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By Scott Stump and Rachel Paula Abrahamson

A hard-fought Texas high school football game took a backseat to the realities of life when opponents Gage Smith and Ty Jordan came together for an emotional prayer after the final whistle last week.

Smith asked Jordan if the two friends could say a prayer together for Jordan's mother, Tiffany Jordan, 42, who has stage 4 lung and bone cancer.

High school football player asks to pray with opponent whose mother has cancer A photo of the touching moment has gone viral for its message of kindness.

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"It was meant for just me and him to have a moment and to pray over his family and for his mom,'' Smith told TODAY. "I just wanted to let him know there are other people thinking about him and his family, and let him know he has somebody to turn to."

The two got down on one knee and offered a prayer for Jordan's mom in a solemn moment captured in photos by the wife of Smith's head coach at Sherman High School.

The photos were passed along to Jordan's aunt, Takka Jordan, who posted them on Facebook, where they received more than 100,000 likes before she took the post down from public view on Tuesday night.

The pictures also were sent to Jordan's mother.

"I was speechless,'' Tiffany Jordan told TODAY. "It

Texas high school football player Gage Smith (right) prayed after the game with opponent Ty Jordan for Jordan's mother, who has cancer. Sherman High School

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made me cry. (Smith) didn't have to do that. The fact that he took the time to pray with Ty for me, that took my breath away."

Smith's Sherman team won the regular-season game 56-27 over Jordan and his West Mesquite High School squad. It was a crucial game for Sherman's state playoff aspirations, but that was secondary to Smith's concern for Jordan.

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