who doesn’t love an underdog story
history welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten sports upsets in recent
history number 10 there’s an app state
for that this is absolutely unbelievable
for the Michigan Wolverines the
winningest college football team ever
this was supposed to be an easy matchup
in front of 109,000 U of M fans the
Appalachian State Mountaineers shocked
them by taking a 28 17 lead into
halftime
the miracle in Michigan ended with a
last-second blocked Michigan field goal
protectors for a nap state became the
first division 1 Double A team to beat a
ranked division 118 little bit way to
stop sex it’s for Chester II number nine
the supernovas this was no April Fool’s
joke the 8th seed Villanova Wildcats
spent in the 1985 NCAA final to top the
defending champs and number one seed
Georgetown Hoyas led by Patrick Ewing
how by shooting over 78% and missing
only one basket in the second half to
win 6664 this is still considered one of
the worst NCAA upsets ever since
Villanova remains the lowest seeded team
to win the tournament
so we could do it but I hit number eight
cold war on the court after winning
every gold medal since 1936 the u.s.
men’s basketball team was the heavy
faith they breezed through to the final
where they faced the USSR now we’re
being told the scoreboard is not correct
questionable calls by the refs in the
game’s final seconds made for a
controversial result the Soviets managed
to court long pass for a buzzer beater
basket to win the game 5150 which
snapped the Americans Olympic winning
streak at 63 games and the Russian team
is Bob Alexander Bella number seven
Eurotrash the overall winner was one
surprised in a euro tournament filled
with them competitive teams like Germany
Spain Italy and France were eliminated
early while Latvia and Greece made
unprecedented showings without any star
players the Greeks overcame 80 to 1 odds
to beat Cristiano Ronaldo and host
country Portugal to win the euro cup and
to become one of the only underdogs
people routed against number six that’s
one heavy weight loss it had been 13
years since Russian wrestler Alexander
Karelin had lost an international match
in fact he was widely considered the
world’s best greco-roman wrestler by all
accounts Wyoming native Rulon Gardner
was fat slow unskilled and nowhere near
medal contention but Hart was all he
needed to win one nothing against the
Siberian bear in this super heavyweight
match and to become the American flag
bearer at the Sydney games closing
ceremonies do you believe it
upset that King number five miracle Mets
8 left field
the New York Mets started the 1969
season 18 and 23 with hundred to one
odds they win the World Series but in a
dramatic turnaround they finished the
year with a winning record and a spot in
the finals after losing Game one to the
Baltimore Orioles the miracle Mets swept
the next four to become the first
expansion team ever to win the World
Series controversies about shoe polish
notwithstanding number four the
guarantee most people considered NFL
teams to be universally superior to AFL
clubs but someone forgot to tell
all-star AFL QB Joe Namath Broadway Joe
publicly guaranteed that his Jets would
beat the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 3
with Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas on
the bench for most of the game they did
it at a score of 16 to 7 and legitimize
the idea of an afl-nfl merger number 3
Iron Mike goes down for the count right
to the body he tries the uppercut again
and mrs. Douglas comes back with a left
and a right before he bit ears or
appeared in movies
Tyson while still controversial was the
undisputed undefeated heavyweight
champion of the world no one in the
world ever picked Mike a towaway Buster
Douglas was basically a nobody and an
underdog in this fight 42 to 1 he would
shock most of the world if he could make
it into the middle rounds iron mike
underestimated his fearless journeyman
opponent and the result Tyson was ko’d
in the 10th round for the first time in
his career what an uppercut by
– while the results were controversial
Douglass’s title did stand let’s go
ahead and call it the biggest upset in
the history of heavyweight championship
fight number two so close yet so far
from perfect headed for an undefeated
season New England advanced to Super
Bowl 42 as 12 point favorites however
thanks to an 83 yard drive with less
than three minutes left a heart-stopping
David Tyree catch oh my god this ball is
thrown and tie radius goes up for like a
basketball player Harrison trying to
knock it down
and a last-second touchdown Eli Manning
and his Giants crashed the party 17 to
14 Belichick and Brady had been on the
other side of an upset in 2002 when the
Pats robbed the Rams and initiated Brady
mania number one Miracle on Ice
the cold war loomed when the USA and
USSR met on Lake Placid Olympic ice her
Brooks American team comprised a
hodgepodge of amateurs while the Soviets
lived in brief talking their entire
lives and had won four straight Olympic
golds this was David versus Goliath
heart versus skilled communism versus
democracy political ramifications aside
the nail-biter for three us when gave
Americans a miracle to rally around
especially when they later won gold
against Finland do you agree with our
list which sports upset do you find most
unforgettable sighs for more top 10s
about your favorite sports moments be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
history welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten sports upsets in recent
history number 10 there’s an app state
for that this is absolutely unbelievable
for the Michigan Wolverines the
winningest college football team ever
this was supposed to be an easy matchup
in front of 109,000 U of M fans the
Appalachian State Mountaineers shocked
them by taking a 28 17 lead into
halftime
the miracle in Michigan ended with a
last-second blocked Michigan field goal
protectors for a nap state became the
first division 1 Double A team to beat a
ranked division 118 little bit way to
stop sex it’s for Chester II number nine
the supernovas this was no April Fool’s
joke the 8th seed Villanova Wildcats
spent in the 1985 NCAA final to top the
defending champs and number one seed
Georgetown Hoyas led by Patrick Ewing
how by shooting over 78% and missing
only one basket in the second half to
win 6664 this is still considered one of
the worst NCAA upsets ever since
Villanova remains the lowest seeded team
to win the tournament
so we could do it but I hit number eight
cold war on the court after winning
every gold medal since 1936 the u.s.
men’s basketball team was the heavy
faith they breezed through to the final
where they faced the USSR now we’re
being told the scoreboard is not correct
questionable calls by the refs in the
game’s final seconds made for a
controversial result the Soviets managed
to court long pass for a buzzer beater
basket to win the game 5150 which
snapped the Americans Olympic winning
streak at 63 games and the Russian team
is Bob Alexander Bella number seven
Eurotrash the overall winner was one
surprised in a euro tournament filled
with them competitive teams like Germany
Spain Italy and France were eliminated
early while Latvia and Greece made
unprecedented showings without any star
players the Greeks overcame 80 to 1 odds
to beat Cristiano Ronaldo and host
country Portugal to win the euro cup and
to become one of the only underdogs
people routed against number six that’s
one heavy weight loss it had been 13
years since Russian wrestler Alexander
Karelin had lost an international match
in fact he was widely considered the
world’s best greco-roman wrestler by all
accounts Wyoming native Rulon Gardner
was fat slow unskilled and nowhere near
medal contention but Hart was all he
needed to win one nothing against the
Siberian bear in this super heavyweight
match and to become the American flag
bearer at the Sydney games closing
ceremonies do you believe it
upset that King number five miracle Mets
8 left field
the New York Mets started the 1969
season 18 and 23 with hundred to one
odds they win the World Series but in a
dramatic turnaround they finished the
year with a winning record and a spot in
the finals after losing Game one to the
Baltimore Orioles the miracle Mets swept
the next four to become the first
expansion team ever to win the World
Series controversies about shoe polish
notwithstanding number four the
guarantee most people considered NFL
teams to be universally superior to AFL
clubs but someone forgot to tell
all-star AFL QB Joe Namath Broadway Joe
publicly guaranteed that his Jets would
beat the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 3
with Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas on
the bench for most of the game they did
it at a score of 16 to 7 and legitimize
the idea of an afl-nfl merger number 3
Iron Mike goes down for the count right
to the body he tries the uppercut again
and mrs. Douglas comes back with a left
and a right before he bit ears or
appeared in movies
Tyson while still controversial was the
undisputed undefeated heavyweight
champion of the world no one in the
world ever picked Mike a towaway Buster
Douglas was basically a nobody and an
underdog in this fight 42 to 1 he would
shock most of the world if he could make
it into the middle rounds iron mike
underestimated his fearless journeyman
opponent and the result Tyson was ko’d
in the 10th round for the first time in
his career what an uppercut by
– while the results were controversial
Douglass’s title did stand let’s go
ahead and call it the biggest upset in
the history of heavyweight championship
fight number two so close yet so far
from perfect headed for an undefeated
season New England advanced to Super
Bowl 42 as 12 point favorites however
thanks to an 83 yard drive with less
than three minutes left a heart-stopping
David Tyree catch oh my god this ball is
thrown and tie radius goes up for like a
basketball player Harrison trying to
knock it down
and a last-second touchdown Eli Manning
and his Giants crashed the party 17 to
14 Belichick and Brady had been on the
other side of an upset in 2002 when the
Pats robbed the Rams and initiated Brady
mania number one Miracle on Ice
the cold war loomed when the USA and
USSR met on Lake Placid Olympic ice her
Brooks American team comprised a
hodgepodge of amateurs while the Soviets
lived in brief talking their entire
lives and had won four straight Olympic
golds this was David versus Goliath
heart versus skilled communism versus
democracy political ramifications aside
the nail-biter for three us when gave
Americans a miracle to rally around
especially when they later won gold
against Finland do you agree with our
list which sports upset do you find most
unforgettable sighs for more top 10s
about your favorite sports moments be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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