The ball was tipped by a Kentucky player before being caught at the 15-yard line by Devery Henderson of LSU, who ran it in for the walk-off touchdown.

On the first play of the series, the Tigers quickly got the ball to their own 26-yard line on a pass from quarterback Marcus Randall to wide receiver Michael Clayton.

The chances for success were considered slim because Randall's arm was not strong enough to reach the opponent's end zone from 70+ yards away.

Henderson broke an attempt at a shoestring tackle by the last Kentucky defender and ran into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.

[2] While Henderson crossed the end zone, the Jefferson Pilot Sports television broadcast accidentally posted the graphic "Kentucky 30, LSU 27—FINAL."

After the touchdown, Jefferson Pilot Sports play-by-play announcer Dave Neal called the play, "The most shocking, improbable, unbelievable sequence of events."

Fireworks spewed out of the Commonwealth Stadium suites to herald the apparent Kentucky win when the game clock read "0:00", even prior to the Hail Mary pass.

[3] On the day after the game, Baton Rouge's daily newspaper, The Advocate, ran the headline "HAIL TIGERS" on the sports page.

The website also received write-in votes for such names as "The Divine Deflection," "It Works Devery Time," and "The Lexington Longshot.