The New York Giants trail the Buffalo Bills 12-10 in the third quarter of Super Bowl XXV. The Giants' strategy going into the game was to keep the potent Bills offense off the field as much as possible.
On their first drive of the second-half, the Giants 11th play is a daunting third-and-13. The Bills have the momentum and poised to take control of the game.
In one of Super Bowl history's most memorable plays, quarterback Jeff Hostetler drops back and finds wide receiver Mark Ingram over the middle for four yards.
In a play that symbolized the Giants sheer determination to win the game, Ingram escapes from two tackles from Kirby Jackson and Darryl Talley, jukes away from Mark Kelso, and with JD Williams hanging onto his leg, Ingram hops on the other for one more yard.
As the play develops, it seems to unfold agonizingly slow as the receiver eludes tackles and wills his way for a key first-down conversion at the 19-yard line.
He ends the game with five catches for 74 yards, a performance that helps the Giants to a 20-19 Super Bowl upset.
His personal life since retiring in 1996 sadly has not been as storied.
Today, the former star is scheduled to start a 92-month jail term for drug-money laundering.
He is the father of Alabama Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram, Jr., whose undefeated team has a shot at the Southeastern Conference title against Florida and a chance at a national championship with a win this Saturday.
Ingram had hoped to attend the game before heading to prison, missing it by one day.
In 2001, Ingram was sentenced to six months in federal prison for carrying nearly $3,300 in counterfeit money. In 2004, he served a year for stealing a credit card from a golf course near his home.
And now the money laundering charge.
When Ingram leaves prison, his son's college career will be over and his 50th birthday will come behind bars.
"I've done a lot of things wrong," Ingram said at his sentencing. "I'm an imperfect man."
Unfortunately some of Mark Ingram's decisions after his Super Bowl performance have been less than memorable.
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