AND THE RAMS HOPE THAT THEY HAVE
ONE MORE CHANCE LEFT.
I THINK WE CAN THROW
ON FIRST DOWN NOW.
I THINK WE CAN THROW
ON FIRST DOWN.
EVEN DROP-BACK PASSES.
HEY, RAY.
YOU GOT TO GO TO THE END ZONE
WITH IT.
YOU GOT TO GO TO THE END ZONE
WITH IT.
Announcer: THE RAMS 86 YARDS
AWAY FROM THE STEELER END ZONE,
TRAILING BY FIVE POINTS.
MAYBE ONE MORE MIRACLE REMAINS
IN THEIR SATCHEL
IN THE 1979 SEASON.
OKAY. COME ON, FERRAGAMO.
PLAY-ACTION, YOU SUCKER.
Announcer: LOOKING DOWNFIELD.
BALL IS DOWNFIELD.
CAUGHT BY DREW HILL
AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
LET'S GO!
OFFENSIVE LINE!
Narrator:
THE RAMS SUMMONED UP THE HEART
NO ONE THOUGHT THEY HAD...
Announcer: FERRAGAMO TRIPPED UP.
REGAINS HIS BALANCE.
Narrator:
...AND SLOWLY FOUGHT THEIR WAY
TOWARD THE STEELER GOAL.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT.
WE GOT 'EM.
WE GOT 'EM.
Announcer: THE DELAY HAND-OFF
TO CULLEN BRYANT.
45. 40. 35.
STILL ON HIS FEET AT THE 30.
Narrator: FANS WHO WITHHELD
THEIR LOVE FOR SO LONG
SUDDENLY POURED IT OUT IN CHEERS
FOR A SCRAPPY UNDERDOG
WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP.
Announcer: FERRAGAMO BLITZED.
AND DOWN HE GOES.
J.T. THOMAS GOT HIM AT THE 39.
WHY THE HELL
DIDN'T HE AUDIBLE?
WADDY IN MOTION.
FERRAGAMO GOING BACK TO PASS.
HE'S GONNA SCRAMBLE.
HE'S GONNA RUN.
THE 35. THE 40.
AND DOWN AT THE 42-YARD LINE.
THROW IT DOWN THERE, VINNY!
GO!
FIRST DOWN.
HE SHOOTS IT OVER THE MIDDLE.
A DIVING CATCH
AT THE 40-YARD LINE.
FIRST DOWN, RAMS.
Narrator: THE RAMS WERE
ON THE VERGE OF ANOTHER SCORE
WHEN FERRAGAMO MADE HIS FIRST
AND ONLY MISTAKE OF THE GAME.
Announcer:
FERRAGAMO BACK TO PASS.
SHOOTS IT OVER THE MIDDLE.
INTERCEPTED BY THE STEELERS'
LAMBERT AT THE 15.
THE 20.
LAMBERT STILL ON HIS FEET.
CUTTING TO THE MIDDLE
OF THE FIELD.
AND HE'S DOWN
AT THE 30-YARD LINE.
FIRST INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME
OFF THE ARM OF FERRAGAMO.
AND FOR STEELER FANS IT COULD
NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME,
WITH 5:24 TO GO IN THE GAME.
[ CROWD SHOUTING ]
WADDY WAS WIDE OPEN, RAY.
WADDY WAS WIDE OPEN, RAY.
ON THE POST.
Narrator: BY DAY,
THE RAMS' SPARKLING SPIRIT
HAD KEPT THE GAME CLOSE.
BUT BY NIGHT,
IT FADED INTO THE BLACK REALITY
OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS
MUSTERING WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO WIN GAMES WHEN MOST
OF AMERICA IS WATCHING.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA THROW
HIGH-PERCENTAGE PASSES
AGAINST THE RAMS.
GO DEEP
AND GET THE BIG PLAY,
BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY
HIGH-PERCENTAGE PASSING.
Announcer: PITTSBURGH JUST
WANTS TO MAINTAIN POSSESSION.
AND IT'S A VERY BIG
THIRD-DOWN PLAY.
NICKEL DEFENSE IN
FOR LOS ANGELES.
BRADSHAW BACK TO PASS.
HE SETS UP AT THE 23.
HE THROWS LONG DOWN THE CENTER
OF THE FIELD FOR STALLWORTH.
HE'S GOT IT AT THE 25.
AND DOWN AT THE 22.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Narrator: THE FIRST LONG PASS
TO STALLWORTH
