With Don Shula’s Dolphins making a run at a third straight Super Bowl win and leading the Raiders in Oakland by five points with less than a minute to play, Stabler took the snap at the Miami eight, dropped back, faded to the right, encountered pressure, scrambled to the left, was hit low from behind, and lobbed the ball while falling.

Running back Clarence Davis emerged from the so-called “Sea of Hands” (mostly belonging to Dolphins defenders) to snag the ball and end Miami’s march to a fourth straight Super Bowl appearance.