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[The Rookie]

The teams were the NYG who were winning and decided to run the ball and the QB ( Persoki I forgot how to spell it) bumped into the RB and he fumbled then Herb of the PHil. Eagles( Indy Coach now) pick it up and rambled for a TD and the win

[Reginald Rutledge]

The player in question was Herm Edwards of the Philadelphia Eagles. The coach of the Indy played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and his name is Tony Dungy.

On another note, the victory formation still to this day does not always work as games have been lost in this era with that formation being in place. I've seen it happen at the University of Tennessee and in a few high school games.

A game should never be over until the clock strikes 00:00 and when it is not played to the fullest extent, you mess with the integrity of the game and the rules.

Reg

The Miracle at the Meadowlands is the term used by sportscasters and Philadelphia Eagles fans for a fumble recovery by cornerback Herman Edwards that he returned for a touchdown at the end of a November 19, 1978 NFL game against the New York Giants in Giants Stadium. It was seen as miraculous because it occurred at a point in the game when the Giants were easily capable of running out the game's final seconds. The Giants had the ball, and the Eagles had no timeouts left. Everyone watching expected quarterback Joe Pisarcik to take one more snap and kneel with the ball, thus running out the clock and preserving a 17-12 Giant upset. Instead, he attempted to hand it off to fullback Larry Csonka and botched it, allowing Edwards to pick up the ball and run 26 yards for the winning score.

Giants fans refer to the play simply as "The Fumble," though that name is generally used outside of New York for a play in the 1987 AFC Championship Game between the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos. It has been referred to as one of the most, if not the most, mistaken coaching decisions in American football. While this view is popularly held among sports fans, the reason why the call was made, and why it happened the way it did, has been overlooked in the ensuing years. As a result, all teams would line up differently when they ran out the clock.

The terms reflect the different impact the play had on both teams. For the Eagles, a victory snatched from the jaws of certain defeat served as a morale boost, leading that season to a playoff berth and, two seasons later, the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance. But to Giants fans, it was the nadir of a long era of mediocrity, proof the team not only couldn't succeed but couldn't allow itself to do so. For them, it too would lead to changes that proved beneficial in the long run.