What are the ten greatest plays in Gator football history?

[secgator]

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So very, very true!

 

[AlexDaGator]

Man, you butchered that last name.

Announcer butchered it even worse. "Kuh-Zoos-Key"

Alex.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Announcer butchered it even worse. "Kuh-Zoos-Key"

Alex.

Years later I was in a Chili’s in Littleton Massachusetts (don’t judge me) and I was talking with a couple and found out that they were friends with Arden. They said he is a great dude and a youth soccer coach. They also couldn’t spell his last name.

 

[Kevlo911]

Which one of you old ****s is this

 

[AlexDaGator]

There’s another legendary Gator play but my memory is fuzzy. It may have been a twisting, turning Steve Tannen int return for a game-winning TD against maybe Georgia or something like that. Story goes the Gator who scored met an opposing fan years later who punched him in the face because he swore if he ever met the Gator who made that play he would punch him.

Found it. Boy was I way off. Wasn't an INT, it was a WR making a legendary play.

Richard Trapp's catch and run against Georgia in 1967 was THE signature play in Gator lore until Bell to Nattiel. It was simply called "The Run".

Spurrier won the Heisman the year before and was gone to the NFL. We weren't very good in '67 and Georgia was good. We're down 16-7 midway into the 4th quarter. No chance, right?

From our own 48 yard line, the Gator QB tosses a short pass to Richard Trapp who runs across the entire field, breaks at least 7 tackles (maybe 8, or maybe the same guy twice) on his way to a 52 yard TD.

Ray Graves called it the greatest individual effort he ever saw on a football field.

No less an authority than Keith Jackson (yes, THAT Keith Jackson) called it the greatest run he ever witnessed.

That play got the Gators fired up. Defense got a stop and the Gators got the ball back trailing by 2. Trapp caught another pass, this one for 23 yards, setting up a chance for a game-winning 31 yard field goal. When wins over Georgia were few and far between (they beat up on Spurrier pretty good the year before), we beat them 17-16 in 1967. Trapp had 171 yards on the day including the most electric catch and run in Gator football history.

I've never seen "The Run". I don't know if any video of it exists. If you can find it, post it. I'd love to see it.



Alex.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Found it. Boy was I way off. Wasn't an INT, it was a WR making a legendary play.

Richard Trapp's catch and run against Georgia in 1967 was THE signature play in Gator lore until Bell to Nattiel. It was simply called "The Run".

Spurrier won the Heisman the year before and was gone to the NFL. We weren't very good in '67 and Georgia was good. We're down 16-7 midway into the 4th quarter. No chance, right?

From our own 48 yard line, the Gator QB tosses a short pass to Richard Trapp who runs across the entire field, breaks at least 7 tackles (maybe 8, or maybe the same guy twice) on his way to a 52 yard TD.

Ray Graves called it the greatest individual effort he ever saw on a football field.

No less an authority than Keith Jackson (yes, THAT Keith Jackson) called it the greatest run he ever witnessed.

That play got the Gators fired up. Defense got a stop and the Gators got the ball back trailing by 2. Trapp caught another pass, this one for 23 yards, setting up a chance for a game-winning 31 yard field goal. When wins over Georgia were few and far between (they beat up on Spurrier pretty good the year before), we beat them 17-16 in 1967. Trapp had 171 yards on the day including the most electric catch and run in Gator football history.

I've never seen "The Run". I don't know if any video of it exists. If you can find it, post it. I'd love to see it.



Alex.

Yeah - couldn’t find the video.
Here’s Trapp’s personal reflection though

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

And the rest of the story

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

Richard Trapp's catch and run against Georgia in 1967 was THE signature play in Gator lore until Bell to Nattiel. It was simply called "The Run".

Spurrier won the Heisman the year before and was gone to the NFL. We weren't very good in '67 and Georgia was good. We're down 16-7 midway into the 4th quarter. No chance, right?

From our own 48 yard line, the Gator QB tosses a short pass to Richard Trapp who runs across the entire field, breaks at least 7 tackles (maybe 8, or maybe the same guy twice) on his way to a 52 yard TD.

Ray Graves called it the greatest individual effort he ever saw on a football field.

No less an authority than Keith Jackson (yes, THAT Keith Jackson) called it the greatest run he ever witnessed.

That play got the Gators fired up. Defense got a stop and the Gators got the ball back trailing by 2. Trapp caught another pass, this one for 23 yards, setting up a chance for a game-winning 31 yard field goal. When wins over Georgia were few and far between (they beat up on Spurrier pretty good the year before), we beat them 17-16 in 1967. Trapp had 171 yards on the day including the most electric catch and run in Gator football history.

I've never seen "The Run". I don't know if any video of it exists. If you can find it, post it. I'd love to see it.



Alex.

 

[Gatordiddy]

 

[AlexDaGator]

Great Find!


Alex.

 

[Zambo]

Nobody was faster with an onion on his belt than Richard Trapp. Folks in Shelbyville still talk about it.