50 Top 10 Lists of 2007

Top 10 Sports Matches

#6. Stanford 24 – (2) USC 23

Oct. 6, 2007

College football pundits were calling #2 ranked USC one of the most talented teams of all-time, and the Trojans entered their October tilt against Stanford a staggering 41-point favorite. But playing on USC's home field, Stanford overcame a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit and scored the winning touchdown on a leaping catch from receiver Mark Bradford, whose father had died two weeks before. "I'm beside myself right now," says Stanford quarterback Tavita Pritchard after the game. "I don't really know what to do."

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