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’
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Well, well, well, how time flies. Thirty years ago today, on January 27th, 1991, the greatest Super Bowl ever played took place at the same site of this year’s big game, although it was then known simply as ‘Tampa Stadium’. The New York Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills by the score of 20-19 when Bills kicker Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal in the final seconds. To be sure, there have been plenty of other Super Bowls that it could be argued were more exciting than that particular game, but any time the ‘wrong’ team wins in other words, the team that won simply because the other team choked at the end, etc (this is one reason why I have little interest in college football), that takes some of the luster off the game, in my opinion. Super Bowls that fall into this category include both of San Francisco’s wins over Cincinnati, in 1982 and ‘89 and New
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On Saturday morning, Terry and Kim Pegula will board the Bills’ charter flight to Kansas City, he with lucky socks and her with cookies she baked for players and coaches. This has become a routine for the couple who own Buffalo’s beloved football franchise.
Terry has worn the same argyle socks every game day since Nov. 29 and since then the Bills have won eight straight. Kim started baking on Sunday mornings to burn off nervous energy, posting pictures on social media. Since this is Buffalo, hundreds of others began to do the same, sending her photos of their own pregame Oreo truffles, Snickerdoodles and white chocolate blondies.
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