The woodwork denied Walsall a last-gasp winner as Stevenage climbed off the foot of the Football League with a hard-earned point at their fellow strugglers.
Danny Guthrie's 20-yard free-kick crashed back off the crossbar deep into stoppage time as League Two's lowest-scoring sides battled out a goalless draw.
A stalemate looked the likeliest outcome after a dire first half in which neither side managed a shot on target - with Stevenage's Jason Cowley and Walsall's Dan Scarr heading decent chances wide.
But after Rory Holden's 63rd minute header from a Josh Gordon cross was superbly tipped over by Stevenage keeper Paul Farman, the game became an end-to-end affair.
Walsall pressed for a winner as Gordon headed Holden's cross over from six yards.
Stevenage thought they had snatched the points with six minutes left but Paul Digby's close-range header was somehow hooked off the line by Scarr.
Farman then tipped a rasping Gordon strike wide but could only watch Guthrie's late strike hit the bar as Stevenage moved above Morecambe into 23rd while Walsall slipped a place to 22nd.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
