My brother's high school football team had at least one record-settingly poor performance. It's entirely possible the were in something like 3rd and 54 at some point.

Another scenario I could imagine would be a horrific fumble that just kept going backwards, before being recovered. Sort of the opposite of the Holy Roller.

Undisciplined

I need to look into the details of how it occurred. 

grayruby

Stacker_Sports

3rd and 54???

I've been following an embarrassingly hapless team since the early 90's and that's new to me.

Sounds like two holdings (20 yds) and a false start (5 yds), plus a personal foul (15 yds) tacked onto a huge sack (14 yds).