Clock Play
Giants Stadium, the site of the game
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| Date | November 27, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Gary Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,606 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Marv Albert and Paul Maguire | ||||||||||||||||||
The Clock Play was a famous trick play in American football, immortalized in what came to be known as the Fake Spike Game, played on November 27, 1994. The contest was played by the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins and New York Jets that featured one of the most famous comeback plays in league history. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino ran a trick play, pretending to stop the game clock but instead threw a pass that scored the game-winning touchdown, ultimately giving Miami the 28–24 victory.
The game itself pitted the 7–4 Dolphins against the 6–5 Jets; entering this game the Dolphins and Jets led the AFC East, but all five teams in the division were within two games of the division lead; the Bills had fallen to 6–6 following a Thanksgiving Day loss in Detroit while the Patriots had begun a late-season surge following victories over the Vikings and San Diego and were 5–6 facing the 5–6 Colts that same Sunday. The Jets were coming off a victory at Minnesota while the Dolphins had suffered back-to-back losses to Chicago and Pittsburgh.
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