A five-minute overtime, too, failed to produce a decisive score.
Tim Duncan's stand-in, DeJuan Blair, was on fire with 28 points and 21 rebounds, setting the scene for Richard Jefferson's decisive score.
The ball only just cleared the cross bar in the end, the final and decisive score in an utterly gripping contest.
Lowlights in Green Bay Receiver Santana Moss benched himself after his fumble was returned for the decisive score in the Redskins' 17-14 loss to the Packers.
Amado Guevara and the rookie Olivier Occean scored for the MetroStars, who got the decisive score on an own goal by Dynamo's Goran Sablic in the 73rd minute.
Talking Point The Giants played a sixth straight game in which the decisive score came with nine minutes or less remaining (they won five of the games).
Ashley-Cooper had a second try ruled out by the video official but replacement Tauleigne broke clear soon after for the decisive score.
The decisive score at the sweltering Carrier Dome came after Ryan Nassib had engineered a stunning comeback for the Orange, throwing for four second-half touchdowns.
Defensive tackle Chris Canty seethed over the Eagles' 80-yard, 18-play fourth-quarter drive that led to the decisive score.
It is now about the movement of a passer's arms as well as hands, but the delivery from Marland Yarde to Joe Marchant for what turned out to a decisive score in Quins' victory looked forward.
Ellis then had a drop-goal attempt charged down but succeeded with a second attempt 10 minutes from the end that looked to be the decisive score until Charnley's late effort.
