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Vikes' Bradford: Ref said I wasn't hit in face

MINNEAPOLIS -- On a night where the Minnesota Vikings were once again frustrated with officials, the team's final offensive play proved to be a flash point.

Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Cedric Thornton hit Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford in the helmet as Bradford threw incomplete on a two-point conversion that could have tied the game, but officials did not call a penalty. After the Vikings' 17-15 loss, when Bradford was asked what explanation officials had given him for the non-call, the quarterback said, "He told me that I did not get hit in the face mask.