Comeback of the Year: Minnesota high school football team erases 17-point deficit in last minute

Maple Grove scores three times, recovers two onside kicks for improbable 29-27 victory.

By Lynden Ostrander

Nov 10, 2017, 9:00am

Facing a 27-10 deficit with just 59 seconds remaining in their season, the Maple Grove (MN) football team scored on 4th-and-17, recovered two onside kicks, and scored 19 points to advance to the Minnesota state semifinals. This might be the greatest comeback in high school football history.

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See the wild comeback in Minnesota state playoffs.

This has to be the comeback of the year.

Maple Grove (Minn.) trailed St. Michael-Albertville 27-10 with 59 seconds remaining in the Minnesota Class 6A state quarterfinals. The game appeared over.

Wrong.

The Crimson somehow engineered 19 points in less than a minute — capped by Evan Hull's game-winning one-yard touchdown run for the unbelievable 29-27 come-from-behind win.

Maple Grove advances to face Eden Prairie next week in the state semifinals.

Comeback of the Year: Minnesota high school football team erases 17-point deficit in last minute

Maple Grove scores three times, recovers two onside kicks for improbable 29-27 victory.

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