I remember this game like yesterday. I was 12. It may have been one of the greatest playoff games to Buffalo fans like my friend Kris but to those of us who hated Buffalo and were sick and tired of seeing them make the Superbowl during the early nineties, this was devasting and one of the worst games ever! I never was a fan of the Oilers but even I was rooting for them to finish off those pesky Bills after that amazing first half. I wanted to see the great Warren Moon get a ring. It was definitely the Oilers best chance to going to the Superbowl that year. I bet if they had beaten Buffalo they would have made it to the big game. But as they say, we'll never know.
I seriously doubt moon would have stood a chance agian😅 that 90s cowboy team and I know that Gibbs and the redskins would have beat em Charles mann would've ate moon alive and the bill parcells bill belcheck giant squad? No way Houston would have met the same fate as the billa
@@TravisSampson-t6o91 and 92? Oilers don’t win. But 93, despite their dysfunction, was probably their best chance. They were red hot entering the playoffs.
@@KWCline91Agree with you. That Oilers team could handle the Bills, and they had the talent to play with the Cowboys, too. They may have lost to Dallas, but Ryan would never have allowed Dallas to consistently run the ball down their throats like they did to Buffalo.
I do as well, also recall saying about Frank Reich, he's got em just where he wants him. Being from Maryland and all, 30-0 Miami at the Half, 42-40, Maryland.
The biggest liability of the run-and-shoot offense was that you couldn’t control the clock with it. The Oilers centered their whole offense on this scheme to the point that they had no tight ends on their roster whatsoever to where they could go to a conventional offensive attack (two running backs and one tight end) and pound the ball on the ground with the running game and wear the opponent down protecting a huge lead. It showed in this game, as well as previous playoff failures (91 in Denver and later in 93 against Kansas City). Buddy Ryan was spot on when he called the run-and-shoot offense the chuck-and-duck.
Absolutely. Quarterbacks just can't take shots that much, and teams have to be able to run the ball when they need to run some clock and get some first downs.
Oilers probably wouldn’t have been as good a team without using that scheme. If you score 35 points in a football game the defense needs to step up. I mean, go out and hold the other team to at 30 points for one half? surely not that hard. The oilers defense folded in all those playoff games except the 1990 bengals game.
My dad grew up an oilers fan in Houston in the “Luv ya Blue” era and he still curses bud Adams to this day that they moved, the city will never forget what happened, and the oilers history belongs in Houston
You would never see something like this happen to any of the elite teams in the NFC during the 80s and 90s. AFC teams lacked mental toughness and couldnt close teams out.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 they were up 34-0 and won 34-28 and the Giants were driving the last drive and just came up short, so the point is you did see great NFC teams blow leads, they just didn't completely choke like the Oilers
Fortunately for Houston fans, Minnesota eclipsed the 32-point mark with a 33-point comeback over Indy. But if the Oilers had won the Super Bowl they do stay in Houston and the Texans become an expansion team in Tennessee known as the Titans.
You remember two weeks later in the SB when everyone wanted Jim Kelly to get hurt again so Reich could get in the game and take the Bills to the promise land against Dallas?
Blowing a 30 pt lead in a playoff game is absolutely insane and unacceptable I’m sorry I was 10 yrs old I remember this if social media existed it would’ve been a slaughter of The Houston Oilers and Warren Moon
Beebe was ineligible so the Oilers actually won if you take away that score not to mention Bruce Smith’s dirty late hit on Moon that caused him to play the rest of the game concussed. The Oilers tried their best to give the game away but the truth is that they didn’t because the Bills don’t win without help from the refs. They were the Chiefs of that era.
It's a much bigger collapse. Shady was hand picked as the golden boy, that super bowl was a disgrace and exposed the league for what it is. These were men not giving up. Tom was gifted her ring
How many teams in the current NFL could win a wildcard game with their backup QB? The Packers with Willis are the only team that would have a chance. I'm basing that solely on how he played this season those few games when Love was injured.🤷♂️
Just another element of bad luck for Houston sports in that era. One of the reasons why the local media decided a few years later to call it choke city. The Rockets loss two finals to the Celtics. The Astros failed to get to the World Series. NC State upset Houston in the national title game. George Foremen, Houston's best athlete then had retired from the ring. Fortunately, the tides turned in 94 with the Rockets winning.
For those who witnessed this back in the day, you'll remember the SB two weeks later when everyone wanted Jim Kelly to get hurt so Reich would come in and take the Bills to the promise land. Well he sure did come in the game, but they had nothing for Dallas!
WTF is Webster Slaughter doing bro at 42:21 make the F@#%! TACKLE. Why are you blocking??? Basic football iq out the door on multiple fronts. Insane meltdown 😂
Buffalo was a talented group but so sloppy with the football McDowell picked off Reich in this Wild Card Game, Super Bowl 27 they had I think 7 turnovers against the Cowboys & Super Bowl 28 Thomas fumbles James Washington scoops & scores to change the entire game. Buffalo was cursed by the Turnovers.
Seriously, when Buffalo scored to make it 35-10, how were the Oilers thinking "here we go again". What a weak minded bunch of losers, it's 35-10, you always say "we still got this no big deal" like a normal team. These guys would have lost to the Steelers the next week anyways.
Thanks. I used to watch this NFL series back in the early 2000s on ESPN. Good days.
1992 I was 15 going on 16 born in November 76 of course I remember the 1990s very well it's not even close😅😅😅
God, I loved Don Beebe as a kid. Then he joined my Packers. Underrated WR.
*Ineligible receiver*
I remember this game like yesterday. I was 12. It may have been one of the greatest playoff games to Buffalo fans like my friend Kris but to those of us who hated Buffalo and were sick and tired of seeing them make the Superbowl during the early nineties, this was devasting and one of the worst games ever! I never was a fan of the Oilers but even I was rooting for them to finish off those pesky Bills after that amazing first half. I wanted to see the great Warren Moon get a ring. It was definitely the Oilers best chance to going to the Superbowl that year. I bet if they had beaten Buffalo they would have made it to the big game. But as they say, we'll never know.
I seriously doubt moon would have stood a chance agian😅 that 90s cowboy team and I know that Gibbs and the redskins would have beat em Charles mann would've ate moon alive and the bill parcells bill belcheck giant squad? No way Houston would have met the same fate as the billa
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@@TravisSampson-t6o91 and 92? Oilers don’t win. But 93, despite their dysfunction, was probably their best chance. They were red hot entering the playoffs.
@@KWCline91Agree with you. That Oilers team could handle the Bills, and they had the talent to play with the Cowboys, too. They may have lost to Dallas, but Ryan would never have allowed Dallas to consistently run the ball down their throats like they did to Buffalo.
And yes I’m 60 and remember that game and where I was watching it .!! Pheeew . Unforgettable
I do as well, also recall saying about Frank Reich, he's got em just where he wants him. Being from Maryland and all, 30-0 Miami at the Half, 42-40, Maryland.
@@josephmcfarland8442 For Pete’s sake I forgot about that game . Great call bringing that one up Joseph. Sign Joe
Wow what a sound smart guy Frank Reich is . Damn man . Class fella . Bet he’s a great father . Joey in Pennsylvania.!!
Frank Reich is from Lebanon, PA
The biggest liability of the run-and-shoot offense was that you couldn’t control the clock with it. The Oilers centered their whole offense on this scheme to the point that they had no tight ends on their roster whatsoever to where they could go to a conventional offensive attack (two running backs and one tight end) and pound the ball on the ground with the running game and wear the opponent down protecting a huge lead. It showed in this game, as well as previous playoff failures (91 in Denver and later in 93 against Kansas City).
Buddy Ryan was spot on when he called the run-and-shoot offense the chuck-and-duck.
Absolutely. Quarterbacks just can't take shots that much, and teams have to be able to run the ball when they need to run some clock and get some first downs.
Oilers probably wouldn’t have been as good a team without using that scheme. If you score 35 points in a football game the defense needs to step up. I mean, go out and hold the other team to at 30 points for one half? surely not that hard. The oilers defense folded in all those playoff games except the 1990 bengals game.
32 years since the 32 point comeback 🏈❤💪🏼
Yeah I was 16 I made it very well in high school
RIP Van Miller- the voice of the Buffalo Bills
Lifetime Bills fan Here but I'm still PISSED oilers don't exist that's some BULLSHIT!
I agree with you and I’m a Browns fan. You can blame the late Bud Adams and his daughter, Amy Adams-Strunk for it.
My dad grew up an oilers fan in Houston in the “Luv ya Blue” era and he still curses bud Adams to this day that they moved, the city will never forget what happened, and the oilers history belongs in Houston
You would never see something like this happen to any of the elite teams in the NFC during the 80s and 90s. AFC teams lacked mental toughness and couldnt close teams out.
The Dallas Cowboys nearly lost a 34 point lead to the NY Giants in Week 2 of the same season
@@tbewin1z143Nearly. That counts in horeshoes and hand grenades.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 they were up 34-0 and won 34-28 and the Giants were driving the last drive and just came up short, so the point is you did see great NFC teams blow leads, they just didn't completely choke like the Oilers
@@tbewin1z143 That point is self-evident. This was the biggest comeback ever up to that point.
@@SECRETARIATguy224 read the OP's comment
Biggest choke job of all time
If they hadn’t blown a 30 point lead they’d still be in Houston and they would’ve never went to the state of Tennessee
I agree. I think this horrible choke job by the Oilers forever ruined their existence. There's no way to recover from such a devasting defeat.
Nothing good happens in Tennessee
Fortunately for Houston fans, Minnesota eclipsed the 32-point mark with a 33-point comeback over Indy. But if the Oilers had won the Super Bowl they do stay in Houston and the Texans become an expansion team in Tennessee known as the Titans.
@@ryanstatt9910except country music
@@KWCline91 that's debatable
Bruce Matthews was such a good center...
I watched this game as it happened and for some unexplained reason, it just felt like the Bills would win.
You remember two weeks later in the SB when everyone wanted Jim Kelly to get hurt again so Reich could get in the game and take the Bills to the promise land against Dallas?
With a little help from the refs of course. The bills were the Chiefs of that era.
Blowing a 30 pt lead in a playoff game is absolutely insane and unacceptable I’m sorry I was 10 yrs old I remember this if social media existed it would’ve been a slaughter of The Houston Oilers and Warren Moon
It was a slaughter even without social media.✌
Beebe was ineligible so the Oilers actually won if you take away that score not to mention Bruce Smith’s dirty late hit on Moon that caused him to play the rest of the game concussed. The Oilers tried their best to give the game away but the truth is that they didn’t because the Bills don’t win without help from the refs. They were the Chiefs of that era.
Who’s watching this on the day of the 2024 AFC Championship Game?
Bills at Chiefs
Reich throws four touchdown passes (three of them to hall of famer Andre Reed)
If only they did this in the Super Bowl 😂
Before 28 to 3 we had this as the biggest collapse
It's a much bigger collapse. Shady was hand picked as the golden boy, that super bowl was a disgrace and exposed the league for what it is. These were men not giving up. Tom was gifted her ring
And now, Indy blowing a 33-point lead is bigger.
Exactly Frank Reich forever linked with January 3 1993
Interestingly, the late Houston/Tennessee Oilers (later Titans) owner Bud Adams had his 70th birthday on that game day.
Frank Reich won a Super Bowl with the Eagles as offensive coordinator. Go Eagles 🦅
If Houston had only been able to run the football in Denver in 91 and here against Buffalo....that offense was always flirting with disaster
Not a fan of the oilers, but that Warren Moon offense was always so fun to watch.
Fun to play with on tecmo super bowl too.
Schultz was tough as nails
How many teams in the current NFL could win a wildcard game with their backup QB? The Packers with Willis are the only team that would have a chance. I'm basing that solely on how he played this season those few games when Love was injured.🤷♂️
Just another element of bad luck for Houston sports in that era. One of the reasons why the local media decided a few years later to call it choke city. The Rockets loss two finals to the Celtics. The Astros failed to get to the World Series. NC State upset Houston in the national title game. George Foremen, Houston's best athlete then had retired from the ring. Fortunately, the tides turned in 94 with the Rockets winning.
The Rockets also won back to back NBA championships in the 90s...
@@bgorski6937that’s what I said.
Yep. And when all else fails, cheat your way to win a World Series. Ah.... Houston.....
For those who witnessed this back in the day, you'll remember the SB two weeks later when everyone wanted Jim Kelly to get hurt so Reich would come in and take the Bills to the promise land. Well he sure did come in the game, but they had nothing for Dallas!
The Super Bowl was more than two weeks later, wasn't it?
Don Beebe was out of bounds on the TD catch
Yep they missed it on purpose… rigged
@ShawnThomas78 how Houston didn't use that the reason they lost so why are you they didn't know
I wonder why Bud Adams and Ralph Wilson Jr. didn’t comment.
WTF is Webster Slaughter doing bro at 42:21 make the F@#%! TACKLE. Why are you blocking??? Basic football iq out the door on multiple fronts. Insane meltdown 😂
1:02:25
Oh please!
The Bills STILL had to earn those opportunities that were given to them.
Oilers secondary choke on this one
56:01
lol
Also Steven Jackson and Greg Montgomery had to be on the take in this game. So many of the big screw-ups happened by those two players.
You could be on to something.🤷♂️
Buffalo was a talented group but so sloppy with the football McDowell picked off Reich in this Wild Card Game, Super Bowl 27 they had I think 7 turnovers against the Cowboys & Super Bowl 28 Thomas fumbles James Washington scoops & scores to change the entire game. Buffalo was cursed by the Turnovers.
Most good teams put points on the board from turnovers. That's why they're good teams...
Seriously, when Buffalo scored to make it 35-10, how were the Oilers thinking "here we go again". What a weak minded bunch of losers, it's 35-10, you always say "we still got this no big deal" like a normal team. These guys would have lost to the Steelers the next week anyways.
I doubt that. I think Houston gets by Pittsburgh, but then falls to Miami.
Buffalo game was RIGGED …
Why now everything is rigged
@@rodney6019 💯
@@rodney6019Beebe was clearly out of bounds on the second TD
@tbewin1z143 everybody know that beebe step out he said it himself
@@rodney6019 hence my comment
Almost every one of these plays shown would have a flag on the Defense in 2023.
That's how pathetic the NFL has become.
It is a sad, sad league now. I turn it off. I'll watch highlights of real men doing battle, but this new league is flat-out unwatchable