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Mile High Miracle
The Mile High Miracle refers both to the NFL 2012–13 NFL playoffs, 2012 AFC Divisional playoff game between the 2012 Baltimore Ravens season, Baltimore Ravens and 2012 Denver Broncos season, Denver Broncos on January 12, 2013, and its defining play, a game-tying 70-yard touchdown pass from Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco to receiver Jacoby Jones with under a minute left in regulation. Playing on the road against the heavily favored Broncos, who had decisively defeated the struggling Ravens late in the regular season while on an 11-game winning streak, Flacco and the Ravens forced the Peyton Manning-led Broncos into NFL playoffs#Multiple overtimes, double overtime, when rookie kicker Justin Tucker kicked a 47-yard field goal to secure a 38–35 win. With 28 points scored in the first eleven minutes of the game, three return touchdowns, three lead changes, and single-digit temperatures, the game was described by ''Sports Illustrated'' as "one of the most exciting and entertaini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jacksonville ( ) is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the City of Jacksonville consolidated in 1968. It was the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020, and became the 10th largest U.S. city by population in 2023. Jacksonville straddles the St. Johns River in the First Coast region of northeastern Florida, about south of the Georgia state line ( to the urban core/downtown) and north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. Under British rule, a settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as ''Wacca Pilatka'' to the Seminole and the Cow Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
