Editing Immaculate Reception (section)

===Legacy===
The Steelers organization still considers the Immaculate Reception the greatest moment in team history. The play was documented by NFL Network's ''[[A Football Life]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/nfl-network-s-a-football-life-explores-life-legacy-of-steve-mcnair-oct-1-8538505 |title=NFL Network's A Football Life Explores Life, Legacy of Steve McNair Oct. 17 |website=Tennessee Titans |date=2012-10-12 |access-date=2022-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018094542/http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-1/NFL-Networks-A-Football-Life-Explores-Life-Legacy-of-Steve-McNair-Oct-17/4e26d98d-f795-4283-8a4a-06de48da5d90 |archive-date=2012-10-18 }}</ref>

On December 23, 2012, on the fortieth anniversary of the play just hours before the [[2012 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Steelers]] hosted the [[2012 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]], the Steelers unveiled a monument at the exact spot where Harris made the reception at a parking lot just outside [[Heinz Field]], where Three Rivers Stadium formerly stood. This is the third such monument that commemorates the play in the city (the others are located at the [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] and the [[Heinz History Center]]).<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8773581/pittsburgh-steelers-unveil-immaculate-reception-monument| title= Immaculate Reception honored| date= December 22, 2012| agency= Associated Press | website= ESPN| access-date= December 28, 2017}}</ref>

In the [[2013–14 NFL playoffs]], [[2013 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks]]' [[Richard Sherman (American football)|Richard Sherman]] [[The Tip (American football)|deflected a pass]] by [[2013 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] quarterback [[Colin Kaepernick]], that was intended for [[Michael Crabtree]], which was caught by teammate [[Malcolm Smith (American football)|Malcolm Smith]] to seal the Seahawks' 23–17 victory in the NFC Championship Game.<ref name="CBS_Jan14">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/seahawks-cb-richard-sherman-fined-7875-for-nfc-title-game-taunting/|title=Seahawks CB Richard Sherman fined $7,875 for NFC title game taunting|work=CBS Sports|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="HuffPo_Jan14">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-sherman-rant-erin-andrews_n_4629510|title= Richard Sherman's Rant May Have 'Scared Erin Andrews,' Definitely Bothered Some On Twitter (VIDEOS)|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=January 20, 2014|author=Chris Greenberg|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="CNN_Jan14">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/21/us/richard-sherman-response/ |title=Richard Sherman stunned by reaction to his victory rant |publisher=CNN|date=November 14, 2011 |access-date=January 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NFL_Jan14">{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/richard-sherman-fined-7-875-for-on-field-celebration-0ap2000000317613|date=January 24, 2014|title=Richard Sherman fined $7,875 for on-field celebration|work=NFL|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref> The play was later dubbed "the Immaculate Deflection" (as an homage to the Immaculate Reception), and would later be voted by Seahawks fans to be the most significant play in franchise history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/2014/05/05/richard-sherman-gives-new-meaning-cover-corner|title=Richard Sherman gives new meaning to cover corner|access-date=2022-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071340/http://www.seahawks.com/news/2014/05/05/richard-sherman-gives-new-meaning-cover-corner|archive-date=2018-01-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

For [[Super Bowl XLIX]], [[Wix.com]] ran an ad featuring retired football players using its tools to build websites for their new businesses, including Harris who creates a fictional wedding planning website called "Immaculate Receptions" named after the famous play.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.wix.com/blog/2015/01/5-beautiful-wix-websites-that-almost-broke-the-internet/ | title=5 Beautiful Wix Websites That (Almost) Broke the Internet | date=29 January 2015 }}</ref>

"The 100-Year Game", a short film created by the league for [[Super Bowl LIII]], featured many current and former football stars. In it, Bradshaw is seen throwing a football across the room towards such contemporary star receivers as [[Larry Fitzgerald]] and [[Odell Beckham Jr.]] — only to see the ball tipped, and snatched by Harris just before it hits the floor.

A 2019 poll of media members by the NFL named the Immaculate Reception as the greatest NFL play in its history.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-immaculate-reception-is-voted-greatest-play-in-nfl-history-1202740366/ | title = 'The Immaculate Reception' Is Voted Greatest Play In NFL History | first =Bruce | last = Haring | date=  September 21, 2019 | access-date = September 21, 2019 | work = [[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref>

On December 24, 2022, while hosting the present-day [[Las Vegas Raiders]] to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Immaculate Reception, Harris became only the third player in Steelers history to have his jersey retired.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 24, 2022 |title=Steelers retire Franco Harris' No. 32 during emotional halftime ceremony days after Hall of Famer's death |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-retire-franco-harris-no-32-emotional-halftime-ceremony-raiders#:~:text=%22It's%20been%20said%2C%20'Life,.%2032%20as%20officially%20retired.%22/ |website=[[NFL.com]]}}</ref> Harris had died four days earlier on December 20, and was originally scheduled to appear during the ceremony.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |last2=Victor |first2=Daniel |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Franco Harris, Steeler Who Caught 'Immaculate Reception,' Dies at 72 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/sports/football/franco-harris-dead-steelers.html |url-access=limited |accessdate=December 21, 2022}}</ref>