It sits there in the mud and in your mind. Miami Dolphins’ rookie punter, Brandon Fields, sailed his infamous punt through the wet misery of that Monday night. The Steelers’ Allen Rossum waited to return the punt. The ball planted itself deep in squishy turf. It appeared as though the ball had dropped dead.
The occasion is known as the Monday Night Mud Bowl, played on November 26, 2007.
It was balmy for a late November night in Pittsburgh when the Dolphins and Steelers took the field. Weather conditions were to be a common enemy. Rain poured down heavily before and during the game.