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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
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]
“My wife [Christine Harrell] was on the sideline,” Astin, 49, recalls exclusively to Us Weekly. The biographical movie, directed by David Anspaugh, is an account of Daniel Ruettiger’s early ...
Allen couldn't find an open receiver and ultimately took a sack on the play. He immediately stood up and protested the no-call on Surtain in the end zone. An absolutely baffling no-call on Pat ...
It was the final game of the 2001 regular season, and late in the fourth quarter of the match-up between the Giants and Packers, when Strahan sacked Favre to accrue 22.5 sacks in a single season.
Started season opener for Georgia Tech against South Carolina Gamecocks. Injured on a quarterback sack and did not start for remainder of the season at quarterback. Played slotback in triple option throughout career at Tech. [65] Jim Stevens 1972 Game 11 & Liberty Bowl: Started final two games of season after Eddie McAshan's suspension. [66 ...
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.