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During the final home game of Ruettiger's senior season with the Fighting Irish, he recorded a sack, [6] which is all his Notre Dame stat line has shown. Ruettiger actually played for three plays: a kickoff, an incomplete pass, and on the third play (the game's final play), he sacked Georgia Tech quarterback Rudy Allen.
This was the famous game in which Rudy Ruettiger, a 5'6", 165-lb, walk-on, was inserted late in the game and recorded a quarterback sack. His story was the inspiration for the movie Rudy . 1
This gives defensive player Rudy a chance to get in the game and be entered onto the Fighting Irish roster. Devine finally lets Rudy play on the Notre Dame kickoff to Georgia Tech. Rudy stays in for the final play, sacks the Georgia Tech quarterback, and is carried off the field on his teammates' shoulders to cheers from the stadium.
Cornerback Storm Duck had the first of the team's four sacks to end the drive. The Seminoles didn’t pick up a first down until a defensive pass interference was called in the second quarter.
In the only play in the only game of his college football career, he recorded a quarterback sack as fans cheered "RU-DY, RU-DY". Ruettiger is only one of two players in Fighting Irish history ever to be carried off the field on his teammates' shoulders. In 1997, Ruettiger and his wife Cheryl founded the Rudy Foundation.
Livingston’s defense led the Big 12 Conference in quarterback sacks and helped the Buffaloes improve from 4-8 in 2023 to 9-4 in 2024. But the Buffs still struggled to run the ball and protect ...
There's been a rift between former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau and legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre since 2002.. Gastineau held the NFL sack record from 1984 to 2001 — an ...
In gridiron football, a sack occurs when the quarterback (or another offensive player acting as a passer) is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before throwing a forward pass, when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and without clear intent, or when a passer runs out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage due to defensive pressure. [1]