Walk-off touchdown

A walk-off touchdown is a touchdown scored in gridiron football that ends the game with the winning team being either behind or tied in points at the beginning of the play.[1][2]

This is considered[by whom?] the most spectacular and rare play during regulation time happening in the 4th quarter.[citation needed] The play clock must say :00 at the end of the play in the 4th quarter & it must be the last play of the game. A walk-off touchdown is much more common during overtime play because of the overtime rules in effect.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Former quarterback Tim Couch has the most walk-off touchdowns from throwing Hail Marys in the NFL with two.[9][10]

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  2. ^ The Wildest Walk-Off Touchdowns in NFL History, Bleacher Report, December 19th 2018, David Kenyon
  3. ^ Walk-off touchdowns could end up actually being walk-off touchdowns, CBS Sports, March 23rd 2018
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  6. ^ "Durbin, Brice (Inducted 2005)". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  7. ^ "The longest overtime games in FBS college football history | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  8. ^ Holaday, Jeremy. "Breaking the Tie" (PDF). Kansas State High School Activities Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Staff, S. I. "Hail Mary Finishes". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  10. ^ Kuharsky, Paul (November 15, 2010). "Further examining Jags' Hail Mary winner - AFC South Blog". ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2021.