The greatest upsets in sports history
edmundfitzgerald
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What are some of the top upsets in sports history ?
I guess the greatest upset in sports history would have had to have taken place in Lake Placid in 1980.
But what are some of the others ? Is the Giants win against NE really one of them ? How about the Jets against Baltimore ?
Would Stanford a 41 point underdog at USC this year qualify as one ?
I can't really think of any baseball upsets ???
I can't think of any basketball upsets either, except against Team USA.
Boxing ?
Tennis ?
I guess the greatest upset in sports history would have had to have taken place in Lake Placid in 1980.
But what are some of the others ? Is the Giants win against NE really one of them ? How about the Jets against Baltimore ?
Would Stanford a 41 point underdog at USC this year qualify as one ?
I can't really think of any baseball upsets ???
I can't think of any basketball upsets either, except against Team USA.
Boxing ?
Tennis ?
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The Bills win over the Oilers has got to be right up there after being down like 35-3 I think...
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1. U.S. beats Soviets Olympic ice hockey, 1980
2. New York Jets defeat Baltimore Colts, Super Bowl III, 1969
3. Villanova tops Georgetown to win 1985 NCAA championship
4. Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson for heavyweight championship, 1990
5. Man O' War loses only race, to 100-to-1 shot Upset, 1919
6. Denver Nuggets eliminate Seattle SuperSonics in 1994 NBA playoffs
7. Jack Fleck beats Ben Hogan at 1955 U.S. Open
8. New York Mets defeat Baltimore Orioles for 1969 World Series
9. Rulon Gardner overpowers Alexander Karelin for Greco-Roman wrestling gold, 2000
10. N.C. State knocks off Houston to win1983 NCAA championship
Chaminade d. Virginia is also high on the list.
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Huge upset of the Raiders beating the Eagles in Super Bowl 15. Eagles should have won that Super Bowl.
Huge upset of the Patriots beating the Eagles in Super Bowl 39. Eagles should have won that Super Bowl.
a Canadian...I watched the game live back in 1980 only expecting to see how badly the U.S. would get
beat by the mighty Soviets....well.....what a wonderful shock to see what actually happened...I still get
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cold war political symbolism of it.
There are a great number of upsets and for myself I can't claim one in particular as better than another, a lot of these kinds of discussions have to do with personal preferences of one sport or a team over another.
<< <i>The Bills win over the Oilers has got to be right up there after being down like 35-3 I think... >>
That was a comeback, not an upset.
And for reminding me of repressed memories, may you develop an annoying rash in the middle of your back that you can't reach.
line was the Broncos by 14.5 points. Jacksonville won 30-27. A great game and a huge shock to the Broncos fans.
I remember driving to work the Friday before the game and listening to a preview of that weekends NFL playoff games and when they
got to this one the sports analyst was practically guaranteeing a win for the Broncos, he was even laughing about Jacksonvilles chances.
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<< <i>The Bills win over the Oilers has got to be right up there after being down like 35-3 I think... >>
That was a comeback, not an upset.
And for reminding me of repressed memories, may you develop an annoying rash in the middle of your back that you can't reach. >>
<< <i>How about the little school in Indiana that won the state tournament in the 50's? Maybe somebody else can give more details about the game. >>
I remember hearing about it, wasen't that the basis of the movie "Hoosiers"?
<< <i>How about the little school in Indiana that won the state tournament in the 50's? Maybe somebody else can give more details about the game. >>
That was Milan, Indiana against Muncie Central. They had defeated Crispus Attacks earlier who was led by Oscar Robertson. Muncie Central was until recently a basketball powerhouse in Indiana. I had the pleasure of student teaching in 1970 at Mishawaka High School. The head basketball coach was Marv Wood who had coached Milan to the championship game. He recently passed on and was a dimunitive and gracious man. I was very proud to call him a friend. Inn 1954 when they won the tourney they had a total of 161 students. The movie Hoosiers is loosely based on Milan.story link
Buster Douglas has to be the choice. Came in a title fight, unlike choices such as Chaminade and such and odds were over 40-1. To put that in perspective, the Patriots were as low as 4-1 some places
<< <i>Nova beating Georgetown was a remarkable feat and story. >>
And an incredible game as I remember. I believe Nova shot somewhere around 70% from the floor that night.
<< <i>While the US over the Soviets in hockey in 1980 was certainly a great achievement I think it is overhyped a bit because of the
cold war political symbolism of it.
There are a great number of upsets and for myself I can't claim one in particular as better than another, a lot of these kinds of discussions have to do with personal preferences of one sport or a team over another. >>
Hmmm... I think that the political symbolism certainly adds to the mytique of this upset, but it's a valid part of it and certainly should not be discounted. The physical feat alone would put this in the top-10 or top-5 on almost any list, but when you add the political aspect and timing, it puts it #1 on pretty much any list... and rightly so. I think that you pretty much had to be alive (and old enough) during that time to have a true appreciation for what it meant. And, one could argue that this was the beginning of the end of the USSR. Sure, the hockey game itself was not an actual factor in the wall eventually coming down and the breakup of the USSR, but I think a lot of people look at this game a starting point for it. Shortly after, Reagan began hammering & hammering on them, and eventually his hard work (along with cooperation from Gorbacev) ended one of the most brutal regimes in human history.
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