Editing Lateral pass (section)

===One lateral pass===

A well-known and controversial NFL lateral pass occurred during the [[Music City Miracle]] play at the end of the 2000 playoff game between the [[Tennessee Titans]] and the [[Buffalo Bills]]. The play was a true lateral (the ball did not move forward or backward in the pass), but the receiver was a step ahead of the passer and reached back to catch the ball, so it gave the appearance of an illegal forward pass.

In October 2003, the Minnesota Vikings faced the Denver Broncos with the scores tied at 7–7 as the first half came to a close. With 12 seconds left in the half and the Vikings on their own 41-yard line facing a 3rd-and-24, [[Daunte Culpepper]] threw a long pass to [[Randy Moss]], who caught the ball at the Denver 10-yard line. As Moss was being tackled and driven backwards by two Broncos defenders, he tossed the ball over his head for a blind lateral to running back [[Moe Williams]] at the 15, and Williams ran it into the end zone for a touchdown to give the Vikings a 14–7 lead at halftime. This play was later named the 68th greatest play in the first 100 years of the NFL.<ref>{{cite web |title=Randy Moss lateral behind the back for TD |url=https://www.nfl.com/100/originals/100-greatest/plays-68 |website=NFL.com |publisher=NFL Enterprises |accessdate=November 6, 2023 }}</ref>

Another well known play was executed in a college football game by Presbyterian against Wake Forest in 2010. In this trick play, three lateral pass rules were used in combination. First the quarterback passed the ball sideways while intentionally bouncing the ball on the ground (a so-called "fake fumble pass"). The pass-receiver faked the end of the play, suggesting that it was an incomplete pass, but then passed the ball forward to a wide-receiver, who successfully ran for a touchdown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1MdEbWaP0U| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/I1MdEbWaP0U| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Presbyterian Trick Play vs. Wake Forest|last=BitterlyCheerful|date=3 September 2010|access-date=23 April 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe described the play "as well executed as anything I’ve ever seen".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lostlettermen.com/article/presbyterian-bounce-pass-shocks-wfu-in-10 |title=Presbyterian Bounce Pass Shocks WFU in '10 - Lost Lettermen |access-date=2015-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225044944/http://www.lostlettermen.com/article/presbyterian-bounce-pass-shocks-wfu-in-10 |archive-date=2015-02-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>