Greatest Comeback Victory?

[spliff616]

I don't know if this has already been started, but I think it would be an interesting thread to hear about come from behind victories (either online, vs. CPU or a friend).

I have an offline dynasty with Nebraska on AA, I was playing Oklahoma and was down 27 to 3 going into the fourth. I managed to piece together a 30 point fourth quarter to win by a final of 33-30 at the end of regulation.

What's your best comeback victory?

[huskeraddict]

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Ha, I had a very similar situation. I was using Nebraska in my dynasty and was playing Texas Tech. The largest lead they held was 28-7 in the third quarter, but it was 28-14 going into the 4th. I cut the lead to 7 and on the ensuing TTU possession, Pierre Allen forced a fumble on a QB sack and Ndamukong Suh scooped and scored. We traded punts until about 4 minutes left in the 4th when TTU scored and made it 35-28. I took the kickoff back to their 7 and scored two plays later. Then, Tech mounts a drive and scores with just under a minute left. On my next possession, I was facing 4th & 10 with about :20 left, when I hit Menelik Holt on a streak to TTU's 15. I scored with Mike McNeill on a crossing pattern with :08 left and tied it up at 42. In OT, Rickey Thenarse picked off a pass on Tech's first possession and Alex Henery kicked the game winner.

[spliff616]

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Nice, gotta love McNeill on the crossing patterns.

[wisecav]

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This should be a good thread

I was playing a friend offline, Rice (me) vs UNC (him). He's up 21-0 with about 3 minutes left in the game. I had the ball around midfield, called Hail Mary and somehow score. 21-7. I went for the onside and I recovered. Drove downfield, played the sidelines, and scored again with about a minute and a half left. 21-14. I go for the onside again. He recovers. BUT!! He tries to run it back and I hit stick him, he fumbles and I recover. I get the ball to the 15 with about 30 seconds left. I ran that Sweep QB Screen out of the Flexbone and he actually bit on it and I scored with my QB (who has pretty good speed which helped a lot). 21 all. We go into OT and I win on the good old speed option left.

[NDIrish98]

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i'm sure i'll get flamed for this but my greatest comeback was in NCAA 07 for ps2. playing 6 min qtrs on AA, didnt touch the sliders, i was ND and was playing againt VT. long story short, i got down 51-7 (yes i know, it was one of those games), came back to win in OT 54-51. lets just say in the 4th qtr, i managed to find a play action play where my reciever would burn the corner everytime and so i would score on the first or second play every series, and each time i recovered the onside. i was stunned at the end, but it felt so awesome afterwards.

[NDIrish98]

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This should be a good thread

I was playing a friend offline, Rice (me) vs UNC (him). He's up 21-0 with about 3 minutes left in the game. I had the ball around midfield, called Hail Mary and somehow score. 21-7. I went for the onside and I recovered. Drove downfield, played the sidelines, and scored again with about a minute and a half left. 21-14. I go for the onside again. He recovers. BUT!! He tries to run it back and I hit stick him, he fumbles and I recover. I get the ball to the 15 with about 30 seconds left. I ran that Sweep QB Screen out of the Flexbone and he actually bit on it and I scored with my QB (who has pretty good speed which helped a lot). 21 all. We go into OT and I win on the good old speed option left.

i would just like to give props for you actually recovering an onside kick, hardest thing to do in the game.

[wisecav]

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i would just like to give props for you actually recovering an onside kick, hardest thing to do in the game.

Ha thanks. I had it set to where it would be kicked at the second guy from the right and had perfect amount of power and the ball just bounced off his player. It was all perfect

[WisconsinSports414]

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Hm. My biggest comeback also came against Texas Tech. I went into the fourth quarter on the road down, 34-14. It was kind of like my breakthrough game against the cpu on default heisman. Picked them apart with the passing game, and shut them down defensively. It was pretty sweet at the time because I had lost all the other games I'd played that day...and many of them were blowouts.

[WOHBuckeye]

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I've had tons of them. But my favorite was in NCAA 03, the first NCAA game I had for my PS2 (I had 98, 99 for PSX). I was down 28-0 to Florida (Citrus Bowl) with my first-year create-a-school in the middle of the third. Rex Grossman was lighting me up. I managed to get an interception, broke some tackles on short passing plays for touchdowns, ended up tying it 28-28. They kicked a field goal to go up 31-28. I scored a touchdown to win as time expired on a five-wide shotgun play, hitting my No. 5 receiver in the back of the end zone. I woke my wife up yelling.

[agidio3]

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wow i cant even remember the games i played this week not to mention 03...impressive

[thescoop]

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Playing with two high school teams I made, I was down 28-3 at the half. In just two plays in the second half, I scored, 28-10. I hold them to a three and out, drive down and score again, 28-17. They drive down and hit a field goal and going into the fourth quarter it was 31-17.

In the fourth I have a quick drive to cut the score to 31-24. Then they get the ball back and drive down to my 40, but back to back sacks and an incomplete pass ends the drive and forces the punt.

I get the back back at my own three. Then I march right down the field and score tying the game at 31-31 with 1:58 left in the game. I kick the ball off to them and on the first play after the kickoff, they fumble and I take the ball in for the winning score, 38-31.

They get one last chance, but make nothing of it, picking up no yards on the four plays and I just milk the clock after that. 38-31 was the final.

[six]

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My biggest comeback on this year's game was in year 1 of my UK dynasty against Auburn on the road. I got down 35-20 and rallied to tie it at 35, only to see them score and go up 42-35, early in the 4th. I went no huddle and quickly tied it up with about 330 to go. I got a 3 and out and then milked the clock, mixing runs with some passes, and scored a TD to win 49-42 with 5 seconds left.

That was probably my toughest game, even more so than FL or Bama on my schedule. I really thought I was done for a while there. I managed to go all the way to the championship against Penn State, riding my momentum off that Auburn game...I almost came back against them as well. Down 20-6 with 5 minutes to go in the 4th, I scored to cut it to 20-13, got a 3 and out, then scored again, 20-20...then stopped them again...had the ball and was down to their 30 with a minute and a half left...my stupid QB fumbled the ball scrambling on third and 7 and they recover and throw a long bomb TD...27-20...I run the kick off back to the 50...scramble to the 36 yard line and throw up a couple of hail mary's, including the last second one that my idiot QB threw OUT of the back of the endzone...give my guys a freaking chance, but he couldn't even do that.

Still a great game and a great first season in dynasty.

[MBFranchise]

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I was using my create-a-school on the road versus Minnesota (yes, it was the first game in their new stadium). Well, they must have been fired up because the Gophers were up 28-0 at halftime.

Then I put 35 unanswered on them in the second half to win 35-28 and ruin their stadium opening.

[jeremym480]

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I'm playing an offline franchise with Bama. My biggest come back win has been against VT. I was down 17-0 in the 3rd quarter and ended up coming back to win 35-24.

As far as come back losses:
My only loss so far, came against Tennessee. I was leading 11-3 (3 fg's and a safety) with about 4 minutes left in the game. They ended up scoring 14 unanswered point's to win the game 17-11.

[Bucknut17]

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I was using OSU against Illinois in my offline dynasty juice and benn had been on fire building a 48-24 lead going into the 4th qtr. I was able to get in a groove on off and the defense stepped up, with less than a minute left I tied the game and got the win on a 50+yd pick 6 basically as time expired.