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Happy 20th Anniversary of "HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!!"
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:28 am
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:28 am
With the "Greatest Show on Turf" & defending Super Bowl champ Rams in control of momentum, 1:51 left in the game, and needing just a field goal to force OT after the Saints had run out to a huge lead early in the Wild Card playoff game between the 2 NFC West foes at the time.
Saints punter Toby Gowen "hangs it high, angling towards the near sideline"... and then future Saint Az Hakim did the 2nd most notable thing he did with punts... drops it.
Brian Milne slid in and fell on the ball 1st to secure the Saints 1st ever playoff victory in franchise history 31-28
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Darren Howard, Norman Hand (RIP), Sammy Knight, Aaron Brooks, Robert Wilson, Toby Gowen, & Brian Milne... TYAFYS
Saints punter Toby Gowen "hangs it high, angling towards the near sideline"... and then future Saint Az Hakim did the 2nd most notable thing he did with punts... drops it.
Brian Milne slid in and fell on the ball 1st to secure the Saints 1st ever playoff victory in franchise history 31-28
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Darren Howard, Norman Hand (RIP), Sammy Knight, Aaron Brooks, Robert Wilson, Toby Gowen, & Brian Milne... TYAFYS
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Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:29 am to rt3
Was in the top row of the dome for that one. Good times.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:42 am to rt3
I was in the terrace going wild in there, cant believe that was 20 years ago.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:44 am to rt3
Winning that game was a huge deal, we hadn't won shite until that day.
I thought we were gonna crush the Vikings the next week.........
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I thought we were gonna crush the Vikings the next week.........
.Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:58 am to CBandits82
frick the Rams. Loved that day.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:00 am to rt3
I was returning from a business trip and missed almost all of the game. I rushed home hoping to see the end and got in and turned on the TV just in time to see Milne's recovery. Having watched the Saints from their first season in 1967 and having had season tickets from 1984-86, I saw a lot of misery. This helped to ease that pain! 
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:10 am to rt3
It's a bit disturbing when one realizes that the Saints first ever playoff victory was only 20 years ago.
Whew! The Saints have come a long way since then, courtesy of Coach Sean Payton and Mr. Drew Christopher Brees.
Whew! The Saints have come a long way since then, courtesy of Coach Sean Payton and Mr. Drew Christopher Brees.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:39 am to CBandits82
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I thought we were gonna crush the Vikings the next week......... .
Same. I was 13 years old. I thought we were going to win it all haha
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:05 pm to rt3
I was back in my original seats in 639 for that game. It was just unreal. Brian Milne’s mustache game was on point as well. Don’t forget the voodoo priestess with the python out at the 50 yard line before the game to ward off the bad spirits. That is something that Roger Goodell would never in a million years allow to happen now.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:36 pm to rt3
The only Saints playoff win not featuring Sean Payton or Drew Brees
But seriously what an awesome moment in time
But seriously what an awesome moment in time
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:46 pm to rt3
I was there in the plaza end zone. Great game. The dome exploded when he dropped the ball.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 12:50 pm to rt3
I was there!
Club section, paid face value for the tickets on Christmas Day via TicketMaster’s website. I was surprised the game wasn’t sold out by then but I wasn’t complaining.
I was 19, took my dad. He and I also saw the Saints’ first playoff game, so it was fitting we saw the first ever playoff win, too.
When STL scored 21 unanswered I just thought, “Typical Saints BS.” And then Hakim dropped the ball! Great win for Saints fans.
Club section, paid face value for the tickets on Christmas Day via TicketMaster’s website. I was surprised the game wasn’t sold out by then but I wasn’t complaining.
I was 19, took my dad. He and I also saw the Saints’ first playoff game, so it was fitting we saw the first ever playoff win, too.
When STL scored 21 unanswered I just thought, “Typical Saints BS.” And then Hakim dropped the ball! Great win for Saints fans.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:18 pm to rt3
<----Loge and pretty driunnk
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:20 pm to rt3
I wonder where on earth Brian Milne is these days
Update: he's a football coach in Cincinnati
Update: he's a football coach in Cincinnati
This post was edited on 12/30/20 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 12/30/20 at 2:07 pm to CBandits82
I swear it felt like the terrace was literally bouncing. I forget who it was, maybe Willie Jackson, caught a TD that seemingly was going to seal it and the place went nuts. Then the comeback and we basically had that feeling that we were going to blow it. Then it happened!!
Posted on 12/30/20 at 5:19 pm to rt3
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Saints 1st ever playoff victory in franchise history
It’s fricking nuts how far we’ve come since then
We better do whatever it takes to hold onto Sean
Posted on 12/30/20 at 5:33 pm to Champagne
Great memory. It went from 31-7, to 31-28 in an instant. God bless Milne.
Greatest TD celebration: Willie Jackson stopped at the 10 yard line and slowly walking in.
Greatest TD celebration: Willie Jackson stopped at the 10 yard line and slowly walking in.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:21 pm to Akit1
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Don’t forget the voodoo priestess with the python out at the 50 yard line before the game to ward off the bad spirits.
That was the key to the whole day....I have said that many times.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:34 pm to rt3
Man talk about some nostalgia. How the frick was that 20 years ago? I was riding in the car with my parents listening on the radio and remember it clearly. Can see the building we were passing in front of. One of those moments I’ll never forget.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 12:20 am to McTTiger
I was working at the ATT store near lakeside and I walked over to bravo to pickup food.
The comeback was tense and as I left the restaurant with the food, while bar area erupted with cheers because “hakim dropped the ball.” Good times
The comeback was tense and as I left the restaurant with the food, while bar area erupted with cheers because “hakim dropped the ball.” Good times
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