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The choice was clear. There was only one option.

Wide receiver Anthony Carter boldly told quarterback Johnny Wagner that he was going to be open and to hit him with a pass downfield. Carter zigzagged down the middle and reeled in the throw near the Indiana 20-yard line. But there was more to come. He made a cutback move to his left to avoid one tackle and slipped another one at the 5-yard line before romping into the end zone with no time left on the clock.

The play gave him a Big Ten Conference record with thirty-seven touchdown catches over his career, but he will forever be immortalized in Michigan history for his stunning score as time expired to beat Indiana. People in Michigan still talk about the play today, and it is regarded as one of the best efforts ever in Maize and Blue history.

In an interview with AnnArbor.com in 2009, Carter recalled the feat thirty years later as if it happened yesterday. He said the play has meant the world to him and the fans. No matter what happens in Michigan football, no one will ever be able to take away the memory of that exciting last-second touchdown in 1979.