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| In a game with 17 future HOFers, Alan Ameche ran for the first overtime victory in history. This is widely regarded as the reason the NFL became mainstream | |
| Jim Marshall picked up a fumble and did this with it | |
| The coldest game ever played on record to that point | |
| Joe Namath guaranteed a highly unlikely win over his opponent, and delivered a shocking win | |
| Franco Harris caught a deflected ball and it was ruled complete for a touchdown | |
| Ken Stabler fumbled on a sack, Pete Banaszak swatted it into the endzone, and Dave Casper recovered it for the game winner | |
| While running the clock out, Joe Pisarcik botched a handoff and Herm Edwards recovered the fumble for a touchdown | |
| This game shattered the coldest game record (-59 F) | |
| Joe Montana led his team downfield ending with a spectacular touchdown reception by Dwight Clark, winning the game | |
| A section of snowy turf was cleared so Patriots kicker John Smith could kick the game winner | |
| Starting from their own 2, John Elway and the Broncos went 98 yards in 15 plays to tie it up, leading to an overtime win | |
| Randall Cunningham passed through horrible weather and visibility conditions for 407 yards, but still lost | |
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| Nine Redskins were helped off the field with injuries in a loss to the Eagles | |
| Dan Marino called a hurry-up spike, but dropped back and passed a game winner | |
| John Elway scrambled for the first down and was tackled midair in a peculiar way | |
| On a kick return, Lorenzo Neal handed the ball to Frank Wychek, who passed it to Kevin Dyson, who ran for the game winner | |
| Kevin Dyson got tackled one long yard short of the game winner by Mike Jones | |
| Down 30-7 going into the fourth quarter, the Jets engineered the greatest comeback ever in a 40-37 OT win over the Dolphins | |
| Tom Brady blatantly fumbled on a sack, but the referee Walt Coleman called it back and the Patriots won because of it | |
| With 7 seconds left, Aaron Brooks completed it to Donte Stallworth and, after 3 laterals and a touchdown, John Carney missed the tying PAT | |
| Freddie Mitchell caught a deep pass from Donovan McNabb to set up the game winnner against the Packers and 'thanked his hands' | |
| Eli Manning tossed a desperation pass up and David Tyree caught the ball on his helmet to set up the game winner | |
| Ben Roethlisberger tossedAfter coming back from a 4 touchdown deficit in the fourth quarter, DeSean Jackson returned a up the game winner over three defenders to Santonio Holmes, w | |
| After the Eagles came back from a 3 touchdown deficit in the fourth quarter, DeSean Jackson became the first player ever to return a punt for a touchdown for the win as time expire | |
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