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Down 27-21 with 58 seconds left in the 1981 NFC Championship, the San Francisco 49ers sat at the Dallas Cowboys' 6-yard-line. On 3rd and 3, with three defenders on him, 49ers QB Joe Montana rolled to his right, blindly throwing the ball into the back of the endzone, where out of nowhere, WR Dwight Clark jumped a foot in the air for the touchdown. The 49ers would win the NFCCG 28-27 and the Super Bowl two weeks later.

The Catch