30 years ago today: An unforgettable moment in Buffalo Bills history
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
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The famous “wide right” field goal attempt happened 30 years ago today in Tampa, Florida.
The Buffalo Bills lost Super Bowl XXV to the New York Giants on Jan. 27, 1991, after a missed 47-yard kick by Scott Norwood in the closing seconds. The Giants won, 20-19, in the only game in Super Bowl history decided by a one-point margin.
“I remember it clear as day,” Bills fan Liam Delaney, who saw the game at a bar in Fulton, N.Y., told Bleacher Report on the 25th anniversary in 2016. “I was watching on a projector TV above a jukebox, leaning against a wall. And when the ball went up, it took forever. And he missed, and I went, ‘No, that’s not what’s supposed to happen’... I just remember bursting into tears and sobbing, and sobbing, and sobbing. And I remember people coming over and saying, ‘C’mon, man, it’s just a game.’ And I remember saying, ‘No, it’s not.’”