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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Arnie Stapleton

HISTORICAL FACTS: Cowboys last ditch plays against niners never have a prayer 08216b3b 3bc2 4c50 890e 77d1732b52eb - The Untold Story

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For the second straight season, the Dallas Cowboys — the team that popularized the “Hail Mary” pass almost 50 years ago — never even had a prayer of heaving it into the end zone against the San Francisco 49ers.

Meltdowns by coach Mike McCarthy and blunders by tight end Dalton Schultz kept the Cowboys from setting themselves up for something similar to Roger Staubach's 50-yard game-winning heave in the waning moments that stunned the Minnesota Vikings in a 1975 playoff game.

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