"It only justified it."Įven though Flutie left Boston College as college football's all-time leading passer with 10,579 yards, he is most remembered for the miracle play that beat Miami. "That play didn't win him the Heisman Trophy," said Boston Globe sports writer Mark Blaudschun, who covered the "Hail Flutie" game in Miami for The Dallas Morning News.
Eight days later, Flutie was declared a runaway winner over Ohio State running back Keith Byars and BYU quarterback Robbie Bosco. Voting had ended before the Eagles and Hurricanes kicked off on the day after Thanksgiving in 1984. Ironically, Flutie had already won the Heisman Trophy. Flutie heaved a Hail Mary pass, which somehow landed in the arms of Eagles receiver Gerard Phelan for a 48-yard touchdown. Flutie, the Eagles' 5-foot-9 quarterback, took the snap and scrambled around to give his receivers enough time to run into the end zone. 23, 1984, Boston College trailed the Miami Hurricanes 45-41 with six seconds to play. Perhaps no Heisman Trophy winner is as singularly identified with a single play as 1984 winner Doug Flutie. With Jaguars President Mark Lamping calling the franchise a “ free agent team,” it’s clear that this deal, along with a stadium upgrade eyed for after the next round of city elections in 2023, is on track to pass.The Hail Mary Pass 1984 Heisman winner Doug Flutie Rumlin goes on to urge Goodell to push the NFL to “immediately withdraw the support of the NFL, and the Jacksonville Jaguars, from the current Lot J redevelopment deal.”Įven if Goodell had the power to make that happen, it’s an unlikely stance for a commissioner all too aware of the team’s concerns about financial viability in Jacksonville. Rumlin’s letter contends that the local NAACP has requested an investigation from the Florida Bureau of Law Enforcement and the United States Department of Justice “into the potentially unlawful activities regarding the Lot J development plan.” When asked to clarify, he said that Lot J was “tied together” with the exploration of privatization of JEA. “The same pattern of bad behavior is continuing with the same stakeholders,” Rumlin contends, “and it is shocking to see Shad Khan and Mark Lamping joining lobbyists, developers, and self-dealing city leaders to exploit Jacksonville residents.”
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