87-yard fumble from Louisiana Tech 2017

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The 2017 Louisiana Tech 87-yard fumble took place on September 9, 2017. In the fourth quarter of the college football game between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Mississippi State Bulldogs , a snap was fumbled by Louisiana Tech and after a series of unsuccessful attempts at conquest, Louisiana Tech took back 87 yards after losing space . It was the longest known one-move loss of space in college football history and produced the largest gain in space for a new 93-yard first down .

The fumble

Louisiana Tech was 14:57 behind before the start of the game. Louisiana Tech was on the Mississippi States 6 yard line and was on the 2nd down & goal. The subsequent snap, however, was thrown over the head of quarterback J'Mar Smith , so the ball was considered fumbled. Smith then ran after the ball and tried to throw himself at it, but was unable to get the ball under control. Mississippi States Maurice Smitherman tried to pick up the ball himself, but without throwing himself at him and so being Down . Instead, he just shot the ball away. He then tried to throw himself on the ball, as did his teammate Marquiss Spencer . Neither of them managed to control the ball, instead the ball was pushed backwards. Smitherman then chased the ball further, but shot it again, this time to his teammate Lashard Durr . He shot the ball twice and brought it so deep into the open field. Louisiana Tech Cee Jay Powell and Mississippi States Willie Gay Jr. tried to capture the ball. Powell won the duel for the ball and captured the ball at Tech's 7-yard line.

Reactions

Due to the curiosity of the move, it received more attention. In addition to Sports Illustrated , SB Nation , ESPN and USA Today , the German sports magazine ran reported, among others . Richard Johnson of SB Nation called the play a mixture of college football, baseball, soccer and the XFL .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.businessinsider.de/louisiana-tech-fumble-third-down-and-93-2017-9?r=US&IR=T
  2. ↑ http://thecomeback.com/ncaa/unbelievable-fumble-left-louisiana-tech-3rd-93-vs-mississippi-state.html
  3. ↑ http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20653332/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-lose-89-yards-wild-fumble-mississippi-state-bulldogs
  4. ↑ https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/09/09/louisiana-tech-mississippi-state-3rd-and-93-broken-play-fumble
  5. ↑ https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/10/16283386/louisiana-tech-fumble-mississippi-state
  6. ↑ https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/09/09/louisiana-tech-mississippi-state-3rd-and-93-broken-play-fumble
  7. ↑ https://www.sbnation.com/2017/9/9/16282358/louisiana-tech-fumble-mississippi-state-87-yard-loss
  8. ↑ http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20653332/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-lose-89-yards-wild-fumble-mississippi-state-bulldogs
  9. ↑ https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/09/louisiana-tech-football-fumble-87-yard-loss-recover-third-and-93-blooper-video
  10. ↑ https://www.ran.de/us-sport/nfl/nfl-news/aus-2nd-goal-wird-3rd-93-unglaublicher-fumble-im-college-football-114239
  11. ↑ https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/10/16283386/louisiana-tech-fumble-mississippi-state