Roger Staubach and Drew Pearson are always open to new ways of commemorating their famous Hail Mary touchdown that gave the Dallas Cowboys a playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings in 1975 ...

Roger Staubach and Drew Pearson are always open to new ways of commemorating their famous Hail Mary touchdown that gave the Dallas Cowboys a playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings in 1975.

Forty-two years and one Minnesota Miracle later, Roger Staubach is hopeful Vikings fans are finally over the Hail Mary pass that stole a playoff win from Minnesota in 1975.

The first "Hail Mary" pass in the NFL was thrown by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach on Dec. 28, 1975.

Cowboys' Roger Staubach is beloved in Dallas for many reasons. But NFL fans across the country can be thankful that he is the reason "Hail Mary" is a common phrase.

“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 ...

258 Amid the Super Bowl wins and Hall-of-Fame accolades, it’s easy to forget that the catalyst for legendary Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach’s career occurred in a Purcell High School ...

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 ...

Staubach, who is Catholic, told reporters after the playoff game he said a “Hail Mary” before throwing the desperation 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson with 24 seconds left.

Around these parts, no last-gasp, long-bomb "Hail Mary" touchdown pass may ever top Roger Staubach's 50-yarder to Drew Pearson on Dec. 28, 1975 that gave the Cowboys an improbable 17-14 Divisional ...

It was minutes after Staubach had thrown a desperation 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson in a 1975 playoff game, giving the Cowboys a 17-14 win over the Vikings.