MIAMI – On a wild Saturday in college football, the catch of the day didn’t involve a touchdown or even a football, but of all things, a black and white cat. During a Saturday night game ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The most notable catch in Saturday’s game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State didn’t even happen on the field. Wasn’t even a football. It was a cat.

It was only about a minute that a cat dangled perilously from the upper deck of Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, with nothing but an American flag — outstretched 30 feet below — to break its fall.

The craziest catch of Saturday’s game between Miami and Appalachian State wasn’t even a football. It was a cat.

Lucky Cat: Falling Feline Gets Saved at Miami Football Game The animal somehow got into Hard Rock Stadium, then got caught by one of its paws off the facade of the upper deck ...

It may be the most heart-stopping video of the college football season, but it wasn't on the field. In a bizarre sequence at Hard Rock Stadium during the Miami–Appalachian State game, a cat was ...

The cat made its way to the top level of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. As it clung by one paw to the upper deck, fans below grabbed an American flag — which they used to catch the falling feline.

Fans gasped as the cat fell, then cheered when it survived. "If the cat can help our red-zone offense, I'll see if we can get it a scholarship," Miami's coach said afterward.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The most notable catch in Saturday's game between No. 22 Miami and Appalachian State didn’t even happen on the field. Wasn’t even a football. It was a cat.