past. Jackson was the first player to score a game-winning TD on a punt return as regulation ended, though.
BTW, I mean ANY type of kick return, punt or Kick off.
There was a Thanksgiving Day game a number of years ago that ended on a kick-return TD of the overtime opening kick-off. I remember it because we were listening to the game on the radio as we were driving to my aunt’s house, got out of the car as regulation play ended, and the game had already ended before we got inside to see it.
Airman Doors has already mentioned the most famous example of the phenomenon you’re talking about.
I’m not sure what a “walk off” is.
The Jets did it to start the 2002 regular season against the Bills. From NFL.com play-by-play:
Gotta love returning the overtime kickoff for a touchdown. That was his second kickoff return touchdown of the game. Chad Morton was The Man that day.
This was more of a walk-off than the Eagles, btw, because they didn’t have to line up for an extra point afterward.
The winning play is the last play of the game. It’s taken from baseball, specifically a home run, where the losing team leaves the field (the “walk-off” part) while the winning team remains to celebrate.
Other events have been adapted to use the “walk-off” terminology, but what they all have in common is that whatever happened was the game winner. The OP in this case is looking for instances of kick (kickoff/punt) returns that have been the last play of the game. DeSean Jackson’s return wasn’t strictly speaking a “walk-off” either, due to the minor nitpick of the pro forma extra point, but that’s just quibbling.
Ah. Thanks for the explanation. I had checked the play on youtube but could not catch anything to connect it to that term.
Bears versus Lions, Dave Williams on the return, Thanksgiving 1980. This and the aforementioned Jets game are the only OT kickoff return TD’s that I know of; I’m not sure if there have been any recently.
Just curious, as I didn’t see that game … Did the Giants try to defend/block that PAT at all? Seems to me that it would be pretty hard to muster any enthusiasm for that play …
WHAT?!?! That’s not why it’s called that. It’s a walk off because the winning team doesn’t have to bat anymore. The game’s over, so the home run hitter (or winning run scorer) can round the bases and “walk off” into the clubhouse. It’s the winners that do the walking off.
I’m sure the true origin is lost to the sands of time. Therefore, I’m right.
I don’t think the Eagles even attempted to take one. Why bother? Just kneel down.
I am not sure as to the origin, but I would side with his interpretation over yours. According to wikipedia, we are correct.
The Eagles did kick it, and they converted.
They were tied before the run and they won by 7. Simple math.
I remember that game. You could hear the screaming from every house in Western New York. I’d just moved to this area and it was my first taste of the love-hate relationship fans have with the Bills.
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Because Iggles fans jizzed their pants?
I was at the Bears v Lions game. I took a leak and then bought a big beer settling down to watch the overtime. We kicked off the Bears ran it in. I was sitting there with a big beer . So I drank it while the stadium emptied.
Thanks. I knew it was a Lions game, but that didn’t exactly help to nail down the year… 
I’ve heard that the Eagles did indeed kick the extra point in case they have to go to tiebreakers in points scored/allowed at the end of season.