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GENE STERATORE WILL forever be linked with index cards.
With 4:49 remaining in the fourth quarter and the score tied between the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders in 2017, Steratore, a now-retired NFL referee, signaled for a first-down measurement.
Out came the stadium workers affectionately known as "the chain gang," carrying their signature orange-and-black equipment to see if the Cowboys had indeed made the line to gain. It was so close that the announcers, players and even the officials themselves seemed unsure.
That's when Steratore pulled out his famous -- or infamous, for Raiders fans -- index card and attempted to wedge it between the ball and the marker.