Was the "Music City Miracle" a forward or a backward pass?
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Per the instant replay rules, a booth review was called. The play was reviewed by referee Phil Luckett since it was uncertain if the ball had been a forward pass, which is illegal on a kickoff return. After a long official review, the ruling on the field was upheld as a touchdown, and the Titans won the game 22-16.
Later, computer analysis confirmed that Dyson caught the ball on the same yard marker that Wycheck threw it from, confirming the play was indeed a lateral.
The Music City Miracle is one of the most famous plays in the history of the NFL. It occurred at the end of the Wild Card Playoff game between the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills on January 8, 2000 (following the 1999 regular season) at (what was then) Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville, Tennessee.
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These results are also concluded by blogger sourced below. "And the answer is without a shadow of a doubt a legal play. "
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I think that people believe it was a forward pass because they fail to understand that the rule only concerns the location of the ball and not of the player, and in the video it is obvious that Dyson went backwards to grab the ball and that the ball did not cross the yard marker from where Wycheck threw it from.
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