The Immaculate Reception by Franco Harris on December 23, 1972 is the greatest play in Pittsburgh Steelers history and probably the greatest in NFL history. During his press conference today that announced that his No. 32 would be retired, Harris talked about what made that play happen.
“At the collision, I see some of the Raiders starting to jump up and down and celebrating. And those couple seconds, I believe made a difference of me getting in the end zone. Of them stopping for that couple seconds and celebrating, that enabled me to get into the end zone,” Harris said via the team’s YouTube channel.