The 63-yard game winner also shattered the previous NFL record by 7 yards. Why it stands out: It was not only a rare win for the Saints and a successful day for Dempsey (who made four of his five kicks that afternoon). Holder Joe Scarpati spotted the ball at the Saints’ 37-yard line, and Dempsey, who was born without toes on his right foot and wore a modified shoe, set off a wild celebration at Tulane Stadium by drilling the game-winning kick. Field-goal kicking was far more erratic than it is today (toe-kicking was still in vogue), but Roberts didn’t have much to lose in his first game as coach after replacing the fired Tom Fears. Roberts put his hopes on the right foot of Tom Dempsey, who had missed a whopping 29 field goals over his first one-and-a-half NFL seasons. But after the Saints got to their own 45-yard line with two seconds remaining, new coach J.D. What happened? The woeful New Orleans Saints (1-5-1) seemed headed for yet another November loss when the visiting Detroit Lions grabbed a 17-16 lead with only 11 seconds left. Here are five underrated yet historical finishes that came down to the wire.
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This year’s NFC playoff game between Green Bay and Dallas came down to a last-second field goal - notably drawing the highest TV ratings for a divisional-round game in 20 years. But for all these great moments, far more are overlooked or even forgotten. The past two championship games in both college football and college basketball were decided in the final second. Who could forget Auburn returning a missed field goal from 109 yards to beat Alabama in the 2013 Iron Bowl, or Bobby Orr flying through the air after the winning goal in the 1970 Stanley Cup Final? The chief reason? It’s the last-second dramas that can elevate players to hero status with a single pass or a swing of the bat. Most fans can vividly recall the best game-ending plays in history, from the postseason walk-off home runs of Joe Carter, Bill Mazeroski, Bobby Thomson and Kirk Gibson to Michael Jordan’s playoff game-winner over Craig Ehlo.
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