Ranking the Worst Ways Sports Teams Have Lost Games

Creator: Mike

Losing sucks...what are some of the most demoralizing and ridiculous isolated incidents sports teams have lost through?
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Mistakes to Note

26:12 - This game was played exactly 1 year later on September 8th, 2002. We either misread the year when writing the script or had a typo on it putting pen to paper - it happens to the best of us sometimes :(

[StarkRavingSports]

Quick Note - the 1990 Colorado vs Missouri 5th Down Game was initially in this video at about the 30 minute mark, but we have since removed that segment due to a copyright dispute

[babyalamo]

The Rangers being 1 strike away from winning the World Series TWICE in one game, and then losing, is just unimaginably painful

[mtallmen]

The Kick Six from the 2013 Iron Bowl belongs here for sure
The game was tied with one second left when Alabama went for a 57 yard field goal to win it
You would think the two possible outcomes here are to make the field goal and win or miss it and go to overtime, but the kick ended up being short enough that an Auburn player was able to receive it in the back of the endzone and run it back for a game winning touchdown

[benderrodriguez]

Weird not to see Jeff Francoeur hitting into the only walk-off unassisted triple play in MLB history, especially from a Mets fan

[brunogalhardo]

Losing 7-1 at the World Cup a semi-final on it's own soil is hard to beat. That game became a trauma and a synonym of failure and pain in Brazil

[patricklosiniecki]

I can't believe the Double Doink didn't make the list. I still have nightmares about that one.

[Patrick-thci]

Surprised you didn't mention the Steve Smith own goal during the 1986 NHL playoffs which ended up being the game-winning goal to eliminate his own team. And on his own birthday. Thankfully for him though, he (as well as the goalie he scored on) would go on to win three Stanley Cups with that same team over the next half-decade, which must have been a massive relief considering how brutal the mistake had been.

[advocatefish]

"If winning required nothing and you still lost, that's as far as you can go." 😂

[omariparker]

About the "Band is on the field one", coming from a family of both band geeks and sports players, our consensus was that someone from the Stanford band needed to step up and make a tackle! They'll settle it another way, but you don't lose and you at least earn a bit of street-cred in the process. Imagine the stories, "BAND GEEK MAKES TACKLE AT 1". Instant gold!

[Mike_Poppe]

The skate in the crease rule has been removed from the game for this reason. You may not enter the crease after the goaltender has frozen the puck. A goal may also be disallowed if there was incidental contact with the goaltender within the crease.

[greysonwilliams]

Honestly, the Gordon Hayward shot would have been a way higher entry on this list if it DID go in, because the circumstances for Duke to have lost like that would have been insane

[MrRtwalsh]

the kick 6 in the 2013 iron bowl has to be an honorable mention at least surprised it wasn't on here. the music city miracle // uva losing to furman in this years tournament // villanova's buzzer-beater to beat unc in the championship after paige hits an incredible 3 to take the lead.

[avenueroy]

Toronto Maple Leafs losing to the Carolina Hurricanes when they had an emergency backup goalie (who was a 42 year old Zamboni driver that worked for the Leafs) in net was also pretty bad.

[spartanryan]

I was at the Michigan State Michigan game with the fumbled snap. Incredible game to be at as an MSU fan. I’ve never seen a crowd go so quiet.

[sportsfaniguess]

Panthers losing the Super Bowl on a kick out of bounds, the Tuck Rule game (not just the call but also the insane kick afterwards) and UNC losing a national championship on a buzzer beater directly following an insane game-tying shot, and the NOLA no-call are all good additions to a potential part 2.

[Nick-ybef]

The CFL 2009 Grey Cup "too many men on the field" game has gotta be up there for heartbreaking ways to lose a championship

[LilCurtisKeepASwitch-mr]

I'm surprised you didn't mention J.R. Smith in messing up the 2018 NBA Finals. That was one of the biggest moments in sports at the time. Still an awesome video though.

[TigerofRobare]

Great vid. I think Jeff Francoeur hitting into a game ending, unassisted triple play would make for a good entry, even though the Mets were already losing, just because of how rare that is.

Another great entry would be the 1929 Rose Bowl. Georgia Tech won 8-7 over the University of California, with the difference being a safety scored when Roy Riegels ran 69 yards to his own endzone in the first half.

[Dinklage]

Not only did the Seahawks throw it at the goal line, but then they jumped offside on the ensuing defensive possession to give the pats enough room to kneel out the game rather than needing to run a real play to avoid a safety

[stevencooke]

To clarify the 2010 World Cup, this was the tournament to lead to the introduction of goal line technology. I'd never seen anyone discuss whether the ball had already crossed the goal line. There had already been an embarrassing situation in the Round of 16 when English midfielder Frank Lampard took a shot that went several feet over the goal line, in fact, bouncing off the turf well inside the net, but it was deemed a non goal. At the time the score was 2-1 Germany and this goal would have tied the game. Germany went on to win 4-1, but it's impossible to know whether England might have played a better second half had they tied the game.

As for Luis Suarez who was a controversial figure on multiple occasions (he liked biting players it seemed), but what he did was clearly a red card offense which also led to a last second penalty attempt. One that was promptly missed by Asamoah Gyan. Sure, it's illegal, but Ghana weren't cheated. Gyan, like a list of players failed with the game on his foot. True, with the penalty occurring at "the death" in the 120th they did not also have to play short one man, Suarez was duly punished, and missed the next game, a semi final loss.