With that contact, he went down and I was able to swing my arms around. In doing that, I made contact with Nate, but there was no deliberate push. "As I looked back and saw the ball coming," Pearson told the LA Times in 2014, "I saw it was going to be short, and then I did that swim move to get inside position. He grabbed the ball and stepped away from Wright and into the end zone for the winning score. The pass was underthrown, allowing Pearson to slow and come back for it. So as the throw headed toward Vikings defensive backs Nate Wright and Paul Krause and Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson, Staubach said a "Hail Mary" hoping the pass would land in the hands of the Cowboys' receiver. Staubach launched a pass so high that he actually had time to say a prayer - so he says - after releasing the ball. The Cowboys trailed, 14-10, and had the ball right at midfield. There were 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter when Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach dropped back to pass at Metropolitan Stadium. The Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings meet Thursday night in Minnesota, and if you see a last-gasp pass at the end of the first half or at the end of the game you'll know what to call it only because one of these two teams invented the phrase after a tense playoff game between them back in 1975. (The story was originally published on Dec.
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