It was on this day in 1975 that Staubach popularized the “Hail Mary” play with a 50-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Pearson to get the Cowboys a playoff win against the Minnesota Vikings.

From time to time on PFT Live, the control room torments me with one specific highlight from December 28, 1975, the day the Cowboys ended Minnesota’s season with the NFL’s first-ever Hail Mary play.

December 28, 1975.December 28, 1975. The original Hail Mary occurred that day, with Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach firing a desperation throw to receiver Drew Pearson at Metropolitan Stadium in ...

The 1975 Dallas Cowboys were a 10-4 club that squeaked into the playoffs as the NFC's lone wild-card team. They were the modern-day New England Patriots, stringing together wins with no fewer than ...

"The Hail Mary has always been a part of my life, and it's used now for a lot of different ways," Staubach told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "But in 1975, it was the first time it was ever ...

Roger Staubach is hoping Minnesota Vikings fans can finally move on from the 1975 Hail Mary game after Stefon Diggs authored his own Hail Mary play on Sunday.

Former Dallas Cowboys players Drew Pearson (left) and Roger Staubach fist bump beside a display of the NFT commemorating their famous Hail Mary play from 1975 at Heritage Auctions on Wednesday ...

By nature, the Hail Mary play starts far from the end zone. The average Hail Mary pass since 2009 has traveled 44.7 yards past the line of scrimmage, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

It was Staubach who threw the (in)famous Hail Mary 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson in the waning seconds on Dec. 28, 1975, enabling the Dallas Cowboys to defeat the Vikings 17-14 in an NFC ...

NFL Hail Mary 1975 NFC Divisional Playoffs — Dallas 17, Minnesota 14: Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a 50-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson to defeat the Vikings.

Vikings still not over Hail Mary game, 40 years laterFormer Vikings defensive lineman alleges there was another non-call on the decisive play that was just as important.Roger Staubach has a ...

Sid Hartman: 'Hail Mary' should never have happened If an earlier call had gone the Vikings' way in that 1975 playoff game, the Cowboys would have lost. By Sid Hartman January 14, 2010 at 10:25PM ...