Pat McCarthy, 74, flagged down the BC star outside Campanelli Stadium, where Flutie was throwing out a first pitch at a ...

On Nov. 23, 1984, Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie pulled off the "Miracle in Miami," throwing a Hail Mary touchdown pass that defeated the University of Miami 47-45 at the muddy Orange Bowl.

On Nov. 23, 1984, Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie pulled off the "Miracle in Miami," throwing a Hail Mary touchdown pass that defeated the University of Miami 47-45 at the muddy Orange Bowl.

On Nov. 23, 1984, Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie pulled off the "Miracle in Miami," throwing a Hail Mary touchdown pass that defeated the University of Miami 47-45 at the muddy Orange Bowl.

Doug Flutie's Heisman winning season was about much more than a Hail Mary pass against Miami.

Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook. Doug Flutie to Gerard Phelan. This week's Throwback Thursday celebrates the greatest college football endings of all time (7 p.m. ET on ESPN and The App).

FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Doug Flutie’s famous Hail Mary touchdown in the 1984 Orange Bowl clinched the Heisman Trophy for Flutie. Down 45-41 with just 28 seconds left and on their own 20, Boston ...

Doug Flutie knows a few things about pulling off the perfect Hail Mary pass, and yet he still watches Aaron Rodgers in amazement. Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers quarterback, completed his third ...

Only one player on the Boston College roster was alive when quarterback Doug Flutie completed his legendary Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan in a 47-45 victory over Miami at the Orange Bowl on Nov ...

Flutie told Musburger for an ESPN special on the 25th anniversary rarely does a day goes by without someone bringing up his Hail Mary pass in conversation. ‘I know the average is well over one a ...

The Pass still is shown over and over on television -- Doug Flutie's 48-yard touchdown heave through a misty night sky in Miami that landed in Gerard Phelan's hands and football lore.

The duo would pass for nearly 1,000 yards that rainy afternoon with Flutie completing 34-of-46 passes for 476 yards and three touchdowns.