Miami Beats Duke on Last Second Eight Lateral Kickoff Return

One week after suffering a 58-0 blowout loss to Clemson, which led to the firing of their head coach, the Miami Hurricanes beat 23rd ranked Duke in the strangest finish this side of the 1982 Stanford–California game. Duke scored a touchdown to take a 27-24 lead with six seconds left.

On the ensuing kickoff, this happened:

There were a total of eight laterals in the play, and a Hurricane penalty flag was rescinded. The play stood for an unlikely 30-27 Miami victory.

This was one of the wilder finishes you’ll ever see in a football game, but it’s still number two behind the aforementioned Stanford vs. California game in 1982, which ended with the Stanford marching band getting involved in the action: