Wildest Endings in Sports | Plays that will Likely Never Happen Again

From insane lateral plays to outrageous walk offs - with the game on the line, these are the most unimaginable, buzzer beating moments.
Get ready for some seriously entertaining endings, as we count down the top 40 wild and wacky finishes in sports.
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[@calebpatterson5802]

MISSING THE GREATEST LAST PLAY EVER!!! THE AUBURN VS ALABAMA GAME WHEN THEY RETURNED THE FIELD GOAL TO WIN IT ALL!

[@jek4837]

I don't know about it being the greatest last play ever, but it should have been on the list.

[@CalebBrunson13]

Caleb Patterson ik

[@hapaharley1706]

They didn't win it all. FSU beat them in the championship

[@CalebBrunson13]

@@hapaharley1706 to win the SEC west and the iron bowl

[@hapaharley1706]

@@CalebBrunson13 yeah, that's not "it all"

[@LWhite54]

I would have no problem if baseball retroactively gave Galaragga (sp?) a perfect game. The runner was so clearly out that it's damn near criminal for a pitcher to be robbed like that. The umpire so clearly choked on that call.

[@caseyschenkel1889]

Has the Tigers fan, I will always remember it as the imperfect game.

[@kodak1312]

Wtf was going on with that Canadian Football game😂

[@GoDolphins34]

In canadian football, if you are the receiving team on a punt and you want to take the touchback (kneel in your own end zone), you have to give your opponent a point. Otherwise you can run it out. So instead of a touchback on a punt/field goal attempt, the kicking team can receive one point for kicking the ball into the opponent's end zone, or beyond the side or back lines, without the receiving team being able to bring it out. Basically if you drove downfield far enough that it's possible to do that, you get credit, unlike American football where you get punished with nothing and the opponent gets to take the ball out to the 25. So if you try a "coffin corner" punt but it trickles into the end zone and out of bounds, you really lost the field possession battle, but you get a point. This play is called a rouge. In this game the score was tied with a second left, so the team with the ball didn't care about the field goal, or about any good field position by their opponent, they just wanted to score a rouge for the win. The defender had his heels right in front of the back line and jumped and desperately kept the ball in play. Once that happens (and here's where things get WAY different than American football, but this is so crazy rare that you almost NEVER see it), on a field goal attempt, you have to KICK the ball out of your end zone. If the ball goes to the other team they can try to kick it again for the rouge. The kicking team's second attempt touched the receiving team, making it a live ball, which they fell on for a touchdown. I know. It's VERY different. But it actually makes sense in terms of what a team should be rewarded for and what they should not.

[@LWhite54]

@@GoDolphins34 That's interesting, but there's no way that any team should receive a point for a missed field goal. Missing a field goal is a failure that should not be rewarded. Can a team just kick the ball out of or over the end zone without even trying for 3 points if all they need is 1 point to win? Or does the ball have to land in or touch the ground?

[@GoDolphins34]

@@LWhite54 I disagree. In baseball, you can get a hit and score a teammate, and it still counts if you never get to score yourself. In football, Sometimes I drive 50 yards, but I'm still out of field goal range. Now I'm stuck. I have to punt gently to try not to avoid the touchback. Think about that -- I have to punt gently. If my offensive drive was less successful, I could punt with full force and the odds of driving you back are actually improved. I'm rewarded for being worse at offense. One point -- which isn't much in a sport where a touchdown is worth six -- is fair compensation for cashing in the field position you have gained. For saying "I did better than you because I drove to the edge of field goal range, whereas you took the ball at your own 25 and went three-and-out and didn't gain an inch." In the NFL, those two things are strangely equal; they weren't always, but they are now in a time when a good punter can kick the ball a mile and make your offensive ineptitude irrelevant. And to answer your question, I guess it has to touch something behind the end line, it's more about if you can jump and bat it back in play without touching the ground it hasn't been scored yet. That doesn't really happen, it almost always just scores or comes up short. The fact that the defender saved it in this video, and that saving it backfired spectacularly to the tune of a touchdown for his opponent, is what truly makes it noteworthy.

[@dutchlightyear5462]

@@GoDolphins34 how do you know so much about Canadian football/a "rouge"

[@GoDolphins34]

@@dutchlightyear5462 I enjoy the CFL. A lot of what the NFL does wrong, they do right.

[@ronchettokandiss4446]

The irony is that the video is about botched or improbable endings, and the video itself fumbled right at the goal line with its editing of the last clip.

[@Hisdudeness9500]

Accident?

[@gp8229]

"Oh the band is on the field!!"

[@anonygent]

I've never seen anyone intercept an inbound pass, pass the ball, and win the game like Larry Bird did in that one game. Not a Dodger fan, but that final home run to win the game by a disabled Kirk Gibson is pretty iconic. It even gets its own Wikipedia page. And that reminds me of Kerri Strug's amazing vault on an injured ankle to win the gold medal for the US women's gymnastic team. The back story on that was amazing as well, as she gave up being able to compete in the individual events over the next couple of days by doing that vault.

[@UpRoaryus]

I was waiting on that being number one from go....It was unbelievable, and I saw it happen.

[@anonygent]

@Lighthouse in the Storm I'd give that title to the '86 Mets, coming back to win game 6 of the World Series against Boston. I feel sorry for Bill Buckner getting all the blame, there were seven games and Boston lost four of them, including game 7, so Buckner was just part of the picture.

[@mikejohnson8815]

Really cool to know I was watching some of those games live!

[@RiskyAnimal]

Seahawks on the 1 yard line, a day that will live forever in history....

[@andypetrovich2155]

And it was Matt Patricia's defensive play calling that stopped Seattle. Just ask coach Matt.

[@nachocheese2823]

It was bill not matt

[@jtc9098]

I remember watching that play and thinking WHAT THE HELL HAVE I JUST WITNESSED?

[@slickric1027]

Yeah you got Beast Mode on the the 1yd line and you don't give him the ball. That will go down as the stupidest play call in history of sports

[@kgrant1888]

💔

[@TommonSensePro]

0:30 I think the Lions getting screwed over happens a lot...

[@Jsmeex37]

TommonSensePro as a lifetime Lions fan yes, yes it does.

[@kevinroylancephotography9437]

The do but they also went 0-16 that year.

[@owenjeltema1551]

No they went 6-10 that year

[@aspenrebel]

The receiver's butt hit the ground, in bounds, in end zone. Play over, TD!! IDIOT REFS!!

[@Vari___]

@@kevinroylancephotography9437 that was 2008 I think. They went 6-10 in 2010

[@snerkberkeley5318]

A few others to add to the list: Joe Pisarcik/Herm Edwards, The Iron Bowl Finish. the Boise State Fiesta Bowl win over OU,

[@mailestmailed8123]

The Doug Flutie to Gerry Phelan Hail Mary HAS to be on that list!!!!

[@aspenrebel]

Oh yeah, forgot the Flute Boy. Go BC!! To Gerard Phelan.

[@robdogg011]

9:35 welcome to Australian Horse Racing - where a pack of seagulls decides who will win the race.

[@aspenrebel]

Then the one from a 1950's Grand National (England), horse about to win then suddenly shoots his 4 legs out and does a belly flop on the ground before crossing finish line. No explanation.

[@ImGumbyDangit]

This has to be the best sports reel I have ever seen.

[@Tafsman]

You can live a million years, watch every baseball game ever played from the this moment and I can almost guarantee you will never see another baseball game end on an unassisted triple play!

[@KrakenIsland64]

The Mets have spent 3 decades getting karma'd to death paying back the Bill Buckner debt.

[@iKarrott]

Why the black bar at the bottom of the screen? It sometimes hides the score and we lose context for the game.

[@nixandi4448]

Immaculate reception couldn't have happened to a better team...the Oakland/Los Angeles/Oakland/Las Vegas Traiders!!! SteelersFan4Life!

[@darnellharris2886]

7:47 Yeaaaa that packers vs Seahawks game. Def shoulda been a InT smh...

[@kge420]

Replacement refs getting the job done. I’m a Seahawks fan and I agree with you.

[@Cpritch2]

Tie goes to the offense. It was a good call

[@vtpguitarist]

It was very cool to be there for #30. As a Phillies fan, it made it that much more enjoyable. Figured it had to be on this list somewhere.

[@oneblankspace4919]

Knicks-Pacers playoff game, summer of 1995. Knicks hit the game-winning shot with 13 seconds left. Pacers get the game-winning shot with 5 seconds left. Knicks hit the winning shot with 1.2 to go. Pacers get the winning shot as time expires.

[@coreyhill681]

I really enjoyed video, excellent job

[@tomwilliams5933]

I remember seeing the Michigan-Michigan State game. Epic

[@steverenom.299]

He could have just gotten tackled and his team would have won, right? Am I wrong?

[@NameRedacted0]

@@steverenom.299 he would have had to waste 10 seconds of clock, which is really hard to do, especially with where they were on the field. And, if he didn't, he puts Michigan State in the easiest field goal position of their life

[@steverenom.299]

@@NameRedacted0 Okay, I see it now. Thanks. A field goal would have beaten them. Geez, I guess I would crack under the pressure! lol Thanks again.

[@NameRedacted0]

@@steverenom.299 happy to help, sorry I was 2 months late

[@brianschaffer9220]

"Wildest ending in sports plays that will likely never happen again", even though all but three of those happen at least once a season/year...

[@doktorbundy7279]

I could watch such stuff all the time.

[@stephenkennedy8305]

Bill Buckner should have been on the list.

[@rickyricardo4331]

Don't know if you didn't include High School play on purpose, but the John Tyler vs Plano East game...the Greatest Comeback that Never Happened.

[@jackpoplarski7441]

Hearing Dan Wheldon win the Indy 500 still makes me emotional

[@timothycarville1188]

This Video needs the Steven Bradbury Gold medal.

[@cornwalldonnahue6512]

39. 39. 39. 39. I can remember the anger flowing through me when they called that incomplete

[@jeffallen55]

"Boy, that's a tough one to explain to Detroit Lions fans." No, that's a tough one to explain to anyone with the power of sight. Ruling whether something is a catch or not is the simplest job a ref has, and they've somehow turned it into the most complicated. All this bullshit about "football moves" and "through the ground." If he catches it, it's a catch. It doesn't matter if he sets it down before taking a step. He caught it, end of story.

[@cornwalldonnahue6512]

Jeff Allen yes yes yes yes yes!

[@LWhite54]

Why did they call it incomplete? Was it because he let go of it so fast?

[@Clubber-Slang]

@@LWhite54 yeah they ruled he possess the ball through the whole process. So dumb

[@stevekoenig3684]

7:06--The next time some pundit says knock the ball down in this situation, the player who did it on this play will probably tell him to go to hell.

[@JoeMama-kc9lv]

haha right? I used to play safety on a hs team that would be up a lot (2 current NFL players on offense in a small 4a Utah division) and coach PREACHED this on those situations. I watched this and immediately though "well my HS coach fucking lied to me" haha.

[@iinspireNP]

8:23 definition of karma, this is why you should never be cocky before winning, INSTANT KARMA

[@StryderK]

Yeah, she pumped her fist, and in the process, tip the bike too forward which when it landed, cause her to flip over! If she kept both hands on the handel, it probably would've never happened!

[@Deltaflot1701]

1991 NLDS Braves beat Pirates with Sid Bream (The slowest man in Baseball) running from first to Home to barely beat the tag and win the whole Series

[@JD_13]

The editing on the last clip almost gave me a stroke.

[@bobdole4916]

I wonder if they did that to avoid copyright.

[@Aethelia]

Why would only that clip have a copyright issue? I think it's because it happened in 1982 and that's what video looked like back then.

[@aspenrebel]

Yeah WTF? couldn't use a clean copy?

[@aspenrebel]

@@Aethelia No!! Search it on YT, you'll get a good, full view, clean copy.

[@madmastaflex]

I was fricken DEVASTATED watching the Rough Riders and Alouettes Grey Cup finals 😭 it still hurts lol

[@leeiscool9596]

12:38 with some NASCAR love. NICE!

[@jonathanbarnes7349]

I rather have someone kick me in the delicate region than lose a hockey game 😂

[@RetroGamer8048]

The goal should not have counted.

[@thaddeusrobinson6866]

Lose a hockey game by scoring on your own goal. If I were a professional hockey player, I think I'd probably agree lol

[@typhoon-ux1rq]

Lol at the fact that Tracy McGrady wasn’t the very last video

[@jonahfeigelson8994]

or auburn-bama 2013

[@madoro-lv7uf]

THE BEARS HAVE WON!!

[@cameronoudenampsen3050]

Understand you can't get them all but to not have the Diggs td is insane

[@filam7371]

The anger is still fresh for that bad call in the Lions game.

[@gadafthegreat]

Rip Dan Wheldon. I watched your last race as a child in Las Vegas.

[@JustWabert]

Here after my Dodgers blew a one run lead in game 4 of the WS. 💔

[@mediumdobbers]

Flock of seagulls 🤣

[@n.k8557]

4:36 R.I.P Dan Wheldon it’s almost been 10 years since we lost you man I hope you’re in heaven now and in peace

[@seanh1462]

@8:09 The look that says "I'll never live this moment down.".

[@TerryCollins87ONAC]

Rams vs Titans Super Bowl XXXIV should've been on the list. The game ended with the Titans being a yard short of the goal line giving the Rams the win.

[@alextyson9776]

You don't have the ending to the most incredible finish of the 2019 world cup of the 2nd biggest sport in the world ... arguably the most improbable finish to any game of any sport.

[@a.azazagoth5413]

The Packers game where Jennings made that interception AND it was reviewed and still called a touchdown for the Seahawks absolutely convinced me that referees are bought in all brackets of professional sports.

[@user-el2wq7wx8z]

Where Aaron boones walk off HR vs the Red Sox to advance to the World Series?!?! That’s top 10 for sure!

[@davemeads859]

Even after all this time Just seeing that thumbnail is like a kick in the nuts

[@antoineboileau4194]

Who butchered the edit on the #1 highlight????

[@domin8rARCHIVE]

200th like!

[@iamjc988]

10:55 i dont care for either team but that was a horrible call, very clearly a forward pass

[@nachoalvarez7171]

Actually not but it was very close still

[@spencerclark06]

Still waiting for one in a trillion

[@aspenrebel]

Yeah but actually the rule is, it is from where ball leaves hand of first guy to where 2nd guy catches it. If you watch replays from sideline, it looks like it may just barely be straight across.

[@Cpritch2]

Straight up bs. It was a forward pass then, it’s a forward pass now. And I also dgaf about either team.

[@Ody-up6kg]

Just what were the officials looking at when they ruled a touchdown for the Seahawks, the cheerleaders?

[@mathiasschutte8615]

Unbelievable

[@philthyphail922]

Was hoping to see Parkey's double doink and Blackhawks vs Flyers game 6 where Kane scored and only he knew it, everyone else was looking for the puck.

[@markcromer5792]

Whoever compiled this list has made a serious error. October 13, 1960 is the date. Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run to win the 7th game over the New York Yankees. It is the only World Series to end with a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

[@aspenrebel]

Really? Are you sure about that? Even recent WSs?

[@williamwhalen29]

To be outscored 55-27 and still win the WS has to be the most improbable.

[@eyezeezeeoh]

I was enjoying this video and then I saw Galarraga and I got big sad

[@johnmckenna3993]

😭

[@blarmy827]

One of the most painful things to see happen to a pitcher... i watched a different compilation today and that was on it. It reminded me how screwed up it was and that everybody knew it. It made me more mad bc after the Houston Astro’s cheating their way to winning the World Series , they lost nothing... even though they flat out cheated.. no real punishment... get to keep the rings and mvp and there was enough proof to know they cheated. But even though it’s so clear that it should have been called out that even the umpire publicly owned up to fucking that up... there’s no question that would have been the last out in a perfect game. With the Astros you could argue that we don’t know for sure if they still would have won that championship ... but gallaraga should have been awarded that perfect game... I know it wouldn’t have felt as good to get it that way... but he deserved it and took it like a champ should... it fires me up man

[@BaarizBasketball]

bro forgot about #1😅🤣

[@leonardshevlin7260]

If Polanco had made an amazing barehanded catch on the short pop up, Castro would have been able to score on the out.

[@ErenYeager-og8pb]

Many of these plays I know and they are missing a ton of very important context to make them unlikely to happen again.

[@timw6863]

Remember the college game when the band marched onto the field thinking the game was over?

[@MiriOhki]

That horrible call on the nigh-perfect game was a heartbreaker even if you're not a fan.

[@dmontes133]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the female motorcyclist, hilarious! Don’t get cocky!

[@rilian226]

Same thing happened to a US female snowboarder. I think Lyndsey Jacobelis. Showed off coming over the last jump w/ a huge lead, crashed, got silver.

[@johnbaldock6353]

Those poor players must still be having nightmare!!😢

[@RetroGamer8048]

If you are talking about that hockey game, I agree with you.

[@greysonnealy7673]

Idk y im crying rn

[@fusion7246]

The end of the 2014 Bathurst 1000 was wild, Chaz Mostert went from last to win, only leading the final lap, and Jamie Wincup, who lead most of the race and had a big lead at the start of the last lap finished 5th after running out of fuel

[@nachoalvarez7171]

To be fair there have been many great Bathurst 1000 finishes

[@Zombie1Boy]

#1 play - Richard Rodgers son ended up catching a hail mary pass from Aaron Rodgers son in an NFL game a few years ago~

[@timsouttahere]

Omg this is my first time seeing Mike Tyson biting Holyfields ear off 😭😭😭😭😭

[@ezzabig7]

Watford vs Leicester 2013 play off. St Helens vs Bradford Bulls with the "wide to West" try.

[@moif]

Canadian football is hilariously confusing. NO, YOU KICK IT, NO I'LL KICK IT. CAN WE USE OUR HANDS? Lmao.

[@dannyberry8725]

How in the world is The Kick Six from the 2013 Iron Bowl not on this list? 110 yard return of a missed FG for a TD to win the game with no time left on the clock for Auburn.

[@ellisonmenacof2291]

Where tf is the final play Auburn VS Alabama 2013

[@jonathanbarnes7349]

QS Awesomeness there haven’t been kick sixes for the win in rivalry games besides that one

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@quinnschroetlin That's right. But that was a rare play, just not for Auburn, because they're the luckiest college football team in the United States of America.

[@BillGraper]

Yep! I just made that comment. I knew someone else would mention it.

[@BillGraper]

@@quinnschroetlin How many half court shot game winners in the NBA have we seen? I've seen a lot of them.

[@mista_yann462]

I love when the birds mess things up

[@aspenrebel]

Oh, they should have the one where pitcher pitches the ball and a bird flies right in front, gets hit by the ball and gets pulverized!! GROSS!! As they always say ... "The hardest thing to do in sports is to hit a round ball with a round bat off a major league pitcher". Now add ... "To fly in front of a major league pitch".

[@aspenrebel]

Wasn't there one when a squirrel came on the field and stole the ball?

[@ibraheemrao8434]

9:10 cool scoreboard.

[@DerrickRG]

Minneapolis Miracle?

[@anelsonsoftball11]

SinikkaL I was waiting for that one too and was super disappointed when it didn’t come up

[@MrSkyfive]

Wildest ending ever hands down was thanksgiving day Dallas/Miami in the snow.

[@ryanboyd5111]

No mention of Marek Malik ending a FIFTEEN ROUND shootout (despite not scoring at that point during the season) with a disgusting between the legs move, beating one of the best goaltenders in hockey

[@08dooble]

Villanova's buzzer beater and Desean Jackson's walk off punt should both be here.

[@jordanleveritt7028]

That titans play was a forward pass

[@tomasmee1920]

See when they put double ads in the middle of the videos all it does is make me never pay any interest to the product and makes sure I'll never buy whatever its promoting 🙃

[@blarmy827]

Don’t think creators care bc they get paid for the ads whether you buy the product or not lol

[@henry9524]

Stanford fans were like WE WON YAaaaaaaaaaaaaanoooooooooooo

[@GlennTheSadMarinersFan]

I Don't Believe What I Just Saw -Vin skully calling the Gibson HR . he had a busted leg.

[@blakjack3053]

It's supremely unpredictable nature is what makes pro sports so appealing to me!

[@chaseelliott8578]

4:00 nice voice crack pete Carroll

[@VAL257]

Awe man they should've played the entire last play where the band member gets mauled!!

[@sludge4125]

Terrible editing.

[@billcary30]

what the hell were they looking at on that detriot play or was it well it's detroit we can' let them win probably in the 0-16 season

[@brianaiitken]

5:04 pain

[@larryjohnson1249]

Texas Rangers, needing only one strike to win the World Series. Twice. Destiny had different plans.

[@notawaffle9729]

NO rlly thought they had the game tied at 5:00

[@PhuckYourComment]

The fact that the Seahawks didn't give the ball to Marshawn Lynch who could run through a semi truck is absolutely absurd

[@Fr3d0h]

The fact that the Patriots tried to run a play a third time in the same way is absolutely absurd

[@samuelwallace2782]

I still think Pete Carroll gets more hate than he deserves. That play was so close to a touchdown, but the Patriots knew it was coming, because malcolm butler had played for the Seahawks. That's why he was in on that play in the first place, because the Patriots had practiced for that exact play.

[@HasnainHamid-dz5wj]

the guy at 6:30 talking about the hockey games sounds like ben wyatt

[@PhuckYourComment]

They gotta kick it oot now they gotta kick it oot...

[@loganb.768]

Idk how its possible to leave the game where Bama was going to kick a field goal to win the game vs auburn, but the kick was short and auburn returned the kick for a td.

[@davidwhite1715]

Was expecting to see the 1999 UNLV vs Baylor ending.

[@nathanaelculver5308]

4:51 *”Touchdown Denver!”* Am I missing something? He never stepped into the end zone.

[@ShadowDragon28]

Smart football, bleeding out the clock.

[@robertjackson2692]

He ran the one yard line to kill the clock, then stepped in the endzone... they cut the video too short

[@karlboud88]

6:18 Williams' pose XD

[@DamageLLC]

Awesome job. Next time include “Arron F’n Boone” pinch hit HR sending Yanks to the WS!

[@stanmarsh8470]

Sorry, sir. Don't make me say Josh Beckett in Game 6.

[@DamageLLC]

Just some stoner Shaggy with internet access Why not? You can say whatever you want as a fan of whatever team. You can say that just like I can say TWENTY SEVEN! So you owe me no apologies! 🤪

[@cubs122516]

Yes that too!!

[@bryceraba1513]

No Minneapolis Miracle??

[@12bravo57]

No shit right?

[@kianolner3818]

How are you not including Watford Vs Leicester? This video was made for that game.

[@jnunyabizio5169]

The immaculate reception

[@aspenrebel]

DOING!!!!

[@VA3RA]

Add the 2020 Cowboys v Falcons game...lol