The deciding play, a deflected pass caught and carried into the end zone, has been nicknamed "The Immaculate Reception ... McNally saw referee Fred Swearingen and his crew huddle for a conference.

The Immaculate Reception was the stuff of urban legend ... Officiating crew chief Fred Swearingen saw Steelers fans toppling onto the field and ran to the Three Rivers Stadium dugout to call ...

Game-winning catch defies all attempts to figure out what actually happened in 1972 playoff game. We are, if nothing else, exact. Our doctor’s appointment is at 2:15, not 2:14. The speed limit ...

And the debate goes on about the Immaculate Reception ... t still be answering questions about what went on when referee Fred Swearingen phoned him from the field before signaling touchdown ...

Thursday was the 49th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception ... Perhaps an informal review did occur: Referee Fred Swearingen got on a phone in one of Three Rivers Stadium’s dugouts and ...

But the referee, Fred Swearingen, wanted more conclusive ... gave the Steelers the TD to avoid angering the crowd. The Immaculate Reception drew the expected reactions from the Raiders.

Immaculate indeed. Pittsburgh running back ... rules of the day would make it an incompletion. Referee Fred Swearingen, after consulting with NFL supervisor of officials Art McNally, ruled a ...

It became known as the Immaculate Reception, a term coined by a fan ... Adding to the controversy was that referee Fred Swearingen went to the dugout and called Art McNally, then the director ...

One of the most iconic plays in NFL history, ‘The Immaculate Reception” is remembered ... The game’s referee Fred Swearingen asked to use a telephone and was taken to the baseball dugout ...

However, the great photographer Russ Reed of the Oakland Tribune took a picture of referee Fred Swearingen ... and we have no “Immaculate Reception.’ “ … Swearingen had a problem.

There are countless ways to explain why the Immaculate Reception remains a ... Madden was infuriated that referee Fred Swearingen called up to the booth, where NFL supervisor of officials Art ...