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Date: November 25, 1993 (Thanksgiving)
Scoring:
Team 1 2 3 4 Final
MIA 7 0 3 6 16
DAL 0 14 0 0 14
Visitor playmakers:
RB Keith Byars, LB Bryan Cox
Home playmakers:
WR Kevin Williams, DB Bill Bates, DB Brock
Network: NBC (KFDX
Announcers: Dick Enberg, Bob Trumpy
Pregame: Yes
Halftime: No
Postgame: No
Commercials: No
Grade: 90/100. **The first 10 minutes of game clock in the second quarter are missing from this one.**
Notes: With Pete Stoyanovich's 41-yard field goal attempt - and the Dolphins' hope for an upset victory - spinning to a halt at the 1-yard line, the Cowboys' defensive tackle did something that was more stunning than the icy snow covering the field. Lett broke through a ring of three Dolphins players and slid into the ball, knocking it into the end zone - and the Dallas Cowboys right out of the win column.
Miami recovered, and Stoyanovich converted a 19-yard chip shot as time ran out for an improbable 16-14 Miami win that left the Cowboys as shocked as anyone who had come to Thursday's game in a tank-top and flip-flops.
Before Lett's gaffe, which came 11 games after he had the ball stripped at the
Keith Byars rips off a 77-yard run, tying the old Dolphins record set by Leroy Harris against the Baltimore Colts on December 5, 1977.
Thanks Jonathan!
Running time: 2:28 (2 discs)