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The Greatest College Football Finishes lists outstanding single plays which changed football history, often in the last seconds. Those who have the equipment can listen on links which have play-by-play call. Example of what's in store: Early television watchers got a thrill when they watched the very first prime-time televised college football game. Alabama won over Mississippi (Old Miss) 33-32, but it looked like the score could change on the last play.
There are heartbreakers, too, when Auburn scored on the last play in the 1991 Peach Bowl to beat IU, for example. And in 1992, Northwestern fans were heartbroken when their kicker just missed a field goal as time ran out. The next year, Northwestern made a field goal but time had run out and Michigan State captured a win. In 1972, Stanford got a last second field goal in the Rose Bowl to beat Michigan 13-12.