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The Steelers fooled the Cowboys with a fake spike to take a late lead

Ben Roethlisberger made a huge play to take a late lead against the Cowboys.

The Cowboys gave The Steelers took a late against the Cowboys when Ben Roethlisberger faked a spike with under a minute left to connect on a touchdown pass to Antonio Brown.

The Steelers went for two points but couldn’t convert, giving the Cowboys the ball back with a one-point deficit with 42 seconds left, down 30-29.

The Cowboys gave the ball back to the Steelers with 1:55 left in the fourth quarter and two timeouts after scoring on an Ezekiel Elliott touchdown run. That turned out to be plenty of time for Roethlisberger and company, who needed just one timeout and a little more than a minute to retake the lead.