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 'Immaculate reception' turns 30 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
NFL Films, upon the occasion of the NFL's 75th anniversary in 1994, declared "The Immaculate Reception" to be the most memorable play of all time.
"Reception" lore has attributed the conversation to an impromptu use of instant replay for the first time in NFL history.
"The Immaculate Reception," thus, stands out perhaps not as the catalyst for, but as the crowning symbol of the NFL's upcoming Steel Age.
pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/steelerslive/s_109212.html   (2567 words)

  
 Pigskin physics and the Immaculate Reception   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the collision, the ball was deflected back toward Franco Harris, far right, who caught it at the X then headed for the end zone.
He's developed a reputation as the leading authority on the science of football, thanks to his one-minute physics lessons that have played on stadium video screens during Cornhuskers home games since 1999 and television segments he produced for NFL Films.
Even if his book doesn't challenge any of the mythology surrounding the Immaculate Reception, Gay said it did allow him to expand upon his earlier explanations of football physics in more detail and clarity than is possible during a football time-out.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04278/389980.stm   (1227 words)

  
 The physics of the matter say the Immaculate Reception ball hit Tatum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
If you believe Isaac Newton, says John Fetkovich, then you have to believe that the Immaculate Reception was a fair play.
Both Gay and Fetkovich studied the Immaculate Reception using the familiar, if incomplete, version by NFL Films.
But readers of the Oct. 4 article about Gay's book, such as Vince Palamara of Mt. Lebanon, noted that NBC's superior video of the 1972 playoff game was replayed during the telecast of the 1998 AFC Championship game.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04292/397451.stm   (925 words)

  
 The stat sheet: the Immaculate Reception Football Digest - Find Articles
The number of Super Bowls the Steelers have won since the Immaculate Reception.
The number of division titles the Steelers have won since the Immaculate Reception.
The number of people who are credited with coining the term "Immaculate Reception." Season ticket-holders Sharon Levosky and Michael Ord called Steelers announcer Myron Cope during his post-game show and suggested he use it.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCL/is_6_32/ai_96377036   (468 words)

  
 The Immaculate Reception: Pittsburgh vs Oakland 1972 Divisional Playoff game
The Immaculate Reception not only helped in defeating the Raiders on that day in December of 1972, it changed an entire city into Champions.
The Steelers went on to become the Team of the Decade, where the Raiders went on to only finish second in most cases to the Steelers.
Prior to this 1972 Divisional Playoff game with the Raiders, the Steelers had won "nothing" The Steelers were not a very good franchise.
www.greatsportsrivalries.com /pittssteelers/ir_1972.html   (362 words)

  
 Steelers Fever - Immaculate Reception
The game would always be remembered for the Franco Harris catch - "The Immaculate Reception".
More important to fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers, that game set in motion the groundwork for the rest of the 1970s, a decade in which the Steelers would win four Super Bowl titles.
2 - The number of people who are credited with coining the term "Immaculate Reception." Season ticket-holders Sharon Levosky and Michael Ord called Steelers announcer Myron Cope during his post-game show and suggested he use it.
www.steelersfever.com /immaculate_reception.html   (1284 words)

  
 The Sporting News: Three Rivers Stadium
He wants a sanctuary to the Immaculate Reception.
Don't believe every Pittsburgher who tells you that they feasted their eyes on the Immaculate Reception, because only 50,350 were inside Three Rivers that day and the sold-out AFC divisional playoff was fled out on local television.
The Super Steelers played the Raiders in flag football more than a decade later and the Oakland fellows were still so incensed that several flag-footballers from both sides wound up badly injured and in need of medical attention.
www.sportingnews.com /archives/threerivers/reception.html   (2068 words)

  
 THE MYSTERY READER reviews: Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Immaculate Reception presents a quaint and personal view of glitzy Hollywood and its zany lifestyle as seen by caterer, Madeline Bean.
Jerrilyn Farmer has written for television and her knowledge is reflected in her book.
As their new company's grand entrance to the Hollywood scene, hosting the immaculate reception would be quite the coup de grace.
www.themysteryreader.com /farmer-immaculate.html   (497 words)

  
 Divine intervention with 'Immaculate Reception' - Pro Football Hall of Fame
It took a miracle to spin the Steelers into an upward trajectory.
It took the "Immaculate Reception," the impossible ending to a 1972 AFC Divisional Playoff Game that NFL.com fans have honored as number two on the list of the NFL's Most Memorable Games.
Below is a sequence of photos depicting Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception":
www.profootballhof.com /history/release.jsp?release_id=436   (955 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL Insider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
So quiet that, 30 years after the fact, the former Pittsburgh Steelers running back still hasn't said publicly exactly what happened during the "Immaculate Reception."
Until then, his 1999 disclaimer -- "I want to keep it 'Immaculate'" -- will have to suffice.
NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.
www.nfl.com /insider/story/5701008   (1337 words)

  
 Immaculate Reception autograph
Autographed 8x10 B&W photo of the Immaculate Reception by Franco Harris matted with an actual piece of Three Rivers Stadium turf (Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer)
Official Pittsburgh Steelers football helmet autographed by Franco Harris inscribed "The Immaculate Reception 12-23-72" (Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer)
If you haven't found the item you were looking for, for Franco Harris email us and Grandstand Sports Memorabilia will try to find the item you are looking for.
www.grandstandsports.com /gsm/p_Immaculate_Reception_1.asp   (201 words)

  
 The Immaculate Reception - Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Immaculate Reception - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pittsburgh kicked the extra point to take a 13-7 lead with five seconds left, a score that was finalized moments later. 
For a franchise cursed by a four-decade run of bad luck, the "Immaculate Reception" amounted to an unbelievable dose of good fortune -- and a welcome turning point.
www.profootballhof.com /history/release.jsp?release_id=762   (478 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Dec. 23, 1972: The Immaculate Reception
ESPN Classic - Dec. 23, 1972: The Immaculate Reception
The play will forever be known as "The Immaculate Reception."
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espn.go.com /classic/s/immaculate_reception_moment.html   (196 words)

  
 ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA: Next You'll Tell Me the Immaculate Reception was Green Screened
ENCYCLOPEDIA HANASIANA: Next You'll Tell Me the Immaculate Reception was Green Screened
Next You’ll Tell Me the Immaculate Reception was Green Screened
Jim Hanas is a freelance editor and writer.
www.hanasiana.com /archives/001170.html   (133 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Immaculate reception : a Madeline Bean culinary mystery
Immaculate reception : a Madeline Bean culinary mystery
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worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/f668a02c407703e9a19afeb4da09e526.html   (55 words)

  
 Immaculate reception for Harris - Baltimore Business Journal:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The former Pittsburgh Steeler running back, in his trademark soft-spoken manner, said the African-American community needs to present ideals of success other than just sports stardom; that wealth creation and business opportunity should be goals just as laudatory.
But like any good football hero, he did spend time humoring the crowd with tales of his career, telling some good yarns about an "Immaculate Reception" in a 1972 playoff game.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of bizjournals.
www.bizjournals.com /baltimore/stories/1997/06/16/tidbits.html   (582 words)

  
 Immaculate reception Football Memorabilia - PriceGrabber.com
Franco Harris Autographed Immaculate Reception Poster from the P.A.C.E. 1997 Charity Dinner.
Steiner Franco Harris Autographed "Immaculate Reception" Limited Edition 16 X 20 Photograph
Steiner Franco Harris Autographed "Immaculate Reception" Limited Edition 8 X 10 Photograph
www.pricegrabber.com /search.php?form_keyword=immaculate+reception   (108 words)

  
 Franco Harris Hand-Signed 8 x 10 Immaculate Reception Photograph - Wal-Mart
Franco Harris Hand-Signed 8 x 10 Immaculate Reception Photograph
With 22 seconds left on the clock during the 1972 AFC Divisional Playoff Game, Franco Harris rescued the football that had ricocheted off of the collision between teammate John Fuqua and Oakland Raiders safety Jack Tatum and then bolted 60 yards for the touchdown and the win.
Here's a hand-signed 8 x 10 photograph of the incredible Immaculate Reception that took the Steelers to their first Super Bowl.
www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3356050   (596 words)

  
 eBay - steelers immaculate ..., Fan Apparel Souvenirs, Vintage Sports Memorabilia items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
shrine213 is THE PI Franco Harris - Steelers Immaculate Reception photo #37
TNT COLLECTIBLES PI Franco Harris Autograph Steelers "Immaculate Reception"
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search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=steelers+immaculate+...   (173 words)

  
 BBC video project could reverse 'Immaculate Reception' - DriverHeaven.net
BBC video project could reverse 'Immaculate Reception' - DriverHeaven.net
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — If the "Immaculate Reception," regarded as one the greatest plays in National Football League history, had had the benefit of video technology that was presented here Friday (Sept. 8) at the IBC broadcast technology conference, it might not have ended up a miracle at all—or even a mystery.
Speaking at a panel discussing innovations in TV sports coverage, Graham Thomas, head of BBC's research division, reviewed the "Piero" project, a technology that creates a 3-D virtual model of live action.
www.driverheaven.net /showthread.php?t=117881   (154 words)

  
 BBC Video Project Could Reverse 'Immaculate Reception' Play - News by InformationWeek
BBC Video Project Could Reverse 'Immaculate Reception' Play - News by InformationWeek
BBC Video Project Could Reverse 'Immaculate Reception' Play
With the help of new 3-D video technology developed by the BBC, one of the greatest sports mysteries ever could be solved.
www.informationweek.com /article/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192700299   (510 words)

  
 YouTube - Immaculate Reception
Hey, stop crying like a little girl about this immaculate reception you fucking gayders fan.
You beat us and won the Superbowl the following year.
Immaculate Reception Franco Harris Raiders Oakland Sad (more) (less)
www.youtube.com /watch?v=NrAGBidR6nM&search=immaculate+reception   (358 words)

  
 Franco Harris Autographed Immaculate Reception 16x20 Photograph - Steiner Sports
Franco Harris Autographed Immaculate Reception 16x20 Photograph - Steiner Sports
Catch the moment as Franco Harris makes his "Immaculate Reception" and takes the Pittsburgh Steelers to their first Super Bowl in 1972.
Franco Harris has hand signed this 16x20 high-quality digital photograph of the Immaculate Reception.
www.steinersports.com /ssm/control/product/~pid=HARRPHS016004   (95 words)

  
 Franco Harris Immaculate Reception Signed 16x20 - SHOP.COM
Franco Harris Immaculate Reception Signed 16x20 - SHOP.COM
This 16x20 photo features Franco Harris making the "Immaculate Reception", and has been signed by Harris.
All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners.
www.shop.com /op/aprod-p24131449   (208 words)

  
 Franco Harris Pittsburgh Steelers Immaculate Reception 16x20 Autographed Photograph specs at MSN Shopping
Franco Harris Pittsburgh Steelers Immaculate Reception 16x20 Autographed Photograph specs at MSN Shopping
Franco Harris Pittsburgh Steelers Immaculate Reception 16x20 Autographed Photograph: Product details
Franco Harris has hand signed this memorable 16x20 photograph.
shopping.msn.com /specs/shp/?itemId=21498516,amp;fullDesc=1   (93 words)

  
 Franco Harris Signed Steelers "Immaculate Reception" B&W 16x20 Photo From Schwartz Sports from Schwartz Sports
Franco Harris Signed Steelers "Immaculate Reception" B&W 16x20 Photo From Schwartz Sports from Schwartz Sports
Franco Harris signed Steelers "Immaculate Reception" action 16x20 fl and white photo.
This was signed at our Private Signing and comes with a Schwartz Sports certificate of authenticity (COA), photo of him signing, and matching tamper-proof holograms.
www.schwartzsports.com /view_product.aspx?product_no=5802   (83 words)

  
 Franco Harris Auto Immaculate Reception 16x20 Photo - Dave and Adam's Card World
Franco Harris Auto Immaculate Reception 16x20 Photo - Dave and Adam's Card World
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Mounted Memories — Sunrise, FL Steiner Sports — New Rochelle, NY Schwartz Sports — Northbrook, IL Please allow a few extra days for delivery.
www.dacardworld.com /gaming/item.das?sku=BVT00ZWO9B&nPar=2   (91 words)

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