Most famous interceptions in NFL history

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Most famous interceptions in NFL history

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We hear a lot about the most memorable/famous/iconic touchdowns.

But when it comes to interceptions, some are more well-remembered than others.

What tops your list of the more prodigious pigskin picks?
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A few off the top of my head:

Mike Davis, Red Right 88.

Malcolm Butler, Super Bowl XLIX

James Harrison, the end of the first half of Super Bowl XLII.
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Richie Petitbon picked off Y.A. Tittle in the endzone with 10 seconds left to preserve the Bears 14-10 lead in the 1963 NFL Championship Game.
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Troy Polamalu's non Int in the playoff game was the moment I knew that I no longer knew what a catch was.
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Alan Page's pickoff to clinch the Vikes' 1969 playoff game vs. the Rams.

Willie Brown's pick-six in Super Bowl XI that ended any conceivable Viking comeback hopes.

Jack Squirek's short pick-six in Super Bowl XVIII that effectively killed the Redskins.
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As a Packer fan, three which come quickly to mind ...

- Tom Brown's interception of a Don Meredith pass in the end zone to end the Cowboys' drive at the end of the 1966 NFL Championship

- Willie Wood's interception of Len Dawson in the beginning of the second half of Super Bowl I (it was a 14-10 game at that point)

- Nick Collins' pick-six against the Steelers in Super Bowl 45 to put Green Bay up by two TDs
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I wouldn't put it among the most famous in NFL history but one of the most memorable in Bills franchise history would be Carlton Bailey's pick-6 of John Elway in the 1991 AFCCG.
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Ronfitch wrote:As a Packer fan, three which come quickly to mind ...

- Tom Brown's interception of a Don Meredith pass in the end zone to end the Cowboys' drive at the end of the 1966 NFL Championship

- Willie Wood's interception of Len Dawson in the beginning of the second half of Super Bowl I (it was a 14-10 game at that point)

- Nick Collins' pick-six against the Steelers in Super Bowl 45 to put Green Bay up by two TDs
There were several memorable ones in the 2010 playoffs. Tramon Williams had a pick in the end zone to end the Eagles game. Williams had a Pick 6 at the end of the first half against the Falcons that more or less clinched that game. The Raji Pick 6 and Sam Shields at the end against the Bears. There wasn't an INT at the end of the Super Bowl, but it was sort of remarkable that Jarrett Bush, a special teamer not known for his coverage abilities, nearly had one on the final play as well as having an INT earlier in the game.
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In the 2013 NFC Championship game between San Francisco and Seattle, Malcolm Smith intercepted one in the last minute in the endzone with the help of a tip by Richard Sherman to preserve a 23-17 victory.

Bears safety Mike Brown had two game-winning interceptions returned for TD in consecutive weeks in overtime in 2001.
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Super Bowl XIV: Jack Lambert's fourth quarter interception stops what would have been a go-ahead Rams drive and helps set the stage for the Steelers to clinch the game.

1989: Clay Matthews intercepts Jim Kelly at the goal line in the closing seconds of their playoff game, allowing the Browns to hold on, 34-30. One play earlier, Ronnie Harmon dropped a game-winner in the end zone.

2003 Playoffs: Al Harris' pick-six in OT to defeat the Seahawks, negating Matt Hasselbeck's OT coin toss prediction.
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