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PITTSBURGH — As lightning lit up the sky outside Acrisure Stadium, delaying the start of Sunday night’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers, Dak Prescott had a message for his teammates.
“I was saying it before the game started, like we’re not going to forget this one regardless,” said Prescott, who ate a protein waffle, stretched and did some drills during the wait. “With the delays, with everything that happened, it’s one of those games I don’t care how long you play, you’ll never forget it. I just kept saying, ‘Let’s make it one to remember.’ I think we did that in all the ups, the downs, the ebbs and flows.”
Prescott threw the game-winning touchdown pass — a 4-yarder to Jalen Tolbert — with 20 seconds left to give the Cowboys a crucial 20-17 win against the Steelers. It allowed the Cowboys (3-2) to stay above .500 and on the tail of the Washington Commanders (4-1) in the NFC East. It also was the Cowboys’ third road win of the season, marking their best start away from home since Prescott’s rookie year in 2016.
In addition, it was coach Mike McCarthy’s first regular-season win against the Steelers, his hometown team. While McCarthy holds the trump card with a win in Super Bowl XLV against the Steelers as coach of the Green Bay Packers, the Steelers were the only team he had coached against multiple times and had not beaten (0-4).
The four games were settled by 1, 7, 3 and 5 points.
“It feels great,” said McCarthy, who walked out of the stadium with his parents, Joe and Ellen, to a waiting group of family and friends. “It’s the first time I’ve been part of a victory here. But — and I do mean this — at the end of the day, this is about the players. This is a…
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