Dak Prescott saved the Dallas team!

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The Dallas Cowboy walked away with the victory, and two of their players walked away with a great remembrance.

In the game, the team was in pressure to win to keep their playoff hopes alive and the return of running back Ezekiel Elliott relevant, the Cowboys pitched into The Black Hole and took a 20-17 victory over the Oakland Raiders.

And thanks to a strategical game played by quarterback Dak Prescott and safety Jeff Heath, the Cowboys are  8-6 now while the Raiders fall to 6-8 — their playoff hopes all but erased.

Picture credit: The Dallas Morning News

Dallas team was ahead because Dak Prescott turned a 4th-and-1 on his  39-yard line with a quarterback sneak really to the final link of the chain that referee Gene Steratore was in the compulsion to use a piece of paper to make his ruling.

The closest measurement you will EVER see.

First down. pic.twitter.com/14v2lPxxVr

— SNF on NBC (@SNFonNBC) December 18, 2017

Their outstanding performances were more than enough to land them the Sunday Night Football game balls.

Charean Williams, one of the pros of Football Talk mentioned that Dallas has a history with Steratore.

That was the first Cowboys game referee Gene Steratore called since the infamous playoff loss to the Packers in 2014 on the Dez Bryant overturned catch.

— Charean Williams (@NFLCharean) December 18, 2017

Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr drove for the pylon with 31 seconds remaining for them to win the game, but then he lost control.

Dak Prescott, Dallas quarterback converted a 4th-and-1 on his own 39-yard line with a quarterback sneak.

Dan Bailey knocked the game-winning field goal after seven plays.

? @DallasCowboys Fake Punt! ?#DALvsOAK #DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/d2DH5vYIow

— NFL (@NFL) December 18, 2017

Dak!@dallascowboys take the lead, 17-10. #DALvsOAK #DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/Eg35xITYpg

— NFL (@NFL) December 18, 2017

Dallas has to survive to reach to the postseason, but Sunday’s result and the kind of risks its coach were willing to accept, sent a comment to the rest of the NFC that it isn’t going away just yet.