Buffalo Bills This is one of three
nominations for the most memorable play in team history. Buffalo Bills In the
next two days we'll feature, the last-second "Music City Miracle"
that kept the Bills from advancing in the 1999 playoffs; Buffalo Bills and Don
Beebe chasing down Leon Lett to prevent a Dallas Cowboys touchdown
in Super Bowl XXVII. Buffalo Bills Please vote for your choice as the Bills'
most memorable play. Heartbreak doesn't even begin to describe it. Buffalo
Bills After stumbling their way through much of the 1970s and 1980s, the Bills
clicked as soon as the calendar turned to 1990. Jim Kelly and four of his
future Hall of Fame teammates helped steer the Bills to a 13-3 record and an
AFC Championship. Buffalo Bills Just 25 years removed from their 1965 AFL
Championship the last time Buffalo
had tasted a title berth the Bills were in their first Super Bowl. It was an
ideal matchup to decide who walked away with the Lombardi trophy. The Bills'
fast-paced offense ranked first in the NFL, scoring 26.8 points per game.
The New York Giants' defense, which led them to a Super Bowl win four
years prior, allowed an NFL-best 13.2 points per game. But coming off a 51-3
win against the Oakland Raiders in the AFC title match, the Bills
weren't able to move the ball as easily against the Giants, holding a slim
12-10 lead at halftime. The back-and-forth continued into the second half. Both
teams traded touchdowns before the Giants took a one-point lead on a Matt Bahr
field goal in the fourth quarter. Trying to respond, the Bills' offense
stalled, but the Giants weren't able to capitalize, handing the ball back to Buffalo with 2:16 left on
the clock. Kelly and Bills pushed downfield, reaching the Giants' 29-yard line
with less than 10 seconds left. On came Scott Norwood to attempt a 47-yard
field goal. Buffalo Bills If successful, the Bills were virtually assured their
first Super Bowl ring. Out of Kelly's hands, out of Marv Levy's hands and out
of Thurman Thomas' hands, the game came down to Norwood's right leg. He didn't deliver. Buffalo
Bills The kick sailed wide right the two words that will stick out most in
Bills history. The play that could have been the start of a Bills dynasty
instead kicked off a stretch of crushing Super Bowl defeats. Buffalo Bills Norwood's
missed kick is a memory that haunts Bills fans and the play remains one of the
most important for all the wrong reasons in franchise history, Buffalo
Bills end is it.
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