The Trinity Tigers executed a 15-lateral, “Mississippi Miracle” on the last play, with 2 seconds remaining, Saturday Oct. 27, 2007 to score the winning touchdown, stunning the Millsaps Majors 28-24 on the road to stay alive in the chase for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title.

The play that covered 60 yards was recorded in official statistics as a 44-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Blake Barmore to wide receiver Riley Curry.

“It was the most remarkable play I’ve ever seen in college football,” Trinity coach Steve Mohr said in a telephone interview.

“As soon as I saw (Curry) in the end zone, I fell down and started crying,” Barmore said. “I’m kind of a big baby.”

Mohr said fireworks went off prematurely to celebrate the Millsaps victory.

“Our tackle, Wade Lytal, got a block near the goal line and Riley dove into the end zone,” said Mohr, who estimated that there were 14 laterals and that eight Trinity players touched the ball. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Trinity sophomore Jonathan Wiener, who made the Internet radio call, said he told his audience before the last play that it would take something “crazy” to happen on the last play for the Tigers to win.

“It took a miracle, and that’s about what it was,” Wiener said. “We figured something crazy had to happen. It did.”