It was desperation time. The Cowboys, trailing the Vikings by four points with 32 seconds left in the 1975 playoffs, had no choice but to loft one last hopeful pass toward the end zone and hope to get lucky.
In those days, this type of desperation pass was often called an “alley oop.� But Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach would soon come up with a better name.
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