On January 3, 1983: Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett becomes the only player in NFL history to run 99 yards for a touchdown. Taking a handoff two yards deep in the end zone, Dorsett bursts through a big hole off tackle against the Minnesota Vikings’ defense, cuts to his right and then races down the sideline. He avoids being knocked out of bounds on the Vikings 25 and tightropes down the sideline for the score. “I just saw a lot of green,” says Dorsett after the Cowboys’ 31-27 defeat. Dorsett’s run breaks the NFL record of 97 yards, set by Andy Uram of the Chicago Cardinals in 1939 and tied by Bob Gage of Pittsburgh in 1949.
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