The One College Football Run That Changed My Life
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, T.C. Stallings is best known for one of the most iconic runs in Louisville Cardinal football history: a game-winning overtime touchdown against the University of Kentucky. That play still defines his legacy on the field, and he calls it “one of the most significant events in my life.” But what most people don’t know is the powerful story behind that moment. Here he is, sharing it in his own words.
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| 0:54.6 | T.C. Stallings is known for making one of the biggest runs in Louisville Cardinal football history. It was the game-winning run in overtime against the University of Kentucky. |
| 0:59.0 | To this day, he's known for that play. |
| 1:01.3 | He calls it, quote, one of the most significant events in my life, unquote. |
| 1:07.1 | But what people don't know is the story behind that run. |
| 1:13.6 | Here he is to share that story. You know, I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and most of my life I lived in the rougher parts. |
| 1:19.6 | And, you know, I was the youngest of six, and I just began to shape my goals at that point, |
| 1:26.6 | because I didn't like how tough it was on me. I didn't like how tough it was on me. |
| 1:29.9 | I didn't like how tough it was on my mother. |
| 1:31.6 | And I started to make the goal that I wanted to take care of it one day. |
| 1:35.0 | And so I started to see it on TV and through other things that you could go to college for free by playing football. |
| 1:45.0 | And I knew nobody in my family would be able to afford to send me to college. |
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