Bills houston comeback

However, this was eventually overshadowed by the Michigan State-Northwestern game. Houston dominated the game early, as quarterback Warren Moon completed 19 of 22 passes for yards and 4 touchdowns in the first half, while the Oilers held the ball for , keeping the Bills' high-powered offense off the field for most of the first two quarters.

On the opening drive of the first quarter, Moon completed 6 of 7 passes on an yard scoring drive that took over 9 minutes off the clock and ended it with his first touchdown throw to wide receiver Haywood Jeffries for 3 yards to give the Oilers a 7—0 lead. Buffalo responded on their ensuing drive, as Kenneth Davis returned the kickoff 33 yards to the yard line.

Reich subsequently led the Bills to the Oilers yard line where Steve Christie made a yard field goal, to cut the score to But Moon struck right back, leading the Oilers on a second quarter scoring drive that was nearly identical to their first one, completing 6 of 7 passes on another yard drive and finishing it with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Webster Slaughter.

Then after forcing the Bills to a three-and-out , Moon threw a yard touchdown pass to Curtis Duncan. Later on, with left in the half, the Oilers drove for another touchdown, aided by an encroachment call against the Bills on fourth down and 1. Moon completed the drive with his second touchdown pass to Jeffires, this one a yarder, and the Oilers went into their locker room with a 28—3 halftime lead. The thing that bothered me was their approach. To me, they looked timid. They looked like they were going to get in the right spots, but they weren't going to make anything happen afterward.

This is an attitude game. Sometimes you start playing and you're afraid to make things happen or afraid to make a mistake.

He had every right to say the things that he said. We were embarrassing him, we were embarrassing ourselves, we were embarrassing Buffalo Bills fans.

Meanwhile, head coach Marv Levy told his team, "You've got thirty more minutes. Maybe it's the last thirty minutes of your season. When your season's over, you're going to have to live with yourselves and look yourselves in the eyes. You'd damn well better have reason to feel good about yourselves, regardless of how this game turns out. Apparently, the words of Corey and Levy didn't have any immediate effect.

Houston now had a commanding point lead, ; it was only the second time all season the Oilers had broken 30 points scored in a game. The Bills' misfortunes were compounded with the loss of Thurman Thomas , who had to leave the game due to a hip injury on the drive, forcing Buffalo to attempt a comeback with a second-string backfield of Reich and Davis.

A Houston radio announcer was immortalized on NFL Films with the statement "The lights are on here at Rich Stadium, they've been on since this morning, you could pretty much turn them out on the Bills right now. The Bills got a huge assist to start their comeback on the ensuing kickoff.

The wind shifted the ball just before it was kicked by Al Del Greco. As a result, it became an unintentional squib kick that the Bills recovered with great field position at midfield. Buffalo then drove 50 yards in 10 plays, including a pass to Pete Metzelaars that went right through the hands of linebacker Eddie Robinson, and scored with a 1-yard touchdown run by Davis, cutting the deficit to 35—10 when the extra point was added.

On the drive, Reich completed a yard pass to tight end Metzelaars and a yard strike to Andre Reed , while Davis kept the drive going with a 5-yard run on fourth down and 2 before finishing it off with a touchdown run with left in the 3rd quarter.

Christie then recovered his own onside kick and the Bills scored on the fourth play of their ensuing drive with Reich's yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Don Beebe on a play in which one of Beebe's feet went partially out of bounds during the run before he made the catch—an illegal touching of the football; this was pointed out on ESPN 's "NFL Primetime" postgame recap as well as by Todd Christensen on the NBC broadcast.

Then, the extra point made the score with left in the third quarter. Houston was then forced to punt for the first time in the game on their next drive, and Greg Montgomery 's yard kick gave Buffalo the ball at their own yard line.

Reich started out the ensuing drive with an yard completion to James Lofton. Davis gained 20 yards on a screen pass and then Reich threw a yard touchdown pass to Reed, trimming the lead after making the extra point to 35— In a span of 10 minutes in the third quarter, the Bills had run 18 plays, gained yards, and scored 21 points, while holding the Oilers' offense to 3 plays for 3 yards. The situation did not get any better for Houston. On the first play of the Oilers' ensuing possession, Moon's pass was tipped off the hands of Slaughter; Bills' safety Henry Jones intercepted the pass from Moon and returned it 15 yards to the Houston yard line.

Three plays later, Buffalo faced fourth down and five on the yard line. Rather than attempt a field goal, Reich connected with Reed for the touchdown.

With the score including the extra point , the Bills had cut their deficit from 32 points to four in a span of just On the Oilers' next drive, linebacker Darryl Talley forced a fumble from Moon while sacking him. Houston recovered the fumble, but they were forced to punt, and Montgomery's yard kick gave Buffalo the ball at its yard line. In the third quarter, Buffalo had outscored Houston 28—7 while holding Moon to 2 of 7 completions for 19 yards. This time, the Bills could not take advantage of their excellent starting field position and had to punt.

Moon's run and shoot offense began to move the ball effectively again, aided by a roughing the passer penalty on Bruce Smith that negated linebacker Carlton Bailey 's interception. Despite two sacks by Wright on the drive, Houston reached the Buffalo yard line. Al Del Greco attempted a field goal to increase the Oilers' lead, but Montgomery fumbled the snap. Talley recovered the ball and returned it 70 yards, but officials ruled him down by contact when he made the initial recovery, giving Buffalo the ball on their own yard line.

After two plays, the Bills faced third down and four. With Houston's defense dropping back and expecting a pass, Reich handed the ball off to Davis, who stormed through the line and took off for a yard gain.

Only a diving tackle from defensive back Steve Jackson prevented Davis from taking it all the way for a touchdown. Then Reich went back to passing the ball, completing a short pass to Reed at the Oilers' yard line on third down and two for the first down. With just left in the fourth quarter, Reich threw a yard touchdown pass to Reed, giving Buffalo its first lead of the game 38—35 after the extra point ; for the first time all season, the Houston defense ninth in fewest points allowed that season had allowed over 29 points.

But Moon led Houston downfield on a yard drive to score the tying yard field goal from Del Greco to send the game into overtime. A key play on the drive was an yard completion to Slaughter on fourth down and four from the Bills' yard line.

Bills kicker Steve Christie then recovered his own onside kick to give Reich the ball. Reich needed only four plays that time, connecting with Don Beebe on a yard touchdown to put the score at By that point, the Bills had cut their deficit to four points, in a span of only six minutes and 52 seconds. After the Oilers botched a field goal attempt and turned the ball over again, Reich made a yard touchdown pass to Reed to put Buffalo up with less than three minutes left in regulation.

Davis made two six-yard rushes, and Christie stepped up for a yard field goal attempt. He booted the ball through the uprights, winning the game for Buffalo and completing the largest comeback victory 32 points in National Football League NFL history. It was the third of four consecutive Super Bowl appearances for the Bills; they lost all four games.

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