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Tony Dungy: The most memorable emergency QB of all time

Terry Bradshaw broke his wrist in the first quarter. Backup Mike Kruczek separated a shoulder on the final play of the third quarter. And suddenly, on a fall afternoon in October 1977, the Pittsburgh Steelers were all out of quarterbacks.

Tony Dungy, a rookie safety for the Steelers at the time, was sitting on the bench at that moment.

"And I'm wondering, 'What is coach going to do now?'" Dungy said by phone this week. "Then I feel a tap on my shoulder. It's Chuck Noll."