Situation: Fourth and 10 from Green Bay's 24-yard line.

SeattleвЂ™s Russell Wilson to Golden Tate vs. 'Unfortunately, when we play it, it's a victory for the other team.вЂќ 5. Saints head coach Mike Ditka, whose team had given up a Hail Mary touchdown to end the first half the previous week, was incredulous: вЂњ a prevent defense, but if itвЂ™s played with a certain technique, itвЂ™s called a victory defense,' he said.

Before the play,В Cleveland defensive tackle Darius Holland was resigned to another loss: вЂњI had my shoes untied, my shirt untucked.' heВ told the Akron Beacon Journal. With the Cowboys trailing with 0:32 to go and the ball at the 50-yard line, legendary Hall of Fame Quarterback Roger Staubach connected with Preston Pearson for game winning touchdown.ДЄfter the game, in the locker room, a reporter asked Staubach, a devout Catholic, what he was thinking during the play, and he replied, вЂњI just closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary.вЂќ The next day, headlines read, вЂњHail Mary Pass Wins Game.вЂќ The national press ran with it, and the term has been part of popular sports culture ever since.On the final play, Couch sprinted right to avoid pressure and heaved a ball that was tipped in the air and caught by Johnson just inside the front pylon for a touchdown. The play that really cemented the term in the popular culture however occurredВ Decemin theВ Dallas CowboyвЂ™s 17-14 playoff win overВ the Minnesota Vikings. As the article explained, вЂњA вЂhail MaryвЂ™ pass, in the talk of the Washington eleven, is one that is thrown with a prayer because the odds against completion are big.вЂќ The piece appeared in several newspapers including the DecemDaytona Beach Morning Journal under the headline, вЂњOrange Bowl: Hoyas Put Faith in вЂHail MaryвЂ™ PassвЂќ). For more than forty years use of the term was largely confined to Notre Dame and other Catholic universities.ДЄn early appearance of the term was in an Associated Press story about the upcoming 1941 Orange Bowl between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Jesuit run Georgetown Hoyas. Originally meaning any sort of desperation play, a вЂњHail MaryвЂќ gradually came to denote a long, low-probability pass attempted at the end of a half when a team is too far from the end zone to execute a more conventional play, implying that it would take divine intervention for the play to succeed. Notre Dame head coach Elmer Layden (who had played in the 1922 Georgia Tech game) afterwards called it a вЂњHail MaryвЂќ play. On November 2, 1935, with 32 seconds left in the so-called вЂњGame of the CenturyвЂќ between Ohio State and Notre Dame, Irish halfback Bill Shakespeare found receiver Wayne Millner for a 19-yard, game-winning touchdown. After the game, Kizer exclaimed to Crowley, вЂњSay, that Hail Mary is the best play weвЂ™ve got.вЂќ Crowley related this story many times in public speeches beginning in the 1930s. This time Stuhldreher ran for a touchdown, which sealed the win for Notre Dame. The ritual was repeated before a third and goal play, again at TechвЂ™s six, in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, another of the Horsemen, threw a quick pass over the middle to Paul Castner for the score. According to Crowley, it was one of the teamвЂ™s linemen, Noble Kizer (a Presbyterian), who suggested praying before the first touchdown, which occurred on a fourth and goal play at the Tech 6-yard line during the second quarter. Jim Crowley often told the story of an October 28, 1922, game between Notre Dame and Georgia Tech in which the Fighting Irish players said Hail Mary prayers together before scoring each of the touchdowns, winning the game 13 to 3. Riding the talent of the perhapsВ most fabled quartet in college football history, Notre Dame established itself as a football powerhouse, losing only 2 games in the 3 years they were together. The Four Horsemen were Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, Halfbacks Don Miller, and Jim Crowley, and Fullback Elmer Layden. The expression goes back at least to the 1924 Notre Dame backfield В the famedВ Four Horsemen. Not surprisingly, the story starts at the confluence of Catholicism and Football The University of Notre Dame. But how did a last second desperation play become known as a вЂњHail MaryвЂќ? ItвЂ™s one of the most well known terms and iconic plays in sports. Touchdown!!! An amazingВ win on a last second Hail Mary! A receiver improbably comes down with the ball. He heaves the ball high in the air with no real target, only trying to get the distance to reach the end zone.В The defensive backs and receivers bunch up waiting for the ball to descend. The quarterback drops back, scrambles, waiting for his receivers to get near the goal. The defense pulls the pass rush and defends deep. The offense has the ball at their own 48-yard line and are down by more than a field goal.

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