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An incredible series of plays, a last-gasp effort, and the fortuitous foot of Matt Prater, the field goal kicker who’d been in Buffalo no more than 100 hours, booting a 32-yarder for the win.
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Coy Wire, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
He was involved in the build-up to Rio Ngumoha’s last-gasp goal with a pass into the feet of Ryan Gravenberch before making an intelligent run down the outside.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Prescott threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-3 with 1:54 left to end the Cowboys’ last-gasp rally.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Royals captain Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer off Yankees reliever Mark Leiter Jr. as part of a last-gasp attempt at a rally.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
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Coy Wire, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
He was involved in the build-up to Rio Ngumoha’s last-gasp goal with a pass into the feet of Ryan Gravenberch before making an intelligent run down the outside.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Prescott threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-3 with 1:54 left to end the Cowboys’ last-gasp rally.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Royals captain Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer off Yankees reliever Mark Leiter Jr. as part of a last-gasp attempt at a rally.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
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“Last-gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last-gasp. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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