This is from the NFL rulebook:
"Any eligible offensive player may catch a forward pass. If a pass is touched by one eligible offensive player and touched or caught by a second offensive player, pass completion is legal. Further, all offensive players become eligible once a pass is touched by an eligible receiver or any defensive player."
Since the pass was touched by either an eligible receiver or a defensive player and then caught it is a legal catch.
The Immaculate Reception occurred on December 23, 1972.
Running back John Fuqua.
indeed it was
Terry Bradshaw threw the pass, Frenchy Fuqua was the intended receiver and Franco Harris was the player who made the reception.
Yes, he was. Terry Bradshaw threw the pass and running back Franco Harris caught it.
Immaculate Reception happened in 1972.
The Immaculate Reception occurred on December 23, 1972.
The Immaculate Reception - 2005 was released on: USA: 1 January 2005 (DVD premiere)
Franco Harris made the Immaculate Reception on December 23, 1972.
Franco Harris
Fox NFL Sunday - 1994 The Immaculate Reception was released on: USA: 22 December 2012
By rule, one offensive player who touches the pass first makes it illegal for a 2nd eligible receiver to then catch that same pass.
For those that don't know, the Immaculate Reception was one of American footballs most famous plays. The teams involved were the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Oakland Raiders.
John Madden
Running back John Fuqua.
Fox NFL Sunday - 1994 Immaculate Reception Holiday Special was released on: USA: 23 December 2012