The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is counting down the Top 10 moments in Atlanta Falcons history during the franchise’s 50th anniversary season. No. 6 takes us to the 1983 season, when Atlanta dialed up a miraculous last second victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Steve Bartkowski found Billy “White Shoes” Johnson on the game-winning Hail Mary that is known simply as “Big Ben II.”
Date: Nov. 20, 1983
What a Play: If there were a conclusive list of the Top 5 Hail Mary’s in NFL history, the Falcons would have two of them.